The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-06-15

The robin sang high in the maple,
10 his mate brooding close on her nest,
And slowly the red Of the sunset
Burned out of the glimmering west;
1 called home the cows TO the milking
Through the orchard bars, down by the |
lane,
And tied up the stalks of the roses,
Beat down by the wind and the rain.
Like sweets from n garden of spices
The breath of the lilies stole out,
Where all through the bossoming garden,
The night-noths were lifting about,
II seemed as II God must be caring,
And loving his creatures, and yet,
pondered IL over and over.
And wondered II lie could foy9d.
There sat my old father, liie's burdens
Press heavy and hard on his form,
With only weak hearted woman
70 stand between him and the storm.
Three boys, full of lusty young manhood.
Marched forth from the hOmeste AL one day,
We would not keep one from his country,
But blessed them and sent them away.
When tidings were darkest, he trusted
And never gave way TO despair,
For lie thought. in the credulous fashion.
The Lord really listened to prayer.
There's lock OF bright hair IN the Bible.
A cap hanging there on the wall,
Three graves on the side of mountain,
And that was the end of ii all
~. i,yi.Led bis trsasnre in v,in
since traitors cnn barter The honor
He bought with his heart break and pain:
] tell you there's one up above Va,
Who measures such giving Alright;
Don't think you can reckon by ingots
The worth OF a tear in his sight.
yo,, mat, ,oo, NJ, ,orr ,o,,, an, vour laval.
And all that your riches can bring
WIZ weigh ior no more IN M. Da,ance
y, IMAM the uist rom ihe bulterny wing
Du. WIEN, III tnis WEAKNESS anu SoITo",
>, HIS niue ones cry TO ms throne,
ne sees tnrough the seraphiin spiehdor,
lie hears anu reuieihoers MS own
-,
Ing h,ue pru sits ~ the SUNSHINE
The arrow flies swift IRON the archer,
Inc blithe niue singer Is dead
so small, not the tenderest lover
Cou'd miss It's glad note AT the dawn.
Yet the Father VIII number III. treasure.
me Tess LOT ths sparrow that gone
W. see WIG" s's Ill, ~ ~, , s'o,y o,,,,
lie sees when IN terror UNDECIDED
The sparrow falls down 10 the ground;
DO you thlns am less ihan the sparro"
That he should SIT sun on MS throne,
win never thous.l ior my trouble,
Aud never WORD Tor my moan
lhere was Jepthah, 20 eager iof c1nlues''
Whatever came first from his household.
lie triumphed and stood by ms WORD
Though 1t cost him his daughter you lauu
him
brave man, hero divine.
j. child then 20 mulch 10 iatherf
Pray, what was hls giving 10 mine
,,uu,,.
No wonderful story TO tell,
There are thousihus ana thousahus ol "O-
men
have soffo"eu anu suffered a. Wen
And sometimes, when thinking them over,
20 many poor sous that are SAD,
wonder the sun can Keep SHINING,
ANA all The green earth Il so siad.
We had nothing on earth but the cottage,
And the baby that crept on the moor,
But, lacking in lands and IN Treasures,
| we loved one anotuef the more.
And up In the mansions above us,
nose SILVER anu goiu cannot ulih'
We trusted The father was keeping,
a nome LOT our spirits Win MN.
Now redder than rubles to see,
No KING, IN MS poup anu ms purple
More proCd OF MS Jewels thah We
Ana OIL, Us we sat IN the t"lhBhi'
MY husband, wee Neile, anu j,
he would say, all the goiu IN Tue Kingdom,
such risches as ours could not Duy,'
,,,., ,.t.
hls lace IL was proWneo ny the sun,
Dut thought, US ne tolIeu Win 'he feapefs'
MS FORM was the klngIest one.
Anu klssing my golueh-nhiieu phpy'
tuIheu 10 my Wptk Win sohS,
FOR knew the true heatt OF my EARRING
was loving us un the uay long
M. ~ ,,,.ri,,
Their sickles gleah out IN the sun,
And nome, with song IN the evening
They 80, when the reaping Is done.
No iootstep comes nome 10 my cottage,
No face In the cleaning see,
No lips, with their burden OF kisses,
, To welcome sweet Nellie and me
90. a.,,,., ,,,...,,
/, SO brave in the peace OF the morn,
Oh Held with your long cory burrows
= Al evening all trampled and torn.
. Ny heat IN the thick oil yon carnage
Went down WIN the sulphurous smoke,
Where flashed the Keen sicklos that garn'
cred