The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-07-30
For the Jefersoni;an.
Nos Picture

AStHTe,
have looked upon it often -.
bowed head and many misgiyii,n@1 VII
time, after long waiting, might = 'Ra
back the promise-that which eve he
from the sad counterpart of the Fl, ''5''i
as | watched its changeless feature '' '''
In the rude storm on the etl,.,
sea wave, from my bosom I b,ra ,''NlIc9
drawn it. to see if aught in the boii,;s,a ssa'!
climate could disturb a thou.b, ,'''e''q
earnest purpose 50 quietly shadowea a. a'
but nothing below could influence - ~'.'e
it. 1t fourished long ago among ;, u 'a4
drifts, the broken hopes and di,,r,' 40
ments, and what the world regaTJ,5 rps''
peculiarly exempt from her; and
her feet were swollen on the err,,5 AUG
mercy, the sadness of her heart char 1
ed her face by the silent effort, :.
hourly made.
Everybody liked "No" and in+.,,.
themselves in the queer conmo,,,
negative, the way she wrote i. and
cluded perchance that the unfrien5r
was icy on the inception of her ...
baptism. She said she held Comm.
with the night, and from her vin1
watched the revolutions of the star ,r5.
first light pointed the way to BetbIaB,,
That other trifes interrupted the sino...
Of her dcvotions there, but what tb,.
trihes were, none could wish to tell q
often admitted that her eyes were saa,l.,
and her heart heavy, but NOTHING m,.
When she died to US, We took IN +,
heavy cross she had so easily abando,i +
explore the world unaided and alone
The picture is before me tonight H.
world is shut out from me and she r5,,.
face gaze on slumbers far away y,
lamp burns palcr than might be. the dnt
ness of Egypt is without From my wip5,,
[ turn to look out upon the shadowy ysrs-
wondering why the torrents in the Opt5rrg
of their freedom remember not her r,r.
In their vauntiug fury they hurry ouv.,l
and as [ feel the breezos cooled By tss,
wanton uProar, they pass away like her,
So pass away my hope The wide raaI
could not give me back that which I bi
yesterday. It passed away in its aas,
leaving behind an image-thi8 image
walk by me all the way, never to leave n.
never to warm the cold fetter that has
about me, but gone itself, towards ha27.a
end.
Could | have known it in the begAnngl
But how? The charm bore upon ny
mildly as the extacy of dream. Eve
now, there is charm before me, andI
cannot chide it away-a beautiful toy thg
may not be broken, for it is nos picture.
Gentler hands than mine made disTQl
ton Of the roses that adorn her bosa
More gifted hands than mine reproluesi
them in the drawing, and a more saud
thought than such as ever blessed ne
revealed the language of the earnes. face
[ had no part in its production and l may
not regard it ightly-not lightly.
[ have looked upon 1t often, aye. with bowed
head and many misgiyings. | take to-uig5
-midnight-and shapen in other o1as
the mild lineaments that 50 besPeak il
virtue. I have crowned It and garHisbeif
in pure pearl put shrine about Il. asi
asked for the realization Of the hope that |
once had. She may not answer Otherra
than by her name, she has DO freedom.
Gone Should [ travel to the four eoTD1n
| could not find her. 4 violent huTsa
caught the treasure up, and rudely bore
away. It vanished whittier it would,
the voice Of the night wind, and while
lifted my arms in the frenzy Of pleading
heedlessly closed ont of sight as if glad
go.
So be it with the final end; 50 nay "
be forgiven, if when sorely tempted as VI
have been, we again give the whole h'-
honestly but foolishly away. The les
worth grieving for, since no dishon1'
ours necessitated it. 1t had been PEI:
dream, but dream only, and as such We
it, that it may stand to our account sn'''
we be deemed worthy.
Don
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