, 1874-09-27
FALLEN.

And 1esu. said unto her, Sei.ior do eopdcmn thee
| 20. and siu'ao snosv-Jat'. rtts.. H.
Heaven DER thee shines Ms bright, clear, fair,
As when, in ife's glad morn, lily tender feet
Trirpe lightly DER tue flowers aud the green gr.s5,
Genued brg;nt with dew Of thy young dawn. Thy
Then 1sat r,elodious u,,zie,-pr.auac sweet
Gnto itc'@ auhctn OF the futur: years.
And thy young, lunotcut heart 10 care Aad known.
Q blightins, black'ning change from tia: to this!
Tell, murdered Virtue !-f that, from the tomb
Uf the dead past, thy voice taay yet return,
Waird, dtesl, md awful! Say, o say, wuat Charm
Or Invocation shall suffice to wake
fne sleeping seutine!s at tho Spirits door,
Who, stretched sup;ue, ther otl-tine task forgot,
Nor watch, nor ward, uor vigil, lon.er keep!
Knock loud and heavy. Ye may wake those guards.
but 70 wake the deady Innocence!
q ravished Innocence! ptarly bot.
of tile unrited soul, now lched and gone.-
Gone never to rcturtI,-tte EirthrigAt lost,
Sold for lness of pottage!
. Tretched heart
Torn. tranpled on. and sprrned! Perchsnca thou
In Man that via:oa Of thine carly years.
That hero, grand sublime, and strong, and true,-
knisht-etr1nt Of thy soul and to hin faith
Thou trusted all that Woalanhood can give
Thine honor and thine love And be, the gi,s
When once poase*t, :. like the basc JuGean throw
The pearl away" aud spurncd the treasured lovo
or thy best nature. Then tho hue-and-crv,
The hunt, the .' follow, aud thu - 'vir~-h4loo."
Till the poor victim, run to Garth at last
Finds rtIugo only III the den OF Shame!
MIN! proud lord, scf-sty!ei, OF th. whole earth,
Thou would be Hing, but rarely noblcinan, ~ We
Find true nobility even In the King Of teasts
That Ioazns tho forest! He unto his mate
Is true! Thou-s, thou false one promo to range"
Leaving pollution in thy footsteps-ssiIl
post blight md b!scken; still dost maugle DER
The corpse Of NaidenhooI's fair reputation,
Eager to tell the number Of thy stan,
As Indians count the acal1-1osks Of their dead
Whom they o'ertllr.w in battle! Thou 10 si1a1no
Too often adIcst erossest iusut foul
hovf h,$1,
Or f4scr heart.
. 0 Wonauhood 50 wesEt
Aa chsngeful as the laushing, limpling wave
lDimp!ed al thine Own check, young and fair,
Where snlilea; and fron'ns4 and te4rs, saccessi1s
Why, why on thee, Of al fr.il creatures, must
o5 5 aafs lns saaa1 q, f1 to bri1g the gloom
Ne crush thee We clasp thee aud then ting
III. The With withered thing away. aud heealess pass
Thou sinkrst to he trnnIIca by the throng
OF 1assers-by. They geo INDEED the soil.
And note tho esrthlJ stain, and Judge thee SO!
Nor deem they, heeslless ones! that tits to him
'Ii1 due tlas now tEou Lest 80 low 60 lost
Q Heart OF Woman +! in thine limos. depths
Arc truth, and purity, and love, and faith,
And trust in ali soft impulses thatsti1l
Are thy strong springs Of action. Charity,
II oge wi hon. hath ;9ss thee peace
spontaneously therein. Tho tangled wecds
Too OFT planted by the ruthless hand
OF cold, periidious Man, whom thou wnaldst blcEs
In that irrcvoeabfe hour with that which is
Not thine to give!
o Christ in Heaven look down
Upon these fallen. these stalncs these broken ones
Oh to their heavy hearts still whisper low
"a Neither 10 condemn thee 70, and Flu
No more !" Solace mere sweet ne'er fell
On woulaas car than those blessed words Divine
OF God-like Charity. that, Like mlsic'a tone,
S:,o:hed guilty fear within the erriug breast
CT who had. bY old Npsac Inv
Lat hold On life, as she hid honor lost.
J. ". D1cxEsoS.