, 1874-10-11
AFTER THE WA7.

" ~ f''"J .I '"'t.s !" Hse .tFF-oHs+e5y ~
Loot wandcrer! Sorrow uu thy bspw has set
lt!s crucie:al and sau. and aSoay
Hare diain.'d shy Goauty ; aud tne loneliness
" that sad :acc, oncs dazzling in Its sn.:1e
of radiant joy. IL sodden with til. tow
" 5lttcr tears and {urrow+d hnc-7E,lueJ8
itas nsAr1e1 tansa features, air1ost diyfnet
Tnhapp; mother wf,low'I IN thy YOUTH
E.iu5 with thy helI,ezs infant TN tho stream
OF restless life, to eiuE, E.:;,,.tlcr ceur.tn
Fhe oerrheln.inr Etl.owE o{ tl,kt fearful sea
In whtsh 20 11.ny, ras!cl wjtia do;1nIr,
Have .tisau;'cs-t HOT lc:t Que trace bcliud-
! Suck'. INTO waser3 death amidst the wh!rl
And sweep Of tho rcAtstless waves Of lifei
In tie teE17fstuors hurst Of stormy fatA
Aast thou BEEN caught, aad o'cs thy gentle he4d
The torrents Of I'll wretchedoess h4vu beat
Rith bitter, biiadins tcr;e. Thy fat-, young fas>
Still lovely IN lts wealth OF woslauho Old, -
l. fail supis1FS intio-t fur tl1at poor baus,
SO early or4,ian':, shart1 of my ,rae
n:1tl, aad dissolution; N:aon t,lJ .'ender a:'ns.
Hold with &e-nstetug Arasl.
Young aud still beautiful! Albeit joy,
and love, md hEpIiIets. .sr :lcs ash iexd
And btrte.l deep wit ha Thy n,'litrs yrarc,-
With hin who was 10 tnce the li5tt of lift,
Ihj SUI, the glory oi thy wolnzuao:'d,
The rritio vi thr true hca<t,-that husband 1o4d
NneSe manly bosom ever was to thine
HulwaTk and bustress against every fear:
Ees: sosng Ard Iesuu1ul! Thy slorlog weslth
Ot tangled sres.ta, tia. III, h1nd wss Won't
To fondle t-nde.iy,-on Ee;3t fos Eta1
With must usniduous .z.re,-now By t1,s breozs,
Or the anials hngrEs OF thy s!ecpshg chitd,
Alone caretsed, do all unheciel f.ii,
1u leautiful disorder, to that wait
Ills arm cuci-clc<l in past days Of tYve.
Upon thr finger is tue rim. LIZ placed
lu trembling eagcrncss Vhcu tc were vel
All: t1essed tl.y that made yo;, twain one ae.a,
As ye werc Ole in heart long, long iyetort!
0 1naddiing Thought that hs Is with the dead,
In wAoM :hy ycry soul dlI lve,--Wth Ti10m
crust were happine-s-anf torn from whom
Thy wo1nzns heart Stems stone within thy breaskl
The tender nurture of thy byg5ne years,
Nor would pszin:: even % the wi.,tls of heaven
Visit thy face too roughly, Is portrayed
Upon each 2eliexte feassirc. Every uurys
And outline Of that gentle. ;iefding form
bespsaks the wondrouy grace, the magic charm,
Of wotn.nhoo3 refined.
Thy soul In Eorror from those beautcous eyes
Louks Upward unto God, since thou from 1ian
And f1o,n d cruel world, to WHOM thy nee
aud desolatioll Are as Taught, must tttra
In gausty, 1nia, aud khlduert1g uespait,
In awful agon! OF heart, to HnI
Who now aloue eau help wl,en Ean has proved
! bfuke. rae.i Th:reon thou can'st na1 :csa.
Dlrc Is thy head! Mag Hn whose ttutlcr caxo
Ternless :ne wind unto the S1ur7a lamb,
Ea ntar tlce now in mercy, To :us.ain
And guard thee from the pctts that arouhd
Environ thee on every hand to: tho.e
alone which want ard woe fafllcs
Cp1n thy tec0ar hesz:, and which l1ara bowed
Thy soul in anguish. but 1no.e c.uel curse
10 drag her to dish0uur worse than deathi
Yet, in thy hreaat, now spenksns from thfne ~
MthinEs there dwtfls ;x1sser 70 bEneT sdu9
Unknown, glorious ouelgy snbt1me,
That. in the &rysp Of srEh cruel fate,
Can meet cen d.tth with quiet forttilde,
Sf sss ss@ n I sad =; faF
No! though taJ' Soul Ire wr,tpE With agony,
Lie on lis purity shall fal. such Ataia,-
Although to .sre alive thy Starving taho
or n HA
FCrrSt- 'nclth :lo 1i.ltty wAEin--sacce
Of Satuzos snow, to Al eternal 7eJt!
O uoa. unto the desol.te the grave
Cot,,ea iie welcome rest to weary eyes
After tcc f-yerish pain OF ezrthly life,
Its sorroxS, aud its GuEtiens, and its wool
Unto that restfu1 eouch how many come
From the fatigue Of the long gay q. Lite
G.at2ly, unto the quiet night Of Death.
Before thy pictured insgo have stood,
and :Irooded DER the burst:ug wret 'aedncsa
OF shiae oc:busdeaea heart, beth'nk;1 Y. ms
Tha! taou vert bu: i tyre Of hiiZnAu lille
And earthly 6orrows- Bu.ueuA we With cnrsa
or nshere orr Own, turning at is*:-
III bitterness Of soul, from Man to God,
From Earth 10 Heaven, perCetving taat no: rest,
.2or horc. nor trust, npou this side the tomb,
Eut sure'y 1aiis 1t our uttaoet nes1.
So from the world our hearts still more and zno1s
Are v:eane,: nl,d .hus it u tue uuu::u heart
Comcu eyc1 1t length to louk u.'on this Faith
But ~ d SPOT wae.eou tie coni slights
Ere spt1nging upwards " iss hssvtis1ard light
Amidst tie g!otjous fields Gf uppor ai-:
For We arc only 4. birtA of la*a AEen hero,
Awaiting light into tue 3u'nmer-lart
When that the Au:um Of our hTts naa ccne,
An.f chilling winds fo.ews.-n lis to de:art
Unto .ho xcgious uf ETERNITY
The bitter, biting blast cf wintz! sly,
Tho chc.1.ess auoz, the cruel cvid, thy grief,
Win hunger, Thirst, ::.d whiting rs:lcllcdIess,-
The dying looS OF THY hal.-{rn+rr babc,-
Tie iancsy dosol,tio,, 20 portrayed
On thy sncss ple1diug xcr,-all reodcr thee
4 monument of misery, that now
Kecurrsth to my E.einosy AZ fresh,
Is real, nfc-iikr, and as s;art.tu.sy,
Al when upon that mz g.: e1uysA drst
I gszed 1ith narrowed sou, nor 2eeraI shat Art,
Not Nature, ras before tic. the h:-ll
O. Genius held Conception E its gasp,
Commanding Eoas4gn Lom my cou1nssH heart3
-. J. ". DICKINSON.