The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1875-07-28
VIII. :.
By MAssILLoN

Ia AASNILIh3As
The sun behind tile Hills was sinking down.
The towering. rugged mountains seen'a to frow1
Because the beaming day-god ceased awhile
To shed on them lis beauteous, glorious snlile
| Around the western portals gathered clouds.
Which were as bright as angels glittering shrowds
| With heart aglow and niled with strange delight,
Ne'er thinking Of the gathering gloom Of night, 4
! A youth stood on messy ezninence,
Viewing the lovely earth ana sky Immense.
Bright thoughts, Ike un-beaIna, through his mind
did go, 4
Giving unto his face radiant glow.
He thought Of all the paths that led to fame;
He thought Of all the heights whereon his name
Might be written, With Glory 3 diamond pen,
And span kle high 'boTe those Of other men.
- Can l." and shadows fitted DER his face,
81 Ascend and write my name above the place
Where Of strongest minds and tabled might
Have wrote their names IN characters of light77
q Can I7'' the echo answered from hill
In scorn, and said, g YOUTH say Il VIII win . =
Deep in his heart. in flaming letters bright.
Is VIII, was written on that lonely night
No longer lonely did the path-way seem:T
Already lustrous seemed his name to gleam
Up on the golden mountain-top Of fame,
While men admire and bards sing OF his name.
That night when soothing sleep had clos d his eyes,
Bright dreams did visit him. Down from the. skies
a rosy spirit, smiling, did descend,
And Ger the youth, his shining form did bend.
She placed her rosy lips close to his ear,
And whispering spoke, in accents sweet and clear
q Fair youth, think not the path to fame through
flowers, -
Or shaded DER, by cool, ambrosial bowers.
The way is rough; no flowers are blooming there,
To fill with fragrance sweet the heated air.
Within your path the rugged peak shall rise,
While far beyond Fame's temple meets the skies
Discouragements tower up, like blackened cliffs!
Despair opes wide her dark, uhfathomed riffs
Yet onward press yes, ON, and onward still!
Say yonder mount III gaia--I must II viii 2 .
with mornings dawn that youth arose;
Upon his brow, determination glows
Fixed is his mind WIZ is written there,
And CLOVIS and frightens off black, grim Despair.
He feels himself warrior vest with power;
And that to conquer, every passing hour
Must witness some eventful, mighty blow,
Which will dire obstruction level low.
He struggles on, through learning's winding maze;
Brighter and brighter still his mind does blaze.
oftimes, It's true, obstacles, huge aud dark,
Loom up before; yet, high above, his mark
He views. sAhi nothing shall discourage me:
III conquer tiIese-the next win easier be. {"
Toll on o youth yolIr dreams you'h realize,
And men and bards your name shah eanonize;
And you shall gain the top Of Glory's hin,
If everin your mind you keep WILL"
''I VIII, the massive rocks and hills can tear
Drag up and analyze the wealth that's there.
q / Win" can plunge beneath the surging sea,
Where niermaids sport in fayous revelry;
Bring up the glittering pearls, rich and rare,
To sparkle in the beauty's flowing hair.
81 WHIP did grasp the Hghtlings fiery wing,
1t from its thunder-shaken caves to bring.
''I Win' mighty monument can raise,
Wherein name, star-like, viii ever blaze
q VIII" can soar up in the starry air,
And read the glorions visions written there;
Can calculate the size Of burning sun,
And systems, through paths of light they run;
Can the face of every world above,
Andread in every star that Con is love.
MORRIsrowN, July ., 1875.