The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1875-09-29
PEE KNOW THEE THERE.

PEI KNOW THEE LEE GAeA3'
CD. Prentice said: "No lying poem can
surpass in bsauty the following lines, from
the muse Of Amelia"
Pale star, that with toy soft, sad light,
Comes out upon my bridal eve,
I have song to sing tonight,
Before thou takest thy mourntui ieaVe'
Since then so softly time has stir'd
That months haye almost seemed hke
. hours,
And am like little bird
That slept too long among the flowers,
And, waking, sits with wayeless wing,
Soft singing mid tie shades Of even;
But, ohi with sadder heart sing
Ising Of one who dwells in Heaven.
The winds are soft the clouds are few,
And tendsrest thought my heart oegaaes'
As, floating up through mist and dew,
The pale young moon comes out in smiles;
And to the gresn resounding shore
Insilyegy troops the ripples crowd
Till all the ocean, dimpaed DER,
Lifts up its voice aud isushs aloud;
and star on star, all soft and calm,
Float up yon arch serenely blue;
and lost to earth and stepped In balm,
My spirits Goss in ether, too.
Loved one! though lost 70 human sight,
feel tiny spirit lingering near;
And softly-ss feel the light
That trembles through tae atmosphere
As in some temples holy shades,
Though mute the hymn and hushed the
prayer
A solemn awe the soul pervades,
Which tells that worship has been there;
A breath Of license, LETT alone,
Whsre many eelser swung around;
Which thrills the waudeser like to one
1. Who tresds on ecnseerated ground.
know thy soul, from worlds Of bliss,
Yet stoops awhile TO dwell with me;
Hath esagat the prayer / breathed m this
That az last might dwell with thee;
hsar mHrmR, from the seas,
That thrills me like thy spirits sighs;
hear voice on every breeze,
That MAKES to mine it's low replies
Ayoice sR low and s~set, like thine;
Il gives an answer to my prayer,
And brings my soul from Hesyen-a sign
That I viii know and meet thee there.
IN know thee there BY that sweet face
Round which tsnder halo plays,
Ssill touched with that expressive grace,
That made thee lovely ali thy days;
By that sweet smile o'er it shed
4 beauty like the light Of even,
Whose soft expression never fed,
Even when its soul had fed 70 Heaven;
TN know thee by the starry crown
That glitters in thy raven hair,
Oh! By these blessed sights alone,
IN know thee there, III know thee there!
For, ali. thine eyes, within whose sphere
The sweetest youth and beauty met,
That swan in love and sofsness here,
Must swim in love and sofsness yet;
For. sh! It's dark and liquid beams,
Though ssddsned BY thousand sighs,
Were holier than the light that streams
Down from the gates Of Paradise
Were bright and rsdiact like the morn,
Yet soft and deWy as the eve;
Too sad for eyes where smiles are born;
Too yeung for eyes 20 learn TO gr:eve.
lwondsr if this cold, sweet breeze
Hath touched thy lips and famed thy brow!
For all my spirit hears and sees
Recalls thee to my memory now;
For every hour we breathe spars
WIN bat increase, II thst t can be,
The love thss fills this lonely heart,
Already filed so full Of thee;
Yet many tear these eyes must weep,
And many sin must be forgiven,
Ere these pale lids shall sink to sleep.
And you and shall meet in Heaven!