Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-01-09
THE CLOSE or THE YEAR.
EY - ?. PRENTICF.

Con. Gone t;r ever, Like = rr-hins wave
81 earthly tr-IE-auj It's i1-t Nv t.l--.
NantrrinE iu hruSr s-rrlts IN ths SIR
Are dying O. a. echo
The gay spring
MN ~ y9rrg sa-rs lis- ~. gone With tsi-sVs
slgnberIug n ssraPts ID th" ar-it> bir1s
Telling th.iT loves i,l uIt-ic, sud It's streams
To make earth - D., with the nv lt savs-
Ard summer Nth IT. d-wS ard shower hiss sous.
Its rainbov- glowing on the slant 4 nj,
Like spirits = thu strruf-it- peaceful lakes
smiling IN their sweet sleep. a. if their dreams
Wcrs Il the opening 4 lower sud building trees
And exchanging sky-an.I IL bright mists
Resting up.n IN mguniain TOPS A. crowns
Has gone With sil its lrcper giorie- gone
with its green hili- Ike sltars Of the world
rs cod wind, sirsying mid the forest sisi-s
T. Tshs the ihou;sni wind harPs, IT. serens
Like bsnnCrs frvm the hatti-n,ent cf heaven,
And its still svsuing--when the moOnIit ga
Was ever tirothing-like the living heart
Of the great universe An, these are
IN S3und. shd visions Of .h- paS-theiE deep
And they are gathered to the embrace Of death,
nor have the, gone alone High human heart.
OF passion have gone with them. The fresh dust
\ chill On many . breast that burned erevhiIs
Win fires thst s"ene'! immortal Joys that lesesd
Like sHsels from the heart, and wandered free
U this young m"rn- O. look upon the flowers,
The poetry II nature, aaI o. list
The woven sounds q breeze and bird snd strssn
~ silence % the dust. Exulisnt Hop
That Ioved forever on the hugyant windS
Ard chsEted to the ever i,tinc hart
In III wild music q thuH-a nj tongues,
Nights burning gems seemed Ieweled on her brow
Has shut hCT dropping wings and male her house
That knelt at Passion : hottest shrine and gszei
on his heart idol a. ON some sweet star
Whose purity and distance marie 10 dear.
ABd dreamed 4 eCstaCieS, until his soul
SEEMED but Tyre. thar vaken in the glance
To his eternal resting place And where
Is stern Ambition n who msIIy Rrasprd
f1H-affU s.ffsfrtF l..
Ills fame upon tn battichglI, and loaged
t. make throne pyramid ui bones
His stormy voice l. mutc-hi- mighty aTm
4 neTvelCss on it, Clud, hi- very uanf-
v but meteor If the hight Of years
Who's gleam flashed cut a moment Ger the earth
hnd fsded in" ncthirgnes~; The dream
OF high dcv otion. Beauty = bright array.
And life dep idol memories, all htve passed
Like the cloud shadows on a star lit stream,
or stream Of soft music " hen the winds
Are slunibering on tn pillow
Upon the past with sorrows Though 'ha year
Has gone 90 blend with the mysterious tide
CT old Eternity, and borne along
Upon it, heavIuE breast thousand wrecks
0t glory and q ieauty- Yet. why mourn
That sHch l. destiny Another year
Succeeieth 90 the past In their bright round
The SEASONS Come AMI O.: the same blue arch
That hath hung - n u will hang % er n vet:
The same pure stars that We have loved t. watch
Will blossom still AT twilight gentle hoIr,
Like lilies ou the tomb Of day, and still
Man viii remain to dream ~ h. hath dreamed
And mari the earth with passion Love will spriss
And JOY and great Ambition will rise up
As they have risrn. and their l.-i~ will be
Brighter than those eIgravru on the scroll
Df past centuries. Even now thu
of coming wears. beneath who's mighty waves
Life : great events are heaying into birth.
j. tossing 20 and frc. a. il the WINS
OF heaven we're prisoneri in IT. sOunjles, depths.
And struggling 70 te free.
Weep no; thai time
j. pressing on IL III ere long reveal
A brighter 10 the nations. Hask
Along the wales and mountains Of IN" earth
There J. a deep. porfenfous murmuTing,
Like the swift rush IF subtsrrsnean streams.
Or like the min gle.l sounds If earth and air.
WHEN tn fierce tempest with -ounrouS wing
Heaves his deep folds upon the rushing winds
And hyTfies Cnv ard, with IN, might Of clouds
Against the eternal mountains. lis the VOiss
az infant Freedom. ard her stirring call
Is heard and aHsws rtd IN a thousand tones.
From every hill top If her western home
And Lit breaks acr1$s old ocean : food,
OF nations starting from the spell Of years.
The et-hHIen If the night have caught the sign,
From tower o. tower thu signal fires flash free,
And the deep vatchWord- Ike the rush of seas
That heraldS thc volcanoes bursting flame,
IL sounding eT the earth Bright years Of Hope
And life are on the W ing. on glorious bow
OF Freedom hendsd ~ the bani Of God.
Il spanning Time : dark sUTgrs. It, high arch
A type # Love and Mercy-gn the clouds
Tells that the many Storms OF human life
Viii Pa-s in silence. and the sinking
Gathering the forms 0f glory and of peace.
Reflect the undImmeo brightness II thu heavens.