Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-05-21
Written for the Free Prce and Times.


We talk OF people going West,
And wonder If it will be best
To break the ties that bind them here,
Aud leave behind the friends so dear.
5 nee life so short is, will il do
To lose the ID TO gain the new
Perhaps it will we do no. all
Alike enjoy the gentle thrall
OF friendship, nor the potent spell
Of home, where early loved ones dwell.
Some fondly linger round the hearth.
Where sweetest joys have had their birth.
While others strain 10 break the tie,
And chide the years because they hy
~ slowly. Strangers SUIT them best;
Hall fledged they haste to leave the nest
The strong, old-iashioned love
Of such enduring flores wove,
That brother bound TO brother.
And sisters TO each other.
Seems to be going out Of date,
And people coidly calculate
what best will pay, no matter where,
II money can be gathered there.
L Ike Lot, that silly son OF Adam,
Who settled foolishly in Sodom.
And was So sadly taken in,
Escaping only with his skin,
beheld his darling turn to salt,
And ielt at last his -reylous fault.
Should any venture 10 enquire.
u Still they feel no fond desire
10 keep alive the olden fame,
The, lisp, how dull, inspid, tame
IL may be some ones ugly duty,
To stay upon this Isle OF Beauty
But /. iny stars ! would not stay
Aud waste my precious years away,
" thin this Islands narrow bounds.
] Woul not be so silly, Zounds
!. Golden pebbles paved the shore,
Aud real sIlVur waves washed DER
The heach-why' mercy On Us friend,
How can a mortal cOndescend
To live in such a quiet place.
VITA such au honest. tUiling race.
Where every body knows his neighbar,
Ani ne VINO eats will have a. labor
The tulei must he reduced 10 straits.
To leave h.s genial city mates.
And here ann such -icnccs,
As cen rehuhe the whispering trees.
30 use She arts he elsewhere plies
luhiuGertd. til the rascal dies
Tire he--er here assumes the grace
nt mIdcs-y. aui fears 10 face
YIN bodily and the lolier shuns
i,u, as a aaht0r does his dun-.
Tuh.trtt everlasting waves
Mutugr'u- e.. each ulh-r', graves,
The sutt cuI uorrd le term. breeze,
Daily ,u- VITA the cedar trees.
o Doe loul rcluorsoless gale,
ilaIrIu- along hls dismal tale.
lhe Au.n 1- honey laden bees
lr- birds THAI fragrant lilies tcaZs,
fu-u-t.A- taeig ca-er thir,ty bills
iuta tle cell Inc hector fills
60 breathe the sweet untainted air.
That pl1s around our maideus lair.
Who's beauty wears no thin disguise,
Nita .ips unpa'uted ike thcir eles.-
nH. ] cluant bear 90 see
Sucl rustic, sweet simplicity.
IT, stay amolg the mountains.
Aat drink from crystal fountains,
IT, lead the nucks among the hills,
hnere ceas..ess dow the tiukllng nils,
10 hear tine stupid creatures hloat,
And pull tie everlasting teIt
uf chew mothcrly old COWS,
Toe green, young Yankee proudly VOWS
He WAS not born TO do such things
aud dies O. see what fortune brin s.
Away 20 the Praries ]
VII Ike tempest ly,
The far oil golden shore
III Jubilant explore,
or HE me % the city,
Where it Will be So pretty,
Behind the shining counter,
TO slnp-r AID to sAunter,
To wait upon the girls
And sell them lore n ours
" Ia artificial grace
To measure Of their lace,
u ia nonsense sweet beEuIle
In real city style,
The Innocent Of brains
Who spend the Fathers gains.
And look 50 trim and clean,
Yet iuay be .ul %. Sic.
Vel. ~ tie world needs such as you,
Each mortal bath h!s work To do;
q 4uNiuz Prov .dcuce viii show,
The path where fate would have you 20.
We blame you not, So stagt my friend
Aud CROW ned may be Your journeys end.
Ert.en ior tho Free Press and Time
sugar Hearts.
BY A. RHO.
dozen luckless maideus
Mere .uuud o. have no hearts
They'd always been .uFiuc.b.e
TO Cup.I's keeuest darts.
This uou rn.ul .Act gave sorr0w
70 ali the youths around;
But Il u. as yet, not one of them
Il remedy had found.
uLe happy day. one wiser
EssaI ed % tr.' his arts
lie Alt upon a lucky plan
aud sent them sugar hearts.
The ma deu- were del GIFTED
So s5rssf they found the VIII M
Each cirI declared, with smAckn- lips,
She'u b-eAk her heart lur hun.
Each said she'd live no longer
As she had done, with none,
Before shed have no hsart again
shed take heart ui Stone.