Lexington weekly intelligencer., 1876-09-09
AN OLD sIaRY.

Although you wear look Of unbelief;
No wonder, either, kuow wing all you do, a.!t 2.
These are the Y last a Words M shall III speak With you
And then the evil tale OF shame and grief -.
Comes to an ending. 1t will all be done !
Before the shining OF another sun. at!
There was a time you loved me, certainly
How long ago it seems, and far away!
i wonder sometimes was it really me '''' g.
You married, and brought home that summer
That June day, sweet with song of bird and bee.
To the old house that frOnted on the bay.
All! dear old house! l see the roses still - H.
That used to Chamber round the window-sill.
1 smell the salt sea- wind that used to blow q
ACROSS the marshes; and hear again y
The screaming of the guls before the rain '
Those little things. that happened long ago; 4 Il.
sec shs TS ns us.a
Backward and forward on the shifting tide.
Ii this were all Il dream, and could wake i q,
And find myself in that old hOuas once more,
And smell the sea, and hear the plssh aud break
Se gxsso .as
The misery for you made before. -.
Would 1 had dreamed it all. and could undo a.
The sorrow and wrong i wrought for you'll .
never meant 1t, tn ough-yOu must believe u
My dying words. had NO thought OF sin,
No thought OF anything but to retrieve - =
Some empty hours, some diyersiOl win
For time hung heavy, aud used 10 grieye %
More than you know ,for my own home aud kin ;
So much, you know, that has been deafto me.
You were absorbed by many weIghty care, y
1t seemed to tax your patience but to spare :
An hour or SO steVenlng fur my need d;il!A g
And SO Thought hardly had my share !"
OF wIfely honor, and was sore indeed, hH y,
And bitter often with seDsc OF wrong .....,
That made the days more desolate ana long.
II l had had q chlld-but there again, J.
That boon SO universal and SO free i9yE5 81,
of all others must desire in vain .-,.
The joy Of motherhood was not for me. !. " 81
l would have borne its utmost care and strain
No woman Oh Gods earth more willingly
Could have ever rocked to happy rest .3ns
baby OF my own upon my breast.
You never thought cared7 All, well. did, -
= And there are other things! cared for, too,
But shyly half, and halfin pride kept hid, :,
BY reason OF my bitter thoughts OF you; t.
Why should tell you, only 70 bs chld GOOD -
For discomfort? And SO you never knew q
How dull my days were, and how sore the smart
VI disappointment IN my empty heart.
Grew out OF this with such q gradual growth
never saw the danger-never guessed = .
That was false at heart to welded troth-
I'LL sudden passion lealed up unrepressed, 81,
And sudden ruin overwhelmed US both.
No need to tell you more, you know the worst:
But truly WAS innocent ut first. 80 E. r.... .,
Sometimes fcel-and you will smile. no doubt,
A bitter smile, and scornfnl. when I've said
The wicked thing yOu'n think 1t, boldly out
feel as II shall not wholly dread t
To stand before HIM who dispersed the rout r..
That would have stoned sinful woman dssd-
He knows my Sin, and my temptation, too; .
He will not be 30 stern \ Judge as you. &. .1I
So go forth to meet Him, glad to 60 ~ =
For in this world ia no more room for me.
lhere Is another life somewhere know, N Z
AND, ChflSL being IN 1t, It NAV also be ..r
That shall lind my place there. and may grow
10 something worth redeemlng finally. =. h
see your plying look-I hear your sIgh; O.,
No matter! kiss me once before die. : 80 d
-TADDletOn'S Journal.