Lincoln County advocate. (Canton, Dakota Territory, [S.D.]) 1876-1877, 1876-05-03
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THE CLOSING sSCENE.

THE CLOSING sCENE.
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\ poem ever written % N u. .ser a
within ,hs ';ss scbsr VI u, u lesassa e,ses.
ss s .ass sss asHS' 1884, III S sSss ssse,
When u tlsi nslds ~ lying esosEsand |, bare.
Ths gray barns & looking from their hazy hSir,
DER the dun waters widening in the wales,
Sent down the 81 I. ais ~ E greeting e We 1ai milis'
ALL sights were mellowed and oil sounds subduedi
The hills seemed fAstber I'D streams sang low,s
MN dream the distant woodmap hewed .@A
His winter log with many mufled blow,
+ This enlbsl.ned forests, erewile armed with gold
The banner bright with every martial hue,
Now stood like some sad beaten host Of old,
Withdrawn afar in times remotest blue
On soomber son wings the ynlture tried his higlit;
The dove scarce heard his signing mstes COM
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And like star slow drowning in the light,
The village church vane seemed to pale and faint.
The sentinel cock up In the hilside crew
' Crew thrics- -and AL was stillers than befofs q
Silent, till scme replying warden blew ~,
His alien horn, and then was heard no more
Wherserst Tho iay, within the eims tai crest,
X Msde g.rrulona .frcnblee rounr her sunhedged
ig54 4younQ, aaf stiisi ST. So get Tx .Ss 2f ~
And when tho oriole swung her swaying nest,
BY every light wind like censer swung. as5
Where sang the noisy martins Of the caves, u A,
The busy swallows circllng ever near WI
Foreboding, as the rustic mind believes, .s,,t.s
An early harvest and plenteous year.
~ F4FE itF SIStT g9SEaf IN s3'@
shook t6s sweet slhnber from IL wings II morn,
To warn the reaper Of the rosy east
And now was sun. ~. empty and forlcrn.
Alone, from on. ne p,ysd the ausa !,
And croaked the GROW Through ~ the dreary
Aioae siUs liz pneasst,; atfnnlng in tho vale,
Made echo IL the distance to the cottage loonl
There was no bud, no bloom npon the bowers, i
No spiders moved theft thin rhrouds night BY
( The thistle aown; Inc only ghost Of flowers, .,.s
s Sailed slowly noiselessly out OF sight =
Amid all this, in this most dreary air,
and where tine woodbine sheds upon the porch
1ts crimson leaves, as If the year stood there, la
); Firing vssmoorMith its inSartsdtoSek sr. I'd
Amid all this, the center Of the scene, aiafIt
The white haired matron with monctonous tread
Piled the swift wheel, and with her joyous mien.
Sat like fate, and watched the flying thread .3n7
She had known SORROW He had walked with her,
; Oft supped and broke with her the ashen crust,
And in the dead leaves still heard the stir s"ts
s. OF his thick mantle trailing in the dust. .,ss
While vet her cheek was bright with summer bloom
Her country summoned, and she gave all; Il, -.
And twice was bowed to her his sable plume
Regave the sword to rust upon the wall. @lsr
Reeaye tle ,syaiI. .but not the hani ti,ar drew aF
And struck for liberty the dying blow, ~
Nor MIN WHO, to his sire the country true, .als
Fell mid the ranks Of the invading foe. -e-,~
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Long. but not loud, the aroning wheel went on,
Like the low mur1nur Of hive at noon;
Long, but not loud, the memory Of the gone
Breathed through her lips q sad and tremulou
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r. At last the thread WAS snapped, her head wa
ne EEF bowed go Al HE5E= $50 . tFE+Ef -,
Life dropped the dista1 through her hands serene
And loving neighbors smooth her careful shroud,
While death and winter closed fhe autumn scene
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