Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-09-11
A SYLVAN REvERIE.


ecKSx-nowAnpKs rAEx.- -Mt. Gladstons die
covered engaged In telling tree. surround
e.i BY IL o Liberals of bolton. He strikes
afew blows the crowd cheer voeiferousiy.
Mr.. Glsistonc panses from hls laoors. 10
fleets few moments, and then slngs sotto
voce:
How sweet ere the sounds Of the popular voice
In an sx ministerial ear
How surely know that the national choice
Mast 20 with ths holsiest eheeri
A gsls upon votaries faithful as those.
And their incense of worship a-eenfs.
forget for q moment the malice OF fo~-
And stili bettsr-the eoiine.s of ffisnts
feel am s,est. and k0cw am good.
And no longer rczrvt my position
As statesmen who's taken tn ehoepins OF
Ana abandoned the paths Of ambition.
D. II vanity prompting met IL u ALT lo'sf
Can I. ssfs In my conscience. decide
That n 10 not such feelings my ooson' 'na'
novel
Ys think it's Legitimate pride.
I am motor hope nos-s lover OF Irass;
am humble hope - u least.
II will do me no harmon oeeA-ionai uAys-
such rich populahty.ha.t.
for perhaps I am g'sai. AMI MINK q"
AMI irs .ur,l, . mark % -uhmls-ion
To tsie. thoash a statesman. to ehopping
of wool. ,.,
Ami abAndon the ps'hs Of ambition.
lHs strike. fSw nor' niow- with h. AZ
then again paa.s-. The cheering 10 re-
nswed.l
How simple looki how unconsciously grand
AZ rust from uy toll fot spaee.
VITA my vai-tcoat thrown 81. and my ~ IN
my hand.
And hamsnity's dew on my hee
oh. my brethren In toll. who stand wOnfrins
Nv vh,t H.. have bound you to ms'
An orator, scholar and Statesman rcnosnei.
Condescendins to cut down auee
Ysi. tno~ am great. .oms,hies tells me
And I lei its iof,y position
A stAie-msn's. who's taken to ehopplng OF
wood,
And fors..en the paths Of ambition.
us sale. round him for few moment. with
visibiy Increasing eomPiacshey.l
tn. oao.uiar xoodmsn this citizen hos,
Could the old wotld's Imperial Queen
In N. DAYS oi her ssriy -inpiieity bia.t
A mors nobly republican -eenef
Lst n.e think. a. watch the admirers who
Tn. .inpIs pur.ults Of my homs.
OF Lueius QulDctius sainmonsi BY vote
of ths state from the furJw b. koms.
Yes, 1 feel am great. and know J am
And I'm greater by far. with -uhmi.siOn,
As statesman. When occupied ehoppins oi
Than when ,n.aias the paths OF smbI.
tion.
Hut Roret I.u Roman or Gress that's re-
ealledf
-ris the hsroe- 80 dear 10 my pen.
Psiiies. whose wsr-erJ the rroJsh- sppsheu'
Asamemnon the leader OF n-n.
For have not led men Alright when Astray'
Turn..l them hack from the fal-e 10 the trucf
And do uot the Tories and Turks with dismsy
H~collect what my wAr-e'y caa dor
Y.s. ye.. sm great. and surely I'm gooi,
or 1 could nOt endure the position
or statesman resigned 10 the ehopping ot
And rsaoaneing the paths Of ambition.
But both Roman dletsior and ransan chief
In one cardinal point excel,
For 1 sm-a- hazard the humnls b-ilsi-
coascisn,iou-iy cari-iisn a. well.
And coutent with all this, let de,rsei'r- re-
pat
A. with angry persistence they do
Tnat my els,n D. th. homae- l prAps might
complete
Were only an Englishrnan zoo.
Let them raye-l sm great. let them msne~r-
AMI the, vex no, the hspey eonii;i IN
OF statesmen who, tssins 10 ehppPins OF
wood.
Have absnioued the paths o. snbliion.
-lPaii Mall Gskstie.