Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-01-17
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! ~ III: SHEPHERD OF SHASOEDALE, VALLEY
OF VIRGINIA.
/ 10 tie eit0. 81 tie .4Ler,ndriu GG=ens:
I,u sill greatly ob!igc ine By repuojishlog
tie c:.e sd Poem, which have copied irou,
iii oi . .za!te IN ny possession, OF lst5. HE
! shes herd Il Sh-aon1ae,' tour much os
tcemcd aai cultivated tcwusnau. Dr. +. J.
, MURPHY - is the author, aud | hope his Muse
VII! orc ulCrc rasuIu- ncT pace 10 - Affections,
ana that we nay hear from them Goth 4g,a;a. K
! and ~ thou coming Winter!
II thy wild sd stormy might,
! To cast or n! earth Iuv".y tang.
| TIL: pc sI.:: w!tnerigg o:!.A.
! Ay, Gc-c Gc comes . or the G1tafy world:
| lee! hi: oTcA.c--ah ne! how cold!
Re r"ars ma -h:le wlid, haggar,! o-o'7
! Which o. IS0!e Wa3n in MS prime
And lie sIngetn the same Sbriii, wali!ng sony.
Which lie sal = in the oid.l time;
he same hosTSe moan . or he!d snd :.,t,
Al "a! Old I.n.er / Know lL.e wei
Thou Art coming, icy WATER
To tel! the same sad .ste
Oi bright thing passing f.om the earth
With :lgh sid moan and wall
O.; ial7 Il " ~ 'sdirg, one By one,
e.: thy $,pe b,Lner> cloud the sun
\ chan. from the Polsr choir pess our.
Wildly and :l OF woe,
A. msrch thy fierce es ,sdrons forth
From thy hat,lenenl> 4, snow:
A requiem lis . er psre Summers form,
Or TIE deep war cry of :ae gathering storm I!
Thy cohorts, with their night, bscS puma:.
>hu; out the bright, blue sky;
a! nature nOurrs the fast cccay
Uf summers b!azonry;
Now murmurlng low, now shrieHiag wild,
She sorr0ws o ar ncr dying child.
The lips Of the prsttling brook are seaie,!,
And the sin sing birds have 4 WI
Awsy, away 10 some brigh. land
10 the" and thine unknown;
And even man in mis- prid. Srow: paic
Aad trembles at Thy fierce sSsaIt.
Thy t-umpe. rings throug b the mountsin pass,
Win nt:ul, wild hailoo;
And the halls. hes drum on the hollow trees
Win mournful Tat-tst TO
On spare. in tnv te.riul lnarches, spare
.the trutI, fed sni the gsv ps.ter-e!
But thy fierce osttalions alag On,
Nor heed nor hear my cry;
And \ G;!ge for the fair SID a1wcry led
Sw. is through the Ia!kened shy:
And showers of icy isvetinS fall
The only snSwe7 to my csi.
Blu: hoi f.g Of truce hangs out
In Spoti.:sS 10 ia on high
Ard the snow tAkes wheel in brigh. p:a:oon:
Through the dark snd troubled sky
They seek TIE esrtr III countless showers;
They t.ll on the mountains giGdJ helgat,
L. The dark Tsvine they fall
And er :5e distan. ctys dOnes
They sp7cad thor "a slant psi;
Tbs: bcau:-ous snow like winding shee:
l: spresd Der ioTes. AMI field s1G street.
On the stored monument it falls,
Bot: OF: the studied verse,
And covers Al! Inc hish and low
With one uascu! p:ured hearse
Methink= it les more lightly on
TIE grave OF the broken hearted cnn
The folds OF Psrnlm turban nov
The village spire doth hide;
And se It dresses the old yeH tree
A. gsy - bonny b7ide
With 81 er:nire cinak i. wra,s 10 pan
AMI shuts ne b.Ast from he growing grain
Come on come on old Win. :!
Spring wesrs inning smile,
And summer mss a lullng srt
10 cha AMI 10 gu le;
And eu:un is il beauty drest:
Bu; Thy rough form l love the best!
T2ou teiie>t NJ q long SGD;
.: cnitdL ooti's spo;.ess day;
vi boy hoo!'s freaks By IN Old f:e;.de-
0! friend: now passed sw,y:
Alb@!t too !. Y accents dresr !
Tel thst .ifr'S Wiu,er CraWetn -esr !