Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-12-27
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lin VIA iu the love bf Nature holds
oniniurnon With her VISIBLE fsrma she spsAks
a ous1a1guage; for his gayer houn
She mas V0lee Of glRdness, and smile
Ana eloquenes Of beauty, and she Elides
IilO h.s darzee musings. with amid
And healing ayznpathys hat steals sway
Their sharpness, ere he Is aware When thoughts
Oh the last bitie- h0ur come like blight
over thy dplFit. snd sad images
o. the ssorR agony. and the shrOud. and pail,
Aud bTeathlsss dArknezs, and the narrow house,
aEake thes % shuddsr, and grow Sex at heart
GO form, under the open sky, and LIST
80 EalUre's teaehings, while from al around
1arru ana her water. and the dePths q air.
comes Etfu Toice-Yet n few days, and thee
me ali-beholding sun shall ses Nc more
/ In all mis- course; nor set In the cold ground,
Where thy pale form was laid, With many tears,
NorI The embrace OF ocean. shAI exist
Ehymsse Earth. that nourished thee. shall elAiE
my Er5Fths q bs resolved 70 earth again.
And. lost each human trace. BunenderiHg uP
Thine individual being. shalt thou SO ....-. fts
70 NIX IUrever with the siemeats.
Tons brother 10 the inssa1zIbie rock
And 70 the HGSgish elod, which the Feds swain
Turns win hlsHhars. and tFeads upon. The oak
sl.aIi send his roots abroad and plerca thy mould.
Yet mot 70 thine eternal resting place
shah sn0u retire alone. nor couldss thou wish
Concn more magnificent. Thou shalt lie down
T!,e powerful Of The eaFih-the Wrse. the good,
FalF forms, and hoaTy seem OF ages past.
All IN one mighty sepulchre. TIE hflla
ROek-n5bad and sncient - the i1n-the Hales
Etrefching IA penslve quietness betWeen;
The VenerAhls woods -rvsFs that mavs
IN 1nalezfy, aud shs complaining brooks
Thai make meadoWs green and. poured nOnad AL
old Oeean's gray aud melancholy waste
krs but the solemn dscorafiOns Al
OF TIE great tomb o. man. The golden s1n,
Thsplanets Al the INFINITE hosis OF heaven,
Are sitting on the sd abodes Of death
Through the still lapse OF ages All that tread
The gloDe are but ahaRdfu 70 the tnh8
That sluuaoei 8 kabo,ozh Tsks che wings
o. morning. traverse Rarezd desert sands,
orloss thysslf intls cputnnons VOodEI q.
Where rolls the Oregon, and hears no sannd,
SaEa his own dsshings-y dad are there.
And millIols in those solitudes. since art
The Eight o. years began have laid them down
In their last sleep-ths dead reign there alone
So shalt thou rest, aud what II thou withdraw
n slenes nom the living. and no frlend tzE
Talze not8 Of thy depaTtunef All that breathe
VIII shara thy destiny. The gay lIlaagh
when thOu art gone, TIE solemn brood OF caro-
Pied on, and each one Is before viii chase
Bis favorits phantom jet al these shall leave
Their mlrth and tlielremploynen sud shall cone
And makstheir I'D With thss. As ths long train
or ages glide away. the sons oE men,
rhe youth in lies green spring. and he who goes
IN the fun strength Of years EnEtron, and maid
And the sweet babe, and the gray-haired man.
shan one BY one be gathered 70 thy ode.
By-nuse, whom their turn shall follow them
50 live, that when thy summons comes to join
Thelnmunerable caravan, which moves
To that mysterious realm, where each shall take
His chamber in the silent halls o. death,
Tn u go not like the quarry slAys at night,
5cOurged to his dungeon, but sustaied and soothOd
BY an uHf.iterlng trust, approach Thy grave,
Like one who wraps the drapery Of his co0ch
AhouL him and liss down % pleasant drsamA