The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1878-05-09
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THE HOUSEHOLD GODS.
ny ARoHInALn M,anHaon.

We read in old Mythology great Jupiter would call
meeting Of the greater gods, In high Olympus
hall;-
There In assembled Senate would he distinctly state
His mighty WILL and there decree II be fulfilled by
fate
The greater Powers were ready to obey each high
command,
And carry out the mandates, by air, and sea, and
land;
Old Neptune with his trident was paramount at sea,
And old Eolus ruled the winds with high authority
The earth was more divided, with matters slightly
mixed;
And even yet, Ills evident that things are hardly
fixed
And in that distant period, confusion would ensue,
Whene'er the charming GOdesses would something
have In view,
There's Juno and Diana, and others might name
Who troubled father Jupiter with more than loves
own flame,
But all these mighty potentates have passed to their
And IT'S of little moment now to what they did
amount.
Another class, the lesser gods, more numerous they
say
More circumscrlbed in power and range, tho useful
In their way;
Among these were the Household Gods, devoted to
"sweet Home"
The faithful guardians Of the hearth nor e'er allowed
TO roam
Their high and holy mssiOn great Jupiter designed
To cherish all the Virtues and to benefit mankind!
Those Household Gods have persisted too, have long
since passed away;
The Virtues tho survive them, around our hearths
to-day
Survive too in their vIgor with undimmed splendor
shine
As brightly as in days of old and Juplters design;
i with frpqh m al In
To sweeten every virtue and backen every sin;
They're found in caskets various let's look inside the
| shell.
We find here "old Mortality" and meet with Little
Nell"
Here too, are angels Whispers, 1.-THE Children In
the Wood"
1.-THE Children" of our Dickens, and Little Riding
| Hoodl"
We travel with old "Crusoe' and find sweet ANNA
bel Lee
The maid that's not forgotten in that "Klngdom by
| the Sea-"
Adown the river floating l5-'The Lady of Shalottl "
Who passes by the "Violet," and sweet "Forgetme
| nOtl"-
my heart is in the Highlands with the Lady o
the Lakel"
| While on the "Bonny banks o. Clyder q rest with
| friends we take
"The Wounded Hare!" llmps by us, 1.-THE Mountain
Daisy" blooms,
1.-THE Skylark," and "The Wee Birds rehearse thell
sweetest tunes.
But here, at "Home Again." we meet-how long
we've been away
"John Anderson my Joe, John" and good "Auld
Robin Grayl"
The sweet Last Rose OfSummer" bedec1s 1.-THE Old
Arm Chair"
| 1.-THE Cricket on the HEARTH comes In the evening
Joys to share
| INIT in In oo
the Rhine"
Are welcome guests-in unison with Burns, and
"Auld Lang Syne"
And hosts Of other worthless, historic In their fame
with all the brain creations too numerous to name
Do Life's great burdens press you, with care, OF
worldly strlfeP
Just ope the priceless volume and search the Book
of Lifel
All Hopes without foundatlon-all aspiration vain
Unless the heart is purity, and life without STAIN
We joy with Little Barefoot tive weep with "Jeane
Deans"
So delicate to nature, are those interesting scenes =!
These are not feetlng shadows, but embodiments
that tell,
Immortal as the qualities they represent so we'll.
God bless the "Art Preservatlve," 1t crystallizes
| thought
Immortal life-creatons from human fancy wrought
Creations Of right reason, well fitted to display
The lovely forms of Virtue in their Innocent array!
Companions Of the freslde, so full of sweetest
chimes
More lifeike and attractive than the gods of ancient
Il inn