The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-07-04
GRyAET'H "THANATOpaI v"


For suhinity Of thought purity Of ftylc, srd
isu'tloB rh(tOuc the pom Of Wm Cullen bryant,
written 81 his nnttttnth year cniit'pd lhaua-
topis" f. unSurpwaod W the EnSih h au-ulIc
Ms Venerable l0ru has pnsiei way, ius NJ, RruIus
viii live ard breathe white the knglish In, guag0
'ndut,s He took hIS dep I'ure 'tothat mySlc-
Iious r,Hlm on the morning VI the l2ih e Jane,
1875 For the ben,h OF our renders Va repub'i i,h
the beautiful We've VI death ku0Wn W hIyGnts
Ilahatopsh
10 him who IN tho love Of Nature holds
Communion with her visible form she peaks
various language; iuT his layu htuT
-h1 hN1 yUiCe Ot NJ dness ard smile
And oOuueuCeO Of beauty, and shr glidcs
into his uHiEer mutmH wi hR mi'd
And heating SYM aihy, that ti1ns away
Their sharpness elC he IL aware, Mhru thoughts
u. the last bitter rem come Ike q hligNt
Dyr; Thy spirit, Hud sd Image
Oi the stem EGOny, AZ Il the shI oud, and pail,
Ani hrcathlg,s daI knc $ AMI the marrow house,
Make thee shudder and grow sick heart;
Go lOtth, under the open sky, md list
10 Naiu - teaching, while froIo al around
Earth aud her wateIt, aud the depth Ii air
tOmts a SIN yolCa-- Yet irS days anh thee
The al-hchodng sun thVl see no more
In an IA course nor vet IN the cold ground
Where thy pale iOun was laid, with many tCprs,
Nor IN the cmbrHCc OF CccJi sh leSist
lhy hAago Earth thAt nourianed thee, thall claim
Thy LryPlh, go Lp HsD!vCd tiIaItH alain,
'nd lost each human race, sur endc Ing up
Ihiau individual being, stall Ih1Uy 70
To mix fuICycr with the C'un,nls
Ia be n brother 10 the nWnsible rock
And to tue srgRish cod VIII On the ruie FTain
Turns with his sAara, and troada upon. lhe oak
Sha! send It's roots abroad, sud piece thy ned
Yet not TO thine etIuil resting plaCo
Shalt thou Ie'i alone nor coulds thou wish
Couch more magnificent, lhsu shalt lie down
with pHtraICEB Of the infant wOrlG--Sith RiaIS,
The powerful of the cu,h--thc wise. the good,
Fdir iorWs ind hCary scOTs Of Rgoa past
All In one loiShty trpuIchr1, The hig
Rock -libbtd ana ancient asC 10 sUu the wales
Stretching in quiet p'utivtnefs between;
Tho yrro'a Ilo wood --Ieycrs' hat move
In maj uy, oud the complaining mODRs
That make the meadows greer, and poured round
all,
Old ,raanSgr,v nrd melancholy wostp--
Arohu the solemn dee r8tnns All
Oi the great tomb VI man. The golden sun
Ihc planets, ali II eiOtuits hosts heaven
re shinirg on The sad b)dca OF death
ThrCu sh the Fll tpsc ~ ages All that tread
The globe are but handful 10 the tribes
That slumberin It's bosom. Take the wings
OF morning, traverse RWca's desert lands,
Or lose thyse'i in the continuous woods
Where rolls the OT'gon and hears no sound,
Say It's own d lshiDiB- yethe dead are there,
And millions In these solitud IS si.co tir-t
10e fight q ysarB began, have laid them down
In their ! 81 'ep--tle dCan reign In thcreaoue
so shalt thou rest and what If thCu withdraw
In ale, e. from the living and 10 friend
lake note OF thy depmture2 All that b ealhe
VIII share thy de tiny. The Hay will itu2h
when thou art gone, The role mn brood OF care
Pod on, and each ore ag before val chssc
His lnvorite phalton yet all these shall leave
lhtir miith and their emplOymons, and shall
come
And m Ike their bel with thee As the long train
Ct aycs glide away, the sons Of mar,
The Nouth IN lc'F green epruR, and no who goes
In the iul, strength of years, mRiInn aud maid,
and the sweet hahn, md the gray haired man
Shall one hy one be- gAt l. cred to thy eide
Ry those, who In their turn shall follow them.
So live, that when Il y summons comes TO join
lhninuumorAh'c caravan which nOyos
ia that mvst 'riOus realm whtGo each shall take
Hit chamber IA The silent hnlIsut death,
Thou 20 not ike The quarry save AT night,
Scouiged TO MS dungeon, but, sustained and
sOpthCh
Ry an uuIalterrrtrus aUproach thy grave
Like one who wrap5 The dlugeTy # 0is Co,cI
Al at MIN and lies down IL p'ctWut Dreams