Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-09-12
The Broken Flower,

A marvel of beauty and brightness was
''Little Al TO those accustomed to OBJ
serve mysterious course Of things in this
world there had been many misgiviag,
many q painful apprehension that the lit
tie life unfolding with 50 much OF prom
ise before their eyes-etety day develop
ing some newer charms, some rarer per
1ection-might come to a sudden end.
| "'Too sweet for earth'' was felt, bat not
spoken, lest the harmless words should
prove dreadful prophecy; Or in some In
definable way hasten their own fulfilling.
! 1t is admitted now: however, with tear
full eyes and quivcring lips by those who
were to him little more than strangers.
No one, think, who has spent 81 hour
| of the last half year in his society but
has laid away in memory something to
90 with him through his natural life,
Something to coif1e back at unexpected
times ard places, producing q mingled
Joy and pain-joy that such rare sweet
ness ever existed, pain that its existence
| was so brief. 1t may have been only a
little act, the repetition of a wo,d or ges-
ture of welcome which he had been
tanught, but it was done so graceiously! !!
the granting of an asked for kiss, but you
would never have gu 5sscd the pleasure
was not half his own from the eager ad
vance with upreaching face, the sweet
face, the sweet lips wleathed in smiles
and the soft violet eyes beaming with de-
light. Had he entered upon life two
years ag6 with mature intelligence and
the one purpose to win in that short time
all hearts to himself he would not have
been materially different.
His loveliness of form and feature NAV
have been-though rarely-equalled, but
the beauty of his character, am conf
dent could not have been surpassed.
There are no words with which to define
it any more than to describe the aroma
of flower, the tint OF its petals. Do we
attempt to outline with words bit of
sublime scenery, d magnificent cloud
cluster transformed by the suns rays in
to thinos Of life and light until the ina
agination revcls in unknown worlds?
Much more the mysterious something
essence or spirit which surrounds little
child fresh from the hand Of its Maker
(and like him more than any other of his
created works, or than 1t will ever be in
after years. defes us. OF a powerfully
magnetic temperament the touch Of his
waxen baby hand thrilled you; something
in his shiny golden hair aided the fancy
that a lambent light played about it and
you thought without proclamation of tht
infant head, halood and hallowed, which
the masters have brought, down to Us
from eighteen hundred years ago. Sure
ly, "of such is the kingdom of heaven,
and to the hearts wrung with anguish fo'
the loss Of s'Little A. this thought alone
has powerAto bring healing. comfort.
I o child of promise rare!
I Shall we not know thee there
BY the strangely subtle charm that round thee
7. lies?
| All felt its mystic power,
If&} Az, watching hour by hour, a ''
New beauties opened to our wondering eyes
And when that lovely form ;,,
Bentto the furious storm
i Of Death; and low the precious head was laid
We brought the rarest blooms -.
Laden with rich perfumes;
tsSweets to the sweet'-a fitting tribute paid
! sa.s I =: A fair. sweet human flower = Il !
*; Lent for heeting hour,
To cheer and bless US on our earthly way; l,.,
~ 49, - Then by Code kindly nand, ..g, .,l..It.T
! Ls 20 ~ Transferred to that fair land, - I;lgs
Where blight comes not; but 1owers bloom
for aye ...o}.tt @t5fA.s:t>E }sla '@tst3
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