The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-08-22

j, n. TRowBRDGE.

Sell old FObin, do you say Wei, l reckon not
to-day ......'
have Il YOU have your way with the lana,
With the meadows and tho iallows draining
swaDps md filling hOllows,
And you'fe mighty deep, Dan Alyord but the sea
And % there are things that you don't understand.
you are not 80 green of course, as TO feed worm
. out horse,
BSt Ns Supe as / am master Of she'd aud bit OF
pasture, ,.
Not for ali tho veal h, warn you, OF Vanderbilt
wnlI do old Robin there such wrong,
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rJo IA old and lame, alas Don't disturb him as you
nasal ''T''
LET him lie there on the grass, while ho may,
And eDioy the summer weather. free forever from
hia'telher
sohsr %'S Seteron ma Won soe him. we we're young and
II was Isl who rode him frst--ah the day
And iielt my mother Is lap, at the door ; d..
And the reins hung loose and idle, ss we let him
prance and sde--
For my father walked beside ME, with his mana
upon the bride:
'''''''e
SEQ him start and prick his ears eoo now knoW-
inply he Ieersi
believe he Oyerhears every word
And once more, N may be, fancies that ne carries
-'"u me- and prsnces
While my mother from the doorway i0llOws us
with happy glanoes
''"'
wv, and ctow,
As rode him to and fro and around
Every day as we grew older, he grew Bohtler,
gIeW bOlder,
ha "a mann
'', shoulder,
.,..,,
and manc,
And that ridge pOle TO ehed rain, called back,
Then was taper-limbed ana goSsy-s0 superb u
creature was he!
And he arched his neck SO Braceiu'i ana ho 'oS'eu
his tail, 20 saucy, ,,,-
A''A0 P'''''' "'''"" ''
ne was nSu' Vi no'i' anu "''''
n Sea', - ,hin,, with taot anvwbere
In tho country could come nigh us; scarce the
III suv swa,iowa IS.n co,ild outalt US,
BUT me pLana. spun o'"o"'" "'' "''
In hurricane we made oi 'ho "'r' n.
r, ,.,.,.,, 40 ao,,ool d, ,bo ,,ornings fresh
and cool; ,,oa,,,h
,IlIl' one uhy, pefuo Wv ~ p ,a,,as 1,oncinr nm
Leaning on my hahusome uo''er' h""'ins w
across me water o.o,,o,, ,boro sou, tho
10 tine Juuges lerraceu "'h"'u' ''''' '"" ''
In frame OF sunny bouShs on the D"nH'
-, -, .,,iIi,. low, an
Looking down on hose ana boy' snl'lns "o"h ~
sweet ana coy. ,, -, ,. , ooi,
That tnllllei win oashlth Joy1 WY "h9n % I51 % 4,
Voice as sweet as a canary s. "ouiu you ike u
- Ret soihe cno'iies ,i., thoro ore nic.
You are welcome as the BIRDS arei-there are h'ce
"noS ore ou whis-heaTts In the tree overhead
,.,,.. ..o ,n.,I th,t had r,eased her
| girlisb ave-
| An v6o saw us nrancInp nv 2 half, fear
| " hiocL" "heaIts sweet. hearts, stra,ghtway
| po, and ho~,e were soon familiar with the hos
pitable gateway,
| And happy fool was l. lOr year.
n,, ,uuo ,,oos,r,. or
| Lord forgive an only child All the sSinbS ol
me plleu - ,,,, ,a norvorso
Had but helped to make me wlld ana PerEe'so.a sna
| Wat ls lhere III h0ues' noiS'' ''"' ~ -
vicious cOartos2 ,.-- ~, .o., ,,r
RACING De,.lnS, iai'"s' ''pp'A9' ""''>'
nall bogirnipg led 10 n,ore-and to worse.
mai .nes'hninB leu W i'''''
| Father1 happy in his grave Praying mother
Nina aatterer and slave to her son
Often Mary urged and pleaded, and the good Judge
| ipterctded
Counseled, blamed; insisted ihreatehe"i 'o"'S ""'
threats were an unneeuta, o, Jor.,
And answered him IN wrath II was "one'
L,1 o,, o,,,ro. ina h,rv out
| NalnlY mary soou'u "h" ''""e -" '''' W..
flung, -, .r,
IoOld hpDih y pdch sp,u,,s psi' " ~, i n,urgod ir
| No repentance, no compassion OH P'"nse" II
hesd,Vpg V irsn,T rs;n and tempest with fierce, de-
spal,ing psssoh ps;n1 and rovirv gu,ts mad "A thew
lhrouth 'ne '''hi ''' 20 ,ho.
| Bad to worse was now my game my Poor Ilo'he'
still the same,
Tried to shield me 10 d ne, & Ia ana
| Creditors began TO clahor coula o''S ''o CIV
an snnnn9, LILY "a, ,oaood for noynent ALL WAS sole
M "o n,t m"p ,%a hann,er
. beheath Wy ~ nal'uai, uin,,,, NTH tbo rast
my old f'ooi'' 'uo'o' , "ons n,,h doru IN ~,
Laughing Jeerih8' ls'oou w wiz" u'''i ~ IT.
eye eoo,o.o,, 30 Inv wrot wo, dana
| watching those WIN odnio W ~ ~ ~ '" ~ ana ,Tn,,I,
had then no power to alter; looked Oh anu "oui'
Till the the last man had departed, leading Robin b.
the halter;
Then aeg into the loft for my gun.
rro,,Id ,hoot him M. said. I would kill myseI
,ua,oadI
~ ,hsaoIa 1auoIn wooa fled on a hill.
~ oa,an and all Tia meyces ior NV ollies AM
HATING nease"" "i'' at ''' '"''''' ''' ny
There plunged IN seit-aoasemen'' 'hefo DUR
But the dying put on-as men Will
As I wandered back at Aight something, far OIL
caught my sight,
Dark against inc western light In the lane ;
Gaming TO the bars TO meet me--sOme illusion sen
10 cheat me!
NO. ,.,' .~"s 80 "op' %reet nal ''
u;th q anal white billet seyed TO his name,
Ml'A S,ia', W. 80 ~ -, panin,,
The small mlssfe uns'i uhs -on oiu MUM nec
hung, Lt,or
There cried and mere clung Thile IeaI,
In hand knew riss was ""iy o"o ""''' A'"O