The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-06-17
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To him who m TIE love OF nature holds
Communion with her visible forms. she speaks
various language for his gayer hours
She has voice oi gladnoss. and smile
Ana eloqucncc Of beauty. AMI She glides
Into his darker musings with mild
And healing sympathy. that sts ais away
Their sharpness ere he IL aware. when thoughts
or the last bitter hour come ike blight
over thy spirit. and sad images
OF the stern agony. and shroud, and pail.
And brcaihlcss darkness, and the narrow house.
Make thee TO shuddcr. and grow sick at heart;
Go forth, unto the open SKY, and list
To natures teachings, while from all around-
Earth and her waters and the depths OF air
Comes sun voice-Nei few days and thee
The all bcholdtne son shall SEQ
In all his course; nor yet In the cold ground.
Where thy pale form was laid. with many tears.
Nor In the embrace NJ ocean. shall exist
Thy image. Earth that nourshci thee. shall claim
Thy growth, TO be resolved 10 earth again.
And iosteach human trace, snrrcnictins up
Thine individual being, shalt thou 80
Tomix for ever with the elements,
To bee brother o. the inscn..ho rock
AMI 10 the sluggish clod which the rude swain
Turns with his share. aud trcals upon The oak
Shall send his roots abroad, and pierce thy mould.
yetnot to thine eternal resting place
Shalt thou retire alone, nor couldst thou wish
Couch more magnificent Thou shalt le down
With pHtnarchs % the infant wori-with kings,
The powerful oi the carth-the wise, iGe good,
FAIR forms. ami hoary s'crs OF Gs,, PAST,
All 100 one mlshfN sorglehrc Tho hills
ROCK unled ana ancient a. the Subtitle vales
stretching in lcn.ivc quictncfs between,
The venerable woois-iiycrs that move
In ma, sly, ami iie conn lailnn- brooks
That make the meH llNs arecu tn3 poured Toupi all
Ola oceans gray ana melancholy waste
Are but the solemn decorations all
OF the great tomb OF man. Ia. golden sun.
The planets. all ihe infinite host o' heaven,
Are shiuiu- on the sad aloics of death
Through the suil lapse of ages All that tread
The globe are but a handful to the tribes
That slumhsr in %. bosom IASc the wings
OF morning and the Barcan desert pierce.
or lose ihtsei 100 the continuous woods
Where rolls the oregon, and hears no sound.
Save IN, own dashin- s-yot-ihe dead are therei
And millions IN those solitudcs since hr,t
The nllht Of year, BEGAN, have laid them down
In their last slcep-the dead r,isn there alone.
So shalithou rest. and what # thou shalt fall
unnouccd hy the living, aud no friend
IaAc note of thy tcpariurcf All that breathe
viii share thy destiny The gay will laugh
When thou art gone, the solemn brood of care
Plod on, and each one as before will chase
Ills iavorte phantom, vet all these shah leave
Their mirth and their employmcnts and shall come
And make their bed with thee As the long train
OF ages glies away, the sons Of men,
The youth IN lies green spring, AMI he who goes
In the iull strength OF ycars-matron and maid
And the sweet babe, and the grayhca AIDED man
Shall one by one bee gathered to thy side.
BY those, who IN their turn shall follow them.
So 1--we that when thy summons comes TO Join
The innumorahle caravan, which moves
To the pale realms OF shade, where each shall take
His chamber in tile silent halls of death.
Thou 60 not like the quarry slave at nlght,
ScOursei 10 his dungeon but sustained and sOothed
by an unihicrng trust approach thy grave.
Like one who wraps the drap-ry OF his couch
About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams