The Osceola times., 1878-12-07
THE DOVE.
a ooxrANoS TO PoaCsAvxs.

Oaoe upon q ,umner svsnipg,
As lay reposing, dr-smiRg,
While the iwinkllng stars we're b.a ming
And their light wac family glesmisg
through the window Of my room,
Suddenly beside my pillow,
Like the murmur OF a billov,
Or the sigh OF weeping willow,
Mid the shadow and the K oom,
There was heard gentle sounds
Floating on the air around,
As an .chs frsm above;
And Il wa King saw q dove
Ferchsd upon the whiteusd head
~ statute Desr my bed,
And 1t seemsi With soft, low cooing
Ny lone heart 10 soothe with wosisg,
Lise An angel from ihssty,
Or spirit hoysIins pish.
While Jay entr nee I and dreaming
startltd by the echo seeming
10 be whispered from sbove.
In the starlight family cleaning.
With itsform Of beauty beamiug,
behold tho snowy dove
With thrill Of wsnder. gazing
On the visitor, am zlng ....
demanded: "N bo are you'"
Ana the gentle bid Of whiteness,
Answeiet with coo;
IL am sent" he So ia, " from Alden,
BY fair sad lovely maiden,
With message unto tsse;
l am come 10 sOothe thy sorrow,
Bid thee fI0m dispair TO borrow
Hope that thou her face shalt zee;
For tiny cherished one 10 living,
And her thoughts to thee 10 .iving,
OnH tr gut and distant shore.
And | come, her osnier dove,
Win message from thy love,
Who h thine for ever more"
By this joyful news excited.
ksptured, ravished and delighted,
/, the snowy bird sudissrx.
Asked, with earnest voies inQuiripe,
what my soul was most desiring,
That her name 10 me expressing,
he would set my heart at Iest-
Still the tumuli In my breast,
And assure ME that my maiden,
In the distant Nelds Of Alden,
Waited for me on that phore-
Would be mine iorevsTmore.
Then spoke with greater fer vor,
l, the maiden Al dent loser,
HDoes nv O-n departed live"
10 the bird tf whiteness listening,
While my eager eyes were glist ming,
For the answer he should givs);
"Tsll me, D thou carrier dove,
Of my absent, cherished love,
Whom knew In dayso q yors,
Bias she sassed the skining portal
OF the blessed land immortal,
Doing through the g)lden doori
Toes she move in iight and splendor,
Do the graces all attend her,
On that fair and distant shore9p
Words spd tones ard lorks tev,liins
II ny u-nths OF ia ward feeling,
Eoved affected by my pleaiiug,
And my anxious question needing,
thus the dove, my soul dncer ming,
Answer made, th We words retlsning:
I'm the distant felds Of alden,
ON a bright, Elysian sh IRE,
Dwels fair ard lrvply maiden,
Asd her name is Fillmore;
Md the flowers shout her blooming,
Mid the odors sweet perfuniing
ALI the salmy air around,
she arrsyed In robe OF vhitsness
walks an angeI 10 her brightness,
via wrsAth tpnoTtal erownsi,"
Their then Rrd, his aings unfolding,
Len sle, ssi lay beholding,
Filled with Transport and delight;
With a soft sonorous COO,
NoddlEg. bidding me sdiea,
Through the tpen,d window flew
Out Into ne gloomy ,nfeht
But the bright, eBchsnting Vision
w the dnbnt aelds Ely Sian,
And my cnerished Gilmore
As fair and lovely maiden,
D~eilinS in the land OF Alden,
10 my light for evermore
There shsli !, my loved one greeting,
Al our future, early meeting
On that distant, radiant shore,
With ocstatic 10Y and glad nese.
Free fosm parting. pain 4 nd saJness,
90 Clstp again my Riinorc,
Call her mins for ever,noTel
j ID Marlin D.