The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-13
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"a BY WILL. II. HERMAN.

BY WILL II. HERMAN.
uredicated 10 Il. 9. g.. PittsbsrR. Pal
4 aIno not Of tllis ehangeful eiime-ehaos of sum
= '' iirtIt and Ut shows
nat ii the deathless summeT-tide ~ land OI w
and Of rgss
ruhare boating In the breathiess Gains. upon
the Dtos- uurUlad Nils. ~,
We drift between the regal palms and pyramtds
for many mile, S@@#
rrare. where the viper rsars Its brood within
The noxfous weeds and flowers,
4 j pillared city proudly stooa, win eoidsn Hln-
arets and towers
rafed this lone, deserted place where ssrpents
third the seed plumsd grass;
Here in it's stateIiness and grace, o kiosk stood
OF stone and brass;
But now the night bat and the owl hide In Its
poison rsskfng vines.
And iackals and hYenaa prowl b7 Its pale, man
drake hidden shrines,
vrhsse lightning clovsn marble walls, with
senlptuTsa images ornate. 1900
Mark the imperial palace halls where sIlhu.
gray bearded kings held sac.
Here were their soft and ahavsn lawns. Whefe
~. fire hearted tulirs blazed t,a savna mon
Within these greenwood shaWs the lhWhs uRoh
the fat GraDe-eiDsters Rrazea'l
Here swans sEperby n0atsd ~ me parse
moored to this marble s4 I'VE. ,,,h ard foam.
Here shot IL shining FOUNTAIN high ana .oa1a-
Ing In the amber alf,
Here. through these dim, wrath haunted
rooms swept mnnV y noble courier tThih,
With velvets. diadefDs and piatnes. 1he elase'
the lovely and the vain.
And now We piss into the gloom Oh fragrant
The brIeht magnolia In bloom, the yerdure Of
the banyan tree.
yrha lemon green ard goIdan.fruited. the cac-
FMS with tts crimson flowers,
The r,ied pinIs in the red stone rooted, the
1tof a. BAMBOO
The ring-dove, rising while " sings. 90 whir-
ring wings. till los In light.
The rock goat. bleatjng while IT springs from
breezy height to breezy height.
And M We dreamily rideby between the ruins
think Of blast and battle- cry that break these
paleful sol1tndes.
Df victories. forgotten now defeats Of which no
wrecks remain #= !,
Of jaurel leaves on warrior. brow OF conquered
leader lying slain:
/ Df loves and hates OF joys and pains. OF well
comes aud Of fars- te-wslls.
OF sacrifices and Of gains, Of marriage feasts
and funeral bells.
/ sadly sighed. Thus runs the doom -puissant
Kingdoms. rise to fall
The awful shadow Of The tomb spreads wan
and ghastly over oil.
things of time shali bs undone.
Baye faith that makes our thGe divine, and
Eden-lifs AND Eatth.Hl5 one.
Since II hath III Its lamp upon the sacred shrine
| within my brehst.
/ 4 feel TINT from my heart hath gone it's phan-
1 tom gloom its vague unrest;
1T seeing that Guns food through the fierce and
Storm Jared midntghts Wild With Wrath
Tina violsls and aatsies pierce the SHOWS that
drift upon my pain:
when looking through tl1s Enclosed doors Of
eharnel vaults, n SEQ afar
THE sunny seas end shining shores beyond the
eofffn-Wortn and star:
When treadirg Il deserted street. where long
dead men and women trod.
q follow their white, spirit feet unto the very
goal CT God.
fWhere never thunder-bolt. and night. and
pestilence. and hattle-raar,
And wreck. and poverty. and blight, and age
can harm them any more.
What matters II, # We must lie Of rest beneath
the sea or sOd2
Orr spirits- though our bodies dfe-aro round.
Ing grandly back to Cool
corsen In the white cathedral walls, where CEN
ser swings and eresset burns.
Where wave the purple funerat pals gold
sprinkled o'er the gorgeous Hrns.
III hear the Mass-I am oppressed by the tear-
broken. sombre tones.
When .tPassts et seuitt1s est" through the
great. qutverfng organ groans:
Eut. suddenly--the sorrow Dast-joyfully up the
spirit springs.
When. like n siivefy ciartOn-biaSt, clearly Et
resurreSit'' rings
Thus. in that land Of wreck and wrath. spake
OF vanity and loss
When thou put forth thy. purer faith saw the
crown above the cross
The oneness Off, existence. then. startled. / saw
and understood;
The sell. same souls that make us men, make
dc the star wroathed angel hood.
Then lot. US work; nor idly sigh. because our
temples shall decay,
Because the thoughts we pen shall die. perhaps
In b swtft-Gonng day;
But hold II true That we progress from starry
sphere to starry sphere.
And that the Lord will bless and bless the
tolers who are faithful here.
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