New-York tribune., 1880-10-03
i. Nay. pLL STAY WITH TIE LAD"
From The Spectator.

From The Spectator
FIN Hutton seam, No. ., they saw swo
odes father snn and knew that after explosion
. had neen asked by OF the men aterwarI
20 s,Vns wran,ied Nay I'i stay with the lad" II
vas The belief OF the explorers tnat tnese a hcy
Nth or two others near from made pilows OF their
ackets and clothes.-GDafiy News, septenper Ill
NAV. IN stay with the lad"
Down in the deep, black seam.
Huddled together, dying and dead
Far from the day world overhead,
Face to face, by a Sudden fate,
With horror of Night precipitate;
Hidden away from the merciful sun.
The death and the burial all IN one,
By their tifues cut of IN VAN,
More than battle counts ITS slam;
Huddled together. man and morse. r., soroo
In the grip of the fire -tamps wa'c"i'' '0''''
Unsung heroes OF simple mouid :,
All unchanged from the race OF o1g. ~
To the olden truths, with martyrs cry
Out of the depths they testify;
Aud never has redc been reao, ut em
OF Love and Courage the message sad'-
Only, Nay, Pll stay with the lad
"Nay, Pll stay with the lad {"
Down in the deep, black seam.
They found him living. and strong, ana sounu'
In spite of the terror underground
And they bade him come ard i've aRa'n
I'm the light-brght haunts of living men.
And once more look the sun in the face,
And gladden. in earths beloved embrace.
Rut he looked at his young boy. dead or DYING
In tbe midst of the shattered fragments lying
Diving or dead-but p0weriess u move
A. the beln of man or the voice of Love.
And self lay dead where the ehlld must d1e'
And he let deveTance pass INN Nv;
He saw his duty set straight before
In the love that liveth for everlnoTe,
And he put the proffered freedom Dehind'
With never a thought of self III mind
Aud 70 life or to death run the track less stream,
He STAYED with him IN the deep black seam
And 70 PRAYER and warning one answer had,
A brave one" Nay, Pll stay with the iad'
"Nav. Fll stay with the lad: y
Down in the deep, black seam
Once again was the story told
Old as Honor as Poesy old
And the rugged miner, whose cares might De
Something unknown TO you or to me-
Rather than leave his boy below,
Alone i'm the grip of the lurking zoe,
Chose TO die with bIm there and then,
Rather than I've with bfs feilow-men;
SToothed the pillow the child beneath
Turned with him to tho VOID OF Deatn,
And TO all mankind, III It's strong seil-'oNe,
TauCht the unself proclaimed ABOVE;
And whate'er his sin, aud whaie'er his sorrow,
Chose the night without earthly morrow
Went TO his Maker straight and free,
And pleaded his plea cOuragcOuSly
For 6is boy he lived, for his boy he died;
And the two together. side by SIDE,
BEFORE the divine, eternal Throne
Had nothing to plead but their love alone
And there. percLance, from the answer prove
That the greatest WISDOM OF ali Is Love.
Self be husbed. while IN places high
The many pass thought of Others by
LET others starve, and let others bear
The woes that beset us eyerywhere.- ,
So the great be but free from the curse OF dearth,
So the great but gather the fruits of the earth,
So property lourish, and riches thrive,
And keep but the wOrldling's life alive,
What is il TO them that these grave things be
That these sights are gwen TO who will see
While wealth may prosper, denial dream,
Iifes moral is told III the deep, 'lacS seam;
And angels rejoice IN that answer glad,
And human" Nay. Pil stay with the lad"
~ HERMAN MERVALE