The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1880-10-07
uH0lNEW-4RD BOUND.

nur trusty, well beloved friend
Was bomewdrd bound across the sea,
From lonely sojourn in far lands
Jue came to clasp our clasping hands,
no hear our welcome sweet;
r5bring his wanderings to an end
IutksaearhOnle with mine andme,e
-sfUIAake my quiet bliss complete. -
NJ come" hewrote this letteriies
Refore me in the sunshine fair,
eI come with heart content, to see
The 10y which God hath given to thee,
NM comrade true and tried;
y fain would see it with mine eyes,
sifain would hear thyself declare Z
i How deep thine happiness, how wide.
VI come because long to see
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Becanse spirit OF unrest
Doth vex my lately-quiet breast
With whispers in my sleep -
OF daisied meadow, breezy lea, .-ss
Of Ipril shflshine and perfume, rs ~ 4
OF heath-clad mountains gray and steep.
sIcone because the rolling years fsg
nave sfilled he passion Of my youth,
Beeause the rugged path of time - I--. r.
Hath led me up to heights sublime, =
And /, who could Iot see
Thy first great bliss for binding tears,
Isay to-day in honest truth
Gods way was best for thee and me.
gsfc6me to take thine hand, my friend
To look uponthy wife STAGE,
To see thyEcffidren fUnd~ and fairs;
To breathe again the blessed air
That famed me atEmy birth;
Until beside thee to the end) f..-
Igo forth from my dwelling-place
To find q grave.on English earth.
az come. my friend" All me! sweet wife,
What marvel that the tears run DOWN
Whdt marvel that these tender words
Spite mQurnfully on true heart chords,
asince he, whose thoughts they bear, sit
He, who had loved us all his life,
Who for loves sake laid down loves crown,
. Hath parted from us Otherwhere2
Ngthought to see our happy home,
II welded bliss, our children dear, n
ne thought to see thee by my side, 'li,'t '
Nhodaed not look upon my bride,
tssWho fov'd theein his pfime:a@s@ ~-@s.-
The wild 1tkntic bfilows rear Saes
Their heads, and make a mournful chime.
HesIn hot SEQ this home Of ours ssBsfF
This little Eden all our own,
BE will not bring within orr door
OF cheerful sacrifice;
And to the height of heavenly flowers
0urprecious blossoms willhaye grown
Before they meet his kindly eyes. it5h,
He will not see, my sweetest wife, sf,s
Thy radiant beauty past its morn,
Nor tender traces of the tears.
The sighs and smiles, the hopes and fears,
or Wife's and mothers care
II through the mists Of failing life,
He saw thy face, it must have worn
The look that remember there.
The April look of long ago.
When all were young and thou vast free,
And on the hawthorn-bordered way
We loitered in the glad MONDAY,
Beneath tRa6ap pphire sky; n q SE
An, wifeT then dawned loves summer glow
Ny beating heart sprang out to thee,
But my true friend went silent by.
BE was the worthier of the twain,
His pulses beat as strong as mine,
He looked on thee with lovers eyes,
And nevarsought to win the prize,
But standing calm apart,
Smiled brotherly upon my gain,
and pressed into my cup of wine
The crush'd, ripe frst-fruits of his heart,
an, my lost friend! that tender debt
Mnioh We had purposed to repay, iEs@
Ine debt which came with sweet loves birth
Van never be repaid ON earth.
nut thou hast surely found 3 -
happy end to life's regret; .f
0od angel met the by the way,
AND thou, indeed, vast homeward bound
-Anthe Year Round.
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