Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-10-13
NAY, Pill STAY WITH THE LAO.'
BY HERMAN MERIvALE.

I'm Hutton seam, No. g. they saw two bodies, fat
err and son. clasped together. One of the explore
knew the man: and knew that after the explosion
had been asked by one of the men afterwards rescu
to go along with him to another part OF the working
and the father replied, " Nay, III stay with the lad
1t was the belief of the explorers that these had DO
died, with or two others near, from the afte
damp. They were lying peaceably; having mac
pillows of their jackets and clothes.-Daatg Ne''
Sept. 11th.l Il"
ssNay I'll stay with the lad: =
Down in the deep, black seam.
Huddled together, dying and dead,
Far from the day-word overhead
Face to face, by sudden fate, -..
With O horror of night precipitate
Hidden away from the merciful sun,
The death and burial all in one,
BY their fifties cut off in vain
More than battle counts its slain; ft"
Huddled together, man and horse,
In the grip of the fire damps watchful force,-
Unsung heroes of simple mould, ,sfs.. ,s. tt
All unchanged from the race of old, 81 -r' q.
To the olden truth, with martyrs cry, ..a =
Out of the depths they testify:
And never has rede been read, deem, .s.. .sfI -.
Nobler than that in deep, black seam- Isl. s.s b
OF Love and Courage the message sad.-- u- Fs
Only, " Nay, III stay with the lad
''Nay, I'll stay with the lad w
Down in the deep, black seam,
They found him living, and strong, and sound,
In spite of the terror underground; -.
And they babe him come and live again ftl
In the Gght-brght haunts of living men,
And once more look the sun in the face,
And gladden. in earth's beloved embrace.
But he looked at his young boy, dead or dying,
In the midst of the shattered fragments lying
Dying or dead-but powerless to move
At the help of man, or the voice of Love-
And self lay dead where the child must die,
And he let deiverance pass him by; -s.'---..--..-
He saw his duty straight before
In love that Gveth for evermore, -.....-,--..
And he put the proffered freedom behind,
thor1cr ,fOfra in in6s
And, to life or to death run the trackless stream
He stayed with him in the deep, black seam,
And to prayer and warning one answer had,
A brave one,-"N Nay, III stay with the lad"
s'Nay, I'll stay with the lad: :" --.... .--.-
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 be
Something unknown to you or to me,
Rather than leave his boy below,
Alone in the grip of the lurking foe,
Chose to die with him there and then,
Rather than live with fellow-men;
Smoothed the pillow the child beneath,
Turned with him to the void of Death,
And to all mankind in its strong self-love,
Taught the unself proclaimed above;
And whate'er his sin, and whateer his sorrow,
Chose the night without earthly morrow
Went to his Maker straight and free;
And pleaded his plea courageously;
For his 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, perchance, from the answer prove
That the greatest wisdom of all is Love.
Self be hushed, while in places high
The many pass thought Of others by
Let others stare, and let others bear
The woes that beset us everywhere,-
So the great be but free from the of dearth,
So the great but gather the fruits of the earth,
SO property flourish and riches thrive,
And keep but the worldlng's life alive,
What is it to them that these grave things be?
That these sights are given to all who viii see?
While wealth may prosper, denial dream,
Life's moral is told in the deep, black seam;
And angels rejoice in that answer glad,
And human Nay, I'll stay with the lad