The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-05-12
THE HOUSE ON THE HILL.

THE HOUSE ON THE HILL.
From the xestherworn house. on the brow
We are avslin, asa, in oa. msSsSoa today, x,
Es they looked long ago, ere we wandered
We can see the tau well-yeep tina. STAINS BY
An. the snnshine that CLEANS on the old oaken
noor -tF .sAS SstffF
We can hear the sharp cfcak q the fsfm gate
An the loud cackHn' hens, in the gray barn
with nsfs iss broad 0 sasrin floor. with its soaold.
An rs{sers that once seemed to reach to the
We behold the big beams an the "botsomless'
Whore the farm-boys once joyfully jumped on
the hay. rTF zTcfT-1
We can SEQ the low "hog-pen." " Just over the
Ana he long, ruined shed ny the side o the
Whore the sleds, in the summer. were hidden
where the wagons an plows in the winter
An. the "cider-milr' down in the h holler below.
With a lons. Oreakin' sweep for The old hoss
Where We lsrned. BY the humily Old tub, long
What : world o. sweet raptur there WI. In
From the cider bans nere, loosely lyin'
More Sd' isSIsd' 'frSm me s,ms,aolestSsna aapped
/ ON the ground EsF - ssEf,
We can hesr the low hum o. the hard-workin'
At their toll in our fathers old orchard once
In the broad, trcmblin' tops o the bright
E. they busiiy gather their sweet winter
An tho m1rmurin' brook, the delightful old
An the Gavin blaok crows that are pullin' the
We behold ses bleak hilsidss. .siu lrs1slln'
whcre tho mountain streams murnidred
with musical sound,
the red fox
with lazy old house-dos an loud-bayin'
An the cold, checriess woods We delighted 70
Fur the sly-whirrin' partridge. in snow 70
Where, with neok-yoke an pals, in the old
We ;aase sasseseS Ss he sap from the tall maple
An, he SsiidA thsrs the plov dauosaa fasou.
r. ws s wesriIy follered' the furrer all day,
Where We stumbled and bounded o'er bowl
wpss to s%
Whore We scattered the swaths that werc
Where We tumbied, we pitched, an behind the
The % SroSsn i0sn old bullrake. reluctantly, drov.
How We grabbed the old sheepskiu with fool
=. %si We sSsrsSSiod sSSSd tho bss. o. % sn s-rsl
An rid up an down through the green rows
Like PIN on olo's-line that swsys in the
We can hear our fond father scoidIn' US
e. the IS; ssSels'' ! old ori''er "oomos down on :
We hev wandered afar In our boyhood to-day;
In the battlo Of life We are strugRlin' alone;
The wessher-worn farmhouse hea zone 70 de-
In sSimnsy he. fallen. i.s swsilnvs Aev
Yet fancy :sin brings. on her bright golden
Her picturs again from the beautiful past,
An mem'ry stil fondly am lovin'iy ciings
We are nshiu. asaiaa In the rirse ts-day;. I.
We cit in the schoos-room, oss''owin' with
We whisper, we play, an, We :osmpsr away,
We 800 the old collar, whore appics were
The ssrrss where all the old rubbish was
Tho icctie back chamber whcro snusiy We
Tho Scsmeiy ola kisehsa, the broad hearth
whess :ppis: were se..seaia. a.ma many sssy. :.
Whore our eran'mothsu nodded an knit long
"So. s-'tt
Our gran'motAsrs long hcx rcpossd n the
WIN ssseps. healthy raos sAsy Asv psopled
They yotEsd with tho spina,s, sAey soslcd a.
Nor issiiy S7ousht up their babies b. hand.
rss ola aiut-,pck musrct. vhose avfpy rcoot,
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Our Sss1us oso btsu AAAeors csPturco NJ
hrsve s,ron. meH were our en l tssaes'' s'9ruy an
usy2S A. e--...., A..
INC s, ~mings ,s o. a..a sne foresr tAey chopped
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They y, Ters sscru TN their virtuh they hated
An they sS4gss sSs,f fss sasa sas ro with their
80 y. s.9w noow i.sd. .w,a ~. I
Down, dawn from tho htllstdcs they swept In
their misht, -,
An up from tho noilcrs tncy went on their
l., way, ..st