West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1881-06-08

II we were old-fashloned we might call her
Clary.
How conveniently then would hcr name
rhyme with marry?
Her life you'll agree will accord with that
rhyme
Unless She win take this good warning in
time.
Clara Fischer, to you this warning COM
mend,
BE not, Q be not n ''fisher of men,"
she'll take not tho warning, and can Il be soc
But he's rich and win take her To EuropeI
trow.
And what is the future OF Levin to be-
The futuro you say els just what we make It"
We believe In FaIe's stern and resistless de-
And Just MS life comes we viii have so take It.
And whether It's cloudy or brilliant or mid
wemust step thro' this world keepin' time to
~ Fate's tddlin'
Tho whatever tue measures we all haven
As to whether the music will be sat, or gay.
What the future OF Levin, the boy OF our
Is it brightness and powere
Or do dark clouds lower?
The poets true answer comes soft To my car,
some days must be dark some days must DO
drear.
But with true manhood's honor upon which
to stand
He can build n stronglifc man be great I'm the
land.
He can also establish good reputation
And, foll'wing the right way without devia-
Defy all the storms, petty, mean gusts of
malice,
And keep his good character pure ms a chalice.
But we think thHt his destiny is to he great,
Ihat some day he is to he head OF the State.
70 the Presidents chair Mr.. Smith We con-
sign,
as 'twould be poor policy in us to conhne
Such rare genius as his ton narrower sphere,
a President Smith, and lady, hear.
Since first began to con DER A. B. c.,
Ana my dear patient teachers OF sweet men,
DRY
Taught me always must not say !, and then
she,
But must say she and T. / have held the fact
fast,
That politeness requires me to put myself
But generally the best things are kept for the
Inst,
So my loss from that etiquet rule wont be
vast.
As we Of this class OF eighteen eighty-one,
For pride's sake alone must be distanced by
none,
We must be represented in this world by one
Ofthose most indispensiblecro cross Institutions,
school -mn'am they're subject to dread per-
Secutions.
Yet after weighing the question with grave
! hope you'll not Judge It as great ostentation
IL name Laura p, for that high occupation.
You now know the future Of each of the class
And Just as / say twill come surely to pass
Unless, Danish Che thot, that our lives should
prove natures
BY n good life is meant not one brilliant red
blaze
Toward which ev'ry eye turns with wonder
ing gaze.
II may be so humble that none see the stri fc,
Yet each may mako blessed true earnest
life.
Ere at last the low beat OF the heart shall
For the futures before us to be what twill.
dare say you often have heard the story
OF storm,driven sailors who've long been
All the dangers, prvations and tolls of sea
voyage;
Their course lost, their food gone, with water
And hopelessly drifting through uncxplored
waters,
Their eyes strained so long for the sightof
At last Gland ahead; :" 1t is heard from the
top-mast,
Land ahead" is his cry how joyful and
thrilling,
How hope lights each dark face, and how
They make for the harbor of peace in the
distance!
But seel as the ship nears the bright distant
strand,
1t fades from the reach of the sea-wearied
band,
Twas but clouds in the distance they fancied
was land.
The delusiye cloud-land fades slow from
their sight,
And blank disappointment more dark than
the night,
AS they silently look at each other, takes
place,
OF the hope light SO soon blotted out from
each face.
with wild desolate dispair they gaze at the
sky,
Mocklng only their hope, showing no refuge
Is nigh,
And they woefully give up, and 0iUe up to dte
Inc ciouidlHnd Of the future looks bright in
our eyes,
Ana we all nave our hopes for the time
when we reach il,
Goa forbid That our future should like that
shore prove,
But n vapor OF nothingness clouds in the air,
But grant that tho not perhaps brilliant or
striking,
Yet, that il may be q real, glorious "some-
THING