The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-12-23
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Of "Changt."
Within &Csmhr ., lss2, on ne !S',,Atasloa H,i
hot CtoESs Inc OAioOi CiNriHnoti.j
PROM Appalarhla's cloudy CIr,t
Thy well'frd torrents tist,
And sweep inwun lhe'iAr aud mytllC Wrst
Where pfnlfics meet the skIes.
Expanding Al Il Mstlil more Tar
Any Hood It's journey brayt.,,
!H iAga b'eAatst. Gssgh bythe evening star
In al"lslprpl's WAyeS.
with mlcu A. stern IN tho Druid .cris,
IN Silence and alone,
Chrulnbertd ivfA thousand thousand Yeas
my EIoritn slicam has down;
iial CLEANED III light aud slept In shade
Whliothe summer wAA warm anu itlI
!lAs watched The reftiusc fstl tfti Eatip
IN lhc breath Of the winter air.
Entnalt No, Il may not bC,
Ilile Ens " IUtu Thy birth;
Nnlillhy eternal may wu SEQ
uIlhc feetitig dreams VI earth,
IMMORTAL NO, time on earth wnlull
Mheii thhll shalt rVil ITO more;
ron mo thee #as hicatttttt no tott,
lhhithbdaysof yole.
nui. MI y serm, that man muu ylth
owhat thou yleltlesI mt:
Inc Whiflwlid sweeps Inn FROM the ttll,
Anu his memory Il forgot:
NM!e river oi beauty, iivCst thou,
Anu my wave I'm onward p0uis;
haa Hast mt' iHtd two natiouS tow,
Anu the lliinl l.on thy khOtes.
What hast thou sctn, o river, tell,
for llou hANt much 10 nay
" Mhht thoCi Callst Remember we'll
OiNi,iom along ihy wAyT
MO Teie lhe people u Tonga
t NV h s,, .I,rm when they came;
fiOni tho earth without n natne.
They wefC gohC awhile; and like a I,vol
ny tletcc wild he'd Man came;
AM no called Thy Sttcatn ozark river OF blood,
Az" wonilliei my glAatly nAnlc.
Thou vast III him As The ltEeidka
, moral Hood VI woe,
ihai Wat 70 hifa titct ofdrath
lnthc year, Of long ago,
Hers tribe and kindred fought and fell
AllsiAinel Win tOeInHhs gDtr;
Here mOlilhi iauslG's wild, rude hwell
Ecloel from shore to shore;
Anu III utehu conflict, many mile,
nAik hnsics sleinined the tiIHl,
Nhu Whcn ctfne On the twilight sIniit
The waves wetc DARK With blood.
hui, the battle passed, and far md wide
feAceawelt Thy shore. Hlupv,
nc indian lover wood his b,lIe,
ANA the blne.h I'd Nng its sung,
Ana III his light. swIit bark cAnOc
Ihe hunter tUos his Way:
ite kures wetc green and The skies were blue
Inc Wh0lu long summer day,
lius, bark! DER AllcIhany's verge
Ihtie cAlue tie ttHnIp Of iu4s,
Ahn. Ike thcs pmy from broken sarge,
clouu OF bAhiiEts roe,
y, ruthless stream, thou kIIlc,Ist them
Inv white mans laundering baliu,
4 nj tie todr, drgfatti sons Of shcjp
"efeswept from ctr tbs land.
q: rhu~Omed liver. sill roll on.
Thy shoits alu ,ltclcti Ii, pfule.
For. the heather frou The coasts Ia vone.
Is bah!shcd or hAs died.
sweep on, no lyrAhl hlnden thee.
sWtcpo on fIOm state TO state,
s~ectt OF, ttidtt emblem Of the free,
mo" beautiful snd SIea,!
Death herh!1s millions 10 ihri. srnyes,
Ana mercy ucigllS 10 none:
Anu ihollAtchs quake like coward slaves,
Anu tytanls ATE uudOnc,
Destruction. Min, havoc, SPOIL,
aiafS what Is gnot amt fair,
The ptOudesi rrlucr. the NON o! toll
ARE buwGd Amt equal there,
Change follows chaDse IN rap!I AIxAE
IT'S kglcs end ca!ui ind DAY.,
l1efi unitiliH clouds and storms and night
10 Chase the peace away.
The fanshcked earth Is lost 10 rest.
IT'S fhin DER and Ger.
Tomatoes swet ping east REd west
In raEe iron shOlc 10 shore,
INT, thou liver, lrrp, sublime,
'ol Change what knOwtst thou.
Az thou vast In the morn uf time
The same ,lOh EwreJest now,
Though snllch shade thy waters Glide.
tf III the stinitsn rtOw
NM ~ they were plSsins In their pride
Tel thousand years ago.
Millenniums with lhec. o steam,
Wheh gone, ate but u day.,
Iheit memory Is fading dream
Ihht has but thASed away,
Yet man. II brief and Changing wh[m,
Sdtfttu!s thee tnorc than time;
lhou art Il servant unto him.
Even thOus lIthnl ar,sublimc.
H spanncl thee wI,h this mIshtyan
Mheie all that grand combine,
No t@s4r badc his IcgIons march
Acfoss the conquered Rhine
tPoii such noble work rs this,
as white rs silver stI,OQtis.
Whose pattlcihcnts the huarels kIss,
"hoae lines Ae stretched In clouds!
Though fettetcd. sill thou mia king,
flee still hs At thy birth,
Anu will be flee when mans thing,
y fossil In the earth.
Then. river. glide setencly on;
Lht0hsh Shade htId summer Gay;
Ihou Wilt Dc hcrcwheu man Is gone,
From earth has passed away.
Y. GtprF, We. Ia. IIu. maxwell.