Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1882-08-16
INTERSECTIONS.


You loved to hear her sinyf
Have you cursed the day ynu met her
Thanked God that you ar- freei
And said ia your iHmast heart las YOU
thougbt)
She never was dear to mef
Your pride il tuuched-yon'ye cast her off
You think that all is dou.;
For You the world moves brayely round
Aud brightly shines the sun.
You've washed your hands of passiou,
You've wAistl,d her down the wind;
All Tom. old boy, this goes before,
But the sharI~st comes behind
The sharpest COMES, for love i, a ptant
That never, never dirs;
lis branches broad =. RI. sL;..
Aud Whenever IL onc, has tat.n hold
I, t,u,i.b.. .x,ymora
Blossominy and Learin,'frri,
Perh,ns with . Lit,., cor.
You will learn this, Tom. hereafter;
Wien anger has cooled, and YOU
Have time for introsp-ction,
You will Learn my words are true;
You'll lit and gaze IN your Fir. alone,
And fancy that Won can see
Her face in lis classical oval.
Her riHgleis hatteriur free,
Her deep, blue eyes wide open,
Her sweet. red Inns apart.
A. she used 10 look in the halcyon DAYS
When Won Eaucird she had A heart
Wh,r-'cr Won 20, vherr',r Won turn.
You'll see that rlorious face.
Coming in shadow beauty
10 haunt all time. all place;
The SONGS Won wrot, for her singing
Will sing Themselves to yonr brain
Till vuur tir, seems set to their rythm.
Your soul to their sad refrain.
IN. n,..;nn. vnn'ya fnr,..a """
Rcli,.y, M. Ton, !, j. mn, cn., ~
As..silY a. ,au ,hiuk ~. ,narn
Bnt the worst, nerhaps, the worst of all.
l. When the day has flown,
When dark ness layors reflection,
Aud your comrades have left you alone.
You'll Try 70 sleep. but the memory
OF uufur.nttrn wears
Will come with a storm of wild regrets,
Perhaps with storm of tears.
En,h word. each look, each touching ZONE,
Each timid little cafrss;
The golden glram of her sunlit hair,
The rnstliug of her dress;
The delicate ton, h Of her uuglnvcd hand
That sent such an rxuuisite thrill;
| he flowers she gave yon the night of the
ball
Think that yon treasure them still.
Az iht, will come till Won siuntbct,
Worn out 10y sheer despair.
Aud then yon'll bear ~ the distance
yoonr rrhors r.iny and falling
or an mir van lny,d M wall
tx, IN, SOM thar Was snug bv The Iprli
Sweet v;th a deadIs knoll
In dreams she will ever again be yours,
Ard tnrn \ou'ii fndiv see
Fair GLIMPSE OF what niGht have been,
What NOT, can nerer Ice;
Ard " hen she CONES to meet YOU,
With - sudden Wild unrest
Ym44l >iIrl,h ,nnr AIMS out lovingly
To clasp her to Your breast.
But the l.nrli song will faint and die,
Aud with lis fading tone
Yon'll wake Ia find that YOU clasp
The thin aud empty air alone,
While the tir.brll- claup dis-onance
On the gustv night wind borne,
VIII seem an iron-ipngnrd demons voice,
Laughing Your pfiri to scurn.
oh. Ton, NGn say tits all over:
You talk atnnt letters and rings
II" YOU think. then, loves mighty spirit
M, If Nnr'v.,yrr lny.J
N,n'li .,nl loy. IN know
Til The cLnrrbyatd n,rIle blooms above.
And Won lac mnte b,luw.
How is IT, ] wonder, hereafieri
Ianh teaches little here
o. those we've lowed and lost on earth
DO Nou lh,uk they will still be dear'
Shall We lead the lives ", might have led !
Will thus, " 10 are severed now
Remember the pledges Of the lower sphere
Aud renew the broken vowi
II almost drives me mad 10 think
What Jew els W. tliug away,
Iuhr"dIlg whether 81 not We lose
f.lc's money or wine for aye,
Aud vet II is u ,ghiy Joy
Greater than eau urIl-
TO trust that tue perfect will hereafter
meet.
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