Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-02-22
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Come, tovs. draw np a. fhc fiFc; iss,. flis
clustering night
tsea' : have tsfjssk ~ saissethiug warm. tssa
T. keep our si.ass;.ehs right!
Toms hqlg.TF and eieisfk ARE gid; a No.
yga. i hsi6i:
Aud th.s Is tie tszi..si Ioungiug place in sll.
t:fy tashs siIind.
TINS sharp, he knows what suits Us best.
trp Inc. Lad l< lively ;ip.re:
Wen SIP cor wift ard crack car k.kes aild
sing g.rsi isve - care
Halo, sglsat.s ;hiu EpsakssF2 there's q pic.
fiirf u NV eur
lsFsk lrsR Or fs.dqF Shares itseIfas shake
tie goblet M :
! can see ~ sid BROWN f:syse-tcsisr with The
Fsuf all patsisl ard grsy,
ana Nfetal lnlHS Un lie ta4es where tn
sAalloMs elirp and plsy;
1ne eaiffaIl Sways Fpis the window, and
tlse candies Pickering giow,
Shows quaint. uld-fasbi0ned kitchen, Just
like me ] nscd 70 knawl
Sc the clock - tlse mantle and the bright
u ls Dn the wall,
The kitten in the corner playing with string
aud ball. VON 81 EH
A swPct-faccsi. lsight-eyed woman, with
heaufifnl brown hair
Sits where tllelight fallszftest. in the creaky
'ld arm chair: ~
And little child, with laughing face, stands
cliatteTinn at her knee;
Iis tlIe picture nf my mother, boys, and the
lab asel tole;
And now, mid All ysuT boisterogIs din. her
voice 70 soft ard clear,
/: ike q straiIi 1T half-forgotten song, cumes
stealing to my ear;
And ] can aimaSt fancy that her hand Is ON
my head,
As il used IA be at evening prayer beside my
tFundle bel: ta
Some contrast. bays. between cur songs Of
mad, Hnholy F,y,
And her sDlt tmas wien asking God 10 bless
and keep her boy y - F
lis strange what brought her face 70 me a
sweet, unbitldcIi gJTtSt @ y a
The bir'ls have sungfor many Springs above
her place of rgst;v
The old homestead Is deserted, the swallows
fiown away,
And the noSs-gEpwn roof and the hearth-
stones are crunbling 10 decay;
But cut from all the ruin that time and
change could bring,
her fasf csaues mp as fresh tonight as bias
soms in the Spr ng
Tonin take this glass away, win you, and
brupg another here
| hadn't thought of the dear obi place for
a many and many year,
And 10 somehow makes me w0unanish; some
tears fell in tl.c Cupl II
don't know whatever aIls me, but c0nldn't
drink u up
All lads, what woSild nv mother think if
her sweet eyes could see
How | have changes sinrn those bright even
ings when / PLAYED lRside llcr knee
Ismy Train upset, ! sEarlsleF. Is th 9e magic
in the wine
Here's another picture floating on this spark
! Ing cup of mine
cam trace its outlines tleaIly, rs a wo-
man thin and pale
And Teeling man whose tattereh clothes
scarce shield him from the gale
And lahi : crying with hunger that is eat
iGS away their life u aN
ioOd tiod, lasis. It's myself see my ba-
iii! hies and NV wife iB9
And on the edge Of the goblet in letters clear
y x anal bright, IN rNvRw
Is Something written fr ne tp read willie
nlclnory hulds the light
/. s.ea.t .tAirchs she nine cRp. Niliialns leads
~ wRrt aud Woe !"
'What Seakes our papa 80 away7 lie used
to snye as 80 70
Aud aluve llse tight wind can hear NO
man plain;iye sigh;
.BiyS. lsn'f tlr;s iess,t, i,Ir same "a you as
well-as well as p
Here, 7 IN, put mp the tempting stuff its
pictures string hut true,
Have sipwa me clsarly where stand, and
what ought {" de-,
With my mothers face tefOre me- MUllic's
sighing ia NY ear
Aud my ls,bi,S fearful pleading, do you
think Il lingcr here?
M, lo, loys come; let ; say good night"
.H aud may il cuInr to pass,
That all who Ipuk upou tie wine may find
such pictures in the glass