Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-03-08
For the GAZETTE
HOURS OF LONELINESS.

Byfo
In the vale beyond this station,
There runs stream b. inclination,
Whose banks in ages long since past,
We're clothed in forests dense and vast;
The Strir danmcd in tree-top built,
Full many mouse aud cony kilrd
Ere man had come, ere monks with cowls,
To check the hootngs Of those owls;
Ere Romans, laid their corner stone
Or Caesar safe ruler on his throne,
Their congencrs in Tibcr glen,
Where long tribal line had been:
Indebted as wisd0m's sign,
Had marched to victory or the Rhine.
Became an emblem the highest,
That ere adorned Romans crest;
Minerva" sprang with wild war shout.
Athena" of the oldcn Greek
With "ottriJntrs" fresh from "Zeus,'
Helmet bucller lance and Tgis.'
Sacred owl, olivc-branch, serpent,
When the wild man don'd his war paint,
Hero "BaJo rirgimianus dwelt,
Beforc "thc Trojan horse was built;
But we than they have been more wise,
Both bird and stream immortalizc,
What name this stream the red man gave,
All We know not, and need not crave;
Twas not as now so widely known,
0. wise old bird, the names thine own;
Thy way-'ts not to run, but fly.
Oftou down towards earth from sky;
Wand ring at night, thy sharpest sight,
i greatly dim ed by noon-day light,
Vow. ancient stream. thy banks are bare.
As the drifts Of old Nilus are:
With hero and there dead top tree,
Dccaycd within It's sure to be-
When cleft apart with axe or maui,
From stump to bough they're dotted all;
Left, one by one, III CHASTITY blight,
To weary the poetic sight,
Big trees are scarce, great owls arc less,
While mice and hares are in excess!
Much admired rs stafford Bacon'-=
The reason of this dwarfd tree state,
Near the surface there much red slate;
Needs strong piow, a three horse team,
Flush up the virgin earth to beam,
Rich in productive stores at hand,
Thus treated there's no better land.
Should these lines fulfill no function
Charge all to "IFdrrenton Juacti0n,"
"Thc management" has long withheld
The trav'lcr's rights the public veal.
For by the great Yankee Nation,
'Tis junction but not a station,
And thirty years have near hand fled,
Since children here their tears have shed;
And mothers, too aud fathers all,
From want OF shelter from sun and squall,
No where to rest no water to drink,
Sick or thirsty, they stand and think;
Small pcnt house for telegraph,
Too small for that by fully half,
Can lay no claim, no pretention,
To he classd 4 railway station;
VI cOlu, WCI ISutS, uaso,
Cars behind time, the snfrer pays.
No food to be had, noon or night;
No fire. no shade, no drink, no light.
lis penny wise and pourd-foolish,
Great men may be sometimes mulish,
Though not too late to do much good,
Should this appeal be understood.
Commendablc economy.
Maybe unjust isonomy,
An eternal fitness should spring
In adaptation of a thing.
The surest way to spoil good cause
Is to place it above the laws.
The frisky ape will play wild tricks,
Snort with dynamite and 'chop-stcks.'
I.ucifer, the bright morning star,
Began rebelliouS, cruel war,
Not content to let well alone,
Thought to rule world all his own.
So taught in bibliology,
Long before Times chronology,
In tho domain of mythology,
And indistinct archaeology.
No man should ply but one lone trade.
Ifiack- of-all, all must be bad,
Endorse, elatc him rs you will,
He's but a human creature still
Strip nature naked. Jack or Gill,
She's found to be identical.
Then come back, Jack, and bring your Gill
For all parties STATION build
Ii TO the second term we add
The first odd noun. tho strangely wed,
Two names thus joined make only one.
Semri ternally It's "OTl Run"
Jingling sounds are harsh, few abide,
'Tis time for bats and owls to hide.
Make geod.name, not a lame pun,
Onst "Owl Run" insert "D,mning!on"
SEXIGENARIU:
ow1 RUN PosToFFIcE, March Z.
~Ths writer has rarely seen perfectly sound
here. -. a;s,;,c,sb.d y,
was for wears greatly annoyed by the slght OF ae
ton tree standing on the lands OF nelEhoor, VINO
manv opportunities had it cut up ana pitehea lil.o
poets ward the sight of which brought on a dnscl
poeticsl paroxysn to the delight OF the cynicai iaF
rabbits and uce II Grcuter aDuIlSAIice