Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1884-05-03
THE GOLDEN AGE.

flowers, |
And peace and love were recnant everywhere |
Beauty no bought or borrowede charms did wear, |
Put hardly her rounding iorm di>Tlayed.
While the rich glowing check and nppiing hair
No more might crave Of artificial aid
Than does tie wildwood rose. O. fexns in fo-- |
est glade.
As-renr.h gigantic neryed the lin BIS OF men.
Labor was pa-r.Tne. tar8shirs moved . smile.
No hollow coughs disturbed nights stiffness
then.
No thou-h,s 4 rloom were bred by morbid
bile.
And lie was leng.hen41 out a wondrous while:
The strong man stood for centuries In his
Rugged as i the p aked Egyptian rile,
TIL : icscluiar-s ,irt on eycyy side,
His hle-sinss CAIN hc eare. ere rainlessly 10
died.
Thiz was The AGE of Gold:-but how it, end
Was wrought. they tell this strange and.
mythic tain:
Ayouth. resigned lonely life to spend,
Saw o hS do r ed Mercury sail.
leading . ci~l VIII III I.aGs Of the vale
c =! no, IN fIssh-bioam beauty elnulatc:
Wen s:ercury told the raptured youth that
t. ti,n this charmer gave. TO be his wedded
a bridal rre-en. in he laais she bore
4 box. = 4uain. a'.i sMa5isl.e te-1en'
NAlca when her husband op"n, what \
ot.o-rors did that caste dire enshr;ne.
For from i. for Il feH each alsc"4f l.align
Tha' ever since on human francs Las proved,
And. epreadis ( ocr tho earth. cid Man con>ign
To countless seonies tina; shoul1 invade
Each Il u sorlcc. III a hts stal"ait strength
deelEcd.
Then ms. he Weakened zane aad shortened
SAD lc@ae ~ies.-to III lis sfter race descend,
TIL :.pw ,xis ~ ? ! BIZ. eoa=' AT s:r.fc
A-a.l.st a host o ajlnen:s = Aon. md,
a ~ e-el t.rr-cd Ian We >-flTe . mond.
The ION 4 nat with fa.urTa came,
| docs Y CT e'.th a i grinding rale extend,
Ani ~~i.'seo-s ioins Wit? poveitv 70 tame
Souls Tta. Hl.-Lt t!Sc a pia>c Oi Iluc and honor
eITl''
But atea had fnwn forth all til Killing woes
That IL Eandora's fatal carke, ~.
Lo: from ltS d-lths rtle-Sc''- rTc"t tioIo
Asfr-aks through sable clo9,i, a s,n-lit ray,
And 81 she rose. she sang. M uIa no. fof aye.
Some hahn s.ail y toI all these Iancs be
tc,nd.
Not Will: vain shcw 40 Natures stores disy lay
Thee trees aaG herbs thao b~eautify tho
ground.
Since 81 IL NJ lurk the charms TO make your
sick ones sound.
To f:nd the b'lln ricdged in this promise dear.
f. Were man hearts tnlorgh many ages fired,
I Until, q : ar ii cur c~H,iItry's to-cstS here
4 Young physician ear!e, with = Il inspired,
Ard TO nj at last; midst secret shades retired;
The ttrDS and rou-s That had Ecf,tCc:Cu
Ard llrtu.cl III heir VEINS the boon desired,
While Ger them I"any a summers nool had
Ana na"g wintrv enow those treasures had
b..trOwn.
1.org used TO ponder DER the Ills o. lMan~
Mi4at IA. tu-e now in Piercc's bosom @eseV
For he lad marked the source from whence
The woTst and deadlicct of our pody's woes.
Anatomy keen knit. cid well Dis lose
Wat organ, from lis GE'y wa Ped away,
Becomes the sp1ilg rom w-Lcn envenomed
t''H
The l@r,neiIle Q, siokness and decay,
Iortiay!
The Live, formed 70 keep Lifc:s rubytilc
G"aIs"d OF cac: faint. aid play q guardians
flat
BY drawiag each corruptinc germ aside
Was now c~onIalic ;. V +. II Diseases art.
To rove a iraI or. and upon the h. art
And u ming lHngs.a p 'f"oncd st cam to pons,
OF III Il G az tor dread COnsuil, tons cart,
AMI IA a Stlngs Of many an at'Ihe:lt more,
Thus bidding countless homes their slaughtered
hopes dep,Orc.
Thence ONE tlc wasted form, the sallow
Oh ok.
TIL c.nli,rrcdtorrae. and often achinc head.
And h'lcc 'tu llViti. ia G. with hectic streak
Displayed a. Natur"'s dangcr-siGral red.
Hence, over many az else lair visage spread
Unsightly 1lotchcs and cruptious vile,
Or lidoOus ScrotUia does horror shed,
Killing Loves glow, and freezing friendship
smile.
Or tie scorcilcd heart consumes with black and
burniue bile.
! At once Pierce in his blest Discovery saw
That rhlch the very root If all should find.
And, Tx The workings OF unerr; ng law,
DIl'c .ut the 100" mat thus NE undermined,
And WIN nehlgaanF iotc ana wisdom KIND.
1h@ shattered maln-sprluG OF cur frames re-
That Bile noinngor, like a giant blind.
Might mischief work, but lis true part should
ha#t
and faiT.
This ~".lc''y cur trembling hearts st all arm
Az inst Alalaria'S ileni. 'houGl Vile his reign
TO anal woEld be his lo"cr - work US harm
pd ~. some drnr>'f poison in each vein,
liz .ttf~ III 'ur Owl c1at:el. remain
iu : BIO, q ana c"lthtH! hiIe shall lntnrnos'
- ia Snle5'S' "iiif II rni brow III fal.4
fof'hoSc err@H's5t 'sm"s5N VI t'rions ioes!
Here rescue corl.s g those VII q in!ies thrill
ben an the Az EEL Consuming touch,
VIM" Ncorchsns .fEera Il - rC' alni- chlE
Al "r:af "rlng u. N.tfln II II II dutch.
Iht he'lln- all s. often : u.i. fr ~lch.
- mere at !aSt, End, by our swami. ant
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