The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-03-12

ny W. L. TRUITT.
'Twa: New Year night, how soft and
i clear,
The beams that from the chandelier
Forcd back the nights dark spectra
screen,
Unveiled the animated seene.
The flickering blaxe's silv'rv toueue.
Like dancing sprites, 90 muteIy cluug
rast 10 the ember, dim and weak,
That faded into SCOT and reek.
Our eyes, amid the crowded thrCng
Were lost, with eager look, and long,
10 catch the smiles Of faces grown
Familiar to Us % our own.
Light hearts and cheeks Of scarlet hue
Bright eyes that emulate the dew.
I And, hale physique betoken'd there.
Kind PrOvidences tender care.
Among the countless faces there.
Which, touched by Hebes finger fair
Were some seneecent furr0W'd brows,
With silvered locks. and from that bows,
And wavers with the tide OF years,
The DRAMA Of LivE's bliss and tears:
Its fitful scenes and hidden wiIes.
Which, interspers'd anon with smfles.
Has long and we'll been pIay'd, each cast.
By these age furrowed hands. At last
III come the summons, deep and low,
To play the final cast below.
"'Tis now the hour; the curtains rise;
In cheerly mood our strsining eyes
Are wond'ring what will greet them
first
Well, there they, comet checks Venus.
nurs'd,
So richly decked In yellow, blue,
White mantles, and sash, scarlet hue,
All dize0d out and moving free,
As III Graces- --ah, who can they bel
Yes, now see Each nations goddess,
With sceptrc, stands and beckons us.
10 come up to her CANDY throne,
To sit moment and be shown
Her Kingdoms beauty and profusion,
lie luxury In wide diffusion.
We thus In mind beheld the worth
~ sll the empires OF the earth.
They Wed, with high enconium,
For that fair land whence each had
come.
But there was one whose reverb name,I
Al mention, kindles into flame
The ardor Of each patr 'ots soul-
Tho kingdoms fall, and ages roll,
Forever reign Her Majesty,
Fair Daughter Of our Libertyi
There gIows taper spirit-fed,
BY which aspiring man IL led;
Nor has lie pure glow e'er been cooled,
Zen where the iron-srm despot rul'd,) i
By time or th' geld wint'ry winds,
Df tyranny upon our kinemen.
20 back thro' the darker ayes.
" hich have ON hist'ry's mOttled pages|'
-ong since grown dim, . faded beam /
By slow erosion of Times stream
Ind there, upon the mount, or plain,
That l0fty. fervent spirit reign'd,
10 wide, on shore, or restless sea,
As now sweet spirit LiBERrYl
Vow one more thought and III foregol'
reflections on our evening's show;
cant refrain : compliment
70 those fair creatures Venus sent 4
Who held us thrO' the passing hour, L
As twcre dream In Natures bower. II
oft checks Of hue, that dulls the Rose, l.
Ind eyes, whose dancing sparkle throws|
halo round the smiling face. Il
With comely figure and true grace, |,
With angel tread they came and went, II
ike lovely nymphs before us sent. |!
o chant the lay Of vale and hill,
Ind mimic the music Of the rill. II
With note, like s0ngstcrs IL their cags.| 2
le fairy queens that grace the stage, Il
J, tell me Ofthat spirit strsnd,
Where dwells the drama-musce' band
'erhsps 'tis vain for me to rant, "a
D words of eulogy; recant, r
can't altho' do feel certain,
'ou'll smile st this behind the curtain. Z
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