South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1888-05-11

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Found ,igh,fal place upon the oppressor'
Cunning and malice rule The dismal hon,
VI thine eclipse, aud fraud aud force uproot
Each right implanted by thy fathers dead
How DC i,ish ser's and alien thieves should
foul
Thy seats Of power. oucs by thy sages praced:
while all Thy boblesi, fairesi, wisest sank
10 want obscure. bounded by slanderous howl;
ana worst. how some, thy cons. whom thou
Meath thy free banner, in the honored rank
vi Thy defenders. wooed by filthy greed.
Should aid, Oh shame! their mo,hrr's chain.
to draw;
Hadst thou seen this as thy dead champion
And thst 1t might no, be WIS fain 10 bleed,
ihen hadst thou wept, not tears Of brine, but
Yea, woetul mother weepi There Is no herb
Suphrasy, rue. nor balsam, th.t can buy
deaitb Tor thy deadly hurt; this saw thy Lee
Hence in the battles edge the end superb
Ot those who for and with their country die.
he sought but. could not end thus Gods
decree, -l-1,'
So as he must no, fall, nor could endure
To see the glories bought with fatbers' blood
So foolly ravagedJ lost beyond recall.
His mighty heart-strings brake, his spirit
pure
Went up where wrongs no more Cypress the
good
Lift up thy vail, Virginia thy stone wall,
Thy tower OF strength is PROSTATE. Mothers,
weep;
Who for your country gave your bodies fruit
Ne arer than life; yet willing their deer blood
Should buy her dearer freedom Widows
weep;
And ye. unwedded maideus, wan aud mute,
lFu mates for heroes who for couutry's good
Could nuptial joys forego, and think her veal
Full recompense for all your widowed lives;
For He IS DEAD your priceless price Is spent
And no deliverance bought. All harshest
OF sigh,less fortune this the thought tha,
rives
Your aching hearts. Oh God, why hast thou
Such mockery of hope2 Why bid arise
Such champion Of our cause. and let him
The boon so near our grasp. and then with
Thy gift, his work unfinished 10 thy skies?
Forgive The faithless question: Sovereig o
King
We cad its answer with repen tant awe,
In our own sin. He was thine overture;
my merciful proposal to US, writ
10 characters more clear than prophets word,
Aud more divine, IN life and de ID too pure
FOR earth born virtue; snch as could beht
NO source but Heaven. And by his righteous
sword.
Great rescue and defense didst thou b.s tow.
fiucked from the jaws OF death land peril
dread
Not once, but off, wherein this meaning shone:
Would We be free and great2 Your giant foe
WOULD ye o erthrow. aud crush his Iavenous
head
BE what your Joshua is rs he hath done
DO ye. Like unto his, be all your eds
fonr Gods, your country's and the trnth
your ease
Denied for duty, and your valor taught
vi my true fear. This way your God com.
meuds
III ye walk in il to glorious peace ~
far overture and true The state inwroughl
WIN THIS mans virtues all her sons like him
iiad been nnconqurrable absolute,
| Achilles OF the nations, pauopled
MOI oy Inc baptism OF the nternsl stream
Lucre ADD cunning and the strength of b rute
Son'erring out with holy power Supplied
FROM that clear food that watere,h the stree,
vi GODS eternal city impregnable.
so ours,frnced by this righteousness had stood
Gainst Satan's world. On what wise did
we meet
Gods overture? Our purpose mutable
postponed His call We fain would have the
good
And yet neglect its source would seize the
crown
Yet slight the appointed race So sluggish
CONCLUDED on INsIDE)