South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1888-05-11
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And hope deceitful lure the ,houghtless brood
Mt worth the prize; who draw the angry
or God, and bis avenging hsud release.
But thus not all. Thus spake the goodlier
host:
lea Lord We will be free and on Thy termsi
And these Gods model followed where he
went,
To bloody graves; or else, to mourn their lost
And chant their dirge, remain. Our sin con-
firms
The just decree. 'Thy visitation sent
In mercy's chosen day thou knowest not
lsudi But In thy wealth hebete end gross
Thou wouidest not read Alright Gods offered
gift"
That question solved, before disaster blot
The 'soutteou of Gods knight, or honor 3
loes;
Up to his rest DOH he bis servant lift;
His task 10 done the woe be must no, feel.
Boast not upon his fall, ye naughty foes;
Ye slew him not. Your stores no missile held
To touch that sacred life. No bolt, nor steel
Forged Tor your greed or malice cou ID nclose
Inc links OF heavenly usil the truth did weld
Across that breast. The intent was yours.
and guilt;
But impotent as foul. Gods was the deed
wherefore. a. instruments He chose the
friends
~ ~ t"'o ,ic "ouiu Joyiuiy nave split
Their dearest blood unwilling as the steed
Which bore him, or the lightning's bolt
which rends
The clouds to minister Jehovab's will.
For not OF WRATH but love the stroke was
pledge.
1t took Gods favorite from the coming doom,
Whose baleful shade. than Arctic nigh more
chill,
On his prophetic soul now cast its edge.
PYOo IL nf ha hto oh IL
or freedom lost. Tbereai his swelling soul,
Spurning the shameful bonds with grand
disdAin,
Burst from the letters Of his earthly frame,
And scared forever free. Asunder roll
The eternal gates while from their glittering
The spirits troop, his brotherhood to claim,
Who, free from chains OF bondage, live ed or
died.
But We, alas unworthy of his fate,
Live on to wear tile cham and watch his dust
BY vepal and contemptuous tongues belied
or manhood scarce retaining such poor stats
As dares to guard Alright our funeral trust.
For on the soil baptized by hi. blood.
His comrades raise no monumental stone
To make his name endure. The lowly grave
That keeps what earth reserves of him, had
stood
Unmarked, but that weeping woman, lone
Aud widowed, still than bearded men more
brave,
Planted her modest shaft: and maiden's hands
Weekly bede OK his cod with wreathed flowers,
Soon witbered like the cause he loved 40 well,
Thus lowly lie, in this disbonored land,
Valor and truth and those imperial powers
or genius consecrate lin Heaven thsy dwell
In state supernsl y while the sordid dust
or coarse oppressors, great but in their crime,
Greedy Of gold and blood, their people 8
shame
Usurps the honor sacred to the just,
And houts the heavens with braggart shaft
sublime;
While mercensry mobs resound their name,
And fawning priests, worst traitors to Christ's
word,
Teach them to cry: Success. thou art di-
"Be thou our God, for thou dost safe our
Thou sittesl judge Of all, o righteous Lord
Thou wilt arise and let Thy judgments shine,
And they shall clear the IN emoi les of the Just
Our grievance we revoke thou. mighty
shade,
Lackest no mausoleum, while true hearts,
And such there are, enshrine thy memory.
These nobier temples of thy tameJ not made
BY earthly hands, nor craven by mems arts,
Shall keep thy glory and these mountains
free,
Eternal wstchmen round thy modest tomb,
They are fit sen tnes; their soaring peaks
Point TO the skies which thou inhabitest
Steadfast like theeJ whether the winter 8
gloom
Change them to iron, or Aurora's streaks
Emblszon them like mansions Of the blest;
Or glittering SHOWS enwrsp their giant forms,
White as thy heavenly robe, so earth meets
sky,
And mortal ken can scarce discern their
bound
These keep their faithful ward through calm
and storms
Nor cease to speak thy name, till time shall
die
And thy great Captains final trumpet sound.
l.. DABsEY.
A WARNING.