Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-01-21
THE POWER OF THE pzEss.
BY Anna Sargent Hunt.


!" ~onaan sha never Toe s,efst a4s knoxn
~ iarntnz ifun trouble zIta hart ike stone.
taTy taad how the blizzard. gAsiddsn sEss.
lat ziDter. at Portland, sas just at bis best
nj. bent On ezrUsssi. hsld carnival aigh.
fi1sd 'n"r-iffts ike piaything. veil nikh TO the
sky
bloekaas'i the Pres,asn and nssgat eoaid avail,
spared only aAadiai, ~ho, brss-tinz the gale
MT s.dly estasa niag The last VI their elsa
hsId isst By ia= storm king's n0sI rigorous oan
'oso~sd ia came the MESSAGE from Dsernx al
last
4 telephone sreeting borBe safe dr. the bl...,
No Elssii nor Aaa'a., aer Hmm to-dsy,
~ bin IN yuur e..gseis Tor sBgx ~,ll they ;
here tres barn brightly, and e.,,aiort prevail.
Ana yeB may have essays. add p,-as aud gales.
Yet Viasr. there Ssrs With their ladies' SNOW.
buand
Who gave for our asking 10 .ign and no sound.
MI opiy the remnant IA solemn array.
Ace"rdisg 10 es.tatn assembled that day;
But O~sn and Qaimby aud Russell ~sfe there
Ihsn now e''ud you sgDdsr We did not dsspsi
Aud hleh .ita bic singing the seise Of Belle
lsls"
tHe 'irsy, insists be there all the while y
4 I'd 81. at the very lat laDta=Ht they said.
'sines ,in"nton tails Us. By pity be led
Again briag your pictures, the canvas spread
vide
(No blizzard TIA. year .haIl oar forces divide
@'"t' %'NNN'| ivi s4tA1h HcT
Ana grPbird % inter siiliBy divorce
And all shAii eanceds that it iiss vita the Press
Each burden To tighten, all wrongs u redress
buf hrst. as the Voice 81 Dy city. pray
J "a u take the glad %eeou.s - t..-day,
True humsg- It ivids you. nar think. 10 dictate
} be Pre-, eohyocstl"n NV .ittiog Ia state
The august assembly, of ne~sya per men
>" hlisd win AL ka"riedse, 80 ready Of pen;
10 PiIiie- .Horal- and .eisoee yersed,
10 grayr contemplation deeply innsrsed.
II may be yOur minds have run back Ger the
past
Aad dwell on the namss and the mem 'res that
last
Maino's writer. arc honored, and down ,hrough
the years
Their measures shall haunt as In t,y and n tears
lis true that Tor many iifs's j,urusy i. done,
Ana. AZ the iifed soFknan at set Of the sun
Completes all his labor and closes the day,
lhey hnished Ltfes poem. and laid them away
But over and over there sounds in our ears,
A"'y down The path of the hufrying years,
The musical ripple Of shIminering falls.
The voice Of the water that tsndyriy calls
the brave Hlssatha aud bride he had ~un
The sweet MinnsbAba-their urney begun.
But poet and lover psss out u our sight
Apd others whose writings our senses delight.
hp 'inging sweet songs that can never grow old.
Or telling great truth, with an uttsranee bold.
was one Of these serg sane sweetest Of rhymes
That ang Ia my ears ike mrlodious chimes,
Just when was thinking what message To bear,
For had no grsces Of ppvsy rare
his; backward. turn backward. oh Time 10
your flight"
md 'MSks me child sgain just for tonight "
Now back DER the path Of the fast flying years
scarce giving thought TO their hopes and their
fears
seem 10 live over the summers Of yore,
And roam mid their Innocent pleasures once
mures
Forgetting not how, when the long days we're
said as gsaed at the fast sinking sun,
Nov. Lovingly, soothingly light billows sweep.
- Rock me t" sleep. mother. r,ck me To sleep.
You've been wond ring long In what way I'd eI-
The theme that gave yOu-"The Power of the
Press
Well, come with me, leaving the hustle and rush
Ut y"ur hurrying lives, and sit in The hush
of the long >sbbith days loved when a child.
Ere knew that Liis's tom pests blow strong and
Wild
will paint you the picture. sud you shall see
How bright ala its eoio'- appeared unto me.
\ large country farm house its face all sglnw
"uh i,ng rays Of -unsh me that cling to II So;
FROM chimney to do"r-,tune. All smiling serene
As peaceful homestead ever was seen.
On side how the fuses aud fpgr-u'cocks grow
hr b'l-hms and lilies y petals like snow;
The marry Colds pink. and he sunauwers high.
he iavonder blue, like the afternoon sky;
The dahha., sweet Williim,. and hoIiyh"css. ton
The gay morning giori,s that sport nth tn. dew
bilv cherry trees. lilacs and snow balls stan
guard
Der all the wee blossoms that grow in the ward
NV pause in the doorway and lei-urely gaze
Away to the mountains through gathering haze;
While nearer the forest is stretching its belt
b. rs sunshine aud summer tims glory is felt
by .qutrrci and partridge. reg ,riless vi fear,
fhat -l-'rt IN these hiieyon day. oi the year.
Bat nov 1t l. ~undiy. aud ev'ryihing there
>ceus woudruu-ll quiet, As il At hor prayer,
Al nature is thanking the Father above
tnr uuuberlss- tokens Of wisdom and love.
lhv ack' IA thc pasture broad and SO green.
Nv -'"ek lo"king cattle, so lazy are seen
10 move A. If s"nvthing had told them the day,
And my must br ready ITS laws L. hey.
But blrd@ IN the branches sing over again
Their sweet little ballads Of besftsesse and
peace
Pray ''"d that their music may never more cease.
The mum 1t the insect. the drone Of the bee
-eein drowslly, dresniiy saying TO me.
Long chud. is your play-day. ih's day you
shall rest,
But W val keep baay till dark grows the wast q"
Al sttll h,s the do"r-yard. but plain TO he seen
Ia" track Of the chaise on the carpet OF green.
Where dA'-es and elover heads nodded and smiled
10 quiet eun(0ninent aud luxury Wild
As oil 10 the church IN the village to-day
The .ilyer-hairst couple rode slowly away.
FOR though good was the wagon for young folks
spfy
Who ike fine view of the earth and the sky,
Far better the roony old ehhi-e Tor the pair
Nhu whether the sunday is gloomy or fair.
Must 81 VII the worrhlppsrs up on the hill,
Or they d ihncy the old week was passing still.
To-day ~ they listened to sern"n and prayer,
They'd forgotten their part Of LIES anxious car.
While the choir scared high 10 the melodies old
Their quiet et J'ymeBt could never he told
And now, white the old clock i ticking away
The moments aud hours Of the bright summer
day,
One sit By the window and one by the door,
The Bible and newspaper studying Der.
NV Ut whisper their secret: almost we'll
Could the Bible be spsred--so the nsighbors
NJ 'n' ~ '"'' wing '"''"e" 'uei JOYS '""
~
,ee Is'u,r %. Hl'o No u'Pe' N'u u9l ''ss'
ne ''''' u," s"'U'y 'He pc " peace
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