The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-10-05
ORIGINAL POETRY


ding 81 youth. % halcyen and serene.
OF 49, iron one 70 1orty and between:
What vafions aspects can engage my Pen
when I'll ere youths from babies up % menl
Behold the yearlins In his cradle bedl
4 little animal, the Bishop said
An angel-6esh and all-his mother thinks-
So soft and SWEET. he cooe and staxee and bainksi
Why mention collie and vociferous cEiesi
This bleGoed baby has his fathers eye,
Two dimpled cheekA . dainty, pudey uoea
4 rosebud mouth and stootsy .wootsys toea.
What thoagh his Esther walks I'll night the
whas though. with cutting sssth. the infant
roar,
The mother ssss. in fa1 on future dsys.
Her lad .renowned-a name the thouea16s
praise.
Behold. IN kilts OF shortened pants, the boy
OF prauks chock-full ana mischief 70 annoy
His reverend elders who deplore hie no1se.
Forgetting they themselves were one time boya
His whistle yell and street call. bang and shout
Serve notice on the public he's about
His atr-gun p0ufs destruction into cafa.
He treats the dogs - stones and bricks and
bats:
with hideous jack-o'-lantern he anrights
OLD ladies humorous In the shostly nishtA
He dlls his pockets full Of nails and strings
Engages In fraeas every day
And hsticufs the youngsters cross the way,
His appetite puts pantry stores 70 rout
And bursts the buttons from his roundabout
But Ill the while he's trottins on 70 school
With books ana slate and lunch-a satchel full;
with spelling book and reader he grows wise
Al witness questions cute and smart replies,
And full OF facts and fancies teens his brain;
His coltish disposition how to train
The Sunday school and Home would have him
learn,
In virtues royal paths his feet would turn.
Till soon his Derby-pants below the knees
Our boys stripling-"young man." II you
please
And now young manhood's epooh'S ushsrsd In,
What time the down appears upon the chin;
BY certain bashful symptoms one detects
His lurking interest In the other sex
Hes In the High school hrst-at college next
"A freshman now with Greek and Latin vexed.
Au9 next 3 soph' more, bawling through the
hail,
Or hssins. pulling stroke or kicking bah,
Atlaok with sheepskin in blue ribbon tied,
he steps into the world, till now untried.
Let's hope he comes with tastes and habits pure,
Sound mind and BODY conscience trained and
sure,
With purpose resoluts-both brave and bright
Clear headed. modest champion Of the right,
Not sucked within the maelstrom's whtrling
wave,
But held BY Him whose hand il strong to save.
o, youth. 30 earnest, chivalrous and true,
Our prayers are rising al the while for youl
The Spring tide Of our being-what desires
What splendid purposes, what passion-fres,
What inspiration. outlook. trust and hops,
What grand belief, what horizon and scope.
What glow and heat, what faith. what high
ideal,
Whatslorious secrets shall the years reveals
How beautiful the world, how sweet 10 life,
How stirring and attractive all it, strife!
How, like . tyumpetblast, the soul within
Rings out the call TO struggle and TO win
To make . name the world shall recognise,
To venture nobly in some large empriss.
To trade, rinvent, to plead. to writss - tssohs
To edit. lesislate, to judge. to preach.
TO take up Life with al the mind and heart
In Senate. Bench and Bar and business martl
o. let ~ pray, despite the whitening chill
OF worldliness and aiu-foreboding ILL
Despite the common ideals Of the street.
The ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS cloven feet
Paralysis Of trust that doubt inspires,
Conceptions poor Of Ill that God requires,
The disbelief In good and truth and right
The compositions, tricks Of trade and might
OF fraud, chicanery. selnshness ana greed
The worldly worlds unholy, vulgar cresd-
Despite al the6e may he po6sess his soul
In strength and sweetness. keep his manhood
whole,
Keep lore for men. keep faith in God unspoiled,
Keep honor bright and character unsoiled;
His fnce upturne1 % greet the blessed sieht
OF morning sunbursts bathing brow with light !!
-Dr. Lent Gilbert