The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1892-03-12
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Don't Bury a Man Till He's Dead.
Written Tor the Cecil DemocI

Written for the Cecil Democrat.
ELKrox, Mp, February 10Th 1882.
In an old scrap book" dated ls25 IS l9nnd IN
following: The Ericsson e6Perbfd IN sanre an,
.->s0r Ericsson is ruined man. ne mas spent a.
his fortune in building his ealore ships ana IN IN
experiments he made on the vessel. He mas don
more: he has spent all his wifes fortune ana She 70
4 bepgared But the worst OF all Is tnat y mas le'
such recrmnaton ana alienasiiO" arbsps Hat
he succeeded his name would nave Oeeh 1 Slio I1t
win thai ; o. H. has lost his all He has intro
duced ruin into a once happy home, anu he "9 III
eody b Se5I moi be reminded that it was the smt
Ercsson thus alluded to by the Boston Journal. u
Isij whose remains were recently sent 10 ms nalVt
sweden in an American Man-otWar ana Iecei ise
Win honnrs such as Columbus, Newton or Fulton
never dreamed Of Don't bury man III ne
dead-O r. NJ
Don't bury man till he's dead:
Don't trample him cause lie is down
The pearl in the busted toads head
May yet glory give to a crown
Don't bury man till he's dead
Don't wantonly tread on the neck
Ofthe sailor the storm may O'erwheim
lis the wrecker who plumbers the wreck;
Twas the hero who stood by the helm
Don't bury man till he's dead
Don't think misfortune's a crime
Don't snar at the good intent lost;
The i'll may be yours in quick time,
And for scoflers TO reckon the cost.
Don't bury a man Till he's dead.
lis the vampire that SUCKS the life blood;
lis the jackal whose banquets the grave
'Tis inhuman 10 prey ON the good:
Is it manly 10 feast on the brave?
Don't bury a man till he's dead.
Don't honor the coward who waits
For the hotsam that drifts from the wreck
And stranges the surf-beaten mates
Who fingered too late on the deck.
Don't bury a man till hes dead.
Don't think him hero who wins:
Don't deem him poltroon who fails
Longshoremen wax rich in their sins:
'TiS the sailor who's lost in the gales.
Don't bury a nan till he's dead
He's robbcr who will not lend aid;
He murders who seeks not to save
Brave struggles, all undismayed
BY perils. or sight of the grave.
Don't bury a man till hes dead.
Don't grudge lie-plank TO one
Who's buileting wild in the breakers.
His fight may be but begun
His commissions not his but his Makers
Don't bury man till he's dead.
While life Is LEFT there is hope.
While brain is quick. there's mission:
The hangman blights with rope:
The traducer blights with suspicion.
Don't bury a man till he's dead
The Hero who conquered the seas
Whose 'deerhunnds' defy oceans space
Once stricken by envious pleas
Was jealousy doomed TO disgrace
Don't bury a man TIL he's dead.
Twas Ericsson, stung by mean Jcers
Resented premature grave.
Twas the Monitor, child Of his year..
Told how a nation to save.
Don't bury man till he's dead.
Opportunity the portion OF all
Humanity dare not refuse it.
without it, cen angels might fall
Who has. is God ordered 10 use il.
Don't bury man till he's dead
L'ENvoI.
so. don't bury me till I'm dead
Ny Ile's my right TO improve it;
And the hope that garlands my head
i not my neghbors to coyet.
Don't bury me till am dead.