Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1894-02-07

LIFE.
The Panorama as Painted by
Col. IL. q. Ingerson.

Col. Il. q. Ingersoll.
Born of love and hope, ofecstacy
and pain, Of agony and fear, of
ktears and joy; dowerejlwith the
wealth of two united k,arts, held
Unhappy arms, with lips upon life's
drifted front, bluevained and fair,
whore perfect pea,e finds perfect
form; rocked by willing feet and
moyed TO shady shores of sleep by
siren'mother singing soft and low !;
|. looking with wonders wide and
Nstartledeyes at common things Of
life and day, taught by want and
contact with the things that,
touch the dlmpled flesh of babes,
lured by light and flames, and
charmed by color's wondrous
robes, learning the use of hands
and feet, and by the life OF. mimi
cry beguiled, to utter speech releas-
ing prisoned thoughts from Grad
led and curious marks on soiled
and tattered leaves, puzaling tho
brain with crooked numbers and
their tangled worth; and so
through years of Attenuation day
aud night until Che captive grows
familiar With. the chains and walls
limitations OF a life. And time
rqps on IN SIM and ehadow until
Tor of all the world wooed and
won, aed all tho lore Of love is
taught.and learned again. Again
( e home is built with the fair cham
berk wherein faint dreams like
cool and shadowy wales, divide
the billoNYed hours of love. Again
the miracle Of birth, the pain and
joy, the kiss Of welcome and tho
cradle song downing the drowsy
prattle of a babe. And thon the
sense OF obligation and of wrong !.
pity for those who. toll and weep !;
tears for the imprisoned and de-
spised love for hegenerous dead,
and in the heart the rapture of a
high reeulye And Then, ambition
with its lpst Of pe3i absi place and
power, longing xA6 pptssnpop ito
breast disNnesieM M & 6fthiess
badge EhS skeepsF thon&hts OF
lt,as qas S. that see behind tic.
mack ofcraft tIattered no
the. obseqnious cfinge of
dqk wfeed. knowing the use
cf boarded gold, of honor
Fghtfrorn those who charged tho
q " of seiftespect; of power that
e kly bends a coward's knee and
Forces from the lips Of fear the
lies Of prnise. Kpowing at last
She unstudied gestures Of esteem
the reyerent eyes made rich with
honest thought, and. holding high
above all other thihgs--high as
Hopes great throbbihg star above
the darkpess- of the dead the love
of wife and child and friend.
Then Jocks Of gray and glowing
Jove Of other days and half-remem-
berei thibgs then holdingwither-
ed hands OF those who first held
his, while oyer dim aud loving
eyes, death softly presses down.ths
lids Of rest s<s
And &c locking in nafriage VOWS
bis children's handF,sfha crossing
others on the brsast q peaca,with
daughters babes npon his knees, !
the white hair rdmgling with the
gold, he Journeys on from day 10
day to that hofizon whore The dusk
.ie waiting for the night Sitting
~ the holy hearth Of home, as the
smbers change from red to
be lalls asleep within the
AIMS fhetlie worshiped and ador.
fppiipg upon his paiiid lips
last and holiest kiss.
~ = ~ ne station
Htfsin apart o. Traveller stands-
ore a1ssut long from home aud nalion
n DtheT landa
And 81 as hewbo sfagdl and listens
Amid the twilight okn ana gloom
TO bearapproaehingin ihs distance
4sIho train fol hos4
There 10 q gopd deal II truth in
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is currently imputed 70 Dr.. Everett. |