New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-01-25
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/ And gazed in muteness at the door;
$50 motionless was every form,
SO burdened down with hatred's storm,
We did not speak till hunger grew;
! And then I went to find some food,
But where to get it no one knew;
! And back went to sooth the brood.
When night came on we could not sleep:
We could not even inly weep;
For anger still infamed within
Unjust! II njust!- lit was a sin!
We heard the soldier tread outside,
And wondered what would next betide;
Mayhap some help would cheer us soon
Through force of arms, or friendly boon
Or else, mayhap, an early grave
From greater woes would kindly save.
To make more sad our lonely lot,
A dog hung round the haunted spot,
And, ever and anon, he mourned,
AS thong he too our foemen scorned.
Who knows? Perhaps he had friend
Who now had met untimely end;
And left him weary OF his life,
With all it's bitterness and strife. =.
We knew not why, but when he howleG
We trembled, shivered as in pain; II
And kept back my tears and scowled,
And wondered if still were sane.
cannot say how long it seemed
Enough to say we had not dreamed
The night grew old and morning came,
And then my wife in tender blame
Turned round and looked within ME so
I felt I could not bear the blow, ~
And hung my head in helpless shame.
We opened wide the shaky door
0 it was good to see once mole
The heavenly blue, (around this earth
Most beautiful since Natures bi1th.)
And feel the suns bright rays give heat,
And breath the air of morning sweet;
Oh yes, most good, but then the place!
70 suffer thus such deep disgrace! .
The burning thought gave will and
strength:
We scorning the trocha's bristling lengt ;
And cen the children kept their teals;
They would not show their inward fears.
My wife had taught them family pride
While marching by the Spaniard's side.
q friends it is an awful thing
To see your loved ones scrrowing,
Nor having what will help in grief,
Nor having hope to find relief.
TIE soul carrodes and leaves you weak
Devoid Of will to further seek; 80.
You're dumb and all the world seems
dead;
You only want to rest your head
Where never more you'll see the light;
Where all will be unconscious night.
Enough-to tell the rest were shame;
| am man without name.
My home is where Dame Nature wills;
[ WOO the forests, WOO the hills;
l WOO the careless running rills;
These boundIess lands are all my home,-
A nomad now restless roam.
The sky above, the earth beneath
What more could nature me bequeath?
And still-you know the reason Why
My only hope is soon to die.
After the War.
Am l the man who suffered so?
Am alive? Can all this be?
All then of this I did not know!
| never thought to thus he free
And live IN peace with wife and boys
Supremest of all earthly joys.
How changed all Nature, changed the
world!
Dark Sorrow hath her. veil up furled;
Where once she ruled isGladness crowned
ABOVE, below and all around +av| j#
| We see her pow'r and hear her voice
Aud who could wish for other choice.
II. ....
| Yes Cuba dear, at last you're free.
Der hill and field, from sea to sea, >.
| The birds seem glad to tell the tale,
And now the winds no longer wall.
They hum so softly DER tie meads,
And play such pranks with bending reeds
And flowers and leaves and waving grain,
And with the waves upon the main,
1t is not hard to feel how blessed
You are just now with peace and rest
Yes peace is sweet dear lovely isle
And you have earned the right to smile
But o. | tremble lest IN years
A change will come and rouse new fears.
But one who's foughtfor Freedoms .4ht