The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-08-03
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Cold, dead, and dumb to all the world
contains,
The folded orbs would open at thy breath,
And, from its exile in the isles of death,
Life would come gladly back along my
veins.
believe If l were dead.
And you upon my Iifeless heart should
tread,
Not knowing what the poor clod CHANGED
to be.
1t would find sudden pulse beneath the
touch
Of him it ever loved in life so much,
And throb again-warm, tender, true to
thee.
/ believe If on my grave,
Hidden in woody depths or by the wave,
Your eyes should drop some warm tears
of regret,
From every salty seed of your dear grief
Some fair, sweet blossom would leap into
leaf,
To prove death could not make my love
forget.
j believe II l should fade
Into those mystic realms where light is
made,
And you should long once more my face
to see,
/ would come forth upon the hills of
night
And gather stars, like fagots,. till thy
sight,
Led by their beacon blaze. fell full on
me.
l believe my faith in thee,
tStrong as my life), so nobly placed
to be,
/ would AS soon expect to see the sun
Fall like dead king from his height
sublime,
His glory stricken from the throne Of
time,
AS thee unworthy the worship thou hast
won.
/ believe who hath not loved
Hath half the sweetness of his life I'M
proved;
Like one who, with the grape within his
grasp,
Drops it, with all it's crimson juice I'M
pressed,
And all its luscious sweetness left I'M
guessed,
Out from his careless and unheeding
clasp.
| believe love. pure and true,
Is to the soul a sweet, immortal dew
That gems life's petals in the hour Of
dusk.
The waiting angels see and recognize
The rich crown jewel, Love, of Paradise,
When life falls from us like withered
husk.
Mary Ashley Townsend
Mrs. Sarah Temple went to Wake
Forest yesterday.
Mrs. c. P. Williams left yesterday
for a visit to Norfolk.
Miss Ida Thompson, of Neuse, was
here Yesterday on her way to Durham.
Mr.. A. A. Thompson and family left
yesterday to visit friends at Penny's.
Miss Ethel Wynne left yesterday for
Smithfield to visit Miss Mabel Tomlin-
son.
Mr.. and Mrs Ashby Lee Baker re-
turned yesterday from visint to Ashe-
VILE
Miss Effie Barker, of New Hill. ar
rIsed yesterday to visit Miss Minnie
Lumsden.
Mrs. R. L. Potts returned to the
city yesterday after a visit to relatives
at Winston.
Mrs. A. c. Caudle is out again after
being confined to her room several days
by sickness.
Capt w NJ. Stevens and wife, of
Cheraw, S. c., are here visiting Mrs. NJ
w. Woodland.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. c. Stevens, of Che
raw, S. c., are here on a visit to Mrs.
NJ W. Woodland.
Miss Blanche Briggs, of Durham,
was here yesterday on her way to visit
at Jackson Springs.
MIR. and Mrs N. E. Edgerton arrived
yesterday from Selma to visit Mr.. and
Mrs. w. w. Wynne.
Mrs c. w Barrett and Miss Jennie
Miller returned today from visit to
Red Sulphur Springs.
Mrs. A. Dowd and daughter spent
yesterday in Raleigh on their way from
South Carolina to Leesville.
Miss Anita Green, Of Washington,
who stopped over in Raleigh. left yester-
day for Goldsboro on visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Setter left this
morning for Smithfeld, where they will
spend week visiting relatives.
Miss Maude Merrimon has returned
from KNOXVILLE, Ienn., WneeF she mas
been attending the summer school.
Miss Fannie Hunt Johnson returned
yesterday from Graham, where she has
been visiting Miss Madeline White.
Mrs Columbus Durham returned yes
terday morning from Atlanta. where she
has been on visit for the past week.
Mrs Strayhorn, Of Roxboro, was
here Yesterday to place her niece Ethel
Bradsher in the Methodist Orphanage
Miss Lille Workman returned from
Cincinnati, Ohio, yesterday, where she
has been spending several weeks with
relatives.
Mrs. J. B. Warren, of Durham. came
here day ago to consult DIR. r. H..
Lewis She had suddenly lost sight in
her right eye.
Miss Inez Wynne. accompanied by
Miss Lee Young, whom she has been
visiting in Smithfield,> returned to her
home here yesterday.
Miss Marie Morrisett, of Portsmouth,
Va. who has been the guest of Miss
Katie Smith on Hillsboro street, left
TO rher home yesterday.
Mrs Mcqueen and children, of Dur