Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-11-27
AN ExCtLfNTE BALADE or CHARI7IE
Icy THOMAS cHArrERror.l

tBy THOMAS cHATTERr0Nl
In Virgo now the sultry did sheene
And hot upon the meads did cast his ray;
The apple Redeemed from paly gr cen,
And the soft pear did bend leafy spray;
The pied cllelandry sang the liveong day;
Twas the pride, the manhood of the year,
And exc the ground decked In It's deft
The cleaning in the midst o day,
still the air, welkn blue
When from the in drear array
heap clouds of sable, suen hue
The which full fast unto the woodland drew,
Hiding the festive face.
And the black tempest swelled gathered up apace
Beneath holm, fast by pathway side
Which did unto Saint Godwns lead
hapess pilgrim moaning did abide,
Poor in his vew ungentle in his weed.
Long brimfu Of the mseries of need
Where from the halstorm could the beggar fly?
had houses there. any nigh
in his gloomed face his sprite there scan
How woebegone, how withered, indled, dead
Haste to thy church glebe house.
Haste to thy shroud thy only sleeping bed
Cold the clay which will grow thy head
Are Charity and Love among high elves;
For knights and bnrons live for plea
The gathered storm is ripe; the big drops fall
The sunburnt meadows smoke drink the ran
The coming ghastness doth the palm
And the full ocks driving the plain
Dashed from the clouds, the fly again;
The welkin opes; the yellow lightning fes
And the hot fiery steam in the wide flashing dies
{ List! thunder's rafting, sy sound
Moves slowly and then full swollen cangs
Shakes the high spre and lost expended drowned.
Still on the frghted ear Of terror angs;
winds al up lofty tree swangs
Again the lightning, and the thunder pours
And the full clouds burst in stony showers
spurring his palfrey waery plain,
The Abbot of Saint Godwin's came
His chapournette drenched with the rain
His painted grdle met with mickle shame: II
He aynewarde told his bede n the same;
The storm increases and he drew aside
With the poor aims to the holm to bide
His cope all of Lincoln cloth fne a5s .r
With gold button fastened near his chin, @
His autremete edged with golden twine
And his shoes peak mobiles might have been;
Full well it showed he thought cost sin.s 4pl
The trammes of his pafrey pleased his sight,
For the horse niliner his head with roses digit
"An aims, sir priest!" the dropping lgrim said.
"oh let me wait within your door.
Till the shineth high above our h cad. az .gh
And the loud tempest of the air is DER.
Helpless old I, alas and poor!
No house, friend, money in my pouch
All that call my is this my silver crouche"
"varletr' replied the Abbot, cease your din;
This is season aims and prayers to give
My porter let's beggar In
None touch my ring who not in honor live
And the with tie black clouds did strive
And shot upon the ground his glaring ray;
The Abbot spurred his steed, efsoons rode away
Once more the sky was black the thunder rolled.
running plain a priest seen;
Not dlght full proud buttoned UP in gold,
His cope and jape were and eke We're clean;
A Limitor he of order seen;
And from the pathway side then turned he
Where the poor beggar lay beneath the olmen tree
"An aims sir priest" the dropping pi grim said
For sweet Saint Mary and your orders sake"
The Limitor then loosened his pouchthread.
And did thereout groat of silver take:
The needy pilgrim did for gadness shake. &
Here take this silver, 1t may thy care.
We Gods stewards all, naught Of bear :
But ah! unhappy Pilgrim learn OF m e. 8As ri
Scarce any give a rent roll to their lord;
Here take my semcope thou'rt bare I see,
thine: the M Y ri :