The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1903-04-03
Qrigimal poetry.
Written for "The Enquirer"
SPlRITUALISM.
BY L'ECLAIRE.

I was invited out to dinner, then table spread TO
tea,
And the quest ION it ar Sc. will spirit come to me-
Will it tell me of the loved encs gone to the othe
Will it tip the table softly ard appear above m.
doal?
A we draw around c rcle and the lanterns diml.
Will it answer yes or n, to each question put il
turn?
Shall ever see my Charlie. who has passed from
earth 10 Heaven?
VIII feel his kiss up7n my brow ard know an
forgiven?
Of communion with the spirits the Holy Bible tells
OF the resurrection and the life to all know
very vel;
But will the spirits come in dreams and at th
twilight houl?
Will we realize their presence, will we ell thet
magic powe:?
When the heart is SEX and weary and the brai1
benumbed with pain,
Will they hover round to comfor'. or shall we asl
in vain:
Will we grope amid the shadows of the u felt
unseen life
For some absent brother. 81 ter, husb,nd or, still
dearer, wife?
am happy in the idea that our dead are ever near
In close communion with us, that the presence o
those dear
Are never quite detached from u. so long as here
we live;
That they ever hover round. counsel and comfor
give.
There are good an evil spirits, how, which do w
desire
To answer to our tapping as we sit around the fire
When tip the table softly and invoke those passe'
Would it fill our soul with comfort to meet with
surprise?
If some dreadful wicked spirit should sof " com
our way,
And tell us that he c)ull not r, st and wanted her
to stay;
Tho dead. no pace he yet had fcund-in ave.
he could not dwell
He'd rather come back here to earth than be con
demned to He'll.
That if some mortal, tire of earth AMI b. tier fit 70
Heaven,
Would only take his pa ;e, he ght another chanc
be giver-
That the knowledge Of the spirit worli would he'll
him so to live,
That when he next did quit the earth place o
rest they'd give.
Would sou in answer to his pr ,yer-.o help rcdee n
Be wiling to depart at once and give to him tn
whole
OF all that made your happiness u; on this earthl
sphere?
think hear your answer, ''You are not 'cante
here!
eve are tipping for good spirits, who will ia to
of Heaven.
The bad in purgatory uust remain It'll they're for
given;
In our prayers we will remember you, for you shal
Mass be said,
But your presence is not wanted here, go bac
among the dead.''
And SO the table tipping, it goeth on once more
One tap for mo" and three for "yes," just IS "
heard before,
But, somehow, the spirits of the blest have no wis
to come back,
And 60 our nerves are s. 'raned and kept upon til
waiting rack.
And let me tell you now my dear, in spite of all 20
Of successful table tippings and spirits ever near
They never will materializa their loss we'll eer de
pl0re,
For having lived this mortal life they return IL
more.
The wee sma' hours If night approach, my room
growing chill;
The table will not tip for me, and yet wish no ill
To spirits gone-for when 60, want surcease an
peace in Heaven,
And hope no one will call m, back, nor return t
earth be.gIyen.
To be subservent to the call of any voice earth
Would seem to me sad, sad tl,ing, lacking boil
joy and mirth;
For death is but the portal to life of higher bliss
And the crown of the immortal, who would asl
more than this?