Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-02
SEEN ON THE SIDE
1 DREAMED WAS THE tAIsET

was nIone-alOne!
My rninsters were leerins fools,
My councillors were knaves,
My soldiers, thick fish In schools,
Kept nllInE new-dus Hraves!
Then suddenly stood somewhere
Upon the oceans edge
The taint OF blood the air,
On every rock and ledge!
Again i changed the scene, I stood
Upon n mount, and Raxed
= Upon N shattered Brotherhood
Down, in the valley. Daxcd
by what saw, turned away.
Now WAS In vnIe
Drenched red with blood. I saw them sIay!
saw my men turn pnIe!
L saw the orphans OF my dead
In pitcous Thousands mourn!
saw wrecked homes. from which had ded
The slcISeninE md forlorn:
sn,v fair fields NIL desolate,
, Stripped bnre by shot and she'll
I stood close by the Open Gate
OF Everlasting Hell!
And Ms En,cd and tren,bIed there
new note sounded clear
There was n lull-thc buSle's blare
Drew all the soldier. near,
My nrmies and the foemen ALI
Came into one great camp
hcnrd "Ccasc nrInEw At the call
My brow grew cold and damp!
N-F'
Then they who fought. NIL turned and knelt
beneath n smiling sky
And prayed, upon thnt bloody veldt,
One prayer to tho Most High!
And mr. they prayed, n sword
Stretched there above my head
From heaven 1t nwung, my neck toward,
Welded by my Great Dend!
the sword; I'm anger,
Commanded It to sheath!
There WINS mercy in the sky,
Nor on the land beneath.
Lower and lower came the bladei
81 am dlvine" 1 cried;
"Back to your scnbbnrd!" Unafraid,
The Sword my voice dened.
"bnck"' commanded, "Impious thin<3
the Master hcre!"
The Sword cnme nearer with q swing
My soul collapsed in fear.
Then down fell EroveIed there
I, Emperor. fell, afraid!
In field and valley, everywhere,
My fighting soldiers prayed!
Then there cnme one, who stood beside
And touched my shrinking bend,
"See where your people kiss the sword,
The friEhtful ntrnnGer Hnfd,
"Sce where the fields shall bloom again,
And mnn shnIl live in Iovew
My soul, II was In fearful pain
The Sword swung from above:
Yet swung the Sword, touched me. when
Behold, the people snng,
And with their song, vale. hill and glen
With srent Thanksgiving rang.
And. of sudden, from a cloud
A voice cricdi "Warriors, cense!
The Earth no more shall know the shroud-
HcncefOrth there shall be Pence:n
/ rose--the Sword had shenthed II. bInde
In the blue skies above.
Dancing md JOY all peoples made
Ii WINS a vale eff Love!
And i, of NIL Men. sick with Voc
j, on my tottered Throne
Deserted then by friend and foe
was nlone-nlonc!
dreamed "A drenm-n fearful dream!
woke, my brow cold!
The shadows In the pale moons BENIN
Were ascs-nEes old:
knelt. nv did the warriors there,
beneath that sweeping: BIade-
a sense of peace In the mir
And held me, ms prayed.
Dinsnosis.
Eminent Physician-Yes that man has an
advanced case OF spigoraitic detroilass KAY
zozaium, and am going to get $4,000 for cur
ing him.
The studcnt-What was IL Won said hs no,
sir?
Eminent Physician-Two thousand dollars
Ye MIscr.
we have just been informed OF a gentleman
in Oshkosh who is so stingy that he nuts :.
paddock on his pocketbook and swallows the
key. "e
Our Language.
These two went out to take row
lie in the stern. she in the bow:
Ihen silly Cupid broke his bow
md the was ended in a row
Musical Note.
Mheh she tried for job in the choir
ihe leader consented to tror:
Then he said Goodness me.
That is only high c.
And You ought to sing very much boirm
she replied: ITO E-nat aspolr.
hnt my throat seems to weary and toir.
Yet think I could sing
Nearly any old thing
II you'd let me yell Murder or FORM