5 Astranger entered with graceful bow, And, taking the Editor's chair, He pass'd his hand o'er a lofty brow Smoothing his silvery hair; Then kindly, ask’d for the Carrier-Boy, Saying—“tell lam an agent of-Time Has come, this night, from the .spirit land . To bring him his yearly rhyme.” Tlio Carrier came with step quite light, BSli Sut he started back with trembling flight /•ail When he look'd at the Editor's chair; For never, by mortal eyes, I ween, Bjfp. Has a more unearthly form been seen ffflk Than the one that was silting there. » Like the lightning’s flash in the midnight sky < | -' Was the piercing glance of that fearful eye,: ■ i ) ■ It was brighter far than the noonday sun,. .' ■ I For undimm’d ithad gaz’d on the Hoty One. ; j. Like the Ocean's bosom in mad unrest - i • Was the rise and fall of his mighty chest; • ! . And his lip was curl’d in proud disdain, . * 1 \ . As if ho triumphed o'er Death and pain; , ' : As if he knew, and, perchance, might tell ' ) The awful secrets of Heaven and Hell. < \ Hound his heek a.strange form'd dial hung— ... To his side a golden, soy the K was swung; - And thespiribeross on his lofty brow, > . Where his (hick hairlayliko unsuhn'dsnow, Being of higher birth * ,] Than the noblest one of sin-odrs'd earth, !3m arr * er towed by the stranger's knee,' Saying, “Spirit or man, a booh from thee: jjdl Oh! tell mo a tale, in fitting rhyme, Rai£ - Of man's noble deeds in the oldeo'time; UrJ| Of the days of thy calm and joyous youth, E’re thy brow wasplaftp'd bylhecress of Truth— sflli ■ When no clouds were seen in the clear blue sky, [£odV And the curpe was unwril tinful man ihall die." . The stranger replied in low, mournful tone ** Boy, ask not the tales,of days long gone; I would not recall the world’s early years When Death never came bringing sorrow and tears; No! the Past's fidl tale no mortal shall see ’Till he passes tftb-gtttes of Eternity." 11 Bui listen in silence—for my time fliileth fast, And I’ll tell you a tale of the year that has post— A year that has brought both good luck and good cheer To the honett, the and the bravo * Volunteer .* “Agoin! Hark! on the stilly midnight, over hill I' , ABMES3 OF THE CAREIER AME Rl CAN' Y 0 LUNT EE R. Carlisle) January 1* 1818 i ML.fir.ag-.fjft aging || Qoiinting-House Almanac, || &U FOR THE YEAR OP OUR LdRD |jg || 1848. , ||g §re ji? H 3 £?!rtl J) „ ® S 3 § § * life Months.. g § S g g 2 3# 27» January. aiz February. oil March. April. May. ,i Juki. - ' • ' ' ■ f -if , ■■,<r §K Joiv - October. OF THE 7 14 21 28 6 13 20 27 4 11 18 25 5 12 19 26 S' 12; 19! 26| 3 10 17 24 2 9 16 23 ’7 14 21 28 '4l n; 18’ 25; 7 14 21 28 How many a change has wrought the woof of fate: Darker around each spirit Ye have seen J 8 OTJ Friend after friend depart, and heard the sigh Of trembling voices in the farewell hour. \ 29ifc Where are the fondly cherish'd ones who stoodj g Around you when the year began 7As loaves | 13yg That in the summer hours hung on the same 27 Ma rccn branch are borne upon the autumn winds, • jfjr> So they are scattered far end wide—But oft, JJB As now, when midnight stars with* all their calm) 17jn§- -And.blejumd hpantji arft*hoT«» lha heart i 2418® Pours out its worship at that shrine •/ low { lIK "Whtrt memory is the Priestess, and again j Ye feel that ye are with them, as in days ! isHi L I 22 IK Gone by.” ; 7 14 21 28 6 13 20 27 3 10 17 24 4 11 18 25 5 12 19 26 5 12 19 26 4 11 18 25 7 14 21 28 4 41 18 25 5 12 19 26 7 14 21 28 5 12 191 26; 4 11 18 25 4; 11' is: 35'. SK.*J2.9^LSI2-fil£. m It- And vole and stream, that solemn word Is echoing, like the sound of passing bell, Or watchword of some spirit o’re it leaves The earth forever. 11 “Fitfully and low, And blending sadly wiUr the bell's deep chime Is heard the requiem of the parting year, . . Swelling and dying like some choral hymn Heard *mld the pauses of a storm—and, as The last, faint cadence of that requiem Dies on the breeze, the spectre memory Stands by.each silent hearth, and gathers up The ashes of the Fast, and weeps above Thobeautiful and sunny days that are Returnlcisi-they aro gone, but in each heart Is left a charm of strange and holy power That binds the spirit to its early dreams Of Love, and Truth, and Joy, again." “Another year! and since its birth “ Another year I And Jo! the fearful shaft of death has i truck This nobleat of your friends. But yesterday j And by your aide there stood in manhood’s strength; A soldier brave and trno. A month pass’d on, And farewell guns boomed sad and mournfully Above bis open grave.” “Another year Has fled from earth forever, with Us bright And angel colored hopes and glorious dreams, And o’er its sepulchre, hung with the dim And faded garlands of the olden days,. The stars, yon distant pilgrims of the sky Are shedding now their melancholy light 1 And list!, far through the heavens rolls its dirge, Fainter and fainter! like the sound of harps Mingling distant winds, and *mld The glories Cf the unseen land to-nl Tho gray old years receive theii ■I V . ; \
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