10 Sep 1857
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Newspaper
Bellevue Gazette
Location
Bellevue, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1857
Page
1
Fragmentary verse argues that death is illusory and life cycles through decay and renewal. The speaker suggests pain ends, yet forms persist, as faded souls mingle with new life and growth follows hardship. The voice challenges fear and embraces poetic transformation.
A lyrical portrait describes a young girl with blue eyes and radiant hair. The verses praise innocence grace honesty and wit while noting she remains small and youthful amid city life.
The poem laments modern euphemisms replacing blunt terms for work, gender roles, and social classes. It pleads to restore old, clear wording like spade for spade and man for man, urging pride in honest daily labor and authentic affection.
A reflective verse speaks of stars over calm seas and how kind words reflect a divine source. It urges the reader to kindness toward others, noting that such gentle breath can brighten life and sweeten even death.
The piece decries a negligent farmer who wastes fodder and manure, neglects fences and barns, and shirks repairs. It portrays high debt, lack of organization, missed worship, and overall decline in rural life, contrasting with broader regional shifts toward machinery and city migration.
Six years after introduction Ohio shows vast increases in farm machinery. A two horse mower with two men and a boy replaces at least twelve men. A 60 acre field would save labor of five men. One county reportedly owns three hundred machines, illustrating the extensive adoption and impact on work.
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