Fragmentary Poem Fragments From a Dark Night
Shown sleepless eyes suffer through darkness as a mossy night drapes the scene. A lone flower falters and petals drift, hinting at dampness and quiet decay in the shadowed setting.
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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1882
Page
6
Shown sleepless eyes suffer through darkness as a mossy night drapes the scene. A lone flower falters and petals drift, hinting at dampness and quiet decay in the shadowed setting.
A poor country schoolteacher rose from obscurity when a rich heiress inherits wealth. Rose learns of love and art through Ralph Loring, who rejects fortune to pursue study. Years later, Rose and Ralph reunite after illness and sacrifice, with Rose’s care restoring him and sealing their fate.
A visitor at Charles Ketchum's home in Westport Connecticut angered a servant by disparaging blacks. A colored coachman painted the young woman's forehead with black paint. Ketchum dismissed the man after paying his wages and giving him five minutes to depart.
A whimsical poem contrasts fairy tale figures with real virtues. It praises love and duty as guiding twin forces. The speaker, signed Josephine Pourd, reflects on giants wolves and Cinderella warnings, urging alliance with strong ideals.
Chatty, her aunt Lovey, and Bell Tripp weigh real charity against vanity as they plan a charity fair. Chatty vies for social glory and bracelets while Bell and Aunt Lovey steer toward humility and service through kitchen work and dishwashing for the cause.
The Zeons Star reports a nationwide optimistic outlook with crops promising a golden harvest of corn, wheat, rye, oats, fruit trees heavy with fruit, and cotton bolls swelling. Abundant grain vegetables and fruit are seen on every farm, suggesting a rich return for the year ahead.
Mr Maitland, superintendent of the royal gun factory at Woolrich, England, notes that their lathes handle masses up to two hundred tons and can reduce a twelve foot tube diameter by six inches in one cut. He adds that true goodness comes from right action rather than mere talk.
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