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Newspaper
Huntingdon Journal
Location
Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1850
Page
1
A sorrowful speaker laments blindness while others praise nature and joy. The poem contrasts imagined beauty with personal emptiness, recalls a sister and family, and longs for seeing grace in heaven. The narrator hopes death will end the night and grant eternal light and love.
In a tender tale, Theresa’s recovery spurs a brother to gather the prettiest flowers. Erick wanders fields, fills a basket, and weaves a strawberry wreath, only to be dampened by a sudden storm. After the rain, the grateful sister blesses his kindness and learns a deeper joy.
A fragment from a period piece recaps John Brown’s bashful courtship and his triumph after six years, noting the kiss and blessing. It adds a comic Parson Partington aside and a Captain Rynders joke about unity among fleas, followed by a literary quip about a house fire.
A lyrical piece recounts Youth and Love meeting on a sunny April day. They stroll, share beauty and truth, vow eternal devotion, and seal their bond with a kiss. The poem reflects on love's first kiss as precious, enduring beyond life, with Youth's death and Love remaining loyal to the grave.
In a farm family tale Lilian More the fragile cousin is carried between city and countryside guardians. Rachel guards a gifted rose-bush believed linked to Lilian’s fate, the bud finally withers as Lilian falls ill and dies, leaving memories and the blighted blossom as a cherished relic.
The piece extols retirement as a refuge for weary souls from life’s bustle and ambition. It blends reflections on Sabbath calm, recollections of youth, and the solace found in solitude, interwoven with humorous asides about Mrs Partington and social foibles.
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