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48. THE SPOILER.
Parent,—who with speechless feeling
O'er thy cradled treasure bent,
Every year new charms revealing,
Yet thy wealth of love unspent:
Hast thou seen that blossom blighted
By a drear, untimely frost?
All thy labor unrequited,—
Every glorious promise lost?
Wife,—with agony unspoken,
Bending 'neath affliction's rod,
Is thy prop,—thine idol broken,
Fondly trusted, next to God?—
Husband,—o'er thy hope a mourner,
Of thy chosen friend ashamed,
Hast thou to her burial borne her,
Unrepentant, unreclaimed?
Child,—in tender weakness turning
To thy heaven-appointed guide,
Doth a lava-poison burning
Change to gall affection's tide?
O'er thy cradled treasure bent,
Every year new charms revealing,
Yet thy wealth of love unspent:
Hast thou seen that blossom blighted
By a drear, untimely frost?
All thy labor unrequited,—
Every glorious promise lost?
Wife,—with agony unspoken,
Bending 'neath affliction's rod,
Is thy prop,—thine idol broken,
Fondly trusted, next to God?—
Husband,—o'er thy hope a mourner,
Of thy chosen friend ashamed,
Hast thou to her burial borne her,
Unrepentant, unreclaimed?
Child,—in tender weakness turning
To thy heaven-appointed guide,
Doth a lava-poison burning
Change to gall affection's tide?
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Still that orphan burden bearing,
Darker than the grave can show,
Dost thou bow thee down despairing
To thine heritage of woe?
Country,—on thy sons depending,
Strong in manhood, bright in bloom,
Hast thou seen thy pride descending
Shrouded, to the unhonor'd tomb?
Rise! on eagle-pinion soaring,
Rise! in all thy godlike birth,
And Jehovah's aid imploring,
Sweep the Spoiler from the earth.
Darker than the grave can show,
Dost thou bow thee down despairing
To thine heritage of woe?
Country,—on thy sons depending,
Strong in manhood, bright in bloom,
Hast thou seen thy pride descending
Shrouded, to the unhonor'd tomb?
Rise! on eagle-pinion soaring,
Rise! in all thy godlike birth,
And Jehovah's aid imploring,
Sweep the Spoiler from the earth.
THE END.
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