Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 April 1910 — The Midnight Oil. [ARTICLE]

The Midnight Oil.

A hush is over all. The noisy town, Wearied of strenuous work, is gone to rest, : To sleep, childlike, upon its mother’s breast, While silence, like some huge and somber crown, Upon the peaceful night comes brooding down. Anon there echoes from the' neighboring dark In answer to gay roistehers the bark Of honest watchdog. In a shabby gown. With locks unkempt, the room in disarray. All heedless of the rapid flight of time, Working while others sleep in broken chair That mournful creaks to his frail body’s sway. And fingers moving to a merry rhyme, The poet darns his socks, his only pair.

Judge.