Locomotive, Volume 7, Number 5, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 December 1848 — Page 5

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. As when the Trav'ler, up a mountain side, Sees, at each step, the prospect opening wide ; 'Till from the top he casts his ardent eye, ' ' Where Nature's works, in wild profusion lie : The distant landscape cannot seem but fair, Though he be fated ne'er to enter there. . -So in the march of time, upon the bound, That marks his course at ev'ry annual round, ' , AV ho will not pause, while smiling' friends appear, To welcome in with joy the coming year 1 ' And who will fail with pleasure to survey The hopes that rise to gild his future way 1 . What though there be corroding pain and care? Light oft dispels the darkness of despair, And many a pleasing hope remains to cheer. The deepest gloom that sorrow gathers here. Such are the friends, or wife, or parents smile, The prattling child, whose infant arts beguile, The cares that love for mutual love bestows, The hearts that feel and melt for others woes, And the bright periods, as. the seasons' roll, That wake to life and hope the' afflicted soul. ' Such joys as these are blessings kindly given, . To bloom on earth and bear the fruit of Heaven.

And busy shops and fertile fields appear, With all the varied products of the year. . No more the laborer treads the same dull round, Where once the sons of toil were always found. But mind now guides the hand, the force propels, Arid steam can print the Netvs the lightning tells. Let others praise the fabled Golden age, . And California's mines be all the rage, ,The Iron age be ours, it comes to bless The mighty mass, with comforts numberless. . Not higher aims nor nobler hopes arise From those, who guide their Country's destinies, , Who meet, devising plans of public "good, To be repaid with fame and gratitude. A nation's wants invoke their generous care, The means of future greatness to prepare ; . 'Tis theirs the causer of yirtue to maintain, The weak encourage, and the bad restrain. To send the, Teacher forth to every grove, And hill, and vale, in all the land we love; To aid the feeble, and the wrong'd redress, The sweets of life enhance, the ills repress, To ends like these 'tis theirs to lead the way, And may success their cares and toils repay.

See the fond parent, at each opening year, a Fair to his view his youthful train appear, () t In fancy's eye, he sees his sons arise, -. -y And more than fill the place he now supplies. , a feS5 And in . his daughter's form, he can behold, .() How all the Mother's graces will unfold. . y And hopes like these console declining age, . a e' And gently smooth his weary pilgrimage. - " ) ' The youth, who, ardent in pursuit of fame,- ;) And on its rolls would place a glorious name, . - 0' Resolves henceforth no means ie unessay'd, K To gather laurels, that hall never fade. ) Be his the task, b j toilsome labor sought, To marshull all the strength of patient thought, H That he may love, and light, and truth, display, I) pj To guide the wand'rer to the better way. v ( . . ' - K The man who long the sport of fortune's power, (I )! Has, scarcely felt the .sunshine of an hour, f. Yet when this morn of hope and joy appears, K Looks for a blessing on his future years. (: t With nobler aims let brighter prospects rise, To cheer, adorn, and glad his evening skies. K ..... 5 The young awake to hope this happy morn, v nl The single maiden is uo more forlorn, ,

iS lne Datter d bachelor is void ot care,

The Dandy's chin looks fierce with sandy hair, The bustled belle and all the giddy throng, . Hope for new pleasures as they pass along ; This year, this happy year, they will begin, To taste more joy, than all the past has seen.. Once more the hardy citizens, who toil, -At bench, or case, or anvil, or the soil, Look with delight on all their hands have done, See future harvests waive beneath the sun,

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But hark! from Europe's" shores each cho brings The sighs of Nobles, and the groans of Kings. The shout? of slaves enfranchis'd, and the acclaim Of wild aspirants for the seats of fame. Is freedom won when power is overthrown1? Will murd'rous Mobs for previous crimes atone ? Can blood, like water shed, erase the stains, And scars imprinted by oppression's chains ? Oh, no ! as yet there is no certain light To guide through Revolution's stormy night, All other hopes are vain but those we draw From truth, religion, liberty and law. Again has passed the Presidential strife, That wakes so many reptiles into life . .With breath and being, drawn from party rage, What arts and wiles their busy 'minds engage?'Tis theirs to praise, applaud, revile, abuse, And do precisely as the party chuse, - - ... Invent the excuse and coin the ready lie, And now the truth with brazen front deny. Yet when the time shall come, and come it must, When calm reflection shall give sentence just, How low and base must then appear the aim To earn the wages of disgrace and shame. Yet there are those who bravely have Withstood, -The batUe cry of merely party good, Who, clothed with pow'r, will no allegiance own, But to their Country's cause, and that alone. But ere the News boy ends his serious lay, He too would try to welcome in the day. May all his gen'rous Patrons find at last, 1 A better, brighter year than all the past ; More health and peace, more comfort and more joy, And all that life can give without alloy. And in return, before he takes his leave, . " He only asks just what you please to give.

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