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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1859 edition. Excerpt: ...of childhood to endure; With manhood's agonies, poor infant tern, With manhood's courage, by poor infant born; In writhing posture clinging round thy knee, And looking up with wistful eyes to thee, Now wishing Death to ease his shatter'd frame, Now lisping out, for help, his Saviour's name, Ilis face convulsed, his once bright eyes aghast, And pained, yet patient, breathing out--his last! Distressful scene! to a fond mother's breast, 'Bove what in saddest lays can be exprest! Yet think, my dear, how different is this blow From what thou felt not twenty months ago: Two blooming youths, their drooping father's prop, Their brethren's favourites, and their mother's hope, All of a sudden driv'n from peaceful home To underly the law's severest doom, By Falsehood charg'd, by Malice quick pursu'd, Their near relations thirsting for their blood, One dragg'd to jail, the other forc'd to fly, Not stung by guilt, but seeking remedy: Thy anxious heart uncertain of their fato, And bleeding o'er their miserable state, 'Twixt fears and hopes nine long weeks on the rack-Fears for their loss and hopes to get them back--Thy parents sunk in unavailing grief, Thy husband wand'ring to procure relief, And thou alone within thy walls to mourn, Once happy there, now weeping and forlorn; No neighbour near vouchsafing to condole, In soft compassion with thy wounded soul, But standing off, all Christian ties forgot, And shunning, like the plague, the wretched cot! Not so this present cause of second woe--No stroke from hellish or from human foe, But gentle touch of Heavenly Father's rod, The gracious pleasure of a gracious God, Calling thy Charlie to more lasting bliss In other worlds than could be found in this, Through rugged paths, but such as ITeav'n thought...