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"when My Ship Comes In."

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Parent Issue
Day
18
Month
January
Year
1861
Copyright
Public Domain
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[F. om Mcro'n Rur&l Ntew Yorkor.l iHii!)igai! ïrgüs. Oh, a Wvicnmo aigirt 11 will trulj h Wni-n mv sliip 0' Tm's Jai! ing jv t the sa ! The toa that divide the Present nn.. lio.il Frota ihe bonndlcM Futura and Tast ld:tl. Thoviiv is l"'1 all't 'i many a day Sir.ee the 6:ulí wcr' serení ni [{opa s fair hay, Hm lilTongh weary wat chinga ruy sang hnh bw n , "I nooü only -yúi tul iny shiji con.- i ni" It i.i frt-ighted. with ali childliood'i (íroan.S. Wil h t!o?i' half forgolten. bot gold n echemos TliRt uro basvd on a Initli in fniry Inre, WUich, orce lost, nnught c U erer ngain rtttpiM. íticli v'uio 8 cif beAllty nu3 glimpsi 8 of bliss Slny be for.nd in the noxi world, bul liever ti "thU! Tct I turn wlih a sigl from lift's btisy din, Ani soy. 'I will -n-:üt till my chip comes in! ' And Youth hflth venturo r.n Vc.iud. I woen, - The gold ni thegeoM thst niiglit deck a que bu, - The maiveK of sril aní the tritisyrcs o? art Tí.at lioij sucU swar o'cr the voung dreunr 1 henrt Ol'.l relius from many n fnr off elimo Gilded by Munury - .Inrkencd by T mí. I'vo toriged fiT tiiom M, - if tliat wcre a sin- AnJ I'iü w.iitin slül lili my a'.iip come-. 10 Ah. lieh f!mll I bfl when thnt ho:rJed stortÏ6 tafely luifjed wit hi ti my door! I cnu tliink wfiat kei'ii joy my hunrtwill thrill And what t-hankful ti-ars my eyes will rlll; And rartny denr Iriends will shiire it jvith me, For íij' lovj, like my hopo, is boundUss and iree, And to moro th.m one hath my promise been "III rememb'jr yon hen my ship comea in!' Alas! that the Ku'uro so se'.dom yi'lds A híirvest for what ve aow in ber ñ.Kis; Tiiftt tlie hojiea wq plnntod in d:iyi g ne by, Jlouldering indíiend ín the furnnv lie, That yenr aftír yi-nr we must wmch in vaio For the ripeneJ i'ruit find Iho goKiengrsin; For it ull hns a purt uf the caigo beeu Of ihat weillftieaship, - tUat uevsrcotneí iti! Vt I do not do'pftir, - for by and by 1 shttll seefDy slup at anchor lie In that harbor for which the yearning henrt Will vnir.ly seareh every eartlily cliart; AU safely uioorud thut shining strand Which ve vngiiíly culi " The Botter land I" While free fiom lurrow, from Joubt, and l'rom in. Vith joy I shall wekomo that good ahip in. Oh, tliat. spirit ship, with its snnwy saila, 60 gently atirrcl by the soft, baluiy gules ! jNot slune will my vanished hopea be thétv. Bul the loved and the lost, the your.g and fair; And the longing which earlh ould not fulfill And tl4 tita which death coüld rot breuk or chili; All these hall be mina, - and such prize to ; win, I ean wnit God's time till my ihip eomes in! Uochester, N. Y , 1860.

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Old News
Michigan Argus