MY LIFE IS LIKE THE SUMMER’S ROSE.
Reading edition
WRITTEN BY THE LATE
HON. RICHARD HENRY WILDE,
OF GEORGIA.
MUSIC COMPOSED BY
AN AMATEUR.
Presented by Edward L. Walker, 160 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.
My life is like the Summer’s rose,
That opens to the morning sky,
But ere the shades of evening close,
Is scattered on the ground to die;
But
on that rose’s humble bed,
The sweetest dews of night are shed,
As if heaven wept such waste to see,
But none shall weep a tear for me.
My life is like the autumnal leaf.
That trembles in the moon’s pale ray;
Its hold is frail, its date is brief,
Restless and soon to pass away;
Yet ere that leaf shall fall or fade,
The parent tree shall mourn its shade;
The winds bewail the leafless tree,
But none shall breathe a sigh for me.
My life is like the print that feet
Have left on Zara’s burning strand;
Soon as the rising tide shall beat,
The track shall vanish from the sand.
Yet as if grieving to efface
All vestige of the human race,
On that lone lone shore loud moans the sea,
But none shall e’er lament for me.
Transcriber’s Notes:
Table of Contents has been added for reader convenience. Archaic spellings and hyphenation have been retained. Punctuation has been corrected without note. Other errors have been corrected as noted below. For illustrations, some caption text may be missing or incomplete due to condition of the originals available for preparation of the eBook.
page 323, miserable, loathsame slave! ==> miserable, loathsome slave!
page 329, avoid followiug his victim ==> avoid following his victim
page 329, with hell in in his ==> with hell in his
page 330, and seemed to re-recollect ==> and seemed to recollect
page 344, by the Rue St. Honore. ==> by the Rue St. Honoré.
page 350, was earthly. She sung of love ==> was earthly. She sang of love
page 355, Now, when past away ==> Now, when passed away
page 355, “Again their was a ==> “Again there was a
page 360, played and sung, and ==> played and sang, and
page 366, through the pannels of ==> through the panels of
page 366, “How indellibly does ==> “How indelibly does
page 366, a true home, and was ==> a true home, and were
page 372, trample upon other’s rights. ==> trample upon others’ rights.
page 372, of other’s rights or feelings, ==> of others’ rights or feelings,
page 374, Napoleon in the presidental ==> Napoleon in the presidential
page 374, that Great Britian has ==> that Great Britain has
page 375, ricketty old tyranny ==> rickety old tyranny
page 377, stone and carved nitch ==> stone and carved niche
page 379, is beautifully ingenius; ==> is beautifully ingenious;
page 379, of mental developement, ==> of mental development,