COMPENSATION.
Under nature’s just laws,
All effects have their cause,
And bear each other a true relation;
And the good deeds of man
Are measured by this plan,
And in some way receive compensation.
What tho a loving wife
Be united for life,
To one heartless as the moon or the sun;
Her soft love may entwine,
Like a beautiful vine,
And embellish the whole life of that one.
If a true hearted man,
Who lives by moral plan,
Should be bonded to an ill-natured wife;
Of one thing he is sure,
’Tis the love sweet and pure,
Of warm, sympathizing friends all his life.
There’s a trait in the heart,
That espouses the part,
Of the sorrowful, the weary and meek,
And a just common sense,
Awards due recompense,
To the long-suff’ring who bear with the weak.
The tall monument grand,
Is oft fated to stand,
Alone by itself, aloft in the sky;
But ’tis thus its great height,
Is revealed to man’s sight,
And its true grandeur appears to the eye.
The snow covered mountains,
Far above the fountains,
And the sparking rills that spring from their base;
Make the landscape more fair,
While they temper the air,
And are awarded by nature a place.
There’s a road that leads down
To the dregs of the town,
Where strife, poverty, and sorrow abound;
But the higher men climb
Toward regions sublime,
The more delightful the journey is found.