Graham's Magazine, Vol. XXXV, No. 4, October 1849

Graham's Magazine, Vol. XXXV, No. 4, October 1849

There was once in the city of Philadelphia a poor author whom chilling disappointments and the biting stings of adversity had brought nigh the gravewhose high hopes, ardent ambition, and glowing aspirations for fame, were all quenched and broken beneath the pressure of penury and wo. The wife, too, of his bosom had passed on to the shadowy land before him, and now beckoned him to that blissful home beyond the grave where sorrow and trouble are unknown. One fond tie still bound him to life. He was a father. No other guideno other friend had that fair young girl, over whose innocent head scarce sixteen summers had flown, and for her sake he still clung to a world whose charms else had long ceased to attract. And there was an old man whom the world called unfeeling and miserly, who day by day passed by the humble home of the author. And day by day as he passed along, saw at the window a pale young face bent over the endless seam, and a small white hand never tiring busily plying the needle. Or sometimes marked the childs own feeble strength tasked to support the tottering steps of suffering manhood to the open window, that the air of heaven might revive that languid frame, while the hollow, racking cough, and the fever spot on the cheek, like a rose rooted in the grave and blossoming in beauty above, told too plainly consumption had made its victim sure. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 55383
Author: Various
Release Date: Aug 18, 2017
Format: eBook
Language: English

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Editor: Chandler, Joseph R. (Joseph Ripley), 1792-1880 , Taylor, Bayard, 1825-1878