. The world's speaker, reciter and entertainer for home, school, church and platform; recitations, readings, plays, drills, tableaux, etc. .. . WONDER. SCORNFUL DISMISSAL. PATHETIC READINGS 189 Sleep !—for there is no food !—the fount is dry!Famine and cold their wearying work have heart must break ! And thou I The clock strikes one. Hush! tis the dice-box! Yes! hes there ! hes there !For this !—for this he leaves me to despair !Leaves love ! leaves truth ! his wife! his child ! for what ?The wantons smile—the villain—and the sot! Yet Ill not curse him. No ! tis all in vain !Tis
. The world's speaker, reciter and entertainer for home, school, church and platform; recitations, readings, plays, drills, tableaux, etc. .. . WONDER. SCORNFUL DISMISSAL. PATHETIC READINGS 189 Sleep !—for there is no food !—the fount is dry!Famine and cold their wearying work have heart must break ! And thou I The clock strikes one. Hush! tis the dice-box! Yes! hes there ! hes there !For this !—for this he leaves me to despair !Leaves love ! leaves truth ! his wife! his child ! for what ?The wantons smile—the villain—and the sot! Yet Ill not curse him. No ! tis all in vain !Tis long to wait, but sure hell come Dread silence reigned around; —the clockstruck four! Reyneu. Coates. again And I could starve, and bless him, but for you,My child! his child! Oh, fiend! The clock strikes two. * Hark ! how the sign-board creaks ! The blast howls by,Moan ! Moan ! a dirge swells through the cloudy sky !Ha ! tis his knock ! he comes ! he comes once more ! *Tis but the lattice flaps I Thy hope is oer! Can he desert us thus ? He knows I stay,Night after night, in loneliness to pray,For his return—and yet he sees no tear!No !
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