{"newspaper_name": "Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser.", "edition": "01", "page": "pNone", "byline": ""}
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IT'S cold and gloomy wirtefis. dssy. q ;


Heavy and damp withtosi 's,s
i And Z sqnallid wye4ch On t6a naeer..e.ni vs.V
Is crouching down like dog
8 Like aIpess ana iamished dor that, noss,


Neither cart nor truck. may draw. /, ..,..
Ihat squaiid wretch with eafe.Aosn brow,
a1s PuSfesth his Skeleton piw. atF
honshs ;ia,fffssee ii.t ofibe. .p,ssi%.at stoptl--
Ii b Clsanssd with his tagsded eHe--1,o s...
lie eha'ks, i, he eaiks, with moan and with
IS sketchisg his iw.ost IN IN rsbeA, ,,;,.,,.,s
Chalking- -ehAlking-ehalkinI away.
81 Characters fais, ii colerine gay; ''l'l z
A record Of misery, talent, and want. ~,


With hungry belly and isngets gaunt.
Passengers hurry, hsrry slong,


With sorrowfnl hearts or gay;
4 Rich and poor--a motley thfong- 9iiA


Pess over the pavement way; aaYiggs,
But hone, save the needy, slackea their speed
None, but the wretehed. can tarry, to read


That famished wrsteh's prsyer.
He has ehalked and chalked al his ea,k away,


Making the very pavement pray;


And shows Ms how stones may come out in
,fo soften with pity s.en'. Aaay,. Of ei.t.
Moekery!-cruel mockery ALI -.
:. In a land Of mocking and groans,


Where the pamper'd steed feeds high in the


While rarisiiaa; starse on tie s.oaes.
One word!-.only one--appears on the stone!
/, in characters bold and fair, asii3
But ohl that word il Of skin aud Of hone!---


ssStarrisg' is written there. Is,
Starving. in nfourisfes chalked on the grouiid,
Starving in colors 50 gay. .@f
Like the rich who can fcvel inlAAdty toaind


Our furnishing forms Of clay ..s4 .l
star.insAs.arvi,nijg;--ssarSsins. . .la
|, With inaddenipg hunger and cold, e
While the holy Bishepis carving ssesaa
His viands on dishes Of gold! so,
OH, the shivcrihg wretch may hide his head,
And his eye 80 hollow aud dim, ',.'1
Forllife to the fat church livings has fied,


And Death must grappie with him. q
III, land Of m,ockery. wealth and I'd wo, s.
:. A land Of riches and rags,
Where the alien rides in bonp and shcA.


And the nafire starves on the aaxs.
MockeIy--mockery-mockery oil!
;, A land Of mocking and groans,


Where the pamper'd steed feeds hish in the
3al stall, 'at 8f 4a
While Christians stare. on the stones.
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