The Delaware Register, Or, Farmers', Manufacturers' & Mechanics' Advocate

The following beautiful lines were written by a gentleman, and handed to an intelligent Deaf and Dumb youth (William Darlington) who, on being asked if poetry was not too difficult for the Deaf and Dumb, replied upon his slate as follows:

"I think the minds of those who cannot hear, may perceive the beauties of poetry; your lines, though I have only read them over hastily, I observe are intended to describe the happiness of the Deaf and Dumb in the future state, when after this life they shall be received into heaven with great joyfulness and open ears."

The Deaf shall hear and the Dumb shall speak,
In brighter days to come,
When they pass through the troubled scenes of life,
To a higher and a happier home.

They shall hear the trumpet's fearful blast,
When it breaks the sleep of the tomb;
They shall hear the righteous Judge declare
To the faithful, their blessed doom.

And the conqueror's shout, and the ransomed's song
On their raptured ears shall fall.
And the tongue of the dumb, in the chorus of praise,
Shall be higher and louder than all.

O. Thou, whose still voice can need no ear,
To the heart its message to bear,
Who canst hear the muttered reply of the heart,
As it glows in the fervor of prayer,-

Look, in Thy purity and power, on these
Who only Thee can hear,
And bend to the call of their speaking hearts,
Thine ever listening ear!