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The white min comes. The wigwams of the Aborigenes are seen near his dwellings. This picture of peace comforts the guardian spirit. She ex|)eriences still gr{»ater joy on beholding the prosperity of the country, the harmony of its r^-ces^ and its more recent developments. 6Z O saddest lot ! In lonely grot, Bound by unholy spell Cheerless ever to dwell ! Thou mournesi, hapless sprite, Wrapped in thy misty pall. Nought can thy soul delight Lone by the melancholy waterfall. The piaes around, The weeping skies, The dull cold swampy ground And caverns dark e'er greet thine eyes. The moaning wind and hissing wave, Of spectres dread the hoUow groans That echo as o'er nature's grave, Of Goblins fell the dismal tones, The whirling demon-pool that yawns [♦] (♦) A fearful whirlpool n^ar the Chaudiere falls, not inuppropri» tely denominated the " llevil's Hole," into which a considerable portion of the waters of the Ottawa are seen to rush without anjr visible outlet. ely of Aye thirstinir, panting for its ppoy, — - That St^-giau tide o'er wliicli ne'er dawns The cheering light of rising day : — What awful sounds thine ears assail, O, genius of the forest land ! Ko marvel if thy solemn wail Thine Ottawa's echoes all command ! Yet cheer thee, solitary Sprite I An aged Chief, in council sage, Tbine eyrs shall see. Ere dawning light, Each warrior shall his care engage O'er hardiest bravr s that long has borne. In forests wild, unquestioned sway, From ManitouHn's woods unshorn, To billows of the " Salt Lake " spray. Ah ! hope not that the weary sprite In sagest council shall delight, Lo 1 promptly round the Chieftain strong. Crowd counsellors, a motley throng, Each passion o'er his dauntless soul, Claims for itself unique control, First envy seeka her empire to secure, " Divide and Rule," have sages said. This maxim envy plies — her task la sure, Dissension o'er the wigwam's spread. Ambition next her towering head uprears. Cilad faction tears the grave Divan ; Considerate counsel there no more ai)pears, Each growling party for its man. In anger frowns the Chief, from blood shot eyes Fierce lightning's dart ;— the throng recoils ; But wrathful soon, its anger's torrents rise ; The Council all with fury boils. •* Revenge ! revenge ! the haughty Chieftains cry ; " Revenge ! above the torrent's roar, They louder yell ; 'tis watchword and reply ; •< Revenge I " Revenge I " o'er Ottawa's shore. 1 '<> 1 f< s ! Peri sprite! can nought the ten-pest stillt Bid music's sound Aloud rosound ! It conquered Saul • And soothed his soul When flew the dart In fury to the shepherd's heart. Soft pity to infuse, Invoke the tuneful muse. The Persian victor owned its power; To sorrow moved, his fury o'er, Stern fortune's fitful mood he mourned, His burning rac;e to sighs he turned, And grieving o'er man's ills below. The gushing tears began to flow. Sir g Peri, sing Sweet peace and hope and mercy's power. Bid forests ring, And o'er the boiling wave, 6 Diflusc tbe soothing Htrain ; Tho sonp of hope sliall pave, When power! (jss all beside To stem wild passion's tide. O, for Timotheus' strain ! Or thine, Cecilia divine I In holiest rapture'** vein, In harnQony sublime^ Let both combine, The spheres conjoin. As echo to the cascade's chime Thy tones, divinest maid, That "drew an angel down." Or thine, U{»on the sounding lyre that made Those master lays that mortals bore In ecstacy to Heaven ! In songs all new be given Oh hill and plain, Hope's cheering strain I 1 '» * '» Lo, in ecBtatic meaHurea, Tells she of promued pleasures ! Touched by her magic hand, the chords resound ; Louder and louder still she pours along Her sweetest notes ; the caverns echo round ; The charmed dryads, warble to the song ; Earth's loveliest scenes the entrancing music hail, And vocal are the woods, the hills, the vale. Now, as her softest, holiest themes she chose, Were heard responsive, murmuring at each close. Celestial voices round the listening shore. "Let joy prevail ! be hate and war no more." The choral Naiads sang. The red man smiled, His soul with pleasure thrilled, and he threw down His gory tomahawk ! No more defiled Shall be his hand to seek in blood the victor crown. Seeks choice delight A traveller wight. 6 From distant clime Earnest lio roa.ns Charmed with the chime Of the rushing tide that foams Through varied scenes and new. By Ottawa's shelving shore, Bursts on his gladdened view, Men's happiest homes before, The wigwam's curling smoke, What rapture to his soul the scene 1 Is this the conquered red man's yoke Free as the winds to roam through forests green ? 'Tis even so. And thus 'twill ever be So long as o'er the heaving Ocean wave, Britannia's fla? shall bravely float and free. The favored Indian prays : **Our Mother save " 'Neath his roof of the sweetest summer leaves, With a heart as leal as the bravest chief .1 That ever bore a Briton's sword ; nor gi.jves O'er bis altered lot, aye light, an the leaf His bounding step, as he fearlessly roams • In his native woods, 'mid the white men's homes. green? I ave es, » Well may thy Genius, Canada, rejoice, Peace like to thine ne'er yet to men was known, Still flows ti ^ fortune's tide, thy noblest choice Fair free'^om %till ; nor freedom's gift alone. Fired not by 'ist of conquest — pride of power. Thy people bold with philanthropic will, Their enterprise exti:nd the world out o'er, Right glad to mitigate the sum of ill. The Nations meet thee with an equal soul ; Their richest trade ships press around thy shores. And far beyond the raging main's control. The wealth of worlds out- pour in boundless stores. " 0, happiest lot I" the exultant Peri cries, " Lol more than e*er I dreamed, I now behold; V 10 0, blest the most of all beneath the skies ) Peace, Freedom yours, and happiness untold ! ! to the latest hour of changeful time May gracious Heaven this era bright prolong I " So prays the red man, too, unstained by crime ; Ardent he prays, and thankful pours the song. 4 A *♦ Such tranquil days Gods only can bestow, Thanks ever to the Christian's Manitou ! Benign Victoria's rule dispels all fears, Be ours this happiness to latest years ! The Constitution Free our firmest stay, Late may our Mother Great to realms of day Honored return ; above her spirit flown, Be Freedom, Peace and Plenty still bur own, Britannia's guardian mantle o'er us thrown f