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Bryant Comi'Anv (Limitkd) 181JO. §0Ub4D I ..^ K\ootO\ Echo- Once lopfj ii^^o, wht.-ii even- wood cinl)i)\vcrf(l Was full of fairy folk, There dwelt upon a Itifty cliff that towered, An Echo in an oak : Far, far below, smiled up a peaceful meadow, O'er which, a river brij^ht Ran in and out, through sunshine and through shadow, A strip of silver light. Fair maiden she, sweet-voiced and swallow-throated, And to the songs of men O'er every drowsy hill and hollow floated. Pure softened notes again. One law the nymph obeyed, and it was this :— " Repeat the same words o'er, If thou dost change, or answer aught amiss, Then thou shalt speak no more." It fell upon a night when all the valley Lay still beneath the stars. That Echo saw two loitering figures dally, Beside the river's bars. Up thpugh the mist came words of love and pleading, A lender voice and true: " Give me thy heart, in my great love exceeding, I live and die for you." Up through the mist came girlish accent?, saying : " Thy words sound sweet to-night, If Echo now will answer to thy praying. Then we our troth shall plight." V - Up through the mist that tender voice came rising, It smote upon the ear Of listening Echo, strong with love's devising, Vet trembling as with fear : "Echo, Echo, hearken to me. Echo, Echo, I plead with thee, Answer me now, if never again Thou speak'st in silvery tones to men. "My love is strong, and my love is pure, Mighty to dare, yet meek to endure; Love is my life, and life is not sweet Jf no heart to mine doth responsive beat ; Answer me. Echo, and answering prove That great, indeed, is the power of love." Dear Echo heard, nor ever holier prayer Had come to her before ; Her answer sinking through the ravished air, Sweet comfort with it bore : "List to my words, forget them not. They are my last and are dearly bought ; Worthy, aye, worthy of more than this, Worthy of more than earthly bliss: Take her and love her, she is thine, Hands and hearts let them both entwine, Grow together and be as one. Till the toilsome pilgrimage here is done. The shadows come wandering o'er the hill. And now forever rny voice is still." Silence again, soft whispers slowly dying, And through the failing light No Echo came in Hute-like notes replying "(iood-night,' to their "(iood-night." IQSli^ Movh. Ho ! for the swinj^ and the rythmical r'uv^ As the axe drives into the towerinjj i)ine, And the white chips H\', some low, sjniu hiijii,— Ah, lordly tree, what a death is thine ; F"irst a qniver, Then a shiver. Thron^di the tall, strai^^ht stem and the topmost {^jreen, Now crash to the pjround With a renclmtr sonnd Work — here is work for men, I ween. Ho ! for the heat and the ref.^ular beat Of power controlled for the nation's weal ; The revolving shaft of the ocean craft And the engine's speed on its path of steel ; The bowels of earth Give violent birth To deep laid treasures of iron and coal, While over the plain, Broad fields of grain Shew nature gives with no meagre dole. Yo, ho ! for the sea, the restless sea, The home that was made for the brave and free Thy wild waves roar, up an echoing shore, Then, broken and humble, slip back to thee ; The snow-white sail Fills out with the gale, The quick foam hisses away on the lee. Here again There is work for men, And this is the noblest of all to me. ^oot^l The folloK'iH^ lines li'crc aililn'ssi'd to a siconl seen luni^i'ii^ in n lutlf-hreed's house, in an Imiian settlement some ten miles lance, Shattering all who dared oppose him, shiverinf,' bayonet, break- inp^ lance, Till urj^'ed on by boiistinj^' insults, by the victor's f,'rasping lust, luiglish guns and English valour laid his banners in the dust. Sadly, from its cankered scabbard, spake that iron tongue to me, Like a voice from out the past, or like the murmur of the sea : "Borne by a Hreton soldier, to my master I was true, r>om the parched Kg} ptian desert to the slopes of Waterloo ; I have seen the Sphinx far ga/ing o'er the yellow shifting sand, Seen the Pyramids unmoved, stern, immeasurably grand ; I have tasted Austrian life-blood on Marengo's bloody plain, Heeding not the cry for mercy: I was lifted high ag;iin When our General, all victorious, took a sceptre for his own. Looking Fcorn on trembling Europe from the Louis' gilded throne. Rut with all my power I faltered on a silver strip of shore. When across the British Channel came the lUitish lion's roar : Wild my wrath, though unavailing, when I heard our ships of war H 'd been broken, vanquished, taken, in the tight at Trafalgar. k_ A'' 'IK I 'I (I li's hchnc ' that the 'iii//-/jrccil of the our iron riiiiiiplis I '"ranee, ■, lireak- "K' Just, •t' (lust. to nie, he sea : terloo ; Ksand, J; lain, own, ^'ilded c, ' ro.ir; il>s of il;,'ar. lint I had im\ fill of vi'nj,'i'anri- when a;;,iin thr Austrian tied iMorn tile woods of Atistfrlit/, wluMe evi'r\- tr( e and hush was red, I'or we chased the tl\ in;,' loenieii, sla\iu;,' all nor sparing' oiu', So the bloody carnaj^'e lasted till the settin;,' of thi- sun. Then I crossed the Spanish hills, at Talavera did we feel ICven our all-concpjerinf,' weapons could not meet the lui^dish steel. Mail)' leaf^ues o'lT fro/en rivers, plains snowhound and deSf)Iate, Was I borne, until wi; halted outside Moscow's iron ;;ati; ; Soon red tont;ues of tlaine upleaping told the Russian near and far That the arms of France had triumphed in the city of the Czar. Hut the armies of all ICurope chased the tif,'er to his den; He was caged on Elba's isle, and for a year peace reigned again. Still his mighty heart was beating and his soul athirst for war, His sun of glory could not set till Waterloo was o'er. On a balmy, soft, spring morning, went a whisper through the land — Bonaparte is coming to us, and a sword is in his hand : Like a man from sleep awaking, Europe waked from her repose. And from valley, plain, and mountain, came the scpiadrons of his foes. Yes, our master met his conqueror on the slopes of Waterloo ; From the blush of dawn we struggled on until the evening dew, But English squares were steady, beating back our horse like foam Rebounding from some rocky cliff that mocks at every storm ; Our life-blood flowed like water, yet, alas! 'twas all in vain, And the British lion trampled on the lilies of Lorraine. J j ^ouMi Now ii|)oii ;i si';i-j,'iit islaiwl, 'm-iitli a droDpiiij,' willow trcr, FJcs In-, it'stin;^', and liis ic(|iii(iii is tlif cliaiitin;,' of the st-a, While tlk' ocean /cpli) is. Nrcailiiiif,' fai across the son tliiTii wave, Love to linger, inceiisc-ladeii, hy an ICinperor's lom-ly grii^'L'- I have spoken, leave me, leave inc. to the memories of the past, Do not break aj^'ain my sinmhcr, I have earned my rest at last; I have told yon all my storj", now for ever fare thee well, l\incqiic jc iliirs iivcc Xitf^dlcmi iiii-ili'ssinis (run iiiihr cicl." Zo the Spbiny. Silent, impenetrable witness, speak! Tell us of days lonj,' past, of buried years, World-shakiu},' trium[)hs, dire catastrophes; Of that swart kinj^ whose Hebrew captives raised Yon mighty trinity of Pyramids. Did thy blank c}es, fixed on the desert I'2ast, Behold a white star hanging in the sky Above the cradle of an infant King? Did eighteen centuries seem short, until A destined monarch peered into thy face, And all the air vibrated to the sound Of thousands marching with the tread of one? Ah, no! no answer comes; thine unmoved orbs Gaze on, as though they saw the wheel of Time Touch the great cycle of I'^ternity! 8 Zbc Sea, Thr Si'H, the Sea, tlu* wonderful S»-:i ! The Sei with its hhic imnu'iisit\' ! With its honor, its ehiiriu. and it-; mystti\' ! O niarvelloiis typt; of the Hfe of man! () inirror so true of his joy and pain! Of a soul which, oiui' tionhlud, has rest aL'ain. Ii\' (hill waves heat nn a leaden shore Like the moan of a soul for which ho})e is o'er; Whose! lijj[ht has ^one out for ever more! in th\- dark ahyss, O fathomless Deep, Throuj^di sij^ditlcss eyes doth the sea-worm creep; And the voice of the Ocean is whisperinjjf. Sleep! Stranf,'e tishes swim throufjfh each open door; The sea-weeds jj^row on each slimy floor; Yet still doth the hunj,'ry Sea cry, " More!" It seems to me that the emblem is there Of a passionless calm more sad than despair: Like life without lif,dit, like breath without air. Or wearied feet on an endless stair. When Sorrow's wind blows o'er the sea of years; When aching,' eyes are tilled with bitter tears; When parting words are spoken in sad ears; The Ocean strikes his harp with tuneful strinj^s, And o'er his wide expanse this song he sings: 7 ?O0MI ' "Wci'p, weep, sad heart, with tears thy pain rehcvii Tliy tears are but the sij^n of huiiiaii woes; Weep , weep, sad heart, in iiitiire peace believing, lM)r Time will heal the wounds naught else can close. "On rough and rugged shores in\' waves are beating, Wearing their roughness into outline smooth; And so will Time, by Sorrow's blows repeating. Mould stony hearts to purity and truth. '"Sing, sing, glad heart, for .Sorrow's day is over; Sing bravely, toiling in thine earthly strife; Fear not the day when dust these bones shall cover, For is not Death the gateway into Life? " Bill IbufE. Huff, Bill Huff? Yes, thet's him Settin' thar in the shade Playin' with that string ; Big feller, ain't he ! Two hundred an' twenty Last time he weighed. A fool ? Well, not much ! His 'pearance, I 'low Is not very neat ; What's clothes, anyhow ? You'll find, as a rule. Though he ain't had much school He gits thar with both feet.- lo Tender heiirted ? You bet ! Heart like a child Thet's happy at play And not easily riled. Stronj::^ man ? No, of course ; He s ez weak ez a horse ! Looks delicate, eh ? Know all about him ? Well, pard, I should riuher Surmise thet I did, Sence I'm his brother. Do I drink ?— Do I eat ? I'll just take mine neat. No, thanks. Jack; no water. Before the Storm. On through the gloom, slow rolled the restless wave ; Dun burned the stars, enhaloed in a mist Of silvery light, that faintly, softly kissed The fretted aisle, and pillared, shining nave Of ocean's sanctuar> — a sea-girt cave. There, through translucent depths of limpid green, The sacred relics of the dead were seen. There gently sleep Britannia's true and brave : Aye, slumber on in still, unbroken calm, A hallowed sepulchre, an honored name In every heart, these things can never fail. l'"ar o'er the waters, like a funeral psalm, A prelude to some mighty re