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FULTON •' rroiu tliP LlesKod Source of Gooil < uiiM jwiii or flt'iith proi-ci'd P Could such foul ill Kitll from fair Mercy's IiamlsP Far be tlie thought, The impious tliouj^llt : God never made a craitor« lint w'liat was tiood. He made a living man : — VWt* uinn of death was made bv man himself." AMIIEIiST, N. S. l'KI«ll*l*-**^«B AMTTER9T GA25Etl'E b>P^B. iST^a. L 1 / i 1 To It II 'I'o Vo Ho For Alu) n LIBRARY OF MT. ALLISON UNIVERSITY Presented By i* i» • PllEFACF. 1 ToauK'd tlirouuli liU'i-avy niazo of ouv DoumiH To fiiul a T(Mii])oranot» book; but roamed iu vain: It imist b»^ laid in Museum, if such bo. To ea;;er eyes, a rare curiosity ! ' Volumes abound on every eause but this Hetween the nether realms and those of bli8a;- . For why r' The subject should have rank and placft Above all other themes, save that of ^vace. I prieved to see the paucity of lore, On that to bless men now, and evermore; And thought the theme lirst taught in Kden-bowevfl Should occupy at least our leisure hours To recommend, in volume or in voice, That all might make, erewhile, the better choice. Temj^erance Nymph was my "first love;"— beautoous.gweot, My youthful heart would bound her charms to meet. I saw her costumes in the rainbow hues, Iler nectar sweetness in the morning dues : I heard her music in the silverj'^ rills. And traced her pathway to Celestial Hills. I oft would sit beside the mountain springs. And hear her whisper most entrancing things ; And in the liquid of the summer lake — (Her mirror) —loved to look for her dear sake ! In fact, I soon regarded her to be The very essence, soul, of Purity ; And scarce could bide the time I should espousa Her glorious cause— my countrymen arouse, To ''cherish, love, and worship," even , This Sprite that flutters from the flowers of heaven I ' . But circumstance, that foe to youthful dreams, ' Makes real diverse from what ideal seema, '. ^ - Turns joy aslant, or into fragments parts - ' Disports with dearest hope-gem of our hearts. t As years advanced I had to bow to it ; Pay constrained homage ; — at its feet to sit And learn wliat early sanguine hope portrayed IMUCI'ACK. Was but a vision doomed to filont sliiidt' I ?Iy diviuus of ii''tion in the Temi)omnce Held Of vifjorous effort tliero were iorced to yield. Ihit, loth to jjfive the cause entirely o'er— I niiL,'!it not with my hruthers stand and [)our Full fOul of action in the no!)le tlienu.^- Yet, llashinjx 'thwart my mind tliere camo a beam. To write a rustic hook of hearty cheer For those who strive and hold "the cause so dear; Perchance, some word their courapc; mijjht i)efriend, And help them onward to the righteous end:-- A Temperance work tlnis ^dve my native land, So rare are thouL!;ht-;;ems {gathered on her strand ! - While 1 mijjflit mark with luimltje gratitude The imi'ulse 1 ha',1 given tlie cause lor good. Such as it is, the work is now before you ; IJut, Men of Temi»erance, I do implore you, .Sui)ject it not to "critical dissection," lint curb desire by this sane reflection. That, scrutiny of words, in righteous cans**. Is vain; and ne'er shall win iSuju-eme applause. It is to oppose the matter for tlu* mode; Speculat-' on smoother ways and lose the road. Creation had been criticised, had there bf^en man, As wa.'*, long since, the great Kedemjition plan. Perfection for my work I do not claim; In feeble health, in ])arts dcta -bed it came, — 1 wrote — not fcr renown but, haply, to inspire My Temperance friends Avith earnest, warm A lovely valley, sleeping at their feet, farrow, but rich, and watered w(dl with rills, Kippling through the leafy meadow nuizes 'Out to the strange i'ar-away. And Autumn, Jiapng Ids warm crimson cheek on all, — On the hazy summits of the moiintaina. On the golden bounties of the va}l(n% On the head-long, ever-ilowing cascade, i)ii the trees and on the sheaves, — till all swms }ted and ripe. Such the place, and such the time. My gun in hand, the feathered gjime I sought,— The partridge coveys between the mountjiins, ^mong the meadow hazels. — Vain my search ; mhe birds had scaled the heights to where the grovt^s x)f beeches wave — their boughs well nut la^len ; 'Jhey had all gone nutting to the beeches. RED TAEN. \lf' Weary, 1 flun^ myself upon a mound O'erstrown with forest leaves, beside the stream That from the cascade flowed out to the tide. What beauty there ! Trees on the mountains' sides Were red as banners, or seemed hnng with friut, like trees along the endless summer lulls. Tlie cascade brought loud chiuies do^^^l from the world To be ; such, none but jS'^ature's lovers hear : Above, only a narrow azure strip Is seen, across Avhich argosies of clou.d Seem bearing news from either land to either: In the more distant fields of blue, a line — A goldeu line — as if heaven's throne-sped trains Wen; on th(ur aerial track, freighted with gifts, Spiritu;il gifts, for man. And higher yet Are ch)uds, quit(^ stationary, ijke ishincls in The great transparent ocean of the Blest I While L the scene admired, a robin poured His evening anthem on the air, — his mates Flown to warmer vale-, himself belated In the w<;ll-kno\Aii haunts of his summer glen. And whirring came again the partridge flocks, And struck their nightly perch. I looked away ; The sun was bleedinii; on th'^ wesh^'n trees. And dying day admonished me to go. Hut no ; a strange enchanlment o'er me crept; l"'nchained, I was, to that romtnilic spot ; l*'or mystic problems in my mind :irose Demanding full solution, there and then, And thus they ran : — " If Nature shows in Iraves The Great One's hand, and whispers in the rills Mis care ; drops in the glens his sheaves and fruit — Why all the bitter want and discontent?" I CnlJ Of And Th-> The Kr(> 'The The "^V on >Jol ITpoi Was Its n The •' If purity, innocence, iu the groves Bam tis' sides fruit, I the world puins ifts, fd PTl. -l)ow Was broken, where it touched the awful wave- Its many brilliant hues absorbed and lost. 'I'he lake could not reflect aujiht that was light : The shores, not pebble-strewn ami white with shells, But of unearthly shades, uucouthly mtxeU, — d 10 RED TAEN. A motilefl coast, and strangely demon-like ; Aud darkly drooping flags were growing there, Hung with filthy tufts washed from the slimy rocks,— The rocks of Tarn. And, darting here and there, Do\vii in the (keadful '1<^' ■>. were ser})ents huge With deiully stings ; an*, hydra-monsters, too, Their glaring eyes would show, aiid open wide Their horrid jaws ; and ever inid anon, A coutlict would ensue, — the lake would ibam Aud surge for miles away, — ih' ro^ptik^s all At war— when blood and poison, mingling, flowed ! T''here, filthy birds \nth do\Anless necks would 8crf\im Prom one crag to another : or spreading Their slugi!;ish winixs. would make the fail circuit Of the dark shore, like omen birds of doom ;; Hut ever came to the same crag, or mire, With eyes the same — so red nud serpent like,. Xoue could endure — to revel in the tilth ! t .* n Ajid M;)/.ing orbs of brladlcd bcnsts did flasli-i Along the margin of tlie poisouons place. Till, on the reeking bord^Ts n^iCt, thinr faiigs Did fasten in each others' (juivering iiesh ; Vud howls, su<-h as no earthly shores e'er woke, K*ang hideous, rntuut and rouud the hauntcxl dorp.. -\nd th(.'n. a fit^ndish I'oncert fr'"'ni the trees, (^f owl and nightly birfls : — the tr(vs themselve'H Of stinted form, like willows, bi nding o'er ; I'lie dew upon their scanf 7 leaves was blood I BI(X)d oozed fnmi flrg aud shrid.) along the coast : Shnoons would blo\ thiir ])(>stileu{jial breath, IWring a Ijlood-red fog which .setlliHl there ; .\jid clouds hung o'er of weirdly \\'izard shape ;• — .^H)mo, like league-long, fiery serpents hissing ; -Vjid rtom(;, like sidphur wavt^s by tempest lashed -i Others, like ragged, reeling hosts at war ; Others, like widow trains, and orphan baiuia. h\ i V\' v^ BED TAEN. 11 /■ rocks,- here, is;e lO n owed I lid KcrfNim tvuit ■a\v )l»r». dt.'cp. Ivc!* >ast. : e ; — ■ihed i I 'S'l'ailing for their lost! And some were varied, Made ot' divers goods and brolcen fragments ; — Tears, crystallizod, and sat in cherubs' eyes ; And broken skulls and broken human hearts ! There were others, bold, distinct and lurid, iiike barren islands standing out in hell, Where helpless wives and Irantic husbands, lost, •Seemed slretuhing out their arms and hands for help ; — But, over all, the lowering blood-red mist ! Sui'h was the Tarn ; a foul and festering deep With tainted breath, where deadly Upas groves Their shadow threw over creatures poisonous, Luxm'iatiiig in an element by God Abhorred, — that never heard His whisper, "good," And lleasou asks immortal man to shun, Vet man, with e'er-living soul and priceless. Made in heavenly likeness, made for the skies, The subtile agent was, this vinous thing Who brought from dissolution, and besought l-)»?ath to generate it from ibul decay ; Else, it had never been, but man invoked ! And, around the mountains darkly sloping Towards the hollow, the Poison Fry>sf;es — They called them " Stills" — were built, in dread array, And loolied, as wreckers' huts might look, the Lakes Of Wrath along, who ])ilfer ship-wrecked souls, Decoyed unto their loss ; — and there, in those, The \^ork went on, the process unnatural, W^hich sent the fiendish life in countless rills. Creeping and wriggling on, so viper-like. Through brake and tangled brush-wood, to fill The Tarn and keep it ever fall. '^ris strld, I'he good man saveone and all his \vealth ; <\)nt<'nt to wallow, like the beast, in mire! •dosod are his leaden eyes in tranee-like swoon, Whilo replilt'S cr.'iwl his body o'tM', and treat Jlini now as coinmon lihli! Oh, luoiimrul sight I — - A soul, aye-living, lainuhed away to earth On ebbing tides I'roni ficnverv shores of Bliss, Willi hetiveidy whisper to return — return All ])ure and sainily. A\hen tlie Father wills — hi cess-jiorA laid, with oroe})ing, loathsome things ! 'Closed, all thi! lovely avenues of sense : >>uspendpd, ^ife and love, respect, and all That inak( s the soulful man I— in stupor lost, A moaning iexered sleej)— as devils might A niouient catch, among the ceelhing sloughs 4Jf their own fiery home. Eut see, he wak<*s ; ]lis palsied limb ^ have power again to move : — With blo')d-r;'d ey^s and I'urious stare, upstarts: To fiend incarna,te, well transfornKHl ! 11 is work, To blast his hom<^ and ail the comforts his ; She whom he vowed to love, his hottest hate Outpoured, endures, in life-long agony, Or crushed, at oi^.ee, by cTuel blow, breathes out Her augel-Iife upon the autumn blast ! The innocents, thi^ cottage-doves, so wont To coo npon his knee when toil of day Is done, are met with oaths and fatal wrath ; Till moaning low, for lack of bread, they fade uVs summer blossoms fade ; or, at a stroke I'iXpire, — their dreamy eyes upturned to God, lake cherubs sleeping in celestial light ! Tis thus, it courses on its maddening wajr jUoug the tiny rills of human life — S 1« BED TARN. * : I 'I'hia subtle poison of i\\v. raginjjj Tarn — Uiil/il, ro])(^at(Hl oft, ilie vital fount Is dry ; and ifi an hour of (b'ead delirium, rUe soul goes out into Eternity ! rr lii. ilo dies of thirst — tho victim of the Tarn — With the svvoet water Nature brews, sparkling In his si*];ht ; as lilastern traveller, weary, lieholds, not far, tli»5 stately palm-trees wave. Which indieate the pure oasis-spring, — But all his strength is spent ; he looks, and dies I" Vet, brooding o'er all, the weird Enchantment. How few possess the moral power to shun ! Canto III. — The Concourse. ^INCE time was young, the human heart has shown ''-''v% By immistaken signs, that heart corrupt, V— And swift to follow on where error leads. The gorgeous way is eager thronged, altho' 'Vhe final step be death and dreadful doom : Iji evil path the multitude is foiuid, While sky-boni A^irtue only counts her few. Presaged, this dark rebellious course, when there- '* Was war in heaven," God's angel hosts did strive With cohorts of the pit ; and yet, they strive In war — the principles of Right and Wrong, To be decided on some eartldy field, In conflict fierce, but final, — the victor. Right, forever crowned before the wondering thronea. The interim, a busy aceaie, by turns. Of conquest and defeat : Has Sim' Thai Was Divi Of a En Uow Tl Who lidia Behd Alll Bv s R^uul Furs Witl The ! Or f( Is VVl Of b( The ( t)ee|] To g Froir In al Of XV Desp Oo V M Whc Tod tTnsl RED TAim. mg e. dies ment. 36. ; has shown upt, ^ads. n thorn strive thrones. And nou'^ht, perchance. Has showni in sadder form the hc^Jirt depraved, Sini'O t-lie arcl»an<^cl raid, or since the liaiid That elierislied Eden's HowtTs. in i^nilty hour, Was raised to gather sacnxl I'niit, a}j;ainst Divini' decree — than tlm eajj;er proncness Of all races, ranks, castes and creeds, to rush. En masfse, as if by fiendish Inst impelled, Down to the graceless, (u)d-forbiddeu Tarn ! The man of rnral toil, in dv xry morn. Who hears the anthem-sonij^s of l)ird and bee, InhaK's th<' nectar of the ilowery hills. Beholds the sweetly Howini; rivulets. All bright and pure from ^iature's forest-fount. By sunlit summer skies encano|)i(!d, Jteads angel-al])habet u])on the leaves. Pursues the calling by his Maker blest With premise of a full reward, when wave The goldiMi har\ est-sheaves ; and on the sky. Or fount, or mead, where'er he looks, one word Is written — Pure ! vet, turns his back on all Of beauty and of bloom, and hies him to The deadly Upas vault I The erudite, peep-skilled in philosophic lore, with mind To grasp effect and cause, and gra]iple pearla "JVom wisdom's sea, whose value time mav not In all its ages know, till balances Of worlds eternal tell their worth ; even they. Despite their wealth of mind, quite idiot like. Go with the silly crowd the grovelling way. lie, too, of flowing speech, the orator. Whose flaming words have iired the nation's soul To daring deeds, when wrong besought redress, Vusheathed, at word, a million swords, to flash IB BED TARN, ■t. rpon a hostile foe ; as su(lcli.m shoiiilied Them all a'^aiii ; wlioso i'orlc it watJ, to swav Tho listtMiiii^ crowd aH inonntain-tivcs are swayed, Hofbre ihv tempests ot'tlu' iratherin<^ skies : Aud lit', ill ("ms<^ devout, in thunder-tones, To wake the sj)U'il'8 sleep, and naked send It to redein])tion'8 eross ; — to yonder skies (:Jive priceless Reins, to shine for aye, and lielp Home ransomed ones to gras[) a crown, and wciar A sjxttless rolte ; — ihemseUes. alas, gone down, J'o (jnench their souls in yonder lurhid l\'irn I 'Twas passmj; sad, to see the sacnnl lawn In such vile manner, des'^'Taie! Tho eye, .lust raised IVom Hook di^ine, "looks now upon The Tarn :" the lips from which the precept lell, To "touch nor taste," are pungent with the same. Th Th<^ The The The All li I And he of legal craft, and brilliant mien. Whose robes, oilicial, oiV. have trailed the halls Of State, wliile pleadijig in his client's canse ; His earn(>st (n'es, like; inetoors, ila:^'.lung light. His hand upraised, as if for thnndi-rbolts To hurl upon Ids foes ; the bounding hopes Of rival ones, to rise or iall by his !iuc-<;css ; — even he has gone the Lethean way ! iVjid men of science, who could fearless pluck ITie lightning fiame from out the augry cloud. And tame the wild and deadly tiling, to be Their own swift messenger, to speak their words, And carry tidings on to other climes, — Join continents by cables submarine. And n>ad the volumes of the earth, interred, — A silent record kept in strata form Hinee time began, — yea, read th<>ni in the light ; Explore the mountains of the silvery moon, ^ad t'iU the stars aroimd the midnight throne; — m RED TABN. ;u P'ram soir-nilfic ranks likn thos'\ siiblimp, Sojiio \v(Mit to s\vt;ll tlio Taru-dovotod crowd I " Tho siatesmmi, in liir^ counlry's onward weal : Tht' patriot, ardent lover oFtlio saino; The: man ol' tactics on tho hostile sea ; The man t>f tiictics on eontesl'Hl jjror.Tid ; Tht^ skilful tutor of the youthfid mind : The skilful gu;a\lian of the j)eo}^le"'^ health ;— AH trade's wore amply represented Ihere. \nd there, arc princes of the natir^i's hope; And monarchs lay their p;olden scepires down, And froD) their thrones des'/cnd ; and they are thero — Tbeir costly crovnis with I'loody spray besprent I And a,i;ed ones, witli lo.'.'ks in ])erfect bloom For dissolution's harvest; ai:d m';n of stroTrHh. With half the days allotted only s})ent ; And liuoyant youtlis, of suirimers tbw, nve ther»>. - But, oh, 1. wondered most to see n lew Of female I'oi'in stand on the iiltliy shore I Cnvitures of glorious bloom, \nt.)i love-iit (>ye)». And rin'j;lets fluttering in tlie misty air, D(v^[) rose-l.^nf tints U])on th(,'ir soil, sweet c'het>kB.. Rji-h cljerry li[is, and ro])os, like wn^nthy snon- : And they, dobignod to b'"; tho iVi<'nds of man : To lead his ste})s from vice to virtu(^'s path ; To shine as stnrs upon the world of night ; To be the angels of tho heart and home, And ]>y their influence, sweeter make th'." vrhoie Of life, and snnctify thoir race ; to stand Out pure and sinless in tho sight of God And of Ills sahitly hosts, ere days shall end ; — Tlii?y, among the ])as;} besotted cojicourse — Who should conduct to briglit celestial ranks I — A pLctiu*(3 tit to chill the heart of he^wen^ 20 RED TAHN ^ Ani] stop the j^oklen harps in awful pause I — Only by this rod^'omctl — Mial. they wcn^/Vw.' Knw ot'thf-^ lovoly i'air o'er waiulircd down, ( )r ^\\\v, their swcci luiss to tiio iDaddeniuj; cause :— A j^lovviDg proof the cause, entire, was bud I And there were some from every race of men ; Some of the dusky elii'.dreu ofthi; sun ; Nome of the paler sons of antie climes : I'Vom mery verdant i«h» Ix'iiealh the heaven, I'Vom every i'ra^iiuMit of the i,e.jr h- ibtle raids th thinL,'s njat'TJal : each particular one is circuit had, his scpiad to represent : lieir power quite limited to tliose who tasto lie Tarn. (h\ such as drank from water-springs, leir strentjfth was vain to harm. T§ I. noted, first, A Spectre, er.tremely pinclnnl and haj^ii^ard. — A n^stless, ro\int^ form, with piercing eye And large, set in a shrivelled, wizard face ; A few long locks bedabbled in the Tarn : j|<^pidchral arms and iiands that loosely sunini;, And (rlad in ragged shreds : they, pulsing forth f'hicheviT way the rude breezes listed. — ghostly thiiiLr. as might be placed upon Ifhe bleakest headland of a sterile world, o warn the voyagers on life's oceau-tide, set uo foot upon its shores ! His sway Vas vast I — a potent agent of the Tarn — le breathed oa countless homes a withering blight ; i 0-) RED TAEN. And tbllowed in his tniiu a S(jii;ilul host, Nor reel, nor clad ; iluur siiivering limbs llio sport t)f wintry si onus. Wlih Irantii' oy .\, tlioy ragod l*V)r Ibod— for food ! Tlioir woMiH'i howls were heard' O'er hill and dale, iVoni nu»rii till o^o, from eve Till morn ; for ample food nor ri.<>! ( ;iine. Htniles ne'er played npon their foMtinvs, i'iL!;ul : All mirth \ras hnsl-.od. and piuciiii": wani pursued. Till hope, that fluttered K-.ng, had fallen, d<';td! \Vhere'erthoSportr(nvent,'"twaaparch(Hl\vithdr()u^dit lie walked the av(mues, and they were hnrnt With tears from \\ive,s' and ianrished (hildren's oyes : While cottages amid t\c loiu*': trees Were touc'lu'il, and Vvindows iell ; and slate and tile. In fragments, ermtd)led to ilv ■,)y. So iiomo Did Houi'i-1i well as Hint Mlueh. r'ourishes The h;ast Allien others niost — Thj Toori'j' Asvlurn ! He piliered cloth; s ami coins irom dying men ; No ago or sex evempt for aiig!;t possessed, To j)rattling eld Id. and siro upon his staif : Diirk was tht; sky above, lhoe;irlh h;}neath Was dark, and str-^wn Avith eiiuL rs I'rinn the pit. The food tluit dropjnMJ from he,',veu eaih golden yoar. Hix ndllion hwnan ones to satisly. Must l:o to feed tiie wo/7n t]y.\t I^attcTis in 'Vln; ]*oi.---on Frtrsn in I he ui'i-rky Avood, Which seTit their deadly trijjute to the lake I Twas fearful havoc that he made of liomes Of ha])piness, and all that toriJ - (o joy — 'i^his peering, potetit ghost of i'o'eriif, 'I'hat haunted all tiie votaries of the Tarn I There was one, a giant amoiux tho ghosts :. The liguro ho assumed was quite uncoutli, But clad in flaunting robes, diversely hued- WE'D TAEN. 23 A costly diamond flfishcHl upon a hand, In contrast with the blacicness ol* the heart Which n)Oved the hand to most dei:;rading deeds. With forehead low, and downcast eye, wliich loved Not (lay, in nightly shades his vicions haunts He souij^ht, well furiiishod with immoral guests : Upon his face wimh^ drawn the lines of vice, And much of sonsiial, })l;iinly written there; — A leering ghost, as one mit^ht chance to meet, And such as the arch-Hend might call to plunge A. dagger in the breast of Chastity ! Deputed by the conclave of the Tarn, A charge he had, and sallied forth, when bade. Unto the busy marts around the place. His band he led in dubious ways, where all Was dark ; and night shade blossomed there, around The paths, exhaling breath of pestilence ; And yet, a numerous train did follow on. At cost of virtue, healthy bloom and life ! They strove the law of m(jrals to repeal, And Passion drew lor them th' accented code. The stii^ and starry hours, designed for man, His nature to relresh, by balmy sleep, That he might more "iijoy the day, and spend Its light in better deeds, they pilfered from Their horologe of life, the residue To crowd with more debauch ! — Their fortoneB gtme^ The legacies of saintr^d ones — ^the homes, The granite mansions by their fathers built — The meadows shaded o'er with stately elm^ — All, all ventured in the nightly revel ; And by the demon, gulphed, of gambling H^l 24 BED TAEN. W: 1 'I! When mom arose, fortli from their hells they came,- - Not looking at the blessed sun, or trees. Or streams ; not heariiij; Nature's anthem-song Of beast, and bird, and bee ; but looking down,— - The eadene<} Df the word which last they heard, Like muffled bell of doom, vibrating, " lost" ! And lost was life, as well as purity And wealth ; — impel k',d by dire despair, they plunged Yet deeper in the Tarn, and rose no more ! The work assigned to Dissi^xitions ghost, Was dared and done ! I IV Th Th Jn\i I saw another rise Up from tlie sloughs of Tarn, of piteous mien, And manner stfiid, and frightful, too, withal; More ft^arca for what he did, than what he seemed To have the power to do ;— a ghost of dread — For th:;t a hidden ill e'er brooded in His mind ; subject to surlden freaks of crime. He shunned the crowd, the public ways, and sought The sacHKl precincts oi' the kindred home ! Neglected garbs quite loosely hung about His boding form ; and e\ er and anon, His hands were raised in a despairing way ; A gloomy Spectn', su'.h as well might stand On balcony or tower, to fright away The Dove of Happiness from lovely homes ! Sad scenes distinguished his domains ! Satl 8eene<» Of early blighted life — its love and hope ! Palo maidens sat with all the smnmer tints Of b(;auty fluh'd from their pallid cheeks ; And mothers sighed and wrestled hard with fat(3 ; And fathers said no soothing, tender word. The love that wreathed itself around the group, And made them one, in other days, was gone, — Gone, the charm of ministering to kindred wool. The suon/ smiles around the social hearth, f they came,- ■song own,— - leard, ,"! ley plunged i RED TAPiN. ■I Tba cheerful possip at the festive board — That board, of its rich viands quite bereft , — The luxuries gone, and all the light ! I Perchance, TiiG nuptial tit; is IoosimI ; and they, miuh one hy sacred law, till de;itli, a nearer death Invoke — and by i-he selfsame law, are "found Guiltv" of connubiiil suicide ! ss uen, lal; 3 seemed ad— ne. nd sought d •. And there was much unknown to all, save those iWho were the worse for knowiuf^. The mourning, iHii^hs and tears — the implorinu; wa'.ls to God — •^^'rom hearts all liroken, bleodlnr^ by distress, ;l\nd sor.^r, because the wound was secret. Celestial heaven mi The wonders of tenacioua life ; — impaired . * 28 RED TARN. Iji vital Ibrco ; the hectic burning in Their cheeks, or, sallow with disordered bile ; Dyspeptie-worn, to grim anatomies, Ix)athing liCe, and loving what most they loatho. But moving slill — more fit to rest in death ! The To And The A lat(;nt virus rankled in the bones Of some ; and they nor life nor muscle had. Merest drones in the busy mundane hive. For lack of the constraining power to act. And bloated ones, with blood-shot eyes, there? w«:rrt. More burly, iar, than brisk. And sown, with lite. The germs of swift demise, in youthful forms ; — A fatal mildew on the human tlowers. Tlironged were the hospitals ; in every ward, A pallid face — and groans, the vigil-sign. Thu angel. Health, had soared to purer scenes. And over all the ghost Disease did clap His fevered hands, enraptured at his power ! But, lo ! a raving spectre cometh up. With 8loj>iTjg brow and wildly gleaming eye ; And from his naked breast, the raiment torn. Anon, ho flings his ghostly arms on high, And laughs — the death-like laugh of deep dtispair ; Or, clutcliing firm his tangled locks, he shrieks, Such shrieks as Tophet-beaten cliffs throw baurk. 1 orevonnore I In milder mood, his tonea An incoherent babble, solely void Of weight and wit ; — not knowing when to vxruln Or weep, but mingling both, promiscuous ; — 'Vhe silliest ghost of the fraternity — Over whose helpless plight svroet sympathf Might over, ever weep ; h *t weep in •vain ! ■1 • S. RED TARN. 29 latho. 1 ith lite. 19: — ird, lOS, f 'inilr His forte was with the tender human mind — The brilliant gem heaven gave terrestrial ones, To ope and bloom for immortalitv ; — And that, most saintly ])art, the thrusts received, The silly spoiler gave, and lo, it drooped ! And here, O Pity, drop a crystal tear, And let it glitter on the banks of Tarn, P^or man bereft of mind I — a mourner for God's jewel lost — and wandering forth, alone ! I sf.w them rushing wildly up and down ; I heard them moaning, babbling, idiot-like — The piteous throng, the intellect-bereaved — ; Not caring they for flood or lire, or strife - Of elements ; but cner roving, nor where, They knew, nor why. I Sisters, in dishabille. Would rush down to the lake, as if to grasp I A brother, plunging there ; or, shout across. To one their wayward fancy pictured on The other shore ; — the echo of the wood, The only voice returned ! Pale mothers, too. With tresses all dishevele mansions, lair, Lead onward to the 1'ruU-ri'd, Eden groves ; — Nor knowing whim the door, that hid theui from The world, was shut ! T grieved to see so much Of beauty there, and youthful innocence, Secluded from the In'ightnes.s of cerulean skies. Pure female forms, the peach-bloom of whose lipa Was never soihid by ilraught or drop of Tiirn, There, siltMit sat; and glorious in tlu'ir gloom I (xreat tears ran down upon their fragrant breasts ; Or, i'rantic iluug on cold as/lum-tloors, They wailed for kindred oive their own : but now. No kin have they in all the bitter A\()rld : — The dreadful lake conceals the.':* loved and lost! This fact, I noted well ; among the crowd, Unrational and wild, the greater part Some (.law.ning had of what produced their woe ; Th(! burthen of tlu'Ir ra\ing was, '^ The Tarn /" Their sluml)ej's broken by disord^rtnl dreams. They oft would start aud shout, " 'J'he waves, the wave-? An? coming up I — Mie serpents, too! — O, save My mother, father, sist;'r, In'other, son !" A thrilling work was that allotted to The ghost Inmaitij ! — and well discharged! And yet, another, pallid figure eamo — ii|i^ RED TARN. 31 e Tarn T TWost spectral of the fatal train ;— the fear ■ rtOf all — none wishinj^ to be I'.^d by liini ; ^lYet, followinj^, all, wlieniu v lie chose to lead I ips were led Jixnl he was pale, and wore a slirondy ^'arb, AVhich closely cleaved unto his wasted frame, llis horrid jaws were all exposed, and so, The socki'ls of his eyes ; — and shuddered, he, y\s with intensest chill. His bony hand A f^'littering sickle held, us to the haunts Of all the f^hoslly bancU. well-pleased, he strode, Jiis lot to liut that wliich cautious Nature closely locks In her unyielding sttfe — the solid earth. 'A neighbor's hand outreached for neighbor's gold Jin stealthy mood ; or tiger-like, his herds iBurprising in nightly hour, intent to slay, ilAre frequent scen(^s — che idlers' gossip theme- — ^n wilful disregard oi moral codes, ^f Sinai's flaming words, 'Thou shalt not steal.' ds. lesaid casiooL, " Fraud, too, is favored more than fear<»d ; the »an Arrayed in civil law against the sire, {And vice versa, as the case may be ; — ^^he spectacle of love paternal, lost, iAnd filial fear. I " The furious bandit prowig lAmid the lonely groves or dark ravines, l^or prey, regardless at what cost unto His victim; not shunning the city throng. 1« Z4 JIED TARN. ' :, IIo filches gold from iinsuspc'clin}]; ones, And bears tho liope of loiliii;^ lives away. And some, made lioKl by potions of our Tarn,. Will oven invad'^ llie ciiics of (ho dead, And tear the jewels from the hopulchred ! '• r mar Oio beaulv of the Christian hand Willi prisons for our Ajv'inuit Ihrou}^, whose wftll» Of gloom look l);i(k\\;it\l lo \]\t) ages rnde, Not forward, to tlie ndvi-iit of the pure; And when our rivals build a towering Church, Within its sh;i(l" I strtiii/htwav raise a iail, — Our oaths to iniiii.'le with (heir ctrisons, — Tht; sons of Tani nut with the sons of (Jod ! "No idler's life is mine. I jxMietrate Th«; jjniversi! uni.) its liold fronti<'r; — Am (^vcrywluM'i' — :ui oinni[)rcseut I'iend ; I claim the victor's palm us mint;, by right!'" Then Discorl ilapped liis dr;! go n- wings and 1-ashed His writhing tail in awiid state, and said : " Jlear mo, Fiends and brotliers, all ! and fear yc, As best I)(H*omes all ihosc my thunders hear! 8itu'(; cm ihe wings of lime Ix-gan to stir, Or, in the bell'ry of tho cartli to be, A pomlerous stroke was heard, 1 li\ed on high ; And gave, in my lirst youthful rage, to heaven A jar, which it-- pure order quite disturbed, And shook a iliiid ))art' of the morning stars From out their spheres, to Hctat in hcl! — myself Hurled headlong with the rest. And then, unknown, The maddening ])oison of tlie Tarn ! Think ye, With agent ])otcnt us that now possessed, My power has might detliuDd? .Does vice declino By practice tlirough terms of years or ages? RFi) TARN. T« im,. rch. »"• ud J-ashui •* Aha! (hos'» ilropjs that lanli ai^ainst our cave*-- '^ith tluMii 1. do trniiiac't \\\n^l iioudlsh diHjds ! cause coiitiMilioii in th(» hciirt oi'lioiin* — lost sacred place sitico bloomed that Paradise— Ind scream with ']oy to stx^ the father hurl lis h)vely damrlder to thi^ «j;ract^!ess stn^t, h hid tlie sou a tori une .seek al^road, K'uicd at home by mad patoru:d power, Kunestic shads are m.-nle a »e(«iu» of strife ; fhe husband w raiii^Iing w ith his chosen K)vo, he, Hashirit; fury at her precious dear, — pand(;moniuui, versus paradise ! '( " My influence cjreat to public men I lend ; Their mirMls atul acts at once aro all tliverse, — As many projects rise as there an^ men. As many l>itt'r words as men and h'eiuls, Till Tn<\asures for the local weal are lost A mill th(? jars ami jar<4on of the sctMie ; Ami stfots are cumbered with tumultuous throng». Whose broils (vxplode in bio vs ; tit deeds to shamo Th* rajrinir denizei . of uittivo wilds! Ifi jar TV, ligh ; von •s ^'sclf I, unknown, iye, deelina '* O'er councils eaa.atiwial T preside. And thwart, what should their noble object bo— To make ho J)1juu th.j paths of lore, that all lfli::lit run to fame. lusl<'ad, I. hedge the waj With inlri'^'acies that would perplex a fiend Of lesser skill — uor ever miss my aim ; For fliscord takes the place of zeal discreet, Ani\ parent-^ vow their sons may roam upon Th.; brink of Tarn, and seek the i itors there. " Their < ivil polity T make corrupt ; Oorrupt tl e nation's soul with suffrages fii mad exchancje for fluid of our lake. — Who highest piles the casks in polling bootbyi. lide-i highest in the chariot of state, 3'? ICEI) TAJiN. 'I 'I! With ronscieuces, the great birthrights of men, !V>und to Mio wliocls ; — yen, bartered for a drink ! iVor am 1 d"stitute of ardi'iit hope To SCO our subtle billows yet advance, The ei\i] straeturo \vhoIly undermine, Aiid swallow it in Taru ! " J. so confound, Or make dhers;^ their laii<^Liiii,'e, spiritual, \o one auoLhers creed cui: uiidi-rstatid. Or say ' Sliiblwleih' in the self-samo way ; I'or when our sliniuius the l)vain excited, A pious vein ilows with the iin|)ious, — Its forte to rnal'.c ils willing captive seem Uliat least he is : aud tlio.si^ iu otlier mood. Who never iKinie the cause devout, are first In fervor, wiicu Mms iulhuned. Anomalies Ari* oriler theji. 'J'lie m:ui who shuns the atn'am Of limpid w;),t;-rs IIjv. iuj; ihrough the val.', Nor music hears, lur sei's of jieanty tliere. Which crystal (hops or i-urviufjj deeps both fail To charm — that wat>'r, xmw. his eiirnest theme! Th(i drop or delude, — which will save, applied In sacram.'ut? for bliss is won or lest Hy wat'.'rl Thus, is coulroversy rife When- grace should flourish most. I gi\e them c\\(y' And stari thoiu all a diifyreut road to heaven ! loll A In Mv ill " With my discordant hand I break tlie striiiirs, In every place aiul power, of harmony ; — In Church aud iS;,ate, in circles hind i;;at1u'red up by me, for I'urtlu-r use, — "fo liear them mi)i;i;lini; \\ith sucet Niiture's son^, 4nd wafted on tlie bahuy win;2;s of day, Corruj)tir'<5 all the social iitmosphere, «nd so, tlie cliastity of human s])eech ! '• Oh, how the bloomin'j: youilis do love the slanf; t' Tarn I how ej^er to be my pupils, nd bear their learning homo, its sanctity o mar — a murky blight upon the joy ! '**n object woiliiy my tuili\e iwA, \) store the yonlhful mind wilh s]uirious spe/^ch, ncline it in ihe tender morn, wliich way 'he eve- will iiiui our cause the best subserved. flacking de.e r;>vvard for pnrilv, 'he voung asve'ul th' hill of liie, thtn'' chanc" \) go tlie dowuwnrd sloj)i> accursed I ]So fer4X )r reverence for the Kacnnl name of Him lo reigns, or f.tr His holy Oracle : ut both, as oil as named, alike proianed ! ^1 •' I. teach them to revile the godly ones, V'hose mission 'tis lost glory to r<»store, lud llood tlie world with sliecn divine. bid them mock the proj)hets of the Lord !*' " Tia true ! 'tis truo I" cried Blas^Jiemy ; while thriw 38 EED TARN. ^/ His scorpion-ton g\ie he dart ^ J forth ; *' thou art My kindred fiend ; when with tliy dupes thou canst No farthcT rds of a glol>e ut.bie.-fc with .ital joy, here men are threes.-on-j y<':'.i's and ten in dyiii'^'I mo faith or hopj beyond the a-:nre skv, (o spirit b'eoiii wh:u niorUi laii :uishes, o trump to wake the isol-tcd d lad, — sleep not even bie^l \vl . Vei-ma of life. I '• Thc! douse curtain of mental Tiight, i dro|» tiforti their e/;!S. and ail's d:.-oi''i.)r then. — 'orld-realms uj-'iieM and toiling on by chanct^ : fhe liery Mars :!tid .'upiier. with all he phinet host:,, lawiesrs ilir-)agh the ether ashiiig, Th .' seasons ruled by ])url liud dmuci'. o ord.^r in the lov(iIy iloral Siehis ; ^he fragrant ros? (juiie lial.ile to blush n thistle stem ; or grass produce the acorn ; r stately oak, the tiny llower C'f gi'is.s ; uge trejs ie.ver'yijj, their roots, unsightly, lumbering uj)\vard to the sky. Creation, nd all its \ast aliairs, wiihout a ciuise I isc.ird a '^eijig pure, that rules unsoii. ud li\es in all that is ; wl.CBe injured law •!•'•(! to KEJ) TAEN. ' M Fa sin ; wlio points at man a livid flame, When words and acts no honor bring to II im :• — 'I'hnn naliiH' matricnlatos to lii^hest rank In vice ; and moral liconses expire, \V'(j11 j)leased, my manual st^al 1 then apply To the do:ith-document of human ones ; And laud the spirit-])otions of our lake. As leadini; onward, st»>p hy step, to where Tlicre is an end — an end of light and life!" .lust then, a iJirilling cheer rang through the eaves Another I'iend had come — late irom his haunts- All sullied o'er with grime, and gorc-hesprenl 1 They styled him Murder, as lie took liis plnce A mill the rlan. Ofii "Most ]>o(ent Fiends,'' he said *• I liad been sooiuM' to (»ur rendezvous, Ibit that a pressing incident detained me: A Tarn-int'uriate man in anger with His bMl)es. 1 prom])ted him, tdl trampling on His son. the tt^nder boy was crushed and dead ! Vou will award me now a moment's space. To state what cannot fail to interest. I; ;m I V •• I cause the fluid of our Tani to makf Another fluid flow — thi' crimson streams < )f human lite — a deluge o'er tlie earth ; I "or, there is scarce a spirit wrested from Its ttmoment, by violence, and 'scapes away. Hut- to the deed our liquid instigates ! K4.'s[)ecting none, my work, in charge goes on : \or lordly robes, nor kingly scej)tres Khield. In midnight hour, whon nutst of peril, doom. And death befall to tnen. the red right hand Heals out the })low, the bullet, or the drug. That makes the living less. Families, at once. "^}ru>'k down, all .slark and staiaed — perchaiuv. by hi: HEI) TAEN, 41 [Urn :- Iv v lunts- rt'nt : le siiiil Whoso blood Ihoy share ! — tho oheok of boaut y marrfJ. "fhe inutron brow, the dimplos in the lace Of infamy I I A f^ontje life, perc'han»'o, LonL!^ ilroopin*]; from eilects of wrathful blow. 4kn»l, like th(^ ilove, by crii*!! arrow ])iereed, ilfe"t'ssini^ its winL,'s stijl closer to its side, ta sorer gnnvs th(.' wound, — tliis wounded lifo I secret, long endures, until, at last, ti^ bri{,dit winjj;s are raistid in skyward flutter. CHYtv-i '1^,,. Howcrs arc dyed a crimson hue, and earth Rffks with the Huid-Hfo of innocence. Tilt' sea its mighty secret keep^, till the disclosing day, of myriad murilered ones ^)!\siLrned unto the depths : the tragic scenes unknown to all, savt; those who did the \\rong. • And ilim who witnesses all wron;! that's done. ig on rietid ! •• I tempt them oft to turn their weapons to 'Pic iit'arts, their own — no' staying for a call- - R:Hh intruders upon the woful world! ; " I grace the villages l.>8yond the Tarn % ith scatlblds ; a tiiousand ways, unnatural, l^usher beings forth to uieet tlu^ .ludge!" IV. on d. iiti, mi Jfhe liendish conclave then dispersed, to roam. > heretofore, in t'urtlu;rauce of their cause. '||ie lake, a lierc' wiive sent from its centn-, M^ circling wave, that crashed against tho shore. #id sent its roarings through the drooping treri, t) to the summit of tho ibggy hills. uiice. an<.v. bv hi .0 ■VJ T^KI) TAR\. Canto VI.— Solitary Incidents. Ii!| (M( )X(r ilio many tlirilliu^:^ ini'id<»nts CoiitiguouH to t!io 'J'ririi, 1 noted thi>s:* :~ A l.icly lay upon h;>r coneli ; hpr factr Wan as tlv ])l!int ox chid hI lVon\ llie lip'ltt ; The havenicni8 of* the skii:': — as ol't I h(.'ard ihvm hfM'e, \^]ien co'.nini:^ iVon\ iliy toil. He does not come i" — Slie said no )iiore : hut lay — .1 cfdm, dead creati.irc^, — lior trcssga scattered O'er tlie pillow snowy-wlute. Mid'iiudit csmt-: Then came t\\'a morniiicj hours ; ai]-.! v.lth th'« tliird. The husband came — a 'l^u'ii-distractod vrr-'tch. Ifo called to her who alwavs answiTcd. Now. No prom]it rospon?;(». .lie f^taiT.i^errd to the bed : — " Asleep ? Waitini^, asli.' 'p, il.r me, her lord !" He ].>fido I'.er " ris;>.'' She 7i^ver disohf^yed Till then. '' I'll shaVe tlie slumlx^rs trom rvur <■-• And dtishcd hisjht info the pt side of him for whoso return she waitn, low, in the recklot^a coa'ourse of the Tarn, rhfi food is gojie : and I'uel, too, is spent : Jler nouribljiiRMit, t-o itourish tlio tender babe. llf-r babe and Iiis, iVoni iiiiliii!; nature's fount : B»*r w.ii'mlh, to impart lier vital heat to it. A e>ad, swe-jt nielody slio ehants, to niako If -1 sluinbars blest. Aiul were it not she hears A i.iusie not of earth, which whispers, " cheer." SI: • eould no longer sing. Three weary dny» In waiting — then he comes, demanding food. T'^ars tire elo<.|aoiit ; volumes flowed in tears. Frjm these sad eyes, upturned ; but ah ! no wonis : E.iratced, he cast her ibrth into the nitrht — f hi^ bitter night — the infant Ibhled in ll r arms — and locked the door I With dawn of day. There came a dawn of reason ; the demon Wi^iry in his soul, lie now bethought hini Of his deed infuriate, and oped the door. Oh, horrid sight ! a gust of wreathy snow. Aud then the mother fell upon the threshold. Th.' infant still enfolded in her arms - B:th frozen, dead! -the t -ar-drops glittering on Th.'ip cheeks I I Alwve the slope, among the dwellinp;H there. Oil ' dvvelling mourned its master's sad demise : His frequent act, through a long course of year*. To tr.x.v; on3 of the st 'althy paths adown where it met the surges of the lake, Vibibing the mad draught, thus long, it wrought D liriuin oft ; and so, one night when heavens Wero weeping rain, as if o'er that one pcene. J| • homeward rushed, his eves atlame with fear. ■4 u RED TARN. U 111 ili-i 1^ I ( Imricd, he said, by hosts of stiiif^in^ tierpentn. liomc-HOUglit reiuge allbrdcHl no relief; They still pursmnl, till, through th«i voHtibule Of death, tha frantic s^pirit tied. A eurse, HaJf said, divided 'tweeu this world and That ! U\a comrades in the stealthy paths of Tani A vulgar throng — came, all, to hold a \vak»', With each a llask protruding from his brtiast . VV\»11 tilled with iluid iroin the hauTited dt*p Their antidote, they said, for heat and cold, The loss of sleep, and dangers and disease. But, ere one-half the nightly hours were spent, Hpt'iit was all their awe, and all sobriety. They sang and shouted, danced and fell, as fiend« Might clamor o'er a fallen foe. They raised Their life'lcss comrade's head, and bade him drink ! Vea, placed the ])()i.son to his marble lips Auuin, and ])oureil it in his ptv.verless throat. Lt Howed and slain'.id the shroud. They drank his hfakli A nd cried, ' Oood fellow ! i lore's to your wliite cra\ iit ! And thus, that morn beheld the senseless man. Most sfiiisible of the apj)aliing group. In suburbs of the city, circling Tarn, There stood two costliei' mansions than the rest. One, by a garden, mad; quite Eden-like, '1 he home of gorgeous iiosvers ; and birds came from Th<^ southern zone, to taste tiie ne -tar in Their cups, and sing, and tiash tlicir gilded wings Amid the summer rays. And, sweeter still. The hand that clierished them was white and pure : iSo bright the form tliat glided up and down The walks, she looked as from the liquid skiec. An arbor, there, her dazzling hand had formed, Entwined with ivy and convolvulus ; And when the drilling biossom-leaves were fanu'iJ I'rom out the patb3» tix? truaut tqudcijB helped RED TARN. 4f) pentn. ibuK* That ! Tarn ike, roast, ItK^p • .1(1, ie. spent, as fiend « ised im drink ! I mat. ank hinhfjiltli wliitecravjU ! i man. ho rest. came t'rum od winii^s till, and puro ; iwu skio!*. )rmed, Ixelped ck to tiieir homos, she 8\vt»etly there reclined - An angel taking rest. The only flower ^f home, «ho bloomed alone, save him, the joy that oth(T mansion. Since childish days ev had boon fond ; and each with each their weaJth company they shared. A pleasant yonth Was ho, and soulful, too, and loving flowers ; i|ut, I extremes of tjust-e, he loved the Tarn— iPoved it, since first he sipped the '* moving" droph ilieachod by a paronb's hand in glittering gla«s i|cross the dining board, — a deepening love. j|nd when he breathed of other love to her, T$xe answering whisper was as he had hoped. With this proviso, he must reject the Tarn ; $$XQ could not live to be less loved than it. ^e promised '* to abstain from this time forth."' ■S I I^ho garden was their paradise ; for there ich lost a heart, and each a heart had found. le nuptial day was dniwing near. They sat. |ne eve, in the long frequented arbor, join the glowing theme so dear to both. it has a reptile cold dared to invade lat sweet retreat ? Slie fled the sacred pltu-*' horror, he to ascertain the cause, W li^'n, pale and pure, she spoke : t "O, Dearest Frank 1 odors of the Tarn are on your breath ^gain. Yoir words are rendered vile — your words 1(10. The promise — oh, is a promise If no avail to her you wildly love ? •»» jl " My angel, I will promise yet again ; ■ea, vow it on the Oath Immutable, IP> you but say no more, no longer grieve J" s % Pity, purity, dignity and love. ..'M ll-J RED TAEN. oii; Ml hltMnJed in her oarnost look to him ; Thi^n calmiv said, " Tis Ibrraal, JVaiik, to vont I ))0n tho Rook — a Ic^al act, too oft i'tTlitriniMl without producing ample thought. This sainlly eve, vow by our lovo, our hope nf hright connubial bIi^^.s. and then, our hope T'» roam the brilliant gardens of the skies, Vnd gather blossoms from the Tree of Love. I'oii'vermoro — while (Jod looks down!"' Jler hand I'l Ills, lie looked to heaven and her, and vowed. T!ie swoet^est. saddest day at length arrivei ; )'»'>lbri) liim stood the ])lighted hoo, to hear I !'.e mystic words would strangely make them tiauseou.s lake — I ever go uuwed I'' 0. li PI:. t ' ill Slio vaulted iVom liis side ; and as she fled. V siuglo ros3 fell from her hair. !So fell "^riuMr liopss ! Ito disappeanid — a ruined litV*. That midnight heard the tatal plunge into V fluid grave. No year had passed till from V.sylum gates tliey borc> her to her rest, '^'o wait tho trumpet voice that calls to life I TlierQ came throa men Irom higher walks of lit'e Of public tame, w^ell skilled in classic lort> I: II I 1 V i vow hi. Her hand owed . ivod : Ejed ; then? ; hem <>)»< ; rned •ied : •d lo)ked down or ihu« :■ — led. litV. I) Iroin fe ! Iks of lite t> I RVA) TAILN. .47 1 J)oivn lo the Tarn, i'r.st friend."} did thov appenr : 01V) Tiovc.r canii; alone, but, always three 1 JSor sordid they, but prodi-_'al ol' wealth, 11 hivjsheil on tht^ ruvol ; rei;:irding, •]aeh, the others' joy, it'joy the sensual. heir ^'oldon eoitis were eii!j;t^rly caught up y subtle venders ot' the deadly draugld, >Vlio liUL';L,'ed thei.i lo their }ii:>ri.s — "the priee of blood"." it s'jurec of grief is talent, wasted, lost I lost uodod l)oon of life, most misemploved : leaven Innvails the vrrei'ks of all the gifted. e.fn float ini; o'f coles-ial hhore.s, a:* o wont to drink oach ether's cheer, and dash ^he price in glittf^ring gold, in spendthrit't mood — [heir fortunes, now, scarce equal to a glass, liowing glass of Tarn I ^ When brilliant wAml 0n wrongful pathway comes to a crisis, fo d,;eds of rashness it is sadly prone. Confronted by the case extreme, they mixetl hastier deadly drug with drops of Tarn, frank to each other in the poisoii bonl. [nd thus, together died as they had lived, way forbid ; incurring double death — |i<» drunkard's and the murderer's ft.-arfn! doc>n» I Auother sottisli creature came ; he bore he Bock of Hooks beneath his filthy arm. |nd sought a vender's den beside the Tarn. {;aw^n the same for drink ! The graceley^ maw 4s I{i:d tarn. «i tit' 'll llpl.'iid it on his sholf, until rcdoomed ! — Tho Hook thiit lios in ovory (Jhurch — tho t»uidt' To worlds on hii^h — numkind, all jnd^jjfid by it ; AtuI when its mission done, laid on 1Ih» Throne! — That Hit', in ])a\vn l-'or Jilthy lluid of the lak(? ! W* h(?avon.s, Ixjok down and weep! This, the laniily Bibli' : .N'f'cr lit'trd I'roni its sacred [)la('c, tho stand, OVrlaid with damask Howors, (but studied there,) ••^avo thrice! when his own mother took it down To Jordan's slrciam, and only loosed her hand From it. to ;j;ras]) th<; [)alin on thither side ; And when his lather, dyinj^, did the same ; And now, when carried to the Tarn, in pawn, Hy him, their son ! lie sta,!]jgered to liis home : Hut, over wont the treasure unredeemed ! For one inclement nijjjht, when dizzy with Tho potions of tho lake, in search for home, He lost his way, and perislied from the cold I — His Bible in tlie wn^tched broker's shop ; His spirit gone to meet its due reward ! Canto VII.— General Results. 11: • wvf ^-^^^^^ ^^^' ^''^^^ affected all beneath O^i The sun ; and Nature wept because of thut .2) Destroyin,']: deep ! Man's life was tilled with wo« ; '^ Want, pain and death reduced the span, ro briol At best, and sent tlio race, uiere juveniles, V uto the graves ; — a man with sDvery locks The rarest marvel ! On 8ea and river, The carnage strife went on — no place exempt. lillD TAKN. 4J» pho Kca-wtH'd iniAod and swavud with human loikii ind coral insoets builf. their tnununuints I'a bones of drunlifii d<'.-\'\. A Kickly si'cnt*, p'ho earth, d«^sii.^llod inr lit«< tviid bfautva bloom, ihe natioris stamped wilh dire dcttn^t in mind ; blight upon th^ir Htrui^tur.s physifal, bli;;ht u;)()n Uunr ho:.it'-;, upon their tield;*. darkness and a wail of sore di.stri'ss I prising to tht? .skies : lors:iken ones Iniplorinix aid to eko lli.'ir lunni; out ; Tears coursin*; from their ttjnder louiits, and blood [n currents tlowiu!^ doWii ; — the deadly lake, The most prolille cause i A i\;arful sight |)id Bai^dad's ruins onco present, when chief [)f Tartar (.-lans a pyraiMid upniised )f two-si-on* thousand 'luinau hoads, the fruit >{ his victorious s\v(;rds ! liut higher rose The pyr.iiiiids around tlu^ T: floweil I — a sad Golgotha scono— [he excavated cemetery, our earth, )id seem, of all the other starry worlds I Sin reigned where rii^hteousness should most prevail arkness, whcn^ should i;j sirrif:,T.s of linht divine ; or nought of heavenly growth could tiourish well. n soil polluted by the poisonous Tarn ! he gospel seed was deluged soon as sown, ol that ; [pj s[)rang not 'tp to wav(? like cedar trees ; led with woe: {^t, vice, in all its dread ul forms grew rank, ipan. RO briel i J mured by that wluch fertilized the bad. The herald of the " tidings gli-d," to clime» >f orange-groves or stuited northern shrubs, o ever blooming isles, or isles which bloometl ot ever, — ^waa met by mau'a mortal foe, ')() RED TARN, 11 ' i m '! 'i'hi' ioe, alike, of morals .uul of p'hcc ; And thus, tho blood tlu.L poured Iroiu heavrn to wash Away tlit> guilL of muTi, ilie ii^Lt lo (lawn I'pou Lis f^Joom and hv\\) \.\m from the ^vTe(•fc ( )f earihlinesH that iTuslud him since tho fall. VVa.s (piile in vain! — tho hope to Kee him ri»« A iToature new, the j^lcv of heaven upon His brow, its love wilhi:; liis he;^rt, und all Mis acts couverfring to that one place ; yea. (hi its borders living, io wait tho call Ihat bids him to its holiest v-»y — in vain I So hjng as darkened by tiie iiiists of Tarn, His soul impervious to the rays of grace! I thought it strange that seething lake, its fog, Its deadly dews, its inlluence on the world. .Shoubl hinder the millennial dav, when all That '' hurts" shall bo destroyed — a saintly rest, li«^ibre the gush of Bliss -but so it seemed ! Miasm! ("i vapors rose in. which the dews Of heaven were lost; salvation's drops efl'eto I pon the surface of a poisoned world ! The ])n;athings of the righteous few fell down, Too weak to pent^trate the leaden mist. — .lehovah's Sabbaths were detiled by deed* Too vicious lor the days that intervene ; < )r plucked (Mitire from out the coronet Of years, and cast — the beauteous shining pearl* -- Amid the debris of the wretched lake! I'he iierecst bane to all of moral good. It makes the tires of wild dramatic rage flame outward in most exa^ssive horroii. Thu votaries of the stage who would excd I n agile ft^ats, and represent the knave. The murderer, monster, idiot or tyrant, Jkiust stimuJavJ the muscle, nerve, and brain. ^v: KKl) TAIiy :.i Willi tho p.>iiii'ious pr-i-ions oflh.-* lake. That all tlui liery ol:•iI^.':ll.s of soul May conllrigntti'. :irul ritrik*^ tliijiir lI:i:n!otsi down : And lr'>:n tlios.^ visionary scones of blood. TransiiiorrH carfv 'av.Io the nrtual I The irl'a! — victims dt'tlv ■ .irtaim^d stag?: t Hir (-tosars, Liii'.'olns. aiui .^i' 'xeos, tiio n.'al ! m Vhroiv^ vashiHl away, ar.d all their 'j;rcatn'.'Sii <:rt ;>.;id si-ioiici^ tloarishi'd inusi . Hpro.id in 'I ) -ay. 'i'hi> :i in.-s \vK.>!i ••' knowl^'d^^* st ri>ri?t!»'«l I'jxm the world, ih ' liauiiis when! I I'lioraueo lirct dh. And shakes h:>r \viM[' t.liis most su()t,!o fluid ;--iiidol'.'nf'i*. Prid), oxtravagenc'o, llio cMiro C'."U-'oinitants. 'riin';\ i:i'» jriu to '.nan — ti:u% the vordant t-ji*.)*. in tho mai-'slic .slrivmi that V'oars hlin down. \Vlier*>, ]hu a !:!.l! \ )' ^ ;»ay clinii, to work l\)r lliis world rod an..)i,.'V -lavishe:]. lost — Till, soi);i, a rud m' wavo nn!o;'Ks his irrasp ^ And sw.-'>ps him on h's lab.)r i.\\ nndjii-*: \o coinlbrls i:;n.lh(M'.'d lor !:•; home on canh. Xo home prop.'j; 1 when t>: rUiiy S'-en?'f» r»j--vd". VVi\i]lh. h.il'j;htivi in i's swe>t"";t hjooni, mul i:;».*1t Th<'- t^iv.iie-^t, ill. what iiind'v heaven dosii^nod Mupro'-.iertt joy. So many Ihain!.' (.uos, It s>t»u).>d perpetual ani'iMin with the- rare! ('a-iPAct >r, sacr^;l fhi?^;:^ for all to i;ii:ird. And hear it thron^^h *ne hlth of time, n!ista'te,'»i. lint.) i]):> bourn, i '. mi it returns, \V<\>-. d >v ^ I'Vo n out the sl»or;n, to nn've t!> ' moniory ble'»J — T!:.>i:. frail thin;j \rit:hout a (;uarJian, wanderiojj : t fl • )!' PtED TAKX, No bounils prespri}x?(l, or hoii^lits or doplhs. in i^iii. Til! .soiled and dark with fdtli of Tarn, It sinks in ruin I Ut P m Substaiico, wealtli, in tlv^ turhid vort(>x tlirou-n ;- - 'i'iif floods lliai starvinej l)abes and motliors no<'d-- TiJl inditx*nico, liko })rairio tiro, swwps o'er Tho oartli, and it is black : and beads are bowed : And homeless ones lift up their voiee and weep. Monnds in the clmrcli-vard slope are seen, when.' ih.r: Were none ln'fore ; and bells i'lun'ral toll ; I'roeessions stumble o'rr the tombs mid mourn F?e<'ause of the lii'e-w'itherin!,^ lake ". And Mind - That Bird of Paradis • wliich soars away, Viul nectar from the skies upon its wini;s liivirs down to sweeten time : ami sings of love. < M'lifo supernal and trees unfadinp:. Whoso hedinLi; leaves, ]>bii'k'ed off. it brings I'or human ills, ]>resi-rii)ed liy Deity — I)e|)ret'iat.<»d ; \vand<'rJn<; fraritie ; strikinj:^ Aufainst, the wild clitVs and evt;r fallini:^, Mkc bird a(piatie, to t'arth, storm-beaten. Which can otily rise f-om its own element. This, po\v cltvive the radia!u'(^ of eelestial stars, (^r trill the nuisic e:in«.^ht on bord-T-lands < )!' bliss ; — but ever shriek around the Tarn ! ( ontention haunt.In'_c the abodes of men : Disgrace and infamy .supremely rife; Hom(»s, life and property, all in peril : Destruction, d.*ath and wo;\ sown far rmd wid.c. — nf all tlie crime that curses fallen earth, riire* parts, 1 saw, were the proliile fruit < M'tliis Tartarean de.^p ! one part oompripi'd 1 h-^ r.'st ! 8av naues n»)Tie ever came to take ! Twas not enough, the liliglit ami death it brourrht i'o men below ; it closed the spirit-paths Conducting unto (lod ; shut IVIercy's door. And down tliey ever, ever fell I " 'J 'he door \Vu!f i^hut r No sound like that e'er thrilled my car! The miLrhty thunder cnislied against the Thron^-. And echoed thrice within the ])e;irly walls. Thrice came the echo from cloudy pinnacles That })ound the lurid world. And thrice the hills. T]i(> hills of distant earth, threw back the sound I i- '•The door was shut!" I looked toward the Tani. And livid s:'rolls s'lvued shooting to the sky. Of spiral form, and on tlie tre-'s thoy bla/ed ; The words, or chanu'ters they bore, wer:> these: •• No j^HrNiiAiin hi.avkn's kin(;j)OM shall i.nhj.iih," The victims nf the T.ini were sore ama/.cd. W lien to life's bourn they «-ame, and asked for help : Vea, aski'd it of the roi'ks and trees, in vain ! < )n rocks and trees, on heaven a?ul earth, the words •• Xo Dnoil-'irff Urnveii'x K{n;j'fom shalf inherit." The oidv sight that met tiieir le.irt'nl eyt'>^ ! And thus, to pr«n>' trie livid letters true. Thoy went — went trembling to etcrruil grave- ! rA TiED TARN. Solved wero the problem ^^ now that nore }>erplexed .My mind wh'in tirst L sat h"sido the sin^aiii Whioh soUi^lit tho tide, and ])art'.Hl in its ((»ursi>i Th" rno:\d')\v tIo\v«_^rs, whil > Naturii's .sons: was iieard, And Nature's sun bled in the t.';lowing wo^l. r/ie red waves of tiie Tarn, innns ijreategt hunt .' •^uj)reinost caiiso of wretcliednvs.s and woe. < 'f d '.slitul;ion, c!.s<'ord, sin and hhaiiio, Ol' lirs; HJid s„"ond d^ath, the lake—Inif.mj>f.r'Mict'. Canto VIII.— The Tartarean La\v ^ i'ELT t'ne risinq;s of a ri::lit;'ous wrath. 'I o se{' (ied a umvers e, d C:^»l^nf d to • \' iliu-i- Who willed, to deal the maddenintj; Huid out :- Injure, waste, disgrace and rol» their fellows : Dethrone their reason and de«ti-oy their li\es. And that with Itrazeii brow — the law their shield I O'er the dead form of each that fell, they read Their warrant for the murderous detul : and dninli Was all reinonstranee. N\»t so. the luckless (»ne I'hey had inflamed l)y overpowcrinsj; drauu;;ht to bury drunken dead, Sincv o'er the earliest iropliy of the Tarn, The dark demons slioi;ied I And wliat for them. The Demases. the desolation venders. Who hok u]>on their ^orv ]irey and smih; : "The law prot.His ; and citre not we," they say : — O, what lor them? I asked it there : O, what. For them ? And shi^L'ish lurds shrieked round the lake, " Woe, foriht-m '." I'lie rvd w aves said, " Woe, fortheni I'* The sjlooniy trees did niunnur, " Woe, for them !*' And hitrher up, toward tlie sky, a voice, Proi-lainiini;. *• Woe unto him who maketh His neighlK»r drunken I — who taketh his goods And not by right — woe unto him !" I saw The men were doomed ! Their gains would fly away On wings prepared ; the!i bankru])t they, at two Momentous gat^s. Till- myths of heathen lore IVclan^, such pride and laTogaiKi^ had they Who built the daring tower on Sliinar's ])hun. That, from its top, they shot their arrows at The bliss-bathed banks of heaven ; and then? defied The marshalled hosts of OoJ I In blood, bedipped. Their arrows IMI. And thus, tho vender's darts Back to Ids bn'a.st wdl come, all stained with blo(»d — Th»» life of iiuioceuce — ^und on his ear Its wail! At Sovereign nde, the puny hand None shake as tlu'y who frame the law that give.* Oar race to death ; and they, who work the sanit*. In disregard of the stupendous costs. And heaven's eternal Book of Equity ! i 1 338 RED TARN, m ■ r m Canto IX.— Efforts to Dry the Tarn. YHniS lii^li-Ijorn moral coiirnjTio in tho few '^^1^ To strike at suporsiition's root ; resist 'V Tlio ill by time revcM'ctl : turn o'er a patje '■3 111 unjust l(';;al lore, or sliil't ihe stream Of custom lonjj; misujuided. No f(Mture f^hews in liolder li^lit relatioiisliip to llim. The mereil'ul, lliaii this — love for the raee For which lie bled — and eariK^st, jealous toil M'o (>l(nate. Such 1 hemes the seniphs sing. 1 saw a icw of " Nature's nwhlemeu" <'ome forth. They came far back from gokh-n mead"*. l"'rom i'ragrant banks of crystal stnvams they caine. -And pebbly pools, where pure while lilies lay. Like stars, in tranquil ocean of tlie sky. With them, they brought tho bt^uity of thi^ir innd hi ruddiest tints of health, in ])rllliant eyes And j)urity of i'orm ; — blooming, as the tVuit They left ; — j)ur(^, as the stroauiti from which they arth — the pyramids of skiills- The tears and want — i-ht^ oaths and blasphemy- - The utter wTetchedness of all ai'onnd— ^fhe maddening streamlets ever trickling on— The Poison Presses working, working, tner — The J)emases, grasping coins from forms distress»'d. -lust passing through the *■ galea of death and hell," ■ -Ml this they saw, and more — then dasju'd their hands .And wept I Around the pyramids they walkeil And wept I — those monuments of human woe! Dread sculpture tliere that none might dare to r(*afl I 'I'hose ghastly sockets seemed still to weep ; Those silent bones to solemnly implore. RED TAK^i. ;i9 Tlio iioblo souls wore moved to thirin;^ thought ; Thought moved them on to daring deed, — the lakf To dnj ! Might it not be ? Would earth's loud wai) Not move Ojunipotence to hear, and help Destroy th<3 thing lie never called to Ix?— A vile intruder on His peerlfss works? Was heaven not ready now to sunnnon liosts To stay the fountains of the subtle deep. And thus, th(> plague? Had not the moment come For man to do, and heaven to bless the deed " A nd, O, to see the Eden-love restored ! Its harmony prevailing once again ; The crime of earth reduced, its sin and death : Thi' people living to an age mature, Eiieh bearing " glory's crown," the silvery head. And coming in, at last, like ripened sheaf, L'nto the harvest of the Lord of Hosts. Who would not vtMiture etlbrt in the cause? Who would not strive the joy to consummate? They would I — devoted temperance pioneers — They would begin the work more favoi*ed ones Might end. And well did they what men might do. Fiends, demons, men, opposed them sore. The wave* WtMit o'er their heads ; they stood like granite rocks, Buifeting the wrong and beckoning on the right. And they Mere mocked, like liim who r«'fuge sought For kin, and bird and beast, from deluge-dtath : — Mocked, m hen an ark they would provide to save The race from desolating Hoods of Tarn I 0, how they yearned, tin humane ones, to see The hopeful day, ^hen they could gently raise "The window of the ark," the Temperance dove Send forth upon the turbid waste ; — receive Her in again, with "olive leaf plucked otf. A token that the raging floods were dried '." W ♦iO RED T.UIN. M k I"' P'S ' The bettjT to advan('(» th«» cnnsi? ospousod. They sought tho " union whon'in Vwih Htn?n<;th," And stylod thenisolves, 'J'h<* Hand ot* Abstind no sweeter drauirht. except to taste Hie tlovving nectar of ett^rnal streams! A blooming band — this Band of Abstinence ;— Their souls more brilliant than their outward bloom : I'heir toil unceasing as the circling .sun ; Their love, the sweet incentive to their toil. They plead with erring ones to win them ba<.k IIED TARN. To virtiitVs path, — minujlini; tears with pleading ; — f^onounccd the lust lor iarn a hciiiouB vice, That none shoiihl tolerate' in gospul days, And pointed to its victiniH, stricken down ; Accused the men who h'gislate, with wrong ; Kven went so liu* as to in\(;ke repeal Of the Tartarean Law, and tiiiu^ly aid To dry the lake, ere all tlu; race be lost ; Denounced tlu> venders, too, as sordid men Who lived by fraud and death ! A f(;w gave heed. And ceased from traffic so a, gr(;w up With vile, discolored weeds and sickly plants ; But yet the lake remained ! The iiobh; Band J I ad not the power to eul, its sources off. Deaf were the mon who l(!;;islat»;. Loud caUe For help were treated with indillenmce ; And, " upon the o))pressors' side was power,*' — The power of hosts, tlu* mi<;htier power of gold ; The labors of The Band of Abstimuice, buusion (il hy gaii Th(\y promptly did the little they might do ; And saw their rich n^wanl in happy lives From misery reclidin(?d ; in happy homes ; In thrift and opulence befon; unknown ; In youthful ones pursuing Wisdom's way ; In healthy bodies and unpolluted souls. Not theirs to see the deadly floods assuaged ; Not theirs to see the day of freedom dawn Upon a world of thrall ; the mission theirs. To cry around tlie Tarn, " Prepare the way For others yet to come,"' with banners bright, Inscribed with, '* Peace on earth, good will to men."' I i f:^ 1 ^ .'1 Their work was done ; — the early veteran© — ' RED TAKN, rij»' lii'sl to dart' rclorm. ilu^ first 1o do. A littlt> lime tlicy stoctd to coiilciiii*!.!!!' riii'ir toil, ji lit'uvcidy j^low iij)()ii llicir brows, TIk'11 [)ass(»d down to the west, with voict* ot'sonu, lit'sct'chiiif^ IVitMids to sjx'cd the caiiHo beloved. A 'golden halo rose wliei-e they went down : Their sun had set, to rise in eliiiies of bliss ; And many looked along their path and sighed. All honor to tlie Band of Abstinence I Tlieir \\(»rks n-main ; their record is with nien. Anil in Ihe volumes of the J']vermor<; •• Laid up," for proelamation in the day When all the worlds come homo unto their Soured En. 5? I saw the noble Band, iiol yet extinct. : .SueecssoirH rose; in eounle!*part the same; Though scattc^red wide, their power was felt for goofl ; FiVer, the fnithful ('hain[)ions of the right, And mortal foes of tlie pernicious lake. I looked toward the east, and lo, a host. With clarion blast and martial step advanced : Their enddems glittering in th(^ early rays, Their banner tliilteriug io the playful breeze. The colors flashinti; forth, •• Red, Wliite, and Blue." Or. '"Love, Purit.y, and Fidelity;" And on their breasts L road, The Band of Sons. They earner wiih brillinnt mien and voice of mirth : Their cheoivs had caught the tint of ripening peach : l"'resh from th(.' summer liomo of gushing rills And gorgeous gardens of the amaranth. They bore with them a sense of purity, As on they ciwue, oVr hill and dell, and saw The havoc that was made of homes and hearts. And all of beauty marred in. tield and tiower. Till on the mountain-crest they Htood. and \ iewed The murmuring, murderous deep I V7 "HLD TAILX, «a The >tint»'(l iT"f'§ (\mi lit \t r waved o'rr scent' liko this, or shook Oil t'mhh'iiis l)riglit as tln-^i' Ihflr lurid ; It lioded (hunger lo theiv oratt, they I'eared. Those sit the Presses, too, all stood aghast : Death's gaseous engines ceased a little spaci'. As it'si«jfnilicanl of linal pause I Ami th"re they stood — the brilliiuit J?aiul t)t' Sons ; — Surveyed the sickly scene from sliore to shore. As shinin'4 ranks n)i'j;!it. stand and view that iiake, Wliose '• torr.ient->:moke ascends tbrevennore.'" d They stood not lonij ; for tljey were pledged to do ; To ee tln-ir hd)or crowned. Where tlieir pioneers ielV olf, they nnist beijin : I'Vom thence, by j;radwal vanlai^e-steps ascend, I'ntil the source was won and unite destroye^iniles and Hweet support- As what f^ood cansf^ e'er larks their sctnlfid aid? — Till patrons of ih<' laki' In 'ir vice forsook. Enlisted ill the •• pun* coM wal-r" ranks, Charmed with e\auiple so lunnane and true. Such noble loveliness of h<>art and life : For virtue's j)nrity will e'er entico Home votaries from the gr.i\elling sqnads of sin. .Aiul they had Presses, too, but not to kill — Kstablished with a jj;reat (k-^ire to curi» — [forth, WheiK-e mounds of Tejnp ranee sheets were usherotl DcvoIcmI to the Welfare of ilie cause, And scatti^red in the th(,)r(iuuhfares of Tarn: Th(> Si^ssion aels did find a record there. And went, "reporting proiM'css," to the world. Sessions, with the superb prefix of (If rand. As <)ft convened as mem! >rs deemed discreet ; And lands remote sent forth their didegates. Their l)rilliant talent, aiul philanthropy, To cxpatiati? u])on ihe irlowm^ thiMue ; And rt^solutions were nMiewed, to niakhne'*s of the dewy hills. And ihat peculiar sweetness all ])ossess. Who taste translu('(Mit stnvims, and vices shun. A noble feature luon^ : bands jj^lidiii'^ on. Of queenly feniale form, all pled'jjed to aid Th< ir brothers in the caus(> philanthropic, — In emblem, ottice. mnk, the same as they. I saw they were the briLrht "(iood Templar Band," h\ two ilivisions. hastening to th(^ Tarn I .\nd following close, a band of youthful ones. With ringlets tossing in the zephyry air. And in their clieeks, the dim])l«'s eddying: their eyes. The lovely n)irrors of thns to tli»^ lb«' nnknown ; — ICntri^aiy, r('anL'. sulxiuod. May conn* and knri>l Ixfon* th<' jxtlt'iit sltrinc < U' I/ovi\ and worship in its sacristy I riio Baniit oil the cities, too, invitinixall To sheltiT, safety, Lo»;or, lif.', and love. And thi'P^ werethoHespetl ronnd the Tarn, inipcadifil Tilt' li(]ni(l curse, mid landed str«»atns pure from The liand of (Jod, And many heard ; hut more. Like Syria's leprous otKcer enrai^ed. Turned ([uiie away, and cliarLr«'d the Itrilliant Hands With hrinujini; '• uprnar" to their ancient tow ns. And chaiiLijinic "customs" lom; revered. 'Ilu- liands Wer»» not abashed. 'J'hey iield their cause to view : Its dignity, its rii^hteonsne'is, ap])ro\ed Of glorious heawn, and llim who sit*; enthroned. The v(inn I'lito the ark ; and friemlly hand:) ilid take Thein in. Their literature, in oardn and iheetf. I i : i! . 1 Mi 08 RED TARN. Was Ijoaped when'' all inifj;ht read aiul k^am Till' laws that fjjuidcd tlu'in in toil sublime : And Iroiii tlu; presses went the journals out. The ()ri:;ans of each coneenl rati'd Hand, And tidiinj^s wimv transmitted far and wide Of vaniau;!' stops or n troixnide : llie joys or Ahsliiicnce, in hcalLh, and sanctity Of hearth. h(tjie, li -iirt, and all that renders blest : — Tht» woe indult^eni-e brinies — a withering train — And nr^'i'd lin* hel[) : by all of pity, sdl ( )1" love, I'ur bodies, souls of men, they uri^ed I'or help t;» stoj) the How of deathly streams I — l-)t»sou<;ht the lucre-lovintj JJemases To si^,. tlie d,'atli-1rauHl them d:iy and nii;lit, with tears, no more To mar in man liis likeness to the (Jotl, And W'^hi against the destiny of worlds: No mon- to >-.'nd. the jiends (tf \'ice abroad To poison L'raee and moral prin(i|)lt's ; — Jict \ irtue's an<;els com* and duell insttiad.. w i'„. m Ui'jht faithfully they toiled, th«'ir cause to spread. And crown 'd wltlmood result. Theychanti;ed their ba^o Anon, as fortune s 'emedto more invite; : Their (Mnblenis tiulterin<]j i)i the tinctured air, I'jach brilliant movement marked by sometliiug won. Th(» concours ' of the Turn, the publicans, Wt.'re all aroused ; invasion such as this Was most intolerant ; to and fro they ran And clamori'd of the tlicine. What must be done? To summon aM their hosts it. was decreed : Hesistance ui.lo death was virtue now. They bk'w their cl;irion blasts and beat their ^ongs : Fiends, fort hl"romvhocaverns,shrieked,howled,aud yell* -d, Till all tiieir Posses heard, and • <\8 if U'itli raLje of Tartarus ! RED TARN, 60 Posse of the Sots — ruWican Po«so — Posse of Hit* Presses — The brilliant IJauds coiilroiiiv'il, — bade them shew Authority for raid, so ii()\('l to I'.u^ir shores. Attack upon tlieir rii^liLs so unprovoked; Why were their <:aill^ assailed in manner thus? — Their (luieluil.' diMii!'j)i'd, their i)atr(>iis, too, I.mpre^-sed in ranks dl'wild adventuiiM's? Their ehikb'eu kiihiapped iVoiu thtnr [jvosperous lioiues ; Tlieir traliie. lionored well sinee early time, Hrou,!j;ht in (li<]»iil( by mad enihusins^ts ; Vea, t!:reateneil wiih extiuition e\ermtire. And so, their source of wt-altli, tlie lake its<*lfl — To drif, ibrsuiith I " i'our bones will dry,"' they cried. On our beloved sliores I Tliosi^ birds shall mock Vour ions of our dearest rij:hts ; In our fraternal »ause we boldly stand : And hen , liy JiUeirbr and ail liie l'i(Mids, Advance one Iiirlher stop — that net is fate I This dawn beirins the sad dusk of peril. Wliat say ye, of the lily lands? Speak on, W'e wait \oi!r word> I" 'i'he IhMids a!id denums nus»'d A deafening siiout. '• We waixe no vuli^ar war." The leaders of the nol»i;> iijuuls r!'j)lied: ^ l)ur \i»lories are ncil won by dash of arms. Hut, by ijje Spirit (d'tlu' Ki'!:iit ; and lliis, Our soMTeii^n warrant ibr the bloodless strife, Tlie IJook w»» hold on iiii;h. 'I'o litt our race, To elevate the moral man, our aim ; — To eon(]uer appetiti'. aud lust subdue, And spci'd ihe rei:^n of tlusliee, J'ruth, and Utve I We stand to veto vice; our pur{)ose firm As you sky-crested hills, to dare aud do. <» I? CD TARN, W't' t'';ir MO <'arniil wt^iipons y<' innv wield, '! lit' (i(»(l oi' Ilosis lias (lii!l(>(l lliriii oil llis tliroiif. ^'oiir l;il«>-])rniici(>iis Icmc to Inmiaii (tiics— rii»* lii;;hujiy of our Imii'j; upon ils sito •'^lijill b'* catsJt up. to spccil the raiiisoincil hoiiif. Vf l)f |)ut <;ro\elliii;^ iiu'ii : your IraHio basi- : Vc liv(^ by others" sorrow, deatli luul \\o>: ^ e eaiinot look to (lod and reach the udass : V e cannot ask the wrelclied IratHe blest ; — Iflackiiij:: proof of guilt, behold it !ier»^! "Twere belt-T that no hostile jirnis ve lift To hinder wdrk di\iiie —divine decree. We see the IJand that waves ns on. ontreaclit^i I'roin yonder slues : and U'-ath th-"-ir lovinij; fold*-. Reside the water- br'Lrht, while worlds onie — {() cilhiM's, death : - And that with bounding' ho])e of good succes> : Kight is onmipotcMit — it shall |)r»'vail : In eveninix time there shall be light." The Band of llop(» was there, but saiti no uord.- It sanu: its bird-lik<; odes ami held its tlowers. The l*ossr>s saw the jJands were \aK»rous men. That stormy W(»rds and meiiaees wtM'e \ain To dauid. or tempt to Tist in Nulijar war ; Their policy the weajions of the Kight To wield, and ]»erme;de th(,> mass with l(»ve <)f truth: the laws win to their siiU*. and nud\e The weapons of the foe point to themselvos. They saw the peiuling tlany;<'r to their cause. To drown their gloomy bodings. tor a tim«', They ordered out a ]>onderous car — its name Was .luggernaut — and empty casks they |)iletl. And broken vessels of the Tarn, theroin : 'I'heu.tliroughthe streets they droveand boat theirdrums. 3ED TXIVS l \nd victims cni'licd bonr-atli Mio whools noulil ^hrj jk, \ii{l moil and fit'iuls upraisixl their v lid liurrnliy As if nil Hades liad in«.'l iu f?orenauv"! ; Till, near the portals of an antiqii;> dc'mo They stood, its djiz/Jing splendor to purvey There, jewels from the crown of royalty, Anil treasures rare in gilded dra\\"ers lay ; Kic-h furs and rol.>es that suin])tuous ones had worn IluUij on the walls — some mourn'n'jj costiinK^s I her/ '•- And bridal rinses, pearls, rubies, foreiom gems. All gUttered there, \\ith heaps of p^ldon coins. Iu was the Broker's shop : aiid tlioso tho Pa'.ni -. — Irs s:«^ three massi\e golden bell^. They vieU'Ml The mansion well, its mo>t nnrip:hteous wenllh. And tiieu returned in maim t as they can:(} : r'j^ir frequent act, tliis riotous display. Tl»e traffie still went on : more desperate -j^P' u T:\r mon, when now tlicir cause ibresb.adowed 'hi! As ranks arrew ilun more eflort wfis required. F!etiti«»us names thev gave to that in which They dnalr-. — "Cream of the Valley,'' "Lemonadi-," " Delieious Dews," — the^e ju'etty epithets Applied to subtle poison — investing Death with ehanns : and many were the their mien — their word< nnd .')'t>- I saw their wealth, their hold on pncer, T 7J KED TARN, Tlic infliiRK'(» flowing; -oalth cmi o'«^r coiiiinnnd ; Tho Jimul^:, iiult'i'd, ' ^ot ^it^jintic iocs. The liosiilc h(wis of > iowcriiif; sous. Thi'ir only ho]H', that (^ upholds tho nands their lioly Zi-al ren(nTcd : Thoy hnillv white mansions on tlio slope's of Tarn. — liuis. Ix' ide iliose tlie Dt'inasc:; liad n>ared, lint; * (>t like theirs with maddciiinf^ dregs dclllid ; Xi« ' ion froin the lake oVr entered tliere, IJn\ n-oblets filled from sparklini; sjn'ings, instead. And here wen* lodgings, viamis, riciiest fruit, Wiih social cheer and healthful literature; Apartments Adcai Avil-h sweet songs of birds From foreign climes, fragrant witli breath of flowers. Enchanting shades I both mind and body 1)l('st. Koform ^^as brought before the public mind In ways diverse ; and that in ter\ent. hope, The means might all converge at this one point - To rob the giant \ico of power and place. 1!ii 1 noted artists gliding to and fro, Who brought their cameras to bear u]ion The dupes that wallowed in the mir(> of "Jam, Producing photogi'aphs ; in soIxt mood, Perchance, the loathsome sight might aid reform, Y'ea, took the lake — the crimson mist — the birds With downless necks — the weeping trees — the beasts- The Deniases behind their coffers leering — The J*resses at their cruiltv toil — the rills — RED TARX. m I Tlio iknd?; aiul <;hosts — tlio eoncourso. (loath and doom- • TIio whole accursed scoue I — it might aj)pall. A dny drow noar when poliint,' booths \vouM ope. And sutl'rn^i'S bo askt d liv candidntod I'-ir J("j;isI:i1ivo iUmo ; — all activo thon : lUv brilliant Ixuids, to aid roliini ot* those l^li'diT'-d to ropoal Tartaroan Law: — tlioir too^. To aid who would tho sanio pcrpotuate. Tlio^'^ days wito Avoiit to dawn throucjh all the realms, As Congress, CoHos, .Senate, State, decreed: — I\fy \ iew restrioti'd to Acadia's land : — 'J'ho object of her hoj>i't'ul sons, to stop The Presses her?-, aiul thus her subtle rills. And liastc the brilliant day when all would ccas«'. ]\rii!;ht this not be? tho dawn of Freedom's raorr. To myriads Ijound Avlth bacohanalian chains? Miiflit not tho toil of j)uro bi-nevolonce At length be crowned with glorious n-ward? .Siu-h iiope had ihey who toiK'd for such result : They compassed cities, towns, eidisting strenfrth : Hesought the populace to speak for Right In pending contest, life and death-bofrauirhl. By love of kindred lives so long enslaved. By hope to see their cankering fetters fall; R»'Cord their sullrages in temj)ost-tones That earth may hear through .ill h«r aisles, and bless. And heaven with all its dazzling hosts applatid. While diMuon* swoou before their sweltering thrones. The Posses let no idle moments speed : They rallied strength not heretofore jKi-^s'ssed. And kept all doubtful sutfragans intl.amed With potions from the lake: and vaiuited ui^idth. The coficTs of the poor would groan viith gold : For acqueducts would turn, and hose would ]^our The streams of Tarn into their cottage h« ini'^. n : t Ir RED TARN. \m[ al] niinlil; vt'iid I — so tliov but ki-^-'p tho power — riic ri;;lilt'iil lords ot* earthly rule. Tlio Baiuls A|):vIiel demonstration through the street< : From sight so sickening, sounds so vulgar. vil-\ I turned ; two senses wished oblivious, J'jjtil the din and deep disgust were o'er. RED TAKX. 75 Mi^tliou'jrht, had {l<»inons cast llicir torclio** iii Plaiitatitjiis tif the skios, find fired Lite's Tro<*s, Thev had uot clamored so ! The "still small vniee'* EVt whispered to the Bands, " Hope on ! 13e ^trou;; I" Metliought, liad all the fund of latent streiiL'th Professhiuj ri<,'ht, availed in pendinjjj causf', Hevi'rsed had been the balauees — tlie ^^'ron;j Deep do\\ u. 1 noted churches o'er the land, Witli to\^e^in|[? spires, and gilded m '.'ather-vauos Which pointed to the cardinals of Ik 'aA en ; Their doors were shut six mortal days I — silenl As mausoleums of death, amid the woes of Tarn — Strife, \ ice and utter sordidness oi' men — Ope'd on the seventh, and uot ag'iin till seventh ! Were they the prisons of eternal truth, Confined lest dvin<» men should hear and liv<'? — The solemn mockeries of their ri'ihteous thirst ? Or, were attendant angels there cnlocked. Till Si'veu days hence their aid AAOuld bo required? Must A'ice run curbless six successive dnvs, And only on the seventh receive a check ? W'hv not the doors on every day wide throwu. Inviting weary ones to gospel rest, I'unndtuous throngs to hear the words of peace ? Why not the Tarn denounce from ands were vergint; on to Aietory ; ilieir priMci])Ies in public mind had i!;ro\vn : Uelijrm, as patent as the sun's career; The paihs ot' Tarn not beaten as jvfore ; Thii com-ourse not so dense ; lor thousands had Ueturui.'d unto their homes, Iroai vice reclaimed 1 j'lie l.d; '. in nauiirht diminislied, save demand. CaiUG XI. - The Thrilling ApiioaJ. ^^LL law is subject to repeal, save liiat Which moNCri the vast worlds in peerless order. '-■/-' And that oiher law ol'ji;race wliich savos them ; Even these, when mii^htier Rood, i ho i^reat r»..-*ult. As when, at word of Israel's chieftain (niide The sun mil sto\)peil his chariot in heaven ; The moon, illustrious compeer, her silvery car .Made I'.isr ; the Ivini; of day, tlie Queen of nii(ht. lioth stood — stupendous pause I — to look on ri(j;ht. And li>r her «j;lorii>us triumt)h ''rant mun* -nace. i S s T D liED TAKN A>, nlioii the horolot^o of Jiulal- s kiiji; iluil tolil tho tinul hour, his mounil'iil t:u-i> "Tuniotl to th»' uall, ho priiyi'il aiul -^ort'ly ui'pt." His rult? was rif;hti'oiis ; ami tho poiulinj; taiise DoLiaiulot* voars in Hiipploiiunt, llie interests ot'iiis kiiij^doni to subserve : — L'pju tho royal dLol-plato tiie sign. As when, a;rainst tho Assyrian cajMlal, AnlHjne aiul frroat, whoso sins roarhul up to God, Tho truant propliot oriod, '• Yot forty iliys. And then the o\» rtlirow.'' And thiTO was liocd ; The liin:? ctuno from his costly throne and sat In emb^Ts, a royal, fasting suppliant ; His su])jeets, too, bemoaning sin, until Relenting Cod exclaims, " Shall 1 not spare ?" And from that oily on tlu» Tigris shore, Shell stand up tlunii\ino n-poal — Auainst tho heathen hosts of Christendom, Who .hear the ''groalcr Projdiel" preach, nnr heed The Word that pleads for temperance and truth. Jf, tlicn, a law divine may Ix? rei)ealed By Hiui whose every law is just and gooil, Nor necdcth change, but that a bright ilisplay Of clemency ct«'nial may reach the dooimd, \\'^liose lit- would bring more glory than iheir r such of tliem as license grievims wrong, Re quite expunged and rendered obsolete? DrK'ii not tliJ nation's weal demand that such Shoidd be ; and reason loudly urg.' the chum ? Should not the rightful, Cromwell-liko, invade The sanctums where the vicious law s exist, Disperse them wide, and say, "Give place to better m ^ ■i] "S RED TA3L\. TwLs thus the royal IVrsian thoup:iit ; — tlie v.'jun* Tlii'ougli his ancestral line, " uiu-lmnu'inpj law," Tills tliini; txenii)t i'rom touch of nuUable : — V^rUt?! oiicc a crui'l iiiaiulatc lu> rt'Vci^cd, \''!iich ()fl'<'i\'(l yawning (Ic'ilh a niamnioth f'cust I'iie Jevisli nation at n meal I and rii,'iit l^c'foutiht repeal in way (»iiini|i ■riie Preasefj of existence, the stealthy rills \Vc»uld cease, and so the lake — its tri))utes i:;one ; Aud meh, ai. once, begin to live as they Ihiu livi'd, had it not been : for none lonir wi.-h lor that 'tis quite impossible to hav(>. Miglit not the servile sons of Tai, rise, l»euealh the broad blue sky of heaven, exult 1' fieed »m sudden, sure, as that whici: i)roke l''ri'iii Kussian KiM'fd(»m, the hard cold fetters ? ' h' that of dusky sons ou sister shon^s l-ong Itouud and bai'tered, when torn oil' the chauj-*- 'liirit made them cluiltels, tliey stood I'orih vh» ! T'iey lo'.iged t!ie iluy to sm^ when vii'e would hold ^o dupeb iu thrall ; but all rejoice in Ijfe, RLD TAli.N :o And l)i«'ssm^.s v'r' dosi^inod to constellate Around it. This tMnholdeivHl thcni to ihiiv Al^iicai so urmut in Iho rii,'hti'0us rause -. :Vail they had prt'codeut — both God and man. To frame nnjHalb tlipv all madi' ha«te: oadi iinmi A l.'oKl appeal ; in vf»rd, somewhat diverse, In ^eminent, purport, pray»r, the same, rho sulvstanoi of the prayerful documents Was thi.'5 : ^! ■ *'Ti' Till. (jENTIJ'MKX, IIt>XORATJLL. wF LiiGlSLAiiV I. AssLMLLV, JMliMUiilLS, CONVEXKD IK hi£SSio.\ : This shcweth hinnbiy, r!i:»t \\t' ha\e l./n ujioii onr race nf the obu>.\ious Tarn : its evils mori Than wo can tell, — than Time can ever t.-ll To woridr a:-tonifaup»'rsl — ^,<) UED TARN. Law ;uiJ orclT in rovcrso : ])lossiniri tununl 'Vo iliras(' alU'ctinc; everv hninan bnd ; Fni'^ilt! ones, like autumn h'atli'ts, lidlini; ; J''a!!inLr, the nioro mature, in uiiy uublu.st; — A iiopcli'ss nuiuial jK'stileiR'o abroiid, Till calls are made tor liomcs of luiia'-v, And {'ily sites are dotti'd o'er witli these: And other liomeri abound, wlien; sullen ouis I'nil out llu'ir ])en:d ser\itu(le, or c'ank riie chains that bind them to the deeper coils — And all uj)h(!ld by revenue ; — the Tarn Til • 'ireator cause I — T 'I' The world-wide moral bliixht, The ilowors ot'c:race not bloonun'j; well, where lui; And \irus of the Tarn, tlui air and soil Dee;) sa- araR\ Tlu; inarch of ;j;os{)eI peace Obstructed; and Zidu's watchmen warnin'j, \V t;wi)rd I A storm I" l)ut li'W to hear "r hei-d ; The mass, in Ktujior, slumblini:: round the Tarn '. — Lli^ht.? all a!oni» the c asts of ("hrislendom. To shew wiuM'e dan«j;ers lie; yet Uiousand-; strike l^j)on the rocks, and faith is wrecked iind ' ist ; T'he\'' drill alonj; that eternal passage, * No drunkard hea\eu*s kingdom shall iaJjcnr !' Tlius, 'tis plain that nature, ijraor», are th^vart'-d In their design ; man's two destinies n-versed. That which ndates t«> Time aiul li\ermore.' Oh, pi)wor confused! that makes creation clasii, .Sets discord (ni the whirling globe, and l»ids It make all objects, good and bad, collide I Oil, monstrous f«)e of man I which gives to Death I'^dl half his quivers, and bids Inm shocjt them iiED TAliN »] \t tho rac'O, from ambush oftho droo])inir troes,- 'l Ii'! uraves in readiiies;*, aiitl so the duom ! This, llic f^iovaiK'C that wo hr'uv;^ hc\'nro you, -Men. most; lionoraMo, ot'tho eountrv's laws. This hiw w.' lonij have mouriiod, whirh tolerates 'IIk' hain\ i^ii^antic — the Tartarean hiko I — And that, in rhri<1ian hmd, with crimson cni.ss Hi^h toworinu; to llic tlirone, where Christ, tiie ."Son. l\)ssesrfion look ol'lliis tar distant Avorid In name of ISovereij^n (Jod, l)aj)tiz«'d its soil With blood, and raised the monument for nil T) see, and iiither eome for glorious crowns! — A mor.; than Mecca pilu'rimaL'c, — this blest With sure reward, " lichiorabiy absurd! to license that Which K'ads to laws' intringemen: . then exact I'he dues — iuqmsonincnt or dLatii ! — Are tlu.'ri^ No crimiualft, save who bear the tad repute? Ve see the justness of the claim, its hold <>!i reason's throne, on rolx^ n|' riirhr.eousness, And on tlm K])otleR8 phunes of mercy's winu ; (iraut us tiie J^nw thai (jueils this ra;j;lng Aite, We pledge the world a smiling liapj)y face! Nature, tlirougli nil her iivino: roaim«, proh st:--v A'laius! tliii- blotch upon ii'»r beuuti'ous biuw. UED TAii.V. This l):isc-inrriulor on n woiiirs dell jr.i . Slui niouriH the fxlo))i' ihr luiu'i' iuil'')rtuiia!» Than rrnv hiinc: v.i hdiu-o, witli liirht ilhinitHl. • ■ - i. S'tMi tUr awMV, from !r.;i')itMit, s:vl«s, ai'iMss Tlif cMnernId lidds of (thiI : — of HtM'iiphiiii And srdnt, tjie holy wiiadrr. — .Starry spiicri'?. Wiiliout a spot, all lila7,i?ic: pure : jm Tiini 'I'.^ mar tl'.rir I'aoo or sljock r.-K stial \\r'v 1 This, in th(^ iralaxy, full haifolH.-urod. And «rrii'.,'i-r'i'Lr witli o. iipsi* tiiat nevor (■vm<, I'ar mure ai.'pallini^ to anaelic ijaz*^ Than sllverv moon to ours. \\!i claim t.) nvomm Mid—that thev wti<> ' learn At ft>ot of llim who laui^ht as nrvor man". And hold fommnno with hoavcn, anvl sner* d t Minus, ' Jiidits of tliL .vorld" -'.ha*, they should iiiip-'rlipif. For I'lral aid to turn the vu-ious tid/. As ^vith tho voice of of r- (juinHl ? Hehold it hero: thai dupe-' ol'TaiMi. themstlvps. Declare their wish to see t\pelK-d tiie -^mu'ce Of their disgrace I ' Stop its dire tiow '. say they. ' We ^tand reclaimed : hut lot it still e\i^t. Our ronde/,\t>us, our fathers' rende/,\ous — The place where fir^t they led us h\ the hand. Aud seemed it to our youthful nunds a spot M SI HlAi TAKX. h i Hi ICiiclmtiti'd : wlior.' litilill nivu to xcrv lif;-, A iiiiitl Salijii'ji lliirsl. wliidi inu-t Ix- (jiunrlwd W'iiih' tlicn* the lt(|irhl flows; jiiul ];ivv jH'oxitii'S, \ii(l t(Mii[)ls us io thf act — lei il "Aist, We iniHl lull {Iriiik! ilriiik in ilu> Due ofMvitli ! Drinlv', llioiiirh our wild i-i.'nial cry In- l),'ii>h ! No arijuint-ni like this, wlicn wroni; uplii'is Against itself a voice, and sues lor lu'lp, I'or hand liunmiic, in coveted reform. And sl.al! it sue in vain? — look \o (he -source, \Vilh blee(lin<4 evr-i. whence emanate tlie law~. Tt> see not one it fain would see — not one Adaj)ted to its lielplos <'ase? IMlv, ity cries. Nor chid' their fall so ini'aiiious ; but ask. Istl leirs the <'n-al.r sin i: noui. :h, t] l«'V ( all llii,di heaven has Ivard that call, and marked it there j\nd ye will hear that thrillinuj ca'd a«jfaiii ; In dreadful dav. with all tin" worlds ablaze, That, call ye all will hear, with hi<:;h<'st joy Or deepest griet', as now ye hear and hi.'ed I From latest province of our New Poinain, RED TAKN. Ther^ romrs a vou-o, a Maiiitt hnu «tv, lor In'i|» airaiii'^t \]\v d; \a.st:itiii<,' iarii. JIark. it< hniNo ('liicl'lain speaks! — Ins auditdi Tli>' J{i'))r»: 'Let Siiclii ^faTiiton-- Tin- I/)ril Alniiirlity — 1x' iiiMiki-d, tlial pla^iu- O/Tani W Inmi iny iM-oplc «'\>r witlilitlcl, — iMo ' All will b:^ Mvli;— the deadly Tarn (Lwin,y..,l J^liiiosophy our sa^ -s civilized, T vomKI \v»'ll lH»n»me {«• ttadi and Inddly urt,'e. li aimurs well fur fulure L'realn<'>«:, this, Tilt' tir-it ntjiK'.st »)riidlmt (I.tvermiient, r*auurhiiiir on new career, * Dry up tlie Tarn I' Mo-st nohie Clji 'fl Hlush, all savage Clirislians, ni»tort' the Christian-sax a«rc ! (loiie, the mass Ot'all th*» trilv^ : hfl, rniy resitlues. Not vocal now with wild a.nceslral son*;, rh«» iorest hills an*', niariiiiis ot'lhe lakes : Th«? rustic touts. th< lar.ixuid smoke, the lij^litsi Wliich shone hack I'min the d\vt'llin<;s ot'our r.w^'. As it* to eiiard — not then». Faint echoes in The huntini; ifr<»»Uids : iljeir AeteraTis far away ; \ot roamin;; tlwouuh Kly>ian i;ainini( \alc>v— Each trp< a haq> .Kulian, hiendini; sounds ' )f 8«wet>test lijirtiiony, wIhtc le;L;cnd says The .-Jouls of all who love ' (ireat Spirit' d\v(!ll — Rut pone! (liniinislfd In* the red man's bane. Not stranjfe, the 'bni\e' should sadly look upon The fast fiH-edini; ie v and ask removed The seonrjje! Shall he not have such right r(H]uost '! This voict hath weight. IVrchanoc no province ( \t • Lx-Govcmor Arrliitril I. m; UED I'AiiS ii I ! 1 If II •j:aii s f-art-i ; By fear of waves tlu' wind" slia^i backward bonr. Biu'thened wiili the si<:lis of breken-liearti^d. Tl.t' pitfius wail.> of bc^'uart'd innocent -j. And curses of the dyinir dopes ot'I'arn. On yon reflecting the dark, the wotul cau"'^ : — lie utter wret<'hedji(»ss of mortal man. Th" witjiering bhghf. and doom and death < y(» noultl view tho world to lifo ffstorod, I'lJ^tartiMi,' to its glorious tlrstiuy : .\s \i' woidd see it t'n-c and luin* — voursclvor*. I'h*' biMietiidors of the raco — and stand Ai tril)uiu» of the globes with cius«'ifnc«' i'I»:,ir. JiOok u))\\ard to the cti-nial Kulfr's fa«^-, A\()\v your dfligr.tions \\«'ll disiliargfd. Ami hear this [)laudit iVoni His ihruuo, • Well dou*!* — (Irani our ri'«[tu';it — a Law I'rdhibitivi* — rii" blessing ours ; tho (•rv)wning gl I'or their suceeHS ; and tliou^antK looked th«'ir wiy Alons:, with earnest I'ves and hojirt'ul ht-arts. As »ity si)('iit with sit'ge might look for aw. Arouiul and in the lake. Apjh-arances, Like tleshless human hand-, anon would riso I'l'om out its reeking tilth, and wave aloft, With shaking noise like bones thf prophet saw. .\Ui\ there the shadows of the dwartitsh trees, Like talh'U irds and smtenet's I cnught : '" Ht'du'ss of j'ves." — •• Mixed wine." — " Strong drink. raging."-— "Wine." — "Wounds." — '• Liko a serpent biteth." — •' Drunken," — '" Won to them." — •' Contentions." — •• Babblings. - •' .Sorrows." — ss K'I'I) TAHX .Stiii!j;( th liko nn ftddtM'." — " Wi .1 ndii, 'iiii'iil iu ntiiii n..!ti no, a mnckor. — ' — and •* I.iiki.* oflii" rpou anollicf fold, in Ixtld r. I!"!': • ('up ofc'cdd \vai«'r." — *• Do it uul<» me." — Dciivi'f u«i iVdin ill." — "Thy m-ij^ldHir ]o\( liilii IciuiilulioM, lead uh not." Law, a li rntp to the evil do^rs I'd (lu'in (hut do \\«'1l, a i^rni J I'lnpcpaiicc — is»» A St iiinliliiiLT block." — "( );!;'iic(» -" l>rt) 'Dian ii-t-lx'ri^s in th<' atvtie deep, op t'all AV'^ith bellowini^ <'i-ash I'lat echoes e\ennore, iSuhniersj;ed ; the circles pulsing on to fintl .\o sliori' I Kach "day" — embracing a^es letiL' Advaneed another stajxt' the nn'irhtv f'ram", i'ntil it to\M'red complete, with lit'e aiul bloom. .Vnd man. in arhur sto.id. b.'side his (I ...d. iii:i) TAli.N, ;*'.» Or <«)Iar sinilc, il Hows lur Irii^^urs. n rill- - Ni»iii.'lii Im! !'. liny rill. JJt'lmld it imw. JvNpaiul. «l t.» a brnok, a iiicrrv ln'ooK', Ami fiirilu'r «)n. a riNcr's hn^ad »'.\|".anso — M!!isi:,vl|ij)i ,ir Am.'i/nn — wiili sails Ol'cui'mii'iV'i- lliilli rini^ tlicri", litf Ncnlnnl n;a>l:« Ik'VtUKJ ivadi orimiiiaii .-.i^lil, iiiiuuli d. AimI tliu<, tln^ worKl lor wKith wi* looK, "Ihi- \\<'\\," -S'lall r'.>.— iKtl ill a day, but jcradc l>y LTad^', lixu-iKliiiin liiroiiudi llic '.vj;i'' : \iiMiif's slp'atn.< Auiriruiili'il l)y llu» rills i»rrii,dit. ntitil ICjirtli loiims* a sparklini,' rt'st'rv iia?«les Uiu tiiial ;;l"ry. Till- docimu'Tits arriM'd ; wir;* lidd uitli \hr<, Ol'\u<\\y Kss import : — A praw-r ilial ta\ Ho K\icd on IJu' ranino rsict'. ir-in-ciortii.— - A pniyt'r n» stoj) di'slriu-lion «ii'llu' hoasls, TIu- lopi'sl unino. — Uari' birds inijxiri iVom far :— - And iiru'ont t-alis for Ad^ liicorporalo. Tor Kfbli' t(i\\ns, and Irdi'ss foinpanio-< : — 'J'hivso, lii-api'tl proiiiiMij(iiisly willi ili(>sr whicli ploa'f Trr mm, and tor llioir souls I Ibit tlvy uttt ri.nl : (on.siiliTi'd in thoir turn, will^ \\ar!ii d' baio. ^ Truih batli clI'Mli^cncc ; b.ajiis with ii'^di; mi brid Soi;u' lack llu* sKill. I'ull in the bla/.o, thoir <'.yoN To opo. and .nuv it, wron;^'. With jilanco obliipu-. riiat b -ars thrni 1)V, sonu* csi-apt' the d:iy./l" : Inipoarh \\itij woni, wliilo lookinu' /^ / ^ ^^s1^\'^^' .li^ ^'^^.. '^^^ #? ^ ///// o^ .^0 EED TAB^^ i.'liange .saccoedetli change, ompiros hav*^ their da\S The ^^ ave e"er ur^es on the wave iKhaneed ; liu( siow-revolving time, not yet lind jn'ought T!io day to shout full victory o'er tlio Tarn, Or f'liant its dirge. An institution set In Britisli soil, and by her sons l3eloved, < "ustom-honored, guarded by her far-famed laws — '\\i lu'ing at once to nought, it ^-ero not meet ; 'Twould have its sway ; till ripe for ^inal fall — iieglslaiion might approach and touch it then! That 'twere a vice, they freely Avould admit ; For God and Right proclaimed it so ; and facts Were patent too — witness, their consciences : — liiii such as might not then bo met x^itli check, < )r J.axv Prolii]iiti\e 1" The hackneyed cry was raised again, by some, '•• 'I'he revenue I AVhat will uphold the revenue? The traffic in the Tarn makes ample chest For pu1)lic want ; and is (hscreetly sent In blessings through the land, in spread of lore, In bold inventive art, in college dower, In pleasant streets, in structures spanning streams, v\ud in the sacred cause, wide spreading grace ; — As noonday clear, the thing so much assailed, 'Gainst which all creeds and classes fmd a ^■oice To plead, and brand it as earth's direst curse — Is tha/t which aids the world to Christianize I The day which sees the mighty tratfic ceased, Its duties banished from the public safe, Shall gaze on other sights — on bankrupt realms." And some would tremble for the healing art, Were Law Prohibitive to take eftect, *' The gifrs, medicinal, possessed by Tarn, None might deny, — a creature good — a spa Sublime, the glad resort of impotents, Where step agile, and ruddy glow w ere found ;■ EED TARIS". 01 Were meditative men, pathologists, Drew deeply from its foimt, aud tinctured with Its life, their drugs, desired effect to give. No antidote for human ills, like this ; Nought else, beneath the sun, take rank instead. Nature's laboratory deprive of place. At discount, then, the faculty — as well llygeian law — and world-wide malady Its reign inaugurate. — And more, the ' blood," How would ye symbolize the blood, once shed, With d}dng charge, ' This do in memory ?' Dispense with half the Supper of the Lord, The wine his righteous hands held forth, would ye?- Accept the flesh and thrust the blood away ? (,), sad perversion of the Sacrament ! Tiiis holdeth w^ell for Tarn till time's demise, Tiit^ want of wine for holy purposes." Others arose, and in their place, declared, •' They could not see the shi. If men forsook All self-restraint, and gave to appetite The rein, to dash away in death-career^ Theirs was the sin ; not in the Tarn, ov yet On heads of those who tolerate. Per^ert Tlie food the bounteous earth supplies, excess Of ills the certain due. — Not in the use, But rash abuse, of gifts, where peoples err. This, Keason's right, to mark the healthful bound, IMeasure the mess and gage the draught, for mau. This fault the documents possessed — they w(?rc' O'erdrawn ; — the vices showai in tinted light. The virtues screened, or deeply dashed with shade, As all enthusiasts, to. do, were \\'ont." 'Twas thus they spake who would perpetuate . The Tarn — -engrave its woe in human hearts : And they had auditors unseen ; legions I V i. I) r>!? KED TAFtX, '• Ot'diro nuiiicioLis jieiids"' W(jiil(i cloavo the ;iir ,Viid nod assent; demons laid their sceptres ilown To catch th'? cadences IVoiu earth ; and pauses Trt'inendous reigned amid the ebon thronc^s. jMeriiitv beheld the novc^ siffht — A ([uiet liell ! The Law Pro.]nbiii\ e I lad advocates ; bold legislative men, I'inn for the truth, they stood compact as walls or adamant, and held their manhoods dear : To arguments advanced tliey ga\e dissent ; Tlie tirst promulged, the first to meet reply. '• AVlien vice had won a universal name," They held, "'twas ripe ibr fall — its day sliould sut. 'T\vero imbecile to tolerate a baue, Palm it, Morse for years, on sons succeeding, To v.ait its natural fall by hoary age. Tlie Letliean lake, alas, had aiiiple day, Nor could immortal eras e\H* discharge The work of its sad day! Man ne'er sliould lonju-d < )n vice in bloom ; this sight not made ibr him— .Small privilege of s])irits lowm' lost. Ever to lo]^. eradicate, and make Its downfall premature, his task, God-given : Nor that the foremost throne in wisdom, wealth, Had bnili: an altar to the turbiil Tarn And bid its sous do homag(> there, full proof That it. should evermore abide. When drift Of public sentiment, direct, compkle, Would beat against the fabric, then its ihll ; — Delay, that forces, Will and AV>)rk unite. Two iirievous sins had marred the Albion soil — Ilt'i* human manacles, her Tarn-built shrine ; Hnt soon tlie fetters from her coast she spurmnl, And, wondrous sufterance, that oth(M' li\ed — Twin monsicrs. that should have died IcHjeth.'r! — l/iv''d, to crowd earth's death-reuld y* Deal out on fiilling foe unmanly stroke. Nor thhik your courage compromised? Or touch, As ancient custom was, the shrc»uded corse, That after-sight no chiding glimpse might catch From the dead face ? — -No, no, eternal NO ! — Attack the vice in its terriiie prime ; When spreading, raging most, then wield the blow A blow to breed Iteform, a blow that Tarn Through all its depths shall feel, iUid h >lpless lay. Its subtle spirit gone! — that such may be, liist to the cry of our constituents, And give them what they would, a LaAr to iiiii : It is their righteous due — the day has coiiie.'' "Eespccting revenue, frail words are yours ; The scoiu'ge of man removed, innnens"ly less The public need. This calls for revenue. In want and wretchedness it sends abroad. Earth's wealth, diverted to its rightful source, Would make each home an ample revenue, Iinolve the public calls, or make them rare. — Nor meagre, then, the common treasury ; An impulse new to commerce would arise. More healthful traffic make more fund-reserxc. This hindrance to the world's career destroyed. Of the unrighteous gain, it nought imports. That part may go to righteous cause ; the ill That wins the mite, a thousand-fold destroys Its good; — pure crowns not won by price of blood : •1 94 EKD TAEX, ill But huiio.sl wealth shall liaste millennial moni; And nioLiutaiii siunniits flame with sacred sheen, Thai) Dotliaii's ch«riot lires, more brilliant I'ar, When aerial hosts encamped. — Behold, even now,. Insuh-ent lands ; by waning Tarn, not such, But by its taxing miglit. ISad revenue llatli it ; lull ti\)asury of want, of riven hearts And death, — maniacs, by that M'hich made them s»;- Upheld — the casJcet kept by demons iierce, Vile pledge of their despotic government. And ye would keen alive the curse-crowned trade, Deep fertilize with human !x)nes and blood, And cast in treasury the guilty price, — Than murderous Jews far more unscrupulous ! Nay, but soul-abhor the extorted gain, Ami make the general banks and cofters pure. Nor owe our telegraphs and iron steeds In part, to children's jread, and lives wrung out. JLnilth, and w^ealth of light and love, the revenue;^ ■ We're here to represent; let all have thesej. The chances more, of revenue in lieaven ; (.)ur's the gift to impart, while millions wait." " Unfounded jealousy, unfaithful fear, — 'A Tarnless world, a world of invalids, Wooing death on knee acute — hopeless all ?'— Not unless approved the vague theory, What will" cause disease will effect its cure : l''ear, more befitting, such the end shall be. Its reign prolongt'd — the verging shadow, this. • As this, has nought so. much curtailed life's span. Lopped the inches from cH.ir height, injected Virus in the nation's bone, scrofula, W'orld-o'er, on ' children's children,' ranker grown ; Unnerved the arm, made weak the will, life's ' Imrp,' J)iscordaut, low, of half its ' strings' bereft. ;— RED TaKX. *X.- Triiv.ifnilty, on steep degenerate grade. W ht're are tlie giants now, that stalked the earth? — Tl-t? Hien of might, whose step woukl brush aside Earth's shortened race, as insects undiscemed, — E.vaked head ; on level with the stars Th^ir gaze? — Behold in catacombs their forms ! Ill silcint cities 'ueath the lava-flood, Or in tlio graves of orient, their shapes! ^Vlierc are the dwarfs ? Not there^ their natal skie*,, But here, beside the blighting Tarn, their home I — Si) numerous, their novelty's in decline-. Jlencte, unjust its vaunted sanatory parts ; Tliat nrtue lives in deadly vice, absurd ; It stands in throngs its impotents away, IS or (jver gave, or can, a healthful glow ; ]^ur, flush of burning brain and boiling blood. As arsenic, in potions miniature, imbibed, (lives beauteous tint — death, pending on a grain!: .A. futile plea, the Faculty are wont Tlii^; superstitious relict to preserve, And nnx with drugs for superstitious men, Who learned to lisp its virtues in their creed. And loved the carnal creed they lisped. Admit it virtue, as a poisonous drug, AV^liy not, as such, restrict ? its shelf assign. Nor place in hands unskilled the deadly bane, Dispensing wide, while thousands rashly lall : What more hath need of cautious label ? De])rive of ranlc aiuid created things. The better deed ; being, it needeth not, Else He who made and fashioned all beside, Had made it at the first, and called it Health.. And may not men the use of wine eschew In sacrament of Him who died, and yet, Bartalce most worthily ? Is virtue then^ Till consecrate, and hallowed by the deed? A vagrant at the board, would it to him U •UK KED TAHN. i}c Ijlouil? — tlio luMrt, that giv(^s ii sacrod hcahli. What/ inoni installiMl i1 ngriit at the lirst, riuiii cusioiii ga\i' it place at eastern meals ? Is uot imteniieiited jiiicj; of our wild I'ruit — rii(3 (.'riinsoii bounty of our sunnnor iields, rntinctured by the pungency of Tarn — More cliaste, and \\orthy tlu^ old-r to supplant ? < )r, fittest substitute, the pearly drops, In Nature's cistern sparkling; — what so pure? J)id not the water, with the blood, course down Troni latest wound of Deity transfixed? IJuth witnesses of life divine in man. Does it not How fast by tin; throni; of (jiod, And ' make the Upper City gladV Angels, I f necnl the rite to observe, in memory Of ilim they lent to death that man nuij^ht ll\e, Would fill their goblets from the Eden-streams, And why not we? — Water, of grace the sigji : Wine, of guilt ! ' Water shall spring up to life' — 'Let him that thirsteth come'; — but wine to death. Cast foibles all aside and faith present ; it inak(^s meet the element, else where wonhl enil The* nwral maze : — Did hands, most lioly, break To sorrowing ones unleaAened bread, or leavened ? J)()ubts, in favor of the first ; the latter Always used. — Why not the Eucharist, in Iiaste Partake, with stafi' in hand, and form erect, As, in that from which descent is claimed? — Or. The moral law from slabs of stone recite ? — Why not 'ministered, that other ordinance, iiy men in camel's cloth, and girdle-girt, Tlieir regimen the forest-fruit, as he Who first baptised? — Thus, ad htfinitum. The fluid God pours down our own bright lulls. IU:i) TAKN 07 Tfi s;uTaiiH'ui, will JIo iin ]S RED TAliS. w Nor longer tompt the weaknoss of tlie race, Jiut lift to purer heights ; give them awhile The world without the Tani ; and so preclude l''roni staiu, our hands, remorseless sting, our hearts..'* With more of arginnent on either side, Closed was the theme ; and suffrages proclaimed A v(itoed Ijaw I — vetoed, for the time, With surplus strength reduced to meagre fund. Tlu^ hidden cistern of tite soul oft fills With tears, while windows it looks through are dry : Th(3 strong heroic Bands, aflected thus ; Their manly hearts did weep, but sent no drops Of moisture to the eye — too deep the shock : [cheap ' They mourned the act, and deemed their birthrights The songs of Band of Hope grew tremulous. Till pause ensued — straage wonder in their eyes— C-ouid it be virtue to be imiocent?. And tears their azure orbs bedewed. Ah yes, Twere virtue, to the ceasing of all time ! What more is heaven than innocence? Its cause On earth, what more? This, legislators felt. The creed won sympathy^ — the deeds it wrought ; Almost convicted, they, its claims were just. That mystic point was neared, once neared by all. When easy of access the good and pure ; Duty's pathway clear to amplest fortune — Opulence, in blessing and being blest ; But steps retraced, 'twere extra mercy if Beheld so near, the way again so plain To life's complete success. Here they lingered — Mused ; — this said, " Look up, the morning breakelh ! " But liberty, to himian kind, moves slow ; Untried reform brings stoutest hearts misgivings, As men made conscious of inflicted wound, Are fain to gentle down, by better act, UED TARN, 99 The- smart, so llioso — nor yet imaniinou.s — j\t')rt' ( And jiulilif sj^ood — tliey Icnew not why, hut this, Thar siicji had ever been tlit^ prone ot'nian — " The tratKj would ])ro('eed in stealthy way. And here, to vendinn, members Of Magisterial Courts — the major part. »UI' I i ri lii:i) TAi{\. All errors" /-I'lM, ol" Roderick tvp,' : it vaunts riill priiwvs.s, (hires, anil (lies (•(•iiriMuliiii; ; Inilliv JMon- iH)U'iit tlliUl Fitzjamus* thirst \- )>la(lc , rprlsliiL' vict (•r ; void ot'smr or liurt. , K(.'U' iihj)i;!si' IKIW to publicans. All ran : . ; All I'iiwd f 'r si-,ni atiires, to save their era! 1. ^»traIl,l;" seem % so many of a L-va^d, al(>rt ; ' i^i P«ll lir. t Ui*i iMi > flw \ A-f til fl 1 Ik (f li.t/if ll^< /if* 1 11 t^Y1 i^/Ai».^rt • m aiiixc seem u^ vendiiur hooi lis ot arn Hui ior a spaee. that more may be the tI.^on!^ They spi-d ; and woke iVom sliuub<'r men of toil, Jlonest, with sweat of labor on their brows, (lod's ^!\i;i pli'd^;;? nf bread — and none '-o swoetv— Vea. \\(»ke from slumljer iiprii^ht men wlio read, V]\'v eoucii of re^l was sou-jltt. in l>(W)k (!i\ine. Of " t(Mn])eraiie>', rit;iit<>oiisiii'ss, and truth"; read liou Tlie drunkard died, ami heavenly portals closed, Tho \\(»i*ds sdll linpM'ini!; in dreams : — these, to silmi I'heir autographic j)rayers, for leave to A-"nd, And ma!v;' wlial Trath lias said shidl die unsaved I n -Vl^ht. best chosen, yet Ujo transparr-nt J'or work so dark I Why twiid\i! work : tlicn irave TLi.'ir [jiianl suns the pen. as th-'y, to do, Ki:i) TAKN, IDI ini: rr.Liiiii; still, llio sii-k'.-jiini]^ plcji, " M^'ii \\\\\ (K-ai, And wisilniii lii's in protl'.-rcil lihi-rly '!'•» SMiic !iii(l I'lMpiiiuj i,'!Ui)." — Thus, wiio thmit tast<'. 'lli" 'rtini-thiti'niit y, vu \ntis.->t', vsub.scrilx'ii. l^iii- •[ : Held il in siipi'finr contA'inpt ; standin:;' Iiii,'h, Di'fliU'rd, tVtun (ii)d tlu-'V held tiwii' inanlnHid<<, Niir should they r'vv bctmy tlu' nohlf trusl : By duty j)](Hl'j;c'd to raiso to better life, Not siulv to (li'f|)t>r d(>;it1i, rlu'ir kindn-d kind. I'iiis kindly wonl accept' in lieu ot'naiufs : lvetir> tVoin cause, man's dii^nity beiicatii. Asci'ud io higher ground, and set; the skies. And claim them yours, i'or t-hey have claim on }t)U ; Clind) u]) to lotVy princi])1e, or cower Ht'lorc ihc Irembliii.i,' rocks. The circuits niaiU-, Their j)rayers to S(\ssio7i Courts were sent, subscriln'il . I'inal te-^t, awaitinjj;. 0!i, shocking scene! IJehold, tlu>y lay, a mass NoUiminous, iiike the dealh-warrants of a culprit world, — Such, wore Ihcy not, in trulh, to some? JMcihcuu'in Them s])lashed with ])lood I 1 still survey(>d.and mus. biu\<'. Wiial: want, tor innocent sweet lives I AVhat d.'a'i;-- Ll'lieoded, granted, the purport of the heap I Some hi pi'ior test wei\' unsuccessful. Tiieir prayers ineli!;iMe to i'urthi>r heed ; On ^nch as iriumplusl o'er the first ordinal. Did S.'ssion Courts deliberate ;-*- this result : T. > i AVitli prospect of firmer 'jrasp, sole coiitro! Of'J'ani, its rills, its Presses, I'arlhcr up ; Amiiliilation then, of ill) but God's, ()\!r which lie whispered " [j;ood" — nor J'lr tiie d;iy Tlnirvi is a thrill of soul held i]i reserve ]'\)r few ; a thrill that nou^dit but soul may Ltuiw , And that, not oft, when life's i^real: object won, ].t feels its claim to ^reatnt.'ss. (Such ■■vas Ins, AVhose eager eyes first peered on this ^*\'w AVorld ; And his, liarth's motion wlio descried. — •• It moves"; And theirs, who looking out, though dimly yet, On world reclaimed, new-riscMi, and looming ])uro. -fi^'hehl it '• move"' for man. and he for ii. Improving well the legal aid ])ossessod, The cause advanced ;ai step ])rogres«ive, now. Then lost ; then won again ; as all lit -firm. ]:]i>' victory permanent. Discourag(Mr,('nt 'J'o ykx"; how slow ; — artful, its own to '.iehl. impede its wonted path, 'twill find a fcorc, iStealthy, circuitous, in A\hich to tra^el, All ending at the selfeame pobit. < )f life, Nought so tenacious, as that nearest khi To death and demon. — I saw the Posses, In cantons blest with stringent Law, e\ad( To great extent, that Law — skilled in ad\antage. jN'ot public now, im lieretofore, the trade : llcMiioved from central streets, i'rom light, the 1)ooths Dark alleys, cellars, caAes, ^^■here sp(Ml tlie ^v(lrk : Where misty treer- threw down their den^^esr shade. There the Demases had burrowed : anon Their heads protruding to loolc for bi-ioty, Jiut met day's glare, abhorred. — I thought ofllui'-e, 'Once lawless, with fiag of darkness fluttering, Who hid their wealth in caAes. — Yet, favored here With much resort : sly, like serpents creeping. Man found a way to death from b'^aut'HKis w orld KED TARX. 103 ''I I That way sliut up : o'orgro\Mi witli Eden flowers, lliinselt", to imago of the gods rustored. Soon would hu find tlio path to doatli again ; And so to vice, unmarked by track till bis. I noted this, peculiar to the trade ; In cantons unlimited by legal act, Where all might vend, their wares were not exposed To (rod'L^ good light, as other merchandise ; This sign abo^e their doors, I never saw, " ]\[esj!rs. So and So — Dealers in the Tarn.'' CVjyness, that honest traffic never knew. Distinguished this. AVhy shrank it from the light, But that 'twas wrong ; and dealers felt it so ? ,H ;l if More shyness now. Detectives' eyes were v/oni To peer upon tlie trade — those scorching eyes, Beneath which guilt did quail — and many paid The penalty of law infringed. Tlius, held in check. To witness 'gainst itself, ^ice is tardy ; And loth the dupes of Tarn to e'er betray The publicans ; else, the calls to justice More. Vigilant were detectives ; yet, some vice. Too sunken for lofty souls to ferret. But ah, the Great Detective, One on high, Bt^holds it all ; reserves a -wTeath of fire For ovevy guilty deed, to search the soul ; — I wondered how the men Mcmld meet His gaze ! How pay the dread dues of Sovereign verdict I I heard it rumored now, around the lake, Bv its own sons, — a neighboring State* had \\c'n A Law ProhibitiAo, back in the years. And well tested it. They stopped the Press^js On the hills and sent adown no streamlets ; Yet, in subtle way, the Tarn was bought and sold. *MaLnc. * ' }h4 KED TAll^'. Vv It came from other rills, in shape, ilisguisf'd ; — In form of heavenly Book, antl caskets lor The (lead ! — men called for it with swollen tongues ; — And these chuckled as they spoke. fSud, thought I, If true, that death should thus assume the form Of life's supernal Book ! Far fitter shape, The vials of the angel.s' wrath poured irnt, " ASHieu sea was turned to blood, and eartli was sn^rchiid, And plaque and pain devoured, of h\en, a third, AV'hile they with bitten tongues blasphemed their God." The caskets of death, more truly cliosen . ]''or tliey must follow close tlie trad;.-. Again, A rumor, the Bauds gave honest version : They had sent delegates to spy its \\orkings ; If well, to urge their own. T'hat artifice Its \nl(.'s had tried, and taxed its funds of skill, On th(i soulful cause iiiflicting hindrance— ■ 'Twas true ; and yet, beyond compute, the gov)d. As oft the law enforjed as clue was found, Till strategy grew wenry of defeat. And plodding on. in industry, the State ; Its trathc in proper clianneLs ilo\^ing, Sober, serene, — life's purpose full in vie\\' — Kising to high destiny ; — sister States To it for dralls Prohibiti\e applying, To model theirs, when legislation deems. When heaven's convoy comes to eartli for jewels, Tliis perchance, in temperance^, sluiU shine the first. — The first, and best, awarded. 3iourning nov,\ To marts of Tarn, nun, as on limit, moved ; Their trade restrained, with token of extinction. Some — great to th^ir praise I — renounced the traffic : Less frequently the ghostly concourse see7i ; Fij.'uds, more sullen and subdued, wonderirig •-- ^V'hile objects rounded the rugged cillls, EED TAEN. 105 im Anon, like m3'stic sails — then disappeared ; What they wore, wliy they came, I never knew, Except they were the Posses' barques of hope, l\)iniug, going ! Proportioned to the grief Of tliose, the Bands' rejoicing. Harvest, now. — " Scattering precious seed in tears, long had tliey (rone forth ; now, \Adth sheaves and joy returning." Ecstasy supreme ! They saw the Presses Languid grow, when law forbade the barter ; — Tiniei' tlie rills I — the lake began to dry ! And men bethought themselves ; saw life's demands In light before unseen ; read sobriety On Nature's page, on Heaven's ; in life and dtfatli ; Then started up, as to redeem the time ! IMethought the world on eve of great reform ; Tlif lake not reachijig, now, its highest mark. Te Doum of thanlcs from concentrated Jiands, T'> Him \vhose blessing rested on their toil. Arose ; my spirit joined the holy hymn, 'jjil r;iptiir(; roused my magic reverie ; — And lo, the vision passed ! I rose. The thw liay on the mcnmd, like pearls showered down fr( »m ht^avei i . The moon, full-orbed, in azure careering ; Niglit's sUvery sheen was spread. I sought my liomf — its rest. I, !« ■'■■■ I I i i'l Next day, I was as one that mused, By weight oppressed. I had not seen enougli : i had not seen tlie Far, or known the end. The mountain trees with crimson tints, tht^ir cliarm Had lost ; their branches waved against bhie he:i,v*'n, .\nd seeuKHl to whisper, " What ^^■ill l)e the end V" T;ie emerald earth, Mitli voices multiplied, .-Vsked tlie same. The sweet meadow rills, ere this. Hud laughed, as leaped they on ; but munuurt'd new 100 liED TARN, m " What shall bo the end?" I sought the cascade ; Its dashing waves will drowu the voice, I said. Ah, i:iy amaze ! this query, thundered it, " What shall bo the end?" It seemed, each object Had a voice ; each voice, a theme ; this, the theme, " What shall be the end?" Not much sat I, or said. That day ; but moved and mused ; my mind brim lull Of the great scene — how mi^ht ])o its ending. Man's strange trait, to reach out lor the Future, And try to grasp the wondrous Unattained. Tu'iliglit came ; it but increased my wishes For farther view, for more of weird kno\dedge. My gun — companion of my rural rambles — I took ; sought again the place enchanted. The leaf-strewu knoll, commanding the cascade. What's in the twilight hour, that brings hea\ en near With its glow of Godhead ? — Saintly, serene — The cadences of angels' anthems heard, Their holy footfalls on the evergreen ; Tlie veil so thin, the eye can pierce it through, Catch glimpses of the future, read its books, (.Vlestial, \^"ith terrestrial, meeting, mingling, In hallowed spell? Is it not this? the worlds, Aldn. Our spirits, mounting ; theirs, descending : Unseen, but felt, the sacred presence. This The chosen hour to let man see and feel, A glimpse, a thrill, of his high Hereafter? If he mav descend almost to demon. May he uot rise, betimes, almost to God? A creature, complicate, between the two ; E'er to one, and then the other, veering. While I pondered, again came the \ision I BED TARS. 107 J] u Canto XIIL— The Triumph OAV changed the scene ! ji flame A world u-ith lii^hi Met now my ravished gaze ; — loving, ter.d^^r ; The sweet gentleness of doves porvadin:;. Higher, purer, seemed it. Reflections played, ., .■' A.« it' iron ripples on the "sea ot' ghiss, Upon its sicies ; these, mixed with richer glow, As from " golden liarps and censers," moving, (lave to eartli some of its Eden lustre. Eac'i face serenest joy diftused. Chikiren Sang and laughed, in way uiiwont ; cast tbemselvos Upon the emerald sward, and garlands wreatiied. Or through tlie liowerv groves each other chased. With more of pleasiu'e in tlieir eyes, music In their voice, than youth had represented ; And when some gleeful one vrould gli*.Ie a\\"ay, So eherub-like, amid the flowers ensconce, T!i(m call to eager comrades, " Come'' — tlH then, All tliat word's melody I had not known ! None wanted that to make them l)lest. A state Of orphanage, how rare! From bright windows, Mothers, elder sisters, watched the guileless play ;- Fair creatures, they, the sweetest of God's race. And men grew old in days, still young in health. And ruddy hue. The centenarian toiled With brow unfurrowed, form erect, locks Of silver with youthful glow, contrasting. Hand in hand wi^nt neighbors life's path along ; O'er the n^ountains, up the valleys, went they, Nor severed oft the magic clasp of love. Till graces ripened into golden fruit, '■M i '\ 108 HED TARX, 1 1 ll|l:, m i' %} .) 4' ! .-^ And iiiU of years, tliey mpt tho reaping timo, And cliariots winding up the Zion hills, S;itt' conveyed thein to celestial garnor. The world not fading now; its blight oVrpasf. No shrivelled face iniplored for friends or food, No weary, pining one, besought a grave : For grief and woe were Aerging to disuse. Dissension, erhne, not raging as before ; Fold-bloated visages, quite obsolete ; Pain and disease, restricted in their sphere ; A\1dows, — the sable train that first I saw Aniong the tombs — reduced to few, and theirs A. hopeful sorrow, the 1)riglit bow of tears, ()n<»eud in hrjaven : — the tombs, themselves, rediued. Not mourners now, full half the race of man. In dusky garments clad — obtruding grief, Their own, on otliers' eyes — with crapy odors. Nor parent there, cried, " O my son I my scni '.'" Nor sou besought a parent's lacking care. The premature decay, immensely less ; So the mature. Death ho\'ered, far away, About the borders of the world ; looked on Tlie cemeteries o'ergrown with trees and flowers, His quivers hanging down, and mourned his fate, His waning work. A noAcl sight, m(3thought— D(\ath, in ennui ! Industry with men ; All toiling : — a pleasant, healthful labor, By independence lifted free from moil. i\'\y lacking motive, and that, laudable ; And mind, matured amid the prosperous reign, Took loftier flights, and Science, Art, installed As handmaids, meet, for lovely Piety. The verdant earth, how fruitful ! Husbandry, The noblest work of man, save that for souls, Had perfo'.'t grown, — beauteous, as bountiful. KED TAKX, 10'.) a. Acn'.s, yellow with thtnr wavino; wealth, He;u*hod iJir away, and met the horizon. Plantations, as numerous as cottages, W'^hose aniph^ Iruit.s had caught the hues of ht'uven ; Where merry maidens strolled, their rosy tints V\'ith those above them vieing. — Cadences <)rhap])y \oices, on the fragrant breeze, iSheuting "Harvest Home." — O, toil enchanting ! The Deity, with all His golden rays And chei'ring showers, co-worker here with man, ^\'hiIe biras and Ijrooklets lend rich melody, Flowerets, fields and groves, their sweet aroma I Man casts seed, and sleeps ; God watches, blesses : A husbandman can scarce be undevout ; If so, the harder task and deeper shame ^[ethought; when Providence, each day and night, W'alks in his lields and cherishes his work ! This sweet feature chained my admiration : — The daughters, sons, cleaved to their fathers' laud, And effort gave to make it rank supreme ; Nor roamed, to lavish strength 'neath other skies, Build strangers' homes, at downfall of their own. They deemed it quite unjust they e'er should seek For glacier or orange clime, else they had been Its sons and heirs. Nor panic-stricken they, For paltry trades, e'er ruslung from the fields. To seek for masters and ne'er be their o^^^l ; But sought and loved the trade of paradise, With only " one thinr Master — even God 1" Their choice of toil improved the physical ; This mark the. young, as well as aged, bore ; The functions, streams of life, seemed purified. And made, in truth, "the human face divine." Grace, in ascendant now! Innnoral man, The rare exception — not the public rule. 110 RED TAiiX. ll'.3verencG tor sacred tliiiij^s, more prevaleut, As seen in nets oi:' rnon with men, and they With God. — Time, talent, given to better life — To cause above — L,n*:ieious fruit a])])oarinf-. The Temples oi' the Lord were ^ast ly more : Thes;^, never shut by day ; and bolls rang out A. call, for all the laden on the \i.ay To stop, lay down their loads, and hear of " rest.'' Pastors, ofc as the morns, to church repaired, Their flocks to moi.'t — as watchful shepherd:', their.*, Upon tiie do\^'Us — nor, e'er lacking auJienc,;. How beautiful to see, hero one, and tliere, IJplay Ids i!!i])lements of husbandry, Vv^hoa davviiod the hour d(3Vout, and book in liand. (to fortli, to sit be!ieath the drops of grace;, And meet tlio Father's smile I — And 8abbat!i scorned A day in heaven — continuous psalmody ! The young, in righteous way, well trained, ne'er swerved ; And wisdom boasted of its hoar}' heads. N()t burthened now, the breez'% with words profine. The sin of oaths was seen, without excuse, All vulgar slang gave place to converse ciiaste ;— Both fool and demon is tho man who swears. — Just cause for joy, the gloomy pris(ms, less ; Asylums, crumbling to decay, whicli erst Had marred the view of every city, town ; And churches towered, unsmit by atmosphtre Of jails. — No scatlbld to my vision rose. True, there was crime, and traces, still, of vi(v ; But dimlv seen, bv ^irtue held in check ; The good, so long in thrall, predominant : In ratio, the ill, as one to four. 'Twas thus the gospel seed, fnnr of its kird Had borne ; nor virus in the moral air RED TARX. Ill To blight ; but blooming, fair, the rrorms of blis.H. It seoinccl tho cnrth voultl answer its desicn. Uprisen froin its ihll, ita vitV5'. less ; — A world, n, bunmn race, rejuveii2,te. I cast about mo for the wondrous cause, AVhy broad streams of happines.^ were flo\\intr, UnwOiited peace and ])leuty reigning, thus, Tears w iped away, and radiant smiles instead ' Jn my delight, 1 had Ibrgot tho Tarn, Tliat bane of former view, and looking hence— Exit, all fiir.azeriient, save this I — 'tvja.=i flrff ! Exult, O Heaven I Thou Eartli, be jubilate ! Tke lake xvns drrj ! There lay the yawning gorg The stinging fluid gone ! I sought its l^rinlv •. Till then, I haones and hear'S of men ; coins, with vengeful !)lood Burnt, cankered ; broken trinkets, jewels, gems : (fold lockets, chairs, and bridal garments, marred ; Hogmeuts of plighted rings, and tresses fair ; Leaves of the llolv Book : — and through th'3 mass. The red serpents, crawling — n«»t quite extinct ' — Coiled in the cavities of skulls, they hissed, ^'v''ith power to hurt no more ! This word I saw Down in the tlread filth, upon a leaf, — " GOD I" Xo place, methought, where is not found the Xarne. To bless, or curse ; — as friend, or endless foe '. 1 looked around ; save its malignant bed. All bright. The p^Tamids had toppled o'er. Vacant the ca\es : frescoed, their entrances; With purest flowers, which found congenial soil. The fiendish tenants gone; — gone, the ghostly m 112 RED TAEN. k The remnant of the concourse, all dispersed, And jjlodding on in laudable pursuita. N'ot drooping, as before, the sombre trees ; Tlui blood-red mist removed, their branches rose, li(jsuiii(Ml their growth, and vied with other grows I No shriek of ravenous bird, or howl of beast, Sent terror down the slope. I even heard The sweetest, brightest, of the ft'athery tribes, \V'url)]iiig there. Subtle voice of stealthy rills, Unheard ; they long had ceased to trickle down ! I f(»llowed up the mountain-rifts they ma.(\^ ; The Presses, silent, — their deadly engines sto])ped. And in ruin, crumbling; — the workmen gone ! IMie dens of Demases were now no more ; Nought save low mounds with verdure overgrown, J'^raguieuts of casks and jugs — to mark their sites ! Did he who stood on Ararat, and saw Tile earth appearing o*er the primal flood, llie corses of his sinfid race, heaped in Tlie vaults, promiscuously, with those of boasts — Saw life and destiny about to start < )ii new career — not weep? Surely he wept ; Else he had tiled ! loneliness, miracle And majesty, the man*8 heart had broken ! What awe was mine, as here I stood and saw The second deluge thus assuaged I — more fraught With death and desolation tlian the first. I trembled 'neath the weight, and wept ! Not grief-- But blended reverence, gratitude and joy, That God should work such great result by man — The cause. The Bands, I saw, were merged in one— That comprised the race — their labor ended ; No cause for effort now the Tarn was dry. They rested on their laurels. The veterans Not here, to see the Iruit of all their toil. RED TARS. W. But tlieiv, l)olioldin<:f i'roiii the ])lju'id skios ! Tliev luul gono lionie, to sliine as heavenly stars ; But, not till tliousaiuls bad tlifir cause (Mubraced, And tb(>S(; tluur thousands more to truth had won, To walk the pleasant ways — stars on their bri.'asts ; — Not organized, as when campaign began — Tlioru was not need — the foe annihilate. I f(?lt a shade ot* grief to see not one I saw before. Changed was th(; Band of Hope To Band of Joy. — Such sweetness in each fai-e, 'Twas plain they draidc from Nature's pebbly streams, That ripi)led, calmly, through a Taruless world I I asked " what extra means had brought such end ?--- Th(? course the Bands pursued, if novel, AVhat ?"' One, venerable with years, a very sage In all reform, advanced, and thus replied : — " To toil, persistent, in the rigliteous cause, 'Twas mainly due. Nor day, nor night, ceased thtn- To urge, against the Tarn, the crusade on. In winters' cold, in summers' heat, their theme The same ; in church and liall, in street and groM' — As holy men in other days were wont To sound the gospel claims — so, boldly they The Temperance suit — portrayed the tratKc, vile ; E'er hostile to the weal of man, and earth, His home. — Felt, seen, was truth, in lengthened ranks. As strength increased so did the noble zeal ; New forms adopted, led to new results : — The nursery, now, where first began the theme, And innocents were taught to lisp its praise I Fond parents pointed to the lucid streams. Or brought in crystal glass tlie iiuid, pure. Told them how God had made it for our use ; And gushing from the earth, it flowed adow n Tlie heathery hills, and through the meadows sMcet . — ! 11-i RED TARN. How richoHt birds would l)alhe their glos^iy piuinos, Tasto its cool drops, nnd coo to mirrored liirdt^ ; — Xor ]']{'<} nor j)urily, whero it was not. In dosfrt wastes, tlio l)cast,s would stretch thmnsolves And dio ; and men would long, and lonp;, till death I— No water there. And they were told how men, V()r i;ain, had mainiiinturod poisonous rilU, To supersede the iluid God had made ; Anil how they poured into a plaee called 'Tarn' — A h. n.-i \. Their names, in fitting ago, wore i'ouncl LiirDllcd Amid the Bands, for action in the field — The sanguine soldiers of the Temperance cause, In all its tactii'S skilled — and when to strike, And M'here. On every side, appliances ; Conventions, for the strength of hands and hearts, For 'hints and helps'; — sheets, scattered wide and far, And glowing with the theme — these, not unlike Leaves, strewn from heaven, 'for the nations' healing.' Pulpits the topic rang in every ear ; None luight sit and list for Temperance in ^alu. The priests of God had power ; the people quailed Beneath the thunders of the woes of Tarn ; And then, on tip-toe rose, as saintly man Wcjuld to the window stLotch his hand, and hout — " 'Seel see! tho dove, wit i olive-leaf, returning!' — Till lifted high, their souls would fire with zeal, Detest and spurn the Tarn, and vow its end : The press abetted the resolvea and sent Good cheer to every hamlet. The youthful ? — How could they but espouse the cause, in love , And make its weal their work ; its aid their aim ? Wido-sprcad reform, and that in sweetest wav. In public, as in private ranks, obtained. Truih had sA\ay ere the ruled became aware ; Its sacred principles had hold on life, Insensibly to some, without effort — Such power hath virtue, when in ascendant ; And Legislatures, one by one, succumbeci ro the potency of right, pervading, And freely granted Law, Proliibitivo ! — Assemblies being now, in part, composed Of those who heard the stories of tlie Tarn, Ami wept, to hear— then, lisped their nui'sery vows. Posses, disorganized, or gently lured, As by enchantment, to the rightful ranks, il m i'\ II.G liED TAKX. ti "Wore Temperance; badges, aud did them Iioiu^r. Xeccssity became a law, to some. And tliey were borne on tide ot'\"ast Eelorm, Till .'ill t]\'.' pletlge of Kecbeb's sons embraced Their bles^niig, too, in length of happy days ! 1')io Tarn assuaged, when there was no sup})ly, And earth restored, became what now you see, — • Its solitudes all glad ; and blossoming, Its deserts, as the rose!' Life's bane away, The poison from the soul, aud garnished, s\Aept, That soul well-fitted now to be the home nf godliness, till earth and skies recede ; Then, ai)ove heaven's fi\r pedestal to mount, <.^inp its Mings :imid tlie cheer of angels, Y.en,, look do a n on these — as far abo>e thejTi As once belo\A' — by virtue of redemption.^ — A\' hat no^er fell may never higher rise ; JjuI". whut has fallen may rise forever.'' "A?id, shall the chasm ever ya\ni ?'' 1 (|ueri(;d : " Shall, on its margin, earth's sncceedinsj: sous All stand, and gaze upon the ruin wrought, A. cUre memento of the gloomy past? — 'Tis yet slight blemish on Nature's beauty — ]\ri}re harmless far than pleasing, sightly." "Ah no," responded lie ; '" the hand of Time The aspect of its bed shall change. Whereas, The subtle rills their fluid tribute brought, The rills of nature nature';, sediment fSliail bring, — its leafy mould, to fertilize And fill .; while rocks disintegrate and aid. And there shall verdure waAO, and russet fruit, Like Eshcol clusters hang — sweet zephyrs hiss The golden har\est fields down in the vale : Thtn'o '^hall ehihlren play with snow-white doves. Or lead their lambkins up the grassy slopes ; .\nd men shall worship where their fathers warred, RED TARN. 11 Live loug and prosper where they drauk and ir waves I'o s])eed suc-h Heets. Ships, of antique niod(>l, I'Virth from the dislant liaze appeared, as if JVoni other worlds. A\ hile those of modern mould. Argosies, glided, veered, most gallantly. In '. uii.^.' of eonnneree, interchange of wares ; — All manned by sober men — at every helm, A sober man, who steered his ship aright. Nor plunged it to its doom, with loss of life. AH nations' ensigns represented there. 'I'ill oceans variegated forests seemed : — (The sin of smuggling, justly now abhorred) Wealth could but richly flow; while enterprise At home, art. industry, and genius, strove 'fheir part to do — and did, with rare result. At helms of state, were sober, steadfast men. Who let not realms collide — sailed wide of rocks Where empires oft have struck, and wrecked as ot't. Hence, wars were few on the broad face of earth ; And wholesome laws enhanced prosperity. At gospel helms were men an ho steered through floixl And fire immortal freights to Eden jiorts ; Nor (|uailed till on the fruit-strewn banks of ])liss They stood — the souls beneath their charge. A nd thif , Their mission, to go and come, till, '* Enough." The Master saith, and they return no more : — Sate on the *' golden wharves'' amid the hosts They had conducted thither I Thus, sped on Karth's vast concerns in happy, tranquil way ; Jiife, tem])oral, spiritual, in orient, .Keco\ered from the blight and bane of Tarn, iMoving as though such scourge had neAcr been. \\'hat so becc)ming, now, as gratitude ? ]2'2 RED tae:n. Aud nought more nraply flowed. Thanksgi\ing days Abundaut ; yet far less tlian the demand ; Those but the public pledge of thankfulness, — All days were hearts in secret breathing thanks. Praise, too, on every tongue, in every heart ; [praise. Men walked and praised, they sat and praised, — praise, I'Voni mountain, valley, seas, skies, earth and air ] ti anthem blending ; no note discordant : — [Him : •' Praise the Lord from the heavena ; je heights praise Praise Him, His hosts; all His angels praise Him ; fSun, moon, and all ye stars of light, praise Him ; Heaven of heavens, and waters above, praise Him ; From the earth, dragons and all deeps, praise Him ; Fire and hail, siiow, wind and vapors, praise Him ; Mountains, hills, fruit-trees and cedars, praise Him ; Beasts, cattle, creeping things and fowl, praise Him ; All kings, peoples, princes, judges, praise Him ; Young men, maidens ; old men, children, praise Him^ In the Lord's own sanctuary, praise Him ; In the firmament of His poA^er, praise Him. For His migjity acts and greatness, praise Him. With the trumpet, psaltery and harp, praise Him ; Timbrel and dance. — On loud cymbals, praise Him ; Upon high-sounding cymbals, praise Him ; With stringed instruments and organs, praise Him ;• Let (nery thing that hath l^reath, ]iraise the Lord ; For ILi made it I" But what, and who are those, From orient and Occident, approaching ? From torrid zone and frigid ? Behold them ! All witli emblems, banners — hosts like the stars. From oceans, seas, and balmy isles ; — all climes, Nations, beneath the azure arch of earth, Amply represented — their badge the same — Bearing rich products of their native lands, Lo, on j'onder verdant vale, converging. The site of the extinguished Tarn ! They come- To celebrate the dav of earlh\s release, BED TAKX }2T> Its triumph d'cf its execrable foe, To this, tlie spot, m here mjis won the victory. Meu, women, aged, as by antedate. Hale, happy, as wIr'TI lite towered in /Vnitli ; Yuug men, vigorous, intelligcTit and chaste ; Maidens, in Airiue, bloom, tlie ambrotypes Of angels; children, playful as the fawns, And beauteous as tlie HoMers — stood in the v And on the swardy tdopes amid the trees, A brilliant concourse. How unlike the first, [lake ' "W'hieh thronged the seltsame ground, wh^n raged the Vaifcf. They helc their pitchers to swee't water rills. Anon, and l)lessed the bright bevi-ragi^ (;f earth. And blessed the change. Then, told what thcr»- liad bt-en Unto the children ; — how their lathers fouiil.t And won its baniphment, to give them joy ; Described itf; woful scenes, its death-fraught ds^'ds. K'^hearsed the incidents of the caijipaigu. The glorious victory I Then, Te Dtnmi, anew. As earth ne'er heard, a mighty gush, to heaven ! H(^aveu caught the symphony, and all its harp;= And voices stirred, to bear it upward, upward ! The burthen of the theme of universt^ Was this : "' The Turn, is comjuered ! Earth. >< fi-tc ! Afjain, Peace on earth, awl good will in men ! H ''And everv creature heard 1 sav Amen !'" With earth in jubilee, the Yision passed, To come no more. \J\ KED TARX. Canto XIV.— Supplementary Hints. 4-) A'lSIOX! Wliorefiin^'s a vision ? "I'is what? Fanaticisiii o'er\vroii farthest ^ erge — of wluil ? Of sanity, AV'here mind and madness meet : dare more aftirm? — • Di'linitions, tlioso, bold reason may correct, -And snmmon proof. See liim, the C'hnrches' Hovk. On eastern roof, full in the y angel-hands — an aerial ark — fn^ghted With boasts of clean and unclean kind. This thricf. And then caught np. 'J'his lesson learned the man : .{)^?s[)isi; not that which (xod hath not despised. -But strive to win the base to purer paths. He did ; no act in his career more sane- And he of Patmos, lonely, exiled, saw Sid)limest vision : saw earth's drama scene I'rom iirst to last, things been and yet to be, — Wrathful phials and gracious drops poured out, ►Strife of saints and demons, the field, Mhere fought vSouls, martyred beneath the altar calling, " How- long, O Lord, ere thou our blood avenge ?"' - - An angel in the sun, one on the sea, {Spectators, till the scene be closed, and time linn down. — The dead, standing before their Ood : Tears wiped away ; the river from the throne. Clear, crystalline, and on its ])early banks 'i'he Citv of the saved. — I'he lost, wailing. RED TARN. 1 'jr, AVlio kiitnv, but did ilioir duty not — now sealed I u liiM'v prison ; o'er the vestibule i'his line, " Vengeance is mino ; I will repay I" Where is the madness? whore the vision \a/^ne? - liun linage that yet invites interpreters ; Awl wisdom oidv reads aright as time The seroll uni'olds. lie of Bedford, Biniyan, Who scanned from " wicket'' to the " Beulah gate" The Christian, all that did his race betide, In vision scanned ; was his a fancy flight Wanting in lact? Lt;t hosts, the selfsame race Who ran, saw his sore conflicts in their own. Hut hold the prize, replv. Milton, the llrst In ej)ic theme, lost paradise to save, Who strolled its blighted walks along, and mused ; Sa\\- all its loss, its need : then soared away, Toole from the iloral field of God new flo\\ers, kSeed of its soil, and manna from its mount. Scattered, planted here, that all miglit gather : — Saw he not much 'twere well if all juight see ? — Vision that's blessed the earth, that earth has blessed This, lacking all the traits of those, bit truth. Demands good heinl ; truth in demand is wealth. Ill volume or in vision. None may rise, Bi-hold the ah\)hi»lie Hood, its sway. The woe and deal h it works out for our race. Then vow the vision false; for earth and heaven With awful voices sliout, " 'Tis true I 'tis true !" Dr'^ad foe to every chiss, meet it should In every class a foe, w ith armor on. And ready for th(? strife when God and duty l)id. The M'ord is now. Ye Tem])eranc(^ ones bestir : Break tlie human Ihrull. si.'t your fellows free : This war holds none exempt : — all classes, up I p 120 «ED TAKIS Mothers, first ter.chers of th(3 uiif'ornuHl mind. Nature's tutors — next to God in precedouce — Vour duli':?s hear : rise to your ])r(>fc'ssiou. Ye look, aud lo, jirobation's '?ur<;ing st»ii All dotted \nth the "barks of little souls." Yd take them from the tid«^ — immortal char^t; — To name their d?\^ r. \nd li}t them hear the theme tacght with their prayers, The theme, as Eden old, as Eden pure ; Insert it in tlieir creed, and let it grow From da\m till day of life, then, printed M-ell On tablet of the heart, as soon shall they Deny all clauses of the Giristian laitli As tills — with tender wand of lo\t> impressed. To show the precept true, bring Nature's proof : Her (jrder in her reign, no wild excess : No husky sky, from soil, exacting dews Unreciprocal ; no spring-time dropped, lost From the year ; no orbit mad careering, — All having place, nor swening all, — teachers Mute, momentous, of the theme. — Sweet brooklets, Each to other calling, rain's chiming drops. The glacier's flashing voice, night's nectar dews,. RED TAWS. to"? And ocean iniirnniring in its ini'jjlif-y howl — l^ut preach tho Temperance cause ; its wortli — (rod's primal law, and nature's theme — r(;\('rsi'd, At countless cost. Tour homos havo voico: make theiii On earth the sunniest place, where Joys convori^e : 'J'hat sons may have their need si'.p[)li(Ml, nor roam l''rom scant (lelisj;ht, to meet the tem[)ter's glass ; Sharp goads to sin are uncongenial liomes, And thousands rush to vice i'rvm joyless honrtlis • Take yo the ])lame ; for mothers mako or "break The ])aradise of youth ; bind then* its love, ( 'r rond it free — teinptatioifs cruel sport. — Cherish each one as all, and all as one, Nor let that savors of a partial sway The sacred spot invade. This tiend intrudes, With guile as fatal as the lirst, as foul, And scatters all the bliss — lest mothers watch. 'Tis vile — "tis worse I — doniestie niojister. this. And too unnatural for a well-bred name ! AV'hy take two cherub gifts, your tlesh and form. Alike in soul, in filial love alike, And dote on one, and one despise? 'Tis done At risk to both, of virtue, happiness, And legal birthrights to the skies. Alas, If in your glorious robes, one day, be found \'our oifspring+i' price; while Hindoo inothers stand Absolved I Kno^v ledge, temperance — the standard, yours. And sons, to higher grade A\i]l ne'er aspire, — The stream no purer than its lucid fount — And nations take their rank from mothers' worth. Ye move in light and lore, so doth the realm ; In moral purity, so far, the race. This is our want ; the powder of purest mind O'er mind less pure, in truth and chaste reform. — In tender hands the Temperance lever take, 12& liED TARN. I I! ii And raise, yi- lii^Ii-soiilod ones, to loftier stn|j;*^ Tlic household clijirrje ; o.\ii\i the nation thus. .I''ittest instructors of the Tenip(!ranee creed, To fittest minds, much of the work is yours ; Ve hold credentials from tlie hand of God, Of duty, how discharged, to mak(? return. And ctjrtify the same before I lis bar. — l^oint them along the way w hero Xatun 's springs Flow down ; where all the virtuous go, and gain The I'jden fount. Show, too, the drunkard's i)ath J)own to th(} tiery still — his death and doom. As ye would have the: Pleader plead for you. Plead with your children, then, one path to seek. The other shun ; — nor strive the t<3ar to hide, l^ut, plead through crystal mists, and few to turn i'rom mothers' tears, and rush to vice and death. T1k» world e'er found. Home is the mother's throne : Vet that which circumscribes her sphere and binds Her there is dark, and savors of tlie harem. J3o\\ni yonder narrow street where pines her sex Should she not go, with help and genial voice? Or to the inebriate's loft be privileged. With rhetoric of heaven? Does not mercy ask Her aid ? " The Lord is Maker of them all." Too long tins silent power has lain inert, Tlii., " still small voice" that melts, subdues, the race > And moves God's heart ; — this voice must plead the cause In lane, in loft, or at the vender's bar, Nor shun the rostrum if the theme require, I'or she who " prophesied" must surely preach. Extend to erring ones the trumpet call, And take the cure where'er the plague has gone, Ere shall the " V^ision" be fulfilled, and earth Go free. " But who are these in robes of white ? KED TAUX, Ami wlioiico ranu; ihoy? l''roni trouldous \v:iv»'« rmcrijtMl, Hlnod-wiislu'd, thcv walk by living founls, nor tliirsi Nor liuiijj;»'r more. Jicdt iiiplioii tViiil, llie first To (jo(l from mon, tlioy ibllow wlioro He It-ads : 'riii*s(? hv they inulclilod, u virgin band." Slster.'our native gifts, the time has come. And Temperance the tlieme. AV'lmt theme so wortiiy ? The Maid of Arc could turn the tide of war. And v\hy not ye that otlior tidal \vaY(> That wrecks, engulphs, and make's God's world a waste. Assert your rights I — the right to bless and sa\ e. And carry sunbeams to the drunkard's home ; — To clothe an orphan host and give it bread, And speak to woful wives of that which pleases ;-— T^ho right, a ])aradise, to spread all o'eT The ruins of the first. Nor let d?ter That modesty of heathen kind which hushed On earth, through ag(>s long, the sweetest vi)ice ; But folding close your dainty robes, go forth In " highways" of distress — God's angels, ye — To awe from vice and lure to paths of joy. Homo, home ! — Have ye not brothers there who take Vou for their guiding stars through nnsts of ill '' W) EED TAR]S' I i k I \ ! Wlio i'eel tlieir safety in your radiant lifrht And I'] lister there? Then, breathe to these the cause- Tliey should espouse, and \Mirn of tliat to shun ; Sov let them meet the daily \^orld unarmed W^itli Iovc'h pure token, loviiigly impressed, And lew will desecrate a sist^er's kiss. Or place to lips where it hath been, tin- cup. — Alas ihv those this guard who ne\er knew 1 The more excuse and less amaze, if they Should tkll. Tins age sees competition rife ; All men are rivals ; and prizes, Aaried : in Church, the mitre ; hi Htate, the glitter, ijold ; hi urartial ranks, the " Sword" and "' Golden Cup" : While oarsmen risk, to win the " Champion's Belt,"" A lienlorth's death. — Ye hold and guard a pri7>e, On eart]], the dearest — the heart of woman. Let him the most expert in Temperance war. And tlrst to flee the "cup of <"ursing, he The victor ; he to shrine of Bacchus pledged. The vniupiished. Who shares his love who loves The cup, hath scanty tare. Ye famed for art, \dd this to fame — to free from slavish yoke All men. Igr.ite in early mind a spark. And fan it well in every staiie, till flame Ascends, and breasts all beat with ])atriot hearts. Xo undue grief shall then V(»ur future vex Ol" duty left, hope fled and brothers lost. — Oh, 'tis the work of sad protracted years To bring the heart back from departed hojies ! 'tVho learns this lesson well, has learned life's hardest. Ah spirits from the high abodes of heaven, Ve soonest are at fe\er3d cou(?h with smiles And ctu'dials. To part the dam]) locks of grief, The aching brow to soothe, magic your hands ; In mercy's erraude your stej>s the fleetest : I A 1,. I EED TAEK. 131 How can ye scruple tlmt your mission, then, Extendeth forth to drunken ones, and fallen ? Ye visit, 'tis true, our Temperance Orders, Afford your brotliers cheer in worthy cause, And move the hearts which move the arms in war - It is well. " Honor, the meed of honor." But that contracted to domestic sphere, A. " Temple" or " Division Eoom" should be This peerless power to assail Intemperance, Where it ne'er comes, and not full field allowed — This is our grief. Who clung to yonder cross Where suffered, bled, the world's great Crucilit^d, Last at His tomb, and first on rising morn 'I'o welcome Him from death, that all might rise, l^rst heralds of the theme — Awake? G-o forth ! By resurrection life and hope, go forth ! IVlost favored ones in that stupendous scene, Ye may in one auspicious yet to come, Wlien dead, in drunkenness, shall wake to lift , A world, enti'anchised, start on new career, Nor see its sun, in all his course, a slave. Thrice favored, then ; at sapj)hirc ports ye need JSot pause, your hands to cleanse ; but knock, and hear riiis word, " Ye blessed of the Lord, eouie in !" est Fathers, ye were remembered "v^'ell when toil Was ])arcelled out to man in righteous shares ; And He who ga'e you offspring gave you work. Ye owe this duty to your sous, to teach Them moral goodness, and, wherein is vice ; — Sobriety, among the virtues, first, First, its opposite, among the vices. T'nclasp the liook and rend the ]irecept o'er, How God delights in "temperance — His own chiid Not needing la\\' to guide, so ])ure and l)lest." How He "intemperance abhors — fleshly fruit, Ai'curst — and all who taste shall surely die." \:y2 KED TARN. ■,4;; m k And wlu-n the ear and wondering eye are chainfJ 'I'o that one theme, that hook, read you tlie more : 'I'he words have found '• the good ground" of the heart . Let your example and the precept vie ; And spare your youthful sons that grievous sight, A father dninJ^en ! Their eyes are on you More than you know ; sons are close observers, I'Vom fathers' virtues, vices, shape their own. This truth, note well : That sons will seldom place T'he wine-cup on the board where hands of sires Ne'er placed it first ; and if by those, the sous ; As seldom will remove it. Helps have ye To rivet right, aud make it hold through life. Inspire with love of country and of home ; A patriot will scarcely be a sot. Or lover of domestic joy a slave To lust. Content complete iu country, home, They rove not fiir to meet the subtle powers. Preach husbandry, its beauty, benefit : Vea, tell how God this science taught to man. Showed him to till and train ; and softly, then, [n eve, beheld what he had done, and talked ; While notes which death has made them quite forget. Sang Eden bird'^, beside the babbling brooks. And groves their fragrance on the zephyr's wing Sent outward, upward, to the sky of love ; And how are built, all other sciences. On this. — That he who soars amid the stars yMust iVom his microscopic flights descend. And ow7>, 'twas this that raised him. — That sovereigns Owe to it their sceptres ; — and trades and ranks liook t'> the field, as children to a parent. Vea, irather round the hearths of home, and talk Of usriculture — redeemed, how \astly. Since your ancestors' days ; of prospects, plans, EED TARN, 13;i And labor saved by art. Toil came by sin, And man by wisdom must himself from ill Of toil redeem, and make it light, as when Apprentice he to God. The sous will heed, And pro lit by the converse free, removed I'Vom iceberg dignity and silent state VV^ith which, amid their sons, some fathers mo^ e. Sot you apart soi fruitful tree or plat. And call it theirs ; of home, thus give them hold, The cords of love wdll scarce so much relax But that recoil to that one work, that place. Be sure, and sober citizens abound. Xor hinder early nuptial ties, well placed, En; vice be wed, which seldom seeks divorce. [Ub O, scorn to grieve the lads by preference : — " Favorite" — an awful word, to sons applied ; Hell hath its favorites, but homes should never, It speaks of gnat-like hearts and puny souls Which cannot take the family circle in, i:^m]jraces one, and fawns on hiir i,nd frets.— •■ The youngest." Oh, what chv, aifectioii there ! And wherefore? Was each not once the voungpst ? And \\hat's the youngest than the eldest more, But that the eldest gave his toil and health 'I'd spare the youngest his ? Heirs, are they not Of life, alike — its joys and ills — and then I ts death and bourn ? Joint stock, a parent's love, Where children all have equal claims. In heaven 'I'here is no youngest. Since first child of grace Threw back the long-closed ports, the Father loved All that should pass therein unto the end. 'I'he family above, in the eternal Heart, All dates the same ; and so must yours, ere all Be well. Ye blindly act, as blindly love. And with your lauds and chattels one endow ; From others' lives a score of vears exact. 134 RED TAEN. The best, then send them rifled, robbed, to glean From the cold world a store. They may succeed ; The chances more, they fail, and lose in drink Their souls. What father tempts, by WTong, his son, TJntil the wounded life seelcs only WTong ; For globes of wealth, I v/ould not answer for him ! Some sons are wayward from their birth, say ye. E'er seekuig vice when virtue e'er is taught them. 1. grant you this, in sad but rare exceptions ; But when did wrong e'er work for them reclaim ? Wayward fathers make their sons more wayward. T^ook to your hearths ; 'tis kindness conquers there ; Ye know the right — then do — and hope for gain hi tilial love and temperate, happy eons ; Ve scarce shall hope in vain — your eyes shall see Teachers, refiners of the mental ore, 'Tis yours to deepen right impressions, smooth, And send it current to the social world. In triumph over vice, the " A'ision" saith, Your part was most important ; your sanctums Dotting almost every town and hamlet This denoteth : The youthfid see afar The beacon-lights and come, darkly groping. Ever and anon in the uncertain way They stumble. They go, erect and manly, Prepared to walk in duty's devious paths With seal of wisdom on their noble brows. A section where no schoolhouse stands is drear, Like waste \\ithout oasis, or leaden sky Of Sau bereft. It lies as 'twas blighted, Its dwellers, mourners for — they know not what ; They grovel, creep, nor seem to heed the skies. 1 >i • thchse in light, but li\ ing dark, unlettered, Who never " search the Scriptures where is life" — For luck of skill — find to that life the wav ? EED TARN. 135 It iniisl bo so. — I would prefer llio cliart 'i'o read before the voyage tlian at its end, And see and know my Maker's name in print I Your work is ardi taxinir lite. Who would mous, taxni Know a teacher's toil nuist be a t(\aeher : And, who well succeeds in this profession, To any station I would commend him ; Such deference as paid to di,u;nity, II' jjaid to him or her, were not misplaced, i'oo brief vour hours for magnitude of toil, o mojiKMit unemployed ; you s ihudd IV s shado ws wane ere wanes vour lesson •niig mark lesson-list. \ Di -\iul grieve tliat time and toil proportion laclv :— 1 he close: — the sweet "Goodnight" — and " ^^clu/ul's dismissed." Iv> t'li then, if in the youthful ear no word i-'or Temperance was breathed, oy ^arm impns:-ed I'l^on the heart, in all the course the work \\ ;is incomplete. Temperance in your ••Syllabus' ins(Tt, and teach right well this branch of lore ; I'lir truth reluctantly avers — \\ith deference To framers of the present "Act for Schools'" — They left it out I A priceless boon was theirs. When, free as air, they made the streams of lore I.'nto their country. As his neighbor, rich, Tlie p.auper's child, in this peculiar wealth ; Tliey, .-ide by side, may climb the steeps of fame With e(pial chances of renown. Jiut, ah. This lack is felt — a law imperative — To introduce in schools the Temperance cause Apart from " morals'' of a general name. — A graduate of this great science void Is still unlearned. The mode of this reform To teach and be the model should inspire 'J'he tutor's aim. 'Twould seem a reckless thonglit, A reckless deed, nnich more, that one should e'er I im RED TAEX. IJsur]) llie diarge of youthful minds to mould,. AVHio lainpcTs with the oup. However fair On the young brows seemed Wisdom's star to shine, And ])oint to fame the shining way, if he, Preceptor o'er the band, should e'ier indjibe The iilthy di'aught, I'd count the pupils lost. First, in nurseries and schools the work bciran That hasted triumph, — so hath the "Tision"— And hath it true. The work must nurtiu'e there. And rise with rising manhood into fruit. O would ye, faithful teachers, send a Hood Of blessing through the land^ toil OU' ; toil on : And l)uihl on this foundation all the rest, riiis joy hath teachers when their work is dour : On western slope of life, near setting sun '[\) stand, and see their pupds marching on In tiiedeep world, in hojiorable ways, fhfinselves the guides. AVhat teacher's soul can tin • When such the rich reward of toil? Jlencefurth Dismiss no pupil from your care, initil, I'rom principle, he loves the streams " (irod saw \rt're good," and hates and shuns the draughts of dt^at li. " Tis yours to deal with minds ere vice has marked Tliem hers. O, take courage, then, my brother ; f !n])lant in tender hearts reform ; its growtli Is sure : for heaven philanthropy appliiyds. Yoiu' Teacher's call ye h^jpe one day to hear. And ent(H' in His joy. AV^hat bliss, when all Tile ) tells of glory ring, to see them come l''rom righteous paths to heaveii — the pupils, yours I- ■■ A virtuous host, who never soiled their lips Or stained their souls with wine. Take vou the irieed ! VovtJis. successors to the race of men, Of rshi[)pers expire'. Then, standiiii; pnre, Call to a temperate world. Where, the drunken'.' With this sareastic answer, AV'herc, wliile heaxcn, Down pointiuij; to the dealh-alu'ss, cries, There. I lien-, shrieks the ahysa—forcier lJ-:re ! Of comrades who wavdd mock your high reso}\«-. JJt'ware. " When they entice, consent ye not." Wh;»t drunk-en hosts, from ruin's verge, look liack. And own 'twas l)ad (•om[)anions lured them then- 1 I'irst step to vice is fate almost obtained ; The next makes surer, doom. AVho takes tliat step May count his sentence gained, lest (Jod comnnit.'. l''irst Step — a n)otto fit 1i)r vender's doors ; — Atul fancy can supply the rest. Not here 'i\t warn of youth's great sin, espousal of J^he poisonous narcotic plant, as bearing. l'l)on our theme, were duty d. 'relict. In dirt? etKn-t on human ones, it stands In rank, next to the iirst — ■•' Prince Alcidiof — And marches forth its motley sipiads to him. Its nature to create; a morbid thirst, It drives its votaries to the taAern-bar r<) quench desires that evermore ri'turn. Till clasped, the burning bands that makes them shn »• Nile, in itself, unnatural, the enemy Of health and wealth, time, cleanliness, and i\o.\\. Iv'ason, for these, d'.Muaiuls it slunnied, apart From drunkeuuess and peril to the soul. — ;;^ KED TAllS TIio breath orC'hristpiuloni is i'ouii. 1 fear Vov thost^ whoso prayers are pertumed witli tlie (piiJ ; l"\)r lliose who, sinokiiiij;, go unto the graves ; Who preach, " Deny yourselves of wordly lust," , While pulverizing in their palms the weed : I i' asked, "Where is their (rod?" Td hesitate To ))()int a])ove. "Nothing that d;'Hh'lh ilalh ("utraiu'o there" — this liner would make lue paus". How the practice* world-wide spread, with what speeil. Is lor the deep philosophy of hell A problem ! In e\il hour have ye eml»raccd The habit Aile? Desist I For love of health And home and heaven, Desist I ^l'or think, m»r ^ay. Ye eannot. — Dangerous doctrine, as absurd. If moral courage cainiot concpier one. How can it any vice? then, crown tln-m all, And i)ea\en at once may close. Mo : He who mad<.% •Made power o'er S(»lf to triumph, rmd ga\e it rnnii ; Use vou this gill o'er small — the chances r^iore — Ve conquer greater ills. Who never made Th;-5 filthy id(tl yours — tht* o[)iate planl — jt(;m[)l, Al)slainl Abstain I "• Kcvp pure, yourselves," nor My this, unto that other de-c'per crime. List to the counsels of the sage and good ; Vour ])arents', tutors' admonitions heed ; And pnne for Temperance a jiow^^r deep-ll-lt By human kind. Abstain unto life's end ; riven go and render Cxod a soul kept free l''rom two gigantic sins, and meet His smile. And ye of riper strength and years, young men. What may ye not achieve in noble cause When hearts and hands go nnitual to the work? Do ye "' touch'' the vile cup and " taste" its dregs, I ask not ; — to strength, beauty, bloom, compact. liEI) TARN inv« 'Twould so(Ma ail insult. How can God-inade liiionos«* Stoop so low! — But. do ye aim at fret'dom, Aud husbjuid ovcrv liour to gather skill Fit tor human liberators? — verging not To vender's booth, in life's points of leisure. ]iut to "Temple" or Free "Discussion Club," 'J'o " Heading" or " J)ivision liooni," where store Ts gained, of Tempprancf art? — this, that I ask. J^reeepts an^ eijual to your duties, strewn ; Arise, and strike for (iod and right I i\nd haste I Your country bleeds ; her heart is pierced : she weejis, Laid triljute. whih; lier tyrant mocks and shouts. On, to his citadel I — your arms are strong — And wrest from liis relent less grasp the sword. Fond motliers wail, fond sisters sorely weep For sons aud brothers fali.'u ; — is't nought to you? The fair conjure von to the strife : and hosis Of dying innocents throw up their bK'odI Kevenge is virtue in a cause whose loe Is foe alike to (iod and man. Kevenge I Be this your pass^^ord, as ye spe<.*d to wai'. Which saves, and not destroys your fellows" lives; 'J'lnis, rid the world of ihis stupendojis vic(f. And send '• glad lidiugs" to eternity. Mechartica, Men of Science, I'radeshHii. all, Vour labor drains the fount of \ital force "J'oo low. God's free pure air sci-ms not \u\' you ; Jlis sunbeams dance not to your weary song ; Unlu^ard Jlis music in your gaseous shops. Ye toil, and death inhale ; your cheeks are blanched ; And waning strength for stiuudant? im])lore'*. — J)o not mistake the kind. JSeek not whai strings To highest mood the nerves, but to relax. And leave the man more weak : — nerves to uuner\ e. To shops more gaseous than your own. w here keeps The de\il half his drugs. — exports of d'-ath And hell — wend not vour wavs. 14.J llEl) TAEN Mi Behold tlioso stveaiiis ; Tliosu fi'aiijraiit hills where God and Nature meet : TliDSe einerahl meads — your couiilrv's lucid lakes — Where health is «»aincd, and puril v : and nieu May read the alphabet of heaven — they call Vou forth, when nature, tired, asks rest and stren^th,- Aud this, the stimulant you need : 'tis God's ; And acts like majnc on His creature, man. In healthful bloom and honest happy heart. The common weal is larpjely due to you ; It cannot spare your service to the cup ; I'oo scant are your rewards for useful toil To spend them thus, for what no mortal needs. Who M rin;]^s his living from the public heart Hath need to save. llLs gold is worth ten timos Its face to liim. Ye men of aii;, redeem Your arts from vice: each, in his sphere, that sj)heri' i'xalt ; thus, of its grief and moil, divest : its standing rais xl. your homes i]i joy shall rise, Xot sink in woe, as more the fund to bribe That woe. Intemperance is your greatest foi' : It s ojjposite your faithful friend, if close Embraced. O. cla^p this to your manly hearts. As niunl)ers from your daises well have done. The Ic-ver lies, inviting hands to hurl Intoxication's cru>hing weiij;ht away, L'pt uru reform, o Vr customs vile, to tower, And form an era new in social life : When wealth, pertbnv. shall take the home of want. And Savings Eauks the place of venders' stalls. AVhat Itis not genius such as yoiu's performc d To sweeten toil, and t=}»eed improvement forth. By land and sea? What vet. in art. seek out ? For her improvementtj. temporal, earth to you Looks up. Unloose your geuius here, and gi\>' I?ED TAKN, 141 1 1, w'mi^ : tlu' liuld is broiid, tlio sky is froe. •St'ck out the powers ot'cvirlli juul air, tliuir laws, Philosophy, — all nature's ehemistry — it', haply, ye luay make iiii])roveinent lioro, Or brintj; Teuiix'nmeo an art more than is found. Here's fame uliieh tew have sought. O, be it yours To venture here — so you but speed tlie cause — And win tlie l^lessing of good hearts and true. Your names, high up in fame, shall ages read ; For deeds live longer than their authors liere, Aiul form a breastwork to the tide of time. fions, Templars, Lcar/nes of Abstinence, all who In bands are organized tor Temperance toil, .However called, — ye merit wreaths of h(mor! The time was dark, the deluge swept, and men Were borne along to wholesale death ; while on Kach wa^e a demon rode, and shrieked, Destruction ! Earth seemed tending to primeval chaos, Or state more dire ; for there were souls amid The mass. Her sons stood up amazed, and looked. If any might deliver. Ye came forth. And sought the stream to turn, — direct it back Unto its natural reservoir, "the pit ;" And that with much success — complete, would law Admit you to the subtle fount. Go on ! The waves assuage ; the foe succumbs. Behold, Of toil, the priceless fruit, in rescued ones, And interest now pervading public mind. To make the conquest full ; and give to man A mighty book of thrilling history. What would have been earth's plight had ye not- riser? Her benefactors ? — far back in progress. Dark, and scarce had borne the name of Christian. Where rages most intemperance, there goes first The gospel lamplight out. A world when? all Imbibe, would hear no ISabbath bells, and show 142 RED TAliN. No spires. Your cause tlie Christian's caustj ; your hoinos Of rcl'iii^'o " IVont ctornity ;" your li^'lits Aro s(MMi from all its thrones ; your dt'cds arc iV'lt, And uuirked lor reeompeuso in crowning day. L(;t tliis inspire you to your mission's ond ; Your jMaslor camu " to seek and save the lost." (ro y(3 and sei^k thoni too : wait not (heir call ; Tlu^ I'alh'u scarcely will arise and come To Temperance ports without the friendly guide ; 'Tis not in vice to seek, uuwooed, the paths Ot* virtue. Help tlie drunken from tlie mire, Show them compassion, tenderly entreat, And urge the goodness, greatn(!ss, of your cause, lis lo\i! to man — its deep foundation, love — ^ J{(^gret that tliey should miss such dignity, fSuch store of happiness as it confers ; Inviti^ tluMu io its wealth of blessings, plead, lVr:?evere, ^ilh this reward, to see them " C1()th(Hl, and right in mind," sit in your Orders. — The friends of abstiuence will come unsouglit. Tile ilioro not in slums of degradation. Minds that once were brilliant, encrusteil nou', Jjike long-lost jewel, — confidence deep down. And hope, their manhood gone — who yet might rise AV^ith your devoir, and flash their genius furth ? AVhat loss to earth, those talent-freightcnl wrecks I To raise again, like sunken barks, what gain ! Seek ye them out ; inspire the living soul Out of the depths to start and stand. Press this : (lod ne'er nuide a human soul to wallow, lie mad«i His creature good. — "a living man — The man of death was made by man himself."' Yea, lead them by the hand till principle ({rows strong; and give the cause a host of (Roughs. IIKI) TAKN. 1 |:< No rla-'s (•!• (•(•imlrv shun ; wIicivVt tlic t'of lla< huidc a lii'.'acli, placd in the ;;;ip a man : "Ai:fainsi his iloor," or morn rcinott', let cadi Arise and " build." Yo liavt; the men to wioKl The potent pen ; let ihciii do ser\i('e too, And ki'i'p belore (he ptd>lie eye the tlieme: IMake Tcmpeiunce an article of mental food. Your men of eloijuenee send out in scores The cause to plead. Who cannot urj^e this theme Is less than t.raior. Stronjjjholds of law With [)rayers homljar.s*, An'/ iixahctli li'na drnnl'ca. lie shall seeh death And not find : flcsirc it, and it shall Jlee ; l[e, shall dfiuk the loimi.ved wine of God's v)ntth. Poured ill ihi cop of Jlis indit/nation ; — The cup hi: 'juve others, double to him ; — Jfe shall he tormented willi fire and brimstone. The smolcc of his torment shall rise forever .''' Dwell long upon the ])eril of the soul — ifis soul — and that awful word — forever! Ask him to cease ; reason, entreat, implore ; iShew love to him, deep hatred to his trade. As earnest, uj^rijjjht men, yourselves acquit, Who esi)ou>e the rightful cause and know it : Xor .seek to mystify your session acts, (^lothe them all in spotless robes of candor. *Twer gi\ eni, advance ; l.'or both are on your side, and ye sliall ^in. ■(rainst Him, who can fight? with II im, who but can? Hold every step obtained, disdain retreat, Xor claim your arms too short, too short vour s\\(>rds ; Like Sparta's sont^, extend them ^ith " a step." •("'outend, as did those I saw in "Vision," Till all wore Temperance emblems, and graced them : " God and the liUjht T shall scatter (^very toe ; While harps are waiting to applaud the means, And heaven holds out and waves the victors" ])ri/e. Printers, the state of mental public health ' Is vastly traced to you : it rises, falls With its great source, tht^ Press. Ye cull ilic flowers Of literature, and speed fhem forth as food. Which stimulates to good or ill, reform, Or motion retrograde, as kind may be — A nectar or narcotic to the mind, riiis age hath mania for the producis of The press. Its sheets are widcome a isitors ; All hands are reached for first reception ; Sparkles the eye of age and youth alike, To see the stranjre new messenger return. The man whose Bible lies unread, pores o'er His paper. What, like this, finds "\.>ry heart ? What, than this, more fit for Temperance jnedium ? Some do go freighted with the theme ; 'tis well ; Editors, all of the press, fall in, fall in. Ami all insert in your "prospectus'' this : " Devoted to Temperance," et cetera. Who caters for the ])ublic taste and thro\^ s Xo rich spice of temperam-e into the feast, (rives but iiisipid treat ; — his care, remiss. liED TARX. 14A e ; n Is; I : ers A power iintolt] in vrstod in yonr liniuls ; Vuur ilaily, weekly issues \\\A\ luixh sio To tvery lieartli ; tlu'i'e may lliey prraeli llie cause, lis priiR'iples dilluse, and l;o])(» inspire 111 its sueeoss at last. Aleantiine, wlien ioe I.iivailes, to soiiiul in tones distinct, alarm, And rouse to action all tlu; iViends of right ; — Souiid J'rolubition as our moral \\;nit, And kee)) the word in print, that ixmo lbrLr«^t, rntil its advent dawn U[)on the world. Auspicious day I when i'\cry literary slurt vShall adivocate the cause, and ])lace it high. As some, even now, assay to do. (io. then. Like lierald scrolls of peace from heaven. I'ly o'er The runi-swe])t earth and plead the Tem[)i'rance Cause l.n every home wliere n(»w ye lind acces<, I mil, in holder type, ye Jiiay announce The triuniph I l*in:fs, ve of the siiul and nnnire warm, Who fei'l the sad weight of \aried ills Than others, more : greater snli'erers than they — This gives you greater fund of sympathy To tlow in sad sueet harmom'es for all : Vt> sutler tmich that others much may jov. Your mission this. W) toui-h the heart and ii'-ai ; Virur o\Mi, meanwliile, unhealed. Wliat more than these i>'m:nid your sympathy —the inel)riMte — saves? TlM-e with him iipouijht low — and the cause wiiich L-'i ail your t'eeliuir thtw. vour inner speech. To uive tlu" Temperance' theme a jntwer and \t, *<(ruLij<^liiitij into life, asks your ])rut(Tii'tii. Will y<- not luirlmv' well this ihiiiu; of lio;)o. Mako ii your spm-ial can*, and sa\o Ihnn l)ii'j;hl. Till str()ii,i!;(>r grown, it blooujs io Pntliil/ition / li< workinii; wi'U will liastc 1h;' consuinuinliim : While ihoso who s(i'iv(^ the t rathe t<) snpi)r.', Licjiiors seized bv virtue of your office, IVl iutroduce to sewer or seii ; Jiot sell, A Jul east into the nneiuie tlu' price : This savors ot*th(^ trade ; it is to do As doth the publican, for gain. (), Sirs. \'ice hath ne<^d of terror I €'lotJn' you with it'. And see the legions fly ; while A'irtue should The praise of those who did. so well their part. " ^rinisters and mai/istrates are awful names." Christians, all siK'ts and err-eds, howe'er .so mucl Jii points of t'ailh ye dilr'er, her(> ye may dolf Your fundamental robes, and meet as bn-thriMi, Join issue here against your common foe. To place Tt'inperance among iieligious rites, AVere litth* wrong; it is of g face a sign ; ^Trn truly devout will be men tem])eriit(-. IJut some mistake ; religion claim, apart IVom temp'/'rance — perfect, altho* wanting partr^-. ''J'is cause l-T grief, amaze, to what extent 'i'his \ice olitainn among professed (iodly I T!h' man who i?> the <-ongregation prays, i:\ closet, ([uails-liis glass ; or bolder grown, Vriule uruinij some physical ])retext, walks 'J'<» tlie veiuler's bar. dashes down his coin. And drinks its price ; — sin's loudest l)oast I Xur' 'J'o lower ranks conlined, but circh.'s hiiil!. Homes of refinement, wealth, not guiltless ln'rc To kaow in yonder editice, superb^ In il;» mosr sacred room, the serptMit lurks, Wh.it shu.-ling thought I — ensconced, perclKnic",b(' The heaveidy Book, whence Eye of (iod looks out Ah. thes ' j)e things the housetops shall reveal I .\iut Christian's cheeks shall burn with shnine bef. Mohammed's du{)es ; this \irtue they possess — Strict temperance, — nor I'ail to boast it o'er Tlie t'hrisliau's creed. ' ' fhis. Iun>l >re RED TATJX 14".* (), from tlii.s sublK* j^iii, -Sliakr u.-ll your skirts ; tlu'ii, slei'p of letharij;y Briisli from your eyelids. JJchoKl your parisli — Tin- \\i(l'.', wido world I — and start to Duty's c-all. Knlisted iu your ij;lorious Mast»n''s caust», Thai cause yc nuist di-feiid, \\luMU'\'r JIc l)ids. At wliatc'er point ; altho' it were to stand In worthy cause, hrlitmviiiL'. I'iMMi worldly nu'U, leani wisdom : wiser lliey III \k'.e, than ye in virliic (.'oulederato : \'!nr cause is just; slreii'j;t:h, e((ual lo your cause ; Vs'lto may not to the iii-ld repair, may seek liie closet : who caiuiot wield swords ot' steel May grasp that of the Spirit, — mingle ])rayers And tears witli battle's \ictory-shout to heaven I ."Move all, niovt^ now! It' Tem]>iM'ance now descend. In wiiru d 'cj) ni!ji;ht shall it aririe? I'^nlisL AW ranks, instruct in niorrJ strateLvy. This time is most momentous. Ifsoldi-'rs. Siep after step, pu-^h their advance, till lield -lie almost w> .1. and falter then, they fall. Or t!v — their ctiuse ii lost. And so is yours, .]f, when bravely urg(Ml thus far, ye wa\er. To i *ad Keforiu. tlio world looks lo Christians ; iiear v* vour lights through Siujersi it ion's maze, 1 ntd the race cou)es out. in brighlir day, A jjlace of sj)arkliiig sln^ams aiul founlains char, V\'h'.'re. l.)?.thes pure Teiuperance IS'ymph, her spolh-ss wings, And sees lier beantv mirroiv-d e\ei-v\\here. Pour into your raiilcs the n^ble •^j.irit Of the wortiiies gone, wlu) fought for Temjj-ranie And (iod; — heroes, who look from hea\eu and smite 'I'o see the theuie ]irofrress. Inspire with trust in the strong Arm of ixillies- -when it strikes It. is to eontpier ; — in tht> Will, Dixiue, Which s.'ts a j)urpose only to ful!!!. Then, forward I O ye men of Christeiule.m, And hear this jdaudit at th(> heavenly arch, 'Mioodand faithful servants, well done!" Ministers nf Go'l. 1tv llim comnil--'o!;"d EED TAEX, 151 ••Tu point, mankind to better worlds and load The \vay," your work is sacred — 'tis with the soul — And arduous. AVlio carries grace to all hearts And nurtures, must needs labor true and long. Vour toil is that of love and zealous care; Ve minister to men the food of angels, Stand by their couch in dt'ath, and go with thoui i)o\m to the stream. Love is the due of love : Yc lune your people's Ioao as they have yours. And here vour hold on public heart : vour stroufrib '.fo move, in aiw virtuous cause, the mass. (rod's ministers combined, and striving, all, AVould bo a power against tht> liquor trade, lU-i friends, nor dare, nor could resist. Tliis vice The clergy of the world could awe and check. Demand a liaw Prohibitive, nor see it Jiong delayed. If, in aught remiss, 'tis here; And here, not all ; there are who nobly aid, AVho " stand between the living and the dead, AVith hands to heaven, and bid the plague be stayed. '^ Ecverend men, will ye not all g^y^^ this cause More import, care ? That Kingdom ye would build Depends on this for swift accomplishment. Let sermons savor nuich of it. Devote An eveiung, monthly, to this blessed theme, Tliat all may hear. Let youth be catechised In Temperance, and best means for its advance — Tliat th(3y grow strong. Proffer the Orders aid, Nor wait for deputation ; 'tis yours to lead To Temperance refuge, as to the Heavonly. Wield copious pens for Prolubition — The tact and talent God hath given — to urge This suit on " powers tliat be." Whence the edicts That st;ops, in cause political, your voice, And bars you from the field ? This sphere is yours. Jo2 EED TAEN. \ly two-fold rlglit. A Govemment corrupt, Is blight to all reform in morals, graoo. That Executive on righteousness and truth Be built, what more discreet ? Tlie fount Ol'law made pure, the streams will purely flow; And ye whose intellects are sanctiiied. The iittest to advise in government. Jieformers of the olden time in i)i('ty, AVere such in politics ; they breathed new life in both. The priest of (lod may plead at polls Por Temperance, as Paul at Felix' court, Or Luther for Keform ; nor desecrate ]Iis robes or creed, but make them seem more pure.' — A Government, based on same principle As thrones of heaven, would proclaim to e4irth'8 end^. Pruhibition ! In Avhat way ye best can serve The cause, proceed ; nor fear, nor court, man's frown Or favor. Win whom ye may to purity, Be it by loss of a few friends, or gain Of more. Inflame to action public mind, Thovigli by private pleading, or bold debate. Be independent ; ye stand high in rank — The servants of the Most High God I — leaders Of His cause — nor shall you e'er fall, or it. Let Temperance ]5ands go forth, and ye their guides, A host consolidate, to plead and pray. And press the cause ; then, in " Decision's Vale, Behold Multitudes ! Multitudes I" arise AVith banners bright, to join your brilliant ranks ! Look to the hills, a mighty jirmy there. Panting for the strife ! And waiting eager, are " The chariots of God, twenty thousand strong, Even thousands of angels," to lead you on ! Electors, Men of the Franchise, ye band To power and place our statesm^eu. Much devolvcf RED TARX. K>:'» On 3'0ii. That legislation be corrupt Or pure, the choice is yours. Great issues peud To commonwealth ; great honors, personal, Or guileless of the two, great salaries. Then candidates, alert, Mith ready palm And supple bow, implore your suftrages ; All men are equal, then, in tlignity. And vows are pledged to ]je made so in wealth.. A sk you those men, if Prohibition be Their pledge to power ? — This surest, safest way To equalize the race in health and wealth, hi rank and happiness. If so, honor them With your support ; yea, heap the ballots high, I^ach card a passport to prosperity ; Jiear in your arms such men to parliament. And ])roudly boast of what you bear. If not, Withhold your aid : leave them to counting-housf. AV'orkshop, or villa farm ; yoiu* card for such Hut seals vour country's degradation, death : — i Jet down and pray for better men to rule I Statesmen propound daring schemes and push llieiii. Railways of fancy are made those of fact, Isolated Provinces, wed in Dominion, And the helm of state veered just when they list : Perchance, 'tis well. Tliis now, the country's wiuif , A Law to stop intoxicating floods. That other schemes may have desired effect. Demand it, Electors ! Demand it noiv ! Make this the step to legislative seats ; Aiul those who have n( lind to mount can well Be spared. Where are the men of lofty souls, Who move at beck of moral principle, LoA ers of reform, and would raise mankind To their ov.-n level? Seek, bid them come forth ; — Unknown to liime, most worthy to lie famous— ].-)4 RED TARX. li ) Vlacc in their hands the parliumoiilary wand, Aud ample dollars to dt-lray the dues. Oh, for the day when pollinij booths bo pure — IVtie from stealtriv c-ask, and wild jarj^on It incites ! — madness, and pervertrd minds I TIk} vice hath jwwfr to sway in its behalf The men, in sober mood, would bid it down. J^eform will ne'er result from i>:dlots stained With rinn ; nor staggering souls gi'e safelv to The Ship of State. ' EltM-tors, brenk tliis thral! Ris » in your might, in Uod's, and rend lis hold On human heart. Swe^p from our coasts nwaj The cursei.1 fumes, and l-t (iod's balmy mr And suidight in. Tliis ii how ye do it : I'hicc ill [tnrrer the fi'icn'h of Prohibition, .in! And yet, 'tis not so. It mast have entling. Will ye not strike it down, aud inn' the world ? — Kot strike it down and van a deathless uume ? — .RED TAKX, 1 *■ r* ii).* "Vor wait till all mon ask it. Tlu' \\ov\d tliat <«v« OiK^ only miiul, will see, all sin subdued. Vii j)ass great schomos, nor ask the public voice, — l*aHd tliirf : soon all will ratity Iho aet, -As most (.'lirislian luen in all ranks now do ; Wliik? they, the i'alr, both happy aud I'orlorn, ]5('S(!ech : aud no swet-t ehild in all the n>alm lV.it woidd exult to see thi^ I'oe they tear Ji<>jnovod, Mhose daintiest work it is to make 'I'liem tombs. AVliatw( uldyemore? AV'hy lon{j; i(;trtli, ]u'S])(msil»le? And shouhl no heed bt^ JJjiveu, Should it sound on, 'jind roar of boiliuijj s(\as And bursiiufj; stars, when ijlare of worlds ailame, l^teruity's broad sky reHcH-ts — auroras, I'lashiuij; in ire, like myriad darts, to })ierco The cunscience-liaunted soul, — AV'hatthen? Ah me! What then? Tico its(;lf is wronsjed by ruk'rs ; And justly doth eomplain. Jiaw for virtuous Ne'er was made ; but for " dUuhedieixty Unhohj arid j»-nfane, murderers of fathers^ Murderers of mothers, munshii/ers, liars. And perjured men.^' Thes<^ be its le<;al lieirR, Its elaiuiants for the benefit ; and who AVill wrong them more aiul mores or tolerato Tnetpiality of duos ? Of " nnu'derers," , *.>ue hurls death from ambush ; one deals it out ir.<> KED TAKN. Ill jiolioiij* from the bar ; and one fj;«H's boitiul. To (lit', and ono ^oe& t' ee, to liv(^I — O, liiL!;lit ! Where rt'igncst thon? in wliat l)li'st world tliy tlirom- " JJtjtwvcn you and (hcin tlic liord shall be judgf." Is it not rnough, the i\A\ Spoiler's sway? AVhut other Tyrant ruled on earth so long? Ivxaeling well nigh half our dead, our wealth. Our tears, as prey, he piles them on his shrine And gloats — and still exacts I Legislators, rise, ! {Strike for full freedom and immortal fame. Hear the land eall for Prohibition I Heed I Thus wipe the sealding tears from nations' eyes, Send rills of purest joy to myriad hearts, (live earth an imjMdse to prosperity, And rist; it upward in the scale of spheres. TIk? functions of the social system ])nre. It shall pulse on in high moral grandeur. In light and love J)ivine, till nations, all, " Beiiold their God.*' Haste ! Good patriots of old. (.^ast earthward gl.ances, to see the contest end ! Temperance Pioneers, bend d()\Mi to view all men Drink from the Springs of God I Angels, waiting To clap their wings I — Earth, waiting to rejoice, And all its trees ! Tremendous witnesses ! Tremendous waiting ! O, restrain no morii The general joy ; let it have voice to shout ! O, Scotia ! " My own, my dear native land 1" If thy statesmen might be the first to grant A law to banish from thy coasts the bane, If thy soil might first be free and pure. Thy sons the first to shout, and thy bright streams The first to waft the news ! — how would it thrill With ecstasies my heart I — Thenceforth, extend, Till this earth — perchance, first faUe7i, first arise! Theu, highest name — A A' ova Scotian ! . 11 1 «^ ? liKD TAKX. -Mun.timnpriMro.,rkinf;: L.>.i,lator.s il«'ri' IS laudable {unbitioii: . I' 1 , . , , ^^'hI Thou. ^'0 uimm shields or.virth helon- .Most MiHilv' - vnth thmc. hosts in thin uiom.ntou.s caus'': ' 'nspiiv u,th taiih, uutil fruition muvu. •\nd Death, uu.h p.Mions sc-ord.ed, fall uml ,.\ ;,,. lo7 Id. l; TUH KXl), ■i J H ) i f i, ^'il trir '^^ ^- K^ 1 ■ftrt (ESTABLISHED 1866.) liSr (PUSLIBHEQ) EVEI^Y FJtlQ^T JdOIiT^Q, —AT- AMHERST, N. S. Price ^1.50 a Year, In. i^dvaixoe* t [EINO locate, ^Jotes of IIan