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Les diagrammas suivants illustrent la mAthode. rrata Co peture, n A □ 32X 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 (If & ft r ^^^^^^^~^ EVEMN.. TO MORNING, oo AMD Other Poems BY E. A. JENNS. ''Viide, sed hiculius, ,j^ ^, ^ ^. ^ ^ ^ -^ ^ ^ ^ Vnde, liber, verhisque meis loca gratx galitfa:** Olid. YICTOPJA FCJBLISHED BY T. N. HlBBEN & Co MDCCCLXXX '^^fc^^ f*3 3 B0&78 DEDICATORY SONNET TO W. R. MUEEAT, E8QUIEE. Years liave I parted from thee and since then The passing months have placed long leagues between; Thou th6 vast southern continent hast seen, All savage nature lies beneath thj ken: For me thy letters oft have sped, and when.. They've reached me in Columbia's wilds I ween, Pull of quiet joy my inmost heart has been, And lengthened sheets have come to thee again. And now— thig little book — the firstling fruit. Of a boy's heart, (poor soil for lofty song); And which like springtide's earliest tend'est shoot Has grown though fearful of the sharp frost's wrong, I lay beneath thy feet, and though it fall, TJncared for, pleasing thee, it pleases all. . .3 INTRODUCTION AND APOLOGY. A world of dreams and shadows, and within Its unrealities, one more unreal Then all the rest, like dream within a dream, Myself a dreamer dreaming; and I dreamt, i ' And things unreal; yet like realities, More true than the true substance, rose and passed, Through the dim convolutions of my Lrain, With solemn grandeur from the shadow world. The dark unknown, things awful and distinct, Clothed in the majesty of unheard words. Before perchance unthought of; and I rose And took my pen and wrote, and the swift words. Flowed from the tossing tumult of my mind Like waters flowing from their fountain source. I wrote, and read, and that. I wrote seemed good, And laid the thing aside, till I forgot The thought that had inspired it, then once more Re-read my work, and still it all seemed good. So have I dared to bring it from the dark Of unseen things, and lay it in the light ■^T ^f«^p Of public eyes, and should it still seem good, Then may that light show it« perfections more; But should it be imperfect, let it drop, And pardon my presumption; let it sink Back to the dark abyss from whenco it came, The world of shadows and of unreal things, Unknown, unthought of, like a passing dream, Dreamt in the silent watches of the night, Forgotten e'er awaking. i^imsra tid MH)E3^nir@c -o- How beautiful the earth, the sky, the sea. How lovely is the sun's bright setting ray. Magnificent the mountain's soaring peak ! How calm the sea lies — one expanse of glass. And how the last rays of the setting sun. Throw on the waters one broad path of gold, A path of spirits unto paradise. All down whose length a faint reflection gleams, Of the great glory of those beauteous realms. So thought I, as I wandered near the shore " 1^' V,. f-* fc , .- . tr . ' f- ^ -r-TT?" . V EVENING TO MOBNINQ. Upon the cliffs, and softly bathed my feet In the deep masses of soft fragrant fern, Or 'mong the Hcented heathers tinkling bells; And calm surveyed the seas' long ripple break, With tiny splash and rustle on the shore. And there I stood alone, and watched the sun Set with deep glorious red behind the hills; And all the lignt and fleecy sunset clouds. Were tinged deep golden red, as if on fire. Carmine and gold in all their brilliant shades, Stretched in long airowy streaks upon the sky. Then slowly sank the sun, and the bright tints Of gold and crimson faded from the clouds, The stars began to glow from out of space. And the wide seas assumed an '.nky black The night wind rose, and all was desolate. And there I stood alone. I had no friend To walk with me, I never had a friend, But still I stayed and thought, how desolate. And yet how grand, the mountain peaks appear. But then my soul within me rose in speech. And weary in my heart I cried aloud, " Ye are not desolate ye mountain peaks. For lo ! the hill tops round you crowd you in, The bird mates with the bird, and beast with beast, Fish unto fish, and man consorts with man; ^mmtmm EVENING TO MOKNINO The rivers flow into the sea, but I, III all the earth am only desolate, Companionless among companions." Thus in itt^ lonely bitterness I cried, And the stii) aiountains echoed with ray voice, And the ^'reat hills flung back my bitter words. But broken I v tL.3 rippling of the sea. Moody I fl 'n.^ myself upon tlie eirth, And watched the clouds I'ght drifting past the stirs, That 'jhadowed now in darknoss, now shone forth, When the dark mass swept by and left them clear. I listened to the nightwind moaning low. With melancholy music 'mong the trees, That heaved and tossed their branches mournfully, Keeping strange cadence witli the wild weird tune As if thev too had sorrows none might laiow. Until the Avide earth seemed so wastf^' and l<)ne, That none at all of living kuid were Ijft. And then the still wind swept aside the clouds Till all the heaven was clear, and there the moon. Sailed high majestic through the starry vault. And thus I lav and gazed, until at length, A^ved by the solemn stillness of the night, , My thoug'its and musing? chang^)d to oth^^r thlngF, — I thought of the three mortal mvsteries, The mysteries of life, and love, and death. I;! n ; Si 1 EVENING TO MOENING I saw a star shoot oat of space, and light The dark sky for a moment, and then fade Sudden to awful blackness, yet it left A phosphorescent glimmer on its track, Which lasted but a space beyond the star, And then too faded into utter night. And thought, — "lo! this is life, that comes and goes To last a moment ere it fades awav, Becoming lost forever, yet it leaves A memory, which like the gleaming track. Lasts but a space ere 'tis entirely lost. What is it that can take a little dust, Small particle of dew, and mould them both And build them up into a living form, Sonsient to all the pains and passions ? A form possessing power; What bids it grow, And with the passing years expand itself. Till from a child it buds into a man ? What is it that can take that living man, And draw it unto creatures like itself, Heart knit to heart by the strong bond of love. Until to part them were far worse than death ? And what is that dread power that comes at last, And breaks away the bonds of love and life, With iron hands remorseless plucks out life, And leaves behind nought but the senseless clay ? wmmmfmmmfmiifgft -r-^r ■^ EVENING TO MORNING From wliich the moisture Boon must fart, and leave Only the dust from which 'twas made behind, Soon to he scattered hy the ruthless winds, To the four quai-tc-rs of the, whirling globe. And so from that I fell to wondering, When death has ta'en our life and love away, And nought of all our earthly selves is left, Save but a handful of fine whirling dust. Where goes the life and love, which some call soul, Impalpable fine spirit from the breast ? What comes to that ? Is it too lost ? falls it Into a finer dust than even dust? Is life l)ut some blind power placed in our clay, And love a blinder chance than even life ? Are we but forces, born without a will, To move within the narrow sphere of fate. As dried leaves stirred by the passing wind, That leap and frolic when the breeze doth blow. And fall again to earth when it is past? Blind creatures living by as blind a power. Is earth but some dead force, that stern resists The moving strength with which we strike against it? Is life but as the power, that moves a stone, And makes it swiftly circle through the air, And death as when it strikes against a wall, Or spent sinks down t^ meet its mother earth? J i 3 KVENINQ TO MORNING. •Cr is there sometliing more beyond the dust, A s.ubtle spirit hid within the clay ? Which when the body dies, shall still have life, And move to search the mighty realms of space. j.'he body like the stone that strikes the wall And falls unto the earth from whence it came. The spirit like the force that leaves the stone, And passes to the earth, yet will not die; And like the force that hid within the stone, On being changed may shew as l^rilliant light. Ihe whole earth lives, its inmost life is force, lilind force perchance, and yet a moving force. And neither blind, for it doth move the earth. Not by mere chance but by souie mighty will. That regulates and rules. The earth may die, But yet the power that rules it cannot die. We live, we die, aud others yet are born; We live, we die not; who 3an kill the soul ? Now here thus thinkmg fell I in a trance, Beside me there as I lay 'mong the flowers, Upon the low-browed dill's above the sea. One of the mighty wingc^' spirits stood. With faco majestic, eyes like iivn-^ flinu.'. His robe fell from his shoulders to his fct t, Glistening and shining with a sunlight glare, His mighty limbs translucent, and liis pulse mnpmrmmm ■IPPimp EVENING Ta MOilNINQ /d Shot through with blood, like stroami of liquid light. And stra'ght great fear fell on me, and I turned Face downward on the sward, and dared not look Again on one so grand and Lo^Lutiful. * • But then he spoke, and like the silver sound Of distant bells at eventide, his voiee, Or like the pleasant murmur of the brcol:, Wuicb breaks and falls, rippling a:noTig the stones, Majestically low, and strange, and sweet, As stooping he upraised a:id said to me : " Arise i nl fear not thou, but rise and see." Then a; I st)od upright before my lord, He stretched his ha id aDove and questionol me, " If thou badsfc in thy hand tbe mighty power, Of life a::d deatl^, which scorns to tbej most go 3d, To live still a^ tbou art or pass through djatb ? " And I before him humbly bowed my be^ul And answered thus: " Great One par Ion m.', I know not wbat to say, I can mot tell, Ivirth's life t > m*', is but a h.itefal tli ig, 1 spend uiy time in m'sery a id groan?, AM truth has pasised f:om earth; I have no fxienl, L f > Vv'ithout love is misery's extreme; J hate to live, but yet I fear to die. I trust that there is lire e'en after djatb. That v\ hen the boviy sinks into the pit, // IVENINO TO MOENIWa The subtle spirit still remains and lives, And reason says that death is not the last; But still I fear that grisly foo to man, Who, whether on the awful battle field, Or on the quiet bed within his home, As surely strikes, and striking, all is past. Some men pass like an arrow through the world Others more slowly like a ponderous stone, Some smooth and evenly as flies a ball. Some wandering like straw or thistle down, But all at once to the same gloomy gaol, That is so wide that none can miss the mark. There is no clod now crushed beneath the foot, Or broken by'the share and grown with grain, But one has been a living moving form. No speck of dust upon the whole wide earth, But one has thrilled with life. No water drop. But once has coursed as blood, or heaved as breath Where are the souls of these that now are dead ? Oh what is love that we should love at all ? Or what is life that we should e'er be born. Or being born that we should wish to live ? Life, is the flower of the convolvulus, That morning sees in glory of its prime. And noon*3 hot sun glares on its dying hour. Or, like the joy of some poor painted fly. EVENING TO MOENINQ /%. That lightly soars beneath the noondaj sun, To die in bitterness at eventide. Behold the tiny seed what wondrous force. Presses its rootlets through the stony soil. And lifts its head above the dusty ground. It grows in beauty till some parcbing beat, Or biting frost, withers its leafy pride. And leaves it dead on that from which it sprung Even if life is after I am dead, After this flesb is withered into dust, And past to feed the growth of plants and worms, How can I tell that this same life in death. Be not indeed, p'rhaps tenfold worse than life? Eesolve my doubts I know not what to say, I love not life but still 1 fear to die." And stooping o'er me he did touch mine eyes And then it seemed as I had been long blind. And flakes had fallen from me and I saw; And down before me on the pleasant flowers, I saw my body lying on the ground. That wretched caske that holds the thought of man, Lifeless and pale lying in deepest trance; And seeming like the withered empty shell. The butterfly deserts when he awakes, To his short life among the summer flowers. But he my Lord but touched me on mine arm, /5 EVENIN'G TO MCIINING. i And bade me rai.e mine eyes iLatT ii'iLiLt cec: Then liftel I my fa?e and through tic air. I saw ton tbousLiud thousand living things, Some 1 eautiful and others hideous. The guardian powers of man with gleaming wings, Passed back and forth from out the throne of God; 1h3 good and evil thoughts and evil things, Messen^jers from the monarch of deep be]]; And happy passing souls their freedom won, Vvitli other things the spirit powers of earth, The sylphs and nalais of the air and sea; Mingling with mighty rushing to and fro, And thiilling outbursts of triumphant s^ng; Those ma.iy sounds that sometimes meet one's ears, When free from e/il thought and all desire, AVandcring alone upon the mountain top?, O: sailing on the dreamy summer sea. Far upwards through the heavens stretched their troops. Ihere were great throngs of happy singing ones, Clad in bright rcbes ( f such l, glor'ojs shu n, As when the moru'ug sun shines on the sea. And breiks on ripples in ten thoiisanl gh au^s, Mure beautiful than all the gems of cart!). With ch inciting gloji.'s in c ich bree/e that blows. There too weic troops of evil things that shrank, Hxik from those happy ones into the gloom, h rmmim "■ I' p i' .- W i i pMi pii j I . I jn wmm^mm^ BT SNINO TO MO&NINO ^f' With foul and horrid glbberings, that made My timid heart boat thick with sudden fc'ar. There were the elves and fairies of the flowers, Floating on tiny wings of painted flim, Like butterflies, and clothed like the shards Of splendid beetles, all of green and golJ. The naiads of the sea and fair woodnvmphs, Floated around me singing mournful songs. Most gentle tunefulness that rose and fell, In thrilling notes of saddened melody. Then as my eyes became less dazed with light, And I less wondorstruck than at the first, I cast my glance more far around,and on One side beheld a gloomy mountain range, The long base fringed with Ijfty tangled firs And lashed by boundless ever angry seas; And on one peak that rose above the rest. Towering to heaven, circled with black clouds, Was placed a mighty throne of ebony. And all around this throne were multitudes Of dark attendant spirits; there I saw Old Time himself, with glass and deadly sythe; There were tlie Years and Hours and many more. Within the rising storm-mist's sullen heat, I saw the lightning flashing back and forth, And heard the thunder bellowing 'mong the clouds lit /i EVENING TO MOBNING With roar and reverberating echo. And saw two dark-draped forms attendant there, The monarch of the mist and snow and rain, And spirit power that wields the lightiing flash. These were obodient servants to his will, And bowed to him who sat upon t' throne. Hut he who sat upon that nightblack throne, How can I tell his fearful majesty? A being with stern face and lofty brow*, Crowned with wreath of cypress and of yew. Of more than mortal size. His robes were black, His eyes were unrelenting, and his hand. In lieu of sceptre, clenched within it's grasp, A long unsheathed sword of burning flame. And to the foot of that most awful seat, A mighty stream a thronging multitude, From many many nations ever set. A throng less to be numbered than the sands, That check the waters cf the sounding sea And these ware marshalled to that monarchs feet, I5y Years and Hours the ministers of Time. Some in that river ever prest to him, ii'ome dreaded and hung back, but these were prest For (3ver forward by Time's niinisters, Nore could escape. Soii;e went with gloDmy brows Others ^^ith lai^gbter and with maniac dance; " EVEXINQ TO MOHXINO Some passed to Lim with shrieks and wildest cries, Some with bright smih's and happy peaceful songs; Some movei along so busy with their thoughts-, That they saw not how near they came to him; Some viewed him ever with most " wful dread; But when they reached the base of that black scat, All disappeared nor knew I where they went. And all was darkest night no sun shone there. For all was gloom and draped in endless shade. But when I scanned the face of that strong king. And marked the dark attendants round him grouped My sick heart trembling whispered unto me, "Who cii wlb'ii'oiil th'.3 m''jf'it7 mmir '^'j r>:)wer?" And then sore fear came on me and I fell Face downward to the earth and shud'dring cried, "Oh! who is this great king oh! who are these? I fear bis mighty power, ah mei I fear All those who round about his throne are grouped." And I had almost swooned; but he mv Lord; stooped over me, and with his tender voice, Said, "Fear not, him whom thou hast seen is Death; From this his lofty tlr me he views mankind, And sends among them at his master's will, ( For there is one whom even he t.b 'vs ), The ministers and servants whom ye saw. The violent storm the rapid lightning flash, i 17 KVEKIXO TO MOSNINa. Old Time himself with those who him ol>C7, The Days and Years and little wing^'d Hoars, And many dire diseases ; Also these, Famine and v:ar and fearful pestilence, iVnd those more painful spirits who attack The very mind and soul of feeble man; Grief; Anger, Hatred, Fear, and many more, Are but his ready slaves placed in his power To afflict at needful times the sinful earth. That mighty stream that set to his thrones font Whom you beheld come there and pass away. These are the sons of Earth ,who all must come, To lay their necks beneath the feet of Death, Ere they can come to everlasting life. For everything must die. But rise and see, I now will show thee what shall cotufort thee. " "With that he raised me up and set my face, Towards the east away from that dark king; And lo! here laj no gloomy mountain range, No dark and angi*y seas, no deep-draped clouds, But long stretches of green peaceful hills, Roundel, and overgrown with pleasant flowers, Clad round the base with circle of light mist, Glowing with rosy beauties of the morn. No gloom or shade lay on that happy land, 1 lom end to end 'twas bathed in softest light. N • /? EVENING TO MOENINO And tbcro upon the summit of one moiinl, A winged and mighty Angjl aateniaroieJ, So beautiful, that mj weak cyca were diain3l, And dazzled with the sight. His wings seem 'd made Of splendid light; his hair fc!l from his head, la long a. id flowing wa'/es of brillaiit lig'it; Around his brows was set a lofty crown, Whos«' glory shjuo with iucandc.jcont boaaty; And he was all euclothel in lijht, rivers, All rosy glowing flowed 1 cneath his fett Sparkling wiih brilliancy; there was no sun Within that pluce, he was it-} sua and L^rd. His throne was one pure diamond, and its steps, AVere beaten out of pure and well tried gold; The pillars of support of rubies built, Which all so gleu^.od beneath that dazling glow. That I perforce must shade my mortal eyes. With both my hands; but as they slowly gre.v Accustomed to the splendour of the scene, I looked again. The hills from north to soulh, W^ere peop'ed with bright beings, who wi ro cial. In flowing robes of many coloured light, There Hope and Peace had dwellings, aiidfj,:r LoTC Dwelt in a palace on the radiant hillb'. Then turned I to my guide, r- ho answered m?, Ere I had put the question, " This is Life, I If T'l jf^''^^'* . EVENING TO MOliNINO An J these fair verdant bills are his domain, And all these brilliant throngs his servants are, Who ever do him homage. Let U3 }jo And Btaul beside him in that pleasant land. " With that ho spread his wings, and I perceived That I had also wings, and by my Lord, I sped my course toward the glow of light. We were borne up by the light moving air, • Among the many throngs that moved therein. And past among them all and mixed with them, And soon we came and stood u])on the hills, Below the tlrtaie cf Life, Now here I saw A mighty throng uprising at his feet, From whence they past away. Then said m^ Lord, " These are of those who lately came to Death, And by him being j udged, and worthy found, Now here have come to greet the Lord of Life, Ere they shall pass whither their wills may tend. But there are some, and here his voice grew sad. Who being by that judge unworthy found, By him are doomed to pass a time in pain. Sharp bitten hy remorse, and deadly grief. In fearful solitude, and dark dispair; Until such time as being piirgcd 1 y this, ^J hey shall have then new trial. But thct'e shall come, A time when all are purged, thou Life shall strike I -r-yjrwrr tc EVENING TO MORNIXa At. Doatli, and Death shall be no inoro, but a.U Bo merged iu Life. " Now on my senses broke, A sudden power of glory; I know not Low, Nor whence nor whither, I could only tell, That there was splendour somewhere, more than all That I had yet beholden moving me. That my pent soul fluttered against my strength, As vrfishing it n.ight part lo seek this out. A wondrous sense of great magnificence. Something beyond my power to understand. That dimly Sinote upon my inmost mind. As being 1 enfold more than I could feel; As one who scanning all the skies at night, And piercing with his eyes into the depths, AVould fail to comprehend infinity, A nd marvel at his weakness, so did I, In wondering at the glory I perceived. And this the mighty Ei)irit by my side, Told me proceeds from the great throne of Ilim, 'Who everlasting and allpowcrf ul is, Mighty and mercif liI, the God of Love. " Thither " he scdd " yond happy spirits tend, Who having passed thro^.igh Death and come to Life, Now go to dwell for ayo in joy with him. " Far to one side there was a gloomy space, Nothing distill guishallo but a great shade. 'W^T' 1/ Tur EVSNINO.TO MORNING rrofundity of dread ,witli terror i^alled. Between as in a valley lay tlie world, In neither gloom nor light, but lialf in half, For Life had equal power with Death, the one, Not more than had the other: each one ruled With equal sway among the sons of men; These were left free to xollow whom they would. Then that dim sense of glory from afar. Smote me again upon the face and I Turned back from Death, i:o wards the seat of Life. Then spake the winged angel by my side, " It is in each mans power, upon the earth. E'en after he has passed from thence, to live Among the nations that shall yet be born; Either by mighty works, that better man, And living thtougli the ages, make him blessed Upon the earth by those by those that toil therein,- For ho\irs of ease and froedom from their toil; Great -sVorks can never die, and authors live In likeness of their work; each man shall see, And love the maker in that he has made; Or he shnll live in those that bear his face; The children born 1o him and, trained up To tread in peace the steps their fathers trod, Shnll niak<^ his name an evergreen although li-uiself the author of them now is dead. EVENING TO MOKNING -v*^ In eitlicr case then lives he doubly, botV. In the se vast depths of space, and on the earth. " Now a3 I inuis3l upon his words, and Lolicd III ccntcmi^lation deep upon the scene, Whose glorious beauties smote upon the sense, And made m^ happy though I scarce knew why, And clove awiy my doubt, the doubt of Life, And fear of Death, and cleansed my bitterness, My mystic guide addressed me once again, Saying, " L^! it is time, bt us begone; " Then rose we once agiin, a:id turned towards ^ • The gloom, far from th} glorious light we fl3w, And soon again wo stood upon the place From whence we started, and from whence f rst broke The gloomy vision and the glorious change, Upon my eyes. Then said he unto me, •'Remember now this vision and my wor^s: ' And here h^ mad? a sign above me, anl^ All powor had fa lei from my longhig ey^s, - And I sink tlown i.i sleep and knew no more. Then slowly conoiousness returned, and first Was I aware of a dt ep roaring sound, And a