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Piji - i:y '^Lil<)(j (^Pt'it)cipaf 1 * ^L * s^^^%%%%^^^^%:%^%?^* Archibald ^S'f ' i \ A\ •MORS ET VITA. 1 watch as nature breaks and Imilils aijaiji, And mark destruction mocked befoi-c my eves. Fur e'en the remnants <»£ decay i(Hain "The germs from ^vllicll some forms of life arise." That wliich is once beijun no end sliall know, No link's l)een sevw^ years n'^tt in earth's deep bosom cast ? Tlie minei- finds it in a rock-Hke state, As stored up sunsliine of the centuries past. Then why should man of all that is on earth So violate the o;reat Creator's plan ? Spi"in<,'s there not fi-om his death jinother hirth ? Tf not — did (i kI create the genius man ? If so — then he can never cease to he, For naught is lost of what God e'er has done, His shortest time is gi-eat etei'nity, And uiors vt vita if his works are one. W. M. LOCKIIAKT, Lockhartville. \ I POETRY. The stillness of a spi-ing-time night, The glow-worm on illuminetl wings. The moonlight on the mountain's height, The song the storm-swept forest sings. The glories that the twilight brings. The spring-birds" song, the crickets' glee, "All earth — that lyn; of myi-iad sti'ings," — Breathes forth its song in poetry. "The dear old h(.me, that saving ark," Whose shades with ])leasant scenes are fraught, The warbling music of the lark Whose home abo\t» th<> eartli is wi-ought, The marvels that the mind has wrought In legions of philosophy, Tlie ])low and scent of speech and thought, — All have the voice of poetry. ^^^mIM \ t It is not always told in rhyni(\ Tn l)eauty ofr 'tis found in pi'ose, Mpthink.s a j)ai'pnta;,'(' divine Jiegat such l)alni for mortal woes, Which like an antidotal Hows Tlirou<,di channels of soliloijuy; 'Tis not the pen alone that shows The ])eauty sweet of poetry. W. M. LocKHvrr Lockhartville. LINES On the Death of liEv. J. A. McLean. "When on thy face I looked my last", And heard thy voice to faith gi\'e force, Tt never through my mind had passed That death so soon would end thy course. "E'en then the shaft was on the way Thy spotless soul from earth to sever," To rend the vail of short survey And usher thee to bliss forever. A loving, strong, yet gentle hand Has led thee to thy home above, And parted from his little })aml The one whom all had learned to love. No more we have at evening hour His counsel good, his words of cheer; Yet still there conies with sov'reign power The silent sermon from the bier — Which solemn lesson tells to man That "time must conquer" things of earth, That life's sojourn is but a span, That man begins to die at birth. riria That life — us like the l)each-l)OUii(l wave — Goes iK^adlon;^ I'lishiii*^ towai'ds the shore, Man towards the shelter of the ^'r.ive Spends on to reach those <^(nn- before. W. M. fiOCKHART. Lockhartville. LINES Written on a nunil)er of graves found in a pas- ture now owned by M. Solomon Lawrence, at Horton Bluff. Twas' here that the rustics found their rest, In this shady dell where the wild fiowei's sprinir; Where the golden })earas that come from the west, Oft smile through the trees where the wild birds sing. No mable slaVj is erected here, And over their couch the shy hare treads; And naught save a mound that rises near. Points out the place of the resting dead. But these were the scenes they loved in life, 'Twas here they played in their childish glee. Apart from the world and its })usy strife, In these wooded vales near the ])ounding sea. The chui'ch from their door was miles away, So they laid them not 'neath the churchyard sod; In their own little lot they placed their clay, And their spirits returned to their father's God. What sweeter rest 'neath the heap of stones In the Abbey grand where the great dead rest. Though honored be their royal bones, Methinks this bed is likewise blest; For nature honors the lowly grave. The moss bespeaks its tender grief, And sighing faintly the blossoms wave, And minstrelsy's borne on the sleeping leaf. 'V^ 'Tis licrc tilt' /('itlivr softlv siiiirs At inidiii^jht to the tir ti'ccs niijli, Plays liHi-p-likt* nii tlicir (lnK>j)itiy; striiii^s. The wild woods sotitliini' lullahv. And notes of wild i»irds sweet and i*are That i,da(lness 'orini^s to other dells, Seem ehani;ed to tones of sadness lu'i'e, Thou^h l)orne rn silvery syllahh'S. Here let them rest, till tho wakeniiii,' day, Where a common hai- doth mankind await; When we stand devoid of dust and decay. Where the poor are rich and the lowly ifn-at. Let them i-est in the spot that they loved so (l<»ar. iieneath the shades that the wild woods spread, 'Tis such haunts as these whei'O Ood is near. And He, too, honors the liumble dead. W, M. LOCKHAIJT. Lockhartville. BLOMIDON. Thou lofty throne, where sat Acadia's (Jod; That sacred place where never Micmac trod Till white man came and landed cjn thy shore, Then Glooscap vanished to return no more; Upon thy clift's no ancient castles rise, No domes and t«»wers reaching to the skies; More gorgeous fai-, upon thy rugged sides, The vareigated trees the surface hides. And wdieii the wind sweeps through thy woods with sighs Blends more in beauty nature's varied dyes. The trembling leaves, the birds, the sea, the gale, Accord in tune, though varied in their tale. And when the sun's descending all serene. Creates the landscape of a pleasant dream; Scenes of such peace, from public rage apart. How grand, how soothing to the human heart. Tlic ^^pyp (Icsccndiiit; t'r«»i;i tlir liill surveys" W'licrr Minas 'mid its vjirioiis cJiHmK'ls strays. That, placid |K>iid in wliicli the fishes hid, And IioiuM'in^' (Jlnoseajxlid as they were hid l»V us, "njost loved of all the ocean's sons. True to his sire," to his enihr'ace runs, "Hastini^ to j)ay his t,i-il)Ute to the sea, liike mortal life to meet (dernity." Oh, could r flow, like thee, and make my stream My ^reat example, as it is my theme; Though deep, yet clear; though gentle, yet not dull, Strong without rage, without o'ei'flowing, full. Th(^ stream is so ti'ansparent, pun^ and clear, That had the self-enamored youth gazed here, So fatally deceived he had not ))een. While he the bottom, not his face had seen. 15ut his proud head the airy mountain hides Among the clouds, his sh«)ulders and his sides A shady nianth^ clothes; hiscui'l'd hrows ' Frown on the gentle streams, wnicli calmly Hows, While winds and storms his lofty forelu'ad heat. The common fate of all that's high or great. And in the mixture of all these appears Variety, which all the rest endears. W. M. Lock HART. Lockhai'tville. LINES ON LIFE. Life, mortal life, this short and fleeting span Giyes grief and joy alike to every man; The captive chained within the prison cell Has oft a gleam of hope, a gladsome spell; The lonely widow dwelling by the shore, Who ga/es on the self-same stream that bore Her loving partner to his fate unknown, Yet toiii's «)f j(iy Hcf'oiiipany off licf ^iioan; llcf litVs (!»'\()t('(l tn licr cliildi't'ii's fate, And thus fnriLfcttiiii,' srlt", Iut <;i'i«'fs jilKitc The snldit'i' liUHU'iiiii;^' toward tlic fatal liinis, While fioiii his wounded hand the warm l»Iool)ini' fast away, Jiut as we listen when we hear him pray, He says, "We thank thee Lord who us did show, Thoui^h ma»iy slain to overcome the foe." Thus life is painted, sti'aiiLje we cannot kn<»w l»y outward sii;ns what hliss is hid below; Some seem foi'evei' smiles of mirth i' wear, With others pleasutc is hut varied care. Some find sweet i-aptui'e L^izin;,' 'mi the skies, With otliers,toil alon theii' hli.o suitplie^'. ^i as the sailor tired and wet, he cunies l'^])on the unplaned hoa'-ds to i-esl his l)ones; AN hile in the r<»om where art adorns tlie wall, And servants eai^ei* run at slij^htest call, lieelines the captain, (ills his meei'schaum howl To watch the clouds of smoke that upwai'd roll; He hears the hell that tells the watch is ])ast, The howlin*,^ wind that bends the Ljallant iriast ]»ut yet that hell is not a voic« that calls Him to his post just as asleej) he falls; Xor that loud wind that roars anions the shi'ouds; Attuned with thujidei* from the distant clouds, Does not hid him to clinil) the i;r-oanin;,' masi. Nor clue the topsail down, nor make it fast, And as we ,i'on<> ai'e we to say, Is not the captain's life a j)l('asant day; Those hands are soft, no sii;iis of labors weai-; But ah I His face is furr(»wed deep with care; That bell that calls the deck hand from his bed, Does it unnoticed pass : he skipj)er's head .' The hour it's tellini,' by its solemn linu' He planned his \essel at its port would brini> And now he Icjiins that yet, lie's leagues away. And stonns prevent, as chains keep do<4s at l)ay. Tell jn(;, T ask thee, tel' me ye who can, \\'hich of the two ye teiin the happier man? Alike the wise, the rich, the blind, the ])ooi', Must have some joy, some ])ain,t<'o, must endur-e: l^'ach mortal has ;in eipial shart; below, For "every joy is balanced by its woe." W. ,M. Lock HA KT. Lockhartville. 4 MONODY, ON THE DEATH OF WM. A.OKTIMER LOGKHAitT, WHO DIED AT MT. ALLISO?, NMi., DEC. 7tH,1889. Was thy life brief? Then so, dear soul is (»»n.s. Who draw the breath, which thou did'st soon forego For purer, sweeter, Thou forsak'st these bowers For the unfading, — this shade, for the glow That the eternal morn doth round thee throw; These russet fields for the unwithering flowers. Was thy life briefs 'Twas long enough for love. For tears, foi* virtue, and for beauty, too; To feel th' poetic heart within thee move; Too brief, for ills and sorrows, not a few, Which they must bear,who linger yond the dew, To greet the frost, here in grief 's wintry grove. . Was thy Life brief ? Thou livep.t ? — did'st but pass From Learning's porch to her supreme degiee; — From out "life's dome of many colored iflass," To "the white radience of eternity," Onr lives are brief; but long thy life shall ])e, Where song dies not, nor Misery cries, "alas I" ' Was thy life brief ? 'Tis well, since it was true; Here, brief our portion, as the wise have sung : Thou dwellest constant in the memory's view, — We look upon thee ever, bright and young; The lay of Hope dies not from off thy tongue. Fraught with Love's generous tire. Dear 8oul,adieu! Arthur John LocKHAUT.