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The Silver Trail
Poems by
Evelyn Gunne
Illustrations by Jean Mather
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Boston: Richard G. Badger
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TlIK SlI.VKK TkAIL
Fealty lo
As Through a Glass Darkly 1 1
The Song of the Sous -?o
Invitation 23
The Xorth 24
The Arrow Lakes -25
The Harz'est Storm 26
The Path of the Moon 28
The Canadian Tacifie Raihi'ay 29
The March of the Xorthem Men .^i
Wheat Fields i^
Winnipeg 32
The Blizzard 33
My Hostelry 34
Song of the Self Binder 34
The Lake of the Woods 35
A Rainy Xight 37
spring 3«
Miracles 39
A Day In Spring 39
The Indian Chief's Farezi'ell 40
The Loyalist 41
Canada 42
c. , 43
Sonnet
44
Lore's l'il;^)inu};^c
,,, , , 4.T
I he k'odil ,
46
'//r (■<//',</ .1/.' /,v My Xamc- ^7
Tin- Outer Sea ... o
48
Truth ..
49
1 he Rose of Dine-
' so
.■liiftiiini .
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/ lie Orehesfra
The Dyiit^ ChUd
Tlie Kill' . .
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My Lost Youth
Ohi Sou-'s . ^^
...,-; ■ ■■. 54
/ /'(• Joiirnex is Lniia"
•^ 55
The Old l-yicnd Speak-: ^
The Widow .. \
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nelea.'iicycd .
, 59
60
The Rain ... ,
60
Sour drapes ^
' 61
7 haiikfiiliiess . ^
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Rose in the Garden ^.
Tlie lin'-ineer ... /
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Before the O Iteration ^,-
Sonnet ... /
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The Rosary 67
'•Love Me. Surer 68
Bereaved 70
Song 71
The Children's Pienic 71
Knighted 72
Incense /2
Sleepless)tess j^
Tuv. Spirit of tiik Xouiii
The Sf^irit of the Xorth jj
Heimlich Si
The Falliitg Star S4
Hard Times 1S5
The Prison Chapel K7
Silver Pof^lars S9
.■I Thunder Storm on the Plains (p
Tieiligh.t (jl
The Sil:'er Pirch.es 92
The (J nest ion 94
To E. R. y 95
The T'teath of the Day (/3
H.vf'ression 97
Midnight 97
Teach Me Wisdom Mother-Xatnre 98
An Impression (/^
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The h'l-irillc ,^
In Mcmoriam ,(.^
Beyond is God j^^q
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Aspiration ,q,
77jr Simmer's Prayer ,o^
Uncle's Christmas Story ,o^
r/?r Tr/ra;// IVind ,0^
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Till
I SILlliR TRAIL
It dips
beyond the uuntntain.
It Hi
's beyond the lea: —
.liid Ti
liere it leads we folloti-
To U
-am its mystery.
It shin
•s ai^ainst the inornini^
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:celled thread of //_t;/i/,-
It lure
v, it eatls. it heelcons
Tliiu
'/(i^/i all the day and night.
Where
leads it? 'Thai we know not
Only its sih'er '^leaiii
Cdlllpi
Is lis and Tee foll(>:e
The
7'isi(in and the dream.
Xo str
ainiii;^ eye )nay sezer
The
thin ethereal fr/V,
'That at the xcide lu>ri.zo)i
linfi
lids the Silier Trail.
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W i'lf a- the I'.mpirr. Sire, is ,,nr l\alt\
rrii'Irrcl 111 thee in lli\ sta--irt Immr :
Dfi'p as tile .icfaii"s .kcp.M l,ill,,u :
ili,L;li as tile luaxcn's larilust dcunr.
Nau-lit lias ahatr.l the Imw iliat niu rfatluMl thee
^ cars Imiim ^j,,,.,. \^j,|, ,1,^. |)_.,,,j,|| i.r-li-;
IliiiU' (,f iliiiir ..un wv ihr I.,vr l)r,|nrat!ic(I thee
< oiiipass, ,| ii,,.,. •,■,,1111(1 when thi' -ivat < )tKTn
'h'ciL
Di-tani ami hnnic-lan.ls ; M,.,, in thr , .ar-latids
< iifc! ihcc m.'st l,,\;ill\. kT\cnt <inr pravcr;
"<i'"l Save Kin- lOlwaiM. Kin^- ,;i tin- far-
lamls ;■'
Snn , t" thy M,.thtr. thy s, „,-, ,\v wc share.
I < )( ) I .
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AS I'lIR* )r<.H A (.LA-S DARKLY
To TiiK Mi.Miiuv or A i)i;Ai) (Ji i:i;n' uiim i.ivus
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M\- (.■urtaiii-^liicliKfl. frat^MlL'. vi>itin-l)ari|ur,
Anduatcli ihc l)roail. low liill>. slow. rc-apiJ^ar
As sJLjht. acoustoiiuil, presses l>ack tlic dark.
Across tlic way, a teniplt-' nrnt relieves
Its dusky pciunansliip at,^ain>t llu- sky,
And staiut-'il window^, Ixiuiid in trii)lc slu-avcs,
I'our forth tlicir ,i,dory (jn the passer-by.
A mighty chimney tlanies behind the liill
A rocket-stream of stars from (hi-k till day;
Proud constellations spout aloft, and spill
Into the smoke-wreaths of their milky way.
The villa,i;e lam])s are lit. and friendly li.udits
Wink pleasantlv acrijss the sparklin-r snow;
Telling of .sheltered homes, these winter ni<::hts.
And cheerful sT<T-ipi".c:s in the firelight's p^low,
I.ow-clashinq- in the cjentle wind, I see.
In heavy frostiness of pearl s:alloon.
Each bud and branch, each twiff upon the tree
Lift p.illid fares to the winter moon.
A frincre of pines outlines the darkened hills
Witii plumed knifjhts, and many a slender
lance ;
Throughout the air a c:entle essence thrills
Of joust and tourne> . and the old romance.
11
Adowii tlu' cfmurics I sec liim coiiu', —
The armored kniR:ht. with pUinie. an<l jrolden
spur.
J see him stand before his ladye dumb ;
I see the pleading: glance he gives to her.
Oh. moonlight sillioucttc of church and spire!
Oh, misty laces of the frost-king's gnomes!
Oh. window arabesques of crimson fire!
Oh, star shine from a hundred, happy homes!
Oh, lovely world ! where as in davs of old,
Bright chivalry, still wields her' ready lance,
And lusty knight-hood, with its hearts o'f gold, '
Still keeps alive the light of old romance.
Oh, lovely world! where silver moonlK>ams fall;
Where veiled shadows fringe the paths of
light ;
Where poised in vastness, that themselves appal.
Great, golden stars go swinging thro' the
night !
To-night, I set the curtains wide, and gaze
Into the darkness, striving there to see
The old, familiar beauty, thro' the haze
That hangs between its loveliness, and me.
I he-r the distant thunder of the falls
V .rch musically across the sombre hills ;
Oi sink to silence in the hidden halls
Of distant valleys, as the night wind wills.
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Its nuiftk'd •mirnuir lies h<-ntath all thought,
As sonif stem purpose, in a life-loom weft.
May underlie embroideries, day-enwrought,
Emerging only, as the strands are cleft.
For with the day its tireless thunders cease;
Obscured by all the busy cark, and care.
But when the gracious night descends in peace.
Its cadenced music, still, is marching there.
Or in its booming. I can catch the roll
Of distant war-drums on a distant shore ;
Bringing fresh sorrow to the war-sick soul
Hearing, alway, the unheard cannon's roar.
The winged fancy takes its Ariel-flight
To those far fields, and bivouacs of pain,
Where He the harvests of the stubborn fight ;
The huddled wounded, and the scattered slain.
With loyalty their steadfast Avatar,
Thev marched away our gaily, gallant sons.
Enthusiastic for the game of war.
And eager for the music of the guns.
There is a moaning in the wind to-night ;
A dirge for those whose disembodied souls
Released, perchance, in some wild Transvaal
fight,
Come, homesick, speeding to their well loved
goals.
Oh moon! what sights and sounds ascend to
thee !
As low before thine eyes the world revolves ;
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r.iiiij^'iiij,'^ at every wlu'd .soiiU' a^^Mniy
Tliat rollinj,' otnvard, clianj^es, and di^snlvos.
What sij^dits. aixl ^<)UIllls. from war's ^Mim liattlo-
tk'lds!
\\ lu-rc ilcad and dyinj^ jj[rc'i't tli\ i)it\inj^ eye
In sliapc-li^stu^s. ,nrli as Kcd ( 'arnai^i' yields
\\ lirn liravc'ly tif^litm;^, Irinid. and Ini-inan die.
What I)iK)ts it air- Tlu' lavish ovcrHow
< )f tears, and hlnod. and treasure manifold
So oft repeated since the fatefid hlow
'["hat ernel wars, and hattle-lnst foretold.
In that dark hour, when straininj,'- up to (lod
Incense acce])talile to Ilim arose;
The l)l(jo(l of .\l)el crying,'' from the sod,
Presap^ed a future of potential foes.
Who nuiltii)lyins" in the j^lidiuf^ years
Would wander o'er the j,'enerous. fruitful
earth,
O'er-hurdeiied by the heavy doubts, and fears
That steal from life, her hour of fjentlc mirth.
Into the world there crept, that evil day,
(irey I'car, who shivered dully as he ran,
I'oreseeing- all the wretched, bloody way
Marked by the footsteps of the murderer, man.
The why we know not, nor the end can see,
How .tjood from evil still jiersistent flows
Vet on the wastes of war's wide cruelty
Couraj^e and chivalry bloom as the rose.
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A liltlr \\;inilrriiiL; in ;i -Ii;iil\ wmik];
A lillli' liiiliiiL; in tlit luat aii'l L;iiinc ;
A ini^i\ ni' ■imni iliinlv nn In -ii n (1.
r.i-fi'ii' tin I'.iilniL; li.-ir!i..r li'^lii> ( l' time.
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Ma\ lirinu it- f"riiii. ^r it- n r. .nqicn-c.
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lie tlininKr- ['.nli tlic iika-c- Niililintr.
Willi mark- the -^iniiililiiiL;- nf niii' Pililr race.
Ciiulil \\r a--iL;n In lliin -niiu' tixnl alu'dc:
IUmiikI alici\f, all intci M'niii'^ har- ;
Mi^lit iiiii i;ur ]ira\ir> iii' 'ir >iirtK tin<l tlie
n.a.l. -
\i>t waiiiU-r inipiitctil ainMii"^-- tlic >-lar-.
Ilu' ;.:Ia-> i- darkmii': I )ra\\ tlu' Miml- lii'twicn
'l"lu' }U'^h\ lint ' I'lii -11 -wtrt an<l <Kn'|),
Dark i-lmid-. ha\c nttrd nut tlu- nic m inli<,dit's
slll't'll.
And half a world a\va\. diad hrrm's •-in-p.
A nt'w year dawns; A ticw kint; iiKumts the
throne
And wields the sceptre, in tlu' plaee and stead
Of her, who hail so lony- ami elnselv ^'rown
Into onr lives, we scarce believed her <lead.
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Tile l.n.iiiiin- L;nn-: tlu -latrlv niraMirrd
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Ami a'- tlif snii taki's up tlu- luav > ta^k.
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W'l' st.md clttiani tin. m-li all piai-r an.l iilanio,
l)rt'iaiit. l'\ tlu' ui muKil ni' tlur'- -I'lf
r.ut falling' trnniiit!-. and tlic Iialllr l>la<K ■:
riic inn-tt rinu Ii", ],s t" wai-liki- li'>niii- ^'1;
Ileal not tlu- wmiul \\u infant w.u lia> nia<K'. —
W'r nionrn nnrlu-rknl. 'vv '^rntU-. nii^ility
• Kail.
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r.nt 1". tlif liMri-i>r ..f that la\ ^mu- dim
A- haitlr-- Martini. pi. ■. hnr-t- l'. rth in tlanu
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Tlu- Mindid fity. in it- -rn-rU-- ra^rf.
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Tin- L;n--1\ rai'i Hliim III, wai, i> .-lain.
'I lif war i- rmli'il; rKarl\ lliri ii-li tlic .^la--
I -IT tin- im II mliLilil fall > m rlini'-h am! -pin.'.
Tile war i- cikKiI, ami llu' jiain will pa--
Anil Ka\r Imt lii:l\ iKcil-. liapti/nl in Uvv.
I lie war 1- imK'd; -nfliv thru' tlu; ni'^iu
Tile -iiniiiKT /I'liliw- lirrailu' n 'Ui tlu- air,
I'tarc. i VaiT i- in tlu' laml : I Vaco. anml-lirii^ht
I'mIiK In r ^I'i'. win;^- ami thrill- with happy
]ira\ cr.
Tlu- w.ir i- cnilril; l.ikr a ]iala>.-v tli n >r
Tile -hiin'rinu lakr lii'< 'nratli tlu- -inilin-^
-ki.-.
Ami virgin watcr-lilir- Ii\ the -Imre
r.rcatik- i'"l\ "I 'race," in ]ierfnimil cr-ia-ic-.
\ nJL^hl hird eric- fr<ini "Ut the darkened pines
A iiMlher-nnte "f lii\e, nm^t pa,--iiiL;' -weet.
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riuTi-. N\li'.r'.' ill'' \V"i'! -lu-li lili-Tiliu--- v\\-
|\af, \\;ni'l.ri'tli. wiili iri'lx wliii.'. ii:ik>'l 'ift-
( 111 ( tticrn. hclMVi',!! IVrrliaii.-r in - nu', l.n-lit
-lar.
II,,. , '-li.'o . ■! ' uv i"> nia; wa.uU i' luar.
Aii'l i>iii'-i' tli^ ~\\>'t 1 -nniil ^ aiar
Willi (lirani- ■ f 'la>~. wIi'H t'l"'.' \'>tri uitli n-^.
lull.
( ,,hI -raiil lIuM- lair r> I' '^ ; ''Hl it JilIu.''!
\\ i:h ].it M-iiii.-r .1.-, 1'. "i" li' '^^ '1'.'^ jH -pi.' iMT :
Tliv !i..Mc 1u-;,n niiiM liiril! 'a iili -valituil. .
T, , kn.-u 11- iiv.-l. a' la-t. li • n I'atlL '-av.
Til,- uai- i~ iii'K'! : -1111. 1\ iiirnd aiiM i"^-.
||a\c iinv'.'i ilirii- wiTtli "ii utii' >rL;"ii''n iuM>,
Aii'l win!.' \\r prai- llu' virl. f. well w r kiU'W.
ill,, pri.l.' ;;ii.l \al. r <'\ ihr v 'c ilia! \\:\.U.
Tile war i- I iv!i '! ; iiia\ ilu- i!a\ - ti > imhu'
I'.r liajijiv ila\ > \\i'.li |i> a>-i- "ii 1 \'-i>' liaiul.
Till linic -lial! make "iir rrxiii- --rr. 'W- diiinl.
\n.l L'i\rn tlif LTavi- lliat -imv a r. .!i.|iu r.'il
land.
■j lir war i- . ii'lrd ; pTMud, in rf-al -lair.
The irwclK-.l cilir-. v\Av. llu'ir lianiur- tlin^-;
WliiK- -ra-ward far, tlir lu'a^in- -liip- aw ail
TIk- -laulv (T. iwniiiL; "t tlair I'V'l an^l kmu'.
r.t
rill-. S( ».\ii ( 1 1'' Till". S! ».\s
I Uar ilir Snn> : tlir ^lalu.irt Sons' I Irar the
cllnnis 1 if tlU' Si Ills !
I liar ilu' Mill c if I'.inpirc shmitinL; ivnu afar!
"] J I. :i ijri-aiii I f I'l is\ wars
In ualiiy a|)])i'ars.
\nil tlu' \iiici- of |''cal;\ is its .\\atar.'
Hear tlic Xirtli. tlu' irallant N'orili' Hear tin-
sinL;inL; ' 'f tin.- Xurtli !
In the ua\rs of (K'stinv that lap tlu' s|iiii\>:
■"llail, ilk' nn'U of lirawn and lirains!
I lai!. tlic RiiKis i,\ tin- Plains!
llcar Siratlu-nna's nu-n inuK niarcliiniLr to the
fore."
I li-ar the Suns, thr stnr<l\ Sons! for tlic honor
of tlu' Sons '
Hear tlic >\!.'v\) cMiItaiit >-liauntin^ on tin.- lirceze!
"I'"iir tlu- sfali,,.^ (if ;1h' Word
Which \vc. listinini.';. have luard,
\\ c would drain oiir conntr\ 's clialic.' to the
il'-ar the South, tlu L^oldcn South! for the honor
of the South !
Near the nun of Australasia in tlu line:
"\\ e"\ e a diT.t I il lo\e to jia\
I'or the dead loiii^' passed away,
And with living' men we write otir countersign."
I lear the ."^oiis, the .'"Southern Sons! hear the sini:^-
itiy- of the Sons !
< hi tlu' wiiids that hold tluir hattle tlas^s un-
furled :
•'II
'■\\c arc- nian_\ , wc arc <i1K',
\\\' ail' all. I r wi.' ari' none
111 ..ur vinuiiiLr willi tin- Smis ai
iMiiiid iIk' \vt trill
Ikar llu- 1-ast. the splciwli.l l-.a-t ! for t!u' h-n-.r
if tlu- l"".a>t
IU';ir till' imirninr Una
••j'or llu' Slia])in.u'' "'"iii
atiiisj- <i'ir tlu' SnullKrn ^ra
j-ir tlir >akty >
tlir
if ti'c Wav:
azc
ako I'ur swn
ni- th; i.tluT ])o.iiU> may \n- Ircf.
Ikar tlic Son-, tlir <
lark-cM<l S-.n^' I k-ar the
chorus of thi' ^oiis .
•\Vc were diil.lren. little ehiMren. L-n^- ai^o.
When M'li .^tianleil well, the s^ate-
( )f a IniiKlre'l trouMe<l -tate- :
lU a> men we c mie
to ])a\ the <lel't we owe.
tlir the lii>nor oi
line i'Ver->eas
Hear the Cape, the 1"\ al Caja-
the ra])el
Hear the wild huzza- that wele
Strant;er-l)rother>. stran-e im more
■^iiH-e the i^Teetinu' ou the shore
Claims the tire.l soldier >trai-ht-way. miu- wi
th
tlu
Hear the Son>
the iiohle Sons' Hear the eliant-
ino- ,,f the Sons'.
'1-or the love we hear the land from wlience we
eome.
\\c will render irasi. and iiioan :
We will pav in hhod and hone —
I'riee.' beside the irallant men trom
Pav tlu
Hoi
ne
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Il'.-.r 111.- li,M. til,- .tric-krn l-i.M ! imi- iI:.- liMnor
nl tin- lirM '
H.ar tlir Nv.ii-ninL; t.i tlir iril,,- lii.-.t !ir I„\.,n.I:
"W In IT was s,,\\n tile I1-, a,l:rr. n- -od
( )
" 111'- ii.irMM (ii ;■ traii( ir'-
<V< 'kill III Pi
^•''"" ''"■ >'"i-. 'Ii'- Maluan S.ii:-.' ||rar iln-
-nvjiii-- I f tl;,- Si III- '
Hear tlu M,u III" I iiiiiiiv -liuiiiiii- I'r, ,in alar:
" I -' I. a iiiraiii I i' 1. -■„ \ (Ml-,
III vialit;, aiiiirar-,
•\'i'l ''!■■ \ ''■'■'■ I r Train i, ii- \\aiar."
I.W IT \ I l« '\
I 'lllr III !in _\ ' <\\V >r\\ rl\'l i llii - ;
( ' 'Illf IT' III \ ■ '\\V I.tilllnl I. w n>-
')iiu' wlur,- ilir wiii'l- air irlliiiL;
I alt- ti • tile lauuliinL:' il' 'U ii-.
Sti ii ir. Ill tlic iTiuI Ml a'liiiill :
I'.ani-li ilif -!i<~-. :\\]i\ -trii'r.
I lark !■ 1 liu- liaiiii'iiiL^. raliiir^
\ I lii'c 'if ilu- jc i\ ,[■ lii'c.
( I 'lllr. w lu ri i- k.]'! till- I'rt -'.in-
Mill I il ]il'!!lliA"aI l.-'.W II,
t ' 'I1U-. w lirfr tlif w ■ ' HHanii ■ aUT-
I'liau'.c lla llii'-lin,; I'awii.
I )ri:ik I i tin- w iin ■ 'I -iiiiiiiu i .
>lii»-i-'l w illi a iiiiili' ii ll. -w it-.
< < « 111] li\ lllf ill' 'llin.-'lll lirri/r-, -
I )a-li( i| Willi liic -i!\ I r -II' '\ I 1 -.
■ ' iiiu- ill' '11. aii'l lu-ar iku' rain liii''!'
M '. -lirak ill' iiriMiil 'Tv .
W ili:i -- at I \ r tlu- _;l' ir\
< U < I' "1 ill tin- w v-lcni -k\ .
SIrcp with |lu' xilirant -lar -liiiu
I'lil-iiiL;' all! '\ . \( mr juail
I.appri] in i!u' li'\;l\ -iUiuT
l.niliiiL; t'li- liaiiju 'Ira'i.
23
rill". NOkTii
Xiirtli, X'lirtli. X'cirtli. oh. the i^nr^-i-i nis Xuiili !
Krni .1^ ^w inl hlailr >tefl,
>iiniiil ;in(l ^\\cct ;i> ll:c virgin <la\"
< hi w liii'li • ii 1(1 -I I lii^ ^(.al.
<ii'ii(l, tine siiull <:\ till' pKa-ani earth
I')! iviK' fruni niMvi'k--^ -i';.-< ;
Mar^hx \\hi;Y> fri im tlu' riTi|-liir<r< liauiits. — •
( lean. ui)-hi iIiJiniL; hm/i-.
( il' iiii m- ilmviT ni ImiuikHo'- jdainl
N'outli. itiTiial \i)iuh :
l.iiiuh >iiai\'-. ami u iii'l-^w rjit -tar-.
r.( atitil'ul a- truth.
.Xiirth. X'liitli, Xortli, oh. i!i\ j;i iri^^rc m- X'o-'IiI
'It mli'r. -tri tii^' ami trta.'.
Mien lirnl \\< r alien !>' 'ni
( an ,L;ra-[i i mr 1' i\ c i' <v \i ui.
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Till'. \KK( i\\ I. \Ki-S
Tlu' Arrow liko wirr llic 1;iIm> w r ^ailnl
The li'iiu;th lit ;i >iuiiiiur il;i\.
With tlu' taiiu,'' (if the ili-tant t'nrcst firr^.
And till' snft. pair siiinki' ' <\ tluir tirriT di-^iri
I lanntiiii; u> all tlif way.
Oh I tlir -ta L^rci'ii wattr aluiiL: tlu- -hi ire.
('naxiiiLT thr tunihliiiL;- rilN.
KipjiliiiL;- far in thrir sweet unrr-t,
Tjki' a tan^K' (if i(.\\H'ls aiTu--. thr hrra-t.
( M' tlu- waiit( !i. iiaintcd hill-.
Oh. tlu' -(iI)l;- ' f thr mrnnai'I- far licl.nw
Wfrr tl( latitiL; • m iNcrx lim/r!
F.iitraiuTd wr watched fdr tluir ^i:ldcii hair.
.And t^linip-rd their faee- -ifiia--iiiu; fair,
( "leave the eiirhaiiteil -< a- '
-f:
A/
-^&
J^:
'I 111-. M \U\ l> I -!( .KM
I li .11" tin It -i' .n~ I ii' ilu i;iiii
.•^l' >\\ I\ ti-.ini|ilniL: I '< i- ill.' ]il;iin !
■^' ' llii' iiii-l \ . ~\\ ;i\ iiiL; inn;iiii.
\\ ,i\ i'iil;'. -iK ii\ . nil,-. it,-iiii.
Ti.-iiiiiiL; -!;iiiI!iil;!;. ;irr. .-- tii, -la^-x -I.-i.ii'
I III iii-JiiiiL: v\ illi il ~ i'' tint . i" f.icrv .
'I liii-t\ iiii';i!!i!. MntV .-iinl ]M-;iirii- :
Will . f -I .--a I !!.■'■ I,, iw i\i til, ,nii ;,\\<\ -lia.ic.
I Ic.'lf lllr -Ic ,|.I\ , l"! .;i>-iii- 1 Mat
' m' till- f.aiii'- .iiKaiii-iii- I'l 1 t '
.^1 '■ till- -mi'- -I. >VU', IT'Mflh'.l \A]n V
\ .'iii-li ill ili( i'' !'!iiiL; \ .ip' n'
ilf.af llif wiMw I -I.i\\l\ -tirrin^ witi' iiiir. -t !
W ai'-li ilic w ;M iliiiiL'- in Itrr -l..iltci-
.■^t < K llii' w.afiii 1 .-iMli'- iirlain -!:i-!trf ;
liafk ' ;;:r i''.'i;i-< hid.Irti Mr.] wiil'iii it- !!.■-'.
! 1 i- >■' 'Iiu'iil; ' I .i-ii ii ' I .i-ii-n '
' H;int Ir.ar.lr. p- t.all aiiM u'i-Mi
< Ml ilir cIk ilx- . .|' n-iii!-. Ill r, :>( ,
I iial till- luraM wiifl ili\rl,i,,>: —
Ilu i\' - a nil n.irc aii'l a -iLiIniiL; i \ (■f\ w lu Ti. .
l-'til tile 'K , ji liia-ati! -!i ..\ i\ lakan.
W'liilc lli<' \'. • irl.l i- -till iin-li ikrii,
\''\ lllr iiianil.aic- ..i" tl'. |iii^M,f- • •{ tlu- ,aifl
I iriiii i- till' liLilit "\ar \,ilK\ and nitiuntain.
I 'ratli .aiiii 'li-a-irr. f'tii'iM in ii- ^li^w,
\\ liilc '.iir claik rl.miU. in iluir iliun>K>rt ai- I'-nn-
Iain,
."-■li.akc witli till' \\i iv.lil <'\ llui' nu'>-a.''i ' i wir.
Sn;i|i' I lii"'t '- a ^tar 'iii ilir uiiidnw |iaiir ia\-
111-.
Ami "I lie ulu-at. < Mi tlu' wluat," in a I'ihl,'
lin ikrii fr\ :
|-'iir ilu' wlii'ai. tlu •^"]i\ aIumI llu' -.fttlrr is
]ira\ ill:;'.
And liiitrr a- iKatli i- ilu- wiatli "t ilir -InV.
(Ill tlu ilniiii- I'l' tile tlnni'ltr. llir Hail kiiiu; i-'
And t(i--iiiL; lii'^ -imt a!id -lull, rartli ward in
■■.'~^inih' little Iw'itlur" tlu- dnmi- kftp rrpratini,'' :
"Smite \ et aL^ain. eic we linrr\ and lUe."
Stilleiily nnttt'rinL;. and ^uliKiny, and sii^IiiiiM',
l'"ar in tlu- di^tanv'e tlu- tninnlt i-- dsiin.^.
'1 lunideri n>l\ ^li;dxen the -iieiit elmuU are -!i])-
pin--
()v(.T the edL^e "t the w > lid a-dri]ipinu;-.
There"-, a llntter. and a i.;lilter.
In the treet' p-. aiicl a tw ittt-r
I'min a --mall --tnnt hearted >inL;er,
Of the ^nn the tn>i ji i\ l)riiii;er.
('hirpini,'- eheeril\ ; "The ■.turni. the -turm is n'vv"
l-'lirts hi- tail, atul -hakt - his feathers.
In detiatu'e of all wiatlurs.
I'liat may hail nr thunder, hhister. hl^w i<v pnur!
Unt where rniiu-d tields are Kiiii^
In their -trieken heantx d\ini.;'.
There the lilatudud I'ace of the -ettliT culd, and
.i^riin.
With its lodk (if traL;ii" dnranee.
(iives til all the wirld assurance,
'I hat 1 ne hitter eup is runninLT n'er the hrim.
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I III-: l'\! II < »l I III'. MOOX
'lu Mk... j. J
I'.ridc- iti ilif water: cliild df ilic ir.oDti;
SiKiTv . ■-IliIliIl;^^ tar :
I-radiii^ Miai^hi t.i tlir latui < >i .Itraiiis,
< >\rf the a/iiic l)ar.
Iiilci its ^Iiiri.iu- path nf lit^lit
< ili<k' with y<iiir |)a(MIc t'ni :
I .avc MMlr sdill ill tllr !M\rhr^t
\ i--i( 111 that till )ftals ^rc.
St((r liif thi- .L;al(s, ami tdWir- ..f Spain
Ma\ hap. thi \"I1 Kt ii~ thinn^Ii
Inl" that iraliii <ii tiu-lMiiimciii I'air.
Whtff ihr (hiani> >>\ nu ii i-i.iiir true.
•2S
K^.y\
I 111-, ( \\ \|)l W l"\( II l( \< \ii.\\ \v
With a miu;li;\ r'l.ir. iimhi plain ami liill.
Tlu' KiiiL; "t till- IriMi Trail.
SwiiiL;- intii >iL;lu, ami tlif -latidii- thrill.
With the ^iii'^iii.L; uluil. ait<l rail.
lly <hi\ aii-1 ila\. frnin the I'.;:>-lirii -lip-.
'rhv imniiL;rant train- i;m h\ .
T'.rinL;inL;- nun. and in.ii'l-. irmn tin- dop -ta
-hip- :
.Xnd In mu-. a I'ai'. far cr\ .
I'"r'ini l';i-t ami Wi-t. in an liidlr-- tlnu
( >n llii- Ii iiil;. narr. >\\ -irii i ;
The -I'n- ' >i nu-n p;i-- l' ■ anl I'r' ■.
Aii'l I'.a-t and \\'i-t. hciT nud.
.\t'ar tin \ i.;". with their T ;id- if cirn.
\\ lurr thr -ilvcr rihl" m- lir.
To the i'cri wlurr the l."rd < <i l)a\ i- hurn.
And tlu- I'ort th;il -<■(■- hi,n die
Tin htiilder- uronL^hl a- ihc i^nd- . i| nM.
With hninan lifr ;ind iiain,
'J'hiA lc\<lKd tlu- ni"iuit;iin-, lit with .^'iM.
\'i I make tin palhwav plain.
'I'lu- -tat(-l\ -lii]>- afar, and afar.
l'l(iiii;h tlui' the I'lianntin^' -ra,
l')\ -nn. and numn. and tlu- Lrrrat XOrth Star
Til fitriii-h fund for tlu-i-.
'I'lu K-vir- ari laid < 'n tlu- ( trimt.
|-'ri mi ( hina t" 11 indn-t;tn :
■i'J
W II ii 111 .i-".i ' n . \ 1 II ■ 'III till lit -> II ;i III,
' >r till ji.ilan - ' 'I J.ipaii,
M,iL;i'ian aiiil -I'lia rrr < i' tlir W r^i '
I 111 :n lia-l -1 i\\ II llii- inaL^ii' ^idl
I bat I'l' '^-i iiii- 111 1 ilii - iiiu h iliT^t.
I 1 > iiu 1 I a natii n'^ iiml.
I 111- III 111 I'.at I'l ii \ 1 I Inrki iii> 1 .11 ■
.\i'( i] 1 il' till- < ii\ 1 f. aiiil ' lift :
\'i III lit' till >i.ii-~ III 111 tilt iiirL;iiI ilav.ii
W lu-fi till iiii-i- 1 It' III' iiniiiL: lilt .
lii>t,itit 111 111 I t' a ili-taiit L;iial
liif till- L;atnrriil ^liial. aiiil -liiifk:
W'laltli ilial i\ir inn~t miwaril fi 'll
ji 1 it> linii'_;t\ I I'l an i|i "'Is.
I ii\ liuililrr^ \\riitiL;lit a- tin- i^i il- iil nM.
\\ itli liuiiiaii life and pain :
'I lir\ U-\tlliil tin- nil lUtuain-. li|i|iril with s^
\iiil mailr tin jiatliwa} ]ilaiii.
:u)
^71 'kS^>^
TIIF MAIU 11 Ol- Till' XORTIIKRX MKX
r.ritaiii calU'il tlu'iii : smis ivir tiiust nln'v;
I'lritaiii oallril iluin; lo. tlu\ ari' up and a\va\ !
rp, and a\va\, to tin- vililt-laml : juii.i,dc. ami
niar>li. ami Un ;
I".v<.'r wc luar an echo; the inarch uf tlic
NortiKrn Men.
Sec lliciii iiuirihin;^, list, III the Jriii'i-.'t\its j\iU'.
Hear till' fill' oft cchi'iii;^ biijcs call!
Sec tliciii maich thro' jitir^lc. iiiul iiuirsh ami fen!
Ciod of Hattlcs. hear! for our Xortheni Men.
I.antzhinq' lads, delighted the >uininin • ';
.■^tenuT niaiiliiiiid, thrilled ;il the nia^ic w
"C'diiie. tliMii, and >tand he^-ide nie. n;i>, it is i
nf need.
lint that the nations may trul> . >ee ye are sons
indeed."
Evcrv word of hattK' lnneath the sea,
Hinds 'is closer. Mother of Lamls. to thee.
I'or of lur own we've i^iven ; citie> and Western
plains
Shout: "We are linked forever; hound with a
thousand chains."
Wide seas sever: hand may I'ot join with hand,
r.ut our he:irts are far in a foreitrn land;
Mother, whose heart is h-okin hy sorrows be-
yond our ken.
Hold we yonr hands in silence, and pray for
our own hrave men.
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M
WIII'AT I'll". LI )S
A far, far >lirt'-li of prairie ;
A wiml. perfinm-il wiili tlnwcrs;
A iiK'afli i\\ -lark, snft sinuinLT,
'riirMiiL:li all tlif nmrniiiLr liinir-.
.'.nd ^prr.'iil. fri im ea-1 tn wotward
I'"ar ;is tlie i'M''^ licln iM.
r.nit .itli till- I>hu', Mut' lu'a\riis
l.ir i'\v\<\^ (pf I)unii>Iu'iI <ji iM.
wixxii'icr;
A strniit,'- Minnt; oit\ fdldnl in tlic crease
i hat halves a enntinent tnini >ea tn >ea.
And i^irt ah' nit with fair, f.ir IxiiiLT tk'Ms,
rile vMJden lar<je^--e f^r futurilw
32
Till". r.I.IZZARI)
( )nt nf till' m\-tii-;i] .\'<'rtli canu' llir wind,
Trnililr, -a\;iL;r ami ^rim.
1 |i 'lunlin^' Ixf'iir him llir tivritu'l >nii\v, —
(.razi.'(l. w lit.il tlif trail ,L;ri.'\\ iliiii.
( )\vv tlu' iiimnitain^, llu' lK\'t ■^ii'iu ran;
( 'rt iiu'liiiiL;' in valU_\> tn lot.
|-".\rr tile iiHri-ilv-.- wiiul dn^^rd lur dnun,
Spvini;' tidin cixvirc and. cir^t.
'riiron-li tlir wild nit^lit-tinu- In- laijfi'd in hi-
uratli.
i'.iatinu' tlk' \\a\-fanT Mind:
Si)riad liki' a ]u'--tilciu\' nvir tlu- land:
Scattrrinu;' dratli lnhinii.
Willi in luT ttiTiir tlu- ^ptiit ^nnw fell,
1 rll, and tlu' u ind \\a- ^i me.
\\ Iiitr a,^ tlir dead, and a-- <till -lie lay
W lien canir the ^lininuiini;- dawn.
33
mm
MV HOSTF.I.KV
I'lhir ^k\ fur tile nmi' df \u\ li;in(|iK't hall,
( Shall I not Inia-t ? i
Ami "lai-ics pii'd wjurr iii\- frrt shall fall.
With ihr fiiur ^nat wiiiil- f'T ni} ra>llr wa;
Ainl < ii h1 fi If iii\- 1 [i i>t.
S' i.\i , ( )i'" Tiih: <i;i.i" i',i.\i)i:k
( lick-clirk, rlick-clirk. clirk-click !
I luniniiiii,'-. uhirriiiL;-, huininiiiL:!
( lirk-rlirk. click click. I'lick-click I
1 am cmiiinL,^. CDmiiiL;. cuiniiiL,^!
My .aniiiir hrii^Hit is tla^-hiiiL;- 1
.\! \ s\\i ird is tnu' ami tried.
( 111 -w.'iniiu; i)ri(U' nf MinuiuT.
I ci mil-. !iiy hriiU', in\ hridc I
'ihc dallviiiL,^ da\ s h:i\o luitcrcd
.""^incc first the hreath (if spring'.
In ^iift jimphetio whiskers
I'oretdld this wundrcus thini,^.
T'.'.tt now T lioar the black-binls
IJei^in with swdliii;^ llimats.
Tlu'ir lusty, harvest anthem.
in stridi'nt. r.'iucous nutis.
Click-click, click-click, click-idick
IIiimmiiiL;. wliirrint,'". humminir
Click-click, click-click, click-click
I am comincf, oomiiii^, coiiiinc^!
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": ^m^- ---^:.:^^^f^.^^^^H^w^
The tinkliiiq- l)oll> •:>( cattle
Make imi>ie oVr the wheat,
I'nmi where in \\\>h. j^reeii marches
The herds dnnvse in the heal.
Mv huniminir. whirriiiL;, hununinL;!
I'roclaiiii. (jh, ^ohleii slieaves !
I am enniiii,t^. coniini^, eoiniiiL;!
In the liaze the Northland weaves.
I eonie, I ennie. my tremhlini^,
.And i.,''ol<len-cr(>wned hridi''
With meii-at-anns all ready
To rally .<j your side.
( )h ha>ten, slaves, my chariot!
Lash hard my charuers three.
M\ love i-- held in durance.
And I come to >et her free!
The day — the In mr — the triumph !
ki^ht joyously 1 smt^:
"Oh lie; )f ("lold, I'm cominj,%
A Xorsi an, and a Kini,^!"
THE LAKK Ol' THE WOODS
Lake of the water-lilies !
Lake of the thousand wiles!
Lake of the shade of heaven
Answering smiles with smiles.
Sprinkled villi jade-like gems
The jewels an angel Hung
Far. from his out-stretch.ed hands
When this wheeling world was young.
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SiiiiliiiLT, tlic ani;(l \\lii^|nrf(l :
"I.iMik to tlu' liliK' nil Iiii^li :
-W'vtr Inok <li>\\ii to (larkiK-^
Mir' he lau.L^liiiiL," >ky."
Sti. in I 111' i"sy (k'lwnini,''.
(ircrtiii;^- his o-raciniis sinilc.
And fanned hy hi> L;Ieaniin;4 ]iinii>ns,
I )iiii|iK> the kike, tlic wliilr.
( la/iiiL,^ afar the iL,mardian
Sees in the mirror's faee
rile lloeks of lieaven, qeiitly
l\oeked in the wind's eiul)race.
And oft in the summer t\viHi,dn,
A cloud hke a wliite canuo
I-"Ioats over tlie fore>t isk'S.
And ;m an^el is all the erew.
(luided hy sluulowy hamls
'i'he white hoat sails away,
C leaving' the ])erfumed du^k
l-"ruin clusc tu the break of day.
Tts cary;(> of balmy airs,
Ami dews from the midnisj^'ht sky,
Scattered far and wide
As the buovant craft sails b'".
IJlessins;- with bounteous fin.t:;ers
/ej)hyr, and drop of dew
Tossed from the fairy frei.^hter, —
The wt)nderful, white canoe.
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Titus. (IiH's tlic LTiianliaii uatcliini^.
l-'aitlilully vJLjil krrp :
I li >V(.rini,r ivir mar
1 li> Iicaiuiful i-Iis a>Irip.
A RAIXV XK.HT
Dripping;', driijpiiii^-, cviT drijjpiiii:^.
While tlie <laylit;lit iliin is >lip|)iti,t,'
l'a>l away.
Mist, (.)ii all tile landscape l>ins,'.
rp, above, the storin-elniids tlyiiifjj
Cliill and i:,v:i\ .
C'liiuds ntiw tossed, and torn, and riven,
i'.v the .i,ui>ty l)rcezes driven
Swiftly on.
( )ut of rans^e of mortal seeint,',
Mever pausinJ,,^ ever fleeing-
Towards the dawn.
Raininj;. rainintr, ever raininj;:
Darkness on the dayli<,dit sj^ainint;
Swift enshrouds.
All the winds of nij^ht are wailing,
l-'or tlie moon her face is veiling
In the clouds.
I'ark! A sudden witchTike screaming,
And a baleful glinnner gleaming
Thro' the night.
With a clang like \'ulcan"s hammer
Comes a train with clash and uaiiKjr
Into siglit.
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)-^m'^^jm^m^^
Liki- paK' stars in iiiistv si'ttiiitj
Masli tile rain tU'i-kt'! win Inws tn-uini,''
r.ar- i<\ li.^lu.
( )n. a> il [)ursiK(l. tlir \ i^iuu
S])t.T<l>, with uiM iTio of (Kri^ii m,
And atYrit;lit.
Sl'iuly (lies a\va\ the rint,
.And an nrir >iid(Unrd (|nict
I' alls annnid,
I'.riikrn by the rufnl dashiniL^
( )f the heavy rain-<Ir(]|)s, s])lasliin.c;'
( )n the t,''r(innd.
S1'KI.\(;
L()n^^ jevil .-tretclies ulure the snilied snows
Lie heaped in drifts ai^ainst the posts, ami
wires
That close ahont the fields, where hlackeneil
scars
Show where haxx- cre])t the antuinn's stuhhle
fires.
On fi'dd and Iiij^hway falls the sleet and nun,
In icy j)ools tliis chnrlish. day of sprint^:
Poor sprint^, a-shake in winter's sodden raj.^s ;
Too cold to smile, too miserable to sing-.
Oh. slowly wakeni!ig nymph ! make haste and
don
Thine own fair robes : with garlands deck thy
hair,
Unloose the lakes, and streams, herb, tree, and
flower,
All nature in thy largesse claims a share.
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MC'.AlLI'S
I'^or iIkj-c will! MciiiL;-, ^it,', t.;u"li 'la\ i- \io\n
A niiraclr nf jciv wlun iiiL;lit i^ il'nu,
A niirarlc a> L;rt-at a> iIimul;!' racli iii'Mii
An ait.ml ln_ralil(,'(l ilu' ri-iiiL;' ^uii.
I'air mirack'S i if dawn anil -un-it l;"M.
Straiij^c miracles nf uliicli tlir wniM i> riiV.
SwL'tt niiraoKs nf luid and n iM.li.ai' I'M -
Stern miracles uf birlli, and dcalli. ami lite.
A DAY 1\ Sl'KlX*;
After these dizzy, shrieKiiiL;' winds,
( )li, snnny perfect day.
We uelcnnie thee with lit^hteneij hearts,
The chiMren at their ])lay
Are wild with j(i\ tn he released
( )nce more fmni cramjjim^' w;dU,
The hlackhirds lan.L^h in .scattered ilncks,
The saiicv ruhin calls.
Amid the faded, frn>t-uiirn leaves
Of last year's witiiered Lrrass,
Fresh, tender sjjronts are ]ic< pimL; up
To f^^reet me as I jjass.
And short-stalked, Mne anemones
Lift bravely to the sun
Tlieir dauntless lieads, in downy hoods
By Frost and l*ho.'bus spun.
3»
:^^^^^:^^i^.^
x-.'TFt^c^^
'iiii-: ixDiAX ciiii:i"s r.\Ri".\vi:i.L
■'( ill. Strmi^-ln art I waki'. it i^'lawii.
iNciminlur tlic paitiiiL:' placr.
( )li. r.ra\i'-Iirari. lia^tni ainl dnit.'.
()|UL- more Ki u\v ^vc tliy fact.'.
Mv l'.r.'iv(.> arc w, it hilt .-imi lurcc :
W ar-l)i mm ted \\anitir> thc>.
I |i it i> ir the cla-li aii'l din.
'1 lie tluiiulcr. ami >iiii>kc nf the fray.
Mv pniiif^ arc n^ady ami licet.
Like lia\\k> they suecji the plain,
llrave-luart. "li, ])ra\ tn the l;i»1>.
\\\' all reach lidiiie ai;ain.
I'Or tlie Tale face I'.ravcs slM'it >traiL;ht
.\t the KeiUkin's iiakdl hrca^t.
And he who rides to the fi.s;lu
I'Or iiianv inomis mav rest.
I\a\veeii
call to Dtir ijodsl
••( )h. Maiiit..: .Maiiitol Hear!
Weaken the snndiaired chiefs
l-'or the\ kiinu n^r llinht iht fear."
()h, ."^troiij; -heart, peering; far
When the W'ar-wliuups die a\va\ , —
Oh, soft eyed soul of mc
I will ride by iiiL^lit and day.
■^ Till I see thy tent-i)oles i,deain
AL;ainst an evenin.14 >ky. —
x Oh. Stron^dieart 1 will conic —
Will conic it hnt to ilie."
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Till' I.ON'AI.IST
S(i\(;
A ii.iliiiii ui'. hut iKul\ tiamnl
Irmii tlic iKilii;!!"- I I llu' r;irlh.
^\■l lovally tniv t" the l>r;i\r. "M ilauT
That L;nar<U thr hiiul of diir l)irth.
\'c^. Itiyal and tnu'. arc \vc nf the ICast, —
And \\f of the ^oMeii \\'e>t, —
We. who dwell on the motionless scas
'1 he \ears have rocked to rc.-t.
C/ioriiS.
I ho' we arc n<it I'ritons from over the scas,
Xor all have Ihitish sire>.
\\l s^reater love for the r.riti>h llaj^
Lives not in the I-Jtujli^h shires.
We. of the farm> and the swaunu;' fields
< >f ri])i)linL;'. ni>tlinL,'- }.,rrain. —
W'e. who live near the earth's fnll hrcast,
And reap of the sun and rain :
We, who arc wi?>c in nature's wavs.
And who toil for a nation's weal,
W'oulil tiL^ht till the last, red drop was spent
And our hearts had ceased to feel.
^\"e, of the ranch of a tliousaiid kinc,
W'Ikj may look over leat^ucs of land,
Straii^dit to the ijjatcway of earth and sky
I'imiarrcd hy a human hand.
W"c. who arc brouiicd 1)\ the sun. and the
wind, —
And arc fearless, frank, and free,
Will not l)c the last to oiTcr arms
When the summons sweeps o'er the sea.
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I
.!
f- I — ;-i T-^
W'c, nf tile iiiiiu"^ who ^I'arrli Mr iZ<M,
.\\\>\ iW'j; ill the <liiii. ilark drifts;
\\\-. ulio nnd iniiii the naknl mcks
I lu- rirlu-^t I if iiatiirt'> ,!4ill> ;
We. wlin are niu;L,uik ami rnk', and niu.i;li,
And -hnt I'loni llu' nprn >ky —
W'l.nid iinir at tlir fall 'if l'irilaiu'> nrcd
111 >land 1)\ lliL' llau i if ilir.
CANADA
Land (if till- rill, an;l the river;
l.anil I if tile sia and the plain;
Land wluic the lirea>t- of the prairies
Swell with their bounty of j^rain.
Land <if the tniitliill. and innnntain;
Lake an' the unoded >h(ire;
\'«iuthfnl, u'errunninL,'' with lau,L;hte'- ;
(ilad. with her hand on the ddor.
Welcoininj^ kindred, and stranj,aT,
Thither-ward. I'nnidenee led:
' 'r(iini>in,i^ homes to the lu)ineless ;
I'eedinL; the hunL;r\ with liread.
Land where the malice of cities
Dies, where the runnini,-- winds hkjw ;
Land where the ham])ered discover
Room for their stunted to grow.
Land where tl^e sorrowing exile
Lravs for a share of the sod
Free irom the knout of oppression
That scourges his worship of God.
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\\\'. ulio arc (.liildri'ii li\ hirtliriLjlit.
I'rcily i.tir litrit.iL;*- -i;arf
With tlic cK -|i,.il((| i'l the nation'-.
i'.iiiUL;!!! I'liiiii tlir I'liiik lit ilojiair.
lTirl\ we -liair with ■ nr lunthtr^,
I 'laiiilainl ami ri\(r and w. < kI.
( .i\ iu'j; t<i thciii a^ ( k nl - ,• iw
I ii-tiiitiiiL;' iiira-iirf i .i' l: 1.
I'.tit \\r. uhi) arc rhil<hTn li\ hirthrii^lit
I ii^|)i iltcil iini--t ki'cji hiT lame
(ii\iiiur her ^(.iis 1)\ aili ^ptimi
Ilk' rri wii I'l an iin^laiiicil iiattic.
As wlicn a stitTrfiT la-i sinkiiii^- (lnwn
Into the \illn\v \\a\i> t>\ ^-hli >r( ifi iiin.
At Mime (.liam-c rustic ui the nurse's ^iiun.
Rist's to oonscionsnc^s alio\c the stiiiin.
And feels wild terror iiiti' intu his ^„ml,
\ ei helpless lies, imr speaks. sa\c for a moan,
1 ill once a.t^ain tlie billows o'er him roll, —
I he thick, soft siir^-es of the mat^ie cone.
.^<> we, who sail above (piicksand and shoal.
Lulled half aslee]) by main a siren tunc,
At some chance iarrin.Lr of nnr drifting bar<jUc
Start uiile awake, with tirror of a strife
W'c hear, yet seein;^- nut. know in the dark,
The horror of the m\stcr\ of life.
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"M^.
^^^^^^^JL
S( )\\i:'f
in I III SiiK'i i III Imk'i:
I |i iiiu (I iiiiiiiL^ kiiiilri'I, ill ili\ cajilivr li^lil.
I'iinl I'l iiiifi ii t, ln\r, iTim iiiliiaiu'c ; all tlie
-Wert,
1 )(ar ii'>". that lliuui .m itimli (1 'piiiinl tlif fti t
< '1 I iiiic. in lii> nnlaiiuil. irliiiilr^s iliL^lu.
lair i^ tli\ I'a^'f, t" him whu-c ^liaiiiiiiL; ^i^lit.
I.taii^ fnmi tin- rhiirli^li. ruhl, aiiil (.-mitly
>tirit.
'ill --ii' thy dariii},'- ^lainc th ijarkiu -- L;i<.i.t.
in Lra\ <lctiaiu-i.' nf liir iiuKniriit nii^ht.
i'lUt >ta\ : 'I'lu' M-arn.ll ami lU^.iIati.- iiioimtaiii-
viik-;
'I'lU' (.-liariKril |ilta-iirr h'lU-r: thr ImrninL,^
!^lii])s :
'llic Ma/iiiL;' ritir~, anil the .'u'liil ij'.i-t,
Sliriik tn till.' luav'n-. li'iu nun. aii'l tliin.!^^-.
Iiavi' ilicd
r.c'fiirc till' ki>< I if thy nnlni lUil li])-:
'I'll' inscii>atr fur\ nf tin raL;inL: lu^t.
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I.< »\ IVS I'lI.r.RIM Aci-
T.'iM' U.llkfil with [m\ , ,,\\c t\;i\ ,
lii> will-Ill tr( t -rariT iiiiuliril tliv r;i(li;mt
caitli.
'1 In- air \\a-< all A-^hw with ajiplr Mmhiii^.
Ain! tr.im I.i.m's lip. thtr fell a u;I"r\ -"Hl,'.
I III' (!a\ hf walktij \s ith |,i\ .
]->'\v walked with ( ari\ niir dav.
And (liiiiit;h till' fra-raiit apple IiImoih, uere
.U'l >iu'.
And n>it -II liriu;ht the -nn-Iiine oMrluad —
lie walked with i^entle mien, and i.n his lij)-
I lure pla\eil a temler -mile, a happ\ liL^ht
SliMiie in hi- a/r.re e\e- — a -weet ei intent;
'I he da\ I.nve walked with < are.
].<'\v ualki'd with heatli, mie da\ :
And thi'rn\ wa- tlu' i)ath er-twhile -d fair.
.\dn\\n Iii> a-hen elu'ek the hitter tear-
Rolled silently: \v{ -till, upon his fare
There shone a liMik. as thnnL,di. faint, far awav
Ahove the darkened ejnnd-, lie -till e.itilil hear
The tender mn-ic of his i^di.rv soiilt
The da\ I.ove walked with Death.
I.ove walked with Self, one dav:
And lo ! the way seemed Ioiilt. Xi^Itt foMed np
The pathway from his sit,dit. and on his ear
I here fell no echo nf hi- L;lor\ sont;^ :
I hen strait, as o'er him swei)t in h'iK'on- waves
Self's pestilential l)re;ith. he shivered sore. —
drew eold. and ver\- still. Aiki thus Love died.
The dav lie walked with Self.
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m^MWmm%^:
THE ]<()\D
■|"lu'iv"s a stiij) (if <Ui.-ty mad, win.lintj down.
Snu and l)n iwn,
And 1 waUdi it t'l'nn t'lr window where 1 Mt.
It is Imrdrrrd i^m n with trees.
I,iL;lnl\ ruttled hy ihe l)ree/.e.
And the l)irds acrn>> its sun and sliad<uv Hit.
Its l)eL;innin,Lr know 1 n^t nor the end
'Knund the bend.
I'.ut it- w.-iv-!arir- 1 watch fmm ihiy to day:
I'.aeli (Hie carry inir his load
rp or down tlie diisty road.
\Varnie<l witli sun. and touched witli shadow, on
the way.
T!iou-h the hurden-hearers plain arc to me,
^■et 1 sec
Xot the htu-dens. but 1 know that they are tliere.
I'.v the patient faces strained. —
r,v tlu' eiHptv lau-hter fei.umed, —
P.y the sadness over all who hither fare.
And I wonder if the way-farers know-
As thev i^o
Sadlv onward, earnini,' each his dady bread.
That in spite of every ill.
Life is wcirth the livin.t: still
While the birds sin-; in the sunli.uht overhead.
:^/^
V \
JtJ
:3g? U HB II"' ..
"ITE CALLED ME BY MY XAME"'
TIio children, sons, and daiijijhtLTS, grown,
All call nic : ■"Mother dear."
I'm "(Irandina" to my husband.
And the conntry far and near.
But when, to visit us, to-day
A friend, hnfj; absent came. —
The tears uelleil up in my old eyes —
He called me bv mv name!
"And are you Xellie? .W'llie Dean!
The sauciest c^irl in town,
I can recall like yesterday
Your frills and nnislin tjown.
Oh, Xell. you were a case." he laut^j'hed
With nnich pretence of blame.
And I ? I smiled with quivering' lips : -
lie called me by my name!
Seldom to me the old-time friends
Come, knocking at my door.
And later friends tho" good and true.
Arc not like those of yore.
To them I am just, "Mrs. Smith"
An ancient, proper dame.
Small wonder that my eyes were wet, -
He called me bv mv name !
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m
THE OUTER SEA
Gav arc the ^liips on the river that It.-ads to the
( )uter Sea,
And the tlutttrin^' naij;s are hshtly hfted aloft ni
j^lee.
Sweet arc the winds from the meadows, laden
with spoils of sprint::
Caui,dit from the birds, and hlcssonis, kissed m
their wandering.
And j^lad arc the folk a-sailinj?, careless, and
canker-free,
On the breast of the runnins; river, that leads to
the Outer Sea.
But dark arc the ships at twilitjht. hurrying out
to sea ;
Silent, the sombre reaches, where the dreary
marshes be.
The roar of distant l)reakcrs ebbs, and swells
with the tide
Stirrinjj the narrow river wit ■ thoup;hts of the
ocean, wide.
White, are the faces peering over the slender
rails.
And haunted eyes are asking whither the convoy
sails.
Vor Faith is plumin.c; her pinions and Hope is
wintjinpf afar
.And where? oh. where? is the Pilot to guide them
over the bar !
.\s a dame is swept to darkness by the moaning
wind's decree
The c|uestioning UAk, unguided, arc swept to the
Outer Sea.
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TRUTH
Aye, what is truth ? The phantom that we
fondly clasp to-day
As Truth, (the fruitaj^e of a host of yesterday's
of toil J
The morrow's steadier li_t,'ht dispels, till not a
trace remains.
Once more we sorrow for defeat witli useless,
scaldintj tears ;
Once more is thrust away the falsehood we have
loved as true :
Once more heji^ins our patient (juest for the
elusive thing.
Ahsolute Truth! Oh snow white maiden with
the flying feet —
X'ouchsafe hut once, to meet us face to face, that
we may have
Thine image graven on our hearts and know the
false from true.
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:i
'""m
TTIK ROSE OF DAWN
Tu J. \V. P.. P.
Atluvarl ihv ni.Lrlu nf t'arly. sullen .^lontr..
Tliat arclu'd the dldcn world, fnmi rim to rim;
Tlic stern, olil propliets with their screeds of
doom.
Thro" arid spaces shed their starli.tjht dim.
On lonelv mountain-tops, where first the Rose
( )f Hope fulfilled, mi.uht hour.ueon unto hloom.
The steadfast seers hurled forth the hitter woes
That lar,<j:ely writ, still oVr the ajjes loom.
The vears then rolliui,^ up their "gathered store, —
The sable ni,<,dn to twilit,du slowly tjrew
l"or lo! tlie li^lit of i)riest and proi)het lore
A i,HMitle radiance on the darkness threw:
P.ut when her P.abe. the s,a'ntle Mother clasped.
The Rose of Dawn, All i^doriou^. bloomed at
last.
A IT I'M A
The skies are ilark ; ,urey clouds hant,'- low. un-
smilinc: ;
The woodland harp is hushed and flown the
strunmier.
The skies are d.irk. and flowers have no becfuil-
intr
While alien winds blow past the doors of sum-
mer.
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■mkii^i
So wailed my heart, but in the c^rcy. cold gloam-
IIIL'
The (Jancincf firelijj^ht siiai)])e<l. and slioiitcd:
1 reastju.
As to its raiHance c-duw the children huminj;,
And with them hrouj^ht love"s deathless, sum-
mer season.
Till-: OKeHIlS'lRA
Across the ample overhead.
Sure-footed, thro' the blue:
The shining' wcjrids in splendor, dance
Their stately measures throu;,di.
Their j^reat Conductor, He. who leads
in perfect tune, and time
The cohorts of the circlinfj spheres
In harmony sublime.
And where, the farthest- farinsj^ sun
Lif^hts uj) the faintest star.
Majestic clKjrds, and symphonies.
Roll o'er the vasts afar:
To lead, perchance, some wanderer home
\\ ith every, hauntint,'' strain,
When death's, sweet tlute, insisttnt. calls
To mystery aijain.
Or, are the vibrant harmonies
There chaunted o'er and o'er.
That echoini,'- thro' th> lit^hted worlds
Stray sometimes to our door?
And for a blissful moment, hold
I's raptured ; and arc trone.
\\'hat time, the twilitjht hu>hes fall.
Or glory thrills the dawn.
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H
¥
THE DVIXG CHILD
I'rail, littk' one I wIkisc ii])turiK'(l. L^'laziiis; t-yt'S
Have scarotly sicn tlii> world of cark and
care.
Hast tlion sonic ])rtscicncc of the doom tliat lies
On all eartliV children? l)o>t thon .Iread thy
share
Of helpless misery? Sweet, shaken flower.
Thou art spared nuich of woe. ( >nce more as-
smne
Thv place in lu'hN of aspliodel. thi.- hour
( )f tr.an-ient ])ain, will lirin^ etirnal bloom.
TIH-: KIXG
Song
The kin.Gf rides 1)> in i)onn> and state
.\mid the trumi)et"s blare:
His burnished trai)i)in,<::s ,t;lean\ like .l;o1(1 -
Like i^old his yellow hair.
A r(\\ al maid he rides to wed. —
And fair, the peojile say.
Whose haut;hty brow will ijrace the crown
lie ])laces there, to-day.
The maid he loves, he may not wed,
She. from her lattice hi.Lrh.
All rose-embowered, waits to see
The cavalcade t,^() by.
The kin<,>- looks up. and ilrawin^ rein
Cries, with a merr\ air:
"Sweet cousin, throw the rose. I pray.
That nestles in your hair."
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The maiflcn smik's ; her smile. T ween.
Is sadder far than tear'- ;
As swiftly (Iduinvanl tlnats the mse,
And all the cimcourse, cheers.
'Hiey may ncit know her hn^ken heart:
" "lis a wiiisDiiie maid" they cry.
I'm ah! the rose, hreathes to the kini^:
■■(ioodbye, jij^oodhve, j^ondhve."
MV LOST YOrTII
( )li, my Idst xoiithi to what far I)nurne
< 'f time, and t\ i! ehanee.
Have drifted \<iiir ])otential davs
ThrouLrh life's >tran,!4:e cirenmstanee.
W hat dreams we dreamecl ; what visions fair
I'lashed in the snnset sky ;
What hei.!j;hts we scaled : what i)erils braved ;
My fair lost youth and I.
Xew heavens and earth unrolled each morn
liefore onr raptured s.;aze ;
And miracles, expectant, wroiijj^ht
h'xacted no amaze.
Stran<je, imfamiliar, other self;
I'ale as the nioonlit^ht's .ylow,
Xow scarce remembered, save in dreams
Of that Innj; time aijo.
Ihit when the wind sweejjs moanin^^ly
( )'er tree-to|)s bare and brown.
Tossin<j^ aj^ainsl the darkeninj^' sky
After the sim j^nes ilown.
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;t?
iM
In that fey time, at (.-vcntide
Defenceless then I see
Tlie sliadows part, and my lost youth
Come hack, accusing' tnc.
OLD SOXGS
I spent the morning- lummasiup^,
Shrnuded in dusty jjlooin,
Amidst tile h(iu>eh()ld's hniken ^ods
Stored in a ^-arret room.
And 'monj^^st the family driftwood
'I'osseil on its (|uiet shore,
I founil an ancient nuisic hook
I'^illed with the sonj^s of yore.
The dear old sonj^^s, we knew so well
Some twenty years ago:
Sweet sim])le melodies, hut some
"(Juite difficult you know."
"I I""ear no h'oe." Riglit valiantly
I've heard the challenge tlung
r.v rumhling hasses, in the days
When they and I were young.
We thought them very good indeed,
And encored every strain.
I'd give the worjil I think, to hear
Them troll it forth again.
"The Danuhe River." '"Sing Sweet I'.ird,"
Were always counted mine:
With : '• h'ar Away." and •■C'lean>ing hires."
I used to sing them fine.
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And many a tiiiu- \'\v lidpid to lialc
riif '■( iiii"> ( < nui;r>>. " I int.
And also t)i(l the "Larliuard Waicli,"
Ahoy his way almut.
W'c knew no Liza Lchtnann tlicn
Nor I'lTsian ,i,dadfs at all:
Tlu' nearest that we ever eanie
Was "Over the < iarden Wall."
.\h. well a-(l;i\. "I'uire uxll to he
.\s eankcr tree niue inure;
.\nd ^diniL: eiiiins^h tn liki' to siiii;:
"i'he dear old smums (,i xure."
'•Tllh: J()L'K.\i:V IS I.().\(i"
(I\efrain frmn a xhil; )
Ilearest. oh, l-'ather the peiiiteiu's er\ ?
"Ah me. the jtinrne\ is Idih,"-."
And sharj) are the thnnis .il the pitile-s wav.
And dark the clnuds han^'. eoM and i^rev :
"Ah me, the jonriiey i> loii:;, so lon<.,^
Ah me, the journey is lon!.,^"
Seest, oh, I'ather, our tears a^ the> fall?
Tile .i^riel, the sorrow, the pain ?
I )o Thine e\es ever pity our L^riefs at all?
Ah, yes, 'i'liou hearest us when we eall :
And iioiK' of the sorrow we -utYer is vain:
.\<it one of t)ur sorrows is \,iiii.
PiUt oh! the i(>uriu\ i-> Ioiil;' — so loULf.
And the years streteh out -o far:
Thouj^h joy mav come with the moriiiuL;-iide,
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Still waits the night so dark, and wide
l"ri" dawns tin- tnorninf; star.
Oh. I'"atluT. ni;ikc' ns stm ,.:
i-'nr still till' tiiL^lit wails darl. and wide
"And, nil. tile jniiriiev is Inii!^."
Till-: old) i"Rii:\i) sim:.\ks
"Xa\. .\a\. but sorrow's turiid tli\ head,
Art tluju altiiie, tlost think :
Hast never uninan's liiiiid> httnre
(ialled det.|) at every link ?
Art thdu the only wdiiian Ixirn
'I'lie u;imU t,n-in(l in the niillr
Xav, .\a\, sweetheart, I ('o ni >t mock;
Weep, an' \e must xour fill.
There, there, 'tis hard to hush th; sobs, —
And harder still to weep
A husbaiur- faithlesMiess ; yet know.
Thine own faith tliou must keep.
"He forfeits all. — His elaim is ,u:one,"
Tilt, Tut, 'tis but the smart
Of p;iin past beariiit,'-, breeds such words;
\'(n\ vowed "Till death do part."
And that means all of t^ood. or ill,
.\nd honor lost — or won ;
His ill 's your ill : his weal 's your weal. —
His son. is still your son.
liri'ak not the marria.ire pact, dear heart,
I'or broken all is vain.
.And well or ill, the burden's ours,
The burden, and the pain.
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:^-^h^^
M> dear, I have <;riiuii njil .md ;^r.iv,
And uisiT tuo. I tru>t
AikI I havi' .-rcn the iTiu'It\
< >i lilV, .iiid Invi'. and hi^t.
(kmI kiinus. \vli\ u-iinfirs hearts arc made
'l"<< hrcak (ir hind at will ;
(i'ld knou>, wliy, i'iHimI with i^rief and shame,
W e ^Iiifld ihr .siniuT still.
lUit hark ye, wnnuii who are true.
Must truer he for all
Hie false, and fakiT sisterhood.
Who ery : "rntaith." and fall.
Thy life is not thine own. nor his
Who holds it still in fee,
ihit pled-;ed to honor, truth, ami faith
r.y those ahout th\ knee.
UoiK)r, aiKl truth, and faith, and love.
Are tlowers of hariK '.^^routJi;
Thv man has f.iiled ? l.iit up tin head.
Keep thou the faith I'.ir Ixith.
A man may fall and, win aj.,Min
The place of jiis desert
Ihit when a woman falls, ah me I
Xo halm, can heal her hurt.
Go home, my hairn, indii-d 'tis well;
Drink of the cup thy till ;
Keej) faith with faithlessuiss. and hold
Thy wdiuan's kiuL,'-<lom still.
In that hi^h re.ilm. ])ure and serene
As heaven's hluest dome.
She dwells, whose stead\ hands uphold
The guidon of the Ih .luc.
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M
c
K-'
THF. winow
•M\ lu.m 1- lirrakiiiLT. -iTiakin^;! —
\(iu taiiiiiii (.M.iiK- t(i iiK.' ;
I'.iit wluTf \ini art- iu> ileaicst,
TlicTc will 1 surdy In-.
The i-uj) 1 'Irink is hrimniinc:
Willi \\<irinu<i<iil. :i'i'l '>''''!' J-^*'^'-
And lili'. and l"\t-. arc Ind'Kn
I'.v a .<,dia>tly, \ rivet Jiall.
I'n.in wall, to wall .'t niv ihanilur.
1 liavi- worn the cariHt ihr.ni^di.
Tieadin.t: with tired {..otsups
'lliL- path that lea'ls t.. ycu.
All ni.uht. with niy hnrnin^- ryehalls
I'.aved to till siii'nt dark.
1 snl.. an<l \vi>h I were lyint,'
lU'sidi- \-!n >titt. and stark.
V..ur ehair is kept in its cnrner :
\,id v-ur IxH.ks where >..n laid them down;
Your hat and sliek where ycm left them
That day when yon came from town.
And v.mr old. i^^rey 0(iat. my darlin.ir,
's inv haven, when 1 cry,
An.l I kiss, and kiss its enijity sleeves.
And pray that I may die.
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PELEAGrF.RF.D
Stn'Ifli nitt tliiiu' linii'I. lu'Iuvcil. ;uiil \<k licIinM.
'I 111- unkimualilr is tintcluil. .'ind ri|ii)Iiii'4 f.ir
III fViT wiik'iiiiii:; rirclfs, fuld cm i, \i\
Tlic ripple's tlinii hast stirrnl, iiia\ ri;irh a star
X<) litjlilrst thoti^lit. iin siiiij)I,.^t. sp.ikcn \\"r<\.
I'tit sti-als its \\a\ tliro" life's rti'nial iliaiim',
I )itTnsiii<^'- iiifliic'iic-c tiiisit'ii. iiiilitanl,
Ami lU'vtT coasiti<^ in it>< stibtK- raiiL:t'.
At every lionr. oi every passim^ dav.
These wiiiLTed creatures titat the miinl sets free,
I't-er at ns on their hurried onward \va\
( )f hritjht iinjnilsi', (ir dark iiiahL;naiic\-.
At I'lirth and Death iternitx serene
Smiles on the innmint,'^. and the tuili'^ht sea ;
Speedintj the traveller frDiii. what has heen.
To that far eoiitinent. the yet to he.
And there, 'twixt hirth an<1 death we are heset
r>\' influences tjrev and old as time:
With hut a frail : "I will." as amulet
Aqfainst the hosts that fie^ht or foster crime.
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il^^^S^l^M&S^^^B^SSS^^SiS^^S'i^]
■m7^^^SSS!&S^^^''^iSSS^
ASSrR.WX'E
I love tlicc, dear.
Wlu'tluT tlu- \\a> 1k' '-liiTt IT Iniit;:
Wlu'thcr tlu' ilays he d.-irk <ir luiLilit:
Wlietlier your lieart i)r<ive true an<l stnm.t::-
Wlietlier the times shall i)ni\e y.mr iiii.i;ht
I love thee.
1 love thee. dear.
Whether \<)ii fail nr win. "ti-' niie;
Whether siieoess shall emwii ymir days:
Whether you hohl till the raee i> run:
Whether nou ln>e or wear the hays.
I love thee.
T love thee, dear,
.\hseiit or near. t<i-day. or when
'J'he silver strands hei^in t(. hreak.
And sleei)in.y: haek to ("kxI at,^^in
You rest imtil his W(ir<l shall wake.
I love thee, dear.
THE RAIX
The day is dreary, dreary.
And the skies rain heavy tears.
And liL'arts seem all a-weary
Of life's achin.u: hopes and fears.
But the earth i^^rows hri.ffhter, l)ri.c:hter.
When the fallitifj rain she hears
So perlia])s our souls tjrow whiter
When washed by many tears.
GO
SOUR GRAPRS
I'lir Ncars I've strivfii \n possess
In all its \vitfliin.!4' priinc ;
TIk' peachy hldom that tlnut> the years,
And makes a sport of Time.
And I have oft at beauty's shrine.
— A hapless devotee.
Poured fruitless pouilers. halms, and creams
In thick lihations free.
Now, were it .t^iven to me to choose
Of life another term :
Xo milk and roses boon I'd crave;
I'd be a pachyderm!
TII.\XKI-lLXi:SS
Hold your ear close to the earth, sad .soul.
Hurt ill the world's haul ways.
There is never a balm to make you whole
Like hearing,' hei jjsalms of praise.
Hold your ear close to her pityinj^ breast ;
Hark, to the mifjhty throbs
Of nature's heart which finds no peace
Because of her children's solis,
Mother, and friend is she to all ;
Wiping- away our tears ;
With her sympathy easinfj every pain ;
Calming: our childish fears.
Is it not .so? Have you never felt
The hills rejoice with you.
When the ice at your heart bej2;an to melt
In some June-dusk's falling- dew?
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^^-mS'
MiO
W^Sl\
m^^^
ITavc not tlu' trcc-lnj)- --Inpncd their liand>
iUcnti-c \«iu wcri-' .Lilad at heart?
Xir tlie laden llMweret-i llnnir for you
'Idu'ir <laintv leave-; apart .'
S.. Iliat their fra-ranee inii,dit hrin.c: ynir hurts
i'.,alni fnnu the Innir acru,
I-ji' the vnllnre, s, irn i\\ "-.. -^avaLTt- heak
Had torn Mnir heart strin^< sn.
ll;ive Mill nnt felt wlun an aehin^ t^rief
l".n\eli ijic'd \tiu like a pall.
'I'hat the snhhint: wind. ;iiid rain-ilrenehed leaf
\\\re whisperinir: "Wc know all?"
Hold \onr f.-iee 'dosi' to tlu' t:Ta-^< and moss.
When hli-tired and '^carre.l with tears
f-"or the .awful. <U"-ol;ite srn^e of loss
'rii.'it t^reiws with till' p-a-^iuLif \ears.
IImM \oiir e.ar elose wlu'ii an.t,aiish rends
^'our life in her tigress leap;
Wlun her eruel elaws draw hlood-red rain
I'roin \tiur heart's most holy ileep.
i'.irds of the fore -t hush their son^s ;
The wild thin.L,'s at tlu'ir play.
Will i);inse. sad-e.\ed. at the mystic woes
They may not chase away.
Listen, then, friend of the sad, sad heart,
in solitude make thy moan;
T.aki' thv yrief from the world apart.
And hark, t.i the undertone
Of i)raise, and recurrent i<;\ fulness,
'i'he earth i-^ sending- u])
To the .Maker of all her loveliness.
Praise for her hrinunins cup.
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?w^?*^f"3:^-.^s3^^eiRsaKSwi.
■fm^m^g^sjimr
Jnr (liiiinuil till.* the eyrs of iiaturo are
With tears f..r thy darke.ied word.
Her heart is ever, a ehaliee. filled
W'ith thankftiliiess to the Lord.
'i'lieii hold y.,iir lar elosf to the earth, sad s, ul
_ Hurt III the unild"^ hard wavs:
I here is iievtT a halm to make voii whole
Like heariiii,r h^T psalms of' praise.
Kn.^I- L\ TUL (l.\RI)I-:x
So.\(.;
< )h. Rose in the .trarden. so sweet, so sweet.
W liat stirred you so. to-da\?
When Leathered in her hn<,-t.r-tips
She kissed your scented. rudd\ lips.
I pray you. ruse, to sav.
( )h. Ro.se in the ,<rarden. so sweet, so sweet.
W hen laid ui)on her hreast.
Isaw the tiar-drops softlv start
l-roin out your erimson. velvet heart.
To he so riehlv blest.
IP
( )Ii. Rose in the .garden, so sweet, so sweet
\\ dl tune with his ma,t,de loom.
Weave in her heart a home for me?
And on luT cheeks, where lilies !)e.
Will my love-roses hlcom?
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f^'im^m wm
Ilr lived; and with a nii^dity l)rain
Wrought iniraoU's in sled and stnno.
Across Krcat clia-nis bridir^d a way
And tamed tlu' II.khIs. alone.
liis miracles l.r.ini,dit wealtli. and fame.
To many a waitintr door.
And life drew inspiration from
liis wonder-workinjj: lore.
lie died: Crown very ' \ and frail.
His danntless hann . fnrled.
He die.l. alone, nnwepl. nninourned,
I'org-otten by the world.
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wfsmfi^^ss^sszssmmF^^aaL
-.iKilf^^^:
i*3!r;
>Si-,wk-
BEFORE THE ()I'ER.\T[OX
Thi; N'Kinors I'a.ii.m's N'ikw
"Aiross my iiai-n.u I.r.l. s.. uliito and prim
A Iittk" snnlKam fall, athwart tlu' -l,,.,,,,'
An. t in. Its -nl.k.n w.M.f. tJu- -lancin- nintt-s
Makes holiday within my darkcm',] ronm.
I ni'vcT thonnrht fo break down at the last
And tVel the .jrea.l. and terror, honrlv ,t,rrow •
1 set my teeth to keep tluir ehatterin,<,r ^ti'll
And eleneh the hands that shake and treml.le
so.
The nurse has made me readv. and has ^nnc
A motiient. ere tlu- doetnrs come to me. —
Ami I am friL,dpcne.l, oh. so fri<,ditened, I
( an only lit- .nid suffer treml)lin,t,dv. '
ril ask them if I eannot wait a day.
It not a day. perhaps an Iiour's reprieve •
l(_)morrow. oh. tomorrow. I could hear
In I)ave it done tomorrow. I heh'eve.
T()morrow? I may l)c so cold, so cold:
"Tis hest to turn from that : — I must keep
sane
ril think of all the dear ones, safe at home.
Waitin.q- for mother to come l)ack ai,^ain.
Oh, [Jain. nal)y, P.ahy ! Shall T see
Ever a.irain your siumy little head?
I hear thrm coniinsjf — Oh, niv God. thesVc
here ; —
The fear of death encompasseth mv bed.
Go
-puom. i-.ntnvfru-.. SI. .w. -Imp bv -Irop -
•n„. _ pai„ - .lc>tr. :ycr - lall> - A siIcmico
Sli.K-l'i'nuly .l<.un. A uatch ticks s-mcwluTO
sleep.
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so XX FT
Td Tin: M(i()\
(^iR-at Lady of tln' silctit. suninur iiiL,'IuI
I'aoiiiLr with slati'i\ tread th\ palarr tloiir,
Stri'iuly lurin.!^- uitli tin silver \\<j;\n
'i'liy hat'tk'd lnvor to his harrit-red •-liorc.
I lopcU'Ssly desolate, from tide to tide,
lie yet obeys the iiiaiidatr in thine eves.
Thy mirrored I)e;iiit\ still his onl\ pride.
As dee]) within his he;i't thiiu' imas^e lies,
Like his. my love in luivei i> set ^d f.ip
I may not toiudi her shinini^- i^arnunt's hem,
ilnt ever Iook and lon<jf ;is for a --tar
'I'liat nii^-jitix di>ns its retral diadem.
Like him. 1 serve a lady throned hi|L,di.
Xor t;ucrdun ask. hnt service, till I die.
THE ROSARY
Dear past come hack, fair pearls, and ^rolden
heads,
Dropt from my swinijinc;- rf)sarv of davs ;
I wonld recall the words — r.ndo the deeds
That mar your beauty for the Master's ix-.uc.
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••L()\T. mf:, s\vi:i:t'"
I.iivr iiK'. s\\\it. I i"V(.' tlu'L'. —
I ln> aliiiu' 1 iilf.iil,
( )nl\ that I love tlKi
ilm '\.'ir> love indeed.
Lo\e me. sweet, tlie days are
l)eail and dark and eold.
\\ lien tliy voice 1 iiear not
Xor thy face hehuld.
Love ine, sweet, my arms fall
l-'ini)ty, wanting- thee.
Love me. sweet, I love thee
I'ur eternity.
Love me. sweet. Life never
May its dreams fulfill
If thy i)resence bless nie
Xot thro" good and ill.
Love me. sweet, Life lacketh
Reason, savor, zest,
If it find not haven
In thy gentle breast.
Yea. Sweetheart, I love thee
.\s men thought to love,
When the race was nearer
To its God alx>ve.
Ere men played with honor
In the world's foul mart,
And for place or substance
Sold a woman's heart.
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I have nau^^Iit to j^ivt- tlioc
Ihit I^)vc's j^raiiniis uialtli:
^''llltll and hands niifcttorcil.
And nnniortf^-aj^ad licalth.
'W't is this a sht,dit thin^-
At thy fc'ct t'l punr?
Ik'ij^dits and depths of lovinj; ;
Could a kin^- give more ?
Could he ^"ivin}^- amply
I'alaces and pearl>. —
( )r a erown hestouiiij^
On tliy sunny curls,
Ciive more than the treasure
That I offer thee?
Love, and love, and love, dear.
Through eternity?
Sweetheart, I can only
Kiss thy garment's hem,
Piut my love can crown tliee
As a diadem.
Love me, sweet, my empty
Life, my arms, my heart
Call thee, claim thee, hold thee
Until death do part.
I \v;itclii<l lluT -^i', m\ !i;il>y. —
I happcil tluH' -.111' am! warm.
Ami li'iw Upi m tll\ little lu .a]
l)i>(,-cii(l> iIk- wiiiler -ti>nii.
'i'hi' Miti^liini: «if tlu- lUL^lit wiiitl. —
I'^aeli >ln-itk and Imul. and iiman.
With aii.mii>-li I'lll m\ siekciUMl sdiil,
l"ur tluT ill tlic dark al'MU'.
.\I\ luart was tliinc, my Kahy,
My lieart iimu hare, and •«iT(.'.
Ami (ill. my i'M's are arliini; m)
i'or tlu' l)k>>inL; nt a trar.
My little helpless hairniil
Vonr <lark head en m\ l>rea--t
Would still this tireless yearninjj.
And teaeh me how to rest.
Mv j^rief would pierce thy silence.
M\ love would warm thee. >weet,
C"oul(l 1 hut hold thy small i>ale hands
And kiss thv dear, dead feet.
Km
SOXG
D.iiuT littK' uavclct. I.ina-. luol imt nf si.rnnv.—
>I>arIxlc at ism -laiui-. rain o.iiu>> tomorrow —
Daiui- littk- uavrlit. daiur.
Shine littlc' MiiilHam. >liiiu-, lu'arts aiv a-hrcak-
m- :
l'"tn- . It vonr i^.A.W-u uint- to lu-al tlu- arliin-' —
Sliin. link- -unluain. >liinf.
I..iu.t^l: littk^ rhil.lrcn. laiij^li. for tiini' is L,Miiiiii<,r,
A -I' looms up with a stafT. — m. loii-ir iVi-Mi-
m-.— • ■''
1-aii-li link- iliildnn. laii,t,'Ii.
Sin- littk' l.inllinir. '>ill;-^ so nmoli of sij,ri,i„ir
Darkc^ns tlir i,acatcT sprin-,'. nor licli)s the ,lv-
iny. —
Sins; littk' hinlliiif;, MUfr.
TIIF. riiILI)RF..V> I'KXIC
'I'lu- tnrihl. ,1 ualtr j^amholi-d
III ai d 1 t. alonj:: the slujrt..
And witli a nir -leap wind plavod ta.cj
As Iia|)py as .on pk'aso,
Wc had the nicest. jolHest time
We ever had before.
The day we danced, and romped, and plaved,
Beneath tlie forest trees.
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KXIGIITKI)
( >li iiirloilv MildiiiK'.
Willi rliytlinm- l)rat i<i ni.ulit and .lay
To mark the cliaiii^inu ti">«^'-
What th'>ui;h iii> f'H- in ainlnish hid
Mav hirk aloii^^ the way.
What' til' >u;^di dclVat and failure j,^"'"
May tdaiiu thr iln>i- of <lay.
The j"\ (.f litV no ill ean dim
Nor ha I tie make afraid.
When on the ehti>en knit,dit I."ve lays
llis shininj,^ accolade.
INTENSE
r.ud of the <,'arden. — hlooni of the soul —
Leaf of the wayside tree. —
Sin^ins,' of hirds on a pfrassy knoll;
Sheen of the summer sea.
Sweetness of laughter; sorrow of death, —
Rain on the ui)turned sod ;
Scent of a dewy nursling's breath
Newly come from God.
Strenf^h of the striving ; deeds of the blest,
Light through the darkness hurled;
F.cautv arrayed for a drcamles*; rest;
Youth of a bounding world.
These, arc c-aiij,r|,t in the arolxte —
Stars 1)11 tlu- |.;ir|)li' u;i!l.
Suii)f,ri„^r lin.jr i-,.,,„„, ;:'.I,I,ii-I,ri;^ri„
I.'iu t.) tlie I.unI (.1 all.
SLKi:i'ij:ssxi:ss
'l'ln"U,L:h tlic i)alnre ..f iijulit awake, awake.
\\liat Weary !iuiir> ui' keep.
We who wait fur the dawn to i.nak.--
I lie ske|Hrs who eamiot skvp,
\\ I' who seareh from /oiu to zone
l'«ir tile air\ \ i-ion Htd.
Ill a flash of tiioii-ht thro" the wi^rld alone.—
Ihe quick iiw.nu^ the dead.
In the misty halls with a zeal unmatched
^ I- or our precious dreams we prav.
But the f^ates of sleej) are all unlatched
And the dreams have run awav.
Rut Howers of thought in radiant dress
Sprinjj: from the sombre bowers ;
Till we scarce know wliether to curse or bless
The blossoming, midnij^ht hours.
And jewels of fancy flash and flare
In the mind's sore-troubled deep,
But the cry over all is a bitter prav'r
For the blessing of sleep, sweet sleep.
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\ ^LSsS^
wsmeiswm'w^^^Ji
The Sfyirit of ihi' A'orlh
i)i:i)iCATKi) TO MY mothi-:r
Till- SPIRIT OF THI-: NORTH
Diiwiiward. aivl over dowinvard, uikKt the ice
and siKuv ;
Downward where the treacirrous. evil Messen-
!L,''ers jj^o : —
Loki, the Xnrthern Spirit, stretches himself and
slee])S.
Save w' ,n the Southlan<l laii<,diter into his dun-
geon creeps.
Into liis ear this lauy'hter stcaliiij,-- ^o t,dadl\ Ljav,
Wakens the veni^-^eful sleeper to fear of the far
off Day.
Thunderint:^ f(Tth he comes, a .c:od of the olden
time —
Callintj for. "■Ikia, Ilela!" daufjhter of Xiffel-
heim.
IKla. the awful goddess, who reij^ns in the Hall
of ( iriet.
Low at the root of the .\>li Tree, where never a
dewy leaf
I'alls from the hi.tjh. tjreen branches, swarininc:
with .LTolden bees.
And watched hy the Heautiful Three who water
ihe sacred trees.
N\'ver a note fnnii Heimdar- wondcTfiil sont; >>i
l-ate
Moats from tlu' i\.•linl•o\^ Uridine up-sprin<^ini:; to
heaven's gate.
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TluTi' all is ji'v ami lauL^lUiT : hvw all i> c,n-uf and
\\<u' :
HiTc in till' Ilousi' iif Ik'la — llunvt> >,{ ihc ice
ami ->ii"u.
'•!Icla' (ill. llcla'" ihundiT- llu' Spirit "t il'.c
X'ortli :
'•( )l)t'ii tlK' t,Mtcs — the IIcl,t;rin(l — and kt inc
nncL' iniirc forth ;
'iKlp inc to Inish the lan,t;htor maddonint:: all my
i)rain.
The senseless, tinklini,' lau.L::hter made by the
daneiny; rain.
"C'lmses on him (jf .\lfheim! ridinir liis i^oldcn
boar —
(larmented as the siin and \vatohe<l li\ his Duarf-
linj^'s fonr —
"Curses on hini forever! I'"rost an<l the hitter
tii.^ht I —
Clods! I will rend his kinL,Mloni and cover his
lands with blicjht !"
Swiftly the Xorthern Spirit lun-ried. a shape oi
dread.
Shakin.i.: the i,Mant walls of (Irief with his mi.nhty
tread.
I'p. he rushed from the darkness — up, to the
earth once more —
l'|). where the smiliiii; summer brooded o'er sea
and shore.
I-'ar .-md a\v;iy tlic Southland tlirilird with the
imirnrriiit^- piiic^,
Sliiwly thi' L^nldi'n suiishiiu- ])nri)Kil thr fruited
\ iui>.
Dark y-ixu tlic hmw of Loisi ; and a- his hitter
hreath
hrifted arm-, ilu- nuadous, ^till .^k\v the land in
death.
"Mela. oh. FKla. lltlal" the inoekiui; .Spirit
eried ;
".*~^l)eak ' Ila\e th- sons of .\lfheiiu a corner
wliere to lii(le ?
"Where are his danf-,<r sunhea.uis — vallevs and
lak^ s I mtsjiread '
Ilelal" he eried an(k •ilela!" I.o. ihe\ are cold
and dead!
".Vevt'r more will their lau-::liter maddiii niv
achiiii;^ hrain —
Xever more will tlie Mossoms how to the daiu-in<^
rain."
Sadl\ the Trinee of .\lfheini. smiled in his foe-
man's face,
l'.ravel\ he held his heail thoUL,di slowlier ;L;rew
his paee —
"I ;:o for a tune." he s.ii I. and fair were his eves
auil clear —
Hut I will Come ai^ain. and i;ladh m\ sons will
hear.
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"'Iliink yt- to kill m> lU'uplo? — not dead but
sk'fpint,', llicy
Await my s])riii£jtinic coiiiiiip. as the sufftTcr
waits the (lay.
•'Mv r.oar of the s^'oMen bristles! attain will ye
brint^ me here,
r.ut now niitst \e earry me hence for the slcepini;
nii/ht of the vear.
"Loki, the war between us lasts till the Winters
Three.
And vet attain Three more and the ending of all
shall be'; —
"Lasts till the purple dusk of the Gods shall sure-
Iv come, —
The rami)arts of Asgard fall, and Ileiindal's
voice be dumb.
"F.ver the war is ra.cfcd till the Rainbow I'.ridije
<^(H's down ;
Yea. and the sons of N'alhalla perish with Odin's
crown.
"Loki. the end is near when double the Winters
Three
Call for the l"enris-wolf — then perish the Gods
— anil We."
HI'IMWI-H
My stritV witli the world is ..vcr, :\u,\ Iktc I iKvds
niiisi lie
An. I s\'^h my final .h.^-^IiIiik l>uu'atli an alien skv.
i-nr yr.irs nVr the portly Ie.ln;ers, in a stiflini;
i"it\ street.
I rnled as a kiiiq; of eonuner^e. I.nt rule is hitter-
sweet !
Xoni' dare disol,e\ the niastir: — the name with
men means fear I —
I am sick of such slavish service this main a
weary year.
yU tender and lovini,^ lost ones, who ma<le strife
worth the while.
Reply not when I call them hv word, or liH)k, or
smile.
What hoots all the ,i,^old and silver when love and
loved are (K'ad —
When hands (jf the hired tend iis. nor heed the
achinjr head.
What hoots all the ,t,-old and silver when life is a
xfarnin.LT <-'ry
I-or the plains — the open ])rairies under the
hroodiii"- skv.
My birth claims a far-off Xorthland — she calls
me — calls me home
To rest on her (juiet hosom neath Cod's cathe-
dral dome.
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I IdiiLT ^^itll ;i In imr^ick iMiii^Milt; to feci tlu' luifTalo
'I'd litar tlic Imnkiii- u iM ^ i-r ami uliiti' rrancs
.\i irthuaril pass.
Td -iH' tlir ]\v<\\ niar-lir>. rank with tlir raiiis of
liinc.
SlultiT tlic nistiii-: uil(l-<lni-k l.t'iuath a sumincr
nil N in.
Wlim -liaik'wv mists of nmrnini: art' L,^1i(>sts all
draw n ami pair
( )l Mankci.il Indian udnicn wlm li;ivr lost tin-
lra\oi-. trail.
Will ncvrr I sic niiriMnir like a sKikUt stalk of
'Ilic ^moki' ol tlir iikM.v cani|)-fiR' in tlic cliill
( )rt<ilicr air? —
Xor witness tlic Inilian Sunmu'r lint^cr on plain
ami U'a
T,, ki>s in hi- snowy cra.llc. llic W mtor at her
knee —
Xor -ei' with his sheets of silver spread to the
earth and sky
The iro>til\ hlnc elond-shadows over its snrfaco
tly.
What time the hendin.^- eat-tails with jicndant
diaim md- l;1ow.
.\n<l checks of the scarlet rose hi])s are hhishintj
thro' the snow,
s-»
When hravciv flie cliirpiiii,'- ';n(nv-l)ir'I chants
In nil sipiiic lihiiiy- s]>ra\
( >f .i^aiulilv stiiiiiiK-(l rc(l uillnu friiii^iiiL,' the
iro/.vn ua\.
And sImwIv with iioiscloss fn(itsti'|)s tho lovrlv
jrwcllcd niyht^
(■'•nil' with thrir trains nf danoiTs na^hinj,-- the
XnrthiTii ni;ht> !
< 'h. luantiful Xnrtlifrn t\vih,i,dit I and the hhic,
hhu' XorthtTii skv
'I'hat han.L:> hki- a i^n'ant harehdl hidd h\ thr
llanii on hi^di I
J hi' citv is pri's^iny- 'nmnd mo — T canuDt j^ct
my hii'atli. —
X'l air — no >>ky — no stilhicss, hut chimors
Worse- tlian dcatli ! —
Oh. for the noMe silence pnlsint,^ the .ijreat, hhie
hell !
\\ hen rosy the dawn is j^Iowin,^; as the he;irt of an
ocean shell I
One s^dimpse of the red-drenched splendor of
chaliced clouds that .-ail
Close to the d\in,i,^ sim-^od. like cnps of the llolv
Grail!
The\ say I'm sick unto death, — then for Christ's
sake take uw home. —
Home to the i|uiet seas thai never break in foam.
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Oh. r.n.l! I am old and I)r()kcn — and tlu- pain
i^ llu' pain "f lull —
■|"lii> nn-liral X'Mlli is lallinj,' — nn \>n\\vr can
inakr nic well, —
i;nt I am lur tliild. ^lu' wuild hold nu' cra«iK-d
al,^■|ill-t lur brca-l —
I.iUlccl tM a dim fnimtlin;4 - - lui>lud tn a drcani-
U'ss rest.
•JllK I'ALLINC. .^TAR
,\ star Ini.kid dnwn I'mm lii^ 1; mu- in >pace
I )iip in a ,L;lass\ pool :
And saw. " itli \vnn<Kr, liis own swrct face
[■■ranK'd m ilie waters cool!
l-.ntliralled lie uazcd at the imaiiv trne.
Winkint: it- (.nuious r\e.
'I'ill — Uanint,' too far for a belt, r view —
Ik- tuml)lf<! out of tlic sky!
S4
HARD TIMFS
"('iiiiu' ill, — iMiiH' in. il"s Mipuiii", sir. a [htU'c'
ualr t'l-niL^Iit.
llan.LT lip \c'r anii tluTr li\ the door. — couw to
till- firf, — that's rij,Hu !
ThiiiL^s 's kinder imissydikt.,- ain't j,'ot niiR-li
fiinrohor yet —
I'.nt still the shant > "> shelter fnnii the wind, an'
snuw an' wet.
'"N'es, times is hard; I reckon tli;it tliere won't l>e
nuuh to show
I\t l;ist \iar's work iii)on the eliim, — the priee
of whiat's si 1 low ;
\\\' wife's hill siek ;i lon^,', loni; time, — she took
the !.:ri|) ri'al had —
( iot kimier tuckered out a-woikin' morn an' noon
like mad.
"I've jis' hin fer the doctor. — that's him who
went up stairs, —
He didn't speak of pay at all, t)r ask alK)ut my
'fairs, —
r.ut if he had. the Lord alone knows what I
should 'a done ;
There's many here in want of cash — hut us !
lie iiin't i:^nt none!
"We can't afford to hire help, that's how thinp[s
as they be, —
Tlure's no one here td do the chores, hut Sue an'
I'lahe an' me.
An' I'.ahe, — she'd like to i\o her share, — hein'
most a whole year old!
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All" kiMwin'I — (i(i>lil lliat cliiUl knows inore'n
many a man ci mid hold I
'■\\'t I nm>t >a\ she ain't a 'vluilc al liclpin' on
tlu' L;'anu\ —
'I'lion^li. lauz\ ->aki-sl — slir thinks she is, —
I -I nil love her jis* the samel
Sni'V Iioiiu' was in ()ntairy. — She'd never
worked real hard —
Xot as •-he's had to work out lure, in stable,
hon^e an<l yard.
"A man sean-e stan'^ t1ii> elimati' when he's poor-
ly clothed an' \v(\.
An' hon-'t'd in sh;irk> so cold. \er hreath, t^oes
sniokin' 'ri nnid \ er head !
An', (iosh! 1 conldn't hel]) it. — I'd liaf \.o i^c to
town
A-ti-amin' loails of wood, er hay, fer Smith, er
Jones, er llrown —
"Trv'n to arn a dollar ])'ra])'s to kt'ep the wolf
at hay.
An' Liit the things we needed, so. we've struy,^led
day by day.
"N'es, while I'fl be away she'd haf to look np all
the stock : — -
An' chop the hole out at the crick — froze solid
like a rock.
.^he'd water all the cattle there. — Sne's jis' a
little thini,^ —
Comes hardly to my slmnldcr. yil she'd laiii^^h -ui'
jest an' sint^,
Xti
An' sorter Joke aI)Out her work. l)ecause it wor-
rieil nie !
I iiiii^lu 'a known Iiow it would end; — fer now
slie's down, vc sec.
I'm im'Me ^lad tlie doctor's liere, — an" that lie
conie to-day ;
Of course it's jis" a cold, hut still — I'm anxious,
I iHUs" say,
It seems so stranf,^' when .^ui 's not "round, that
worried like 1 feel, —
J'.f times jis' wasn't iiiiitc so hard Td ru>tle out a
deal
An" trit her down Fast to her folks, 'i'hat would
he a ^^url)rise !
r.iu with the>e mort,i,\-i,i,^es, — Col Darn! — sav.
what would you advice?
( )h. doctor! lIow"s yer patient seem? ( iuess I
was olif my head
To he so scared this luornin". iJuctor! — Xo!
— mv (iod ! — she's dead !"'
THE PRI.SOX CIIAIM'L
Stow ^^ UN tain-
Outside, the sunuuer winds roa.n free — the soar-
iuij hirds no houndaries own.
The June time fills each heart with };lee. save
these l.'ehiml the hars alone.
The roviuii- suiditjht stru},^,i,d(.s thro' the hars of
weather-heateu steel —
A ,t,'ay old outlaw dancint; while the prisoners
decurouslv kneel.
'•^^^'^^y^^^^^??^^^
The armed guards watch ceaselessly in sentry
box — by iron (!i)f)r
The \va\s that kail to liberty — each .ivcnue and
corridor.
Tile hush is f^ently stirred — a voice swells out in
praise and ])ray'r an<l i)>alin,
'Hie orjj^an moans its sailness throu,t,di the silence
of the Sabbath-calm.
"The I^ird is in His Temple here," so reads the
solemn scroll above
The crimson altar-cloths, where lie the volumes
of the law and love :
"Almij^hty h'ather we have erred and strayed
from Thy ways like lost siieej) :"
The heart-break of the world breathes throusj^h
the sad confession low and deep.
Shut from the world, condemned to live throufjh-
ont the week with soundless lips.
The jirison-voice with ])ain (j'ertlows when silence
once her leash unslips.
The firm-voiced priest speaks reverently the
qreat "Thou shah imts," and with awe
Comes the response from convict lips: "Lord,
teach our hearts to keep this law."
The sermon follows, tender, plain, as suited to the
time, and need
Of future days of liberty, with freedom both for
will and deed, —
A layin<j of foundation deep, — not leavinjjf all to
idle chance.
When once ati^ain the men .c^o forth to fii^ht with
place and circumstance.
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Oh. l)rotIicrs! overcome hv stress of storniv pas-
sions, — loves and hates ;
W lirii (MHT more free. l)in(l not vour.srlves. wilh
str<iitj^i-r chains, ciitsiilc the l^uics.
SIL\ H r< POPLARS
Morn INC,
Gathered in friendly Rroi-ps, like a hew of
.trraeefnl ijirls
Saucily shakint,'- their tresses free from a hath of
I)earls ;
Draperies daintilv ,i,'reen. and 'hroidcred atrainst
the sky
With laceries lii^htly swept hy shv winds loitor-
inq- hy.
Ghosts of the dawn for hackfjround. — sj.irits of
rose and .qroy,
Paintint,^ the silver stems with a hhish for the
cominj:;;- day.
Noon.
Xow when the sun hurls down his arrows of liq-Jit
and fire.
Drowsily nod the trees awaitin<; the wind-.£rod's
lyre :
Then from their slumhers wakeninc; thev rustle
and pat their g-owns.
And fjossip in wonderful whisixTs till tii<;ht
creeps o'er the downs.
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^■■■■■iiiiMBiiilr^
XlGIIT
L(i! .'IN tilt.' >li;iil(iu> Ifiii^tlicii, to^-ithcr tlir trees
are ])n.ss(.(l.
riiHUriiiL;' like a i!>)vt'-C(jtc thrilled and sore dis-
tresM'd. —
Xerviius livsterical trembler-^ ! uf what are ye not
afraid ?
Afraid i>i i lu l-uin.t;> tlappint,^, afraid of the eloud-
rark's shadi' ?
( linL;inii- toi;tther with flutters clutehed ami en-
twined I wis.
Shrinking' with fear at the footstep — ])ale 'neath
the SI mth wind's ki>s.
Ah! \e eanimt ninentber my heantifnl fri,s;htened
trees
Shiverinu;' in the moonlij^ht — sluidderim,' in the
1 feeze.
The liinL;-for<4dtten sorrow that from to])niost leaf
to moss.
.'^till thrills thro' all ymir hranehes. the sorrow of
A CROSS.
A 'iiirxDi-.R.^roR.M OX Tin-: plaix.s
.\l early e\e. I sat outside my tent, and watched
the chani;in^" pietmx's in tlie West
(irow (jiiickly 'neath my t:;aze. Cities and towns.
hnilt lip of li'olden clouds, faded and ])assed
Leaving no trace, like those fair cities of a hy-
L^one aiL;e. — .Xineve and I'.aliylon.
.\t intervals the opalescent i;;lory of the sky was
rent with liviiit; tin' —
.\ tiainin-,'- swdrd. whose cruel, an^fry thrust drew
out the life-hlooil of the firmament.
IK)
mi:i^^iM^:^j^s^^
Il.-irtlnvanl. a silonco vn^t licUl all tlio widespread
circle of *hv plain, \\li(»e creatures felt
A prrsa.i^e of the storm. A subtle frij^^ditened
lui.sli pervaded all the atiuosjiliere —
The fear of an impeiiditii,' doom. Thus, while I
waiti-d, slowly all color perished: —
Dtdl leaden tints stolf oVr the ;,M,Id anrl crimson
world. — .\ smell of >wiftl\ -eoiniii.!.r rain
drew on the sense; — .\ lii,ditly runnin.!.,'- wind iust
hruslu'd my cheek, and into rijiplint; waves
Sent all the perfumed Lrrass. I'.ut now mine eve-
lids fell before a li.i^ht, like unto that
Which shone around the stern-browed Tharisee.
when (in his way to bind the Damascenes.
I stat^^i^ered back into my tlajii)ini; tent, while on
luy deafened ears there fell a crash.
As thou,<,di the bolt had sj)lit tlie heavens in twain,
and into chaos hurled the uriverse!
TWILIGHT
Xo cloud in sij,dit to mar the t^olden vault.
just faintly tin,q;e(l witli blue, that charmed
while
Tu'tween the setting- of the siuumer sun
.\nd comiuf,^ of the starry rank and file.
Reclined at ease upon the hillside's breast: —
\\'ith hands enclasjied beneath the tired
head —
And <;aze turned upward to the throbbinpf skv, —
So moved i)erchance beneath an anircl's tread?
Life thus is good. K'en though the still delight
Of grief surceased, be not unmixed with pain :
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'f f
'I'lu' minor chord scrvis nnl\ to iMiliaiice
'I'lie beauty of the tircatcr major strain.
I-Voin (Ifptlis sircnc tlu- vrlvct rolii- of niirlit
Slips (lownwanl from tlu- MasH-r-Makir's
loom,
And i'artli"s sad \va\ farcrs. all travrl t<irn.
Arc softlv foldrd in its y-racious t;lo<iin.
I "or one short Iionr the schcmin.!^ world is not : —
TIh- ^rind. — tlie toil. — the ciirsin.c: and the
.i,dare
Slip from the mockim^ soul. And roses breathe
Their perfume, like the essence of a prayer.
THE S1L\-RR BIRCIIKS
Tall and straii^dit. and i;olden i^firdled,
With white lilies in liei har.il —
My beloved came to ijjreet me
Where the silver birches stand.
I was weary with lon<.:f waitinij^, —
Tides (){ sorrow o'er me swept.
While I watched beside the birches,
Where of late my lady slept.
Not a bl<Jt was on her bosom. —
All her beintj i^loritied ; —
From the vista of the future
Drew she downward to my side.
All the jKiin of all my vi.t;ils. —
All the ant^uish of the past
r.eat upon my tcM'tured sjMrit.
l-'ace to face with her at last.
-;^-^V(
And T Wdiild liavo t-atiulit lur to me. —
Criislud lur in a la-t I'lnhrai'c ;
Kissi'd luT hair. — ^ luT iianls. — tlir lilic-
Kissed til rii>.f lur pallid faro.
r.nt slic pauscil with irravc ri'Iml-'ni: —
Hidd tny j)assinn in arrest. —
Raisi'il luT lovely arms in silence. —
Laid the lilies on my breast.
Tlien with measured, stately foot>ti])s.
r'arther, and yet farther, drew
Toward the vista of the futnre, —
l-'rins^ed with rosemary and rne.
In its yellow liffht resj)lendent. —
liackward tnrned with sinilin<^ lips.
And as promise of a t^nierdon. —
Pieckoned with her finj^er-tips !
All the man's love snr.^itiLT o'er me.
Sorrow-crowned, and sorrow-kept :
With her sad smile, passed forever. —
Passed forever — and I slept.
"lie but dreamed it." say the i)eople :
"He was crazed with lack of rest I"
Yea. perhaps, but when 1 wakened.
There lecrc lilies o)t my breast !
And thro" days of sun and shadow.
Wait I here her last ctimmand —
Wait, and keep my silent vi^-il.
Where the silver birclies stand.
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'niK Qci-.siiov
•■S.;"l.- I ul„.,K.n..|: -Sml.- | ul„-.p,r,,,.
Is Ilii> .Km- ,\ this ,l\in..
^MllsIHTfil ;
';• "H' ntn,v, S..„I.- I ul;i>,n.rol-
N.. tlK. unsWvv Mild i„,„,I,r _
(.lus. the sccrrt of tlu- .l..nruav --
\^ n ahvavs dark. I u.m.l.T' '
('\rr yn„,lrr.-ovrr y.„i,Kr:-
"I;«".kiii,- I.ai-kuanl thr.,' tlir a-^^.
'" "';■ I.-iiiips sr, dimlv l.uniinj -1
'"."'<■ hitost priest ..r pmplu't '
^I'f I luiman faces tnrniii<,r __
'■""'' ^^"'' y^'arn.n- -„h. snd, ycarnin-!
"^•\Vh ^ "''''f?":'''^ ■'^"'•'•■' I whispered:
Uiun the veil is rent asunder. —
U u;n the donruav wide is opened. -
.\\dl there silenee he. or tlumder-' —
l-i.i:it nr darkness? Sml.- I uhi.pered •
il<'v.- I u.Mider! I[.,u I uonder'"
»i
I< > !■ K. \ .
Willi \ I'oK IK \i I .ii Ti \ \^ -(,\
\\ i- i^iw Villi L;rritiii)4. suiitrst irniKl,
< >ii this Ljlad ninniiiij^^ ni tlu' (i;i\
\\ c kti-|) ill iiuiiiorv 111 I lim,
\\ \\i>^v i:viulf >ua\
Has blfSMcl tlu' i.(.iiturii-< : an«l laiij^lu
I'liat svlf]rssiu>s of purot nii>ul<l
Can make nt lik'. a unrtli — ii.,t i. liiuil
In \c\\i <\\ yiild.
^'|'ur fair, full life. — a lulp t.i all
( )ii ulioiii its t>>iiux' fiiu' (U'^ofiiiU : ^
Is siK-li tci lis the latest conu'.
( )f all vdur friiiKN.
I'roni each day's iiiti-reDiirsc. a hope.
And \vin<Ted asi)iration ri>e.
Till tlii)Uf,du mounts up to touch the ^tar>
AikI ranj^e the skies I
\\ e pniy you. take this little j^ift : —
This pit of love. — the shadow-face
(^f him who sanij[ of nol)le lives
And deeds of j:jrace.
And so, sweet friend, tl'.is Christmas morn
While j^ladsome folk about the town
(ireet friends, we kiss your hands, and lay
Our tribute down.
as
Till-: Ml \Tii < 'I Tin: \)\\
Stiai|l';i^llv nil -he ni'iviN. - >traii4lii t'l the
wt'^t . —
llif liiipcTial I )ay:
Wli'i^r liiiiimiL; cIikK aiii] laniisli,(| ^^..I.lin ruhc
S|)' ak I i|' ilii i'ia\ .
I III- -KaiiiiiiL; liair in man;, a tlaniin^ in--.
I lu' 111 ii 1/1 Ml \ ril- ;
Ami ' 'i 1 the nil niniaiii t.i])- in rrini-nn -latf,
I li r inaiitK trail-.
Si I. like a wai-wiiMi i|!u-rn. \uiiirii>ns
N ct \\( arinl >i ic.
Willi lialtlc rililii iiu il hannii- living I'rtr
I III- 1 nil' tniic nil IC
."^lu- l:iu- Im iiiirt \\vv 111 M mi.— tlimii^li natinns
fall
SIk- will nut t'ail
'In kirp lur tr\-l. and Karn wliat lii- luliiml
I In- iii\ -tir \ I'il.
A l)lazr with I )raiir- wild fiir. a -pacr. ai^aiiist
I lu' liraviii- 1 1\\ n bliif. —
SIk jiart- tlu' Wi-tiTii onitaiii- with lur hands.
Ami i)a--c- tlirmiijli.
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\I'K'I-,>M( i\
IlH'ir Wt.iltll In II, mi- iiii.i.d.
l."[t> >(aitnii^s. ,„„.,„,. |,i,tiiivs. 1,„|, i,,i,„„i
the uiiiilc.\\> ^liiittiTiil :
All tlu.|.,.:rs;nv l,;,nv.I ;,„.! l.nltol. aihl tin- k.Ns
"I i\ir\ I'Mftal
<■':'' l"'I'I- Minlv, „.„• rnini.t. tlinn u. il,. n , M,.
lalt niiL; iiinrtal.
lint alien r..iM,-. a im-lilv -pirn, n-
II Ullllloll (lusl ; _
trviiii^ uitlt a vmJ,
l'\lT Illst.
n^iiiL; ir'.iii tin-
'■ Ills, M, III : ilu-ii tlu- Ma-t.r,
Hears tlu. an-iusl,,.,! ,,,,1. uprisino. l,„.^^. ,!„■
.i^emils \et t(. I)e.
I'ntM Iiim tin- kt.\, are -i\en.
and 111,- [iri-, ,;u.,I
MIDXK.IIT
I I""ls up I,, tlu. vast iiitiniiii.Ie ,,i spa.-e
An.l Me the velvet, iniclin^l,, s^ . as if i, "u,.,,.
'';;^,;\[;^'"- -^•''^•''''In'l,,,,|-,,n,;.aven, in .iran.c^^-
I'iyr.e.l In ,aii,I.,,u s.ars. a !attuv-.s, ,rk ,.f
Tl.ruii^I, uliid, a ra.Iiam li^l,, f|-..,„ ,;,„,•, ,,^,„
'aee. ;n sh.iwrs
<>f^.nMv tenderness, streams ,,,,,„ „,,,„ ;,,^.
'II'. \( li \ir. W ISI)( ).\l. M: (Till'.K-XAllKI-;
'l\aili iiK' ui^dnm. Mi itlui-Xatun,' : —
'laki.' iiu' tn lli\ hrcasf.
And till' Iii'art wliicli \wll-nii,di l)r(.'ak(.'lli
With its .i^rii'f tliat aclu'tli. aolutli.
May pifliaps \'\\\<\ rot.
'r-aili nu' tlu'sc tliiii.L,'^>. Mntlur-Xattirc : —
Li't nu- li'arii ai)art
Si.i.Ti't-> (.■"(,•11 tlu' hinlliiii;- kiiowitli
SkiiiiniiiiL;- uluri' tlu' watir tlnui'th: —
Music in his hi-art.
'I'lai'Ii nio what the tlouors arc sayintj, —
1 li-avN , — (lew -(.■ni|)<.'ark'(l.
A> (.aih piTtunK'd head low -hiinlctli. -
\\ aitini,^ till the sini asccndftli
( )\'r a sentient wnrld.
SliMW nie how the torch of Aiitunni
Lijj^hts tile j^lowinij^ tire. —
Till with colors, no man naineth.
All the savaj^e hillside tiaineth
( )n its funeral pxre.
Tell me what the rain(lro])s mutter
When the floods descend.
And the li^htnin^^'s banner waveth
( )ver sleepinij homes he craveth
Heaven's leave to rend.
What are all the forests chantinj^
In deep or^jan tones.
When the wind his baton swinfj;-eth.
And the tlutnder-bell low-rin.Ljeth
Stormy antiphones.
9s
r*"irrr'^T^'''"'*"^fT^-TrfrfmT wir ir"'°¥TtT'TFff™Tiiitrinnr^'^'TriTmirT*rii'TirrMrrri^^
Trarli iiif tlir-r tliiiiL;>, Mi itliii- .\';itnri'. —
lakf tiK' t( 1 tl)\ l)rca>t.
Ami tlu' liL-art uliirli wrll-iUL;!) hri'akitli,
Willi it< iiv'wi that aclutli. aohitli.
Ma\ |nrlia|)- tunl i\-t.
AX IMI'Ki:SS|().\
A t]a.--h i>f (.-arriai^r ulirrl>. wliirliiiL;- "Vcr ilic
iirl)aii iiiik> ;
A L;iiiii|)Sf (it V(.I\(t i^a^r ulurc an in-nlriit mit-
ca>t >mili>.
With tht.' clnak.- tht' j^k iw-. - thr i^nwii. with
tlu' tVit S( I daiiuilx >li( !(k
<iiKs a heart \vl \<u>^v inun hrlk ami a fare like
the iimther uf ( 'nu\.
vwv. ui-A i:iLi.|-.
Wake. iii\ (luii! I'he laiiee'- of thi' sun,
Rosy-red. are marching up the skv.
Wake, my own! for kive and ]i,yht are one.
And doubt and darkness in their presence tly.
Wind and storm i^alioped o'er the >ea
All iii,t,dit lon!^^ and 1 dreamed of thee. —
Dreanu'd of thee, and as 1 am thine
My beloved, m\ beloved. —
I )reanu'd I, thou wert mine.
What care 1 for the -t< rmV wild -lee!
What care 1 I'nr the mo.-niinu;' -i-a I
^ Vr-.^I'rt.-* t-i^li^CifiiJ^S. riritSsi^iei -iirr^
''<
Day lia> dawiud ;iii<I tlu' skii- ;iri' clear I
My l)cliiv((i. my hrlovcd, —
\\ akni. ]i\\v is luff I
\\alM-. iii\ dwii' '!"!u' luialil ut" ilu dawn
All tin- air uilli s\\citr>t iiuisi tills. —
\\ aki-. ni\ nun! The sahlc ni^iit is <^,,uv.
And nidinin- calN •■RrvrilliV' to tlu' liilU!
I.\ .\li:.M()KI AM
!■■. (. S. C.
IK' kfpt liis sdul uns|i<itto(I and untarnished,
A radiant lily rup — a li<)l\ chalice:
Which when the ( ireat KiiiL; saw. He i^entlv
lifted
And |)laced securely in His n >\ al i)alace.
^.l•:^■( ).\i) i.^ (;( )i)
I Udidd i,fr<)vv up t(j the full stature nf a soul:
Majestic, calm and brave : and ever strive to jT^ain
The shiniiiir heitjhls where love serenely dwells
With altruistic faith, in palaces of lij,dit.
Yet. with hiuiiility enough to comprehend
The narrow limits set to man's intellif^eiice —
And — si)ite of subtle reason — wise enous,di to
cry :
"licvond is (iod."
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T^^C'^S^SSPSSIA
^■^??ifsii^^*r"?S:S^m^g^!^-smi=ss!mss:i::
.«*--
Si ).\.\I:T
'I'lu' rf>tlis.-. wiirld. al llii^ the (.•(.•iilnrv "- nul.
< iaziiij,^ askaiui' at i(.cin. -.ict. nr rmd.
Lacks t'ViTvwluTi' ilu' ^raiid inrcntivc nf hc-
lirf.— ■
l'()r lai'k of faith alwa\-» alxirts tlu' di'cd.
I lalf-ltrartrdly. iiii'ii >|H'ak ■ >f ikidIct tliiii^>
I'lian tlmsi- l)oliind a c iintcr. Imhii^Iii and ^old ;
lU'causf wf /('(•/ lialfdu'arti.dl\ iim rin^ini; ^"H.l;
< )r stirrini;- stnr\ . in our (.;;r> i> t'lld;
When ainiin<4 hitjli tin- ;irrn\\ I.iwtr tli<.'>.
And i^rrvcd nf ^n,l(l hjds |)riiK-f> >tand ati'l
wait. —■
( >h. marching \«.-arsI that chum- from c>nt (hi-
i^rcat.
Dini-shadoufd halls of \a>t futurities;
We pray you !oo>c our dollar wovimi hands.
So we niav serve \nn with un>liaekled hand>.
I-LAIXK
I hold my hands out to voii, winds, wild winds. —
Hurrying'- over the fields of Lorain. —
r.rushinf,'- the lawns where the lilies have lain.
And imi)l(>re you tread lightly. —
Softly and lightly. —
The mosses tha'. cover i'.laine.
I hold my hands out to vou. clouds, far clouds. —
And pray, when you jxnir out your chalice
of rain
< iver the valle\ . the hill and the ])laiii.
^'<IU will s])rinklo hut s!i<;htly. —
Softlv and lii^hllx. —
Till' fjirasses that shelter I'laine.
lol
I ill lid m\ liamU mu [>> ya\. (..irtli. fair i.'arih, —
W'lio L;atlur(.'>t into thy husdm. tlif >lain. —
And kti|>r-t tlnin '^niv in the wind and the
rain.
I ])ra\ \ 1 >u 111 lid ti.L^luh . —
S'lftlv and li.uiitls . —
I lif wliitr narrow li'd "t i'.laini,-.
I li'ild my liand> nut U< \nu. sia, sad sea. — ■
SinLiin^; I'nnvrr tin- >aini' rrfrain
( )t till' drad wluj will nivrr ciinic limine
a.i;ain, —
\nd ;iray ynu sin^' ni^iitly. —
Sni'tly and lii^ditly,—
^^lur Mii't Inllal)ii'S fur i'laiiu'.
I cr\ to ynu. olouds. and tlu' wind>. and the
>lars.
I rry to yon, earth and the sea.
Id writ eh well and .miard well
Tlu' L;;ite death ha> barred well
Till death himself eeaseth to he:
And when fur me the Inny day has ended: —
W'ateh well, and ^uard well, the eharq-e I have
tended : —
I hro" the Iimiil: eenturies. earth, and oil. sea!
Watch till the day in a far ■lernity. —
(1(1(1 TTimself ^iveth her baek unto me. —
|-".laiiie I IClaine I l-'laine I
1(1-2
ASI'lK \l l< ).\
It sliiiu>, at first, a distant \\a\ criiiiL; i^lcam.
lint faintly strn.^^liiiL;' tliron;^!] tlu' mistv ul'^ht
Of sordid ci>iimii>iij)lai.H' : \\{ stirriii;j; u])
Tlif snnl to fn.'sli Liidiavor towards tlir li.^lit.
Disconraj^niiu'iit and douht fon-vcr draw
'Ilu- oir ain of tlu' present 'nmnd onr ua\ —
Rut look i)cyoiid, the dawn will hn^ak, and still
"Shine more and niore tnito the perfeet dav. "
rill-: si.\(,i:r-s I'R.\\i:r
'1 here is joy in the heart of the robin. —
Tlicre is hliss in the throat of the lark. —
All the hird-son^s of day are triuni])Iiant,
.\nfl. — the nif;htin,i,^1Ie sin.LTs in the dark I
Rut they all know the secret of sini^in^.
.So that hearts Ii,<,diter i^row with their sonsrs
Iu)r their souls an- so filled with life's nuisic,
There are no corners left for life's wrunjTs.
'nierc's a hcxm I wouM ask of the Master —
Lord, ijrant me the prayer that 1 ])ray 1
Let me sint^ so the toilers max listen.
As they pause in the work ni the da\ . —
Let me sini,^ so the tired at ni^ht-fall
.May hoh.old in the jubilant Wi'st
.All the .i,dory of work, when the workman
Flas completed his task and max rest.
Let me sinj^- so the sick and the snft, ^in,L,^
Iieav\-i'yid with the vii^ils the\ keep.
il:l
Still uy.i\ li^t tM iii.\ ln!l;il>i<.'- -iraliiiL:
Snftl\ in ;il tluir \\inilii\\> - ami -Iri'p.
Li-t iiH- siiiir f'T '".^ *'\^" ''"'^■' •'"'*' I'<'>I>1<-'- —
I'Or till' children \vi- im-cl on llic \va> ;
Lrt tnv voiiH- tin<l its cliurd in the present. —
In till- tH-i'(l> that arc i)resMn^ tn-day.
Man\ nations uiil)nrn have their siinj^H-r>
i'.invrapiK'd in the nebulous mist
Of viri;inal da\> whieh the ^unli.uht
Has vet. nor discovered, n' ir ki>t.
They will >ini;- for the time that is eoiiun.u. —
Let me sins^; for the time that is here;
Has the world of to-day less of heart-lireak
Than the world of some f.-ir-formint; year r
ImH mv son,t,'- iwW of beauty and t,dadness. —
Master. iir.nU me the pr;iyer that 1 l)ray.
[•ill mv souijs full of ho])e for the hoiH'l<-'SS. —
And oh' let me sin-; them to-day.
rxcLF/s rnkiSTMAS sT(Mn'
*"S'on want a story, ehiokens mine. - a tale that
nmst be true! .
A tale of little ehiUlren. — with a Christmas
flavor, too .-
NK poor ol.l brain will reiT I fear. attemiHinff
"deeds like this: .
Vou would not like to >ce. I'm sure, your L ncle
eraz\. Miss.
\,m doubt my W(.rd — vou sauey scamps, on.
well. oh. well, you'll -ee.
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'^^:ji^Vi:,i
When, .urnwliii;^ like a bear. 1 Cdiiif. and i.at ynu
all f<ir lia.
■Dnii't foni so iiiiK-li — \k- .-.fiisiljU' 1" (c mir now.
I il<i liki- that :
If I'vf no •>rii>c in my old w^v. I'll rat ni\ >un-
.la> hat 1
"1 --ft.- ilur(.'> iiii i-caiH-. s(i -- ill the l;m<i(1. old
I'a^hiDiifd \va> :
< )iHH' on a tinu- — tar. far irnni here, and at a
distant day.
I went —a nii>>iMnar> --tc i)reaeh ti> tlueks sn
sparse and thin
It took nie week- tn L^sather half my eont^reua-
tiiin in.
Mv Sal)l)ath> wen- expended. — nearl\ all the
live-liini; <lay —
In (Irivini,^ tn m\ station- with m> ^pan of ponies
i^ray.
'lelui, the -on of N'im'hi." wasn't in it, — not at
" all.
When I m\ hronehos speeded, like a \orth-wind
in the fall.
".\ service short I held at ten — tlun off to Hol-
land's I'dnff
To meet a coni^rt'j;jation there, of diamonds in
the rontjh ;
Then on. ten miles, and I'veiiinfj; I'rayer re-
freshed the heart like dew, —
Sweethearts, a prairie ])reacher's lot has compen-
sations too ;
Then pastoral calls, at distant homes, filled nj)
my 1)n-\ week :
With here a word. — and there a pray'r. I trie<i
to titly -peak.
lOo
I iiftrii tliiiik iif tliat v;i-t |)laiii. ^vll(l-.l• riri'lr
iii.'kK' iiir litl
'riu' rciitri' i<\ llu' uiiiviTsc, — tlu' liul) .if all llu-
wIktI.
"()uv wiiitrr in tii\ vi-ititin (tin- >lnr\ '- rdiiiiiii,^
111 )\\ I .
1 narluil a dirarx, wiiKl-swi])! luit. - a i'llly
Sahilril iiK', In nil fririiill> throats, uiiik' tuiiiMinj;
tlinmt^h tlu' >!iM\\
Two link' tilts caiiu: tl< niiiik'riiiL;. a- ta^l a^ tlu'v
CnllM L^ii,
i'.ut lirstly. k't iiu' tfll \"\\. .kar-, the liajip^'
( liristiiias-tidc
Was c-nininii somi t.i i;lail with i^ifts. tlu' rhiMrt'ti
far and u ido ;
Alas, this littk' ])rairir lionu-. — half-hurii'd in
tlu' snow.
Was |)o\irt\'s own haunt — so drear and hare
was it, \<tii know I
"iWit. oh. how larqe the kindly hearts heneath
that Iioiiiestead roof, —
jlow sweet the jjjentle mother's voice, when
raised in soft repnxif. —
h'or e'en the best of little o .-s. a mother must
siihdue
When tlu'v upon tlu' war-i)ath ju'o — a U'arsome
hand of two I
1 eoaxed the douj;hty braves at last to sit u])on
iin knei' ;
And as \ou stare to-ni.yht. nou scamiis. just so
thev stared at me I
10(i
.^ .%. »■•#•■*§
Idi ^iraiv^ir-piMpK- in ilial laii'l a hi\nr\ win-
(lltllUil.
And like a i'lituli and Jnd\ -Imw. t.. tluMU I
(louhtU"-^ -iciiudl
'•[ told tlRiii all alx.m till' ilvrs and faiiirs 1 had
known —
( )f ( '.iant-kilk-rs .L;ri>at and tall.-nf Motlu-r
1 InlihardV Ixmr ;
( »i wondVmis lU'an-stalk-. Lrrnuin^ ni)--<>f
lack's SI) ^ri-at and \\i->f.
Who i-liinlud thosi- lUan-stalks in a nit^h; —
rif^lit n]) into tlu' skii's 1
1 told tlu in all thr talr> 1 knew. — and last tlu-
r.i'thklK'ni Star. —
And how tlu- wond'rinj; shcplu-rds luard tlu-
s()nji;s of hcav'n afar :
I'.ut whi-n tlu-ir sleepy eyelids fell, beneath th-'
dustman's arts.
\Vc knelt --a luinihle roof-tree shelt'riii},^ hai)l)y.
peaceful hearts.
"]>efore the dawn I wakened, hearing voices in
the nijjht,
Mv little friends were talking fast, hut hidden
from my >i^du
Not far from where I rested; — raisintj cautious-
ly, my head.
And drawing hack the drapery. I saw the moon-
light shed
A radiance like silver, over two small saints in
white. —
Where, quaintly kneeling: side by side, they
prayed with all their might :
'Please, (iod. the preacher-man what comcd. said
you knew ever-thing,
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\ii 1 < 'ii'liil 'II ;lial'^ ill tile W'li'M. »'■ iilci^i',
-ir. w m't \ I m iiriii;^,
\l ( liri^-tiim- lime. ;i ilniiii I'cr lrc<l, frr i;i\ vtr
iiiic nniirc |)U>
\ cliinv Ml It r mii\\ir .111 I'd like .1 il^ll uli;it
crir-.
Nil' linii uliai i'>lil n- ^lurit- lure i///'.n \/i-('/'/y;' in
>iir hrd,
Sa\ , can't \i'ii lii-l|) hiiM. ^1 ■'- In- haif went hi' si>
(i^v'/iil rril.
\iiun.' 'll'iM Mil a hit." -aid I'rcd, "I want to
liaxi.- a .L;tin ;'
'i'lic Niiiall maid -aid: "I Ljnc-- lit kiiiiw-; uli,
I'rcddir. ain't it fnii -'
riir\ ruddled duuii, - tlu- iiH iMiiiiL;lit lair, liaj)-
ti/til caiJ! 141 ildcn head :
'I It 'iHcarlur iiian' he laiiL,dud. and ^maniil,
tieean-e hi- hair \va- red.
"i think that"- nearlv al]. < 'h. did the ehiklreii
Ljet their tux-;
I )iar tile, Imw \ 1 >n iln tea-e,- were ever -een
-neli L^irls and \nt\ s ?
I think perhaps tlu\ did. ym knnu, tor utuii I
called < piiee nu He
'I'lu- lialie- eanii' tiinihlin^ thru' tile -tuiw, ju-i as
thi\ did In'fdre :
Ami I am >ure Ired had a drum, and in\ -weet
maid a ddll.
A i^ift hail ciiine fur everyone. — ."-anta reinem-
hiri'd all.
And 'Ixutt mv hair, that funn\ thin.L^: ^'es, pets,
iiiiw sa\' "i^iii id-nii^ht."
dm! <//;.v:crr<'(/ //)(// /// \t\trs af f'iiiii. hy hU-<i:liiii^
it sii (>:>.• -:^'Iiiu'."
lOS
rill-: I kiwi WIND
A l)al>\ uiml uiiil riiiininL; uil<i .ilniut ilu tul'l";
niir (la\ ,
('a|iri(.-iim> - full "t uli« In ilaiuiil -a liitK'
i-liild at plax.
Hnt as flav |ia>stil In- wraiiiil ^nrc <>l nimiiiti,' to
ami I'm, —
'llir siiiilin",^ ivi'iiiii\^ l'<mii(l him \\\>\ tim tiinl ii»
1 iRi: li.ii-.s
("(Hiiiiij,^ t'niiii <larkiK>s ui- |ia>s t<> tlu- ilark
Death tliat ha^ lu-ni and a ilrath \rt ti' \>v.
Life llaiius iKtwnii lluni —a liimiiinu- spark
l"'ainn'(l li\ tlu' win^- nf s.unc far <listiii\.
Di'stiin, suift til liikiiidli' thr spark.
lUots it aijain in tlu- lihu'knfss In' —
VVc cr\ lor a -oniid frnni tlu' sunn ss — tlie
dark
SiliMuv' Iml iKt'pt'ns lur stilhu'ssrs inort-.
Mastt-r nf darkiu'ss. hnth lutnri- and jiast.
T.ord of oiir days from thr darkncssi-s frci- :
(Ircat ( "lod of siKiuH's, awf'.il and vast,
KtT]) ns from ftarini,^ onr own inystiTvI
100
'I I'r -nil "II In- w.iv t'l lii- lininr in the wrsf
\.l(iuii llu Iiiiil; vault i>i tlu- tirnianu'iit
-pnni;-
'1' . Iii\c aii'l hi- licaiili. uluir the iinltcT^ at rost
\\ ill lla^li iiilM tlaiiu at tlu luat "f lii- \\iMi;><.
110
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