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GEO. MMO.KyM. A., Rk^tok of St. Paut/s Churoh, ]#naim(v 1 1,1'- • " 7- ••!:, •~ -•«. . w . v:i'^ ■^Jfeii ;- 'S^.^ "^1 ,-,5 -»r ...f )Rf!fB, F NAKAI9H^p^^*0.: PRINTED BV GEO T^OREIB, PRBB PRBSS OJ*FICB. «<• ■wMttilMMHiiHiii ^ J '>*■•■•-. J f V. ;* \ I ' ,#: i «** 4 • f V i * Loss of the Steamship 'Tacific" NOV. 4th, 1875. BY REV. aEO. MASON, MA. 8peed on thy cuur;>e, Leviathan of art! Thou boast of modern science! Safely speed From port to port with all thy living freight Of human mouLs, more precious than thy load Of earthly drotsd, exhumed from mountain deptli», Or washed with anxious toil from mingled sand On river beds. Speed on in proud disdain Of wind and storm! Obedient to thy will The waves of ocean bearJthee on thy way, And lift in vain their crests of angry foam To harm thy guarded bulwarks, or affright The careful pilots of thy destiny! The dark November clouds may low'r, the Bun Shroud its meridian brightness 'neath a veil Of ihroatniug mist: — dreaming of joys to come In the gay City of the Golden Gate, They hoed not nature's frowns, who crowd thy deok Thou spoiler of old Neptune's vaunted sway! , The happy children gaze with laughing glee For the last Lime on their forsaken homes; The merchant heaves a sigh of glad relief, \ -\':i p pmc iN^.W. History Dopt ^^■^dlAL LIBRARY y.cfOMA, e. ''^lESBaP^f 2 LOSi OF THE 8TEAM8HIP '* PACIFIC. fxpectant of his holiday from care; With fondly llng'ring thoughts the maiden wavew Mer * Kerchief flag of tender, mnte farewell, While on the chilly breeze floats «oft and low Her parting strain — "Good bye, sweetheart, good bye!" Soon shall Columbia's snow-capt mountains fade In evening shadows from their home-turn'd view. Boon shall fond mem'ry's mirror of the past Lose it8 reflections ' mid imagin'd scenes Of unkii«wn pleasures in the coming time; — And all our winter gloom dissolving change For the bright sunshine of Lhe balmy West Uush! — did'stthou hear? — was i: the death-shriek woke The midnight slumbers of thai silent home? — Hiish! — it is nought! — nought but the watch-dogn howl Of melancholy omen, boding ill; — Or screech of night-bird hooting to the gale In fiendish mockery of man's distress. Hleep on, beloved ones! for a while sleep on And gather up your strength for morning light! A day of sorrows waits you! gird your selves With prayei and lean upon th' Eternal love, **Though He destroy, yet will 1 trust in Him!'* Be thii your motto! and your quivering souls Bhail bear the shock uninjur'd, and. along The course of life shall presently sail on In calmness to the haven, where, they rest. But — hush — again! the news! the dreadful news Has reached our shores! has paralyzed thoheart-^ Of all! Oh! say; it is not true! What! lost! ^' T •w ■"CTBP 3r ( (' LOIB OF THE BTEAMBHIP " ' PACIFIC a All lost! All! All! but one snatch M from the deep, A solitary messenger of woe, I^eft on the cruel waters to recount. His tale of misery, the fatal crash, The rush, the panic — accents of despair, — The Infant's wail, — the Mother's piercing cry,— - . Tb# brave man's tight with death, and chivalry Unselfish even to his latest gasp. And now another, rescued from the waves But to confirm the tidings of their fate Pants fortL fresh horrors from the awful wreck. All lost! No! No! the agony is o'er, The dark, cold waters of destruction past, And on the tearless shore they rest. God grant, In peace awaiting now perennial bliss, Purg'd from aM earth-stains in th' o'er whelming tide By God's consuming Love, wash'd in the blood Of Him whose dying pangs outweigh'd the sum Of mortal agonies, who tasted death For all, that all, who will, might never die, But only sleep — Mother! she is not dead, Tho' she return not, thou shalt go to her In the far land; when sea shall be no more And from its depths are yielded up the ^ead — Pitiless Ocean! thou hast done thy worst! We ask not this of thee, — to hurl us back In ruthless scorn the forms of those we loved; Harrowing our souls with hidoous spectacle Of marr'd remains, relinguish^d — but in vain Hide them!— Oh! hide beneath thy briny pall Corruption's spoils until the day of doom! Thou can'stnot rob us ofth' immortal part! Beyond the upmost fury of thy storms The Spirit soars, and holds Communion still With kindred hearts in voiceless sympathy. *^- k mmt I II m\ -o^^iH^ia 4 LOSS OF THE 8TEAM8HIP "PALlFir." Ti8 said the Royal I>anu in oIiIhii tiinu Bade his ohHequious courliers place liis throne Before the advancing tide: with solemn pomp He gare his sovereign nmndatw to tiio waves; Rebellious to this delegate of heaven But to th' Almighty ruler loyal still Th' unconscious surf roH'd on and heeded not The impotent usurper's futile word. Thus in his wisdom did the prince rebuke The idle tiatt'rers of his eartlily power And vindicate His Majesty who "holds The waters in the hollow of His hand." Well might we learn in these presumptuous days A lesson fromi this simple tale of Eld. Ye launch your monster vessels on the deep, With scarce a thought of the Omnipotent, The forces of the Universe obey The magic sceptro scieiico proudly wields, Flush'd with your triumph I^alure is defied— Danger despised, till danger's self has come, And liiids you unprepared with all your arts Against the common accidents of life! The untamed billows mock your pigmy toys, When mercilessly rushing on their prey They gain their vantage, and the striken ship Sinks 'neath the p{»an of their roar, an hopeless wreck. irone inp es; I not a lis days ep, d- e, rks lip ►peless