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While on the retum ^\ ',■> 1 rW * paMMg* *«oM thë Buin «4 ijm 1, and about h»lf a i nile from the aliore of |1 -.^^* Loiig Inland, the beat was struck by A heavy sea, and 1- ail, except Benjamin, / i t were drowneâ. • # . ■ • * * K \5- i i ^ ^, , ■ fie ^ (^ . J ;5 rfcooii '<0 ! '4' -K 1 , A "" : ■ ] ■'f ** # it " • ■ , ' /■■■ ♦l,-^ t' ^ /' ■ ■* .*/ • / . , • ' j S^5(tfc;i Acadia [iam Ë. jo Rev. , Perez x> Cape I return iliore of [ijahiin, /- ■/•< I Oi^liY- ' Ye wavea repeat to-night, the taie oft told before ; - [ Thy voiceful billows leap, on yonder fateful shore, ' -nj-sr Like wolves, foain-mouthed, for prey esoaped in time of yore. Adown a vista dim, shadowed by many years ; Boyond the path, grass grown, and dank with fallen teara, The glint of aunlit wavea danoea and diaappears. And then wide ahadows fall along the time-worn glade, | Shadowa that break, and blend, et gather close, diamayed, While branchea awaying arma drive them to deeper Lift your perennial bougha, ye towering yéara, wii Reveal the waves that aing a requiem for the dead Who ever walk thia vale with peaceful, apirit tread. \ \ A requiem for the dead ;— the long lamented seven, Whose phantom ahip through atorm and foam, aailed into Heaven And left earth-hopea of that fair mom, atranded and riven. ' The anawer oometh low. Aa Bound of ft^t afar, when marching to and fro, \. The waters apeak in ever ceaaeleas ebb and flow. '\ " One morn, aa fair a mom as ever earth hath aeen, Bright aunlight, frag^tuit breeze, and jirater'a ailver aheen, Rare beauty on the hilla, and in the valea between. Happy that laborious taaks, for présent time, were o'er, Acadia'a Sons, home-bound, would one brief day explore, Where many treaaures wait, on BLomidon's rough ahore. Student, Instructor, Gueat, two boatmen akilled and atrong. — Blow gently.favoring breeze, and waft their boat alofig, - Until incoming tide harbor the homeward aong. O treacheroua morn ! thine hand awave with beckoning call No aignal gave to venturoua feet, of audden thrall. Captives of atormy winds and wavea, then Death'a dark palL HSttv* one, tiiey oame i^n tff «vthly ihMnoT no tndnry \ /. lyss %.i He, Imckward thiUst so ruclely fpf.m l)eathV^Mkl4lair, Aiiiid thé tidal (Irift, lay helpless on the \calk ; the overhanging branch, low-drooping, grieves, ^■d 1*bM, wM shuttle swift, a web of change still weaves. ~ "^ ',.*^ ^*y^ ^""^ fingers that withdraw a screen, / iMMft HVI^WjAl pierce the cloûds beyond, that intervene, And h» 1 in open view behold a pictured scène. jm-. a^a'* A itratoh ^ troublous waters and a pebbly strand, A breà^tî» of verdnre, leading unto fruitful^land ; ^ helpless body lifted, 'mid an awestnick.bapd. , Slowly to life Hgain:^0 was it life ? to him, The measure of tliat cnp, whose overflowing brim Redewed henceforth the eyes, alniost in death grewn dim. A life whose brightness fuded to retum no more -> When that fair, sunny mprn so swiftly clouded o'er. Youth set the sail that day, âge came with him to shore. On ail the strength and beauty of young manhood's prime, Came sudden blight, os track of frost in summer's tinie, ^ When drooping leaf aiid bud reveal the touch of rime. ^c As in a dream he answered, when they bade him tell, " What of the^niiHsing seven ; what evil thing befel ? Canst give one word of hope onr darkest fears to qiiell ?" But hope, her trailing robe hati lifted, and passed by ; And when the anxious messengers hsd gatbéred nigh. As from a vision came the words that made reply. A vision ever présent unto him alone, And as he tells, he h ear a afa r in ocean's moan, i I i r % :'à^^Â À« Woida, unto which lil^M^es eeem to Ml his oun. Faithful as niirrori|| iMie, the words though faint and few, An)east8 at play, Toss sportively awhile, ère they devour their prey. ' And now the vision drifteth towards the open Bay, Behind that rended veil of sweeping tresses grey ; ^ In draperies of mist, floats on, and on, for aye." And while the niists recède, and wending sb»dO«lfldli||T T From shore rollsout to 8ea, this oft-repëated waH,-^^-^ * ~ " And I, I only, am snrvived to tell the taie." Days came, and days passed by ; sunshine and cloud and storm, The beautiful of earth, in ever-varying form — Glàd voices called, in vain— ail powerless to wartii With sunny smile, and cheery suuimer's sweetest sounds, The spirit over which a ohill had set its bounrfs. And while life's ladder climbing, broke the lower rounds. Ambition, Joy, and Hope with peaceful, blessed Rest, • Sought vainly, in the corridor» towards the \\ est. For steps up to the tower, where dwelt that soûl distrest. Thus solitary, through each day, while mingling oft With busy fellow-men upon the street or croft, His step among them ever came, faltoriiig and soft. In é.very earnest gaze, he read reproach and scorn, While Faucy's minions whispered, to the spirit wom, " He saved himself, his conirades whither? hâve been Iwrne He thought they blamed him for the loss of life deplored, And counted hiiii as murderer," whom avenging sword Had spared to be ao object ail through life abhorred. Hiiéf y "^ *— r*»— I 1 1 - < •jP' ' .'■■" Tlie little children saw the impres» of ( U|)on that quiet face, and vaguely won«L Their merry voices hushed, while sadly Im ^ ,^ _ . To him, their silent wonder seemed the apMah al fMi^ " They shun me, eveii thèse shrink from my dnitriagnear " He moaned, then slowly turned into aj»th more drear. Forever restless, as the tread of wandering star Or as the fluttering wings of timid wild birds are, The eyes, whose troubled gaze syught the dim space afar. Yet, wh*t8oe'er he touched with toil of hand or brain, Yielded unstinted meed, of transitory gain ; A» if in mocking compensation for life's pain. , Who hath iiot known how the returning seasons bring What yester-time they bore upon retreating wïng, Whtthft- of joy to light the heurt, or grief tk) wring. HoW dôth the spriiig-time quicken memory's wearying WW» WtA ««iiliwil^PJM^iend long ^^^^^^ t»v ,15 ^•^fe *'*f*^ '^'l^y ^*><''f»l Hope Who kft. pm^SÊàq»,Wlillmm that eyrie nest to grope Throagh tài^^ ÀèsM, «1 th| gâtes afar shrfll ope. CkW-kdfBt'M «OMM MHÉher zephyr's gentlest breath Freighted with visions of the ohill and hush of death ; "^'Twas thus a year"— or years— "ago" the evening Lith. So unto him, of whom thèse words now briefly tell, With each returning season, swept a deeper swell Of strong wild surges, that long sinee had corne to dwell. And when the last night-watch, in winter's camp was told, When parting bugle-notes along the valley roUed, And snowy ensigns changed to emerald and gold.' When mountain streamlets li'fted voices loud and cleac, The vocal spirits seemed to spring from far and near, Callin^-he thought-" G come to us, corne hère, come hei-e " By some strange fascination oft-times thither led, Towards the • ' Island's " shore his hastening footsteps sped, And anxiously awaited there, the fprms long dead. One night he lay beside the strand ; the waves roUed high, And phantom forrn* among the clouds, went swiftly by, W^hile thnnder roU of chariot wheels swept strangely ni'gh. Bright lamps they carried, for no moon stood in the sky, ■-^r' , A L ■ iy r AikI by each biillianMJ^HM rumbling^ He saw tha cloudy oh Ciroling the laland's «ho>e, their airy coirse «eeined Récurrent, dri\ en swiftly, aa when first hey went ; And beckoning arma awave, in flashes anbient. Floet were the winged ste^s— the res'Iew, curbleaa winds— Whp driveth Jehu-like to-nigbt, angels cr fiends? That lone soûl asked, then answered lov /"Ood's are the wind»." " He rides upon the storin ; the waves Hia sovereign will Oljey ; and winds of heaven His purposee fulfil ; ^ He calleth, guideth, and He can say ' Pesce, be still.' l'il rest me now awhile, the angels strong, are kept ; (Jntil they corne for me, I shall not be o'èrswept. ni rest a little how,"— and peacefuUy he slept, Slept tillthe Angel of the Dawn, from Ea»tern sky, ^ On giidin^,low dipt wing, came softly, slowly nigh,^ Lifted the dripping locks, then musingly passed by. The Children of the Morning gathered one by one, Arouud the uheery hearth-stône of the risiiig snn ; Behpld ail give a welconie^ thia day begun. 8ee royal Blomidon, from bed of fèatherymist, His kin|;ly head uplift, crown^ witji deep amethyst, While drajwriea of night roll tp hia feet wave-kiaaed. As'widespiiead wings of li^t ioar towards the full nooh-day Un^ that valIey honie, the wanderer tums away/* Chili with the damp of night, and of the aaUnbea-apray. The Toices of the atorm, no longer in the mM Make nielody ; backward hath swept the s&é s roll. Alone, alode : *^>lù>fi^Ë|l^rda no certain gW- No vision acen afar, tjÇ^veriug steps now lead Forth from the beaten strand, across tlie level mead, Into the travelled way j— forgotten, time and speed. Regardleas olthe eager, haatening, buay throng, Unheeded are the aonnda of joyouaneas and aong. Ail nnreapd&aive to the apirita glad and'atrong. The elder people tum sad faoea pityingly ; One aaith, " See what a wreck that man has corne to be ; At twenty-foar ao bandaome, promiaing— ah me !" Son of Sorrow 1 well do cold and atonn and gloonl, With thy ^enahrouded apiriit^ bleOding form asaume ; Shadow a fitting