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EARLIER POEMS. , An April Day - - -„...^.j,*, . f- . ^ ^i Autumn - - . .^^:?^^ V^ 1 .. . ,o Sunrise on the HUlt • - • u \^ « . n, Woods in Winter ----- -..mAsj p la Hymn of the Moravian Nuns of Bethlehei^ ^ fi7f»Cf 9fi1?3 VOICES OF THE NIGHT. Jd ni^ fb A Prelude - - - - •-.« Hymn to the Night ... - . ^^ ♦<^^fy "t^U A Psalm of Life - - - - . i»>£i ni;gi-ioiff '>fF|^ Footsteps of Angels - - - - jnrnm^ m T!iii>j^ The Reaper and the Flowers - Jat. - . ' ^^'" >> ^B The Light of Stars - - - '"^^ : ^" ^T' * ■ ' U[^^<> ^^fli Flowers --..--- J''''%''*^ The Beleaguered City • • - • • * H6 Midnight Mass for the Dying Yefir - - - ^)Vi^i L'Envoi - - - - - - - • 1 ^,a9 The Spirit of Poetry - • • - .n^ • •^' So BALLADS AND OTHER POEMS. kmiiQ felO as oT The Skeleton in Armour - -r u %oV a?>b upv i^tiiWa The Wreck of the Hesperus -- - m. - |iM^<>?.^/^^>iP^^^ The Village Blacksmith - *t?. e^inf^^lioO h'n ' y^ Endymion ----- o^ i? i;' j ao^ , ^i It is not always May - - - - - - . ^., 4a The Rainy Day -';^^ i 43 God's-Acre- - - - - - • «i;iury:iO qjAUi^ To the River Charles - - - - i l^^ Blind Bartimeus .. - - . - 4^46 The Goblet of Life - - - - - - -46 Maidenhood - - - - - - - ^^tru^ Excelsior --..... tJ3aV!/50 POEMS ON SLAVERY .5^^.,^^ .ff To William E. Channing - • - - • • 52 The Slave's Dream - - -- - • -ja The Slave in the Dismal Swamp - - . • 54 The Good Part • - - - - • . . 55 103386 6 CONTENTS* -A POEMS ON SLAVERY— Cow/mw^^. The Quadroon Girl - -' ' - The Witnesses . • . • - rThe Warning - - - . The Slave Singing at Midnight THE SPANISH STUDENT . rACB 58 r THE BELFRY OF BRUGES AND OTHER POEMS. •- ,, ^The Belfry of Brii^^;.^ - i . - i^-^-'^i^o A Gleam of Sunshine - - . , - . # - - 134 . The Arsenal at Springfield - - - - - 136 Nuremberg - - - - - _ ^ - ^ 137 The Norman Baron - - - - • • - 140 ; Rain in Summer • ... • . - Vi^^Jk:%^'Si^'}m '4^ To a Child - - -^ - , ,j^,^\\{ »,i[rf.,Tn- -i .tts- Htvv.i'4S The Occultatipn of Orion - - . - r lo Ttx ^. > > • m fnlqir *57 Afternoon in February - - - - - - 158 To an Old Danish Song-Book MI^Hti) Q'Ah.^^i\U i^ Walter von der Vogelweid -iw^ri^. 11? fi^*|3>l<^ i6i , prinking_Song - - _ " ' ff >f|«^H J*i^%> :^«V/- 163 - -. ■• - lHoini^biE^O . The Old Clock on the Stairs The Arrow and the Song - SONNETS. ^ Mez70 Cammin - . - - 'The Evening Star ,'Autumn - - - - pante - - . - Curfew • - ,. - EVANGELINE - - - BY THE SEASIDE. . - - t^ /M.i Dedii^o;ir^*r* . . ^ .m.rf3.-i%.miw4|^ The Building ofthe Ship - -, - ; - - ' ,- 238 Seaweed - - ^ "^u^^v.^Ai.m^^i.. ^^^Mj.M<^ ^^ Chrysaor - " J^^'^^^^^l ^51 BBr^lO I CONTENTS. •^/< >!T/ fAQWf 1 BY THE SEASIDE- Cofttinu^d. The Secret of the Sea Twilight - - - • - Sir Humphrey Gilbert The Lighthouse The Fire of Drift-Wood - BY THE FIRESIDE. . ., . ^ . , Resignation - - - :> I'ffi'^'^f!^^ ^59 The Builders - - - ''^ "^^ ^'-l 'i 1 1 jjf T' '^ Sand of the Desert in an Hour-^lass , '^ ^^i i* ^^^ The Open Window - - .. 1^:;",'^^ F1^ ^^3 King Witlafs Drinking-Horn i^ - ^-'^ '/ '""^^f ^^^ , ,- 264 GasSar Becerra . A^^.^'O ^li^'fH"'^^'"' r 266 • • • Ji5t - - - • - ?53 Gaspar Becerra Pegasus in Pound Tegner*s Drapa f ^holrMolfrMi r /.r, '.t .11 lO M/t/l/j - 267 268 Suspiria - ....... W^^^T ^72 THE SONG OF HiAVVATiiA • ~ mU ifi^Ii:-:- 273 TRANSLATIONS. From the Spanish. Coplas de Manrique - SONNETS -I The Good Shepherd ,. - " - " -.. /a*^'^?' 43^ To-Morrow- - ^^^i«v. .|.>a!-A blifi-^ari I. 439 To-Morrow The Native Land 439 439 440 440 mI ^ The im^e ofGod' > UyJ«s4i>^oi^iai»iltfaii3dT- *o^ The Brook- • ^ - .iouip <'.iifid2iiii<'J A- From the Swedish and Danish, i niduJ i«nH PASSAGES FROM FRITHIOF*S SAGA. - bbi^O^ '^ Frithiof s Homestead - .^>Ai,^^^J;Wf^%9trW^ 441 A Sledge on the Ice 4ft"^f-^-i ■^■i:''^(rti>^ia ' 443 Frithiofs Temptation *0'(i^i^ihf^x7l «'lIuVfo5B - 444 Frithiofs Farewell ui^si - mO a^uor^-Mil- 447 The Children of the Lord's Supper - - - 447 King Christian - - • .•,•:• i" 4^5 TheWted Knight - -'t} l^^i^'i' '■^ " ' ■* »yoJ l£v mirJiiH -^d 1 •> * * - HaTOH Childhood 8 ■ •: V^- :^ CONTENTS.^ iv * TRANSLATIONS — Continued, -^.tro; -t'\ -*tt *i^* *,,, i _From the German »ag« *5 The Happiest Land - - - - - - -^q fe The Wave ^:^ 471 %£ The Dead ..'-v^'U ;i, ^j The Bird and the Ship . *, li^I^V^i^'^!:;. I72 V „H,rV|. Whither? i - - 47^ ^Mh Beware! ^^ij r6l£ Song of the Bell - - 475 ^^ The Castle by the Sea - - - ,«,. jfi ^^5 s:dfc 1 The Black Knight - - .^ - - 1 jt,.' 477 ji'i Song of the Silent Land - - - - - a^q \ ?^^^ The Luck of Edenhall - - - - - ^go '^w The Two Locks of Hair - - - - . .^2 »^^ The Hemlock Tree - . - . r- "T 483 4 J Annie of Tharaw - - . _ 4- ' ^*i^ 483 ji«^ The Statue over the Cathedral Door - - ;^»^'. 485 i 5;^-^ The Legend of the Crossbill • - - T' 485 ^«j|*^ The Sea hath its Pearls - - - - '- 486 , f^ Poetic Aphorisms ...... ^87 ^.t^ Silent Love - .---.., ^g^ C'N< Blessed are the Dead - - -;••,; • - 489 r|., Wanderer's Night-Songs - - - . . 4^ Remorse 490 Fhom the French. . _ The Return of Spring - • - . - 491 8|]L Spring 492 iV, f; The Child Asleep --.... ^^^ u!^* Death of Archbishop Turpin .... -g-, ..., ^j •.,::•. j ' iP^' The Grave - - - - • . . -511 KHi Beowulfs Expedition to Heort - . - . 512 ,V^ / The Soul's Complaint against the Body - - 516 I From the Italian. .. . ,. ... ^ U.^,^ The Celestial Pilot* - - ... , giy g,-^., , The Terrestrial Paradise - - . . - 518 f Beatrice ........ gig The Nature of Love -.---. ^21 PiOXCS " • ■ • • • • • ■522 -> 1?. 3H •''••■ , rAGB r+rt f H^ 470 > \tf%- ,.:^T 471 ** • 471 fo /- n ■ 472 «.^« - 473 " 3fH 4H IK'll'^ --V,? 475 " - 476 " - 477 " - 479 - - 480 -Ti .4. 482 - v.*f; 483 - {-^t/" 483 - - 485 m - 485 - - 486 - - 487 - - 489 - - 489 " - 490 ■ X:x - 490 - - 491 m - 492 ' ■ 493 " • 493 ~ - 495 • - 507 - - 508 " " 510 • - 5" •i ' • 5" • - S'2 ' - S>6 - 517 - 518 - S'9 - 521 • 522 /o:ix^ .A 01 Longfellow's Poetical Works, EARLIER POEMS. fitowid AN APRIL DAY. Qti Ji';4:J When the warm sun, that brings Seed-time and harvest, has returned again, *Tis sweet to visit the still wood, where springs ,The first flower of the plain, , , . ir I love the season well, When forest glades are teeming with bright forms,^ Nor dark and many-folded clouds foretell .j ,^ , \ The coming-on of storms,,,,y^ ^.^,,; ^^^j/^;;^. : . ^ ; From the earth s loosened mould . .? , ., . The sapling draws its sustenance, and thrives, ^ Though stricken to the heart with winter's cold, ' The drooping tree revives. icMr^x* .. ^r ^*>^>?? J •.. The softly- warbled song ;^ j • > ; u • >i 1 , f > ' / Comes from the pleasant woods, and coloured wings Glance quick in the bright sun, that moves along ^^ The forest openings. viii»-;hii'' '1(1 Mi ; wy cj- } J/ l«* ! H I'M 4 .ciT When the bright sunset fills The silver woods with light, the green slope tnrows Its shadows in the hollows of the hills, , ., ,, ■-. <> And wide the upland glows. . . , , j? il^ i ,,/. And, when the eve is born, wt i In the blue lake the sky, o*er-reaching far, ' I Is hollowed out, and the moon dips her horni ; 1 , And twinkles many a star. . , /, 9 xo LONGFELLOW'S POETICAL WORKS. N ^r Iny^ted in the tide |r f ff '} ,?./'§taM the gray rocks, and trembling ^ha^owd throW, And the fair trees look over, side by side, "* And see themselves below. _ - . Sweet April ! many a thought ,,, Is wedded unto thee, as hearts are wed ; Nor shall they fail, till, to its autumn brought Life's golden fruit is shed. . ,, ,.^,.rjr ^..,^-^y '■ittifi^B'-bmr' ■'''•■■■ 'f J' v/iiiji bftK 6mii-|v')''?^ n^im^k »aa>!< * Morn on the mountain, like a summer bird, i Lifts up her purple wing, and in the vales The gentle wind, a sweet and passionate wooer, Kisses the blushing leaf, and stirs up life nitK - T Within the solemn woods of ash deep-crimsoned, ^ And silver beech, and maple yellow-leaved, -/k Where Autumn, like a faint old man, sits down ^ By the wayside a-weary. Through the trees ' . The golden robin moves. The purple finch, •-^tli i-\ Tiiat on wild cherry and red cedar feeds, i r i A winter bird, gom^s with its plaintive whistle, ;, t^ ' ^;{T ^■ (.-•* »wsthl1o#,^ I '?? ' ■y « 17' «■» -*;.. «' jht, «. fiW *' ' " ■ 1 ub-h "AT ear! ers. lout i\ 4^S "llib 1 oA • r h .1 '^ > nH i •. ' ■. i IHi'. .IT j*,/'^' !;iu«? flT - » * : - r »IT ilT . ■'•■'I. ) i" 9. i> V !,» )er, . t - led, \ rn ( f, .,; • 1 itie, *>-A *,aH5 SUNRISE ON THE HILLS. ,^oj i And pecks by the witch-hazel, whilst aloud . C^^^^ Fiom cottage roofs the warbling bluebird, ^^^n^».r{r And m:- ly, with oft-repeated stroke, t. , ,^j p Sounds rom the threshing-floor the busy fl^ilf, .^ff Oh,. what a glory doth this world put on "^mnD ' For him who, with a fervent heart, goes ibrtH^ ^^f'-f^* Under the bright and glorious sky, and looks' - '/' On duties well performed, and days well spent I f^" For him the wind,, ay, and the yellow leaves, '*^ Shall have a voice, and give him eloquent teachings. He shall so hear the solemn hymn that Death Has lifted up for all, that he shall go . t .r To his long resting-place without a tear. ^ , ' , •^ SUNRISE ON THE HILLS. If oiu.) 1 STOOD Upon the hills, when heaven's wide arch Was glorious with the sun*s returning march, And woods were brightened, and soft gales Went forth to kiss the sun-clad vales.' «i *f v.^m f/ The clouds were far beneath me ; bathed in light. They gatl^ered midway round the wooded height, And, in their fading glory, shone v it>.u i^ii x Like hosts in battle overthrown, , .^ As many a pinnacle, with shifting glance, Through the gray mist thrust up its shattered lance, And rocking on the cliff was left , r< » * The dark pine blasted, bare, and cleft. The veil of cloud was lifted, and below ,'n)i\7f Glowed the rich valley, and the river's flow Was darkened by the forest's shade ,1.44! v^ .wi/v Or glisicr.ad in the white cascade ; if Where upward, in the mellow blush of day The noisy bittern wheeled his spiral way. jf I heard the distant waters dash,4e .o^jj I saw the current whirl and flash, e«r^i>, t»9A III III! -'^'^Lltl !,» ti LONG]^ELLOW»S POETICAL WORKS; And richly, by the blue lake's silver beach, ' | hfiA , The woods were bending with a silent reach. fW«!J|;^, Then o*er the vale, with gentle sw6ll, ^ , ' *^A The music of the vilhlge bell ■ '^t^I ^ bn nog Came sweetly to the echo-giving hills ; And the wild horn, whose voice the woodland fills, Was ringing to the merry shout That faint and far the glen sent out, Where, answering to the sudden shot, thin smoke, ..Through thick-leaved branches, from the dingle broke .^ If thou art worn and hard beset : '' '--^■'■' ^" "■ With sorrows, that thou wouldst forget, ^"^f^*!-^^'^^^ If thou wouldst read a lesson, that will keep '*' ' ' * Thy heart from fainting and thy soul from sleep, Go to the woods and hills ! No tears: 'Jti * I Dim the sweet look that Nature wears, ■\ ^.^i^^;'*'?f' WOODS IN WINTER. ^^^'^^-i^^^-'V-'iV/ When winter winds are piercing chill, , > ^f..,-// ,1 And through the hawthorn blows the gale, ,j ^..With solemn feet I tread the hill, .^ j^^^^ij^^'^, .,,,.r[ n (. That overbrows the lonely vale. ^i^{}^^^\ \^^^f ] 0*er the bare upland, and away ^^ ^^^"^' *^'^^ Through the long reach of desert woods ^' ^^■ * V/*^he embracing sunbeams chastely play,^'^^^"^' i r* And gladden these deep solitudes, ^^''''^^^f/ T Where, twisted round the barren oak, ^ , ^^j ^ i'. The summer vine in beauty clung, ^u b?vv/Qi; j And summer winds the stillness broke, .•f>i'^it 77 The crystal icicle is hung. ,i,^ ,„ *»PHi»,feil|^ lO Where, from their frozen urns, mute springs ; \ Pour out the river's gradual tide, ■ '*^' ""* ' Shrilly the skater's iron rings, r Has grown familiar with your sonij^ ; ^ I hear it in the opening year, , , . . <; ' * ' I listen, and it cbi^Uft iPiie longer ,uo yVl m HYMN OF THE MORAVIAN NUNS OF BETHLEHEM. "ihi-y if AT THE CONSECRATION OF PULASKl'S BANNER, When the dying flame of day "^^"**" | Through the chartcel shot its rayi' ^"': Far the glimrtierihg tapers shed *'^^ * ^ Faint light on the Cowled hiead i And the censer burning swiingi Where, before the alter, hung -^^ , ,, The crimson banner, that with prayer , Had been consecrated there. And the nuns' sweet hymn was heard tha while. Sung low, in the dim, mysterious aisle. •* Take thy banner I May it wave Proudly o'er the good and brave l When the battle's distant wail Breaks the sabbath of our vale, When the clarion's music thrills To the hearts of these lone hills. When the spear in conflict shakes. And the strong lance shivering breaks. <-5.: r'-i li h u, LQMGJ^EIOfPW'S POETIjCAIv, WPI^KS, ./4 i"«\ ■ Th*' >f^ T^>^; vr .A,!* 1 ■%f.ut l;»:rf •• Take ^y bannprj and,, beneath r • p^j^ ^^ T^hQ baWile'^lou^*^ encircling wreath^ // Guard it, tUlour biOme? are fre^I , .^ l^j^^* <|ruard.it! j Grod ^iU prosper thc^^jl ;,j.;^ In the dark and trying hoiir, In the breaking ifbrth ofpQWttg IUl^4nf|^ ; in thd rush of ste«^d^ andmeni^ *b 3Ik«! His right Imnd will shield thee theiii ' ^^ A " Take thy banner! But when night ^LjU^* Clos^ round tri^ ghais^ly' fightj > '' ^ ''rf^' ^ If the vanquished Warrior bow, '■'^A ««H Spare him ! « By our holy VbW/'' >» ^«' f^ I By our pfayeirs'and many tears, f^f^it I By the mercy that endears, *^0 Spardhiml/heoucIolVe hiasth shared I /'/!{ Spare him l.tis thou WOUl^st be spared f U ,"*?"Take thy ibanner I and if e'er ; •/. i in sht t a Thou shouldst pre^s th^ soldie^ ^er^, And the inuffle4^ivum $hp\lld ^ft^^ ■ ,i p To the ^ad of n^Qurnful fl?^^, ,^ . ^ ^^^.^ Then this.Cfii^s&n Ifag sha)i,b^ ■'■^^^^i Martiat cloak and shroud for tHee. - , , The warrior took thai! bsiniiei^ proud', ' '^ An^ it Was his martiar cloak tttid shroud I ; r •.-JK . i- >*fhiti ifiiohol^./m ,rfjti> yd] i?! ,wc)I ^fiuii 'Vl.. 1 Tiw- i'i-.*. "»«*1A <:'. ■: I yut t^-^iiif' fc/'« hoop, '»fb •»'/o vlhuo:*?' Tht: •"■ ,i-itifi onol '^'♦ilj'jo hh&\M 'M\i uT .?Ji:^^m(MS' OF THE vmOHlV . ) A O J - t^ibionnfr. :htdfF mfU'io :?rnn'\yh hnf^ '" .VOICES OF THE NIGHT. \ Ep€p6$€P t0i' fi^f /t6Xe jcaTatrr€/H»f ;'. Ayafu/w69top Hri 86/jtor j^'*^ ,1 **otX ^ «' The shadows hardly move.^»" ""^f^ -^^ Beneath some patriarchal tree ^(thul/i I lay upon the ground ; i juVi^-?. f His hoary arms uplifted he, r^'And all the broad leaves over me k'T ; Clapped their little hands in glee, «^ With one continuous sound ;~> l" A slumberous sound, a sound \3^ ^ings The feelings of a dream^-j. \ vt ^^-^ "^^ As of innumerable wings. As, when a bell no longer swingai, oaA Faint the hollow murmur rings >') ' ' ^ »9.0*«r meadow, lake, and stream, ^i< 4 |6 LONGFELLOW'S BOEDIG AL WORKS, And dreams of that which canr^ot die, ' ^gh\ vision^/ came to ine> ' ' ) ^' ) '/ :-^ As lapped in thought I used to lie, 0^ And gaze into the summer sky, -^^^ ^ Where the sailing clouds went byjj i' j i! ,n?> ! Like ships upon the sea ; "^'* :W' Dreams that tlie koiil of yoilth engage Ere Fancy has been quelled ; ''* '' Old legends of the monkish page. Traditions of the saint and sage, n- Talefr that have the rime of age, ^ ^ ^^ And chronicles of eld. v^^ b^V And, loving still these quaint old themes. Even in the city*s throng > v I feel the freshness of the streams, * That, crossed by shades and sunny gleams, Water the green land of dreams, >. The holy land of song. qII"' Therefore, at Pentecost, which brings < The Spring, clothed like a bride, -t When nestling buds unfold their wings, And bishop's-caps have golden rings. Musing iipon many things, ^ri'^U I sought the woodlands wide. 4 f* The grten trees whispered low und mild ; It was a sound of joy I , . v,,,, ..i j They were my playmates when a child. And rocked me in their arms so wild 1 Still they looked at me and smiled. As if I were a boy ; And ever whispered, mild and low, A •* Come, be a child once more I " "^^ And waved tlieir long arms to and fro. w ■| j■.^ m Jl5 ^^'^y VOICES OF the nighih r/.oj 1^^ And beckoned solemnly and slow4 J^ Oh, I could not choose but go u JO >1 Into the v^oodlands hoar,r^3?tol no'A , Into the blithe and breathing mi^^ii// Into the solemn wood» . ' ' » fT • Solemn and silent everywhere ! *" Nature with folded hand? seemeid tl^ere, ■ ' Kneeling at her evening prayer |; .^ ^ ^ Like one in prayer } stood. ^J^-, * Before me rose an avenue j ^ Of tall and sombrous pines 5 "'.^ Abroad their fan-like branches grew, ,, And, where the sunshine darted through, Spread a vapour soft and blue^ ; *^ ;^ * ,,, \ In long and sloping lines. ' - --^''^ ';' • ■ ^ ^ ^ •■' iv^fTV fj And, falling on my weary brain i luO Like a fast-falling shower, '' t ) The dreams of youth came back again- Low lispings of the summer rain, Dropping on the ripened grain, .., ; »i As one Upon tl^eJlQwer, ,^7 Visions of childhood ! Stay, oh, stay I Ye were so sweet and wild ! "^ And distant voices seemed to say, ** It cannot be ! They pass away I Other themes demand thy lay; Thou art no more a child 1 / ^^ ** The land of song within thee lies, Watered by living springs ; The lids of Fancy's sleepless eyes u/nn 7 Are gates unto that Paradise ; y-vft?. Holy thoughts, like stars, arise ;f^d we> I Its clouds are angels* wings. : moi > y- I fi LONGPELLOWS POETICAL: WORKS. *< Learn,'tHat henceforth thy isbng shall be, Not mountains capped with snow^tj Nor forests. souiiding like the Sea^ n i Nor rivers flowing ceaselessly, Whei« the woodlatids bend to see ujfiX The bending- heavens below* i^ j n ! * ^ , •^*Thcre is a fbrest^wfiyS^'the dttf'^*' J;^ Of iron bt'anches sounds! >^f»H A mighty river roars betweeii, '^ ' '• * "^ And whosoever looks therein Sees the heavens all black with ^n,'-^ Sees not its depths nor bounds. . ^' Athwart the syrmging brafiches cast, ; J: Soft rays of sunshine pour.;, j^^., ^^ ^ ^,Then comes the fearful wintrjr blast ; Our hopes, like withered leaves, faUl fast; Pallid lips say, ' It is past I j^ w^ua *ri ' ?We can return no more I • nb odT I a:i„!i .*,'!; .. V"'' ■,■■ - , * ., *• Lookrtheh, into thitie heart, 'ftnd write I Yes, into Life's deep stream I <*'* All forms of sprrow and delight, . All solemn Voices of the Night, ' That can soothe thee, or affright,—^ / T Be these henceforth thy theme.** n i» HYMN TO THE NIGHT. ^' ^..S eSdi» d 'Affiraalilf T/ilXXt . uuic* di p.TMVj A PSIA^M OF LIFE. Tif;^|^Q| I felt her presence, by its spell of mighti .^ j,^t^ Stoop o'er me from above ; ■ •, i-A The calm, majestic presence of the Nighty, ^ ,j^v| As of the one Hove^j .j^^, ,.,,ij,^i ^,j -,nrl I heard the sounds of sorrow Und delighl» ?.i iiA The manifold,. soft chimes, hn^^d tjio hn A That fill the haunted chambers Of the Nighty j^. Like some old poet's rhymes, nm iai'tnu'l From the cool cist6ms of tHemidnigfht aiffll.'''^ My spirit drank repose ; it Tiie fountain of perpetual peace flows there,-ii^ From those deep cisterns flows.,, O holy Night ! from thee 1 learn to bear ' . What man has borne before ? . ^; -^."V Thou layest thy finger on the lips of Care, And they complaVi no more. I;; T ^ ''^ ' «9 j/v . ,)i 1 1\' iiifl Peace ! Peace I Qrestes^like | breathe this prayer ; Descend with broadrwinged flight, The welcome, the ttirice-prayed for, the most-faifi The best-beloved Night I , ;*dti[ifjfi> ,feJniiqtoo-{ ' -' ,v A PSALM OF LIFE. nol.^V^ A WHAT THE HEART OP THE YOUNG MAN SAID TO , < c. THE PSALMISTJ , i , . : 5 wl'-« V . >H r: r!-!!'// Tell me not in niournful numbers, ,^. ;{;;^ ** Life is but an empty dream ! "miij^l For the soul is dead that slumbers, And, things are. not what they seem. LifeJs real ! Life is earnest ! ,_,^^ ,,, And the gr^ive is not its goal ; , , , , *'Dust thpu art, to dust retumest.^ , '^r, •Was not spoken, of the spuL , . -.^ la I Ilil 26 LONGFELLOW'S POETICAL WORKS. Not enjoyment, and liot sorrowi'^*^"| »^" ^^;^ ^ Is our destined end or way ; fW^I**^ ii^, But to act, thdt each to-morro\i^ *(^^ «"»^«^ "^^ Find us farther than to-day. ^<' ^**' » "^^ ^^ Art is long, and Time is fleeting, ^ ' M^'tr-/; .1; f And our hearts, though stout and bravOi i Still, like niufHed drums, are beating 1 lUi iii'\T Funeral marches to the gravej*^V 'jftioe, -n\lA In the world's broad field of battle,,^,., ,,j{ , ,54^,, .j In the bivouac of Life, ^ , , , ^^ ,}<.j , , j/ Be not like dumb, driven cattle)^; ntiumjv.f .li T Be a hero in the strife ! ,^ ^^^j^^^^Jij ^lovi Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant I u Let the dead Past bury its dead I '5^^^^^:;; ^ Act— act in the living Present ! ''''^' ^f ' ^' . Heart within, and God oWhedH V^fr *' '^ ' Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, '^'^^^ * '>'>r 'i And, departing, leave behind us •' ^•^'>'^'>^f *: Footprints on the r>ands of time *'^''-^^^w lmI I Footprints, that perhaps another. Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart agaiq. Let us, then, be up and doing, h - With a heart for any fate ; Still achieving, still pursuin^,'^ '""'«' 'J^'T Learn to labour ahd to wait, ^i?'^^^-^ • ' •''m&tmps'W'MmiJi'" When the hours of Day are nurilbered, ' \nd the Volees of the Night';^^^:* ' ^^^ ^ Wake the bieittor fdul, that slurriberediVf ** To ki holy, bim delightj "1" '*"-• """'^^ it> w Ui>l> FOOTSTEPS OF ANGELS. V50J ^. Ere the Wetiingf lamps are lighted, rfi ,rfO And, like phantoms grim and tally -'J "'ni oi lA Shadows from the fitful firelight •* -ii; 4^.1 1^ Dance upon the parlour wall ; 1 j;{ And is now a saint in heaven. With a slow and noiseless footstep ^ ^^|'j« Comes that messenger divine, ,^^-^ laM •* Takes the vacant chair beside me^ yt^^tV// Lays her gentle hand in mine. And she sits and gazes at me ^ ^^^''' <^*^^ '* With those deep and tender eyes, ''•^"•' * Like the stars, so still and saint-likd, ''^ *"''^ Looking downward from the skies. }:i Uttered not, yet comprehended, -Mtttbrit bnA Js the spirit's voiceless prayer^ >woft •jiil ^ttt rebukes, in blessings ended, ivt^^nvl *:*d^^ Breathiug^ from her lips of air. ut "i; ni LONGFELLOW'S POETICAL WpRKS. Oh, though oft depressed anci lonely,; ^, ;| AH njty fears are laid aside, i^-^}{ ^^fi/> If I but remember only v/obisH3 I Such as these have lived and died.);j He gazed at the flowers with tearful eyes," He kissed their drooping leaved ; . ., . ^. .i^ It was for the Lord of Paradise u of\W He bound them in his sheaves. .u\j f^tot/i •* My Lord has need of these flowerets gay," The Reaper said, and smiled ; ^ " Dear tokens of the earth are theyi^n»t»^^ Where He wfis once a child. ^^ ^•^iinT •'They shall all lloom in fields of light, Transplanted by my care, , ,. And saints^ upon their garments white* . . These sacred blossoms wear." '*" : ' 'i'^ And the mother gave, in tears and pain, ,j\j ^ The flowers she most did love ;,. - -t^f r,.| She knew she should And them all agaii| . .^^ In the flelds of light above. {i/vnS .HAM:^ tH£ LIGHT OF STARS; moj ^ Oh, not in cruelty, not in wrath» ; 1 r The Reaper came that day ; > i 'i i 3^ *Twas an angel visited the green earth, And took the flowers away, j^^ jjuf,. . ^j(ll\ I > , THE LIGHT OF STAR&Umn^^ The night is come, but not too soon ; And sinking silently, ^ } All silently, the little moon i^^y f{Q Drops down behipd iiie skjf^j i^^^;^ There is no light in earth or heaven, ^ '' But the cold light of stars ; "^^'^^ And the first watch of night is given ■' *'*^* To the red planet Mars. '^?*» Is it the tender star of love ? ^' ^ The star of love and dreams ? '^ ^^^^^ ' Oh no ! from that blue tent above ^^^ * L" A hero's irmour gleams. ^-^ ^^f^*^' i'-?|>Hl^^ • * • i *»9R.>< ' J I "." I I .' ' > I 1 ! It: ^v <: And earnest thoughts within me rise, When I behold afar. lvtC» . ..A '.if >;» , The shield of that red star. . , '^^" ^'^ Suspended in the eveninjg^ skies, O star of strength ! I see thee stand , ^ And smile upon my pain ; ,,,,.,| ^^. ,/ I Thou beckonest with thy mail^ hand,,,,r| And I am strong again. , ^„, , ^ j^^^^j. r»Y» . Within my breast there is no light d m i t r f But the cold light of stars ; : n jjji tVV 1 give the first watch of the |ii^h( iJA .ti.uK!. To the red planet Mars. ,„u ^r^^iii nk m I // LONGFELLOW'S POETICAL WORKS. OThe star of the uncpnquered willi fiQ He rises in my breast, ^^ jSi f jff ,, ^ ^a^Serene, and resolute, and still, mwl!*. And calm, and self-possessed. hi ;o mt', *! FLOWERS. r^ioT n,. w. Spake full well, in language qua»nt and olden, One who dwelleth by the castled Rhine, When he called the flowers, so blue and golden, Stars, that in earth's firmament do shine. Stars they are, wherein we read our history, As astrologers and seers of eld ; Yet not wrapped about with awful mystery, Like the burning stars, which they beheld. Wondrous truths, and manifold as wondrous, God hath written in those stars above ; But not less in the bright flowerets under us Stands the revelation of his love. '^'^• Bright and glorious is that revelation, i 7/ Written all over this great world of ours ; Making evident our own creation, g i . In these stars of earth,— those golden flowers. i<* FLOWERS. ' '\*ttJjCtMj:- m And the Poet, faithful and far-seeing, rh til Sees, alike in stars and flowers, a part nl Of the self-sanrie> universal being, * *f» yfjWj^***]** Which is throbbing in his brain and heart. Gorgeous flowerets in the sunlight shinin^^* ^"*^ '^ Blossoms flaunting in the eye of day, Tremulous leaves, with soft and silver liningi ^ Buds that open only to decay ; Brilliant, hopes, all woven in gorgeous tissues^ Flaunting gaily in the golden light \' '*^ ^' J^' Large desires, with most uncertain issues, Tender wishes, blossoming at night ! n*iH These in flowers and men are more than seeming Workings are th y of the self-same power9» Which the Poet, in no idle dreaming, nu^j- Seeth in himself and in the flowers* i> mrfT Everywhere about us are they glowing, Some like stars, to tell us Spring is born ; Others, their blue eyes with tears o*erflowing, Stand like Ruth amid the golden corn : Not alone in Spring's armorial bearing, , ^. ^ . And in Summer's green-emblazoned field/ But in arms of brave old Autumn's wearing. In the centre of his brazen shield ; .». ' Not alone in meadows and, green alleys, >f On the mountain-top, and by the brink Of sequestered pools in woodland valleys, * j> Where the slaves of Nature stoop to drink ; Not alone in her vast dome of glory, ^Iv/ iuH. Not on graves of bird and beast alone, '*^ But in old cathedrals, high and hoary, ' s^rt i On the tombs of heroes, carved in stone ; I .1 i I m LONGFELLOW^S POETICAL WORKS. In the cottage of the rudest peasantv-T - ; V * In antestral homes, whose crumbling tp^^rs, Speaking of the Past unto the Present, .ft (O Tfell us of the ancient Games of Flowergj^/ In all places, then, and in all seasons, ,,,,,^, .,,-) Flowers expand their light and soul-like tvings. Teaching us, by most persuasive reasonsi,^ , . ,. How akin they are to human thingSh^ ^f^^^a And with childlike, credulous affection^ We behold their tender buds expand.; Emblems of our own great resurrection, Emblems of the bright and better land. *^.^, ^mmaaeTHE BELEAGUERED CITY. ^^.,HTtl I HAVE read, in some old, marvellous tale^/ ^ Some legend strange and vague, jj thidW/ That a midnight host of spectres pale ^^.j^ Beleaguered the walls of Prague. ^ Beside the Moldau*s rushing stream. ,^"^ . With the wan moon overhead, '^J ,'^!J"1| i // ' There stood, as in an awful dream, . V . The army of the dead. t WWtei's asea.fog, landward hour.di'''\^1''''^ The spectral camp was seen, ^*. \ And, with a sorrowful, deep sound, '*^ «f ^"^i . . The river flowed between. {*fv:*Mf y No other voice nor sound was there, ;^ ii>V! No drum, nor sentry's pace ; Solemnly and slow ; ; Si Caw ! caw 1 the rooks are callings A It is a sound of woe, . A sound of woe! ^ It*' ■ • :■ . . ': - > ; -ad 1; Through woods and mountain-passes |' - // hm The winds, like anthems, roll ; They are chanting solemn n^asses^ Singing, *' Pray for this poor soul, Pray, — pray ! " ^s. B '/^ViiOll'^^ r And the hooded clouds, like fnars, :,,w,^^:^ Tell their beads in drops of rain, |^J^cI And patter their doleful prayers ; But their prayers are all in vaiii,^^'* ^^ "' AU in vain I, f ^^ _. . i>rfT \ There he stands in the foul weather, ,,^|^ 1 .The foolish, fond Old Year, Crowned with wild flowers and with heather. Like weak, despisM Lear, ' A king,— a king ! . .oPI Then comes the summer-like day, Bids the old man rejoice ! "?' *:"*''' ^f"^ His joy ! his last ! Oh, the old man gray, Loveth that ever-soft voice, '^ ;** ^ Gentle and low. ''''^''■, ^^^'"^ To the crimson woods he saith, '^ "vroO To the voice gentle and low "'^^ ^^^'^ Of the soft air, like a daughter's breath. •• Pray do not mock me so I '*''^ ^"p ,«A3y Do not laugh at me I " \^ if HOi'Kn I M And now the sweet day is dead X^ mU ,feaY Cold in his arms it lies ; i\ \^^^^^ t No stain from its breath is spreads dti.-^Q Over the glassy skies, , ik-^i% Uil No mist or stain I ,. .(Itjio^ - % 'i.'bf) Tlien, too, the Old Year dietht, -, > -»> ^" • And the forests utter a moan, , . u ^ Like the voice of one who crietn . « ^ 'i ii* ? In the wilderness alone, \ \ ;. i^ " Vex not his ghost I *• iA^mmthO > Then comes, with an awful roar,' '^ ,\.u{^A Gathering and sounding on,*t ; :^*vs. *. ..'K \i\ The storm-wind from Labrador, The wind Euroclydon, , r Uv a> Thestbrm-windl l-gri^ HHT Howl ! howl ! and from the forest . -• Sweep the red leaves away ! / , u t i-r Would the sins that thou abhorrest. . ,,,, O soul ! could thus decay, , . f, . ,. .^ And be swept away ! • , / , . .'i- For there shall come a mightier blas^ji^ftv/ riii// There shall be a darker day ;* -r -iih^Uj «||fi j| And the stars, from heaven down-cast.t ruh tvuiW Like red leaves be swept away 1 tfii ^nrfoh-Tj'O ,^4 Kyrie, eleyson 1 y^rh n^dw tO ,^^5^ Christe, eleyson I . ,^b^*>:0 /*^nhniiont ti] YE voices, that arose » n i . r^. After the Evening s close, , , i i , t / And whispered to my restless heart repose I ...^ Go, breathe it in the ear . ^ ; ^m*ifi)iuiil Of all who doubt and fear, ^ arfi tm .in^H^p^Vi btiA And say to them, " Be of good cheer 1 *• -j^ i j^t -ijl Ye sounds, so low and calm, '^^^''^ ^''^'^ '^'^- ^^^ "^ That in the groves of balm '^""^ '^^^* ^^*^^>f^^ *^''''' Seemed to me like an angeVs psalm ! * '♦^'^'* * '« * . fitqu lljF.n?, «»jn;i»«i:'jit| i"!! Go, mingle yet once more . o;.t^„.. .*. . l With the perpetual roar ^ .. ^^ , ,■ j.p Of the pine forest, dark and hoar| .^^j ,.^^,^ ^^^^.|,j .mi ! is Pi 'v. ! I 13 I 3ft LONGFELLOW*:^ POEticAL WORKS. Tongues of the dead, nbt Idst,'^^ ,oo1 .n orlT But speaking ifrom death*s frost, ^'^^^"^* Like fiery tdbgues ait Pentetosi I '^P '"'^^^^ Glimmer, as fiineral lamps,] uit zeV '• Amid the chills and damps .^ Of the vast jilaih where t>^xh encatmps I ' ^ \ } THE SPIRIT OF POETRVl i ffnota 9flT >i!,.}| Bm"^ aHT •♦'^rstf/l bcHi^sttV hrin.! T'l^- There is a quiet sptrit i*h' Wesewbo^iJ ^ ' /'oH That dwells whereVr the gentle south- wiiVd blows ; Where, underiieath the white-thorn In the glade, The wild-flowers bloo/]^,'or, kissiilg the soft aif, U The leaves above their sunny pklms outspread. ** With what a tender aiid impassioned voice 1! I hj'I It fills the nice and delicate ear of th^ght, ^ - IT When the fast-u^erihg star of morning cotrtek^fhtrf O'er-riding the gray hills with golden sbarf;!. t Or when the cowled and dusky-sandalled Eve, In mourning weeds, from but the western gate, Departs with silent pace ! That spirit moves In the green valley, where the silver brook, From its full laver, pours the white cascade ; And, babbling low amid the tangled woods, Slips down through moss-groWn stones with endless laughter. - u-j;.: , ij And frequent, on the everlasting hillsj oft-// We^O Its feet go forth, when it doth wrap itself /jsa b«A In all the dark embroidery of the storm, \ ^^^ And shouts the stern, strong wind. An^^l^<^re^.apid Tlie silent majesty of these deep woods, . .'^ Its presence shall uplift thy thoughts from earthy ( As to the sunshine and the pure, bright air '^^ ^^'^ Their tops the green trees lift. Hence gifted bard i Have ever loved the calm and quiet shades. HttA J lO J* ,1> THE SPIRIT OF POETRY. /O J For them there was an eloquent voice in all The^yivah'poitip of *woodh,* th^ goiden sun, j4^vfi The flowers, the leaves, the fiver on its way^ ^ Blue skies, and silver clouds, and gentle winds. The swel^ng upland, where the sidelong sun Aslant the wooded slope, at evening-, goes^-^ Groves, through whose broken roof the sky looks in, Mountain, and shattered cliff, and sunny vale, The distant lake, fountains, and mighty^ trees, In many a lazy syllable, repeating Tlieir old poetic legends to the wind/ And this is the sweet spirit^ that doth fill The world ; aiKl> in these wayward days pf youth, My busy fancy oft en^bodies it, '.^.^i^ As a bright image of the light and beauty . > That dwell in nature ; of the heavenly forms We worship in our dreams, and the soft hues That stain the wild bird*s wing, and flush tl^ clouds When the sun sets. Within her tender eye . The heaven of April, with its changing light, And when it wears the blue of May, is hung, And on her lip the rich, red ro$e. Her hair Is like the summer tresses of the trees,'* '■ \ When twilight makes them brown, and on her cheek Blushes the richness of an autunin sky,"^**' ^ With ever-shifting beauty. TH6h her breath,— It is so like the gentle air of Spring, -^ "^*'^ As, from the morning's dewy flowers, it comes Full of their fragrance, that is a joy '^ '^^ ^ To have it round us,-^^nd her silver voice/. H *' Is the rich music of a summer bird, / -tnii vH Heard \u the still night, with its passionate cadence. }, r'-'' ' . ■■ J>nh ^ ^-' ■■ ■.''■' ■ . ■■ •>4 tab isdT > ' ' ■• v/r S? i '» 5i LONGFELLOW'S POETICAL WORKS. m I \ > ■ t- BALLADS AND OTHER POEMS. THE SKELETON IN ARMOURl.':'Y^^ ^;>l ** Speak ! speak ! thou fearful guest f tf^ ^t\T Who, with thy hollow breast wkiw ^aj JobI?./ %^ *J^ ^^ Still in rude armour drest, i^noirf 1 \^miy\'i^ Comest to daunt me ! ^n^,nm\nuo\t. Wrapt not in Eastern balms, ,,;;,I infti^^tb adl But with thy ileshless palms £Xf;l « vnfim n ' Stretched, as if asking alms, ' -K^q bio ibd1 ., Why dost thou haunt me ?^ A ^jfrlj bnf. *^*^^ fhen, from those cavernous ejpfes ^>^^'>w '^fi ' Pale flashes seemed to rise, ^ 'Jm6 vl' As when the Northern skies • ■ ' ' % i «i ^i ^ / Gleam in December ; -" -' ^^ ''^'^ ^*-^ And, like the water's flow "^^^ "* qMaiow e 7/ Under December's snow, **"^ ^^^ ^^'^'^^ -*^f^^ Came a dull voice of woe ^^ «tr« ^fi) n^dV/ From the heart's chamber. ^^^ nr/ijsff ^dl " I was a Vikmg old ! , . ■•,^^., r , , My deeds, though manifold, _; ^ ,., , No Skald in song has told, .. ... , ,,,, No Saga taught thee ! ^a^- ,, . ,,. Take heed, that in thy verse ,».. . , .,,, Thou dost the tale rehearse, ., *.,ii ... ., Else dread a dead man s curse 5 . -, , «->' _ , . , .^•^, ' '5nt fno-!t ..-.^ For this I sought thee. ^, , ^. . -, ,/^ ••Far in the Northern Land, r bnwoi u -^ym^ oi By the wild Baltic's strand, ^-'n d^n ^r:\\ *; 1, with my childish hand, , liiiis Wit iu b^^i-^: Tamed the gerfalcon ; And, with my skates fast-bound, < Skimmed the half-frozen Sound, That the poor whimpering hound ^ Trembled to walk on. v|v»v, , V . ebtJQi In' the gfijs^'J't V Sl5|V| 1. ^o f SI Then . vY| \ |-|«fV€ «V'-^ k*v«« /f eJ^HM/SJ^l^S^mH W ARMfi^VR. a P.W.L, " Oft to his fUMoiivHiir >u i^t fiU Tracked I the gf if45f{ bear» n' I WhU^ from jn^r path th^iharet Fle4Uk(sa4hkdow; ! < f Oft through the forest dark Followed the rwere-wolfs bark, ,yntil^^be^o^ri|ig,tark .,,^.. Sangi froin, the incadow^.j^^Q j '* But when/I' dldergoew/^;(() Joining a edrsaiPs crew, i^rC// O'er the dark sealflew^fc; { With the Riaraudisrs. ^^iuM Wild was th»ttfe we led-;oT Many the souls that sped, ^,: Many the b^rt^.^hat bled, . 7/ ,tl^.l^Py 9Mr.ft^eniprdfi».,iti biiOd " Matty a wassalUbout^t 4^ BctA Worethe 'long Wiiiiter out' JT Often our midnightlshbut ^3 Set the cocksidrowingio iuO As we the Berseifc's tafe morl Measut^d in: cups'of ale,'^lH Draining the oaken pail. Filled to o*erflowing«..«w grtfT " Once as I told in glee ^'a wd I ^brjIinTales of the stormy seAj't bah Soft eyes did gaze on me;'/ J Btiming, ye^t tehder ;-'^"» ^ Like birds within their neic^ ^^/ By the hawlc frightiedJ I i . bright !h her fath^^'ii^^^^JJ ^ Shields Iflearn^ ut>on the Wall, Loud sang the nlihs^rels all Chanting his gloty ; i > luH When of old Hildebrand > iniol. I aslced hb daughter's luind;n Mute did the minstrels stand To hear my stkMy. . bn // ,:-:..<^t JAiiii ddnlcing-horn . M Ble^ the foam lightly^ ^ol/I «*She was a l»Ht&*^S chifel,'^*^ ^^ I bat a Vikipg Wildi rmO ^ And though she blush^ and sniiled, ^' I was discarded lb tav ^ iu^ Should not the dov^ so whitto t4 f Follow the 8ea*njew*8 flight, A ? B Why did they leave that night t I, Her nest unguarded?. i> n\.j .iUOMkiJk^lr'. iiijci ujiii IW'i " Sc«rO0had I put tc^sfea; ail# I »' S Bearing the maid with ma ^Y T Fairest of all was she b(i ^ Among thjB Norsemen i irO v !l..mi ^ Haci s "' 1 i«'aj ' O*" A I An>ld!^^ Si ^^g D "^;'' ■^..-.sii^s^ ,\jd thi Do'* : "A s s -Ti-- _ 1 - s '■ Cm 1 . «■"■ i ' l^S^^i^ ««' i i-; u I ivM AjkIS a ^,V// .cTHE SKELETON IN ARMOUR* /O J When on the white se»-stmnc!.« Waving hi9 Mrm^d h«ml« > :im& 4 ' ri: i'i i iA ** Then launched they to the blasts Bent like a re^ eath mast, 'E Yet we were gaining fait, • ^^^iblow When the wirtd felled us ; '^" ■ And with a s^ddeit flaw '''^^J Came round the gUsty SkaW^'" ' So that our fbe We saW' ' ^ ^ ^' ^>^ ' *^ Laugh as he hailed liu;^** '^^> And as to catch the gale . j»,y . t Round veered ^h^ ftapping «uf, -' ' < Death I * wf^ the helmsman'^ hail, < * Death without q'^'^Cl Beating to sea^ainv' '^ ^^'^"^^%j^ h^ r. Through thie wild hurrioanei it ,^ . I ^x Bore I the maiden,^ ** Three weel^s we westward bore, * And when the storm, was o'er, , _ , .Vti3ti^l^7/ Which, to this very hour, "-^ '/^ ^<5 Standi looking seawards ' W ** T^iere lived we niany years ; ,y ^, Time dried the maiden's tears^; <^ She had forgot her fearjs,^ .^.^^ .^y She was a mother ; Death closed her mild hlui^.fyf<^Sf Under that tower she jipsj .j,y, . j Ne'er shall the sun ari^,^ j^f, ,,2 ** Still grew my bosom then, Still as a stagnant fen ! ^^ ^^'^* 1 Hateful tb hi^ were ihen, ^^^^'^^ '' The sunlight hatefiil I '^^^*^1' In the viast forest here/ ''^f^ ■'^^ ' Clad in my WiiHlke gear, ''^*^-'^'^'*• Fell I updn my spear, ' ' ^^"'^'^• Oh, death wa^ grateful i /''!': ^^ * Thus, seamed with many scars, Bursting these prison b^^,,;^, ,>..., » Up to its native stars -u Miii »lii5<^ My soul ascended i t !>{• -^ii There from the flowing bowl / Deep drinks the waniof's soul, ,P Skoal/ to the NorthJauil skmiJ*,\ Thjis th0 taleenMlednt ii^.jq^idr THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS. // iij. i It was the schooner Hespcruk, That sailed the witttry sea; ^''^ t" ' And the skipper had taken his liftle daughter, Tu bear him cdnipaiiy^ ;; ' 4^ y • '•'* • I i Bl Ai Ci (i ..THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUSj Blue were, her eyes as the fairy-flart, \ I i-^rf ri;i r> " Her cheeks like the dawn of day, irr ,uve. ,i\i ) And her bosom >^'hite as the hawthorn buds, il" " That ope in the month of MayJ)>i9ii> tid bnf. The skipper he stood beside the helni, ' larljiii O * His pipe was in his mouth, ' . v > '•''' And he watched how the veering* flaw did blow^- ' ' The smoke now West, !now South. ■ . ., r Tlien up and spake nn.old Sailbr^'j-j ' li'^fiuii O ' Had sailed the Spanish Main,. 'Kf{v/ .vKg ,rlO *' I pray thee, put into yonder port, .'kIiuI ad) luH. For I fear a hurricane. ♦(( -•;;// bJ^-qiou npsoi! A " Last nightj the moon had a golden ring, -fr-nj And to-night no moon we see ! V w. h.n\ »iir7/ The skipper, he blew a whiff .from his pipe, ' ^I T And a scornful laugh laughed he. ^ » li - :n n(> 4» Colder apd louder blew the wind, biam r>rft u >r| J A gale from the North-east, r^ bov •: jt;.! F The snow fell hissing in the brine, .r/oih mi.: IuiA And the billows frothed like yeast.'li.v.l orlj hO Down dahie the dtorin, and smote amain ••'.kI Irt/. The vessel in its strength ;' \&'r ui; fi^^t.o .1 r She shuddered and paused, like a frighted steed, Then leaped her cable's length. >i vitt : t« j'wo i *' Come hither I come hither ! my little daughter, And do not tremble so ; • » For I can weather the roughest galtt'ox. •>/!» ^i; // ;] That ever wind did blow.". . /J* >t "h ft* i He wrapped her warm in his seaman's coat '< i' ! Against the stinging blast ; '^lU t. bo/ii fj .li- He cut a rope from a broken spar,;^rVuK>0'! // i. ! »/> And bound her lo the mast, nuri't V-il >! ,1 lf -■;■7:''■^■'■^•"^r■^■:r'T"'■:"^^-^■•"^■"■'^ ;""--■'■',"■■■""■''-■■ ■■?^--'';".""^*>" ' ■■ - V ■"""'""■■'""■'■■■ ' ^ f. ^' # LONGFELLOW'S POETICAL WORKS. *'0 father! I hear the church-bells ring»,i .v •>» IH Oh, say, what may it be?" ■ i >H '* Tis a fog-bell on a rock-bound coast 1 "-"*fl ir /. And he steered for the open sea. <'> uM'i' *' O father ! I hear the sound of gun^, iqf>f<; mIT Oh, say, what may it bc?**^!; m pr.vf 'iqlq kW] ** Some ship in distress, that cannot live // •mI hi: A In such an angry sea! ** ' wf>fj -rAvuit xl P **0 father! I see a gleaming light, rift qu n-^d I Oh, say, what may it be ? " ' ! «i«< 1 j . 1 ' But the father answered never a word, t /i, h? I ' ' A frozen corpse was he, ...... »t I lo'l Lashed to the helm, all stiff and stark, iirr ?>;iiJ * With his face turned to the skies, jin-oi i^'i/. The lantern gleamed through the gleaming snow On his fixed and glassy eyes. \i)imojc u rw,/. Then the maiden clasped her hands and prayed ") That savM she might be ; And she thought of Christ, who stilled the wave, On the Lake of Galilee, n i* ^^ / ^^^ . ; . . And fast through the midnight dark and dreari I Through the whistling sleet and snowi . u\'l' Like a sheeted ghost, the vessel swept Muiil'^ '^'A'd, TowVds the reef of Norman's Woe^uj.'jl /or IT And ever the fitful gusts between ' t'Mitfrf »rM .0 • A sound came from the land ;iiii! fn.; ob brA It was the sound of the trampling surf, mi. j { ,n'i On the rocks and the hard sea*sand. /'j i^^Hl t The breakers were right beneath her bows, iv/ J I She drifted a dreary wreck, ;iK;^A And a wiiooping billow swept the cre\|r « h Ui:) yW Like icicles from her deck. :^iiMriA suning' snow .?i. THE VILLAGE BLACKSMITH, x She struck where U i white and fleecy waves. Looked soft as carded wool, ji am uo i But the cruel rocks, they gored her side uv'i Like the horns of an angry bull., at n>r// Her rattling shrouds, all sheathed in ice, With the masts went by the board ; Like a vessel of glass, she stove and sank, VI i ■il Ho I ho ! the breakers roared ! J .1 1 .< 1 « At daybreak, on the bleak sea-beach, io(;. 1 A fisherman stood aghast, . >( 7^11 To see the form of a maiden fair, ' -^i-^yn hnk Lashed close to a drifting m^ist fiojL j h (i A The salt sea was frozen biiher breasts The salt tears in her eyes ; And he saw h«r hair, like the brown sea weed, On the billows fall and rise, o j^; ^j,- Such was the wreck of the Hesperus, In the midnight and the snow ! Christ save us all from a death like this, On the reef of Norman's Woe ! m ■V i' \ ''I ^?r !■ Ji iJUJ. THE VILLAGE BLACKSMITH. < Under a .spreading chestnut-tre% vl^^i^- The viliaga smithy stands ; ?b'. )ri '^ I \ The smith, a mighty man is he, ' /yoli With large and sinewy hands ; Lu /. And the muscles of his brawny arms /. Are strong as iron bands. His hair is crisp, and black, and long, His face is like the tan ; ^ , ^ ^ His brow is wet with honest sweat, He earns whatever he can, j And looks the whole world in the face, ^ For he owes not imy man, ^^„^^,, ^ ^^ r >r>y{ iiit j ■ I I II 40 LONGFELLOW'S POETICAL WORKS. • H. Week in, week out, from morn till night, 9«^<^^ ^ You can hear his bellows blow ij^- bjiloo.l < You can hear him swing his heavy sledgd, ' .> With measured beat and slow^ fi '^rii •>] r.I Like a sexton ringing tlie vjlla^e <^elj, j^.^ ^^^j • When l^ip ^venipg sui^ is ^^^t\^:ith iUV// And children comirifemAe^tf orf Whttbl' "^^ Look in at the open door ; :,r, ,^i. > ;<; /kL jA They love to see the flaming forge^ toffjiil A And hear the bellows roar^ it .t -^ ft -^v^Ji oT And catch the burning sparks that fly xi^^d Like chaff from a threshing-floor. „ tie goes on Siinday to the cJhurch, '^^^ ^^^ '''»^- * And sits amonir his boys ;' ^/'^'Siid f.riJ nO ^ He hears the parson pray and prejiclv^ ,, ^^.^^y^ He hears his daugiitei'sypici?,,];,]^^ ^^^ „f Singing in the village choir,; .J^j,,, .y^^^, WnrV:) And it makes ^|s,h?aj:t rejoice, ^^.j^^.^jj ,,q It sbiiTik^tVlnm iike liermoUier's Voice, Singing in Paradise I i.Hiu.ri^^i^ ^; whu/ J He needs must think of her onoe>i^ord,T How in the grave she lies ; i !' And with his liard, rough hand Itt wi(K9S , A tear out of his eyes.. r.ji^:mu ■::*> i.u.\ .?-;.'u^4V. ktW'M feJi ^llv/1i< l:»iA r i i' ». «a > M \. t Toiling, — rejoicing, — sorrowing, ^^/^^^ -"'^^ Onward through liffe he goes ; »fi* «^ ' ^ Each morning sees si The rising moon has hid the stars; ;oq^oH Her level rays, like golden bars,, h^na i\h Lie on the land^ape green, / hnh <' f With shadows brown bet weeo / * '■''-': '""^ r^ ' ' And silver white the river gleams, As if Dianla in her dreamd •> A c'l T I Had dropt her silver bo^ . , ..- ^,^^, J, Upon the meadows low. '•'^'^•'' On such a tranquil night ^s k;his,f iujk ^hT She. woke Endymion with a kiss„i;h eoH When, slewing in the grove,. rM> it hiu'. He drieajme^ not of h«tf lov«. aid ndT Like Dianas kiss, unasked, unsought, I < r*. Love gives itself, but is not bought ; 1 1 Nor voice, nor sound betrays ? t • 1 1 // Its deep, impassioned gaze, uii - :( F It comes, >-the beautiful, the free, idj If A The crown of ail humanity,— _^ i^Mi In silencei and alone .rh n->v'> InL 1 To ii rk the elected one. .yjh u^hI i It lifts the boughs, whose shadows deep A. Are Lifers oblivion,, the soul's sleep, '.rtT And kisses the c'osed eyes .ti^l t>nA Of him who slumbering lieSfjai <./j'£- 41 l H 4a LONGFELLOWS POETICAL WORKS. O weary hearts^^! , slutnberirtg: eyes l«^f^T O drooping souls, Whbse destinies >'J Are fraught with fear and painiR^*'ffT ^ Ye shall be loved again 1 ' ^ ^^^^ ^ ■•>^ ?,lt no'^ujiT No one is so accursed by fate, nud i|xi/.i No one so utterly desolate, But some heart, though unknown. Responds unto his owhJ ^ • '* * RespondSj^as if with unseen Wings, ^'HT An angel touched its quivering stringb ; ^ ^• And whispers, in its song, ' ' ; ^ •* Where hast thou stayed sd 16n^ ? " IT IS NOT ALWAYS MAY. i ^k No hay pajaros en los nidos de antano. Spanhh Proverb, ■_4 . I -t e\ ■• The sun is bright,*— Ae air is clear, i^v. nO The darting swallows soar and sing, '> And from the stately elms I heafi »^) " The bluebird prophesying Spring. ' So blue yon winding river flows, i^l All It seems an outlet from the sky, • f^ I V^here, waiting till the west wind blows The freighted clouds at anchor lie. All things are new ;— the buds, the leaves, That gild the etm-tree*s nodding crest '^ And even the nest beneath the eaves |-^ There are no birds in last year's nest I All things rejoice in youth 'and ld\^; ' ' ' ♦ T The fulness of their first delight I -^ And learn from the soft heavens ab6H^ The meltings tenderness of night. ?>f Jtf^V; THE RAINY DAY. i3'i0/0 J 43 Maiden, that read*st this simple rhyme, i> >«) n// Enjoy thy youth, it will not stay ;-iouno') Enjoy tlie fragrance of thy prime,;. tj b^^E m! l 11 For oh, it is, not always May ! , R"id Titn! Enjoy the Spring of Love and Youth, jj , . »f, j To some good apgel leave the rest ; ■ ^^[ For Time will teach thee soon the truth, , ,/ ,^^ ^ There are no birds in last year's nest 1 ^; * The day is cold, and dark, and dreary j "'^J^' ''- It rains, and the wind is never weary ; ' " •' ^^ The vine still clings to the mouldering wall, But at every gust the dead leaves fall, ''*^ •^^' ''^ < And the day is dark and dreary. ^*T* ^*' '' My life is cold, and dkrk, 4iid dreary'; >i - 'fi 1 It rains, and the wind is i^ever weary ; My thoughts still cling to the mouldering Past, But the hopes of youth fall thick in the blast. And the days are dark and dreary^ _,,.,»,^ Be still, sad heart ! and cease repining ; Behind the clouds is the sun still shining ; Thy fate is the common fate of all, Into each life some rain must fall, Some days must be dark and dreary* ' '.*'•'* GOD'S-ACRE. H^'^ ' » I LIKE that ancient Saxv n phrase, wtiich calls The burial-ground God's-Acre 1 It is just ; It consecrates each grave within its walls, And breathes a benison o*er the sleeping dust. r ? 1 i ' ■J ' ' ::i Sh m I lifU ^iPlii ! / ■ t^ LONGFELLOW'S POETlCAli WORKS. God's- Aore' I Yes, that blessed^ tlattle^ impacts Comfort to those who inthe g^avb hav^ bown The seed thatthifcy had garnercid iti tH#ir'heai-ts, Their bread of life^ aUs ! no more their (iwn. Into its furt^o-v^s shall ix^e kll b^ ca^t/ '*^ ^'^^'^^ In the suVefMth; that we shall ri^^^agaiti At the great htirvfesl, Wkeii the atchangirs biast Shstll ii/'mnttw, like a fart, tiie chaff ahd ^rain. Then shall th^goo^ stapd i^l iijin^qrtal bloom, In the fair gkrifens of tliat second birth ; And each ^fgl^ l^|qss9qi pnipglejits p^rfupieiMT With thsi% (^ff^pi^pf^/^f\\(^neyer^^^ ,fljrr,y tirjh'tbftfOfft ^fft o? '>-Qnf!'j flJi:^ ^nhr offl With thy rpd^ p^gh^h^re« t^ie^Lth, turn Mpt^he sod And spread the fiw'iifow, fop ^he see4 we spw ; Tliis is the field and Acre of our God, , , t This is \hfi, place wh^rts human Mrvests grow. iim ^v^%\'^MWnm-i^nk^-ttilW'-^tH''m& .mini )l .4j, fo THE J^iygH CHARLES; ,13^,^,1 RiVERf 1:H^i In sir^tide Wind^^ '^^^ ^"^ *: Through the meadows, bright and.frjee^ Till ^%fl», thyr^t thou;|m^st ,; jr , ;,, U Jn the bfl^ m^^oW^l, iriJ .1 M.Tt vlT Four lon|^ years of mmgled feelings o ^ Half in rest, and half iii strife,' ' ' - I have seen thy waters stealing '-* ^**->t ^ •^ Onward, lilqe Jthe strefuip, pf life. ^*^~ y ^^taou hast tfiu^htntfe/ Silent Riverr ' 3>*^^ ^ V J Many' a lesson, song;. '{^'^''^ ^^^^- '• r iJf» .fill u J i i .e^^CTO THE (RtVER CHARh^S^^nj. Oft in sadness and in illness, ■*3mf~^ I have ivatclied tft^ ourreht ^llde, Till the beauty of Its stillness 'iM^^' Overflowed iTie, iike,a;tide,jp^^,^f^^^^ And in betffek" hours and brJglitei*/ ' »« {bS When I saw.thy waters gleiami^i^o hah I have felt my heart beat rigfhtef,^*'^^ ^''^o^^I' And leap onward with thy stream. '^ Not for thisvaioneI"llove;theflv<-f'; .Ilite iuH Nor ;becaiise* tliy waves of blue^:g^!»d ■> r( T From celestial seiils above thee ^it lijoJ ^ Take their own celestial hue.,* >r^"**v>8^' "VVfhere ypa^shfV^Qwy wpodj^nds hid^ thpc^ And thy waters disappear, ,:(,.^, .,j^ ^^^,^ Friendst f)Love,Ji^ve, dwelt beside thee> ,,.;i And have ma4e Itl^y margin dear., j^ ^j^/^ ■ i\\^..Jki- •-**a '-.-i. ^*». j'-^_ More than this ; — thy name reminds pi« -tny Of three friends, ajtl true -and tried ; '■> { > I! I And that nanie, like magic, bindr me Closel-, cl6i^ertbthy s5de.'' ;<^'^^J'i»^ ^''^ Friends my soul with jby ttM^rtfbcrs f ^ '* How like quivering flames they start, When I fan -th^ living embers . . On the hearth-stone of my heart I ^is fbi^ th!^; thou silent Iftlvei-r^i^f*^"^ That fhy spirit leans to thee ; Thou hast be^n a generous giver^ . . Take this idle song from me. 'i^ pt^i m u fi'i R !-■ W' -H Hi 11 ,:■<' :^6 LONGFELLOW'S POETICAL WORKS. Q<}^%-Ap^- .PX'i\'M m hftv-^^'-^.^^xibiv^y-m'-^^ ,^f BLIND. BARTIME,US«"6ti r vn Blind Bartiiftetiy kthe ^t^i'^^'^^^^^^'^ Of Jericho irt dilHttiess walt^l »I^^*m.^um He hears the crowd ; — he hears a breath Says, " U U Christ of Nazareth llj, u. i u A And calls* in tones pfjigom. But still, above the nbisy cr6wd#i; i^^i loV^ The beggar's cry is shrill and loud ; < v^Until they say, "Ho calbth thee l^'> ^m 1"%. , ^*' 'Then sjuth the Christ, as silent stands ^^^^ The crowd, ** What wilt thou at tiiy hfithd's ?»» And he replies, " Oh, give ifie Hg-Ht ! Rabbi, restore thus art, , J r Is filled with waters^ * that Upstart, n i i When the deep fountains of the heart, ^ By strong convulsions rent apart, ^ 1 Are running, all to waste.. «-. oi! And as Jt mantfing passes round^^' ^'^-I With' fennel is it wreathed and crowned, Whose seed aind foUage sun-imbrowned Are in its waters steeped and drowned. And give a bittei' taste*^'* «?f»^> ^ ^ 1.*' .. Uli lit ■ kJ^ tiur r> Above the lowly plants it towers. The fennel, with its yellow flowers, ' ^^ And in an earlier age than oUrs '**^^'^^^^ Was gifted with the Wondrous powers; Lost vision to restore. ^a^^RM m«re» i *{"• It gi^ye new iV'j '4' Strengtn, and fearless mood And gladiatprs, fierce and, rude, y ^^^j |. Min^l^led it in their daily food ; .^ ^^'^ Ahd he whp battled and subduecLi A wreath of fennel wore. Then m Life's jgoWet freely press The leaves that give it bitterness, Nor pri9e,.jtbe coloured welters less, :aM^> For in thy da^kx^se and distress ^ ,^ New light and strength they f^Wt \ 111! 4S LONGFlirLLOWS POETICAL WORKS.% And he who has not learned to know '* How false its sparkling hubbies show,' How bitter are the drops of woe^ '^ y'^'A With which its brim may overflow, • ^ ^ He has not learned to Uv«.> ' JJ'i , eat h The prayer; of Ajax was for light ; i r 'T Through all that: dark and desperate fight, The blackness of that noonday night, ^e asked but the return of sightyU.^ (il ^^^*"To see hisfoeman's face. lA li«4t Let our unceasing, earnestiprniyeinn/ . Be, too, for l|ght,-ifor strengi^hvjtoi \mt ; Our portion of the weight, pf care, f i // X^3^^ ^^I'VBhes into dumb despair ill ;;)iA ttse One half th© hui^n ra<^^ haA* hantis } O suffering, sad huipftnity J ^ai ivodA ^ ye afflicted ones, who }ie |of^^,3{ ^rff Steeped to tl>e Jips in misenr,;, ,. ni bn A Longing, and yet ajfraid to dici - 7/ 1 pledge yo^ in thi^ cup of grief, * • Where floats tiie fenttel*^ bittei" lelalft ' The Battle 6f our Ufe is bHen^ "' '^ , The al^.rm,~^thte str^jggle,— tfie rc^^^^^^ rtein sleep V^ side by .sidfe. ' ^ . I '1 ■1 ' ! ( Mt *ife^' ;iU nt n'^flT Ao-XMAlDENHtOOIl , ,,,,.^ MAIDB19 i with th* mei^k; bi^Wil'eyes, "^ In whose orb^ i ihadb^ltek A^ 5'* i<>^ Lik» the dust in eveni^ ^ki^ f ' <^ yrAHdli . MAIDHNHdOD. i:>/^Oj Thou whOA^ locks oiitshine the suii^' cl^! i Golden tretos^Wf^athed* in one,< ^ mi // As the bi^aided sttre&vrtlets run 1 ^^14^ Of Standing, with rislUdtant ft«t,^«' t^itM Where ^he brt)Ok and river meet, '^*^''^ Womanhood and childhood fleet! ^^*i9 ■''INS., i^^. .ys,-. H tit i ^^ ^dzik^^wm ^ timid gtante^"*^"^ ^^'^^ On the brooklet*^ swift ^dvahce| '<*^^ "^ On the rivei^s broad ^xpahkel ' V^^ "^^ Ded^ahci^Stljl,'illit'g^iii^;yii^alii'^^ , Beautifiil'to thee riiUst Seism, '^ ""^ As the river of a dreartii: T"' ''' "^^"^ 49 Then why pause ^ith ^ndecision, j When bright angels in thy vision ^j Beckon thee to fields Elysian ? f vara Seest thou shadows sailing by, ^ As the 4QVfii with startled eye> ^|^ ^^^j S^s th| fy^n>|, 5ha^ ,^ f ' 'i' 'j<'On- bifn* , •♦ic-i o;i.w .fl-uov A nearest thou voices on. the shoi-e, . . That bur ears, perceive no more, Deafened by the cataract's roar ? O thou child of liian^ prayers) / * , Life hath qiiicksaticis,— Life na^h spares I Care and age come unawares I Like the swell of some ^weet tune, Morning rises into noon, , - ^ , May glides onwards into June. - ,.,. Childhood is tl^e1)iddgh;whef4'slttflif{^red Birds and blossoins many-nlimbere^s''^ Age, that bougH with snows encumbered. y^ i^^ I : I" f : 11 1 l-r ! if >!| m I 50 LONGFELLOW^S.^ POETICAL WORKS. Gather, theiit each flower thdutgrQwSii When (Jhe yoaog heart overiowaiohluO To embalm that !tentc^s»iow9* ..h ?.A Bear a lily m thy hat^d ; . , >hlu,J^ Gates of brass qannpt withstand ,.>ff// One tpuch of that magic, wapdr aho'I/ Bear through sorrow, wrong, an^,^tl^» In thy he^rt tl^e dew of youth,^j 'i^ j/ „V > On thy lipsjiji.sinile 9f ti^fti,,, .,ffj „( ) Oh, that dewj Uke balm, shall steal ^^^j Into wounds that Cannot heal| ,,j^Jj.,^^ Even as sleep our eyes doth seal ;" ' .. And that smile, like sunshine, d^rt Into niany a sunless heart, For a smile of God thou art.'' air ';^iKl tvuVN «' EXCELSIOR. ^ uoiU V-Wr*. The shades of night were falling fast,' As through an Alpine village psissed A youth, who bore, *mid snow and ic^, A banner with the strange device, ,' His brow was sad ; his eye beneath, , Flashed like a falchion from its sheath. And like a silver clarion rung ^ The accents of that unknown tongue, ,-j;iu: , -J.,. //Excelsior I .-.■.^•..i.- '....J In happy homes he saw the light ' - ' Of household fires gleam warm and bright ; [ Above, the spectral glaciers shone, ,ti:., And from his lips escaped a groan, .^ifi .a>l5?OW J/BXCELSIORi rt:tt['?o/OJ \\ }, «!' Try not the Pass ! " the old man satd ; *' Daflc^ofrert the ten^pe^t ovp rh^|id» The roaring torrent is deep and wide ! " And loud J^t clarion voice reptiedi; ij i Excelsior! "Oh stay,'* the rhatden said, "and rest Thy weary head upon this breast!** '^ A tear stood in h!i brigfit blue eye, ''*^ ** But still be answered, with a s^eh, ': ., ,] Excelsior I - -ir OUt<^;t T '•'•Vi '* " '■' 'i»r>r; 7j3nU ^.•)Hni |A ** Beware the pine-tree's withered branch t Beware the awful avalanche ! " This was the peasant's last Good-night|,.^; A voice replied, ^r up the heig|iV , ij At break of day, as heavenward The pious monks of Saint Bernard >r.>t(> v A Uttered the oft>repeated prayer, i'tAfvyi?. A voice cried through the startled air, :i I ■ .1. J- ' ^'^tf Btcelsiorl 'iM m nsmtni A travclW, by the fklthfiit iioahd, • ^^''^^ Half-buried in the snow was fbund,-^"'^ Still grasping in his hand of Ice ;^' '' ^ That banner with the strange de^ltie, ^^ Excelsior ! I I »;:.•.! •%A There in the twilight cold and gray. Lifeless, but beautiful, he lay, :t(ii::r^ And from the sky, serene and far» \}\ A voice foil, like a falling star, ,^,,^ ^ ( ... . Excelsi^rl ,^„,„,i^,;7/ /f^lelo '^ftlwi.u L^.h iriiii <»df vi .flj;;;j/ I ii ^ I SH LONGFELLOW'S POETICAL WORKS. ; hJKii ftfifTT hifv **tii " ! fnei^ ^ffl ion v-rT ** !;PG|EMS ON SLAVERY;^^" TO WILLIAM E. GHANNlI^Gv The pages of thy book I read^;iij'^ f ; And as I closed each one,,f' , ".Vjs)? HO • My heart, responding, eY|er,.satd, *,,^,^ ^^i^- " Servant of God I weU dpne.!'*);. ,j5<,'j ^ • , ■ ' ■ . '• ■■ , ■ ^- \' ■ ' \ Well done ! Thy words are great and bold ; At times they seem to me Like Liit|ier*s, in the days of p|d/^' ^* ^ ,, Half-battles for the free^ ^ "* "'^*^''* Go'bWtiAtil thi^ Iknd rewkfesrf^ ^'^^ ^f^'T*' The old^ind chartertid lAty M^' ^^^' ^ The feudal curse, #h<)se whips and yokes Insult humanity. A voice is ever«At thy side, !" m auoUi ^f.'T Speaking in- tones of might, ' ' ! •«* f>t t ' I Like the prophetic voice, that ;criedof 07 A To John in Patmos,** Write ! " Write I and t,fM out this bloody t^\p,; ^ , /\ Record this dire eclipse, \.- '^^r,,,,nif,{i This Day of Wrath, this Endless Wai!){,j^ This dread Apocalypse I; ^ ».,nni;'^ His breast was bare, his mhtted hair- '* ' Was buried in the sand. • -^ • Again, in the mist and shadow of sleep, He saw his Native Land. i» iii'i. .^ylMO^Hr SLAVE'S PftEAM; liMpA Wide throdg^H tiie latndscaiSe of his dreams' '^'f The lordly Niger floWed ; 4- 4' < • > ' ' • A Beneath the palm-trees on the plain , ^, i -t tt Once more a kmgj l^e, ^trode ; ;^,^^^, ^^^ ^^^^ And heard the tinklii^ caravans ^^^^^ ^j^^^^^j^ ^^,^ Descend the mounmn-i:va4.^^,^j.^,^j . j^^ ,^^^^ He saw once more his dark-^y^d que**fl'-''^*^'^ ^- Among her children stand i^^ fr^sioif b,A\ They clasped his neck, they kissed his cheeks, r^»«>f> >ii . r;:. !t fjotnuri Mf!T And then at furious speed he rode^ft ^,|t ./;,j^ .,j| Along the Niger's bank ; ,, h-,.,. rrl !)n A His bridle-rein^ were golden chains,(|{;^ r fj,,/ And, with a martial clank, I *ach leap he could feel his scabbard of steel < bmiting his stallion's flank. • fff i^Tthu'f/ •ri'.flV/ Before him, like a blood-red flag, ^^.[^^yy .. j, j^^,^ The bright flamingoes flew ; . fji {^,,„vi^ >| From morn till night he followed their flight, O'er plains where the tamarind grew, > I'^i t /V Till he saw the roofs of Caffre huts, n'^'l i> \( * And the ocean rose to view. ' >i«i.>liiijp '>fU nt ) J ■ iM. ill l>f»iI'jiJoi,» ^;}l At night he heard the Hon roar, ' bii ^^ i^ ^>|; j And the hysena scream, And the river-horse, as he crushed the reeds. I ^' Beside some hidden stream ; ^ And it passed, like a glorious roll of drums, ^'^ ^ Throiigh the triumph of his dream. ''^ '''"'■ The forests, with their myriad tongues. Shouted of liberty ; ' ^ - '' - '^ '^^^ *; ;,. liili iiJ. And the blast of the Desert cried aloud, • ''^' With a voice so wild and free, ^^ i . uj^^ >iijlj 53 ■(VJ ! » F.tl ill Ml lii^l m m '"'!:l' 'ii'ii' I H m m i!l 54 LONGF, ^,h9W^ Pi^l^TlQAl^ WORKS. That he started iw his sleep |i^dsi?ii^d. {j ni,! 7/ At their tempestuoMs glee. ,.,^i>i ^ib^t^i *»"' He did not ffeel the ^[river's whip^^'? '^'^* dmrn'^U Nor the burning hek£ of d^ ; ^ Wn I'KiO For death had illlimin^d th^ Laridof gleep,^'"^* And his lifeJess hod^ lay '" '^f^> >'»' r,n^> )5 .(1 worii-Qut fe^t^i^ ^w^X I j-»I ^no(fj/. THE SLAVE IN THE DiSMAli SWANiP. In dark fens of the Dismal Swampy; ^.y^ ij^/ The hunted negro lay ; He saw the fir^ of the midnight camp, And heard at times a hbrse's tramp, ' And a bloodhound's distant bayi '*'»-^^^>»^<' ^'H Wl.ere .wUl-^'-the^wisps a^nd glow-wojrn;is shine» In bulrush and in brake ; -lijiruri Where waving mosses shroud the pine. And the cedar grbws, and the poisonous vine ^ Is spotted like the snake ; ^ ^ Where hardly a human foot could pass, ^ t^jO Or a human heart would darei vHt wr i* '.i( ill T On the quaking turf of the green morass , i / He crouched in the rank and tangled grass, Like a wild beast In his lair. "*i ^** "^-♦'•« »' ivr! 'sM bill. A poor old slave, inBrm and lame ; i^y;^ ^f[^ jj,,/ Great scars defofmed his face ; ' On his forehead he bore the brand of shame, ,/ And the rags, that hid his mangled frame. Were the li very of disgrace. All things above were bright and (siAttiir.jmyti?. All things were glad and free ; , ^,uf ^tiJ. bnk Lithe squirrels darted here apd there, ^ liiiV/ eH^O^IiiHE GOOD PART.'aHO/iOJ 55 n And wliA bli^s filled th* 6chdin^ iuir h - ' With songs of Liberty I i J'^o; .0 < i On him alone was thedoonk of pbtir> From the morning of his birth ; ' On him alone the curse of Cain r Fell, like a Ml on the garnered gr^in, And struck him to the earth l,c..i 1 > 'I'li-Ki i iu ij-jiiJuuiJ bnA r .j^s^itTHE GOOD PART ie f>,noA THAT SHAI«L lfP7 |W TAHI^N AWAY, .7 ;,•,,'■■■ \ She dwells by Great Kenhawa's fide, I n valleys green and pool » ^ ' a And a|l her hope and all her ^ride t^ , Are in the village school. Vt' • ■ r \, H?r soul, like the transjpareht aif That robes the hills above, \c Though not of earth, encircles there Alt things with arms of love. And thus slie walks among her girls With praise and mild rebukes ;, > r Subduing e*en rude vilkge churls . By her angelic looks. She reads to th^m at eventide ^''^"'^ Of One who When all men shall be free ; r >'A ' And musieAl, as silver bells, «^^*'^>^^1 * Their falling chains shall be. '{'^ ; ! ! 1 I • ' 1 I il i9 i ■» \''\i'} 'fil LONGFELLOWS POETICAI, WORKS. And fojUoiwins Iter beioved Ixrd, ^ bnA "In decent poverty* J 1o ?:^nr,< rblV/ - ^ She makes her life one sweet record S-yi And'dfcedofchHrityww ^>nDt« rnicf nO J >;, . ; toid <»id to )tfii(it^i* ^'^^'^ Of those who waited in hek' haH.'t^v And laboured in her lands. ■::h 4 } Long since :be]^ond the Soikthern Sea Their outbound sails have sped, 1 While »he, in meek humilitjri ^^-^''^ re .,■■< Now earns, her daily bread. . ,\ It is their prayj^rs, whicfr 'never cease,. ^ , That clothe her with siich grace ; ' ' * '' ; Their blessmg is tlie light of peace ' "''^' That shines upon her face. ,„. . r r ThE QtJADlS^dON GIRts.r The Slayer in the broad lagoon,^ 1 Lay moore4 witli idle sail ; , ... He wait'e(l for the rising mooh,' , , ., And for the evening. gale. . ,. ; Under the ^l^ore his boat ivas tied,, |^ And all her listless crew > ■ * r, Watched the if ray alligator ^ide ,,'^ , - ! Into the stiU bay<^ .,,,, ^ .^,, | ,,,,/, > K ap Odours of orange-dowers, and spice,. Reached, them from tinfie to tim^, Like airs that breathe from P:fiM:adise^ Upon a world of crime. , ^a ^^^nft ^ORKS. -7/ ^.* rd .; ;jO p'*I ,- rInO ' Ah'l ah . ' ■ », ■ , l>li n: u(iT ' 1 1 i . M.> se .^>I5I( YHK QUADROON GiRLiOVTQJ The Planter, tinder his rbdf of thatchiT Smoked thoug^hififUy a!nd^<^ ; ^ < The Slaver's thumb was on ^the liatch, I^* He sieem^ in haste to g^O; ,|i^^ nk^ . He said, " My ship at anchor rides In yonder broad lag^ooa; .ff|i^ , I only wait the evening tides, n f- And the rising of the moon.'' ^'^oO /. [ Before them, with her face upraised, . j In tiinid attitude, , ,„;i,|,„,,i. thiW^ Like one half curious, ha*f amazed, A Quadroon maiden stood, u i ^. tr • Her eyes were large, and full of light, Her arms and neck were bare ; No garment sb^ Wore save a kirtle bright, And her owp long, raven hair. And on her lips th^e played a smile .> As holy> meek, and faint, n^M !=»<<;>»i7/ ,> As lights in some cathedral aisle. > i/. The features of a saint, 'i ^\,r^ ^ w? r ;,:\ "The soil is barren,— the farm is old, The thoHg^tful planter, isaid ; , |^^ Then looked uppn the Silver's gold, And then upon the maid. His heart within him' was at strifi^ With S^cb accursed gains ; "''^ '? '\,,., For he knew whose pftssiohs gave h^r^life. Whose blood ran in her veiris.'' '* \ . ^ But the voice of nat\lr^^as tdo^^^ak';^ He took the glittering gold ! Then pale as death grew the maiden's cheek, Her hands as lev cold, m s- ' • ' 57 i * 1 1 : i! » B 'r I !i: i illlll ^ 11'' ill ii|i it m 58 LONGFEU-OW?S POETICAL WORKS. & T|i0 Sliiv9r i«»d h©r from th9 {<> rnc*. S T9.be his. Mave an4.pftr»itnour /uit^ yr IT In a strange mid distant land! >>{ '%■ THE •wrrNESSEi'''^"''^^ "^ . te In Ocean's wide domainSy '; oHt hnA If alf buried ir thc^'sands, Lie skeletons in chains, Wfth shackled feet a^d Hand^ ji;u "I >HJ Beyond th^ feli ofd^wi; ^^'^"^^^ '^^ ^^^ Deeper than plummet lies, , < , ^ ^| | ^, F'loat ships, with all their crews, ..,|j M&i l^-^*^^e to sink nor rise,^;;,,;.^., ^;^ There the black Slave*ship swimn, Freighted with human forms, 1 iftA Whose fettered^ fltehless limbti^d nL Are noti this sport^ofstonns^^jii^il ^.A ' These are the bones of Slaves ; They gleam from thei abyss ^|" "' ' " They cry, from yawning w^nre^, ^ "Wo are the Wltneisii^ f'*' * '^ '^'^''^ : Within Earth's wide domains , rj > Are markets for men's lives ; * /, ^^., ,T heir necks are galled with chains, , ' ' Their wrists are cramped with gyves. 1 Dead bodies, that the kite ,ov >ii j hj a i> In deserts makes its prey 5.^o«ji t»H ,3lo.,^: Murders, that with aifright>: aa'» /n^f! F Scare schoolboys from their play 1 1 I ' liiiiiL All €^i\ thoughts and'deeds j '«r^' nl -I y Attger, and lusl, and pride ;> >ifnij^ The foulest, rankest weedsj - ^ >> nt That ( dke Life*s gfoaning'tide f'* i^ ■fA,^ y4.»..'iV". Tliese are the woes of Slaves ;^Tif 108 ^^ri'The>sKlare-'from the al^ss;H thut^/iM-^/d. They ciy, from unknown gravMy tV/ -^ ** Wc are the WKnessesi! ^* ikMi ^Juii^r-id. J ,. U tU''{vi-i-JF Of 4 o[\i hriA .v.J,. Beware ! Th^ Israelite of old» who tore 'I '¥ ''^^ The lion in his path,:*^when^ poor and blind, He saw the blessed light of heaven no more, Shorn of his ndble strength and forced to grind In prison, and M IsiSt led forth to be • . , , A pander to I^Wlistine revelry,— , ^ *j^'^^- ' ,, Upon the pillars of the temple laid *^^^/ His desperate hands, and in its overthrow Destroyed hinfiself, *nd with hin\ those who made A cruel nlockery of his sightless iitftoe | ^^^^h The poor^ blind Slave, the scoflFand Jest of all, Expired, and thousands perished in the fall. There is a poor, blind Samson in this land. Shorn of his strength and bound in bonds of steel Who may, in some grim revel, raise his hand. And shake the pillars of this Common weal, Till the vast Temple of our liberties , , ., ^ A shapeless mass of wreck and rubbish lies. ■■i f r I I'' THE SLAVE SINGING AT MIDNIGHT. Loud he sang the psalm of David ! He, a Negro and enslaved, Sang of Israelis victory, Sang- of Zion, bright and free. 'iX&ifi i i'1 111 1.1:! M !!plll i^riiii: iiill liiii^^'i (^ 'L6NGFEH,aW*S PdETIditL ' WOfeKS. In that hour,. >w!h«n night ia c^lnie^; Sang heftofntthe.Hcibfeiw Psalmist, In a voiciB iso &weet and cl^atr.t 1 »fiT That I could not choose bvt hesit. Songs of tritimph, and ascriptions,!* Such as reached 'the s want Egyptians, When upon the Red Sea coast > 1 Perished (Pharaoh and his hosf / " And the voice of his devot|9r]i Filled my soul with stratlge ^emotion ; For its tones by turns were |§flad^ 1 hrav/'iB , Sweetly solei^ni Wildly sac^. irlnf noii ^dT ^^^. Paul and Silas, »^,th?irpiri^op,.. i,, ,,4,|^ Sang of Cl^rist the Lord arisen , ^ ,,^- , ., ,. i And an earthuqake's arm of m^hjtf ^..fj^j.q / Broke their dungeon-gates at night. BMt, alas I, what holy angel,' ..ir- ,..- h ,;h h, Brings the Slave this gl^d evaog^l ? rmieMl And what earthquake's arm of mighty , / ^/^^^ Jiis,4ungeon-gate§;^t ojgtet?, ,oq or! t •'" ■ .bfH;ri ;\trl "^^^t/n ,b7;>'i mh^it .'hmo« hi ^(iuri o{!7/ .f{« hn/. ,r';i'lTHE SPANISH STUDENT.!, )V:O.I ^) .){iow errilJo '(loj^iif -^rit ,v/r.^ '*'•?'). I j^A ^^^A I b ^Jf ENT!.ouiKi7.H ;,^, ^r^:II|S;ON^ j^.i// ;.) ^,^i\ ' iCTORiAN y ->. ;'^ ,^^s jjp-^ fli'flv/.i SHid€nt9 of AhoJd, aiO YPOLITO j HE COU^T PF >ON Carlos ,^^^ .^^^^ ^.^^ ul^w^ ^!^ub y^irll ^i ,-// oTSffr 'he Archbishop OF Toledo.. » . ,, , .. Cardikal. . ^ J ,. i lELTRAN C^iCi^XbO '^^^? '^^^^'i^^y^' Cou^,^6f)tHe GipsUs:""^ Urtolome Roman . ^^"''l^ «/" ^^ ' ^ ra«i^i' ai^sv, , '^ ' HE Padre Curaof GuadaIirama. ' • ^^ ' »' ■ . • '^^ i ■ - nA EDRO Crespo . . ,?Jf»t(iGm vi^^j42^Afp;r/ x^rri ji/iofl / ANCHO f^^.p^r. ^Vi^'tp\ ft\y<.h't>lpii n^ Algudtili' ' ♦« b'jv/olIi/T rancisco . ' iop ^ :^{::; *sffoaii. »i! 1?' i'tfm'iy '^^h^art/i' "'t <-fr// hispa . ^^ iii^'nil^i f' iOniiU *iWH'j*«<{, 'Victorian's Servants' \ fALTASAR . li-^f 4'^4f'Hio\T«.vViH i\ ^ Jnnke9peK ix k .v>\wA ^RECIOSA , . . .iM*;/.' i*Ht ftt» .wl G^^ GrrA 7l}fi;4tl ;»A LNGELICA ..._ , ,4 , ,_, . ^ ;,, : iij uii|/i^ 4^; ■ ^ p^or Girh \ ■ "; ; M r I [artina : f . Gfxi*v!7 Iri j^yii 7i79 ofli 4*; i ^A* PodrfQura's Niece* )OLORES p^. , . . I, ? . Prficiosa'^ Ji^^id, * v.jur. i " o:)fi! i^<^*^f/ '^^«f'«'»«-» f/f%ii./y-i >../. qora ril! '*■ '.' ioia r *>...-•>•- 'ACT Ti •" ''■'^"J^*i ^> <^^ h/iili^xiii'^ eA JcENE I. — 7%^ Count of Lara's Chambers. Count in hisdr^ssing-^imnf smoking and conversing wif A Don CARLpSi-p. rU\\ '-*■- "V'r- ..' - '^''t Y ^-.t, :..-., n .. v^ Lara. You were not at the play to-night^ Don Carlos ^ i'fi A [qw '- ippened it? :'!''.' ■ !.. • . ;'^ s ,-..<-;: i,::lji7/ Don C, I had engagements el^wher^i'i^ riooh lO Vay who was ther«? mn' * • i*'. ^ .- i ? .uyi /j? b**lf»tft1 -^am. Why, all the town and court; >o orlr nO 'he house was crowded ; and the busy fans ' ^^o / /> «'^*A imong the gaily dressed and peifumed ladie«>^^''/ »>' »' '»d?, "luhered Ifkebiimrlliii 4iniortg th« flowers. v/uH i.Aft^ J'/ ! ^ • t ! f r si liii'! 6r LONGFELLOW^ POETICAL WORKS. There was the Countess of Medina Celi ; The Goblin Lady with her Phantom Lover, Her Lindo Don Diego ; Dofla Soil, / Ic i 1 1 f And DoAa SeraBna, and her cousins. . Don a What wfeff the play? i^lT/ t-^Ai-UT Lara, ^r.yx,. <<^i t,irt> j^ was a dull affai;*; One of those comedies in which 3rou see, 1:^1 in^j ^f-^noiJi As Lope says, the history of the world *? oTfjcmv Brought down from Genesis to the day of Judgment. ^~^ '"' There were three duels fought in the first act, Three gentlemen receiving deadly wounds, Laying their hands upon their hearts, and sayingj^ ' ' yJ.uoH itf.vjLOJnr 1< <• ATJ/ ■'•< r>:-!5 -:iMO.n ■ *' Oh, I am dead ! "a lover in a closet. An old hidalgo, and a gay DoaJuai\ A Dofia Inez with a black mantilla, , ^ oi;-:-i#i D o hg Followed at twilight by an unknown lover, ohovi/ Who looks intently where he knows she is not ? ijy^f, y Dan C, Of course, the Preciosa danced tornight ? . //< >r ; ! Lara. And never better. Every footstep fell , As lightly as a sunbeam on the water. . I think the girl extremely beautiful. Don C. Almost beyond the privilege of woman I I saw her in the Prado yesterday. Her step was royal,— queen-like, — and her face As beautiful as a saint's in Paradise. Lara, May not a saint fall froni her Paradise,^ And be no more a saint? ' * \\~-A DonC -''''' uvu ivC ^i^y doyou ask?^^ ^^\'^ Lara, Because I have heard it said this afl^el fell. And, though she is a virgin outwardly, ' >./ uu V m\\,\ Within she is a sinner ; like those panels '■ // b-rn'^qqful m Of doors and altar'-pieces the old moiikst f ;>u><\ Painted in convents, with the Virgin Maryituh >.c// ^jfj// vi On the outside, and on the inside Venus ! ' .< '.r > Don C, You do her wrong ; indeed, you do her wrong ! She is as virtuous as she is fair.iuni h^^^-y^} viuiv* --.dt v-,,. ,, Lara. How credulpus you are I Why, Joftk. you, friend. '-I liiiiL rRKS. :iT flfair; i\- 1 /./a HOT.) I OTLtO^V , :>H iMuJoTn/- jO fi^a/v'! an : U*i^>V;«D OHG?. ght? . A«f«ni /.■•<.r >:■!«' an! '-'^nji/.i ^:{MO.i<.>' ; ) \so(V if wrong ! ou, friend, .gHHfiTHE SPANISH STUDENTf*>vroj 'here's not a virtuous woman in Madrid, «J 'uT' :fi"V troY [n this whole city ! And would you persuade me 'hat a mere dancing^girl, who shows herself >> fightly, half naked, on the stage, for money, c/i .'> ^>(\ Lnd with voluptuous motions fires the blood o .'>/i .T^tU)^^ )f inconsiderate youth, is to be held >oop o%.j)nA ,') it^U,^ model for her virtue ? i^^^iaMifmm.nl iluu ivJ.>^ig hnA Don C, iru? ni You forget ,; /.^.^c, ,., .w«iA )he is a Gipsy girl, r^v.-ni-ui i tal ; nifsl j«;>Ji.'>j^ sailfi'/Rd I Lara, ., :v-,; And therefoi^ wbn >;^o! iqiI /t ni.iu^^ot}/ "he easier. ': ^ i,i*^ t-^Ui oii*» ^ v/o i it »ifirf>j ,5^d^ ili>fl/, i tKrn^ Don C, Nay, not to be iron at all I U^^hk bnn ,t tijon/. 'he only virtue that a Qipsy prises ui, 7 >rJjD . j >i [s chastity. That is her only virtue. -. '^i^i-j >earer than life she holds it. I remember Gipsy woman, a vile, shameless bawd, '/^ ^hose craft was to betray the young and fair ; Lnd yet this woman was above all bribes* : , s^, ., tBtJW Lnd when a noble lord, touched by her beauty, wwi% 'he wild and wizard beauty of her race* , .^^.^ ; bnife '^rf'^ Offered her gold to be what she made others, j ^^^ ^^^^^ ^j ^^^tp >he turned upoo him, with a look of scoim» . t.^di .^,^^ \ Lnd smote him in the face 1 : , Lara. And does that prove 'hat Preciosa is above suspicion ? Don C. It proves a nobleman may be repulsed* len he thinks conquest easy. I bc^'eve 'hat woman, in her deepest degradaiioii, ? [Holds something sacred, something undefiled, )ome pledge and keepsake of her liigher nature, ^rt \ ind, like the diamond in the d^ik, retains . . ' ^^r^, f,},;^, , \ )ome quenchless gleam of the celestial light ! ' ' '^j^^./r Lara. Yet Preciosa would have tak^n the S9}^.,oMom^i\'X Don C. (rising). I do not think so, ,' -^ ; •*■ i„ /n Lara^ iv:,, * ' I am sure of it. |But why this haste ! Stay yet a little longer, ind fight the battles of your Dulcinea. _ ' >,.* •» r'' ■ I,' HP 1^' l\ lli'i': 1: ■'. ■i..|. fli p; If ll:'- ^4 LONGFELLOW'S POETICAL WORKS. Don C. 'Tis late. I must begone, for ill stay ri ??' vi'ji You will not be: persuaded.^- i>(yov/ \ynh \ '^'^\^ i-^'oHw ?ijii Lara, ("- .< >f.'»>'f->H ?*wod Yefe ; persuade me. ><*rri r> m\u \ Don C. No one so deaf as he who will not hear I ,/! ]-A-rj Lara* No one so blind as he who will not see !• M\ ft hr Don C, And so good night. I wish you pleasant dreams, And greater faith in won .n. S<>u.tfi/ vjd ioi WJExit, Lara, li' J*>:^i Greater faith ! .0 not"' I have the grer^test faith ; for I believe .hi^ (ii?q?t) 5, ^\ 'n! Victorian is her lover. I believe 1 ! xA\i. .wx^A That I shall be to-morrow ; and thereafter .i!>jVji':i a/ Another, and another, and another; 1 icMi ,7^,'^ :^ uA Chasing each other through her zodikc, iii1j ^'^i^M /Ire -y' j As Taurus chases Aries, juv ^Iji^,' im\ ^.i indT .-.lii^. ;({-.) > {Entef* FrancisIco vxiik a caskeO mo // / ' '' I "»- ^^'^' ^-'Well, Francisco, *^^''''^*''»- ^''-' What speed with Preciosa? ^^^'^--^'^^^ "^••'^«^'' ^*^' ^"^ ^ ^^^^ ,n.;H .0 ivfi v"'None,my IbVd!''''^; •' ''•"'''■' ^' She sends your jewels hsick't and bids me tell you She is not to be purchasied by your gold. . '^^'^ * Lara. Then I will try some other waytd win hir.'"'^^ ' Pray, dost thou know Victorian ? ^ !> », Fran. ^ "^ "'' " . Yes, my lord; -^'^^^ I saw Wm at the jeweller's {b:day. '' ' '" '^^'^ ' Zara. What was he doing there i» ' ^' «-*^^'»«l .^ ^^ •' ^ *^'>^^ Fran. ' I saw him feuy*^' ''^ A golden ring that hi'dimby' in it." " - • '^'-^ " Lara. Was th6re ahother like it ? "'^ ^ ^^'i.ift. mo^ ^js Fran. ' One so like it' '^'^ '" ' • ( * • * -1*1' I could not choose between therrl. ' xii ,1 Zam. ; / It is well. ;!^' '" ">P '"' To-morrow mornihg 'bluing that ring to me. ' '" ^ '•'*' Do nol forget. Now light me to my bed. '."^'•^^' ' "'' ' ir.'"'^^ .«..')] fir' :ene I Chisp\ Bio rsli sleep] Inietei fere's XAfi THE SPWiKraSH STUDENT. ' /.O J « !i. .HKifUJ ovii i4> tjnrh /!'»•.>< ')/k;tj I /i^'/r'noM :ene II.— i4 sfreef in Madrid. \ Enter Chispa, foUowfid by musicictnst with u . bagpipe^; iguiturs^ and aiksr instruments, ,,,^iq>^.d v?^.o.K.>*in/. ,'W. ./aw4. Vc\k\ Chispa. Abernuncib Satarias ! and a fylague dn afl'l6vers ho rkmble about at night, drinking- the elements, inste*t*d sleeping quietly in their beds. Every dead man to his [metery, say I ; and every friar to his monastery. Now, 5re's my master, Victorian, yesterday a cowkeeper, and -day a gentleman ; yesterday a student, and to-day k /er ; and I must be up later than the nightingale, for as [e abbot sings so must the sacristan respond. God grant may soon be married, for then shall all this serenading |ase. Ay, marry ! marry ! marry ! Mother,' what does larry mean ? It means to spin, to bear children, and to [eep, my daughter! And, of a truth, there is something lore in matrimony than the wedding-ring. {To the \ustcians.) Aiid now, gentlemen. Pax vobiscum I as the b said to the cabbages. Pray, walk this way ; and dpn*t ing down your heads. It is no disgrace to have an old Ither and a ragged shirt. Now, look you, you are gentle- len who lead the life of crickets ; you enjoy hunger by day id noise by night. Yet, I beseech you, for this once be )t loud, but pathetic ; for it is a serenade to a damsel in ;d, and not to the Man in the Moon. Your object is not arouse and terrify, but to soothe and bring lulling dreams. [herefore, e&ch shall not play upon his instrument as if were the only one in the universe, but gently^ and with certain modesty, according with the others. Pray, how lay I call thy name, friend ? First Mus. Ger6nimo Gil, at your service.' "^ "* " Chispa, Every tub smells of the wine that is in it. [ray, Gcr6nim0| is not Saturday an unpleasant day with Lg^p l>'-.. /tnt |.^j,CAtir/a. I am glad of it What ottier instrumenti have we? M,fno)rn-,- i, a Second and Third Musicians, We play the bandurria ^^^Chispa, A pleasing instrument. And thou? ^^ ,^,,,^, Fourth Mus. The fife. Chispa* I like it ; it has a cheerful, soul-stirring sound th^ soars up to my lady's window like the song of swallow. And you others ? ■^Oth^rJIfus, We are the singers, please your honour. Chispa, You are too niany. Do you think we are goin; to sing mass in the cathedral of Cordova ? Four men ca: make but little use of one shoe, and I see not how you ca; all sing in one song. But follow me along the garder wall. That is the way my master climbs to the lady' window. It is by the Vicar's skirts that the Devi climbs into the belfry. Come, follow me, and make ni noise. ,tj- ScBNK IIli--PRKCiosA*s Chamber, She stands at the open Prec, How slowly through the lilac-scented ^ir » y., Descends the tranquil moon ! Like thistle-down ,,^ ^\ The vapoury clouds float in the peaceful sky ; . , ^ ; p. ,.^. , . , And sweetly from yon hollow vaults of shade y The nightingales breathe out their souls in song. ^ ^7- And hark I what songs of love, what souMike sounds. Answer them from below 1 v, „ii ^\)\m /»& inH^f.^lrjni .a. ,^^h THE SPANISH STUDENT. XOJ 67 .fclii'jiA SERENADE, di^^jp-^y ynnr*. \>\ 4 Stars of the summer night! "^ '*''' ~'"^^ ^'^*^ »fcu, -^p^ Faf inyv<>ft arure deeps, '^'J^* "-^' '""''•^^ > Hide, hide your golden light ! '^'^ ' ' ^ ^ ;* She sleeps ! ».^**'«', • v'w,« ..-^•o^-f ^- ^'■-'i^ *^ i' ^ '^yi- My lady sleepsl ^^ ^3"*' i^'.'npduA ...vV , ,w'Ji- Sleeps 1 '^v^''^'^*^ ^'' ^i*»«^^ ^'' '^"^- -'^^^ ^ ' Moon of the summer hight ? , . . Far down yon western steeps, ., . Sink, sink, in silver light • " ' . " ' ^ '' iiJur// She sleeps 1 My lady sleeps I Sleeps! . i. . 'i,\'\ nil I 7j; ■••);>.( .vf.> I Wind of the summer night ! -u: Im / Where yonder woodbine creepS) < i d // Fold, fold thy pinions Ught I, ,, v She sleeps! ^^H My lady sleopsi .-^.^ lu. io H.ul;i^j| ^^i.; I -.-i'r Sleeps! ^-. >"> . .«■ 5k.fif .j,., ... br/- Dreams of the summer night ! • > "^ Tell her, her lover keeps 1. u <.')..• // Watch 1 while in slumbers light > r ! I . \ .r . She sleeps 1 n .u/u'.i )..*:•' M> lady sleeps I » /i. )i lurl t j r- in, / »v \ V 004 !iil'*'>''' • Sleeps! 'rf ?.;.vi.m...' 1^..^.,,% i;,:i;i "• • (£'«/^ Victorian 5;jrM^Jrt/n>if^.) . riV/. Poor little dove ! Thou tremblest like a leaf I . i > Prec. I am so frightened ! Tis for thee I tremble I hate to have thee climb that wall by night ! |id no one see thee ? , < J JVr/. None, my love, but thou. ,, Prec. Tis very dangerous ; and when thou art gone. ^ [chide myself for letting thee come here | [hus stealthily by night. Where hast thou been ? ,, '•■ ' . t fnce yesterday I have no news from th^» ^U U^MI«*t"»M**^ V» ;i •I I ! i I ll\ i { >. ; M ill 68 LONGFELLOW'S POETICAL WORKS. , jiip m 1 Iff Vict. Since yesterday I have been in Alcald. aKi If \ Ere long the time will come, sweet Prec^osa,: i«..k« (<■ K When that dull distance shall no more divide us» And I no more shall scale thy lyall l^y pight To steal a kiss irom thee, as I do now»^P '**«*'' » r *' Prec, An honest thief to steal but what thou givest. Vict And we shall sit together unmolested, And words of true love pass from tongue to tongue, As singing bird > from one bough to another. ^ < . -* Prec, That were a life indeed to make time envious! I knew that thou wouldst come to me to-night. > < I saw thee at the play. » • x , »/ Vict Sweet child of air I Never did I behold thee so attired i ^' And garmented in beauty as to-night I '" <■ ; , What hast thou done to make thee look so fair ? Prec. Am I not always fair ? Vict Ay, and so fair That I am jealous of all eyes that see thee, And wish that they were blind. Prec. I heed them not ; When thou art present, I see none but thee I Vict There's notliing. £cur nor beautiful, but takes Something from thee, that makes it beauLiful. Prec. And yet thou leavest me for those diisty books. Vict Thou comest between me and those books too often! I see thy face in everything I se^ ! The paintings in the chapel wear thy lookS| ., The canticles are changed to sarabands, ^^*' ^' ''^^ And with the learned doctors of ci)e schools '-■'' "''' ^ '^^ I see thee dance cachuchas. ' •»^''' '^^'"' ' ^'^'i- "^vu.l oi -i. Prec. i i In good sooth, ''' '''"' °''. I dance with learned doctors of the schools <, To-morrow morning. ? "V'' ^^^ i r«^i*f^ot; : takes ty books. oks too often -/I . t > -J.. I .J^t '•»".' Ull Ut •^1.1 •J/IO Of ' .V. IT* .-^'vv % Jin nbi this? • ^ -v 3h;viq« What mad jegt inid-?>, nu Jl-jt i Pr^^. It IS no jest ; indeed it is not ' iTjerf v/^i,^ nvoktstnH Vict. Prithee, explain' thyself. iniil S^dirbrn.H uV) /'rtfi:. . . -G. » I i j)>vvr: Whyr simply thus. '^moD lou knbwest tite Pope ha^ s^nt here into Spain ,!. jS^vo^ 1 |o put a stop to danciBS on the stage.. n i jilj^uor!) f .-/,A F«V^. I have heatd it whispered. > r • ^t vdT />r^^. . Now the Cardinal, \ Hio for this purpose comes, would fain behold yn-i^. ^ith his own eyes these dances ; and the Archbishop. [uvk if las sent for me — . ,! .j,ri»i<) Vict That thou maye^t dance before them |. rfj ytiq hn/ |ow viva la cachucha I It will breathe ' ];>'q vmoy ^h T [he fire of youth into these gray old men I i ?»{ i .JT . vV\ 'will be thy proudest conquest I -^r i^, ;..V1 Free. Saving one, < . t> / ^ h , i I Ind yet I fear these dances will be stopped, jiiii lo kqmb ./. [nd Preciosa be once more a beggar. -n^- f ' ,.*> hn/ Fti:/. The sweetest beggar that e*er asked for alms ;i > vi^. ^ith such beseeching eyes, that when I saw that ■■/>,({} hn/ gave my heart away I ' hnf?->Hi"^ f^-> ff ^•-•"t .*,,,, -.^j j .-^.^^^f\ Free. '' ' Dost thou rememberoiii; J joiifn;> I Mien first we met ? '-r'^^^^tHs -iHV'-*- f'>rfi/V,;f t-:/. i uorij Uj^\ Vict. *^ ' '•• ^ ^'ifr It wa- at C6rdova, •^^fwlv « tiK joiTI n the cathedral garden. Thou Wasi sitting r,.;/ |r, ftru,; )// ^nder the orange trees, beside a fountain. tri\) or?/ ' •*» '-''l /*r(?f. 'Twas Easter-Sunday. The full-blossomed trees < 'illed all the air with fragrance and with joy*!,,)' t.,ff r^iiii I 'he priests were singing, and the organ sounded, _\ ; \ Lnd then anon the great cathedral bell, w^rroi) liit- i/^ff (-,.( ' |t was the elevation of the Host. ,, ,.>,| j ,n 'iioi)/ .im; ; >;| I I'e both of us fell down upon our knees, ,ri >; - j^ff itf ■ , y pnder the orange boughs, and prayed together. ;,,i'l"i ?>/ never had been happy till that moment. »j, ,/ .„ i . jnc, > F/V:/. Thou blessed angel I fifri^uf (\ ,/.i7/ ^ I ftu. / id 7/ Free. ,j»0vot (Ui< i And when thou wast gone [ in i 1 ^ ', ! 1 i 1 ? i «(' -; i I p/i ■ Hf ; !-. m m m till 76 LONGFELLOW'S POETICAL WORKS. I 'it ■id I felt an achitig bene. I did net speak To any one that day. But from that day Bartolom^ grew hateful tinto me. ' -' > ^ VtcL Remember him no more, Let not his shadow Come between th«e and me. Sweet Preciosa ! I loved thee even then, though I was $tl«ii'. ' - - r ' •? Prec. I thought I ne'er should see tiry ffeoa again. Thy farewell had a sound of sorrow in It.. ' VtcL That Was the first sound in the song of love I Scarce more than silence it>, and 3r«t a sound, j >5n^ *in^ < Hands of invisible spirits touch the strings /" n /; rff ' Of that mysterious instrument, the soui, ^n (,'ra,> > And play the prelude oi our fate. Wa hear 1' .>n The voice prophetic, and are hot alone. '"' hv> s»! k/; / v Pfft, That is my faith. Dost thou believe these warnings! FtV^. So i'ar as this. Our feelings and our thoughts Tend ever jn, and rest not in the Presen*^ . kv' As drops of rain fall into some dark well» ^r -!»;>*' I t-.y And from below comes a scarce audiblo sound, ^i > x'l ' So fall our thoughts into the dark Hereafter, < >! J .v,V And their mysterious echo reaches us. i' trjrv> *! r! mj^ d /Vtr. I have felt it so, but found no words to say It t I cannot reason ; I can only feel ! ■ . vv\ But thou hast language for all thoughts and feelings. Thou art a scholar ; and sometimes I think .\ > We cannot walk together in thi* 'orld ! -^.H ■ •■ ^ nf h<;-! '^rl The distance that divides us is too grfc;it \ ifi>:'<^ "li . Henceforth thy pathway lies am'*ng the starls ; ' > >^' I must not hold thee back. j -. :■ :•) fl<; h Vtct. Thou little secptic ! >' 'in? Dost thou still doubt ? What I most prize in woman Is her affections, not her intellect ! The intellect is finite ; but the affections ' *^ '* '" "Vrfr Mi- Are infinite, and cannot be exhausted. ' ■'*> ''^^ '' ' Compare me with the great men of the earth j'* ^^^f' ^ - '' What am I ? Why, a pigmy among giants ! But if thou lovest,-~mark me ! I »ay lovest,- •j< " rr s V >'\ of love I. ja'\ a^MTHE SPANISH STUDEI*T.0/iOJ 7? le greatest of thy sek ekcelsthee not Ibtw. ,«vty<] ih; »fl mi lie world of the affections is thy world, n-uu jj/j i« I )t that of man's ambition. In that stillness h>: ^ An'f/ y\ ^hich most becomes a woman, calm and holy, i'// v \ lou sittest by the fireside of the heart, ,^..i ^r ^0i\i ul^m^'V ceding its flanle. The element of fire vh^' v) > ^^^'^ pure. It cannot change nor hide its nature, iil^ia . ^ i ) It bums as brightly in a Gipsy camp . . k* . f .^ . i in a palace hall. Art thou convinced ? \Prec, Yes, that I love thee, as tlie good love heaven; i it not that I am worthy of that heaven, low shall I more deserve it ? ' Vict, Loving more. -T \Prec, I cannot love thee more ; my heart is full. ) Vict Then let it overflow, and I will drink it, i; n; in the summer-time the thirsty sands nn\\\o nso hi jn ) |rink the swift waters of the Manzanares»^'i I i. it >,/ ^y. id still do thirst for more. Ik h">f=. m r^.^ • ,:; t.^ ^^j^jj^.^} f;^^; ^ I A Watchman (in the street), Ave Maria . .-j ■-. [{in • < ru J. >; ! I irissima ! *Tis midnight and serene I ,i^rj; j\v, • . v/s^\ Vict. Hear*st thou that cry ? tub br.'AJ of - iil; ?»i;; r /V.?<;. • .- . , . , It is a hateful sound, a 4 1 1 \o scare thee from me I n oj ?;iif(i id bfiA .\a'\ Vict, 1 1 5 « w, J ioi^ -^i J As the hunter's horn 1 ;^ ^; a 1 • • w r ; |oth scare the timid stag, or bark of hounds ri, oj ki'u // (he moor-fowl from his mate. ^fjyi;:^i jii i)nAii i> volw:/ ub ^ > /V^r. „ t . , ,Tyioi Pray, do not go tr i s .i4V\ FfV:/. I must away to Alcald to-night. a^V 1 [hink of me when I am away. >*»>>!» bi »'ter' 'ji,m ^..c linlri /V(ft. -i^jiu i>j' . Fear not! t; or /-.i -■.viu;4 .. f I have no thoughts that do not think of theOr rv Jtw d {U FfW. (giving her a ring). And to remind theie of my love, take this ; .. ^. '.o^^^. ^^ .:. i. serpent, emblem of Eternity ; ruby, — say, a drop of my heart's blood. Prec, It is an ancient saying, that the ruby frings gladness to the wearer, and preserves (• ti'^j k-i i \-^\ li W 7* LONGFELLOW'S POETICAL WORKS. I .1 11 m LSI 1 '•■ ' i!:5 I 'i'l'i^ The heart pure, and, if laid beneath the pillow, t«'>tF,or;^ • Drives away evil dreams. But then, alas! i'i fo Mio// It was a serpent tempted' Eve to sin^ ; 'ivju to Ji»d) Ff^:^. What convent of barefooted Carmelitei j^.pfr; tir^i ; Taught thee so much theology ? - 'i' m /Vi?^. (laying her hand upon his m&Hth), Hush ! hush ! Good night 1 *^nd may all holy angelsguard thee ! . Vict Good night! good night I < Thou art my guai-dia angel! ^ "■ 't'7?K' > st^'fi: ^t^. .'!; .■:,>. ■ ;. I haVe>no^tiier saint than thou to pray tol iiii ,?^'/ .v*v* ,-.-,^ i'j; til ii-d! ■., ,4 rm; I Ji.ili Jon (//^H>V Others can climb a balcony by moonlight \ .xiuiiu^ ^jfir n' As well as L Pray shut thy window dose; jiv/s Hli 'Au\ I am jealous of the perfumed air of night < ihU ob tiijcr- i That from this garden climbs to kiss thy lips. v\\v\ A'a U < Prec, (thr(nuing down her handkerchiej )^ Tho\is\\\ych\\i\ \.,,i. Take this to blind thine eyes.. jt it iiodi j«-S/i >H Sy* It is my'benison'l- i^>I »^ r4,ii.:.,_^,,,j.- , .,^ v^'..-,,;., ,■,, ,. . •■"^'v^'' FfV:/. 7;;,.,^ And brings to me' tii rtiotl 'f*Hfli "jzjs'i- Sweet fragrance from thy lips, as the soft wind ,\-'>< Wafts to the ou^^bound mariner the breath t ml 4iP/3a vn' My beauteous star ! My star of love, good night 1 ' , /V«:. Good night ! x) A j Watchman {at a distance), Ave^ Maria PurissimaMjij •>7 i ...i ... ...... . ,jM'jqi M^fTHR SPANISH STUDENT\t)/OJ rs \Aui oi ^ni tiJihoryi'^ ttoH ^»8 loft i ILarta tun .nqdirr.) ;ene ly. — Am inn on th^ road to AlcalA, Baltasar asleep on a bench. Enter CnisFX, \ \Chispa, And h^e we are, half-way t6 Alcali, between :ksand midnight. Body of me I what an inn this is! 16 lights outr and the landlord asleep. Holdl ancient iltasafl-^ '••''' •' .>-.({ iy.Kr^ tji io JiJ*.' i^v:*fi ,u:n I A^^VS \Bal (waking). Here I am. olit/rf. *o »n*«^rr» ♦ [CA/f^a. Yes, there you are, iske a onei-eyed' Alcalde in a rn without inhabitants. Bring a light, and let me have > ^4 v.y t . 1 » J J i,U i ipper. \Bal Where is your master? = \chispa. Do not trouble yourself about him. We have )pped a moment to breathe our horses ; and, if he thooses walk up and down in the open air, looking into the sky one who hears it rain, that does not satisfy my hunger, ^u know. But be quick, for I am in a hurry, and every m stretches his legs, according to the length of his coverlet. fhat have we here ? \Bal. (setting a light on the table). Stewed rabbit. \Chispa (eating). ' Consdence of Portalegre! Stewed jtten, you mean!' ^"^'' .^^'^'»^*<'> .'n«f'' '-f '/ ♦» 'i*/ \Bal. And a pitcher of Pedro Ximenes, with a roasted lar in it. b^jffrt Hfdtyji vffl i>qif iiio ouxu pnjfololi \Chispa (drinking). Ancient Baltasar, amigo! Ybu knbW iw to cry wine and sell vinegar. I tell you this is nothing ^t Vino Tin to Of La Mancha, with a tang of the sWine-skin. \BaI. I swear toyou by Saint Simon and Judas, it is afl I say. 1T!( ;jJ'3fe: iiiftJ ,*JiiJUJ;j /if 5 « 't^H .tho nv/ci ^{{i <»i Chispa. And I swear' to you by Saint Peter and Saint ml, that it is no such thing. Moreover, your supper is te the hidalgo^s dinner, very little meat ahd rf g^reat deal table-cloth. ^.r^^mi *»i\5» . fy*st\'u\! ial. Ha ! ha ! ha ! ! o:isi>ffKV>i mhi\^ \Chispa. And more noise than nuts»r>« ♦! \Bal. Ha! li(i ! ha! You must have your joke, Master f. ;■ I m\ i i 3 \ 7^ LONGFELLOWS POETICAL WORKS. Chispa. But shall I not ask Don Victorian in, to take draught of the Pedro Ximenes ? Chispa, No; you might as well say, ** Don*t-you-wanti some ? *' to a dead man. . Bmk Why does he go so often to Madrid ? ' Chispa, For the same reason that he eats no supper. H; is tti love. Were you evei* in love, Bidtitsar ? Bal, I was never out of it, good Chispa. It has; been tbj torment of my life. Chispa, What I are you on fire, too, old haystack? Why! we shall never be able to put you out. .. Vict, (without), Chispa! Chispa, Go to bed, Pero GruUo, for the cocks jaurecrowlngl Vict, Ea ! Chispa I Chispa I *.t r - , ,,sn ' rf ^ ^ \ ^ Chiipa, Eal Seftor. Come with me, ancient Bidtast and bring water for the horses. I will pay for the suppei| to-morrow. yJviT/i- #«- >M6k^'1ti^'h ,nbW Yi ^■xmd oi[Exem %CB.v:KV.—V\CTomkvi*sChnmhersatAlcal&. Hypquto asleep in an armchair. He awahis slowly^ r Hyp^ I must have been asleep I ay, sound asleep I, (V^vv And it was all a dream. O sleep, sweet sleep vf,i noy ,«i Whatever form thou takest, thou art fairi q k hi 'A .\.: Holding unto our lips thy goblet filled j; p\ Out of Oblivion*s well, a healing draught 1 n-k;vA\>) \i<\vv Th© candles have burned low ; it must be late, i 7/ r J, ^.i Where can Victorian be ? Like Fray CarrUlo, ) p vy at\ i/ The only place in which one cannot find him ... i \ Is his own cell. Here's his guitar, that seldom ^^.^ Feels the caresses of its master's hand. . . },j,/ .\^-:.\i^. Open thy silent lips, sweet instrument I • u j^.^tj i And make dull midnight merry with a song. ■ i r^^u^ ^d > (He plays and sings. ) . r h u I > - ' >! r i Padre Francisco ! i-n --s Ij-M A\ Padre Francisco ! ■»?'/' .vi<>r if> J ui 1 What do you want of Padre Francisco ? ^ ■ ^' ^ ^ > g/IJi THE SPANISH STUDENT, /o j 75 , , ,. ; Here is a pretty voung maiden ^ i\<) .\»\ ' -f Who wants to ctmiiess her sinsl /,;,{ ^,,^^1 ,,., j 1 [ , , Open the door and let her come in, ij^^; i'M5,jii« )i «'{ I will shrive her of every sin. ,„,. ,„i hiuv/ <: I ,i*fi/ ••^ (i^«/^r Victorian.) ■ .^"«;iJ' >'r'ir' Y«sf!T r«V:A Padre Hypolitol Padre Hypolito I ^ ,^,„,^| ,,^ , j A^/. What do you want of Padre Hypolito? ^ ,] Vtct. Come, shrive me straight ; for, if love be a sin, ^j ^ j lam the greatest sinner tliat doth live, , , . ., ,;,„»} I will confess the sweetest of all crimes,: ^y . .„ . , f } , ,.^ , . ^ ^ j j maiden wooed and WQA. , . ^. , ./{ ,1; , ,7 Hyp. 17 . : .The same old tal^.j^;, ^,. ^^^jj;^ If the old woman in the chimney-corner^ ^ho, while the pot boils, says, *' Come here, my child ; [11 tell thee a story of my wedding-day." Vict. Nay, listen, for my heart is full ; so full ^^.,« ^ «^.^,; j that I must speak. ^ . ^,^.,, ,,j ,,,^ j Hyp. > . V Alas ! that heart of thine . ^ like a scene in the old play ; the curtain j ^ f , j '/ ^ises to solemn music, and lo 1 enter ,, ;i < ,,, !.<♦-.., ,,,,;- ? the eleven thousand virgins of Cologne I , .,,1 r * ,».,..,,, .,-, j i Fsk;^. Nay, like the Sibyl's volumes, thou should'st say ; those that remained, after the six were burned^ r.^ ,v.(\a, feing held more precious than the nine together. ^ ; - , lut listen to my tale. Dost thou remember .. ^ ,,,j^j ,v , y^ the Gipsy girl we saw at Cdrdova , ,vf!ri;^; t iM-iili ^m- • W )ance the Romalis in the market-place? ^.jj, '^ nfuif. w; // Hyp. Thou meanest Preciosa. ^. ^ Vkt. Ay, the same. , .„; ,„ |^,-,/ [hou knowest how her image haunted me a,,^ ^ v long after we returned to Alcald. ^ ^,,^ , ,-j,,,., ,.,,, , j^ ;, ,' ,,, 1 1 [he's in Madrid. .,HH«»i .vV^i ^^. . ., .... I know it. ...,.,,,{ ,,; ,^„,,. ,.;^^..,, ...,r|< J Vc/. And I *ni in lovel u i -. ^^. And therefore in Madrid when thou shouldst be tt/. 11 /\icaia. , ........ »i .^L. /< 1 iii.t.w \..i .. i. i i^i..,,j,' iri \ y, <*i I J ; I ! I lii i i*<>#i »▼ -. fc.«».* ; I ivi 11 LONGFELLOW'S POETICAL WORKS. ' r^ * ji 'i Vict Oh pardon me, my friend,? « ^f.«r.V'i '■ If I so long have kept this secret from thee ; '/ But silence is the chanii that guards such treasure.^' , u .. J .\y. Thou knowest the proverb. But pray tell rhe, lover, '^ i^ How speeds thy wooing? Is the maiden coy? > ^^ i* Write her a song, beginning with an At^^ ; ^noj/ n'^b\i:<. Sing as the monk sang to the Virgin Mary, ^^ : AvN Ave I ciijus calcem cJare rrtov/ „blu -^lij ; : S^ky^* V Nee centenni commendare ''^t| ^lU •i\H^ ,» Sciret Seraph studio ! '^^^ - »>d} \V> Vict Pray, do not jest ! This is no time for it I 4 ^ *• I am in earnest! nt 1 ] Hyp. Seriously enamoured ? .<\ What, ho I The Primus of great AlcaM^' - ^ nr ^'H'j-i^ v. ^^± Enamoured of a Gipsy ? Tell me frankly, ^^ fin»'>loe o; •. How meanest thou ? '"';-^<->^<^--^ •'» ^ iS .. ■• / onii^uoJi ijo/oltj Vict. ^^^""^'"^^ I mean it honestly.''' *'^l'i .'?>' v;. Hyp, Surely thou wilt not marry her I ifi/itri i>.iU ^^ Fw:^. /iada'm<^:i,sntfr^fli'ai*ri;i <;uoi Why not?*" ^j'- -fi[y/. She was betrothed to one Bartolom6, ■ " f>J n^■^\<'\\. If I remember rightly, a yOung Gipsy '»'• ':^^^ 1'^'^ (''-'I^f^ Who danced with her at C6rdova. ^m tii, ^Xmwo^A -^\\^ oo Vict ;.i-^;>- it) w:nvh ( jV -K^^'^'-They qu^irrelledj ■■V'.- And so the matter ended. /^i u. .? ov -^ hi' V' .^^. .', Hv ^iii ^t'/f But in truth ' ''''^*' >')//on>f u- Thou wilt not marry her? "»ii-*^¥^ i>t'mu! ij 'tv/ j^jlii ;, Fak:/. *;.: j-tjj 4>iU In truth I will. »> 'i >nU fit . r The angels sang in heaven when she was born I "\ She is a precious jewel I have found v .\.,\ . Among the filth and rubbish of the world. > s jiji bnA .<\i > I'll stoop for it ; but when I wear it here, , \ Ji^i&oi/. 9:1 ,^'AS^ THE SPANISH STUDENT. /OJ 77 t on my forehead like the morning star, f'^q iKbhi uuV^ he world may wonder, but it will not laughs '' - '^""' t^flV/ /fyp. If thou wear*st nothing else upon thy forehead, '^ will be indeed a wonder. { >^ Vict. ' Out upon thee nw^it^iiKHT ith thy unseasonable jests ! Pray, tell me,' l4 «»fifn a^.I r there no virtue in the world? i'^^ *»'''^ ^^'-^ *^ ^l-^i ^rf^i*/^ /A/^. .riUr.'CO i'^"^ /ri» ^<» /y«.Not mucll. ''^ . viftutanl io'*l hat, think'st thou, is she doing at this moment ;'>"*»-^ ^<* '^ ow, while we speak of her? ff ^fJt Jt>lfl .ir^iiii bn^ ^r.rA\i) Vict. ■''"• >- .'^*^yi»'i055J i She lies asleep^' t^of^i "'ori // Ind from her parted lips her gentle breath ^^ ^*^^ '^mnM femes like the fragrance from the lips of flowei^.' i«i»J^^<'"<^I ler tender limbs are still, and, on her breast, •^'*^ fhe cross she prayed to, ere she fell asleep, " '^^" ""^ ' ^f''^ ^ises and falls with the soft tide of dreams, '^'^ '^ ^'"^ '^'<^ 'J \ ^ikea light barge safe moored. ■^^•'* ;*'*' -i fe'illiilvA /hkI^ liyp, xn.i bi'MM *ii^>'^-i''- Vict, Oh, would I had' the old magician's glass To see her as she lies in child-like sleep I -^i '"iJ -^^'j** ' ^nM Hyp. And wouldst thou venture? q nMo-^ jHj ju ^>Jiu.T>r Ftrf. ^iiJ ^t4>i'V. .>;>// . Jii,/.i Ay, indeed I would !^"';^' /(j//. Thou art courageous. Hast thoti e*er i-eflected'l ^*^ [ow much lies hidden in that one word, noit/P • "> • ^»* J >> ^ Vict. Yes ; all the awful mystely of Life I *^1 '^«ft« ii^^^r'^ oft have thought, my dear Hypolito, ' * '^^ ' 'f' i?; ' ^ 'hat could we, by some spell of magic, change '^ >' « 'he world and its inhabitants to stone, -^^^ ^^' ^"'i ^'^^ [n the same attitudes they now are in, • ,vwiA vijm^'\) V^hat fearful glances downward might we cast \^^^^^ Into the hollow chasms of human life ! hat groups should we behold about the death-bedV ' , '" . ', 'utting to shame the group of Niobe ! "^"^ *'" * '*'. hat joyful welcomes, and what sad farewells 1'^'/*' J^^^- r fVhat stony tears in those congealM eyes ! '^"*^ .' ,'^ •'!\*|/ [Vhat visible joy or anguish in those cheeks I ' '* ' '^ ml m ! i ii'' - . I.- ■ I 76 LONGFELLOW'S POETICAL WORKS* V ' fl' What bridal pomps, and what fun«real shows ! \u:r. no What foes, like gladiators, fierco and struggling f I/, m^v/ What iover» with thtir marble lips together I i I .,Vl^ ffyp. Ay, there it is ! and, if I were in love, l;u '>d i{i That is the very point I most should dread. \:% This magic glass* these magic spells of thine, ? ^rii >\ Might tell a tale were better left untold. For instance, they might show us thy fair cousin, The Lady Violante, bathed in tears Of love and anger, like the maid of Colchtl^ -<> Whom thou, another faithless Argonaut, Having won that golden deace, a wonutn's love, Desertest for thi$ Glauc6. ? • r^r-. * ^ r. - v. . , ,) od '■■An ?.'^^-\ Vict taif:?'!'!!' rf -t^.f\ Hold thy peace I ^^'n\] « » h n » : .-:01 3 She cares not for me. She may wed anothefi Or go into a convent, andi thus dying, },{ , :.|i,> ; : , Marry Achilles in the Elysian Fields* ? o jfj ,i j^ Hyp, (rifin^). And so, good night! Good morning, should say. ,.W! , r-i, ..j.; > n fiu;.- -.'(.({-.jU. . ^^rli, ;- (Chch striken three,) h;, ;...,. ..•[.•.^ a..- Hark! how the loud and ponderous maee of Time I • * Knocks at the golden portals of the day I . i <«.< .' u/. .. i . \ , \ Get thee to bed, and the magician, Sleep, : i ,1 u n Shall show her to thee, in his magic glass, \\\. ; o In al! her loveliness. Good night I [Exit, Vict Goodnight! , , But not to bed ; for I must read awhile. , .,..., r| i ; ,; (Throws himself into the arm-chair which Hypolito has lejl^ and lays a large Iwok open upon his knees.] Must read, or sit in revery and watch id. !^, • . The changing colour of the waves that break f f . ' ,. Upon the idlle sea-sbore of the mind I .„-;.».,/ j.^, •, Visions of Fame ! that Qnce did visit me, • * Making night glorious with your smile, where are ye? 't i RKS. • » ■ . >: ;ir» ,t Of] rff,,- ;» ' B>hn;^l . '■'i'1 ■■:r;01 J J «i(f .>U. ■■"■ .\ le -fl '«'( , , ■ /\ ^ . . ' • ore largely /(•If) 1(1 ■' .''»>15^.THE SPANISH STUDENT) '/O J 79 •i ,' )■ ■;!) '•.'If I ')i [Exit, ; V ro has leji, ri; . Ill ;^ J ; ^ By«? >h, who shall give me, now that ye are gone, ;f> <''Auu. i.n; lices of those immortal plants that bloom <<>mij>.. > Hli vf'! pen Olympus, making us immortal? •' >> 'i^ =/> '^'i