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'■Umm * - ■*•?>. .. / ■Ti^M i fe« • / — m ' >'^^^hS^^^^I -* m / Wi r r • t I i^' ■*■. m t 5 jf « "^V t-. •, ' . 1 /■' ■, *• ,-»^= t •> BETULA&IGRA The subject of UiJs Poem, as tho name impfajL fa a tree of that species of extraordinary growth, «he circumference of^Ltse trunlc, at the root, is twenty.foar fbet; its perpendicular Uciglit, 8i% feet. From a calcula- Uon of Its annual layers, its age oaunot be less tfim one thouswa yeajs. A . eye, No mouldering Pantheon meets m^ No crumbling Obelisk is nigh, No ancient tow6r upreara A seer and venerablo form — Scarred by the warring of the storm, Bleached by themista of years. No ! different far the theme I trace ; Not Ai^t's decay, but Nature's grace In all its vigor seen, — A Monarch of the forest shade, By Summer's majesty arrayed In robe of living green. ! Fap in Acadia's solitudes, Where the lone hunter scarce intrudes, A Giant Tree displays A massive trunk, upreared on high. Whose vast umbrageous canopy 'V \ M ^ \jaixxma my admiring gaze. 1 \ • XUe Bluck Birch. ■f , 1 - ' >- • ■ '^''^^i^l ■' ■ • "^ peit9 iifc__ u, _, '^!^ ^hv 1 .v-.».i.^S^ -^*4--;' 1 •» '•^ \ ^ UETULA TfllGHA. In the deep stilln«^ of whose shade, ■V.'ith thj c.lrn la|^ b«neatli me spread, And SunxBKr smiling round ; While silenc^jfsts on vale and hill, SavQ by the murmur of a rill, UnbroWn by a sound. f •QfeNatupl ! in thy temple wild, This feeble tribute of thy child, J tledicate to thee : Accfept the homagewhich I bring. My heart's spontaneous offering, Though rude the tribute be. And though no classic ears incline. To lowly numbers such as mine, The simpler shall attend : Perchance the rustic son of toil, Shall trim his evening lamp with oil. ■'¥•■■]■■ I 1'- I.. Anu welcome me as iriend. If so, I ask no more reward ; To be the Humble's humble bard. « i. Is all my wishes claim ; Acadia, if my name shall be Remembered in thy minstrelsy, Enough my meed of fame. As upwards I direct my eye. Nt.' ' To yon green arbor broad and high, • : , To me it would appear ' - _ — . — . . — - — . _ ^ — " ' r " ■ ~^— \ \ ^" ■ ' — r — • l< .; ". i .., i .... ^-.T..'' -.. ,. .■ . \ .-^5' • "r '■"Mi. •;.. |...^ . . ii^ife^iSiffitriiiiffiM ^fe^j^^^^.,^^ , - ■'*^^- i' ■•• • V ..■; 6-*' ■ BSfVLA NIQRA. r"',7»* V As though a prophetof the past, With Nature's mantft round him cast, Held converse wtth me here. How many a changefulVene has fled. Since first thy vernal cIoHi was spread In this lone forest wif A thousand ciix-ling years hafe pass'd ! A thousand winters chill'd the blast, A thpusand summers smil'd. And yet, old tree, thy rugged form \, Has stood, unscathed, the wintry storm ; Thy foliage bright and new Still flutters in the passing breeze. As when, thou ancient. king of trees, Thy sapling branches-grew^ Yes, since the germ which gave thee birtli Was nurtured in its parent earth, ' What change the world hath seen ! Kingdoms have fallen and pass'd aw- Cities have sunk into decay, A Where opulence had been. A Where Spain h^r standard lona/unfufl'd. The mistress or a new found world, ; } - A Continent her own ; J j For ever fallen, that vast domain, ' ThQ Trans-Atlantic power of Spain Is from her sceptre gorie. i ^" ^ /• ^^¥v . » , 4:-:. -•':%^;-^ ^i^!PlW s BETOLA NJGRA. And where Britanifa's fostering care rianted a scion ypirig and fair In green Vireinia's soil, Het own ungrMreful, offspring stand — '^ Alien possesses of the land — ' . Usurpew of her toil. Methinka^lhiat ere the white man pass'd ' The barriers of the ocean vast Which laves fair Europe's strand, Even then the red rnan sought thy shade, And with astonished eye' surveyed, Thy huge proportions stand. Oh ! could he then anticipate, • The dire approach of that stern fate Which his wild race befel, And know that long ore tliy decay, Ilis-wavriors should have pass'd away, From mountain, moor, and dcll,^ — Ao^from those b'eauteous watcrs,^ where His light canoe, as free as air, • Moved o'er the lakelet's brini,; And from the honors of the chase. Where he. exulting in the race, • Bounded on agile limb; Save a small wandering remnant left, Of home and heritage bereft, Degraded and betrayed ; > V- X ,«&: \^.-s^it>^ *Mi Sr .""■-jfe?. ■i^!i;.r ^fr', ,M MIPII' Ut NIQIL\. Prono to irubjbe iHi white man*» vrce, V\'' Sold by his piissibnlat the price, IJy chiidlian a'HUrioe' paid ; v ^ ' . N ifow would his heart h'^ve bled tjMee Such presaj^e of their raillery, While yet a glow of prWe Had fired his 'breast, did lieioreknow lldw Black Hawk met his ruthless foe, How OscEor/A died? , . How brave Tecumseh scorned to yield, Upon the white man's battle field, ~ f When long tried vet'rans ftfed ; O'erpower'd, not conquer^, firm he stood, 'Till, fainting from his ebbing blood, He sank among his dead. ^ O noble heaf ts ! regret, regret Shall bow thy cruel spoilers yet. When coming years have flown ; When futdre history shall relate Your wbeg, your wrongs, your cruel fate, And :5veep that ye are gone. Yes weep ! T'his wide spread heritagc,- The wilderness whereon we wage j A long successful war ;* This verdant field, that blooming mead,' Yon prairie, wide beneath thee spread, Their just possessions are. \ .^ '. — ; L. , — \A tAMEitirtTj Ai;isO(— 3lakc war oa the wilderness. I .•u f^^^mmmmtm^ ■^ BETULA NKRA. And shall we thus lyiirp their right, IJehold them periaM in our sigjit, In dens and^ves around ? Oh ! surely as tidy droop and die, Our Indian brokers'- blood shall cry For vengeance from the ground. Think ye ]^ur sparse economy, , Your garments doled as charity, Shall pay the debt ye owe ? Think ye the drugs ye give, to ease Neglect contracted dire disease, Enough ?— I tell you no. Nay, think ye rulers of the land, . The true redress their wrongs demand, Your potent powers can give ? ' ' Go, civilize and teach them then ; Teach them their dignity as raea, Go teach them how to live ! So shall our arts, our industry, Receive a blessing from on high ; | ' The stranger at our gate The listless wanderer cease to be Redeemed from want and vagrancy, A value to the State. How brief the life of man below I A little while—'tis gone,— and lo, , No trace of us appears. \. \| \ .i«W'"' '"\ 'I *»r BETULA NIGRA, 9 /I' X f- ^4 \ WJiile nanire's forcsl^hiltlren stand, Age affer ago to (lec'ithe land, The pride of i'utui^ years. -A MAnLBOKOUGii's nam© was yet unknown, When thou, a stately tree, hfidst grown. A A Nelson yet unborn. . ^r Fame proudly claimed no Wellington ; Or greater,— no Napoleon, / The unfading wreath- had worn. Orin that great untrodden field Where science lay a gem conceal'd, • Few, laborers yet had been. No Galileo turn'd his eyes, To scan the mysteries of the skic:?. And worlds before unseen. No Newton yet had lived, to trace ' The wandering Comet's path in space. The distant Planets' sphere; To measure, as with rule and line, ; Their bright ascension and decline. Throughout their swift career. No Davy gave to industry The noble aid of Chemistry, To fertilize the soil ; The vegetable life to feed. With full ear'd Corn the fields to spread. Rewarding human toiL ■-x-,..:sa ■.,.. L y^^^FpiTF' 10 BETUIA No Faust had oj^'d that guarded door Where learning Jkept her secret store Deep in t}4 Convents' cell ; To bid mankiml their vessels bring, And dip, as from a living spring. Or an exhaustless well. No Watt or Fulton's genius sight. Beheld the slumbering giant's naight, Tlie Titan arm of Steam. No Nai'ieu's Godlike skill was there, His ponderous harness to prepare, To tread the Ocean stream. No A-RKwRiauT, with ingenious thought, The labors of the million wrought As with a magic ^and, Causing old Albion's Isle to be One wide extended factory, Iler trade in every land. No Morse had sent the lightning's fire, Freighted with thought along the wire, To give to distant lands The varied tidings of the day, Or frienckliip's message to convey, Or mercantile commands. y No. All was poor and impotent ; A pageant or a tournament, Or bandit like foray, \ "5 (. ■■ 1-' •»■» \ BETDLA NIGRA. Was all oiir fathers cared to know, A thousand fleeting years ago ; , ' Oh ! how unlike to-day. And we, their bods, what work have we Achieved within one century ! The= facts shall briefly tell: Look round upon this crowded mart; These works of industry and art, Perchance, shall answer well Look round upon the scene again ; These products of our fair domain A single year hath brought ;— O may it be, this treasured store Shall make us love our Country more,' And prize her as we ought. g a 11 4 1 - If so, the patent good achieved Shall realise the hope conceived By him who pens this lay ; Then shafl our children rise, and tell Th6 bleaemgs which to them befel On this auspicious day, Then strong, in self-reliance strong, Undaunted shall we march along With conscious pride possess'd, That in the great industrial strife, With which the modern world is rife. She shall not be unblest, « ■•I ■ ' « Si^iSiSka ^ ■ ■■ii ■ ■i '*>^ f^^ ^^ n't pf- / --W' 12- ? ■^ BETULA|J1GRA. ■\ Our smiling honws With plenty crown'd, Improvement stamp'd on all around, ^ Religion's influence shed On all our institutions, reared For virtue's ends ; and, so prepared,. Shall wide the blessing spread.' What though our clime be stern and rude. Our soil but rough and unsubdued, The blessings we possess Call forth our gratitude and love To Him, that Being far above, Whom for these gifts we bless. And while war's blood-stained flag unA.rl'd, Hangs ghastly o'er the Eastern world, O'er suflfering, want and woe; ' . < We undisturbed and peaceful dwell, All ofwar's horrors which we tell, / But by report we know. And now farewell, thou Patriarch Tree ' lune honor'd friend, farewell to thee • Farewell !_and in thy shade, Long may the gentle warbler sin- ^^ ^ -. ., His carol to the op'nipg Spring, ° The charmer of the gladt° Sackville, October id. 1854. .:m "^ ^..■- ••««#'.« ..>, .,wK.".