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P O E M S 
 
rs*- 
 
 POEMS 
 
 CHARLES HENRY ST. JOHN 
 
 " What IB life without a h(>art to feci 
 " The great and lovely, and the poetrj- 
 " And 11 Jdocss of things?" 
 
 FESTr>. 
 
 |lata cfala Junius. 
 
 BOSTON: 
 
 A . W I L L I A M S A :' I) C M V A N V 
 
 lit) WASIIIN<;T()N' stheet. 
 
 M DCCC LIX. 
 
Kntered according to Act of Congress in tlie year 1^5!t. 
 
 nv Cir.VKLKS HKNKV Sr. .lonx. 
 
 Ill tlie CKiks Odico of the District Court of the District of MassRciiii^etts 
 
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TO 
 
 PHILIP HENRY GOSSE, ESQ., F.R.S,, F.L.S.. &c. 
 
 A> A TRIBUTE FROM ONE WHOM HE CARESSiil) IN . El IF-DIIOOI), 
 
 AND IN TOKEN OF FAMILY ASSOCtATIOXS AND 
 
 PERSONAL RESPECT, 
 
 IS MOST CORDIALLY IN-SriUllED 11 Y 
 
 THE AUTHOR. 
 
[advertisement.] 
 
 TriE following effusions would scarcely ha\c been published 
 in their present form, were it not for the favorable notices 
 that many of them received as they appeared in the news- 
 papers both liere and in the Provimes. The author is, at 
 the same time, av.Mre that more indulgence is usually shown to 
 productions of an ephemeral nature than to that "serious 
 affair — a volume," when formally offered for public patronaore. 
 
 The gt'eater number, however, of the ensuing pieces appear 
 now for the first time in print ; — some of these, it is hoped, 
 will be found not inferior to those already published. 
 
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CONTENTS 
 
 r. ' ■■ 
 
 l-\.s( lillTIOX 
 
 Pape. 
 
 U)\ KirnsKMICNT 
 
 Vil 
 
 oKMs : 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 The CluM-Poet's Wreath 13 
 
 The Witlicred IJose 
 
 
 
 
 
 17 
 
 T!ic 01.! Times a.ul the Nen- 
 
 
 
 
 
 19 
 
 Line* to Sprhi^L; . ■ -y • 
 
 
 
 
 
 21 
 
 Tlie Kujrie-Eye.l . 
 
 
 
 
 
 25 
 
 l-lowers ..... 
 
 
 
 
 
 28 
 
 The Lost Love 
 
 
 
 
 
 29 
 
 Motherless . . . . 
 
 
 
 
 
 30 
 
 Tlie Lone Flower . 
 
 
 
 
 
 32 
 
 '• Coniinj; Events" 
 
 
 
 
 
 33 
 
 The Exiled Minstrel's Legaey 
 
 
 
 
 
 85 
 
 Change, 1 
 
 
 
 
 
 37 
 
 There "s a Pathway iiefore u- tin 
 
 •outrli Lilt 
 
 
 
 
 38 
 
 Hope in the Future 
 
 
 
 
 
 39 
 
 IMea-nre 
 
 
 
 
 
 40 
 
 The l?elle of the ll.tll Ito.mi 
 
 
 
 
 
 41 
 
 I)ay-Dreani< 
 
 
 
 
 
 43 
 
 A Ve-per Fra;:nieiit 
 
 
 
 
 
 44 
 
 Farewell to Terra Nova 
 
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 48 
 
CONTEXTS. 
 
 Memories 
 
 To Tenn Nova 
 
 One Word more . 
 
 T foiild not say " Good Night! " 
 
 'Ilie Reply .... 
 
 " Killed and Wounded " 
 
 The Song of I'ence 
 
 The Star of Bethlehem 
 
 The S,.ilor Boy an.l the Bird of Passage 
 
 Sonnet .... 
 
 C'iistles in the Air 
 
 KXTRACTS I !OM A PoEM : 
 
 I. Spiritualism 
 
 U. Our Age 
 
 III. Friendship . 
 
 I\. Love and Leaniing 
 
 The Sailor's Song to the M,,on 
 
 One S(.ng for thee before I rest 
 
 The Drowned Hoy 
 
 The First Snow-Fhike . 
 
 Harvard .... 
 
 liono • • . . 
 
 " II PcMseroM) " 
 
 Thv Printer . 
 
 Fan-t .... 
 
 Willie's (Iravo 
 
 Till' Stin-s 
 
 l''rii'ndli's-< . . , 
 
 The Strniiue (HI Ba-k 
 
 Til.' Kve of the Gol,|,.|i Wedding 
 
 Till' Ki'iifhered Freniif.- 
 
 The I.M-t of the 1{,.,| Indian Warriors 
 
 (■Iai-il.i.| .... 
 
 To (jcniu.-i 
 
 T»gt. 
 
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COXTEXTS. 
 
 XI 
 
 FliAfJMKNTS OF AN UnFIXISIIEI) PoKM : 
 
 Morning 1^4 
 
 Beauty 1""> 
 
 Joy in the Beautiful \^7 
 
 The Rest-Day 108 
 
 Memory 109 
 
 Thougli^s on Death . . 112 
 
 Thouglits in Church lU 
 
 Wealth 116 
 
 Life 117 
 
 The Angel-\\Tiisper 118 
 
 Midnight 119 
 
 The Misaxthrope Melted l^Jfi 
 
 Maiiien Longings 128 
 
 X.i'ure and Art ... 130 
 
 Death and the Woodman 131 
 
 The Twin Trees 132 
 
 To a .Tug .... 134 
 
 Too Late! 137 
 
 In Affliction .... 138 
 
 The Last Lay 139 
 
 l; Knvoi 141 
 
POEMS. 
 
 THE CIIILD-POET'S ^VREATH. 
 
 Saepe pntir dixit, otudiuiii quiil inutile tentas ? 
 
 Ma-onidi's iiulln.= ipse reliquit opes - 
 Spoiite sua carmen nunieros veniebat ad aptos. 
 
 Et (|Uod conabar pcribere, versus erat. 
 
 Ovid. 
 
 I. 
 
 Besidk a stream the Poct-cliiM 
 
 Sat Avrcalliiiiti; wiM-flowiTs, day l»y day; 
 
 Aii'l t-astiiij^ thom, in .iei'ining I'^'^Vj 
 Upon tlu' cmTciit, sweetly smilcl 
 
 To sei- them <j:ei)tlv t1o;i; away! 
 
 II. 
 
 Aiid tliitu<_.li, soiiiftiiiu's, :i |»:issiii<4 sh;i«k> 
 Mas dim the histre ot' his eye, 
 And Irom liis treml)hiiii 'ip, a sij^ii 
 
 •1^ I iiiti'it 
 
 lie joys to see it sainili."" h\. 
 
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 POEMS. 
 
 iir. 
 
 "• AVli.'it nicnns tliis strange and lone di'light,- 
 And not unmixed witli care and j>uin ? 
 These ]>retty labors are in vain, 
 
 Since, but one inom^'nt in thy siglit. 
 
 They pass, and ne'er are seen again ! " 
 
 IV. 
 
 '• Nay, stranger, nay; to so»ne far land — 
 Some distant clinie, beyond the sea — 
 I'^nknown alike to yon and me — 
 
 The waves may lay them on the strand, 
 And everv tlower a bk-s-^inir be." 
 
 V. 
 
 " Fair diild, what knowest thou of the deep — 
 The desolate, loin', devouring main 'i 
 Thou ne'er mayest tind thy wrt-aths again ; 
 
 And Age for wasted hours will weep. 
 And own this j-retty laltor vain." 
 
 \- 1. 
 
 ''Nay, strang.'r, nay; on that fir la!>d. 
 
 Some pen>i\e soul — -onu' lonely eye 
 IJeilimmeil with tear-ilrops — may espy, 
 
 I'erchanc'/, a -^arlaiel on the san<l, 
 
 4 1* 1 I • t . • . . 
 
Tiiir ciiild-poet's ^vkeatii. 
 
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 YII. 
 
 "And witli the wreatli !i flood of tliouijlit 
 Pour tlirongli tlie cliannel of his mind 
 A tlioujrlit ^vith every leaf entwined, 
 
 And wisdom, sweeter since unsouglit, 
 Instruct tlie lieart to ])e resigned." 
 
 VIII. 
 
 " Thou ai-tless cliihl, there is no soil, 
 
 Xo mead, tliat (hjth not hear a flower — 
 For sucli the universal dower 
 
 Kind Heaven hath tfiven to cheer our toil — 
 As freely as the vernal shower I " 
 
 IX. 
 
 " Y'-s, strang-er, yes; but men do treail 
 Upon these lavish gifts of Love, 
 And know not they are i'rom ahove ! 
 
 T'.ey \nv<t he gathen-d, wreathed .'I'ld read, 
 Hefore they may a blessing jirDxc. — 
 
 X. 
 
 ''They Niffsf be gathcreil, wreathi'(I, and read 
 Thry sjK':ilv a language to tlie mind — 
 Or high or lnw, uiilanglit, rt lined ; — 
 
 And vet these leaves may lay outspread 
 in \am, be ihere no iiaiui lo i»ind.'" 
 
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 POEMS. 
 
 XI. 
 
 " No hand to bind ? Wliere'or a flower 
 May bloom, there '11 be an eye to heed 
 Its beauty ; and a mind to read 
 
 Its inner meaning ; and a poA\ cr 
 
 To pluck it and to bind, if need." 
 
 XII, 
 
 " True, stranger, true ! And God to me 
 
 Hath given that power, tliat eye, that mind ; 
 Aii(^ placed mo here to i)luck and bind 
 
 These sinijde flow'rets, and to be 
 
 Their humble bearer to mankind ! " 
 
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THE WITHERED ROSE. 
 
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 THE WITHERED ROSE. 
 
 I. 
 
 I 'AMI-: ill tlie evening, the bud was just bursting; 
 
 Twas a rose in full blootu wlien I came tin jiext morn; 
 At mill-day T saw it, 't Avas fiiding and thirsting; 
 
 At evening again, but its beauty was sliorn! 
 
 II. 
 
 I looked on the turf wliere its ]»etals were Iving, 
 
 All sprinkU'd witli dew-cb-ops, but sprinkled too late; 
 I li- likened, and lo, the soft l)i('e/es were sighing 
 - 'J'liis trar-moving requiem over its fiitc; 
 
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 -All, namrht can restore tliee, thou sweet, falh'U fh)\ver: 
 I'lif scntcju-e j.rouoiinced against F.dcn of old, 
 
 l>tirKs to the dews and tli vunshjn,. tin- power, 
 riiy Icath'ts oiu'e perished auain to untold !" 
 
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 POKMS. 
 
 IV. 
 
 Ami thus fall tlio loved, in the pride of their bloom — 
 This rose is an emblem of beauty belov, — 
 
 The brightness of morn '-i extinguished in gloom ; 
 And the heart that Avas ardent is eold as the snow. 
 
 I took uj) the remnants, the fragrance they crave 
 
 Was sweet as the first breath exhaled at their birtli ; 
 
 So live tlie dej)arted, when eold in the grave, 
 In the loved recollection of virtue and M'orth. 
 
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TlIK OLD TIMES A^D THE SEVT. 
 
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 THE OLD TIMES AXD THE XEVV. 
 
 (srocESTKn by the layixo of Tin; Atlantic caiu.k.) 
 
 A MixsTijEL sat in liis rustic seat, 
 
 Crooning an ancient strain ; 
 And tlio fragrant breath ..fthe autumn wind 
 
 Whispered a soft refrain. 
 As over tlio misty mountain side 
 
 Tlie sha(hnvs crept from their cave, 
 The minstrel felt that oVr his soul 
 
 Came shadows from out the grave. 
 
 ^\ all negligent grace, a beautiful youth 
 
 On the old maiTs knee reclinc<l. 
 And a greyhound dozed on the velvet sward - 
 
 A faithful companion and kind; 
 As the ancient sung, in his antique rhymes. 
 
 The Wonderful days of old 
 
 Of turret and tower, and ladie fiir, 
 
 Aud knights in armor of gohl. 
 
 And then, as hv paused, the youth looked up, 
 
 ^^ ith a half-incredulous gaze, 
 "Yet more, my grandsire, tell me more 
 
 Of those wonderful, dreamy davs ; 
 I- or I iove the ring of thy simple string. 
 
 And the gush of thy -piaint old rhymes; 
 
 I ?..4 il • 1 .1 1 . 
 
 ■!-•::; i.ivwiiiiivs inc oiiii u jio is yi't uni)orn 
 Will sing of more wonderful times: 
 
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 POEMS. 
 
 I 
 
 " Since fire and smoke our battles contest, 
 
 And liglitning flaslies the news ; 
 Our wagons are yoked to vapoiy steeds, 
 
 And a sunbeam j)aints our views ; 
 While a sailless bark glides ovt'r the sea, 
 
 Xor waitetb for tide nor weather; 
 She spanneth tlie main with sensitive chain. 
 
 And weddeth two worlds together." 
 
 The minstrel looked in the boy's mild eye. 
 
 With a half-incredulous gaze, — 
 "Yet more, iny son, you may tell me more 
 
 Of 'these wonderful, dreamy days ; 
 My buried times to you are but dreams, 
 
 As yom- living times arc to me ! 
 Go, fetch thy shell, till I hoar thee tell 
 
 This i)le;.sant romance of the sea." 
 
 The youtli then hied to the ancient hall. 
 And slij.ping his shell from his silken thrall, 
 
 That bound it manv a dav. 
 Fie liastene.l hiin ])ack to the minstrel's chair, 
 When, lo, 't was void as the viewless air; 
 And castle and knight, and ladle fair, 
 
 I'^ad faded forever a way I 
 
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LIXES TO SPRIXG. 
 
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 LIXES TO SPRIXG. 
 
 SpmiT OF Spring, by whose mysterious ])ower 
 The lifeless clod resumes its emerald vest ; 
 
 Whose fairy fingers form the incipient flower, 
 Who breathes vitality in Nature's breast, — 
 
 We hail thy presence in the northern clime ; 
 Thy voice proclaims the power of Winter o'er,— 
 
 Thy voice — the music of a foiry chime — 
 Tiiat peifmned zephyrs waft from some enchanted shore! 
 
 II. 
 
 Oh, Spring ! to me thou ever wert most dear. 
 Though luscious fruit nor golden grain are thine ; 
 
 But Youth, the earnest of the coming year. 
 Sheds o'er thy beauteous face a ray divine ; 
 
 And more than for thy beauty thee I j.rize, 
 (Since beauty fiidos like hues of parting day,) 
 
 II..pr, speaks me onward through thy beaming eyes 
 As ill the rosy ho irs that time has stol'n away. 
 
 III. 
 
 Wlien, through the vista of departed vears, 
 
 I^im flit the shades of half-forgotten' sce.ies, 
 AVlien our youuir life fult not t',<.> woiol.f ,.i- .„ 
 
 That on the 
 
 arm of burdened 
 
 manhoow leaiK^ 
 
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 POEMS. 
 
 ""S, 
 
 What bygone joys so close to memory di 
 Or start so soon tlie tear of fond regret, 
 ^s those which filled our infant soul when Sprin- 
 Unveiled the slumb'ring moss, witli sparkling dewHlroj, 
 wet! 
 
 IV. 
 
 We thought - vain thought ! - - we never more should 
 know 
 The desolating storm, the cold, rude rai.i ; 
 But Spring, like vestal fires, forever glow. 
 
 And vernal blooms eternally remain ! 
 Fair days of sweet sim])licity and love ! 
 
 Bright days of innocence without alloy ! 
 When our young souls seemed linked ^nth souls above- 
 And the green world around a i>aradise of joy 
 
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 V. 
 
 E'en now, as some i)oor ]>risoner of des])air, 
 
 Who (hiy by day bemoaned his hapless fate. 
 Inhales with rapturous joy the ambient air, 
 
 When far behind he Icuves his dtrngeonrnto : 
 So we, released fi-om Winter's tyrant sway. 
 
 Bathe our glad bosoms in th' ethereal tide — 
 
 Bask in the warmf. of Spring's rekindling ray — 
 
 And tune our amorous lyres to hail the coming'bride ! 
 
MXEs TO si'iax<;. 
 
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 VI. 
 
 Si-irit of Sj.riiig! wlir.t niystio laws are tliiiie ! 
 
 Wliat mind can i)enotrate thy wondrous art ! 
 Wv can no more tlian offer on thy slirine 
 
 That hic.odk'ss sacrifice, a grateful heart. 
 What seciet power calls forth the tender blade; — 
 
 Whence comes the life that animates the clod ; 
 How Viewers are dyed, i)erfumed ; tre^s, rocKs, arrayed ! 
 (".in nu.rtal tongue declare ? No tongu. declare but God ! 
 
 VII. 
 
 Then let my feet the dewy carpet press, 
 
 While orient Piuebus lea<ls the hours along, 
 
 And (,h, my soul, thy ardent joy express 
 111 secret praise, if not in glowing song! 
 
 How sad their fate, who, languishing, are laid 
 Where fevers burn or c«'aseless i>ains e.Jiaust, 
 
 \\ here sca.ve a beam can pierce tli' infecied shade. 
 And Springs ethereal balm and influences lo^jt! 
 
 VIII, 
 
 ^'<'t su.-h is mine ! Great God, to thee I owe 
 The rountless mercies of thy buunteous hand ; 
 
 •^'veet health, the suiisliine of our bliss below, 
 Thes,. s:l,yl h.aves wide-scat tere<l o'er the land! 
 
 An eye that h)^ . Hness ne'er fails to please, 
 A mind tn p..iider, and a heart to pour 
 
 Its gu.hing love ; — Almighty Father, these, 
 ' 'H'se are thy treasures free ; and need I ask for more! 
 
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 IX. 
 
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 IJolI tliy dec], solo, tliou majestic inai:i I 
 
 Join ill, ye waterlalls. yon- wild not 
 
 IJIeat (.lit, ye wandirers <<(" tlu' tlowery vaK 
 
 And let the ^Ind liosannas of our ]iraise 
 
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 Asc( ,id aloft to Hi'a\ei 
 
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 ■Murh ,,\' I||c,|i;|.\ :|| ,| 
 
 rcaiiiMn;, 
 
 III tl 
 
 li'- lad -('\li>!lli 
 
 !I 
 
 •i\ <'iil\ ! null III -I'clc.l, I 
 
 H'lllllljM' 
 
 >niil 
 
 \ , a^ It Hull \', ( |-( 
 
 "li'iiiiiiii 
 
 l>nl a iii\ I 
 
 Il 'I 
 
 I Mi-|piii(| iia^-c 
 
M 
 
 •J(i 
 
 roKArs. 
 
 (), thou ;ircli-;niui'lic foi-iii I 
 liidiiiL;" i>\'V lilt n'.'itlu'i-iiiLi" ■^tunn, 
 Tliou iiut'^t live, tliouuli ;ill shoui'l tail 
 "Truth :,- lifcat, and will [.rex ail I" 
 
 III. 
 
 IIa)>j»y, hM|)]»y creature, tli<'U, 
 
 (J'IUmI thus t.) >ee 
 All the iiinllit(ii-iii^ ot" iMrlh — 
 
 I-'ruiii ii^ e\ ils \'vvv I 
 
 u* 
 
 •) 
 
 , IV. 
 
 False I (lnv.t tlidU su]i;Mi-.e tli.it I, 
 
 Who iiilialilt eai'tli or sky, 
 
 .lust a> I'aney hiiK uie ^m. 
 
 Have not, ti.o. my >liare oi' woeV 
 
 Free(lc.ni is n-'i l*lea>ure"^ sire; 
 
 Ale there liuiil^ to doire ? 
 
 I> tilt re oU'_:hl we wotiM U"' ruh' ? 
 
 (Jo and a-k Aiidiiliim ■- Ion] — 
 
 'I'll lii^ ear a w orld in t hi'all — 
 
 Still he (lie- — ••'run -mall, ton -inal 
 
 "r i- ni \ nii--iiin i u -mv ey 
 
 Natni'e'- mv-t'iy ni_ht au'l day; 
 
 And niin\il''l\ lo n ImIc 
 
 I " 
 
 Kviry 
 
 ehau'.; 
 
 ' . 
 
 nid 
 
 e\ 
 
 rr\ -tate — 
 
 Every 
 
 I.uhhl, 
 
 ■ t 
 
 hat 
 
 m 
 
 IS i-isc, 
 
 l'!\ «'i\ 
 
 m<tei> 
 
 1- 
 
 1- it 
 
 II 
 
 es, 
 
 Kv<rv 
 
 niinht 
 
 W 
 
 lis 
 
 T •_ 
 
 1 
 
 K\t'rv 
 
 /e|ill\ 
 
 ' . 
 
 > it 
 
 1.1 
 
 M\\ S, 
 
riiK i:a(;i,i:-i;vi:i). 
 
 E\-erv tom]iest as it m.ii's, 
 Every |iinii)ii as it soars, — 
 .\ii<l if I slioul"! l().>k scri'iio 
 
 On tl 
 
 lis cvor-vai'itMl sci'iic, 
 
 Tliiiik ii(»t, ll 
 
 Ills serene ami mil 
 
 I am as a tliuiiLrlitK'ss eliiM I 
 
 TI 
 
 leri' s a mirror in mv Iireast, 
 
 J'irt 
 
 ures true this wiM iinrot 
 
 No y(»n cloud s eom|»laeeni form 
 ]N[ay 1»«- |preL,niaiit with a st 
 
 orni, 
 
 Yet it sails tliat 
 
 a/.iire 
 
 Lik 
 
 e an anL;-el-ari.'-<isv 
 
 ("an r see, ami 
 
 set 
 
 intr i'e 
 
 i'a\e 
 
 Tsauixlit of liiiman woe or weal? 
 Do I feel, ami sllouM I 
 At the Tyrant of the ( 
 Can we trace th' et 
 
 irave 
 
 ernal 
 
 \\' 
 
 II V 
 
 (iai 
 
 'aiiriel kno\\> t were vain totrv 
 
 \\' 
 
 III o 
 
 All 
 
 ur sii, f ice->earcliinif tell 
 that doth in ocean d\\ ell '' 
 
 () 
 
 r i>ne ha>-t v 
 
 aiice on hi'.-li 
 
 "1\ ■• 'he piolihan i<\' ihc ^k 
 
 w 
 
 ! a I w 
 
 •III our -^l^■lrch^l 
 
 1 U-- IKl) 
 
 11 \ 1 e w 
 
 If il Irarl 
 
 K\cry |.|ia-( ..f earth .-ind •-k 
 
 \\'ilh a li..jK'fid, fniht 
 
 ul e\ (• 
 
 Kech 
 
 c ( !•- iiui, >. s|pa(M.-\\ :i|-d hurled 
 
 Tt uantv <if .ill iinl 
 
 Minwn u .irld 
 
 .Ami u|N,|| liijv caiiji aic.iK', 
 To oiir^eh e^ the 1110-1 uukll 
 
 " W II 
 
28 
 
 i'i.i.\rs. 
 
 L 
 
 FLOAvi:i;s. 
 
 liKU' 
 
 T'l.ANT soni" flowci's. ucntlt' T<l;i, 
 
 III the siiiisliiiic ;iinl tlic --li.'ulc ; 
 Xinsc tliciii a-- tlirv li,ii'-t .iii'i lilo>s(»ni, 
 
 \\ alcli lliciii as llic\- drodji ainl " ' 
 SiH' liov. Minii the Icihlcr vcciMinn' 
 
 IJiscs iVdiii llii' lil'ca'vs s(iil — 
 IfiMir 1(\ li(Piii' still i;'ru\\ ifii;- CairtT- 
 
 W'it IhMn wcarliu'ss or tnil. 
 
 Sec lllClll softly luMillo-- folcliiin; 
 
 F.rc tJK' ('(liiiiii^- >t ('[IS of iiiLflit ; 
 Sec tliciii o]n•llill^■ in tlic nioriiiiiL:' 
 
 To tln' 'lew -ilrojiN aii'l tlic liulit. 
 Tlicii liclioM ilicii- \\oiiirron> licaiitv — 
 
 Is tilt re aiiL;iit on raith inoi\' fair! 
 IIow llicv Iriiil tlii'r licavcnlv pcrfunic 
 
 l"'r('cl\ to tlic suiiinii T air I 
 
 [>o\c!\ llow ci'^ ! 1(1 iiic liml t licni 
 Wlicrt'sooviT tli(\ ina\ Mooni; — 
 
 < )'(r the nicailow s - - l._\ tlic loM.jvid^. — 
 III I lie \ II ('_\ — on t lie ton ill. 
 
 I.,^•t 1 liclll 'It rk I lit' ' I ll-t \ cliaiilli"!-. 
 
 Wliccc till' liii-y -iintllc |ili<'s — 
 h'or llu'\ v|,i iK of waviii'.: Iiranclu'^, 
 
 II 
 
 i|i|i|in'^- ~-tnani> aii'i iiiiii\ -kii 
 
nil; i.osi i.(»vi: 
 
 29 
 
 Aye : tlit-y tell of flowers (tcriinl, 
 
 BIooiiiillL;- ill till' fields ■il»o\(', — 
 
 Biinliiio- lii'avcii nii<l 
 
 I'lir' 
 
 With a t'raiii-aiit Avixaiii of 
 
 •tliur 
 
 io\ e. 
 
 I'laiit thciii, 111 
 
 en, my |in'tty Id; 
 
 III llic ^iiiisliiiK- ami tlic slia«l( 
 Nuisc tlii'in as tlicv Imist aii'l 1 
 
 • lossoiii 
 
 \^ atcli flicm as they di-oop and fad( 
 
 '11 IK LOST I.OVK 
 
 'riii;i:i: was a liark witliout a licliii,- 
 
 I'liLiuidcd o'er lln' \va\r ; 
 No |M.it was near, no liL;ht was tlicri', 
 
 No hand to i^iiidc or saxc. 
 
 Al; 
 
 Is 
 
 No liaiid to 'j; 
 
 iiHic or '-ax f 
 
 W I'.ii. lo, tlicif caiiic an an^cl lair. 
 And licld tile lit a, -on liiiL;lil ; 
 
 l>nl ere iiic jonc >-lii|i rcat'licd tlif --iiiiii 
 Sjir lied, and ail wa- iii-lit 
 
 A-: 
 
 nil 
 
 ln' lUo. ami all w as ni"iit ' 
 
30 
 
 roKAr-^. 
 
 .MOT KKLESS. 
 
 \V K iiiiss(Ml hci- wlioii tin. iiioniino Mm 
 
 Its tl('(w!s (if l)(.;iiity |.(Mirc(l ; 
 \\ r missel luT in tlR. matin liyiiin, 
 
 .NihI round tlic family lioaril. 
 Aii.l waml'i-inu' 'moii-- tlu' i\v\\\ ll(.\vi.'ix 
 
 Sweet \(.ices tilleil the air, 
 Kilt soiii.-thii)o- seemed to iiiunuur still 
 
 <>r<{iie that was iiol then'. 
 
 And w hen oui- link' playmates came. 
 
 They came not as of old. 
 
 'Idieir clouded lirow > .m,! v\ hi^pere.l \\,,i-, 
 
 'Idle s;|l|n. ...-id sti'!-\- toM. 
 And e'en tln' idle \ illaiie Liron|> 
 
 lu'sjieeled oiir distfe--, — 
 And mirth ixww silcni ,,n lie- lij.,^ 
 
 That si-hed — " Th.' niot hei-i'ss ! " 
 
 \\ hen, al the e\eninu"v peaeefid e|(»e, 
 N\ e I'realiied (he ,.\ enJiiu;- |ir i\er, 
 
 < Ml I hoi\ e;|c|| ; ehiiiM- l,,iv,,i|| f(d| 
 
 < >iie \ oiee au aiitiiiu tiiei'e I 
 
 < )ne ucntle \(.iee. that e\er fell 
 
 Like sufi aiiuclie ^ti-iins, — 
 
 < >r min-liiiL; w ilii oiii niernm: nt. 
 
 () 
 
 r s((((t iiiiiM III ,,111' 
 
 nain- 
 
>fHiiiKi;i !<>. 
 
 :^1 
 
 \V 
 
 V iiiissc'd lici- wlu'ii tile aiitiuun 1 
 
 (.■a\ (.- 
 
 W(.'ii1 nistl 
 
 iiiLj- ()\'i- the h'i-ouikI, 
 
 \V 
 
 (■ missed luM- wlu'ii the i<'c-kiii<- mvcd 
 
 J 
 
 II -t')nii and dai-kiicss r 
 
 oir 
 
 Xoi- liave tlic lull 
 
 iiii:- \cars t'ttiu-ed 
 
 Tlic M-(.uiid llius c-irly made, — 
 Full (.fl we i'e.l the •^icliino- v<ii.]" 
 
 I') suii^liii 
 
 K' or in shad*. 
 
 K'Hi 
 
<i> 
 
 3:» 
 
 roi.Ms. 
 
 THE LOXE FLO^V^:li 
 
 Fak in :i (Ifscrt wide jiihI l»lc;ik, 
 A l(i\cly il(>\v*i-ct spniiiL:'. — 
 .Vloiii' — lor ii(,t a >linil) was near, 
 AihI nut a plant tlic saml il'hl heai', 
 
 Uiil till- |K»i>r thin-- — as tlioii-'li 't wen- [lunu', 
 
 With Icniicr stfiii ainl 
 
 eve so nut'k. 
 
 An ontcast from its kind, to >vvk 
 
 A loil'^fini'iit anvwl 
 
 )v\\'. 
 
 Tl 
 
 ion lonely u'cin I ^.o fair, so sweet. 
 
 Ah! ..it 
 
 I'lty yon slioiild jjc- 
 
 'roni iiian and flo\wr so many a paee, 
 lere none yonr mode-t matcliless 'j;r:\r 
 
 \VI 
 
 And tint' 
 
 -<» e.\<jni-ite nia\- sve 
 
 I'ooi- InTinit-lilossom I tiiee I 
 
 .U'feet, 
 
 As ul 
 
 len, in ioreioii lands, \\v meet 
 
 A 1 
 
 rieiid s lainiliar fa( 
 
 3Ji'tlioiiulit the flow 
 
 ei't't s \oi 
 
 ee arose 
 
 In aceeiits niihl an 
 
 M low 
 
 "The Hand that f(.inied tl,,. sand voii lirad, 
 'Jdiat stretched the h 
 
 iea\cns ahove vour liead. 
 
 M 
 
 y siiioj,. sredliim- \>^'yi' did 
 
 sow 
 
 What liea\ eiily w is,], ,111 doth <! 
 Con ri;N r no liii;! 
 
 |Sl„,v 
 
 So /(.,■> I "11 
 
 L:lier station know 
 -e, lit each <_;-alc that I 
 
 MOW 
 
 Till all my lea\ es are shed. 
 
-^^ 
 
 < ••.M1N(; K VENTS."' 
 
 33 
 
 '•corny a kvkxts." 
 
 Ciiii.i) (,f the fl-iitliU.ss bivast, 
 With the f.M.rs tinsel dix'ssM, 
 
 Ldviiio- to bask 
 In the soft |(h':isiiiv-l»t'aiii. 
 And without mcasui-i' dream, 
 
 Wliy «h)st thou ask: — 
 
 "Man of t]ie tliouo-lutiil hrow, 
 AVhei'e are the )iro[»liets now 
 
 Are they not dead ? 
 Agc-<hist eoneeaUnof them, 
 Time not reveahng- them, — 
 
 Vain to he re,".d I" 
 
 Mole of humanity, 
 Si:i and |iro|;inity, 
 AV ords oi" iiistuiit v 
 
 Th<M;-l!th'»Iy s|K'aking! 
 Dim ai-e those eyes of" thhie, 
 niack aiv those skies of thine ; 
 
 A\ Iial art thou si't'kin^- y 
 
 Out from the earthly holes, 
 Filled with the o.its ;iud uioles,— 
 
 Sightless their eves I 
 Lo, the [Ho|,|ietie I)a\- I 
 
 Liiiht, 
 
 witli a \\(tnder-r, 
 
 M 
 
 I'riglit'neth tlie sk 
 
 J ' 
 
 les 
 
m 
 
 
 34 
 
 Not sucl: a tiiiu', T Avecn, 
 i'^viT ill rartli was st'i'ii, 
 As <li-a\v('tli near ; 
 
 When a like mysti'vy 
 111 tlic world's liistory, 
 ^Vs (loth aiijicar? 
 
 llark to the cfasclt'ss roli 
 Soiiiidiiiii' iVoiii ]iol(' to ]>ok', — 
 
 Living- waves How ! 
 Xatioiis of every shade. 
 People of every i^'rade, 
 
 Run to and .Vo 1 
 
 Each, with a kiiowledi,a'-ray, 
 Turning the niglit to day, — 
 
 Falseliood (low ii-luirled ! 
 Truth, witii him iruiui>et-1)la.st, 
 Gathering her legions vast, 
 
 Over the world I 
 
 Canst thou the nieauing read? 
 I)i.>>t thou the waruiug heed? 
 
 — Time t'\ w tlic^ I — 
 Set' to tho-^e laiiips lit' thine — 
 Knipty. they faintly shine ; 
 
 'Wake and ai"i>e I 
 
TiiK KXir.Kit ^tI^•s^I:^:r."s r.i;.;.\rv 
 
 35 
 
 .'i.i 
 
 THE KXILKD MIXSTIIEL\S LEGACY. 
 
 \Vm;\ the poor Insli niiiislrc] fVlt (loatli drawiii"- iii^l! 
 
 II 
 
 IS li;i. 
 
 'Uin' nc'Lcli't 
 
 tc.l, I 
 
 II' seizes ;iLi-;iiii 
 
 And the uild o-leam <it" Ixivli ' wk. idio 1 
 
 A>- the siher eords trill to the heart -iiiel 
 
 lie Liazed on tlie Iiillows that tossed their w I 
 W liile the eool ocean bive/t's 1 
 
 lis eve, 
 
 tiiiu" strain. 
 
 lite s|iray, 
 
 us snowv locks t; 
 
 ill 
 
 He looked toward liis isjanddiome, f-n-, t] 
 
 ir awav 
 
 Til 
 
 en swej.t a soft invlude, aim 'iiis lie 1 
 
 K'liaii 
 
 'Hiey t.ll me, () Erin, thy child 
 'rh.\ treii^th and thv lieaut 
 
 reii are \\ailmo-, 
 
 V ; re sunk to deeav. 
 
 Thy ureatiiess and uTaiideiir are h 'j.clesslv failiiiL;-, 
 A- the towers of Dnid.ro.lv, they're <'riinl.l 
 
 uiU a\\a\', 
 
 l.ikc the eaule that fa.uied the Miie depths (,f the sk' 
 
 iiid clca\ed the while cloiid with 1 
 
 lis Mill-Gilded crest. 
 
 \V 
 
 len 
 
 :itli dims the hri^htiiess that ulanced from I 
 
 lis e\c. 
 
 A 
 
 ii'I lie l>eats the cold rock with li 
 
 IS (jui\ eriiig breast 
 
 (> I 
 
 111 ! iiiv land, tliou 
 
 i^'ii loiiLj- aiisi'iil from thei 
 
 H'li ni-htly r sink to niieasv re) 
 
 lose, 
 
 ea. 
 
 A 
 
 sec thy fair meadows, sweet (Jem of the S 
 Ami piv>s the soft hanks where the Ulackwater Mows! 
 yr, frcdi ill my slnnil>er comes every loved 
 
 'iHMie 
 
 w 
 
 lei'e olt III ij-i 
 
 ee iioyliood I \\aiidei-e(l aloiu 
 
 •^iid the \'a!e of A 
 
 \ oca is maiithii' 
 
 II ci'l'i'i'll 
 
 As it 
 
 \\.is in the l)ri_i;iit days when 
 
 care was unkiiow n 
 
!iG 
 
 I'OKMS. 
 
 '' I mv.'ikf. — 't is a \isi(»ii — forcvcT arc IIimI 
 The roUiiiu' Hlackwati-r ami iiicaili)\\ s >(> fair 
 
 IV U'a\cs () 
 
 t" A\(»('a arc wuIm'Ii'iI aii'l dead, 
 
 While <fl()()iiiy Slicvi' Doiiiiai'il rc-ccliocs dcsjiaiv. 
 /v lii^lit, w aiK Trill u" luiiistrcl was I \\lirti a 'toy, 
 
 Ami I knew every iiioiiiitaiii and \allcy and strenni 
 Mv liar]i ami my country eiiin|ileteil my Jny; — 
 
 But all that reinains to me lU'W i< a diram. 
 
 •'Hut, au'aiii shall thou tlourl^h. my Knierald Isle, 
 
 Though dim he thv skies and t'orsak"ii thy shore, — 
 ThouLiii droo|iiiiu,' ami helpless, 't i> hut tor a while. 
 
 To be fairer and ■^tl•on^•el• than c -r hefore. 
 I/ike the see(l that is scalti'reil, it lives in the Li'i'oum!. 
 
 'I'lioU'jh the shackles of winter lie cold to its heart ; 
 So \\n'(\ though till' chains of o|>])res'>i(iii <urroun<l, 
 
 \v\ ^\v soul of thy greatness shall ncNcr di'jiart. 
 
 "Mav \irtue, and peace, and contentment he t!:^ne ; 
 
 Let th<' olived;ranch wave wliei-c the laurel twines now 
 'i'lie wea-jious ot' si rile for the sickle rcsiuu, — 
 
 I"'or the laurel eiicirch's hut tyranny's hiow. 
 l>ut wliat can a ])oor dyiiiu' minstrel hv'^low. 
 
 Save- the soiiu" of his harp, which i ■ iiiiiot restrain ? 
 [1 it teach hut one ho-<oin with ardo; ( ■ i;'low', 
 
 () Kriii I his harp has not sounded in va.in!" 
 
 % 
 
rilAXGEI). 
 
 CITAXGED. 
 
 The Iiills may rise, th 
 Xcn- cliaiio;e(l tlicir 1 
 
 Earl 
 
 e i-ivei-s flow, 
 
 )eauty, jilace, or iiaiiu', — 
 
 1 siai- ix'tain its ancient dow, — 
 
 But 
 
 tvo are not tlic saini 
 
 Vou (livam tliat Fat 
 
 TJ 
 
 may yet vestoiv 
 
 loso voutlitiil visi 
 
 ons, warm and 1>rii>ht 
 
 Sliemay; but never, iv er more, 
 That eliarm tliat o-ave (U lio-ltt ! 
 
 'I'iiiu' may not yet liave wrou^lit deeav 
 >»or urari' nor loveliness estranged • 
 
 Ijut ah! the ,svv^//has tied away, 
 Siuee you and I are elian<>-ed ! 
 
 ■Tf' 
 
:ts 
 
 i'i»i:\r- 
 
 •ifi's A l^\'^Il\v.\^ ni;i()i;i': is 
 
 TM |> 
 
 Miforcii Ml i<: 
 
 TiiriMi's M |i;iili\\;i_s I,, Tuic 11^ 1 1 1 luii-l i |iH., nn |,,v 
 
 If s :i ii.il hw ,i\ l.,'l 
 
 lire l|N I liiiiil'-li lilc 
 
 All'l lll(|ll^Il lirli.ils III' IkmiiIN .lllil In,,.-. ;||C || 
 
 ^ «•' !■ .iliN ;i l»l-:iiiiMr .-iinl iii:iii\ ;i l:iic. 
 
 1 1 re 
 
 W 
 
 iiiii>t liii<! ill this |i:ii 
 
 |':il iiw :i V ul' III,', iii\ I, 
 
 I I . 
 
 • 
 
 Ami llir villi will iimI .-ilw.iw |„ l.iiL;iil. iii\ l(i\c, 
 
 N "I" tln' II Kill -111 .1 |i,r tniiiiil,)i|s li'_;|it ; 
 lliit iii;iii\ ;i ^1i;i.|m\\ miisl il.iikcn mn' skies, 
 AihI iii;iii\ .-i cmIiI, vnlj.Mi (riii|M"~t .niv,. 
 
 Ill till' |..||||\\,|\ l:,.|;,i-,. I1-, tllldll-ll liCc, m\ I,,\t. 
 
 I I I 
 
 \'omm M:i_\ will ih'l ,ilw.i\s )„' niiis, nr li>\c, 
 Willi Im r <lrw -s|,|iiilJ,.,| iii;iii(I,. ,,|- ll,,\v,.|-s; 
 Our lilts iiiiist \>r vlri|.| iil in ih,. pitilr-s mjiIc. 
 
 All'! Ill; III, If lil.jsi ,,r wiiili T iiiii^t .,11,. II |,n.\:iil 
 
 1,1 .1 I ,. . .... 
 
 »■' ''i' [•:;; n ".". ,i"> ii, i.iji- ii> i in i>ii:_;ji iiji., iii\ i,i\c 
 
'""■' IN /III. II II i;i:. 
 
 :iu 
 
 I V 
 
 "'" "•■■'\''ii will ruy !,.. |„.;u-, my lovr, 
 •^"^' ^^'' I" <M'-|| uIImi- !„■ ,!,.;ir; 
 
 '''!"" -'^v.-.v will, ;,1| vi.ln...., n..,-..\..rn.j,in,.;_ 
 l"'i.\ l"\.' is i„_v smI;,.-,., ;h„| n,li,.. uill !„• II, in.. 
 '■'"'■ ^'>"'''" "''^ I'.illiu.i.v ll,n„,.r|, lii;., „,y 1,,,,. 
 
 "<>'•''; 'N' TflK riTCIJK. 
 
 w 
 
 II V 
 
 """"■" ''"•""• "hii-- tl,.,l i;.,vv.r;,n. ,,:,... ,| _ 
 ""■ ''l">-""i-iii'l l.i,i,l,;..,,,|- \nn\h\.u,n:y .M.iy '/ 
 
 '■"' '''"• '^'''■'■^' ' I' I- Mill.'. UN l,MU .|,u,l ,|,,..v iM;, I :" 
 
 •^" ' ""• '■■''' \^^ "I' lill' ;iiv ;is II,.,. lino- ,.,s (in.y. 
 
 ^^' ""> '"^<''"i--^ i..Mk ,,„ ti..-s,T„,.sor..„,-,"i,,i,ih,„„i, 
 
 •^'"' '''■•■■"" "'••'• ''"• \i-i'.ii^ Ili.il u;,vr ,1- ,i..|i..|,,, 
 ''\\'"''''' ""■"'■' li.H"i,(.,.r,lH. I:ik.. ..,n,| l!,.. u,|,hv.„„|, 
 '''"' ^"iii"i''i-'- iiiiM ii,n|-,,in.. ,.,„,| \viMl,.,-\ l..„.j- ni.^ht ; 
 
 '"' ■' '- ^■•i''i <■'/•.;//•'/ II,.. l.,i._.I,, ,I;,vs 1 1,;,, ..in.,/,.,'; 
 ''"'"■""'l'l'-'siin-.,r,.|,,MI„„M| •( i. „m|,.-. Iu|,i.,..; 
 
 '''";"-'' ^''" '"•""!-"'■' iiiii-.i.-iiiri,, „.„,.,„..,•,.,' 
 
 ''"'■' I""''' ""> '"• "iir^ ul„„ ih,. .ui, >|,;,li ,i,., 
 
 •, iJlIC 
 
 "■"""'1'^ '" ""■ '''"'""••' 'l"-n-li |.h-aHurc-M;.ii,i ^W...-.,.. 
 ■'^'■!V s,.,.,„ I,. |„. I,,,, i„ ., „i..i,|,|,,,,., ,.,. ,,„,.,, ^^^ 
 
 '^''ii'l Il.-.n.n will kin.ll,. :, |„,li.,- !.,..,„,-_ 
 
 •^"■'•i">' uiil. tl,.' s„„, .Mil ...ns , ,1,, ni.MTM . ' 
 
10 
 
 I'iii:ms. 
 
 I'l.KAscin-: 
 
 • V > ^:mi 
 
 ic \\;i\, 
 
 'I'iikim: juiinicuMl n slraiin-rr .mt Ar.il 
 All wc.iiy ;inil l";iiiit wiili tlic |..ils ni'tl 
 
 I iicoiischMis (.r w.'itrr (lie cniis.' in Iiis li.in.l, 
 An. I \oi.| w.is his scrij. rw llic .l;i\\ 11111^- ( 
 
 He l;"Mir( i,I still <iii\\ .•ir.|, fur ilimK 
 
 w ;is s'H'ii 
 
 A I'dck ill (lie «Ii-l.iiicc ; jii^ | 
 
 If.; I \\;is clad 
 
 Willi the l,u|i.- (f a fouiilaiii ami \>:\A 
 
 \\ 
 
 u re the cN |ii 
 
 CSS I > (■r>lia<l()\\ cij I 
 
 iiia^'c '^rccii, 
 
 If clih-tcriiiL; ilatc 
 
 lie cainc to t1ic spot ; I>iit tlic mcK was : iii|,|, 
 
 Tlif ilal. ^ an. I the cNiircss wryr witli.ird aii'l -^.ic 
 AipI In, wli, ,1 til,. li,.|,(.-|,roiiii'>c.| (■..iiiilain was I'uiin.l, 
 
 He -larlc.j, !' 
 
 So 1! 
 
 > 1 1 1 1 ■ 1 1 1 1 ra '^M ' 
 Ami lalx.i- il 
 
 ii.iiiulil iiiit a \ i|.('r w as tlur( 
 el I'lcaviirc w (• imiitals imrstic, 
 if l.'iiii; liiiv ,.t" .jl.ir\- til "aiii : 
 
 IJiil va\ , w lull we r 
 
 cadi w hat 
 
 I). 
 
 w »' in. ire I hail tli 
 
 '• l.'n._; I-- 111 \ lew , 
 
 <• \"' '!■ lami-hr I Aral) allaiii 
 
I III'; liioi.l.i; OF 
 
 I'llli KAI.I. |;(K»M. 
 
 11 
 
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 All. I 
 
 \ MiiiiM- lica,'!^ ;,,, 
 
 I I.I 
 
 (■ i"iiiii(|||,, 
 
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 ' '""^"' "" ••|'.!Mlls i;.,- Ihv JM'.iil 
 
 ll.nr I 
 
 • iiil v am 
 
 I .i'-!|i<- in 
 
 Cli 
 
 '■•'I' il|'-' •••ll'l let .lull 
 
 ifv-, ( !c|,ar 
 
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 •■ '■'vc uli.T.. .Misaiii!i,.,,j,v ,|u. ||. 
 
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 |'l'':i^iirc ;i|-c I.ii. 
 
 All, I 
 
 III.' Is swit 
 
 '1 
 
 |'.i^^ili'_;' ;i\\ av — 
 
 .>-iii..ri',.'.\ iiiav I 
 
 'I iiil;- \ -I! lU '-ricC 
 
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 11 .■ii'c .•ail". I |i, I 
 
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 ''"'"•"-'' ''•■"": -I'"-!!!.! I,,...!, ,11, .1,;,,,., 
 ''''""'■-•'' ti"su.'.i...i .,|-„„.|,.,|i,.snso, 
 
 ^" '■'" '''■il I nilii,'^. ,'..iii!.iii,. 
 
 ''" ^'"''loi ra.'li i,i,,i|,,'nl thai llics ! 
 
 ■^''' ^''' ■^' ''"'" V" ""I ■!! wIm.m' lac.> 
 •^'' •• ''"■ "'"^v ..r Vriiii. ,.\, •;!(._ 
 
 Wlluso lilllslirSNlUVc-SMVcIv .li.'lM.. 
 
 '■il<<' Aiii'r.ia III,. I 
 
 H';i\ .'IIS l,\ iiio'lit "J 
 
 I 
 
 !f»^ 
 
42 
 
 |'('|;m-n. 
 
 \§^ 
 
 I 
 
 IIci- lu'.iufv, .'iniMr i-likc, loc, 
 
 X(t\v 1i. jlitiu'tli 'lie (•irclc>< ;ii'(»iu)<l ; 
 
 IJiit jii.-i MS Ac 're clinniHtl uitli tlic \\v\v. 
 It is !j,(MU' I .'ipil III) iiii.ic iii;i\' In' •miukI. 
 
 A I'fW Vf.'ll'S of L;'1.Ii1iM'"-~ .Ml.'l WdC 
 
 A • ;';isoii i>\' sunshine .•ind -IkkIc — 
 Aii'l tlu'si' cxiiiiivitc tmiclics, ur know, 
 
 y\ 
 
 1-1 — .•il;is I imi^l ctrniiili V IikIc 
 
 () llr,l>i|ll W ]l\ lii\(lillCs> ._;i\ c 
 
 'i 
 
 1 1 Ih'||il!'s Will ISC hie i< :i il:i\' 
 
 Wild .ire <c;irc( l_v licuiiiiiiiiu to live, 
 
 Wlu'll, lo, tlicy licu'ili to (l,'c;i\ ! 
 'I'liis il;illoilil iliiii'X ol" :iii lioiir — 
 
 '^riioii'^li iiio,l(--t ;iii'l ]\\\\'\ ;!•- tlic ilo\f — 
 Vet ^\\■.•^ys \\li;it ;i w oi!'l-iuo\ iiiu' |i<i\\(r. 
 
 Ill the |>;i'-~>ion — llir iii;iiliir>-s ol !o\ r I 
 A-- tV;iil ;is t'li' ^(■ii--ili\ (' Imh! 
 
 'V\\:i\ to touch it will cc.i-c to t'\i--t ; 
 
 Asm 
 
 roll'.'' ;is N'i:iu:ir;i 
 
 ll K 
 
 'I'liMl ;iil:i!n;iiit c.iiiiiot rc-^ist I 
 l*\iir iiKiitlcii I tiiy iiioiiicnt- .tc hoM I 
 
 W'li.il li\cst liioii, tlicn. to <lis|i|,iy '.■' 
 A -umIh .1111 I ;iii'l ". lint w ill t lum lioM 
 
 W'licll tli;il lliiio liatll lllcllcil ;i \ :\\ 'f 
 
!>A\ -I)i;i;am 
 
 T)AV-T)I{KAMS. 
 
 i ;ill 
 
 Tl' willioiit its .l|-c;iliis; 
 Tlicsc arc (.r the nirtainc.] Fut 
 First Ihiiit i.l^.;,,|,s ! 
 
 11 re 
 
 Wli.M t!ic spirit _,.l,,.,i,„.,| .,,,,1 ,.i,,.,„ilK'r.Ml 
 
 III licr Ii(iiis(> ,,|' 
 
 (•lav 
 
 ('.•ilclics tIir()iiL;Ii the ij 
 ^Morn's i^lad ray. 
 
 llllLllMlll wiikIdw 
 
 l.ik>' a incsscii^ci- innii ]U:\\ 
 
 (II 
 
 'Iiiu,iiil;- at your prixni ^aic 
 
 W 
 
 t'C|' IK'l, (•.•.|.li\,' (Mill 
 
 I slill smiictli 
 
 IVay-l 
 
 y — ii(»j)L' — wait 
 
 W 
 
 'I'li<Mi-Ii all hcaiitv is cNcIii.l,.,!, 
 ' aiii cuiiic (() 1 hcc, 
 iis|M.riiio-— What thy warm heart h.\cih 
 
 Th 
 
 ■lian st(^ 
 
 m 
 
 If. 
 
i 
 
 44 
 
 I'oK^rs. 
 
 A Vl!:sPKR FIJAGMKNT 
 
 (on \IsriIN(, •• I.ADY Pi)N 
 
 I. A i!i;Ar I'll ri, i.aki; m;ai: iiAinion; 
 
 .r.Ai 1 , m;\vi or.MH.ANi).) 
 
 TTark, liow the ccliocs wakt', 
 And i'\(i'v I'uDilhll li.itli a t\viii-l»nni ^oiiinl. 
 
 TI 
 
 >'rv tlic sliinulfi' iiiarLi'in of this !aki' 
 {•a>sl AVIiat lairal UiMuty >|ii\'a<ls ai-.)aii.l 
 
 w III' i->-\' l»auk — tlic v< 
 
 llic bii'cluai lu'iuiid 
 
 Tir riiiliiii'j.k'.l si- )-('tl('<ir.l III tlu' \\a\i'; 
 
 , Villi strctcliiii:( uiiwai'il. in llif ili>laii((' Iioiiiiil 
 
 I>y ]ii!U'-cIal Iiills, where Meho lialh Iier caxe. 
 
 JU'hiilil, what jtivdu^ si^ht to all ha.t .M ii 
 
 iiiiioii - ^la\ <■ 
 
 I low (lit liath \Viiit( i-'^ aihiii 
 
 laiitiiie liaiiii 
 
 Ilii-hnl the s'lfi niiii'iiiiii's nl' th\ ii|i|irnej,' hrt ast 
 
 II. 
 
 i\\ oil hatli SuiiniKi', with hta' Liiaiial wain 
 
 ^\oaiii with hliialv aiel heaiil\' Iih'svnl I 
 The tniT^t |iiiih ■^ tha! ( I'^t the iiinmitaiii iIim^^ciI 
 lla\i' ht'l iii> n liiiiant >>{' thcii' liiniiei' rci'_;ii ; 
 Thf liills ha\(' xarif'I with lluii- (•haii'_;iiiL; \e^l, 
 ( l''or liiiic aih! triii|.(-~t lalmr iiui in \aiii,) 
 Hut thoii thruii''h ( \ ( i\ eliaie-f iiiiail.Teil ihi'-l riinaiii 
 
A VRSPEIJ FRAGMEX- 
 
 T] 
 
 US !s no classic ijrouiKl — if sue] 
 
 1 we ■inuie 
 
 K'lv aiu'ieut deeds of eliival 
 
 rv were d 
 
 one 
 
 ^Vrit ill tlie annals of 
 
 If siicli l»e el; 
 
 iinniortal fuiie — 
 
 issie ground, then (lii.-. i 
 
 s none 
 
 Hut stay; ])ercliance e'en here were 1: 
 
 And valiant deeds that waked no livin.- hre — 
 
 luivls -won. 
 
 Lings may have here thei 
 
 And h 
 
 r race of ^lorv rui 
 
 ■roes kindled wa 
 
 I's eonsuining lire 
 
 l'>'ivhaiu-e these hills beheld their eradl 
 
 c and their j.yri 
 
 Full oft 
 
 on 
 
 
 >iig ere 11 
 
 ycnder roeky ]ioint has stood, 
 K'se waving ]iines first saw the d; 
 
 IV, 
 
 ""res.,M-n son, s..!e h.rd of lake an<l woor] _ 
 
 lie ( 
 
 lusky cliieftain, — while I.eneath him k 
 
 IV 
 
 ''<' iipplmg- wavelet, kissiug the last 
 
 rav 
 
 Of the <1 
 
 < i-iin 
 
 ing sun, IJi-t th.in art past, 
 
 i""i >\vai'thy nionaivh! thou art 
 
 A- autumifs leaf In'f 
 
 ^n'('])t away. 
 >yv the iiorthern l.]as( 
 
 ■I'gotlen as a stone in dcj.ths of 
 
 ocean cast 
 
 h:i\ 
 
 il ■ " 
 
 iifi 
 
 .\i:d 
 
 ;i^ 
 
 we fide; Hot these alone, li 
 
 lit all. 
 
 -'kc I,, the I'ay that ,„, \,,n 
 
 • ■I'Muiirv ro 
 
 CKS 
 
 o lately 
 
 () 
 
 "K'^ '-111 vanished now! n,,\\ .mall 
 
 III' U'iMii-e ! I,,,, at 
 
 <'\ cry .|o(,]- he knocks 
 
 'vraiit Death, — and 
 
 )<>( 
 
 Un\v\ relocated shock 
 
 roy ,.,.,, 
 l.iM vear 
 
 iires \\- 
 
 (lis 
 
 Ti 
 
 est- 11 
 
 oOMeii leaves 
 
 •-.UToulii, nhi,.!, „,.u-(he prevent nioek^ 
 
 ■ re We are Iku 
 
 II I 111 I- II' 
 
 ' )i 
 
 ''i''''l delights |,,.,1; 
 
 IV 
 
 our 
 
 111- \> va\ ,. 
 
 • leatli to-iiiorrow '_:rieves 
 
 1^ 
 
 '«f; 
 
46 
 
 l'<)l:M^ 
 
 FAKEWKLL TO TKKKA N«)\ A. 
 
 IMI'KOMI'TL', 
 
 IC (h'C > 
 
 Pkai: Land of my IVirtli ! civ llic mists of tl 
 
 ("omrnl tliy wild cliUs Iroiii my linucrinu- view — 
 (Tlion-li willing to leave tlun", yet, U'aviii.-', I whc].,) — 
 
 a 'iraver 
 
 I'oi- tliv weal lie mv soUami adieu. 
 
 T le,i\e IIkh'-, l>\it ye^ not alone do T leave 
 
 Til'' home of my cliildliood, the haunts of my youtli; — 
 r>i!l llie^ouls :md the scenes iha.t first tau-hl me towcav^ 
 
 The iri^duicd mantle of heaufy and truth. 
 
 Oh, vc~ ; thcv may vcoimi thy hleak lace if tlu'y may. 
 Who feel not the life-hh.od tliat throh- .it the -u-e; 
 
 Nor thy uai'di of true fricml-hi].. as l.ri-hl a.- the day, 
 And as free as the i.iUow that hi-eak> on thy -hoiv ! 
 
 ^\ 
 
 \Vh ;t -ir;i,,4\ rcvc soim'ht tliec, that -'Ui-ht thcc uuh'assM 
 What eliild ever left ihcc without a reuTet ? 
 
 \\\-\ w!c> th'i.t hath clun-: to thy "-c lerou- hreast 
 Could hi' thee f.'i'cvta' lai'cwell — and forgi.t? 
 
i'Ai;i:\vi:i,r, T(. tkkka ncva 
 
 W'liat 
 
 iiu'iiioric's tliickoii, ;is dinilv vvwiU 
 
 iH-r ,-,„n,,,r(st].;,t s.nilc .-.t U,,. tc.,„,,.st .•,mn,iI]ou- ! 
 
 'I'lic i.iki' .Mild (iic iriomitaiii — thv ] 
 
 •••iiTciis — the incad 
 
 In' cave II. tlic cliff; Mild 11,(. ,H,!i<l 'iK-atl. tl 
 
 ic willow 
 
 I'l.'iiM l.ytho sfa-si.l(._tlu. walk l.v tl 
 
 'I'iic shady old wood wji 
 
 IC wal 
 
 crc M) olU'ii J ro\('d 
 
 ''■It ticslici the iiu'i 
 
 i''rics, ;iiid dearer than al 
 
 or the lieartli-stoiies encircled l.y Iriends that I 1 
 
 <'\ cd 
 
 arewell 
 
 well: TIk.u art --.uie: 11..I a vestio-e in si'd. 
 
 ai-ewc 
 
 X:in-ht is seen hut the chill. 
 
 :iil my scul is ).(.ured out in the word. 
 
 And 
 
 misty curtain of iii^lit 
 
 m.ii-!i! I.iit the voice of Old Oeean is heard. 
 
 'ii M- < ' St. I Awr.i.x 
 
 < 1: 
 
48 
 
 POKMS. 
 
 MEMORIES. 
 
 Tm:m-: is a fair lake in a lar-off isle, — 
 
 Ainonu- the ]>iiu'y vidovs — l)y Avliose marge 
 
 :My boyhood loved to \vaiider and l)eu-uile 
 
 The suiniy hours. I launched my tiny l)arge 
 
 1^1 ion its vip])ling breast, and watched it glide 
 
 jjet'ore the breeze sometimes oVrlK.rne and tosset 
 
 With ruder wavelets, soon again to ride 
 Trimnphant ; so 't would float till in the distan< _' losi. 
 
 Lost and forgotten, till some other r....rn 
 
 Would lead my footsteps to that flowery stran<l ; 
 When lo. my little bark I its sails all torn — 
 
 A mimic wreck, half-buried in the sand. 
 II. .w would I grasj. it, kiss it, call it '^j^et ! " 
 
 And careful wash the gathered weeds and slime 
 From otf ils jiainted siile I 
 
 Oh yet, f'ud ^leniory, yet, 
 Thou lov'sl t«i tind these wrecks along the shores of Tinu' 
 
 *|l 
 
TO TERRA XOVA. 
 
 49 
 
 TO TEnn/v XOVA. 
 
 Cop him. iion aiiinium mutant. 
 
 IIoKACE. 
 
 <).v< K inoiv I weave a sono- for ilioo, 
 
 ^fy oAviu iiiv native laml ! 
 ..n.l sliow tliat eliaiiu-e dotli not estrano-e 
 
 The liea:1 tliat Pi-oin])ts tlie liand 
 
 Tlw.iioli niany a day liatli ])as.^e(l away 
 
 Sinee I forsook tliy strand. 
 
 Fill! oft doth fiitlifiil .Afenrrv l)riiuv 
 
 The friends T loved of ohl; 
 Warm hands are elasped I nsed to (das).. 
 
 And oft-told taU's re-told ; 
 And yontliful hnes, Avitli (hvaniy joy, 
 
 y\\ fniey's anus enfohl ! 
 
 <)h, for an iiour once more to o-reot 
 Kaeli M-ell-reniend)ere(l scene I 
 
 To I.reathe tlie a.ir I n^ed to breatlie, 
 And 111' what r liave been; 
 
 Tiie sky, hut not the heart, hat]i chanu'ed 
 
 TI 
 
 lough ocean rolls between! 
 
r 
 
 My cliildliO'Ml (lays — my '^eliool-boy dny^; - 
 
 My youthful days are o'er ; 
 And many an eye that hfamed on mo 
 
 Shall Ix'am on me no more, — 
 For one by one they closc'd ! — and yet — 
 
 "Xot lost ; but gone before.'" 
 
 But let me bnish this tear aAvay ; 
 
 'T Avere foUv to regret. 
 Tliy cliils are still the same ; the waves 
 
 Dash o'er thy rocks of jet ; 
 ^ d many an old familiar form 
 
 AYould be familiar yet ! 
 
 Once more, before ihe lieaper come, 
 
 I hope to press thy strand , 
 Who can forget, whate'er betide, 
 
 His own — his Nati-'o Land ? 
 Then trust me — Change doth not estraiigt 
 
 The heart that prompts the hand I 
 
 Ml» 
 
 f 
 
VSK ■\voi;d moj;i:. 
 
 OXE WOKD 3I011E. 
 
 On, 't is so liard to ])art ! 
 How soon the time has fled I 
 But tliongli we wliisper dayliglit in, 
 Miu-li is left unsaid. 
 WJiy, yos ; I know 't is hUc ; 
 We 're standing by the door; 
 But ere we say "Good niglit," my love, 
 There 's one word more ! 
 
 mi 
 
 Let me think ; alas, 't is "one ! 
 No matter — It 's too late. 
 And yet I had a word to say, 
 AVere it well to wait. 
 Good night, then, love, good night ! 
 I'll softly close the door; 
 
 Yet stay — one little moment, stay 
 
 There 's one word mure ! 
 
iVS 
 
 rOKMS. 
 
 I COULD NOT SAV "GOOD M(iIlT 
 
 I TinNKD t(» say "(i(>;iil Ni^lit 
 'T was siiiothi'iid ill a si;4li, 
 
 F(«v a sliailc was ini tliy brow, 
 Au'l a sa(liu's> in tliliic cyo. 
 
 IJut wlicii tlic jxirtal c-l<>-c'<l 
 That lii«l tlifc I'icm iiiv s'l^lit, 
 
 I iMt 
 
 as (>in ('(iiuk'Hiiu'' 
 
 F(ir I dill ii(»t say "(ioo'l Xiglit 
 
 II. 
 
 1 >.1,((iil aii<! -iuln'l, ami >t'H\ c 
 '1'.) i-alin my licatiiiu' lifait ; 
 
 1 knew it w as iiol thus 
 
 'I'hat \ "U aiHl 1 >ii''ihl part 
 
 T i-^ hai'l 
 
 II -^ax 
 
 lit II 
 
 Wiicii '-uaU art' lii'' aiiil li^ht ; 
 IJut oh, w )h 11 w lappct ill -ha'lf, 
 lldU tall ^A• sa\ "(i'Mid NiL;ht 
 
1 • <iri.ii Nor SAY 
 
 <.<li)]) NKillJ' 
 
 53 
 
 III, 
 
 IKiW' 
 
 I Inn<;o(l, I yearned to k 
 
 "i'liy seent pain ; to |M»iir 
 J.ove's halm upon the AVdiiinl, 
 
 AikI thy simiiy smile restore; 
 ►Since that sweet heaiii of luve 
 
 Is all my soul's (h-liylit, 
 Without it — wt' may part — 
 
 IJiil / could not say "(Juod Nii^ht ! 
 
 IV. 
 
 I'erhaps I was dereixed 
 
 i5y I<'aiu-_\"s idle plav I 
 Ah, yes ; I see tjiee smile, 
 
 And >eem lo heal- ihee sav, — 
 " My hiofher, eea<e thy I'earx; 
 
 The suu of l(»ve is liri-^li! ; 
 A pa-siui: clniid uia\ ^hroud, 
 
 I'n't <'aiiuot ■juciich its lii,dit."' 
 < >li. then, my love — m\ life I 
 
 I M pi-;i\, and sa\ '• ( i ] Ni-|,t ! " 
 
 r,» 
 
54 
 
 roKMS. 
 
 TlIK KKPLV. 
 
 I. 
 
 I i.isriNi;i) for"(i()«i(l Xiu'liil" 
 
 'Iliy voict' n;i\f no rciily; 
 T\\\ ]i:il(' li|is wcvv c'(im|>i-(,'>>i'u, 
 
 And incrti'il was lliiiic eye. 
 The (lonf I sailly cIosimI — 
 
 \'()U t'adnl tVom my >iu,lit — 
 y\y sjili'lf waited still 
 
 The wlii^pcrcil w ords, " ( Jdud Ni^lit I 
 
 II. 
 
 I IovimI yon iiiiiif llir li 'S 
 
 I-"iir llif ^liadn\\ nil my In art ; 
 
 I I'cll \ ull kllfW it IK't. 
 
 ( )r tlm~ we ' Mild nut |iail. 
 ( )tt am I W'Miydifartid, 
 
 r.iit \<Mi w ill viill I'nrlu'af ; 
 ( )in' >|Hit iii> ^llalll)\\ darkt'ii--, 
 
 "r i^ -unliuhl r\ » i' tlirn'. 
 
KIM.KI) AM) AV(.LNI)i:i> 
 
 .^>o 
 
 KILLKD A\J) AVOLXDED. 
 
 li.l.Kl) .111(1 woiiiidod 
 
 (10(1 — wounded Mild killed ! 
 A iii:irsli:il, a (•(.lond, a c-ai.taiu falls 
 "Mid (•i.>>li (if swords and wlii>ilc .,f 1,;,1N, 
 And a nation nioiinis tlie 1,1, „,d ti,;it is simIKmI. 
 Tlic proud niausoleuin lifts its head 
 Oil the place where the -or,, of the .-Teat i- -hed 
 ( yprt'ss waves its cla^-sieal hon^h, 
 And laurels wreathe the inarhle l.row. 
 
 h 
 
 II. 
 
 I\'!led and wounded — wounded ;md killed! 
 
 A youth with an ardent soul i^ dead, 
 
 ' ''^' ''• 1 "I' a Itrave unkiK.wn is slu d, 
 
 And \\lh,\ t,, heed the heart that iv ehiUrd ? 
 
 ^" :ii"iiiiineiit marks the place u|" hi-, le-l . 
 
 ''lit llic turf that co\(.|.s hi> uunnde.l hivaM 
 
 \'>'-M> one littl.. i.l.rv.oui, whose .iekly I.I,„.,n 
 
 l>if:nily mark- .he iiamcles> 
 
 t<imli. 
 
 III. 
 
 Killed and wuiinded —{nv ^l.,|•v and lame! 
 AikI a friendless female, ucak and wan, 
 
 .....I.. .. I .! 
 
 If DcatI 
 
 in <> >-iM-,ii I n'4 nia n 
 
 I ^ grim r(.|| shon^ " Willia 
 
 111 s name 
 
 > f 
 
 »l 
 
56 
 
 roj:Ms. 
 
 "With careless eye, llie name lie seeks — 
 
 "He V deaa." — "My (4.h1 ! " s]ie wildly shrieks ; 
 
 Ami lauLrhinfT liysterie tliev hear her away 
 
 Tu lee<l on her grief from day to day I 
 
 IV. 
 
 And alone — alone in her wid.iw'- weeds, 
 She talks of her dead one day and ni^iht , 
 She sees him fall in the thick of the tii;ht — 
 
 And a teri'ihle gash in his bosom l>leedsl 
 A{ last her brain begins to --wim, 
 Iler sonl grows dark, her memory dim, 
 
 An<l ever by bleeding forms siirronnde<l, 
 
 She's vacantly mutt'ring, "Killed and wounded!" 
 
 *ii 
 
 V. 
 
 The sweet little cot in the sh;ide of the trees. 
 With roses and jess.iinine-- twininu' above, 
 Willie William and --he d-d live and love, 
 
 .\n<l welcome their giicvt^, the birds and the brct/.e — 
 Is hmelv now ; the Icaxfs ai-c ^Jk.,]^ 
 'I'lie llowcj's are withered, the birds ha\c lied; 
 Thr /r|i|iyrs collie as tlie_\ did of \(H-e, 
 Only to •^iLrh at the mo----barrei| door. 
 Ibit iil'icii at night, when all i^ -.tilled, 
 A \oice is murmuring, •' Wounded and killed." 
 
TIIK SO-VG OF I'KACl::. 
 
 57 
 
 THE SOXG Of^ PPlVCE. 
 
 "PeA( k! )R.;icc"! pcU'C !" 
 
 <> (i'>(l I ;iiv liie tidi'iLi's true':' 
 
 Or is it a (Iri'.iiu that g-ives increase 
 T,) misery's aeei/nim^r Ji,,^, j 
 Aihl yet — but hark I a-aiu aii.l a-,iu — 
 
 Tlie Ixx.in (it" the sioi,;,] o-,in ; 
 Aii.l .•iniingle.lshoutJikea.iiMai.t main, 
 <ioes u|> witli the inoruiii!-- sun. 
 
 I 
 
 'I'hc hreezes whisjK'r of h,ve, 
 Aii.l the- (•h)ii,Is like virgins |;,ve 
 
 liMhegui.K,, ll,.,„l, ,, „„, uhilr-winged .h.ve 
 ('"iiH's l.reastiiig it ,.\H'r (he wave, 
 risseen— 't is seen, th;.t ines>riig,.r lliir, 
 
 l''i'<.ni .i(y, an>l castle, an. I |,i:,in — 
 •^"'' '"■"■'•> !''.i|- lip; whil,. gn,n l).-,,,i, 
 
 I nri\cts hi ,c\ diain. 
 
 To liauuts .,(■ h.iicly U-(.e 
 
 '!'<• pillow. s l.ed.w,.,! with tears — 
 
 \ .. I .1 .■•.,. . 
 
 ^ ' '"""' Hiigci ( jicir icars • 
 
 glou-, 
 
i 
 
 POEMS. 
 
 Go tt'll tlicm the battle is o'er, 
 And give to tlic Avatcli-woni rest ; 
 
 To tlie lone ones speak, tliat they sigh no more 
 In young love's rifled nest. 
 
 f. 
 
 rjejoice, ye hearts that ])ri/,e 
 Xot victory's perishing crown, 
 
 But tl.at Avhich drew iVoin the hcudino- skies 
 A ]Mtying vlodhead (l(!wn. 
 Peace ! ]ieace ! peace ! 
 
 Sweet words, by angels sung I 
 Then speed Avitli the message ofjuy — nor cease 
 
 Till echoed bv every tongue. 
 
 ^H 
 
Tin: ^TAi: of betiileiiem. 
 
 59 
 
 THE STAR OF BETIILEIIE3[. 
 
 I. 
 
 O'ek Sat.e^i's consecrated inn<l, 
 Nlglit, Avilli a s,.ft, in(lul<,.ent Jiand, 
 
 Sprcari hvv bespangled pall ; 
 Throughout the vale no sound was hear.l, 
 Naught hut the ever-tuneful l.ird, 
 
 And distant \vater(;-ill. 
 
 ir. 
 
 While on the mountain's mossy si.lc 
 IJis prostrate fhu-ks the shepherd eyed, 
 
 And oft the starry zone; 
 l*'<'i- he, wliil,. .ill iIk' rest around 
 In slmnhcr's silken f.ids were houn.l, 
 
 Was wakefulness aloiu'. 
 
 iir. 
 
 Kiniiliar to his watehfid e\ e 
 
 K.ich twinkling u,„-!d that roiled <.n high. 
 
 And thrniige.l nnhonuded -.pae(> : 
 'I^'kueu- their tinu", their orh, their name; 
 fc^ach sep.u-ate world, eael. varied tlanie ; 
 
 •vmi colli, I tl; ir sxsteiiis ti 
 
 ace 
 
 s. 
 
(}() 
 
 rOEMS. 
 
 IV. 
 
 'T was 'ii tlu' loneliest lionv of night, 
 A wand'ring star divinely brioht, 
 
 T^nknown to liim, lie saw ! 
 With mute ])er]ilexity lie gazed, 
 For still it moved and brighter blazed — 
 
 I'nruled bv stellar law ! 
 
 I' - 
 
 V. 
 
 And others saw the stranger star, 
 .\.iid wond'riiig, gatlu'red from atJn", 
 
 With looks ot' terror ]»ale I 
 When lo, a siKhk'ii brillianee shone, 
 As il' the star a sun had grown, 
 
 .\nd lilleil the sj)ataous vale I 
 
 VI. 
 
 -Ml prostra^' on the dewy ground, 
 Ti." ]iel|>Ie<s she]iherd< tell around — 
 
 <>'era\\cd by terror sore ; 
 Wiile heaxcnly minstri'lsy was Inward, 
 And lo, the .\ngel ot" the Loj-d 
 
 '^riicse j' vf'iil tidings bore : 
 
 VII. 
 
 "(JIoi'v to (bii> on high be given. 
 
 The So\"rrign I^ord ot" earth and hea\'en ! 
 
 (dad tidings do w i' bring: 
 Peace — good-will to men on earth; 
 In David's House, a glorious birth — 
 
 lOur iSaviour and vour Kniu;:" 
 
THE STAn OF HETHLEIIEM. 
 
 (il 
 
 ^' 1 1 1 , 
 
 Then lu'iiveinvard wingvcl tliat being fair, 
 ^Vhile countless myriads filled the air, 
 
 Sino-ing new songs througli s]>aee! — 
 Xew hymns of love ! And as the ew, 
 Old things had passed an<l all A^-as new — 
 
 Xew Law, new Pi-iest, new Grace ! 
 
 IX. 
 
 Loud did the stars their anthem raise ! 
 Till all the uni'.erse was ]>raise, 
 
 And gloi-ious unity ! 
 Sera]*hic hosts take u]. the song, 
 And Heaven's high eourts the strains j.rolonn 
 
 Throughout infinity! 
 
 X. 
 
 And then the she] .herd-sages knew 
 ■Twas IJeti.Iehenfs Star - divinely true - 
 
 J5y ancient seers foretold! 
 Then flocked they t.) the lowly shrine 
 T\-i.h>rethe I'rince of Judah's line, 
 Laden with gifts an.l gold. 
 
 X'l. 
 
 And there devoutly they heheld 
 Ilim, who Or. universe uj-held 
 
 And ruK.I with sovVcign swav — 
 ^Vho was, and is, and is to he -1 
 The J»ouer that lills Imnu'Usity _ 
 
 The (iodiifad ciotlu'd in day! 
 
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 rOEMS. 
 
 THE SAILOR-BOY AXD THE BIRD OF 
 
 PASSAGE. 
 
 Fly, little wanderer, 
 
 Fly to my ^)reast ; 
 Why hast th^-U winged so far, 
 
 Heedless of rest ? 
 Why didst thou leave the land, — 
 
 Joyous and bright, — 
 Tempting the ruthless wave. 
 Ever a yawning grave, 
 
 Gloomy as night ? 
 'T is in the sunny vale 
 
 Where thou shouldst be, 
 TrilUng thy song of love ; 
 
 Not on the sea. . . 
 
 Come, little wanderer, 
 
 Come to my breast ; 
 Thou shalt return to tliy 
 
 Leaf-covered nest ! 
 
 Thrice did the wanderer 
 Wheel round the mast ; 
 
 Wheeling, her song was heard, 
 
 Like a celestial bird, 
 Sweet, in the blast : 
 
^ 
 
 SOXNET. 
 
 " Thougli I have flown so far, 
 
 (This was her song,) 
 Tempting the ruthless wave, 
 
 Still am I strono- • 
 For there is One ab^.e, 
 Who, in his tender love, 
 
 Cnreth for me ; 
 And, with unwearied hand, 
 Guides me from land to land, 
 
 Safe o'er the sea." 
 
 (i;J 
 
 SOXXET. 
 
 Last eve we waudere<l where the moonbeam lay 
 Serenely or the deep — a mirror fair, 
 Extending far and wide, — reflecting clear 
 The ^'a^ed beauties of the dying day. _ 
 Sweet scene ; but sweeter still to view 
 In thy fond eyes, affl-ctiou deej) and true,— 
 Pure, fervent, heavenly, beautiful and calm ! 
 And oh, love, as I gazed, your lips such balm 
 
 Di-opped on my soul, that every trace of care 
 ^ Was wiped away, and naught was potent there 
 J^'-t jny supreme, comj.ki..— joy iu thy joy, 
 Lift- iu thy love — that time cannot destroy, 
 
 I5iit must increases as heavenward still we glide, 
 ■a'~'^ oy catii iavoriii- f^reeze and swelhn.-- tide. 
 
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64 
 
 rOEMS. 
 
 lyll 
 
 CASTLES IX THE AIR. 
 
 What is Life biit expectation ! 
 
 Dreaming ever sonietliing near, — 
 En/ino; all in sore vexation, — 
 Thorny chaiilets, gikle J air 1 
 Tims we live on fancied pleasures. 
 Fancied honors, fancied treasnres, 
 Still to hope and dream again. 
 Though to dream and hope in vain 1 
 
 ThouMitless childhood hails the light, 
 
 Not with heaven-adoring joy, 
 But vdth dre- ;iis that mid-day bright 
 "Will reveal the wished- for toy. 
 Xoon is passed ; they sigh and say, — 
 " Eve will bring it — come away ! " 
 Still to hope and dream again, 
 Thou'di to dream and hope in vain ! 
 
 Evening cometh — stars are beaming — 
 
 Vespers soothe each sainted bri-ast ; 
 But the ^•raybeards now are dreaming; 
 For tlie ]>rize is unpossessed! 
 "\Vhis])ering, with a pang of sorrow, — 
 "Let us sleeji — 't will come to-morrow." 
 But tlie morrow comi's in vain, — 
 
 .!..,,.,.». .,,^. '., » 
 
 ► UUV-V. Kii^J l«<- >-' 
 
SriRITUALISir. 
 
 65 
 
 EXTRACTS 
 
 irOM A POE>r READ BEFORE THE BOSTON YOUNG IKx's 
 CnUISTIAX ASS.JCIATIOX, SEPTEMBER, 1857. 
 
 I . S I> I R I 1 U A L I S .At . 
 
 "T IS Strange our friends, Avho, when alive, Vere famous 
 
 For common sense, in cliurches, senates, schools,— 
 Should, when deceased, come l)ack unseen and shame us 
 
 Witli tricks of monke,.^, fast young men, and fools ! 
 Xor can we deem it merely myths or f ihles, 
 Since ](), they run away with chairs and tables ! 
 Or nsk a medium out to dine, and soon 
 Voii'll find him spirit off eacli silver sj^oon. 
 Tlic sliade, perhai)s, of some old grave divine — 
 
 Say, Increase Mather — come invisible, 
 And visibly decrease your case of wine, 
 
 Or hcok tlie mamago ring of Isabel ! 
 "T is wonderful ! 't is wondert'ul ! tlieir might ; 
 r>nt still we dare not question they are right. 
 And if they should be wrong, why, only think, 
 1. ley 're fi!5hinL»:, like ourselves. f.>r inoat and dv!!>l.- ' 
 
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IW W». ' ■ ' ! i -t 'l J - ..L ' J. Wil 
 
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 II. () I U .V (i E, 
 
 
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 This is the nu'c "l" ]ir.\<iT('ss :iii<l (^f iniiKl, 
 And surely lie is lo-t wlio 1:i,un lu'Liml ; 
 
 T 
 
 IIIU' IIS('( 
 
 1 1(> ilv, liut now hv stMrccly cvvv]^ 
 
 Aii'l si'Mcc is (•(Hii|i:!s:>c'<l with oiiv li-'ht irm,i;--U'Mi> 
 From hill l.> hill -■'>,-< up ouv (■i';i>c'k>s cvy : 
 '• K\c('I>i<ir I ('\iTKin-I or <ru' I" 
 Aniliitii'ii lilN ihc Mni\iT-,il lii-<'n>l, 
 
 Ainl tiii>\ (s tlu' ocr:m \vi 
 
 th a wiM uuvot. 
 
 iu' nuulit', cun-i'Ul vwccj 
 
 COS with ccax'h'S"^ roar 
 
 < ),ir wa\ cs ( 
 
 i|" lortiinc ihisli oi\ cxcrv shore 
 
 Wlier 
 
 (■ h|M\\> 1 
 
 he l.ree/.e that dolli not waft a sail 
 
 Whei-e i- the wa-te UUtH"!, or secret \ ale ? 
 Where i the eounlr) Coiiinierce does not own : 
 The rock uncharted, oi- the ide unkuow r. '.•' 
 We -pan the wide, wide Wo Id, tVeia poh' t" ]><>U 
 And. if ii"t l^'eedoiii. Knowled'/c claims the w h' 
 ''More and } a t nu're,"' undated >ciiau'e (a'ies, 
 And phinn-- aer c::u'l'' pinions {\,y ihc -ki> . 
 
 ^11' 1 \ e 
 
 't i> ■-a I, that \ ani' \ of pou aa- 
 
 Shoid 1 imIc llu'vc 
 
 hearts, p 
 
 M ir cri ;i 
 
 ures ot' an hoai 
 
 And no! content with ).alpahh > m \ icw, 
 
 Wi' 'jra'-p at 
 
 hlin\ 
 
 dia It's and \ apoi--.. too 
 
 What can the loliie-t intellect attain ".•' 
 "A It'W poor shells I'loni out Mie niuhly main, 
 Wliilc Truth, eternal, rolls on c\cr\ side, — 
 [MinndU — , suMinic, unralhonnd and untriid I 
 
Ki;ii:\i)snir. — i.ovi: and r.i:.\i;\i.\« 
 
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 III. V 
 
 IM l; \ I) s II I !• 
 
 Ah ! FriciKlsliip, it is said, is l)ut a name, 
 
 And limnaii licarts frcl not tlic olowiiio; flame! 
 
 \\ liilc c'vrry virliu' is a wclcdiiic ^-iicst, 
 
 Tliat slu- may iiii<l no li(»s]iital.K' breast ; 
 
 r>n> like soi.ic wcaiy (>il<;rim doomc-l to roam, 
 
 I'likiiown abroad and unliclovcil at lionic, — 
 
 Knock at racli doo'- and 
 
 crave ' r> s.nc r<;reat. 
 
 I'rnt withriiiLC scowls and cliill v .all"-, to meet I 
 All nol a kindlier doctrine Itids i 
 
 lie own 
 
 That human heart-> are not all Iic;!ii> •,[' ton; 
 I hat Adam's son^ retain some iiohlcr ti'ace 
 <»r Adam's self l.csidi tl 
 l'aionL;'h of ; "ochIi 
 
 le lorm niKl lace ; — 
 
 less Willi thi' lia 
 
 <l coiiHiiac 
 
 iimian wreck was unce di\iiie 
 
 To show the 1 
 
 .\s ■>li!ciid''| fra^iiicnts scattered d'c- tj 
 
 ic sea. 
 
 I 
 
 I ai''^<iv\ 
 
 ell-ay th' wreck ol soiiit ricl 
 A- Attic j-aii s, ihroiiuh a'^c-dii^t d 
 ie-Xial hew \ ;ist her Lihuv must ha\" Keen 
 
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 I. A K \ I N <; 
 
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 lo\-e In -CI' the Ihce of Ipcaiil \ li 
 'lie lr,t ih,. I 
 
 el'e 
 
 le i)ra\e, we kimw, "dcMaNe IIm' l.nr, 
 
 ihit |,r.i\, dear ladie-, wl 
 
 Mil \ I Ml CI iiiie, lie sure 
 
 V'Mlie^r ('l||,i,; s|;i|i,| ollt-id' tile doof; 
 
 'I' -hould he cuine, \\ jth l.uw .iml 
 
 low - loo. 
 
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 i\, then, t, 
 
 • leariiinv we iiia\ Idl a'iieu 
 
 'II II, I ' 1 1 I.I 1 1> \\ 1 1 II ii M I II I le 
 
 III! I"\ ers ail' 'lilt |i 
 
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 >ol-~ in w i-e men 
 
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 68 
 
 POEMS. 
 
 THE SAILOR'S SOXG TO THE MOON. 
 
 Faii: moon, Hoar moon, 
 
 Tlion liu'litcst a vale 
 lU'voml ihis watiTV zone, 
 
 An«l (MU' swH'ct an-^-fl is walklnu; thoro. 
 
 An<l 
 
 wi'ijiintr and siLjhniu; alont'; 
 
 And, iM'lia])s, soinc'tiincs slic looks at tlico, 
 As >li(' \vcc|is and si^lis alone. 
 
 Oil that tlion wcrl lnit a mirror dear. 
 
 Instead ol" a ij;rcat, round stone! 
 Tl.en often as I sl'ould ua/.i' at llieo 
 
 I M se" (Imt maiden alone, 
 ^\\v;i\ — a\v:iy in the distant \ale, 
 
 As she weejis and sighs alone. 
 
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 ONE SOXG FOR TIIEE IJEFOKE I REST. 
 
 C.U 
 
 
 OXE SOXG Foil THEE llEFOKE I REST 
 
 One soiiir i;,r tluM' \)vi\nv I rest, 
 
 Oiu' pniycr tor tlirc ht'fori' I sleep,- - 
 
 May slumber hriiio- thee visions blest, 
 Au-l angels r(,;in<l thee vigils keep! 
 
 My Iov(\ my last thoughts are of thee, 
 3Iy first with day's lirst, n.sy beams; 
 
 Xor ilolh tlu' night deny the linht 
 Of thy .sweet eyes in all m\ <iri'ams! 
 
 One 1 .iK'ly star from out the deep, 
 ^.Vith gentle ray, doth ««n me sliine; 
 
 I bless kin<l IleaNcn l>y whom "l is <4i\en 
 
 For, lov dy one, that star is thine I 
 
 This song fir thee Iictbre [ ii-t, 
 
 'I'his piMVcr fur thee belnrr 1 v!,.(.|,, _ 
 
 \VliiIe Slumber f Ms thee to her breast, 
 May angels t-eas(des.s vij^ils keej. I 
 
 
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 70 
 
 POEMS. 
 
 THE DROWXED BOY. 
 
 'T IS gone ! tlic spark of life is quenchc<l, 
 
 Tlio lilllo lieavt lias ceased its rapid Leating, — 
 
 Tlie clieek is cold — the golden locks all drenched ; 
 And tiie young soul is gone to heavenly greeting ! 
 
 :i 
 
 See, yonder is his little boat, 
 
 Awaiting hut this hand to guide its motion, — 
 Nay, little ai'gosy, 't is thine to tloat 
 
 Alone, unguided, to the boundless ocean ! 
 
 ill 
 
 Ah, scarce an hour ago, these eyes, 
 
 80 fixed ;nid leaden, danced with lile and gladness,- 
 Like ever mild and beaming summer skies, 
 
 That ne'er grew sullen with a cloud of sadness! 
 
 Th(>se lips, that but a lirief hour past 
 
 La\ on a mother's check like bursting roses. 
 
 Are now :is lilies erushed by sudden blast — 
 In whose soft folds still loveliness n poses. 
 
 I 
 
 His mother I Who shall beai" the tale, 
 
 That thi^ her t( nder bud -he loved and cherished — 
 Iler single . niibcMm in lile's tearful \ale — 
 
 IKr hope — her only joy - - her boy — has jierislu'd 
 
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 THE FIRST SX0M--FI.AK1:. 
 
 71 
 
 THE FIRST SXOW-FLAKE. 
 
 A FIIAGMEXT. 
 
 Soft :is (Ir. phmiago of an lm<r^.\\ ^yiii-r, 
 
 And >\]vui all, save when the nioaiiino- -^vin.ls, 
 In liollou- -gusts, aiitinnnal iV(|uionis sing — 
 Scatt 'ring the fado.! wreath tliat Xaturc's foreheaa binds ! 
 
 Fall fast, yo snows, and hide what may remain 
 Of Suninier, which flioii warnest nie is j.ast ; 
 
 liiide Winter eonies, the year is (.n ihe wane, 
 Its fruits are garnered and its knaves are east. 
 
 i 
 
 TemiK'stiious Winter eonies ;ind wlm can tell 
 ^\ hat iiiess,|g(. lie ,,,;|y l„.;ii-'/ \sl,;it j,,v (,r woe? 
 
 >* liMl gra( ious Ixions or ilire disasters swell 
 'I'he h!ii-den of hi-^ hreast ? We little know — 
 
 ^^ e little e;in divine the i-sue of his frowns! 
 'I'inie may ahme dispel the mystic c'oud 
 
 • lilt veiU (Mir destinies, and e'en suiTounds 
 The ii\iiig nu,i, lent witii inij.eaetralili^ shivud! 
 
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 t 
 
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 72 
 
 pomrs. 
 
 Coiiio, wiiiilsl those witlicrcd ivinnants sweep aAvay 
 Tlu'se sere Jiml sad imaneiitoes of tlic j'-'ist — 
 
 Come l»ear tlu'iii tVom my siulit, — i'or what (h» tliey 
 l>ut mock tlic wistl'ul gaze ? Tlieii let thy Mast 
 
 I>e an eblivioii-besom to tlieir raee — 
 .V Letlie to our a\ ors, siiiee none can see 
 
 With elsi' tlian jiain, Dt'ath's jialliil face ; 
 Wliat erst was lile and h»ve is now eoM vacancy I 
 
 ITATlVAin). 
 
 4- 
 
 I i.ovK tliy seats of T.cai'niiiLr, still and hoary, — 
 
 To loitiT n'vv thi> lawn — hcneath these trees, — 
 
 Where voices seem to whisper in the hi'ce/e, 
 Ot' men who^e actions are a nation's story, — 
 
 ^\ pi'oud, Nouu'j,' nation, — iiohlc, u'l'cat and Tree! 
 
 () llar\:n'd, may thy iialls lore\t'r he 
 The shrine- w iiercin Heaven's trust ' > thee ('onsin-n-d — 
 
 TIk' ril-rlm-ark ..f Truth and IJher.y — 
 Shall he thy -ole I'nlladium of Mind, 
 Wiiere injuied I{i;j,ht nia_\ ■-t:inch d( '■ii<ler> lind I 
 The uerm'> o|' ihoUL^ht, lioni which all ae!i<in rise. 
 
 Will \'>\\'f -ur\'\' llie Iiand-- llii' l"reel_\ ca-l ; 
 Then may the seed still sown heiieiitli ti. skie> 
 
 iirin'j, loriii eacii ii:ii\ t.'>-i woi finer ieaii the last I 
 
GOXE. 
 
 73 
 
 OOXE ! 
 
 H. 
 
 m2" 
 
 \rk! the midniirlit Ir'II is toll 
 In tlic silence and the ltIooki — 
 Tollin-r, like tlie knell of .loom — 
 
 (ione — 
 
 While th 
 
 ufone — ofoiie! 
 
 <^' north \vin<I.> 
 
 Tl 
 
 > nioainnLT, si<diin<»-, 
 
 ii'ou^Ii the l)ro\vii I 
 
 o> 
 
 WI 
 I 
 
 faves, seem to mock it 
 
 >il<-" the mi.l„io-l,t torch is .lyiiio — 
 ^i^iiiLT, sinkiii.,Mn the socket 
 
 (ione — ■j-one — 
 
 iifune 
 
 I>'i.t to (lust, and earth to earth : 
 ■^imes or Iriendshi,., ti;nes of mirth 
 
 Ti 
 
 ines o 
 
 Ilojiini;- — 
 With th 
 
 f silent, h.iiely 
 
 sori'ou- — . 
 
 }t';irnin<r for the 
 
 morrow, 
 
 With the eh 
 
 'I'cret, sunny <jr]ni\v 
 
 es 
 
 nines and the el 
 
 (i 
 
 lances 
 
 '•ne, uiih all th 
 
 ose .^'oro■colls towers. 
 
 3'ilin-- hit^di tli(> clouds al 
 f-^"ne, with all thosv shady I 
 I) 
 
 )ove 
 
 >owers 
 
 flK-ate to youth and h.vej 
 
 ( 
 
 'one, with all (1 
 
 lose i^reat andtiti 
 
 Kindle<l in the ardent I 
 
 OUH 
 
 »reast 
 
74 
 
 roi'.MS. 
 
 Wkli those (loar, old home-traditions, 
 
 And tho.^e songs that hilled to vest ! 
 Gone, with nil our way-side wand'rings, 
 
 And those whisi>erings 'neatli the briar ; 
 With the sweet and pensive pond' rings, 
 
 Sitting hy the evening fire. 
 And the hell has ceased its tolling; — 
 
 One more day of life is reckoned ; 
 But the current still is rolling 
 
 AVith this murmur every secoml, — 
 Gone — gone — gone ! 
 
 '•IL PEXSEROSO." 
 
 A nA< IIELOUV AUTUMN llEVKPaE. 
 
 .Mv heart is sad ! who cares to know? 
 
 Then let me tell it to the wind. 
 Men share our joy, hut n(»l our woe, 
 
 And ease the cotier — not the mind ! 
 
 And yet, ti'Jt^ sad, 1 cannot tell, — 
 
 1 'm not dcceive(l — I 've m»thing lost ; 
 
 What came, I knew would conic, full well, 
 And ken d, ul e\. i\ >lip, the cost. 
 
IL rKNsKnOSO.' 
 
 Tlic (lead loaves mingle with the clay, 
 Or rustle in the biting gale, 
 
 Their pn]-]^ose wrought, they])ass away; 
 But wliat can rueful siglis avail ? 
 
 75 
 
 The spring buds blossomed fresh and fair, 
 And summer flowers bedecked the i)lain : 
 
 Why mourn that autiunn leaves are sere ? 
 'T was ever thus ! They '11 come ao-ain • 
 
 They '11 come again ? Ah, no ! not those ; - 
 They're gone for aye, like life's young hours ! 
 
 And pther springs must clothe the trees, 
 And other suns bring other flowers. 
 
 Oh, had r loved as I sliould love. 
 And lived as T should live, alway,— 
 
 ^ly soul, upsoariug like a dove, 
 Would scorn thy poison-breath, Decav ! 
 
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76 
 
 POEMS. 
 
 THE PRIXTEK. 
 
 IIoAV little ye ken, 
 
 Ye women and men, — 
 By conrtesy styled "gentle renders," — 
 
 Of lioAV much you OAve 
 
 To the nohle Tyi)o 
 And his army of folders and feeders ! 
 
 The poet may sing 
 
 Of his lyrical string — 
 Of his Muses, his Loves, and his Graces ; 
 
 But ah! he'd sing small, 
 
 If he warbled at all, 
 Were it not for the chases and cases ! 
 
 The writer of fiction, 
 
 "Whose heautiful diction 
 Beguiles the loug evenings of winter, — 
 
 Ilis mint] Avould be left 
 
 Like a casket bereft 
 Of its key — if nut picked l»y tiie jirinter 
 
^ 
 
 THE rRIXTKII. 
 
 The annalist, too, 
 
 Tliat brings to your view 
 
 The ■R-ondcrful story of agos, 
 
 Would, sure, be as dumb 
 As a elani oi- a nunn- 
 
 my, if noljody made uj) his pages ! 
 
 77 
 
 II 
 
 Then whoso doth read, 
 
 I beg him take heed 
 To the lesson these stanzas convey him,- 
 
 Viz : — Now that you know 
 
 What a treasure you owe 
 To the Printer, be certain — to pay him ! 
 
78 
 
 I'OI.M'^. 
 
 FAUST. 
 
 Ml 
 
 A I.A^IKNT FOIt LOST YOUTH. 
 
 On, for my sunny youtli :ig;iin ! 
 Tlie boun<ling current and tlie glowing llanie ; 
 The wild, iVci will, that naught of cavtli could tanic 
 
 The sui>i>lc lind) — the tecining brain ; 
 
 ]My youth — my sunny youth again ! 
 
 Oh, ye delusions — airy -built ! 
 
 Ye fires tliat lured me from the beaten way! 
 
 Fiend;, ])hantoms! — seel — tliese locks are gr- y ! 
 The ruby wine of life is spilt I 
 Tlie sword is rusted to tlie liilt I 
 
 Cold is tliis bosom now! P^orlorn 
 This icy heai't, that erst could meet and melt 
 With IJeautv's i>lance ! — the airv hall where dwelt. 
 
 In early life's empurj^M morn. 
 
 Thoughts — jiurposes, sublime, heaven-born ! 
 
 AVliat is it now? Appi-oach and ope I — 
 Look in I A charnel-ln)use, all dim and (hunp. 
 Where shroude<l things do grin aroinid the lamp 
 Of an exjiiring, liopeless Ilopi", 
 
 ^Vini iOalii.-t'Jiiii. (. I O.i I lii\> nil i(ii<i L;il'ji<- . 
 
F.VrsT, 
 
 oil, f, 
 
 ir ;n' 
 
 T] 
 
 10 noimdin^f n. ■vfiu ,-.,.,1 die <r] 
 The Avild, free \\i' 
 
 youfli n^aiii ! 
 
 owiinr flnmo — 
 
 Tl 
 
 , live Ml tii.r iiaiio-lit of eartli could 
 
 tame 
 
 IC su 
 
 I'l-ic I 
 
 Mv voutli — , 
 
 II,. — flic tet'iniiiij^ brain! 
 iv sunny youth again ! 
 
 11 
 
 Tl 
 
 Witl 
 
 'is heart's thin li.le once leai.M and ^nisliM 
 
 1 a 
 
 () 
 
 most heavenly fervor ' Fingers d 
 ix'c waiiton'd in the curls that cluster'd 1 
 
 ear 
 
 lere 
 
 And Love, tlr-; i)allid cheek 
 
 once flush'd ! 
 
 Long — 1( 
 
 iig ago those flow- 
 
 ers Avere criishM 
 
 M t 
 
 Tl 
 
 use stony eyes once drank the 1 
 
 jeani- 
 
 Of eyes as ra.liant as a child of light : 
 And we di.l l„ve the h'clds, the wood. 
 
 The mossy l)anks of nanu'Iess stre 
 And all that brought us blissful d 
 
 , the iiiLdit, 
 
 mis. 
 
 I'eanis 
 
 Such dreams as haunt the s(mi1> 
 
 Of Yoifh aiul nenutv — M'h 
 
 alone, 
 
 if 
 
 en young iropc best 
 
 <)\'. 
 
 eramaranthiiu wreaths, and maiih,M,d .-1 
 
 o\\'S 
 
 With gifts that al 
 
 most seem their own. 
 
 To older, colder hearts uiikm.wn! 
 
 Oh 
 
 for that sunny time at;ain ! 
 
 lie liomiding curreul and the .jl 
 
 The wild, free will, that iiau^l 
 
 o\\ i!i<j name 
 
 it <f earth could (ai 
 
 Ui\ -- 
 
 T] 
 
 IV sii].i.Ie limb — the icemiiio- brai;, ! 
 
 -^ly youth — Miv 
 
 suiiir 
 
 nth aorain 
 
 ,-^ii 
 
 I 
 
MMiiiJHi 
 
 «*«««««^F^«ia*i^-.-i».,^. 
 
 80 
 
 POKMS. 
 
 Of this world's Aveiiltli Y ii.'"'ulit ])OsscssVl ; 
 
 Kov could T seek it wIutc tlic vii._:ir seek! 
 
 T torturM X;ituic"'s sill" tliat >lic iiiiuht l^ivak 
 To me the secret (-!' Iier breast — 
 That seeiuM for ever haU'-exjiressM ! 
 
 Day bnniLiht no Iriiit, and ni^lit no slec]) ; 
 
 And year chased ycai', like liuhlih'^ on a hrook ; 
 
 And sometimes I would < urse, and ila>h the hook 
 Upon my eelTs dank Ihm- — and wci'i*, — 
 '■'Is this t!ie harvest I mu>( reaii?" 
 
 I kiu'W my life was winiinLi" last ; 
 
 I ti'll WW puise heat leehU'i', da_\ li_\ day; 
 
 My lind'^ iii-ew li'^id and my Inc!,-. •j;\\\\ u're_\ , — 
 
 And ni'_;'ht-\\ iods murmui'ed — " Nduth is ]'as>M, 
 Till' Li'.inu' is o'er — the di" is ea^ll"' 
 
 What I ]>a--->M'."' And w hei , ni\ h'\ t . ;;vt t Imii, 
 Wlm-e l:i-t w iiiu ki-- >till liiiL:(i'> i>u m_\ t lieekV 
 What >a_\"^t llh-M, llend '.■' That I ni_\ Ii'\e luii.-i >' ek 
 
 W here the pnle lilic - elll--ter, n<i\\, 
 
 ^Vud. dealh-tlo\> ( rs corona! liei hrow ! 
 
 i* 
 
 ()li, t'i'i- mv Minny youth a^^aiul 
 The I'oundiu' euireiit and the ^luuin^- llame, 
 The wild, iVee will, ihal iiauuhl ore:nlh eouM tame; 
 The >u|i|ile !ind> — the teei'iin^ hrain ; 
 
 Ikl. (..I* I.IL wltllll\- \iillllt llt'-llll* 
 
wii.i.ii: s (;i;\vi; 
 
 HI 
 
 WILLIK'S (;IJAVK 
 
 (AN Arn-MXAI. 
 
 'ivi;r<'ii Ai' M(M Ni' .\ 
 
 riii i:.v « i.Mi.ri.iiv.) 
 
 A «;i:nti.k inaidcii, ymiw^ .iiid lovclv, 
 ■"Stands ill nmtc and imst 
 
 If U'lonlll, 
 
 "While the siiikiiin' ^mu licr ^liad 
 
 o\v 
 
 Cnst^ 
 
 iilii'ii a little l()inl» 
 
 Evcrvwhere tlie storied in.ul,!, 
 
 rlls where Knihrrii 
 
 lU' iTfeatiiess he 
 
 Iliit this httle toiiil, ;iiid maid 
 Most attract the st 
 
 111 
 
 raii^-er.s eve. 
 
 \V 
 
 '"■refore — uhoivrnn, .\||,|,dil<e creatii 
 A\ ith a '_;l<i((iii lit_\ .i|id th\ d 
 l>'-t thou, throii-h Ihc iM ail 
 Oil that siiii|,h' tal.hl 
 
 re 
 
 |Haii\ -liuwer, 
 
 a/e 
 
 I \Ve( 
 
 j) yi't 
 
 Time eiioimii h.r I hi( t. 
 
 O'la- the ills ,,(' hu-iiaiidNliid 
 So.. II, t,M, soon, thon'h llil \\\\\ hiird 
 
 i-^ooil, too soon. It-, soli-oU ^ llnd. 
 
 i'U- 
 
82 
 
 1'()7;ms. 
 
 But Avitliont one nns-weniiQ: scntoiico, 
 
 Still slio (Iroojis luT radiant lica<l ; 
 TraiKjuil all is, save the sere leaves 
 
 Autumn sjiriukles (Ter tlie dead; — 
 One l)y one these di-athly enihleuis, 
 
 (JuiveriiiLr, rustliiiix o'ei" thi' uroiuid, 
 Seem as tlMiuiih each shi-dudtMl tenant 
 
 Of" the tondis were Liiidiii^ round ; 
 While the <4(ilden tlood <il' eveninn" 
 
 IJathes each niaiMe, tree and iikuukI. 
 
 lit 
 
 r f^ 
 
 Gently ti'ead — the n'round is hdly 
 Se<' who've du>t slu' \\(('|ieth u'vV 
 
 Lo, the siiii|ile su|Krscri|.ti('n. ^ 
 '' Little Willie"' — nothing" more. 
 
 Th 
 
 ■!i('n'_;h 
 
 lire'.'iiaiit letters 
 
 a \iilimie to tile heart, 
 
 Full oi' more patlictic meaninLC 
 Than t he laliored lines oi' art. 
 
 Love divine! mysterious licax • n-li'^ht, 
 
 ( ilimiiierinu' c'tii tliioiiMh tiulhly l;!ooiih, 
 \\'li\ take U|i th\ lickle d w illiiiLf 
 
 In tl 
 
 IIS w <iri(| o 
 
 r tea Is and toiiihs ? 
 
 Sj»nnLC hrin<j,"s t'lith tlic licautcoiiN lilovvcim, 
 Srninicr lircatlu'^ l"r riiKnin"- lireath. 
 
 Hut — when liarvc'st sli 
 
 o I III I l\i' ■■M 
 
 he red. 
 
 Li I, w «■ liiid dicav and drat I 
 
 M!| 
 
■VVILLIK S GRAVE, 
 
 83 
 
 Maifk'u, let this good old lesson 
 
 Ever in tliy memory live, 
 
 "Earlh'.s l^est ].romi,ses are bnbbles, 
 
 (Tlittcrinu- only to deceive." 
 Look beyond the ] .early portals, 
 
 Far in yon ethereal dee]), 
 For the (iraces without fadiiio-, 
 
 And the Loves that never sleep. 
 
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 84 
 
 rOEMS. 
 
 I 
 
 ! '11 
 
 THE STAliS. 
 
 CoArr. iortli, ye oHis of liglit ! 
 I lilcss your gentle rays 
 For tlu' >\\('i't iiu'iiioi'ics tlu'y 1>ring 
 Ot" (it her (lays. 
 
 All. yt' arc siill tin- same — 
 IJriulit, li( ai'litul and mild ; 
 As full <>r iov to me as when 
 
 I was a 
 
 a eiiii.i: 
 
 Karlli'> tldw'rcts di-tM)|) and die; 
 I.il'c *s liut a lickle tiame ; 
 All — all We lu\(' deeav, — hut vo 
 Avi' ^till the sa.me ! 
 
 I bk'ss ye for the true 
 ('"iiijiaiiii.n-'hiji I (iiid 
 Fn till t'oiid |.ieturings of tlr> j»ast 
 Ve call to mind : — 
 
i 
 
 THE STARS. 
 
 Once more each wi'll-known scotic 
 
 Eiicli valk'v, \V()()<1, and stivani, 
 And cviTv haunt my cliildliood loved, 
 Conu's like a dri'am ! 
 
 85 
 
 
 Ye stars! liow oft liavc we, 
 iK'ncatli llic Avini;- of iii^lit, 
 Paused ill our inen-y uanies fo walcli 
 ^'oiir welcome liij,!it I 
 
 Our I'liildisli loi'e disjila\-ed 
 I:i ^peeulaf ions deeii — 
 "VVe d' eined ye were (lie -litteriiiL;- tears 
 Tiiut an^'els wee|» I 
 
 For, on e;i(]i flower, next morn, 
 l>id not the pcarl-.|ro[) stand. 
 Thai IMI ill noisi.K.^s shower.s l)\ ni^dn 
 O'fi- all the laud ? 
 
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 Ah, sa<l that lime should hear 
 Surh |.rftty dreams rmm \ iew ! 
 I':it, iddcr still, that he sIhmiI.I take 
 The dreamers loo. 
 
 ^\ud yl '{ is siveel tn iiiiise 
 < >ii i"_\ > ;iiid --(I'-ri^ws o'er, — 
 And thiuii^r Miih images of love 
 
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 86 
 
 POEMS. 
 
 To sj)<.'ak witli tliein, nTid lioar 
 The old fatuiliiu" naiuos, 
 Aiul sec the eyes that Idessod \is once 
 111 tliose far flames. 
 
 I 
 
 O Memory ! I)a]m of Heaven ! 
 So faitlifiil is tliy keepintr, 
 Tliou seenist to wliisper to v.wh soul, 
 "Xot (lead, l>ut slei'i.ing !" 
 
 WliiU' IIopo, with tint^^'r raised 
 To shining realms alxixc, 
 Bids dark Despoiideney gi\c' [ilaec- 
 To truslintr Love 1 
 
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FEIEXDLESS. 
 
 87 
 
 FniEXDLESS. 
 
 I lie sai.l he lia.l no (Vicn.l I ][(> was aloiu",— 
 A waif— a inUvn leaf— a ^van(^l•in^^ star , 
 
 At hoiiu' a slran-XT, aii.l abroad unknown ; 
 Dwflling witli nun, an.l yot iVoni men afar! 
 
 Day after .lay lio minglcl witli the crowd, 
 
 •Mrn markc.l liini not. nor shared with him his wue ; 
 
 'I'lH'iioh fiir, th..u-h youn- hy eares untimely l)owed : 
 And iih-'s chill,.,! current scarcely seemed to flow. 
 
 Kiiul smiles w,.ul,l s,.m.. times li-],t his pale, cM cluvk, 
 A< mo,.i!l),.ams trend)Iin-' .<n a h.n.'Iy tomh, — 
 
 Muiv sa,] than tears, they .mly serve,] t,, speak 
 < >r .rnmhlin^c h..i.es within, an,l ravless -d.^.m 1 
 
 "ly afha- ,Iay ]tr wand, iv,|, mute an, I sa<], 
 
 I'liend -n-din-- fri.^i:,!, aai,] |,,v,.'s warm we|c,»me heard 
 '•'" I'"' f"i- Iiiii),-_si,|,.,. (Vi,.|i,I li,. ne\,r ha,] 
 
 'I'.. ..\. 
 
 "" "II' IXMIU, IdllMinULV \\oi'ij. 
 
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 roi:>r?;. 
 
 f : 
 
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 Xo father runs to foM liini to his hrcn^t ; 
 
 His griefs no motlier's synipatliies allay ; 
 He came — nor houseliold. joy his advent hlessetl, 
 
 Xor any mourned him Avhen he passed away. 
 
 AVhat ! couldst thou find in all tliis Avorld, fair youth, 
 No flame congenial with thine own to himi ? 
 
 Xo eve to pity, and no tongue to soothe? 
 Xo hand to wreathe thy solitary urn V 
 
 And what he migiit have h.ccn, — ah., who can tell ? 
 
 What task for him his Maker ha.l .lesigned, — 
 What light neglect's cold shadows did dis[)el, — 
 
 Wiiat heaven-born genius slumbered in his miml ! 
 
 Is this a fable ? Xay, but look around, 
 
 Ye prudent ones, Avho boa>t the genial glow, 
 
 And blush to think, — wliere Friendship's fane is foun- 
 A sordid I'dlestal is seen below. 
 
 
THK STKAXGE OLD IJAIIK. 
 
 89 
 
 THE STPvAXGE OLD BARK. 
 
 M iiKx tlic ti^k' was low, nnd tlie evening mist 
 
 C'rej.t down over elitt' and cave, 
 And tlie sea-breeze moaned a dirge-like sontr 
 
 To tlie mounifnl beat of the Avave, 
 Aiv.se like a spectre, silent and dark, 
 The m(Mildenng ribs of a strange old bark, 
 
 ^Vs if from an tieeati "rave. 
 
 Twas a gliastly sight in the dim twilight,— 
 ^\s the waves came giirnliijo- near 
 
 A\ ith sea-weed strung fn.m each nisted bolt, 
 Ld<e scalps on a chieftain's spear; 
 
 And brave was the lad, when dav was oVr, 
 
 Who ],assed al.)ne by that hannted shore, 
 L'nchiir.l l)y a nameless fear. 
 
 Ib.w It stole the glow from inv bovish cheek 
 When the night was wild and dark, 
 
 'I'" Ht by th,. pilots knee and hear 
 Him tell ,,f the strange old bark! 
 
 And years Ii:i\,> passed, but .,ft lo my mind, 
 
 ^^ I'll the holh.w moan of the winter wind, 
 V"iiiv til .,i.;;iis ,,[ ii,,> r^irauLre old bark. 
 
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 90 
 
 rOEMS. 
 
 
 ill. 
 
 
 THE EVE OF THE GOLDEX WEDDINCi. 
 
 "On, sin'4 me the soiiii's you useil to sing 
 
 AVhcn Love was in its May I 
 And tell me tlie tales you used t<> lell, 
 As we wa.iulered down l)y the willow well, 
 
 At the elose of the suuuuer-day I 
 
 "The soiio-s that sjioke of a tzushin;^- hope. 
 
 And a stronji, larLi;e heart and ti".u", 
 
 Those sly little tales of love and lili 
 
 Where /was ever the 'fair youn- wife,'' 
 
 And the 'happy hridegroonf — i/ouf 
 
 "When your eye wasLri-ht, and your eheek Avas smooth. 
 
 .\nd vour step was tirni and free; 
 And vour h.cks — so scant and snowy now — 
 In clusters brown fell over your hrow, 
 
 That ever v.as a joy to me. 
 
 'Ir 
 
 i!H 
 
 "To-moiTOW, ilenr, 's (mu- weddinu-<lay ; 
 
 And 'tis fifty year-, to-night. 
 Von opM a little l.ox, wiih trend.ling care. 
 And the nu)onl.eani showed me ■ -something there 
 
 Like a lalry einici of light ! 
 
TI!K KVK (IF THE (iOI.DKX WKDDIXG. 
 
 "Xow sinn: nic tlio song you s.-^ng that time, 
 
 "NVlicn Love -was in its ]\ray; 
 And tell me the tale you then did tell, 
 As we loitered doAvu by the willow wrll, 
 
 At the close of tliat sununer dav I " 
 
 91 
 
 "T.. sing you the songs I used to sing, 
 
 And to tell you the tales of then, 
 (Jive the cheek as sino(.th, and the eye os hrinht, 
 Tlie step as free, and the heart as light, 
 
 "With the clustering curls — a^-ain ! 
 
 "But, wife, ni sing thee anotlier song 
 
 On this eve of the weddin^;-(l:iv : 
 
 Since the fr.-<f we saw. full lifty years 
 Of shade and shine, of joys and cares 
 
 Have passed, like a dream, away! 
 
 " Full fifty years ! Why, it doesn't seem ten, 
 
 Since I held your hand that ni<dit, 
 And showed you the ring — yet I think you wrong 
 In saying I shook, for tlu-n Avas I strong- 
 
 But I mind how it twinkled in the li-dit, 
 
 " Aye, fifty years ! Let nu' thiidv mIio was there 
 
 On the morn of that festal dav. 
 
 There was (Jeorge, an-l Will, and 'r,)m, and Lo, 
 And Henry, and l>en, an<l Sim, and Jo_ 
 
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 POEMS. 
 
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 " They nro gone ! — they are cfone this many a year 
 
 To happier scenes on high, — 
 Where three little doves of our own have fled ; 
 And every leaf of the tree is shed, 
 
 But twain withered ones — you and I ! 
 
 • vVhere once was the lajie and the willow well, 
 
 Our loved oM trysting tree, 
 The wide field of wheat, and 'Logo's Retreat' — 
 A row of roofs and a dusty street 
 
 Is all that we now niav see ! 
 
 " Then how can I sing you the young May song V 
 
 We- must hope for the new song above ! 
 For, of all life's flowers not a l»ud is k-fl, 
 And we stand like winter trees — hereft 
 Of all that we loved, but Love." 
 
THE FEATHERED EREMITE. 
 
 93 
 
 THE FEATHERED EREMITE. 
 
 MXES .SUOOKSTKO OX S«Krxo A SOUTAHV UTXr.K „„U., ,..V .K ..^K 
 lIAUnoUU GUA. K, NEWFOUNDLAND.] 
 
 Contributed by W. C. St. J, 
 
 OuPHAy of a summer's sun ! 
 
 Th..u loiu'ly little feathered one ! 
 
 Tell me why thou liuiri.yest still 
 
 V\Hm this hieak and barren hill ; _ 
 
 What secret sj»ell, what tender tie, 
 
 Doth ])ind thee here to Aroop and <lie ? 
 
 Is not the hr.eze wlii<-h Immv the(> .,n 
 Its viewless win.ixs, now |.;ist and -^'..ne? 
 And every tint of radiant (he 
 l>is|.liced fn.m yon deep canopy? 
 '» .ni thee, and view yon l.ircheii vale, — 
 Where ;ire the leaves that in the trale 
 Of eve W(MV wont t..^|,i,.ld thy f..,-,,,. 
 Or hathe thee wnn the dews ..f m..rn? 
 
94 roKMs. 
 
 The orass now I.'OikIs its l)li.!i;litc'«l hv.xd ; 
 Tlio daisy 's (tusIkmI u)»<)ii its l»o<l ; — 
 The 1k'. is flown ; — Hh' :May-fl y — wlioro ? 
 Tlie swallow sleeps,— yet thou art lieiv ! 
 
 Poor shadowy sonjjstrcss i knowost thou not 
 Tliat soon athwart this clu'crkss spot, 
 In fitful trusts oppressed with snow, 
 The cold and ruthless l)last will l)i<»w':' 
 That rail whieh hears tiiy scanty store 
 Will then refuse to yield thee more; 
 Nor in the fence, nor on the ujround 
 One grain of food shall then he fouml. 
 
 I 
 
 O fh'C thee ! flee thee, lonely one, 
 To lan<ls where sprini:; has just begun,— 
 To groves of spiee, and luscious cane. 
 To ehetiuere<l lawns, and fields of grain, 
 Where honey drops and scents distil, 
 And flowrets dip in every rill I — 
 Ah, no ! it will not, cannot start ; 
 Stich thouglits fall heavy at its heart — 
 For thougli in other clinii-; there he 
 i;ro:id sheets of l»looin, and songs of glee. 
 Ami ceasi'less sighs of Zephyr, — still 
 This is its honu" —its native hid! 
 
 Then Iiie thee t(» tiie neighhoring grove, 
 That spreads its dusky ann.s abo\e, 
 
hit: fkatiierkd eremite. 
 
 J\V 
 
 And iKH-kons t.) tlic f:-,int and slo) 
 To seek a solace for their avoo ;_ 
 Thcro, while the snow-drif pik-s around, 
 An.l Minds a.s.' ;i with deafening sound, 
 Soeure, thy little parriot l>reast 
 Shall find a refuge, and a rest ; 
 Some stunted hranch or mossy sj.ray ' 
 Vv^ill yield thee food from day to day. 
 
 95 
 
 ^ Poor friendless nurslinrr.' doth thine eye 
 Survey yoi, daik and dreary sky? 
 An.l ,lus( thou fear to take thy Hight 
 Amidst the d"ej.ening shades of niirht? 
 
 I^^iH well thou mayst- then eome"to me, 
 Conu' to my boso„i and he fvvv ; 
 
 Five from Winter's pinching hand, 
 And from the hawk's mali.gnanf han.l ; 
 Free from tlie woo.l-cat's f.tal sj.ring, ' 
 From all thy listless wan<lering. 
 No wire shall vex thy ten.ler hill, 
 No cord repress thy wayward will;_ 
 And so.m as April's t<'pid shower 
 I^>'re:s from its ],a„k the earliest flov.er, 
 ^^Vi'I| hu..yant wing md joyous strain, 
 Thou mayst explore these wilds again. 
 Alas! it will not, will not stay, 
 From l,;,,,!^ ,„ i,.,„j. j( ,jj,^_ .^^^^^^. 
 
 ^"I'l.i-tered '.alls, or papert .1 nook, — 
 J^Ian's lordly chain it cannot l.ro,,k. 
 
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 rOEMS. 
 
 Then go, thou restless httle hircl ! 
 Yet, ere we part, a i)assing word 
 
 May not l)e breathed in vain : — 
 Know, then, tliat from that clouded sky 
 There is a bright All-seeing Eye 
 
 Wide glancing o'er the plain, — 
 
 And though thick darkness should pervade. 
 Enrobing in its blackest sliade, 
 
 This habitable ball, — 
 Yet hear a voice — (it conies from Heaven) 
 \Vhich says — "Without pennission, even 
 A sparrow cannot fall ! " 
 
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TIIK LAST OK THK JiEI) 
 
 IXDIAX AVAKliloi; 
 
 THE LAST OF THE RED IXDIAX WAURIOIiS. 
 
 TTHK AB(..UGIN'.VI. IXirAniTANTS OF THK ISLAND OK NKWIOIXOLAX 
 NOW AN ICXTIXCT HACK.] 
 
 Contributed by W. C. .St. J. 
 
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 "S 
 
 TiiKHi-: is :i Cliict' in yon ,laik forest slecpin 
 
 AH loiu" and silent in his bed of elny ; 
 Tlv- ln-ee/e Aviiicli ovv his swartliy breast is sweepinu" 
 Ilath borne liis name and lineai^^e awav 
 
 His tent is down — jiis bow nnstrun<'- 
 
 His arrow to the earth is thin •^ 
 
 (iueneluMl is the HLchtninir of Ids eve 
 His arm is ncrx ck'ss now ; 
 
 X<> craven Ibemaii niav <U'scrv 
 The terrors of his brow. 
 
 O'er hin) no tear is shed, 
 
 Xor brcatlied one fervent sii^di, 
 
 Ibtt the sere leaf falls <.n the hallowed b-d 
 
 AVhere the warrior's ashes lie. 
 
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lis 
 
 POEMS. 
 
 Xo porvile records glow 
 
 Wit' I deeds that lie Imd done,— 
 No sculptu'-ed eiuLlenis proudly show 
 
 The laurels he hath won; — 
 
 But near that sacred mound, 
 
 Three mouldering targets stand ; 
 
 And the dart's unerring MOund 
 Points to the master's hand. 
 
 No classic yew is there, — 
 
 No fragi-ant myrtle nigh ; 
 But the alder scents the air, 
 
 And the dark lir swee[)S the sky. 
 
 Sleep on, then, warrior — sleep ! 
 
 Naught hasl th<>u left behind ; — 
 No widowed one to weej) ; 
 
 No babe to woe consigned. 
 
 All, all is g(^,ne with thee, 
 Chief of the swarthy breast! 
 
 IbMU-efovth thy tribe shall wander free 
 In the Forests of the IJlest ! 
 
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CLARIBEL. 
 
 99 
 
 CLARIBEL 
 
 A BEAUTIFUL YOr\<; (jmr. 
 
 , WHO WAS nnowMcn whh.k iia 
 
 iiriNt 
 
 AND WIIOSi; liODY WAS MOVE 
 
 R FOrXD. 
 
 Xo fairer form tlian Claril>t'l did X 
 
 With licr 
 
 nture ever mould. 
 
 sunny eyes of azure and 1 
 
 le 
 
 gol 
 
 1 f 
 
 r wavy looks of 
 
 And then her little ruhv 1 
 
 ij)s sucli pretty dimj.l 
 
 Like eddies on a rivulet with losos bend 
 
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 :inn blu.shes on her vehoi eheek k 
 
 nnjdes wore, — 
 
 auror 
 
 eliasc — 
 Ne'v beauties, like 
 
 o heavenly iiiir, this rad 
 cherub's eyes — 
 
 ejit uever-eeasin^ 
 
 ns, ever flitted round lier face ! 
 
 i;int maid mii-ht el 
 
 larm a 
 
 Xay, she i^eemed a pil-rim-simit j„si aliirhted fv 
 
 om the 
 
 skies. 
 
 Now Claribel 
 
 w 
 
 (owers. 
 
 as wont to stray bnu-ath <b.ep, sha.I^ 
 
 Where the wild-birds warbl,. ], 
 
 Woo tllL- flow 
 
 ve-ii(.tes an<l the zephy 
 
 rs 
 
 (■ix • — 
 
100 
 
 POKMS, 
 
 i 
 
 Aii.l (.ft to rr-Mhvr silver shells that Oceairs l.ounty gave, 
 And jnvss her trlowing bosom to the l.osoin v)t' ih.e wave. 
 One rosy morning found her where the sea-nymphs love 
 
 to keep 
 Theiu wild, fantastic revels on the surface of the deep — 
 When u]. from coral caves they come — an airy fan-y 
 
 band — 
 To lead their maz^ nee along the unfrecpiented strand ; 
 While others, in their scallop-shells, in graceful freedom 
 
 li.l.e, 
 
 With dishevelled tresses streaming down, like amber, on 
 
 the tide ; — 
 Around them sport the nautilus and creatures strange 
 
 and rare, 
 While soft, .Eolian murmurs seem to tremble in the air! 
 IJut all that strikes young Clara wIum-c her listless gknces 
 
 stray, 
 Are the rainbow-tinted morning-beams that o'er tlu' 
 
 waters jday. 
 Then putting by her flov.'ing robe, she glides the waves 
 
 among. 
 And mingles, all unconscious, Avith the nymphs that 
 
 roiind her throng. 
 All hand in hand, in circle linked, they gaze with jealous 
 
 eyes. 
 On her free and tearless gambols with the billows as they 
 
 rise. 
 
CLARIBEL. 
 
 101 
 
 And they love her for her beauty, tliough invadinc, their 
 
 dornr 
 
 am 
 
 But the bowers and the flowers she shall never <n-eet 
 again ! '^ 
 
 For round about her graceful form, their viewless anns 
 they weave — 
 
 And slumber steals her senses, while the roeking billows 
 heave. 
 
 Then sinking down together to their oozy ocean-halls- 
 The great deep elo.es over her, for aye, its crystal walls ! 
 
 9* 
 
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 102 
 
 POEMS. 
 
 TO GENIUS. 
 
 I. 
 
 O Ge-Vius, mystic maiden ! Avcre it mine 
 
 To lure thee from thy native skies awliile — 
 To win one look of love or e'en a smile 
 Of condescending sympathy — to shine 
 
 One moment on my soul, as doth the beam 
 Of yonder crescent on the placid stream — 
 I would not ask for wealth or fame or power ! 
 That instant favor would he ample dower 
 
 An.l marriage portion with my wedded muse. 
 Wliy art so coldly coy ? Why still refuse 
 What is so small to give, so great to gain? 
 What, for this favor, must I pay ? What pain 
 
 Endure ? What Alp surmount ? What depths 
 
 exi»lore ? 
 Grant me a svord - a smile - if nothing mo^e. 
 
 II. 
 
 Sure, T have loved thee deeply — wooed thee long. 
 From morn to even, and from youth to prime ; — 
 Bridging, with diamond hours, the stream of thne, 
 That glittered hut a while, like flecks of rime 
 
 Ui.on a brooklet of an autumn morn ! 
 
TO GEXIUS. |();j 
 
 Had I nn ou'-h inuum I won]<I diml, 
 Tho saj.phiro throne wl.ore tl.ou dost sit and scorn 
 My wingless rage -and seize l,y furee what still 
 Tl- )u dost so lavish grant of thine own will 
 To other sons of earth and spirit born — 
 
 Tliy favored ones, -to whom the sightless queen, 
 Dame Fortune, has no more propitious hccu 
 Than she has been to me, _ sinee few are known 
 To whom this double favor has been shown. 
 
 III. 
 
 Oh, wilt thou not relent ? TVhy still so cold ? 
 How soon could'st tliou transmute this elay to gold ! 
 And ere the cloud could pass from Pha•be^s fae^. 
 
 Her mellow radiance, when it comes, might beam 
 Upon another bard, wl.ose en\ied i)lace 
 
 In Fame's proud fane is only now a dream ! 
 'T is thine to make t/tis a reality, 
 EV'u by a ray that can alone from thee 
 Proceed — one thought, original and deep, 
 That from thy suitor's pregnant brain might leap, 
 Minerva-like, fall arniM, the gods among, 
 And be one of them — ever g.eat and young! 
 lint vain the seige ! Thy unrelenting brealt 
 Is not so broken, and the spoil i)osscssed ! 
 
104 
 
 rOEMS. 
 
 FRAGMENTS 
 
 Ol" AN UXFINISHKI) l't»r.M. 
 
 MOUNIXG. 
 
 MoitN \V()(H'S tlu'C, Psycho, uilh liis dewy lips 
 j\n<l wiinii, lovi'-hglitt'd glaiu-cs. Let us forth 
 And ]ihi-k the earlu'st flowers for s:ie.ifiee — 
 1. .Ml he tlie fresh g:Ue, :uid haiitiuet on a least 
 Of lovehness; an<l pm-ify our souls 
 In till' full tide that freely Hows lor all! 
 C'onic forth; llu' lily yearns f)r thee; ht not 
 The youiii:; rtisi' lant^uish for thy love, 
 Or violet complain thy tardy steps. — 
 They wait for the*', as maidens for the hride, 
 All iremidous \>it!i sympatlutic joy, 
 And radiant lacli with coronals of dew — 
 (;t(.uin4 with charms which thiiu' alone tran-ceud ! 
 He th.'U not slow to yn-et them and to swing, 
 With them, thv c user of sweet praise. 
 
ItKAITV, 
 
 lUo 
 
 O'er fl.c slill f„Ii.,^.,. j,„„r„ ,],^ ^,,,,,1,,^^ p.^^.__ 
 Tl.roKu^l, ,M,r,,lo vn,„)r.s-lik,. a Im1I.,u- iM.nu. 
 
 <^>'' tlHs. ,;.|lt,v..s,i„ spray c.m.l;,.nt,!Mvakin..- 
 '<><!'-Hy,,Mrtid...: And vv..M„lVi„^.|I,„s, 
 
 %<>tl..r><.|(;,I,„sl,,,,HlinJi:.,Hl, whKflHv 
 '''■""■■'"' ^'''-'-Im.s, (.aril, s,.,.,nsMM(,-n:„.t<..| 
 %-.i.I.t..n.,unaMkin.l,sav<.,.s. ILav... s-nik-s 
 )"K.M-tl,,uI.i,.|,Iik,.alu.aut(..„sI..l„,Iooks„.. 
 Hifl>a/.,rc,.yc..s<,novin-(.on(i.|...„.c 
 ^•"1 ri.Hi.I joy. TiuM.n.su.tl.at UTlH-ar 
 Of I.ir.I and iusc.-f, wI.is,H.rin,i; win.I ..,,,.1 rill, 
 Is N at lire's „\v„ incl.xly _ (1^. ..Mi.^f, 
 Oratorio ,,(•,.•„., I, __,!„. m.^^.,,,, __ 
 TIh. sonr.T on,.,n„„„,^._j,„, ^^^^_j^,^^^^^^^. 
 'I'li.it (irst in si„l,.ss paradise <li,| fl.,,.,t 
 
 ''•"''"•<l''s (irst listening, wlMsperin;,, lov-ny ones! 
 
 iJKArrv. 
 
 ^'•iiMT <.r I!..au(y, |1„„. liasl ever hee,. 
 •^ pH'sene.. roiMi.l alM.iit ,„<■ an. I a p..u,.r! 
 '■■'•">' ""• Inst inoniin- ray of ,.„„.,i,.„„„.,,^ 
 Mv MMises eliarniiri- with t|,y ,,i\sti,. ,p,.l| | 
 ' ''"' '•"''■ '" me ulwresoe\.r I ,_r„ _ 
 'i'''Vsoii U"'n|sHhispVi„g,.,,nve:.p,iv,. ,„^ 
 
too 
 
 roi.M?^. 
 
 And so trniiH'^i. ill-- nil tliy s..rl in mine, 
 TlK.t all thin-. siu-:.k cf iWv\ \\hvyv art tl.ou not ? 
 Earth, ocean, air, and si^acc illiniital.lc 
 Thy .h.niain ! All thin-s that (io.l hath iMshiuncl 
 Mn>l hr thiiu- ; hut in all thin-s to trace tlu'c 
 Needs a ]>nri' vision and a s(i\d suhlinie ; 
 To lovi' thee truly nei'ds a heart all love — 
 Sul)dued, r-Hned, and j.-.teut over m-u^i-! 
 There is a beauty Ueauty doth ( ulold — 
 A j.resence felt, not -»'en — an eilhieuce — 
 A s..ul that speakeih sj-eerhless thin--, as 't were 
 r Throu'^h eyes InmunerahU', e-t'rywi.ert 
 Which uniK'rceived dolh -rant hut little seen ! 
 
 'Tis n(*t in liannony the n\(.st eoini>let(> 
 Of cdior, lorui cr >..upd, ;il.-iie, we trace 
 The sulttle s<nil of what doth live in -uch — 
 This life rssi'ntial nex-ks e'en thou-ht itsell, 
 While drnps the hru^h fr..m han.ls iiKMunpetenl ; — 
 And wh.ich, oiMM' t'elt, the mi-hliest niaMir|.ii'ce 
 Of mimic art is hut a 'allure >till, — 
 The -h.wini;- canvas mirmrs :ill hut tin-! 
 And thus the lullie-t miixls die not ol" a-e, 
 Diseiisf or want — the\ i-eri-h ..f .h-pair! 
 All hearts, hut lheir<, are juhilant, — t lu'y !m.\e 
 Am"ii'4- us with a |.en>ive mien and ,u.< U, 
 And seem l.» wither in the n.M,ii of fiuu'I 
 
J"V i\ Tin; 
 
 in;Ai I 111 I. 
 
 107 
 
 JOY IX Tin; itKAi'Tirur., 
 
 "i:iii; is Jill airy jilfa 
 
 -l^iit tlicy iii(o uhos,. soiii ,I,,t| 
 
 ^iirc iK.no ?nav Cw] 
 
 Tiial 
 Tl.aJ 
 
 That 
 
 That uiaiiccs ri-..iii (),,• <|,.\v..| 
 
 '"• ""»'»m!i-|,(, .-n,,! f|„. star 
 
 Nti-caiM flic j'oy 
 
 'l"'vcrsm til., simliulu tl,p.i,;,r|, ,1^. | 
 \vl'is|KTs in tI.,',M.-ny meuntain ^r,,K 
 "'•""••'•^'■"tl... I,„l,hl,. ,»„ ,|„. |„.„ok 
 
 caves. 
 
 In t 
 
 '•"!> <'ii the fl.)n-(.rs, 
 
 ■ — t'N cr L;lcaiiii(|.r 
 
 »'\fi- li\ii|. 
 
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 -^ ■■trc \aiii t< 
 
 I'lrtiiic if 
 
 III all lovely tliiii;^r, of I 
 '•'••ii'tlil I>iif, wonl 
 To souls that (•.••iiiK.f 
 
 '^''^''••'^' ""•"., all,.,- many, ,nan\ .| ,ys 
 ' '''■•■■■"Tsc|,arati..M lium tli.. |,,\,.,| _ 
 
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 slill roMcr hearts. 
 
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 '""■^ ••inns ar.)iiii,| ih,.,. )| 
 
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 Mil- e\ es 
 
 '■•"'Ullll,., oerfl.,uill-nn fhv .hr.-l, 
 
 li;it 
 
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 <. Ill tears 
 
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 ii'ir w i)|iN 
 
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 line 
 
 len nia'.st f| 
 
 loll L-llcss 
 
 oi' 'iMlllv kll 
 
 <>r 
 
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 In her uwii bdUei-, uliicl 
 
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 iii\ er-» 
 
lOS 
 
 POEMS. 
 
 THE REST-DAY. 
 
 y^ 
 
 On, wl'at :i 'ooon siu-li liallowtMl Ikmiv as this . 
 Wlu'ii caiv and toil and strilV, like dead leads, drop 
 Ik'ncath tlu' Ivthcan wave, and leave the sou! 
 In full possession .if her dower of l>liss, — 
 Peaee. Love, and Contemplation, undisturbed! 
 We have too littU' time to he ourselves, — 
 To he what Heaven designed ! Our rescued feet 
 Now press firm land, while all tl week's Ion- lengtli 
 Our frauili' harks hive hutfetcMl the storm 
 And hatth-d with the wave ! We have heen ehaMied 
 'Twixt murky walls; hut this day we are free! 
 Oh, hlessed emaneipation ! Not that I 
 Do scon; Toifs h .rny hand ami sweaiinu hrow. 
 'Tis wi'll we have ne<'essitii's ; 't is well 
 That hone-t lahor >imph' wants -upplv ; — 
 Fur Sill and Woe — w( ird sisters of the Ni-ht — 
 Do clMiin one eoimiion >-ire in pampered Sloth. 
 Our iM.di.s Mnd our -pirits have imt lost 
 Their life elastic hy the needtnl wei-ht ; 
 |;ut, when the Ke^t-day rises with tlu' lark. 
 We, wi h the lark, ri-e, too. We kiss >weet Sleel', 
 As, with a smile, ^hc liears away our dreams — 
 The •jui-j.coux furniture of Kairy-Iaml ! — 
 And. partiuLT, hid her voiiie again with evo. 
 
MEirOKY. 
 
 ^^^0 fed no inwara pain --the recompense 
 
 Vensefn>uiareani.sorjoyf,,h,,,,tojoy.s 
 '"' '■';" "^^^ 'l--^'-S- tl.e hannony of .souls - 
 
 ^-eot nUe,vou.-.se of uunas-conver.se Mith God 
 J)nvct or tln-oughnis handiwork -- to M-anu 
 And tender greet ings-Iove^s embrace! 
 
 A whole day resting on the lap of Peace' 
 ^ o tnue r.uiVuitful, for at n.orn we know 
 ^i-t every h..,a.,,,^,,i„^. Not such his day, 
 
 il.e.rst halt .spent in sleepy, .slipshod doubts 
 And drowsy resolutions, and the last 
 
 i" fracture of them all; closed off at night 
 H 'th unbecoming mirth or foul debauch 
 
 ^^'Hcb either mind or body must repent' 
 Through all the coming week with many a pang! 
 
 109 
 
 WKMOliV. 
 
 ^""^K dear, dim years! IIuw ull the , 
 
 And dove-like, hovers oVr them with re.n-et- 
 A nnhl regret - a tear-compelhng j„y - " 
 
 >-'• t hey are gone -Ibr ever -ever gone! 
 ■|'"ll-'|.ling,thu.s, our visions with fair lb, 
 y''"l'^'vc no other being -we are lone! 
 ■ "^ J--V ai.iidst ihe spectral multitude I 
 10 
 
 "'"'1 Avings back. 
 
11(» 
 
 POEMS. 
 
 In seasons such ns tliis, or ot'tener still 
 
 In the hushed twilight, ulieii the stars come forth -- 
 
 Familiar as old faces — one hy one, — 
 
 The present fades — the past is j.resent then! 
 
 We leel the pressure of a. gentle hand, 
 
 Wt' hear the accents of a >vell-knowu voice. 
 
 8u.e, 'twas hut ycster eve when last these eyes 
 
 Beamed on us as we wandered hy the shore — 
 
 Or stream, hill, valley, f .rest, iield, ar..l i-lain — 
 
 In converse sweet with Nature; or reclined 
 
 Up.m the lap of calm, -lonu stic hai.piuess, h^sido 
 
 The glowing log that cheered the winter night,— 
 
 As wisdom, wit or song tlu' hours beguil-' ; 
 
 One reading — Avhile the rosy circle sat 
 
 In rai)t attention — some old glorious bard, 
 
 Some episode in siory, or some tale 
 
 Of bohl adventurer to lnn<^s remote,— 
 
 Sonu" sparkling scintillati..ns of (piick minds; 
 
 Sonu' s<mg that moves the patriot blood, or starts 
 
 The sympatlietie tear. — Then comes the lull ; 
 
 The Book of iKH.ks is read ; <he evening hymn 
 
 Floats ui.war.l, and the "good-night" bU'ssings given, 
 
 \Midst kisses showered round on old and young! 
 
 () Memory! thou art a sr.creil thing — 
 Thy mission holy! Thou art to our souls 
 A monitress — a nu'ssenger of g""'l ^ 
 When on the bonhrdand of Doid.t or eVn 
 Full entereu oii lue p'Ciiiou:, [.im -^ o 
 
MEMOKY. 
 
 Ill 
 
 Tcmj)ting tlio j-Hzo nn.l en-or tJ.o jmrsnit, 
 
 And (lead to cv(.rytl.in- l,„t „„,. wil.l tlwill 
 
 Of ravislinicnt and madness — „„ wo nisli 
 
 To rum! Thc-n thou da. test swift and sure 
 
 An an-ow from thy quiver: _,,Vi,,p, so,nc word 
 
 A dym- motlier wliispercl years a-o — 
 
 •Some long-for^.ottei. cnnnsvl of a s'i're, 
 
 Iliniself woll-„i.^d. for^.>tten,_son,e warm tear 
 
 Dn.piKMl from a sister's eyc-lid on the hand 
 
 That pressed the last end.raec.s - some deep gaze 
 
 Ot a neglected h.ve — some passion vow, 
 
 r.ong broken ruthlessly _ some wo.d, s.Jne glance 
 
 'Some prayer, sou.e tear, son.e tola.,, scene or tho,i.d„ __ 
 
 <) Memory, thou shoot est to the heart 
 
 I)i.vct, arresting its mad Inunids, an.l lea.liug 
 
 IJack the prodigal to hope and heaven ! 
 
 And Memory's (piiver is not filled ; each hour 
 Doth add a silver shaft. These happy .lays _ 
 The.e fleeting moments of youn- love and lif(. 
 ^Vill he the mcmViesof a uintry a-^-t 
 
 Til" inne may eon,e, ,,..n.han,.,, when, old and worn, 
 ^""u. morn like this will ,lnd us loitVing here, 
 And as we mutual help our sl,.,,s inlirnC 
 
 Tl-.e living hours will th.-ker <,',.,• our n.inds - 
 *^i" i-hs and tears unitinLT as we L^a/.e 
 
 **'"■ ' '•'■'"(■nd.en.d scene: our t rv^tin- tree — 
 "'"■ ""' -•'■•I"""t..d ualk- our Ihvoritr view- 
 
 Mil 
 
 "'>i'-seat — an.l all — 
 
 And h 
 
 ■•', .111 wil 
 
 conic 
 
 •-' our meniori' ^ tl 
 
 1(11. 
 
112 
 
 poE^rs. 
 
 THOUGHTS ON DEATH. 
 
 These stately elms, 
 That with their afHueiice of living leaves 
 Bend oVr ns in long vistas, seemed to be. 
 One moment since, the aisles and arehes fair 
 Of Beauty's temple — suddenly have clianged 
 To a most sombre ])ath\vay to the grave ! 
 Behold the sign, Avhere tcnninates this walk, 
 The sig-i and heraldry of nionareh Death — 
 The pale, eold obeUsk, the broken shaft. 
 The urn, the eenotaph, the tomb ! Alas! 
 And is it so ? And must it ever l)e ? 
 Is I/ife no more '? Must cveryjuithway lead 
 To such an issue ? 
 
 Pause a moment lien^. 
 To ask (<ne ([uestion of the winds, tlu' leaves. 
 The smi, the streai i, the eloud, the ilower, the dew. 
 Why on this l)eing by my si<le halh Ibavrii 
 lii'stowed sueh dower of bi^auty ? Why Midi skill 
 In every jiart displayi'd — such symmetry 
 Without — such won<lrous j.owcrs williin — and al' 
 
 To the minutest nervi-, instinct with life 
 
 And loveliness so irnsistible, 
 
 That, onci' lu'lield, each is the other's self — 
 
 Twain bodies, but one h.ari, one soui, om- liic, — 
 
TIIOU(;iITS ox DKATir. 
 
 Why tliis ? and M-liy so evanescent made ? — 
 This Feast of beauty, tl.at our eyos ne'er tire 
 Of feeding on ! This Goodness, so esteemed 
 Th.'it nau-lit is good beside. This Tenderness, 
 Tliat makes us jealous of tlie wooing Avind, 
 And ehallenge svlth a frown tlic frowning elouds, 
 Lest but tlie faintest shade or gentlest breath 
 IVright bear it injury — that it sliouM fade 
 Like Autumn's leaf, and mingle with the dust ! 
 Oh, why so wonderful and yet so weak! 
 Its sum of life, _ a morning and an eve — 
 A day of tears and smiles, of clouds and shine ! 
 This miracle of J3eing, for what end, 
 What i)ur])ose wnraght ? 
 
 The dew-droj) ti-iekles 
 To the sod and vanishes ; the flower, too, 
 Fa.h>s away; the clouds fl(.at on ; the streamlet 
 Whimsies by; the sun moves toward his setting; 
 Silent f .11 the leaflets ; and the zei-hyrs 
 I*ass us but to sigh ! 
 
 Sucli, then, tlieir answer ! 
 Surh the sole res,»onse ! They breathed no promise 
 'li"tr.l no hope, and solved no problem dark! 
 iJut, as they passe.], they j.ointed to th- dust! 
 
 113 
 
 lU^ 
 
114 
 
 roK>r-".. 
 
 Tll(»l CUTS IN CIU'HCII. 
 
 i 
 
 i 1 ' 
 
 UwiKi 'tis llic cliiine of Sabbatli bells, tliat call 
 From many a satTcl tcmpU' far ami lU'ar. 
 Let 'IS (>l»ey the suinnioiis ; it is luet't 
 Our ])ilii;rimM^e shouM lead to such u sliriue. 
 Heri- let us (Miter with tlu \vorshii)]>ers, 
 AikI yield uj* !ill our soul to holy thouufht ; 
 For who dares eoine beneath the sacred rooi" 
 Unmindful of the mystic majesty 
 Fnthroned? Pure Faith beliold ; n(, ground that is 
 Not holv, since His liand hath fashioned all, 
 "Whose eye doth rest on all and sanctify: 
 Farth teems with altars as the heaven with stars 1 
 ]>ut the vast tabernacle doth contain 
 A holiest of holies. Such is this — 
 AVI. -re only He in wlioin we live and move 
 
 And have our being, heeds tlu' sujijiliant's prayer. 
 
 Courts are for kings, and castles for tlu' lirave; 
 
 JNlarts for the merchant, gardens for the gay ; 
 
 Schools for the sophist, ]»alaces l"or jirid" ; 
 
 And halls for patriotic elo-iuenci' ; — 
 
 r>ut here — let each his sandals lay aside — 
 
 Forgetful of all else but /n's od'ii sins, 
 
 God's injured laws, and ('hii>t's ;'<oning love. 
 
 Il(»w wonderful is })rayer I that atom, I, 
 
 . . 1 , J 1 : .... 
 
 V. an mo\c iiie iiiiii \\u\\ iiio\v.^ inc uu;-. v;- 
 
•iHOlGHTS IN- CIUK. IT. 
 
 iWo.Hl Mil ronson ; In.i, ol,, Urs.v,} tn.tl, • 
 ^'"* •'•'•■^••'"«' ^''itl' hvy.ua. Tlu-n. I<.t it ret • 
 To,vMs„ni.sto,louI,t_to.loul.tis.lc...,(I,» ' 
 T;Ot K..son slcv,, since Faith lu-.v ,vi;,ns supronie. 
 
 ^7^ "''••'' '^^^••''^'>?-i"-" in all tlK.,H,n,> 
 Ut n-al pa-enntry aiul ,,uuct ? X..t so; — 
 
 Ih-I,oI,I I„M-yon.]er, pensive an.I serono-' 
 Cl.il.llike, l>ut n,ajes(ie; weak, yet wi-I-lin.,. stren^^t}. • 
 '*'*■ '-"''^ ''y" "'^'--'surin,.. tl.y ,l<.ptl,s, Infinity! ' 
 A eoHHial (.f\)oy npon Iter l.n.u- ; 
 
 Her n.be all j.eace an.l spotless pnrity — 
 Transc-en.lent Beauty hovvn^v,a from ti.e skies! 
 
 11 
 
 irmv simple all the rites that TFeaven .leniamls -_ 
 I-vc-, Faith, ITunulity -a psahn, a prayer - 
 A sigh, a tear, a gush of lioly joy! 
 
 A., earnest, eontrite heart -no'less, no more! 
 
 ^ Oh, e.)uM r sing one solemn, saere.l hymn, 
 That, hlench'ng Nvith some g-ran<T ohl melo.ly' 
 
 Might suvll ami roll along these areh.-s dim,' 
 
 An.l till nith >.,ng, as with an im-.M.se-eh.u.I,' 
 
 Tliis vast an.l venerable pi!- ! ()n, eouhl I ponr- 
 
 -\^ liiiipi.l water leaping from the roek 
 
 I5y Moses tonehed- these struggling thoughts eonfine.l, 
 
 '"'I'-isoned in the soul !-these thoughts of Gel, 
 
 Ol man, of time, and .,f eternity; 
 
 '>'■ ''"'ty, love, and truth ; of life and death • 
 
 or . I, .•-... ....... , /. . . . 
 
110 
 
 rOEMS. 
 
 m 
 
 lii 
 
 But no ! 'T is -ot for me. IMino not the gift ; — 
 
 Tlie pfvinp, but not the full fruition, mine ! 
 
 Fitter for me to hiy niy hand ujjon 
 
 My mouth, and bo^v in speechless re. erence ; 
 
 And in a meek, submissive mood, award 
 
 All honor and nil gratitude to those — 
 
 The voiccful ones, who all along the years 
 
 Have told us and intcqireted our dreams ! 
 
 Else had our spirits been disquieted ; 
 
 And all our hopes been whelmed in waves of donbt ! 
 
 WEALTH. 
 
 I 
 
 .. . - 
 
 " CouxT out thy gains ! " demands yon sor<lid wretch, 
 Who from the budding days of blooming youth — 
 Naught loving but himself, naught worshipping 
 13i;t Hold — who never smiled but when he gave 
 To others cause of tears — yea, from his youth, 
 Hath toiled, and giound, and cheated, until now -- 
 A withered, shrivelled, staggering skeleton, 
 That with a coward eye and i)ond'rous key 
 Doth nightly sentinel a box of dross ! 
 " Coimt out thy gains ! " " Xay, count me thine ! " I ask 
 Then, with his long, lank finger, toward the chest 
 He i)oints ; and pointi?ig, dies ; and dying, fades 
 His gold, and Ills more golden years, fur aye ! 
 
LIFE. 
 
 Can wealth do more tlmu this ? Yea, it can build 
 
 Volu],tuous i)alaccs, an<l summon earth, 
 
 Air, ocean, to administer to thee — 
 
 Where, clad in purple and in linen fine. 
 
 Bright youths may wait on thee, and maidens fair; 
 
 And sweet perfr.-ne, and dulcet melody, 
 
 And ruby wine, and vian<ls rich and rare, 
 
 Await thy pleasure, and thy passions feed ! 
 
 'Tis true. But there must come a time when these 
 
 3Iust fade before thine eyes, or cease to give 
 
 Aught else than pain and poignant, wild'hspair. 
 
 Can wealth do more than this ? Yea, it can rear 
 
 ^ cenotaph, and Avrite it o'er with lies. 
 
 That he who knew thee not in life, 
 
 Hay be deceived about thee for an hour! 
 
 117 
 
 LIFE. 
 
 ^TriEY know not life who know not love- who feel 
 >^'. yearnii'vs ^roiu within for something more 
 i"-.n passion cravcth —fruit tliat ripens not 
 1.1 solar rays; -for streams thai have their spring 
 I>eep hidden in the sacred heart .,r things ! 
 'f.) whom the flowers are not as jstcrs fUir, 
 And stars their ehler brothers, an.l the sn'eep 
 Of the wide universe their heritage 
 -la iaihei-laiid !— u-ho count earth all, and death 
 
LirTfT-rm 
 
 118 
 
 POEMS. 
 
 A flcsolation. Ah, tlioy liuow not life 
 Whoso life is hreatliiiig-, aiiil in wliat ihoy (Icriu 
 Most worthy of dcsiiv — iloshly lust 
 Of i)loasure, vrealth, :uul power! 
 
 Sweet souii'ls may tame 
 The heart that owns no law save it ^ wild will ; 
 But all the synijihouies of Xatiire tall 
 On man's emliruteil ears as rain on reefs! 
 
 Tin; AXC L-WIIISIM-.U. 
 
 How like this hour of twiliu-lit u;-Iooni the heart 
 J].'elou(letl much — a lone star i;rniinierliig — 
 iVn<l a flint, failing light — nneia-tain all! 
 
 Ah, ves; tiiou wh;s|ierest, "Love, ami f.iit'i, and Inijic 
 y\\ soul admH's thee fur that slill, small voice. 
 Oil, let me drink the liuht of llicse sweet cNe.S 
 Tlnit ga/A' reproaelil'iilly in mine, and s]ie;ik 
 A lan<'"ua<''e learned ti'oin intcreonrsc wllh Ileiven! 
 Are there not seasons when the lu'art t'eels lone — 
 I)iselted and al>andoned In its need — 
 A s.iith'-'-, hi'lmless, inanlt-^s, hojiclcss \\ rrrk I 
 Its |.reeious Ireight — t!i ■ I iImm -|inielia^ed fruit 
 or rianv an an\ioiis \ car — all h It to dri\ e 
 
MIDXIGUT. 
 
 119 
 
 riKu-e.l fur to .lostrnotion : Looking roniul, 
 
 A\ *■ Hc no pityii.o- ^y^.. n^ saving hand ; 
 
 An.l tl.cn c-onies Doul,t, an.l liag-anl-cye.I Despair, 
 
 Extending, witli her ilvshWss Iiand, the cuj*, 
 
 To iM.ison all tlie lonntains oC the soni ; — 
 
 And knov.ino- wliat u'e are, and deeming wJiat 
 
 ^^ e might have l»een_ue se:,.. ,;,. tempting draught ! 
 
 And tlieu- just then s<nnv angel-whis^cr comes, 
 
 With sweet n-<,rds, hreathing hope, and peace, and love • 
 
 MIDNIGHT. 
 
 'Tis n.M.n of night; tlie soli'mn I)ell lulls forth 
 Its nicaNure.l notes — thr knc 11 of ycsirrday ! 
 And suh.mn still, though 'tis the morrow's peal! 
 l-'lin- wide the latti.H.; hi the hrcath of heaven 
 IJivatlu- on us whih we muse. II„.h every som.d 
 or light, uidiallowed mirth; the lamp's l,righ( glare 
 Mint out, as now the pi'nsi\.. spirit bow.s 
 In revenntial rxcrcise — ii|,|if| 
 iivynul the .londs! Von spiritual worlds 
 That gem the hrow of \i;.ht seem nearer to ns now, 
 An.lgh.w lurause we -raze; .•i„d FFeaven itself 
 iMure like our fitiirrlimd! Sweel, hnlh.we.I h 
 
 IKIUI 
 
 II"- of j^nvat thougliis and line ima-iuin-'s! 
 
lli(» 
 
 rOKMS. 
 
 "When on the whigs of Contcin])l:ition homo, 
 W(,' rise oVt all the narrow houmls of sense, 
 Anil, without (H-solutitni, taste the rieii 
 Amhrosial food I The world is (^uite shut out — 
 Its wants and woes — its jxtinps auil vanities 
 Do fade away; and eaeh poor witlur'Mi,' wreath. 
 That all (.)ur anxious ^ife is _L,dven to gain, 
 Seems like the plaything of a greener age ! 
 The very thought of earth is saerilege — 
 l*rofane as rexelry hencath the gothie dome 
 Of eloistereil pile, where sainte<l relies rest! 
 Oh, fittest hour to launch upon the dec]*; 
 And, in our morn of youtli, to float aw ay ! 
 Now, while no fevers hurn, no pains distract, — 
 But 'j,ales auspicious till our silken sail 
 And urire us onwanl <.j the realms of Day! 
 
Tin; MisANjiii;('- i: Mi;j.Ti;i), 
 
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 IIkx. Ah! a cliiMl' -xl's tune- 
 
 That wins tlioc hack to all thy diihlh 1 loved! 
 'Tis on such niulits as this, when soft re])ose 
 Stills every niunnur hut the sijihin^ gale, 
 Ami the pale nioonliu-ht ripiiles in the flood — 
 'Tis in such houi-s we hover o'er the past — 
 Call up tlie shady spirits, :ind refresh 
 The fading nienuu-ies of e:ich liallowed scene ; — 
 Kinhrace loved forms, and feel the snu>ldVing tire^j 
 IvckimUing in the heart their ancient glow; 
 I know it, Carl. 'Tis this that gui.les your liand 
 To sti-ike a chord hai'monioiis with your sou'. 
 
 Cvur.. Ave, lleiui, that's the truth. l.ut yet, how 
 strange 
 The past shouM ever seem to claim so large 
 
 A portion of till' mind! No present joy — 
 
 \o I'liture promise, \>v it I'cr so great^ 
 
 Cm di--pt>ssess this despot of the heait ! 
 
 IIkv. A gentle despot, ("arl, — a loving one — 
 
 Sine" lie hut gives us hack our tears tf joy — 
 
 Siirroumls his throi.c with lo\(Tnicss :ind light, 
 
 And Iciiiishes cncli giicf ; or, if one shade 
 
 Still liiiuers there, with most consummate skill. 
 
 He liid- it soften some loo lirini;mt ray ; 
 
 And tears, too preci. us to he lov>, trai.^mutcs 
 
 To pe.irls, that i.\er glitier in h-^ crown ! 
 
 A u' ii'h- di -]"-t, (';ii!, a !o\",ng one. 
 
 ( \i;i. I feel him sui li, my fiieed, I feel him sueli — 
 
THE MISAXTIIKOI'E MELTED, 
 
 I:!:} 
 
 11 KX. Ilnrk! 
 
 ^-^''^" The boatman's sorcnado. 
 
 ^^^^'- Uow sH-ootly 
 
 Do tlie soft zopl.yrs waft it ! droamily — 
 Xou- spoiling I,„„l_i,o,v (Ivin-r to a breatli! 
 
 [./ juni.^-f.] 
 
 Tl 
 
 eiv is a tiino, a place, +or all tliin-s ma.lo,— 
 
 And wln-n the jnoonhoani si 
 
 Xaturo, liorsolt; 
 
 ccps uj)()n the flood, 
 
 ('lies out for niolodv! 
 
 Caul. IF 
 
 <-' was no idlo drcanuT who ostooniM 
 
 lannonv, 
 
 Ilcr lii<,dK'SL law was lioavcnly I 
 
 IIkn. Xo idle divainor ! Ah, 1.„t what a world 
 man were not the oidy chord untimM — 
 10 jarrinnr „ot,. that <lamns the- nohlc soni;! 
 Caul. IJnt who can say? A discord oft In't 
 nL'ister's haii.l, it tilm.^cs 'Jic chord 
 Hex. True, ( arl ; hut know, wl 
 
 If 
 Tl 
 
 ravs 
 
 s more sweet. 
 
 len unskillM fi 
 
 ncrers 
 
 tiare 
 
 To tamper with y(.n lyre, its silver st 
 
 (mvc naii^lit hut d 
 
 If 
 
 niiLTs 
 
 ISS(»I 
 
 )anc<'! And yet, l,'o(k1 Carl, 
 
 nv much a Lfencrods soul may find to 1 
 ^''•n in this ciK.ir of untuuM iuNtrumcuts 
 This woild ot" evil 
 
 <>\v 
 
 men and — 
 
 Caul 
 
 1 1 -C.N. 
 
 And 
 
 ^N'liat, luy tVit-ud ? 
 w.,mt II — too — t..o iMiK' for i,io>f of 
 
 them — 
 
 l-ilv diaiiiond, Lclittcriie,' iu the h;is,-r clav • — 
 
 .i"»v nunii oi ocauix, trutli, and h 
 
 ;i\ culy jiiy 
 
1-J4 
 
 roicMs. 
 
 
 r.Mir.. .Villi vet \]\vsv M-ords srmnd st iMiiu'cly troiii 
 yor.r lips, 
 TliMt ino.iii, so ot't, a iiu'l:iiicli(ily diri^'c; — 
 Ydii, ncuri, \,\\n liatli steeled yoiM'si'lf a^.■lillst 
 The suit sediiclioiis of tills iietlier sj-liere I 
 
 IIkn. True, Carl — Imf — 
 
 Caki.. Ha ! T see you Ma^li ! 
 
 IIlCX. Fercliaiiee 
 
 Von may. I have, of hite, had reeliui^s yti-aivje. 
 With shado.vy tlioiiLi'hts that somewhat shook my faith. 
 
 CV\i:i.. Voar faith I ><';iy, Ih nri, youi- mi<'aitli, you 
 ' mean ; 
 What fiith had you iu auL,dit of he;;ven oi' earth? 
 
 IIi:\. \\'ell, he it so. \'\v hecai a sceptic, Cai'I — 
 Soe|(ticI — aud \vi — uive me your hand, my friend — 
 And yet, nethiid^s, '{ was on the surface, ;ill I 
 I tell thee. Carl, I was so like the e;irth 
 AVhich. s;iv the sau'es, is one welt'ririu' ma<s 
 i)\' :il!.cop-Mmiiiu- tire, with hut a thin 
 Pie-ciai^t on which we human uiortaN cicepl 
 y\\ heart was ;ill a-i;lo\\, tlion^h (aai^tdl o'er 
 With I'Ut a frai:ile rind of mihi'liel'— 
 A lilm\ |il:tt"orm foi' my creepin'j,- iloiihl s I 
 
 ( ' \ i;i . And so I <iflcn s:iid 1 
 
 IIkn. And so I th.Miuh' I 
 
 I>Ut IMldc. thou kuoWCst, is <o ahsolutel 
 
 \;i\. :ili iii; iomr, tiiese inner tire- did uiow ; 
 And \rl I ainiM to deem it were no| -.Oj — 
 
TIIK -MISANTIIIIOPI.; :,I ICI.TKI) 
 
 1-j: 
 
 Yen, strove to tliink my col.lness did 
 From (IcH'p jiliilosophy ! 
 
 result 
 
 MIL, 
 
 Tlic siK'll, and ^roke tin's 1 
 
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 Well, Avliat dissolved 
 n:irt-sui-r<;iiii(liiiir rijid y 
 
 ice. 
 
 MIL. 
 
 A faee 
 
 ir 
 
 K.V. 
 
 A thee ar 1 
 
 A flee — and tl 
 
 len a woi-d 
 
 >oauty, and a word all love! 
 
 Cakl, N; 
 
 ly ; not n fair one's face':* 
 
 ij 
 
 K S. 
 
 All, more than fair! 
 
 Mich words Ijeeon.e not ser;;i.| 
 
 Tl 
 
 [.liim ; — to sj.eak 
 
 icir j.raises J,rsf, anoelic words, al 
 
 one 
 
 Arc \<t: but 1. 
 
 We .1 
 
 , i>ut kncwuiLj: not the speech ui' 1 
 ii'c not (|u;ilify their attriltut 
 
 leaveji. 
 
 es 
 
 A\' 
 
 itii |«-orhn.iianity's imperli-et tonLCne! 
 
 Oh, Carl:— I 
 
 ■;»'« a tear-<lrui) i:i thin 
 
 V eve 
 
 That a/ure heaven of sympat hy, — ||„„| k 
 I-'or th.... ha^t felt whit "t is toh.ve and d 
 Th-.u art helov'.i: The world 
 I''h>\vers, lields, tre.'s, st 
 If I 
 
 noHest, 
 
 I'cni 
 
 to me is ehanu'ed I 
 , trees, stars, y,.)| moon, and all I loved 
 
 nia\- eali it Inw — 
 
 seem sweef. r than lu'lore ! 
 
 And what I never |,,\,.d_,nv f, 
 
 )ot: 
 
 ellow-raee — 
 ' wear an altere.I mien! A dehi-e, Carl 
 
 ll;itli Hooded ai: niv soul ! U 
 
 "■.'l\ e1,\ \\ iiidoxvs (.pcd I 
 
 "iiitiiiK .,f the i,n-eaf deep l.rokeii up,— 
 
 And, in the o\ I'li 
 
 'ppin- tide, the niountaiiK s'nk 
 
 And l.o\e;s fail- ;irk 
 
 swims oer tif eternal tonih 
 
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 '■'•i-or, doiil.t, maliLjnity, and p.ide ! 
 
 IV 
 
1-JG 
 
 rOEMS, 
 
 I 
 
 m 
 
 TIkmi sccst not iioAv the trieiid of lonncr yeiirs 
 In liim w li(t unisps tlr. ^atid and pours 
 Tliis l,iiiLiiiaL,a' of i[vv\) i»assi<)u in thine cars! 
 This h( atiiiLf hcai1 — /i< re lav vour liaiid, inv Carl — 
 Tliis thi-i>hl)inii- ln-art, that oiici' was far too small 
 For c'cii my selfish self, hath u'rowii so u'reat 
 That all mankind may (ind a haven there I 
 In loviiii;- one, T U'arne(l to love them all I 
 C'aim.. And tliis thou cam'st to tell 'f 
 JIkn. All this — and move! 
 
 T told the listeniuLr winds, to ease my soul 
 Of her ^weet weight of new-found ecstasy! 
 A\u\ now I will that you may share with me. 
 (\\i;i.. ]Most willingly ! 
 Hkn. Tlii. said, I go. This night 
 
 T meet my lo\e l>''iieatli the linden tri'c! 
 
 Lean from this lattice; thou niayest dimly see, 
 
 Far di)\\ii yon \ale, o'er which a blue ha/e liangs 
 
 So dreamily, the spot — a fairy scene! 
 
 There is (Uir trystiiig-trei' ! Wert excr there ? 
 
 "T is wiirtli a ]iilgrimage of fifty leagues 
 
 Thriiic_;ii wind and I'aiii, to see! Such lovely tloweis ! 
 
 Such tall, o'cr-arching trees! Such \i'lvet swaril ! 
 
 Such c<i>cv little nooks lor eliiii s|iort<. 
 
 And fair\ morris-dancers, and for love 
 
 To wanton in, you ne\cr saw licl'ore! 
 
 And ^uch a glorious ni'^-ht ! liut see, — the time 
 
 C'rcc|i-~ oil a]iace! and I must go, ere vet 
 
 a;';Urs 
 
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Tii:-: MisA.VTHiiori.: 
 
 .Mr:LTi;i). 
 
 V2: 
 
 About hi.s lilv-lovc. Ad 
 
 Ad 
 
 It'll, my Carl, 
 
 icu 
 
 [/.'■'■it IlKNia. 
 
 AKL, 
 
 How vast, how i)otciit, 1 
 
 Adieu! .uid Heaven smile on 
 
 your .joy 
 
 All 
 
 low i)n)tnund is love ! 
 
 ccMKjuermg ! Alike, that -1 
 
 In Piivad 
 
 <»i"ious morn 
 
 1st', when Adam, wak 
 
 111^- warm 
 
 rom blissful dreams, lirst saw his 1 
 As now, this ni-lit, beneath yon linden tree ' 
 
 •eaufeous bride 
 
 Tl 
 
 't'same in palaee as in cot — amid 
 
 The li 
 
 And 
 
 yi.er!)or;an Avilds as 'neath tl 
 
 le vines 
 
 siiiinv skies < 
 
 Thank II 
 
 'f Italy 
 
 or S 
 
 l»ain. 
 
 X 
 
 enven, it is the same ! Tl 
 
 o matter who, or wliat, or wl 
 
 K'le is no heart 
 
 Love hath not reaeliM 
 
 lere, or when 
 
 or ni 
 
 ty 'i..t reaeh — to melt. 
 
128 
 
 rOKMS. 
 
 !ii 
 
 ) 
 
 MAIDEX LOXGIXGS. 
 
 "What a honutifiil cvc. Avitli its saftVon sky, 
 Its i)urpk' clouds, and its iutant moon ! 
 
 "SVitli a bri-at litt'.e star, like a lonely eye, 
 Looking down on tl.o calm lagoon — 
 
 Unruffled by auglit but the wild-binVs v,uv/, 
 
 As it dips, on her way to the Land of Sprinj 
 
 o'! 
 
 Oh, could we, luy love, Avitli that lightsome bu-d. 
 
 Forsake this region of fading flov>"v'v-', 
 For climes whci'e the sigh of the /ei'hyr is heard, 
 
 For ever in beautiful bowers ! — 
 Where day, as thiiu' I'yes, may b(> cloudlessly bright. 
 With the dew, as my tears, falling softly at night ; 
 
 Where lilies are i-:iss;ng the crystal stream. 
 And citron and cinnamon scenting the gales; 
 
 Where butU'rllies flit, and lireilics gleam, 
 And turtle-doves coo in the vales; — 
 
 Where cold is a stranger, and teni|iest uiidreaded, 
 
 ii > 
 
 .i.i.,.i t 
 
:NrAIDKX LO.N\;i.\(;,s. 
 
 12!) 
 
 An<l yvt, with thee and with those —Avliat joy! — 
 Witli tliee and those l)eaiititiil skies! 
 
 And sare, to let fanciful h)iiL,n,mrs destroy 
 Such hhssfuhiess, cannot he wise : 
 
 Xay; I will not — I will nut n-ine any more ! 
 
 Then, away, pretty bini, to thv dt'stined shore. 
 
130 
 
 rOEMS. 
 
 NATURE AND ART. 
 
 The voice of music softly floats 
 
 From yoi .ler mansion granJ, 
 '♦Yliere lianglity beauties in the dance 
 
 Their gaud/ wings expand. 
 They dream that tliey are happy now ; — 
 
 I envy not tlieir hliss ; 
 But would not for an age of that 
 
 Exchange an hour of this : — 
 
 Through dim old woods, at Avill, to stray 
 
 O'er rugged mountains roam — 
 To muse by winding rivulets, 
 
 Or where the billows foam ; — 
 Wherever simple Xature speaks 
 
 From loving heart to heart, — 
 Whose softest note is grander far 
 
 Thau all tlie pomps of Art ! 
 
T'EATII AND TIIK WOOi)3:AX. 
 
 i;ji 
 
 r>EATII AXD THE WOODMAX. 
 
 "I'm woaiy (,f living," tlic woodman sin-licl, 
 
 Ah he tottfivfl along the road ; 
 "For the sake of a miserable enist of bread, 
 I 'd rather, a thousand tiraes, be dead, 
 
 Than eany this wearlocme load I 
 
 " Come Deatli ! . .me Death ! " and down he sat 
 
 Upon his bundle of -wood, 
 
 " Come Death, and ease me of woe and want !" 
 And straight, a skeleton, grim and gaunt, 
 
 Beside the old man stood ! 
 
 " Well, what do you wish ?" the skeleton aske.l, 
 
 "For I heard you just eomplain." 
 "Oh, wish ?" said the man, with a ghastly face, 
 "If you please, I wish you to Iielp me place 
 
 This load on my shoulder a^-ain ' " 
 
132 
 
 I'oK.MS. 
 
 THE TWIX TREES. 
 
 'V\\(> till-' l(i'j,'('tlK'i\^'n'\v, 
 .\iiil oiK' \v;is witir lunl t.ill ;nhl riclily oifcii ; 
 The Dtiicr !j;i':ii-K'<l, .'mil of :i slckru r hue, 
 
 All. I rrix)kc".l, (hvartl'd, aiitl mean. 
 
 Ill i' 
 
 ii 
 
 i 
 
 I 
 
 Tlicv 1il')s*<()iiic(l siilt' l>y ^'nlr — ■ 
 IiK'JvaHnL:, tairmir, Icaliii'i, \v:u- liy year; 
 Tlic tain I' iiiu' u as t'liiitl'ul, ami lii- \>v'u\<' 
 
 ^V!l^ ii(iiiri-lu'(l it witli care 
 
 ri\(' Icncii tri'i' was lct"t 
 l\> NatuitV kc('|iiiii;- — tliri\c as liot it ina_\ 
 l.itil at Icii'jtli it scciiK'il dt' iilr Ix'irtl 
 
 AikI iia^t'iiiii''' t" (Iccav ; — 
 
 'I'licn, ilfi'iiii'il no liiiiL';> T wurtli 
 Tlif ^|>aci' it (iccu|iifil, tlir w oodmnii caiiic. 
 Willi iiii]i!< iiu iit<, til ri'I it tVniii tlu' rarlU 
 
 Aii'l \ i«M It 1" till' tlaiiic. 
 
tut: tm-ix trees. 
 
 133 
 
 Cut ere lie .struck, a Invd, 
 Tlut ',nong the .nple.s branches built her ne.t 
 ^^'S^^n to sing, ,vhich wheu tlie woo<lman heard 
 
 CuJiii.as,ion filJM Lis breast ! 
 
 " I «lare not touch this tree! 
 
 "ocent, it (loth belon.^- 
 
 o > 
 
 To tliee, sncct in 
 
 %^u.mne.I.cte.Ureaveu hath givex^t thee, 
 Ihouinvttychil.lof .on-!" 
 
 Shonl.l this not teach the min.l 
 
 That what .lo.h seem .ol,ounty to impart, 
 ^lay be, t;>r rreav<.„'s high pun>oses, .lesigne.l 
 -lo -less some secret heart ? 
 
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 1 oi.i.ow i.M. -1. units i:i.ri.i;< ri"Ns.] 
 
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 'Iaii. :ii:cioiit .lu'^I iVoiii iiialtol col.wclis coiiu', 
 And <Iu-t of in.niy l..ii'j,-.!f]>:irtc(l yciirs I 
 
 1 wouM roiivcr-c with tlirc: wcit llinii nut (Iiiiiil), 
 l|(.\v <j,l:i'Ily !'• tli; ^lil' I *"' l<'i"l '"""' '^■•""'^^ — 
 
 For in.Miy tirniLr-> :i-~ M-t uiituM, I wren, 
 
 Aii-1 Jia^Miig- Woiiilcrlul, tl.y UW- lintli seen ! 
 
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 Some rjti-^oili's tliiit ii<> lii--ti>ric |.:iii,-(' 
 
 Iliilli i\rv >lio\vii, :il,is ! ;iii(l iM'"ti- limy -liow ; 
 Some wil'l romaiKr^ (if :i liy-^niK' :\'/s, 
 
 Tliat iiiTiK iKiVilit ini-lit "-lull to know! 
 Oh. for tlif \\i/.:inl pow r, like one ol" oM, 
 To lin:ik tliv silt nee, ami thy tah' uiil'oM ! 
 
 U i 
 
 Ahhoiiuh thon art a iiiir, ami rather fiail, 
 
 Tl;..n hast Mir\i\c'l at ha-t Iwo hiimlr.Ml yms; 
 
 Whilv mighty |.otciital<s in ro.its nf iii:iil, 
 
 ll:i\r pavx'.l aua\, with all tlnir liopo aiwl ll'ar> 
 
 ■"1" IN stranijc to think a jni:- lor hohlini^ watt r 
 
 Siiotil.l oiitli\f kiiius win. ji\f hy goi'i aii.i siatiy 
 
 nti'i 
 
To A .11 « 
 
 l-'i.") 
 
 Vet, licrc IIk.ii miM ! iiiciiioi i.il ..f tl.c [.ast 
 
 A (itiaiiit (.1.1 li-a-niciil of a .[iiaiiit ..1,1 \v.,il.i:_ 
 
 Tl.allia(li.!,.|i,.,| ni.l,. Tin.c's nin,.rs,.l,.ss hiasi, 
 Wliil,. in..n. stu|K'ii,l..ii>. lahri.-s have hen l.uilM 
 
 Hack t.) (he ii.»tliii,-iH.ss In. Ill whi.'I, tlicy s).nin-_ 
 
 IJy 1)l(^...l and sweat rr.,ni Inn,, an sinews wnni'-'! 
 
 Iladst til..,; the L^nlV ..f L.ti-iics 't n.^v tliinc f.. 1.11 
 
 M..st cnfcrtainin- (IiinM-s of Sliakspcaiv's lim,. ; 
 Or talcs ..r.lavs vvr I'aiiPs cat he.lral l.cll 
 
 l>c,<j^aii to rini;- ..f S|.cnccr Vni to rliynic! 
 Douhtlcss <.r Cn.nnvcirs .lc,.,ls tli..n wcrt awaiv,— 
 WJiat (/u/t tliy master, r..iinillica.l or cavalier? 
 
 From all tliese has-rclicvos on tliy si.le 
 
 Of iMirly l.a.-cliaiialians, I wist 
 lie was n..l t.. ll,,. riiritaiis allied, 
 
 l]iit rather was s..iii.' r<.i-~i'rini^r n.vilis) ; 
 Wh.. kn..ws hill Charles the Sec.ii.l, when |.nrMi,..l, 
 May, Jr..m this rim, have .jiialVM ih.. (•..initry-hivu -,1 ! 
 
 Stran.Lrc 'hi„-s hav:. happ-m d hi- ,. ii ,...iild \,r .aid 
 That, lli..ti well oini- — si.i|.iivinir j^ ,|„. ,.|,;,„^r^. ; 
 
 \\ hat 11. .w is .■oiniii..ii|.la<'c, the wiMcvt head 
 
 <d" yunr.lay never .Inainpl. CmiM 1 hiit ran-c 
 
 0\.rhall' //•,.!,., s.niM jud-.. me nnd ..,• ...vaniiiius — 
 
 Von have m-t hear.! ..1 lelegiaj.h aiel steaniimr ^ 
 
136 
 
 rOEMS. 
 
 "Wliy, voyngcs that took your tnrs, at 1)0.4, 
 
 Six weary luontlis, may now 1' done :i week in, • 
 
 For, I \ we liglit our jnpes in farlliest west, 
 And kno k tlie n>lies out, almost, in I'ekin! 
 
 We liave a wire by which Cohimh'ia sjoke 
 
 Across the seas to Albi' ii — then, broke ! 
 
 In sootli, 't woukl take a life-time to unfol<l 
 
 The roll of wonders or a sketch to show fortli — 
 
 Of exhibitions, pyramids of gold, 
 
 French revolutions, battles, gas, and so forth ; 
 
 Such things as e'en your poets never sung: 
 
 The world was in her teens when yoii were young ! 
 
TOO LATE, 
 
 O/ 
 
 TOO LATE! 
 
 Too l.ito to |)l;int the ton.lor seed, 
 
 TI 
 
 le s 
 
 owing time is past 
 
 To.) late to prop the fading vino 
 
 That feels the wintry hiast! 
 Too hate to rear a teini.l 
 
 pie now, 
 
 TI 
 
 le l)inl(hng tune i^ 
 
 Too hate to shift the ru(hl 
 
 er now. 
 
 I liear the breakers roar! 
 
 igaiii, 
 
 •are 
 
 s an'ani, 
 
 Too late to gather fruit 
 
 The orchard trees arc 1 
 Too lati' to sear.'h the Held 
 
 The gleaners have hcen there. 
 Too late — alas! — to win nie hack 
 
 My long-neglected love! 
 'J'oo late — all, no — n..t yet too late 
 
 To hope for rest above ! 
 
 lli' 
 
138 
 
 POEMS. 
 
 IX AFFLTCTTOX. 
 
 
 Assist mc, Lord, to plaoo my trust 
 In tlu'c, from Avliom my bcinuj camel 
 
 Thy iraiiil is meiriiul tliouL^Ii just, — 
 In every at^e and elinu' tlie same : — 
 
 It liatli my filt'ring steps sustained 
 
 AVlieii uMtliering sliadi's obscured tlio Truth ; 
 Aui], in Tem}>tatioirs liour, restrained 
 
 The wild impetuous will of youth. 
 
 Thou hast my daily wants su]>iili"(l 
 With <laily bounties from al>o\i'; 
 
 And what to me hath been denied 
 Thou didst withhold alone in lovo. 
 
 
 j\Iay Faith's pure beam be ever brii^ht, — 
 ^My soul to cheer, my dor.bis to chase; 
 
 Anil, in Alllict ion's weary niuhl, 
 
 To lru^t TIu'C where J cannot trace! 
 
Tin: r.AST lAV. 
 
 l:]9 
 
 TITK LAS'I' LAV 
 
 Xo more (ho .AIusc iii;iy Iciiii.t Jiim _ 
 This l.iy (sliall he the l.ist ' 
 
 For stei-iicr tl 
 
 ifincs n\v;iit hiiii, — 
 
 The il.»u- 
 
 cry ;il;(' is past 
 
 Aii.l yet, li,. I(,vcs to liii-cr 
 In (he howi'i- hcsiWc Ihc st 
 
 I'caiii 
 
 Ik' loathes to ) 
 
 )e awaKciic 
 
 'O soon, IVoni JJeaut v's d 
 
 ream. 
 
 l>ut IH'c's no rosy Aisioj), 
 
 Xo ulccsonic holiday ; 
 
 OIil 'i'inie 's a test 
 
 \ nia ^t(■^. 
 
 That hrodketh m, (hi; 
 
 i\", 
 
 O'er Fortune's I'avoied chil.l 
 
 ren. 
 
 Tiie M 
 
 use may spread licr \vin:x, — 
 
 Tlie rook must e\( r 'al 
 
 r 'aiior. 
 
 And IMiih.niel; 
 
 I sin:'\ 
 
 Tl 
 
 H' S 
 
 pirit ddth l)i!f t<'n:'!it 
 
 A lchi|.lc (III tlic san<l, 
 
 'I'hat, needs ;i (•onstaut I 
 
 An <'\ci--\\(iilviii^- Ii:.iid 
 
 ^ I ' ( ' i 1 ! n LT, 
 
140 
 
 rOK.MS. 
 
 Aii'l cnrtli will yield no liiirvcst 
 "NVlitTc seed has not been sown,- 
 
 Who asks for hrcad unpurchased 
 ]>y toil, receives a stone. 
 
 The dav has not vet risen 
 
 When Mind alone shall sway; 
 The soul nnist still he shackled 
 
 To this hody of decay ; 
 And, like a lonely convict, 
 
 Must labor on and hope. 
 Till some kind sitirit conieth, 
 
 The dungeon-door to oj>e ! 
 
 Though Fortune chain the bcxly, 
 
 She cannot diain the niind, — 
 'Twill soar throntili o-orgeous cloudland, 
 
 'Twill angel-sisters iind! 
 Then let tliis be the solace 
 
 Of liini "vlio hangs his lyre 
 On the willow, — that for aye 
 
 Still burns the sacred fire ! 
 
L rxvoi. 
 
 141 
 
 L' EXVOI. 
 
 I. 
 
 Go fortli, my little book! go forth alone — 
 I may not journey Avith thee ; thou must bo 
 
 Tliine own proteetor! Let thy youth atone 
 For aught of inii)eifection friends may sec 
 
 Witliin thee ! Mm-h in sorrow liast thou ^rowi; 
 And mueh in joyfulness, — till thou of me 
 
 Became the counterpart, and ever ti-ue — 
 
 Showing upon thy face each varied hue. 
 
 II. 
 
 My fi-equent solace through long, weary years 
 ^'\d solitary hours, — and when to pour 
 
 tSuch wayw:.rd thoughts as vagrant Fanc>- ])ears. 
 My only i)K'asure ! Now, these seasons o'er, 
 
 The dea.l Past, with her changing beam, appears 
 A broken rainbow arching a dim shore ! 
 
 And yet I would not quendi this feeble llame, 
 
 iiiough hopeless of youth's hoj.e — a poet's fame ! 
 
142 
 
 rOKMS. 
 
 Ill 
 
 Strange tlioiiglits liavc visitciT my soul, like sails 
 Uj)(>ii tlie tar liorizoiTs misty vi'i-ge ; 
 
 But, aiu-liorless, tliey passrd ; — tl.e gales 
 or ooM reality arose — the surge 
 
 Of Lite's unrest — that over all jirevails, 
 
 I'ill the torn l)ark in heavenly seas emerge, — 
 
 S\vei>t Avildlv o'er them : and the chaidcMl iii<dit 
 
 Came swiftly onward, hiding all troni sight 1 
 
 IV. 
 
 The sunbeams dart throu<,di mvriad leaixucs of si»ace 
 
 As <hirk as Erebus, until they fall 
 Upon some lonely woi'ld, that lifts her face 
 
 In glowing gratitude, — and so to all 
 Come beams from heaven ; but finding, oft, no place 
 
 To rest U])on — no mind ]ire])are(l — the jiall 
 Of dead obscurity still wrajis them round, 
 And the Promethean limbs remain unbound! 
 
 V. 
 
 For such, there is no refuge but to dream. 
 
 And to be scorne(l for nursing ])lants tliat bear 
 
 No fruit; — to gi-a'^p at things tliat only i^ttin 
 Deliverers — cloud-castles liuuir in air, — 
 
L EWOI. 
 
 14;j 
 
 And vain, dclusivo firc's, tliat l)riglilf.st gl 
 When (lie niosf faitlik'; 
 
 canv 
 
 ;s Ava 
 
 }s they lure y 
 
 oil 
 
 near ; — 
 
 lies 
 
 I 
 
 r<» cliasr the Rauibow for tlie i^,,],! tlmt 
 Jeneatli her <b,jl,_yet iieVr to iind the i.ir 
 
 VI, 
 
 I>-.:t I have leaniM to see my castles fall 
 
 Without a sioh,__Tiine teaehini,' me to buil.l 
 
 Yet others — lu'lted with a ( 
 
 irnu'r wall 
 
 Than elouds; an-l, if n.,t h.ftv, safe, and fiilM 
 
 AVith what dot! 
 
 1 i^n lit a deejier joy than all 
 
 'Jlie unsubstantial fmtasies that thrilh-d 
 Vhe youthful spirit, flittiiio- o'er f lir llower 
 In that fresh, rosy morn of dreamy hours! 
 
 VII, 
 
 (Jo, then, my little child! Al 
 ]Jesid( 
 
 1, once there dwelt 
 
 I.eside me one T h.^j-ed to ],K.ase — whose praise 
 Was dearer tar, whose mild rej.roof more lelt 
 
 Than all, — Ada, my sister! Thy hri-ht days 
 How brief! And still I see thy sweet eyes melt, 
 
 As erst, benignly o'er tlioso youtliful lays ; — 
 
 I hear thy wise sn<,'gestions — lending ])ower 
 
 Toncliing with livelier huc3 each modest fluwer! 
 
144 
 
 rOEMS. 
 
 A' 1 1 1 . 
 
 ITo^v mucli I owe to tliec ! — From that still time 
 Of starlio-ht, when, ns tendrils twined, we stootl,- 
 
 Silent or-siu-liin!^ — drinkiiici- the sweet chime 
 That tremhled from the spirit-land — a Hood 
 
 Of meloily, that Avhls])ered of the clime 
 
 Where now thou ever livest with the Good ! 
 
 Yt 5 ; thou art gone with this fond hope ! But 
 Heaven 
 
 A surer Trust and holier Hope hath given I 
 
 TX. 
 
 Go, then, my little one ! I bid thee go ! 
 
 What to thy sire thou mayest return is naught, — 
 If thou shouldst cause an earnest tear to How ; 
 
 Or i)lant in any mind a nobler thought ; 
 Or chase one wrinkle from the brow of v/oe ! — 
 
 Xo more he seeks, nor deems this vainly ..jught. 
 Then go I — Avhile cherish'd thoughts of thee shall 
 
 dAvell 
 Long in his heart who bids tliee now — Farewell!