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MAIN AN1> JAMKl^ ST«. ^ JhJ:::-L^ '-: J: .--'-' 1869. --^ '::':.:,UkM 4 MUM u ^ ni | i i )! ipi .i i : iii i n i ftjiMMi. : ■i ii ii»-».mi,ja J ».?; ^ ■ 1 , j-jr. .k^i^T .i<«"r&cisi*i: ^uit4T>^'f^t i "I' "m*;- ,,UTUMN l^EAVES.'^ -t' > ■'•. r:;:'J '- (•/ 'I r-)-: r j.ii:.t ) ■'/ n^M i t , . • ^ ': ff < One night of late, when the wild storm was raging, ' The city hells had tolled their last night chime, I, reading hy the glow of coal and light of lamp, Heard, 'mid the voices of that stormy time, -■ . ..f-f A low, faint knocking.^. ,^. .^^..^ , ..t .'h; ;i ^ ** ^ ^ |I looked not for a ^' raven lightly tapping," '" ^'''•^* tut at my door there stood a living child; '^' ' hik? [An "Arab Knight" looked straight into my eyes, tut muttered only through the tempest wild, ,. tn ,,., "I am fo hungry." ,,.,..'.„.,,. ,. , • And when he left with brightened eyes, and hope Glowing anew through liis young, half-starved frame ^Twas then I asked myself what should I learn From that weird child uttering one faint claim ^ "I am so hungry." ■) , ; ■ .r ,■ • I . I.. ,nO MIMi««UWM 4"'' „. ■ ; . ! 'f ,1 7 ^ r • V > lan jhild, AUTUMN' LEAVES. A pilgrim on the weary march of life. -» ; lUeading amid the winter storm and rain < ' I That I am hungry. r - -t •; Oh, let no fear, no barriers intervene, Between my starving soul and Thy full hoard But more than all, prepare me for the feast, The marriage supper of Thy Son, my Lord, \ Where none arc hungry. 5 A SONU OF THE FLOWERS or, Ld .MS' 1 [orm '7 ft(i\ ;j HUM " Why are you weeping, ye gentle flowers ? Are ye not blest in your sunny bowers ? Have you startling dreams that make ye weep, When waking up from your holy sleep ?■' * ^ •■ ^^KbEi ■ '.■ • ■' ^. Wm A L' T U M >f L E A V K !:* The branches and tendrils merrily dance,-, , > ■ At the wirldwind's cry, and the lightning's glance. We dread not to see the snake's back of gold. Dart through the lilacs or marigold; ;. ^ . For fears that dwell in the human breast, Find in the heart of flowers no rest. - > . ,1 ., We have no fears when we hear thee pass, , , Over the fold of the tangled grass ; We have no dread when we hear thee breathe, Over the flowers we love to wreathe, Nor tremble w^hen night falls from heaven above, And nature is stillness and earth is love ; We steal from thy keeping when summer is o'er, And wait thee where flowers can die no more." !:> '.i '..<., I ri-f THE MAGDALENE. I '- f f ''• Whoso cometh unto Mc hath life." "He goes to Olivet to watch to night, *(^ !•• i Alone, and weary and dejected, ^ Oh I dare I follow up the path He goes, What if I be rejected? 99 8 A U T U M N I. K A V E S If I should be rejected, I who have brought The Captains of the Eaj^dcs kneeling, I who have felt the haughty Herod's arm • Around me fondly stealing. ^ " ,^ ' i V -' :- 1 J t ! I If I should bo rejected, I who have danced < , Among these marble lialls and fountains, I who have walked with tretrach and wi+h priest. These olive groves and mountains. I who have gazed on stern and passionate men, Nor felt one rushing pulse beat higher, . . , Feel when I look on HIM, as if I gazed _, On the sun's mid-day tire, .j , !, , . j ir -^ ^ He looks upon me Avith those searching eyes. As if He were my elder brother ; Yet wins me to His gentle sermons sweet, As if He were my mother. He says that he must suffer, wlio are His foes ? I've walked mid pestilence unharmed, And from the beautiful brows of those I love, ,^|| I have the fever charmed, i i '■' When that dark bearded Koman officer, Like a caged eagle lay in prison, . . :- .- f ( f ' * *. i' i J 3. I, I' If r p. H* '" y A U T U M N 1. E A V K S . ^ One word from lue at day dawn he went forth. Like the free Him just risen. But this poor Nazavene, it seems I can nou?;ht, For Him, but veep and hear him tellin.i? Of purity, and peace, and deathless love, - In His own Father's dwellings^. ' I've heard debates of Scribe and Pharisee, And dared to answer them with scorning ; I've talked with Ecmau Guardsmen by the hour, Of Israel's victor morning. ,..,,. - -U..rU ■<7i''»^ .•/ But this man, if He only whispered ' Mary,* I could say nothing but ^Babboui;' ? Oh! dare I follow up the path he goes, So lonely, rough, and stony. ^ ^, ^ He goes to Olivet to watch to-night, *^'/-^' '^ Alone, and weary, and dejected; '■ ^^^^-^ ' I'll follow Him, and say, ' Jesus have mercy,' What if I be rejected. ? ,Vv >. > ^i! ;•: •"■> >■ r J '.'-'? -^'i"!^/?-'! .";*■! *<'>-:. i t . <■■%■■ I - ? ■ - 10 A U T U M ^ L E A T E S . DEATH OF ZAllBARAN, 1500 A. C. '^He lay dying in a monk's cell, but determined to finish for his son a beautiful picture of CliriHt ; lie was too much occu- pied to notice either the monks or lils son, answering: their questions with sayinjw, '^Nothins: but Christ." As he put the last stroke to his picture he died/' . r4„?t . . .-:t^ ■< In the cell of tlie monks the artist lay, . - , Dying at close of tlie Summer day, - Propped lip with pillows, his trembling hand Of the artist's penc* held command; . r - He felt life's pulse was now ebbing fast, And each nervous touch may be his last: ; .< l Absorbed in his subject, he scarcely heard / ] The warning voice or the loving word, rrj*.;; t ' » •'-ft-' iii. ;i''-»+^ * < " Turn, brother turn, for the lioly prayer, And the anointing oil are there; ^^ We've watched till daylight groweth dim, To chaunt for thee the appointed hymn, And the convent bells are ringing now ; Oh I penitent to the blest rood bow — Up to the crucifix turn thine eyes, What can suffice thee 'neath worldly skies?" '' Nothing but Clirist, my brother.' N'^ III '\ // AUTUMN L K A V K a . 11 «•/ h '^ Brother, oh stay thy uplifted hand, rnl i. Z In the glass of thy life is but little sand ; *'hv' At once to the Holy Mother kneel, H •% iiM That she may plead for thy lasting wealr— For purgatorial lires await uu j^^ u i^ruitii- ^^ The soul unshrived at the well-barred gat'.^ : Take warning, thou mayest not enter in — What can cleanse thy poor soul from sin?" "Nothing but Christ, my brother." ^.d M\ Then the tall dark stripling checked his tears, And the painter's firstborn spoke his fears. ^ "Father, the glorious old hills of Spain-, Are lit with the sunset glow again,,. , j,,. And sister awaits 'neath the bending vine, Praying for thee at the holy shrine ; She's cou2iting her beads 'mid the song of birds, But the sweetest songs are her loving words. Father, recline on thy firstborn's breast, ■ Give me one word ere thou takest rest." "Nothing but Christ, my .^on." "Father, how can I journey home, -j ^^.i.^ {ivn When o'er the mountains I lonely romo ; r j.n Oh! shall I never behold thee, sire, Kneeling again 'ncath the lofty spire, •II i 'Xi * ;i. i.i . ». I. ■^'i€'<-'\ \ i. '> i -i:!lO'^:. 12 A U T U M .N L E A V K S . Nor hear thy voice up the valley patli. ->^ H Speak to thy child, 'mid this tempest wratl), What shall conduct me to thee once more, ^ Alone, thou'rt nearing an nnknoAvn shore.'' ^ "Nothing hut Christ, my child." ^ tn One more touch and iha painting is done, And the artist's soul is with God\s dear Son r Oh, my Christian brother, be not aharmed, Twas only a picture, I cwn. But God can speak through bower and leaf, And be heard in fire or stone ; We lightly talk of men's precious souls, ' And put up our bolts and bars, ^^' •^^'- ^ But wc cannot splash in the fount of liglit, Or play among the stars. ^ [ One thing is certain, if you and I / ' Ever tread on the golden street. And enter the city with twelve wide gates, And stand round the Master's scat, ;. ,/ ,! It w'll be no form or creed of ours Will take us there; no other '^ ;imIb'I Name but the dying artist's plea, j< • '■K' ^^ Nothing but Christ, my brother." ^ ■•' ^-'in A L' T U M N L E A V E B . 13 THE BATTLE OF RIDGEWAY. 'y 'M ^:';nis 'kVHlJ iiiK ^^Aml Trod said, liave not 1 coiTimamled thee, only be j*trong and of a good courage.— Bible. , _^ , | /, . ; ii >: ; • : ; ■ ■*iT-: . t'.;{^i^' ^'f'^'% ' ^ i is ..►.LI So God to His soldiers spake Upon Jordan's coast, The true in heart, the strong in laitli, An undaunted host. ^'^ 80 God to His soldiers* spake Alon^c Erie's land, , . , .,: r^ The true in heart, the strong in faitli, An undaunted hand. I ,v/,5v| ,'-M;'::i I* >i •■■,;f rill fviLfs birJ^ ';^ilT Then came the arming in haste, And the farewell borne, From the loving hearts all suffering there, On that bright June morn. : .\,^^.| ^^| On, on, through the weary march ^^'' *\^. l-i With a fearless tread r u jil g* J J, They went, though they knciw before them lay n ^ The path of the dead. - ■ . |o^ When suddenly came the foe, The skulking Avolf hound ; id hii'M .tif'I'HlT ■ t... L From thence the path of the Yolunteer Became holy ground ;f^ , r . . n •f^T<>7'^7*'^»?.''f3?*^^?l?pa;^Ef^^(^p?^ 14 Bravely they struck the blow; #| :i HT Out their fires burst, To tell the Fenian horde our word V k^^* k.A Ih ^^Lnion Jack first/' * « i » 1,.^^ ^,^5,,^, ^o vetemn soldiers there "'^^ ^^^Ikm) <,;•; ^or warriors of merit • '■''-^'^''' *^f>q'^ All the glory Mas left ix^r'ouv "^' ^^' -^'^^ "^^^^ Brave bo>'s to inherit. ' -^'"^'^^^m: 11/. ^cver before had they seen ^^ ^'^ i^'>^> o> Their conotrades lying :^'-^ ;:4oof A Stricken down in their manhood's pride''' ' ^^'^' Tiie dead and tlie dying. ' '- ^ever iiad stood in the storm,' ^'''"^ * '-'^'^' When war was raging '"' ^^^^ f iii. >^or felt the bullets like hkil"'*^''*^ "^^^^ ' ^*^*^'t In battle's raging- » -^^^^ -iPntt iio Yet calmly and steadily on ""''^^ "''^ ^^-* Poured their deadlv lire -.'"' "^ ' '^^^^ Oh, bmre ^^ Queen's Own/' oL, gallant" 13th >' bhall your fame expire? ' - ■***^*'- ''■ ' There was help almost at hand — '■"*^^- Artillery crashing '*" '*'**^*^^'^"' rlT Kcgimcnts of soldiers, 'armed to the'i^dth "'"'''' To combat dashing, '' i«'"isn:i*.-i«v.:>-(.>.^- \ AUTUMN LEAVES • 15 Almost at hand ; oh, the thrills m \\-v Of hope and despair, . } ;. r * That swayed those heroes, loyal hearts, hi^ ^aiH In that hour of care. u> I r Whoever erred, we know That those Christian knights •tv )' ',! , -m!./ h-it :in''.i Went with an army of heaven-sent prayers y^- To those deadly fights; : • /.iiimi .^.^>H Given in our churches' walls^. .^^^ -ii>iii:jMr^ To the Lord of hosts, ,,^,,.^,,,.,^,, ..^ij^,,,.. ^^u.^,-.! Given up our hearts' best sacrifice To the foe-trod coasts. And God has taught the wprld^ ^h,^j, -h^uT In the Ridgeway battle, ufj rtv -.K That not alone by the ball and sword, ,^.,^1 // And artillery's rattle, n.'* wmtnfiHi^ t >' Can He save; but by the migh^^i^j ..,,..*^^ ,// Of His own strong power, That nerved the "Queen's Own" and the gallant '^Sth' To the victory hour ! . , Ur ' t »• t ^ufdl-y^i'^ 't^S'Vi ''<:r'>r '^: b^fu^"^/. 16 A i; T U M N LEAVES. thp: catacombs of home, v ! "Mile aftor mile of «:ravos. but not one word or sign of the irlonmiru'i*8 of (loatli."'--PK<)FEsson DeLannay. Mile after mile of graves, League after league of tombs,' But not one sign of spectre Death, Waving liis shadowy plumes."' ' Hope, beautiful and bright, ''''' Spanning the arch above, *' ^ Faith, gentle overcoming Faith, ''' And Love, God's best gift, Love. ^ For early Christians left Their darlings to their rest,^^ • ' '-^^ ^*''' -'^^A As mothers leave their little ones '*^ "'^'^'^ ^^i When the sun is in the West. ^^^^^«^ ^<*^^ .^--«^'t' Ko mourning robes of black, « t'j/rt iniA No crape upon the doOrs^ ^*^ ; /ffc- sit im^ For the victorious palm-bearers '^^''■* '-^^ ^^' Who tread the golden floors. ^ ' >?^tlHnf^ft imfT Arrayed in garments white. No mournful dirges pealing, Waving green branches in their hands, Around the tomb they're kneeling. ^^■,^, ''.U^'tiU- Mtv/ .'iiifiK' it ■r-A'iut? 'u\ 1 AUTUMN' LEAVES. This was their marching songtt;ij oi hi'i "We're not by Death's arms hoUlen," sns. X And this their glorious funeral hymn: i "H ^aerusalem the golden.' • -^ ' ^^ V Mile after mile of graves. League after league of tombs, _^} ^^^ But not one ^' Saint Maria*' stands Carved in God's jewelled rooms, k • "No purgatorial dread, ^^ ,^^ O'er the Apostle's sons, v,v The early Church no masses sung Over her martyr'd onesj^;^- . ,„ h f n jl Beautiful girls sleep there, h- -f ; i^v . -/uC Waiting the Bridegroom's call; ,i),,miluil Each lamp is burning brilliantly, ^i .nH-viil Hi While the night shadows fall.<;! mdi '^nIT IT ii'ih # fib II? H 18 A i; T i; M N L r A V k a *''Tis in this sign \vc conquered,",..,*; ,.j,^ ; Sounds on their blooil-stjiined trackf ,//.* '''Tis in this sign well conquer/' ji ;;,,{» h,./ We gladly answer back^ *vfff ru^J » ; ' ; ^^■ THE WIFK OF HEBER, ''Blessed amoii^ women shall pIic he; slie put her liand u> the nail, her right hand to tlie woi'kin:iirs hamnier** , , JBiBLi:. Kizpah, among her stricken son?^, liahab, within the gate^ ■ ulj -i'/f) I The dark-eyed gleaner in the fields; ' /^ ' '* Of Bethlehem's magistrate,. ^' ' ' ^'^ ^'^' Mary, who trod at break of day;: - \vUhyii^)H Arithmathea's grove, — -r^i:^? -ti.l ;;:rih;v// All these, and more of record blesk ; >J .i u;M We may admire and love. But do we dare a pattern take Irom scenes with murder riie ? Shall gentle women learn a tale From Heber's fearless wife? ' v^ > ^ Shall delicate fingers strive to usoiin; ufH.^ The rugged iron nail, r*;^, ;^ ^^^ tJ/i^a\tJ Soft hands the Avorkman's liammer grasp, > -yd'T The dark foe to assail? c^ udi ^ni jK^K^fJ A 17 T i: M N L K A V K 8 . 19 Not on tlie battle-field, we urge i i^'^n riiioA Our direful career, **- (i->— •• '■■'■^ "-'tiV/ . Nor through the haunts of */ It- J j.f' * Hath cat and drank within thy tent I h «il 7/ Refreshed, concealed and warm? oH ilii'N A sterner dutv calls thee nowi . ;?;!/. ijv.i' That sinful brow to brand, -nin : jjiraiiil" And on the workman's hammer lay luiii <>< The trembling, small right hand. '^JvrjfiH Jealousy, cruel as the grave^ '/ l^ Far from the sight of armed men i > y i J 5> iu i '^^ Let slender fingers fearlessly ! > ui} ivi- );ui'l The death-charged iron take, ^uif u/m And Jael-like the sleeper slay, hiiD ^Inudi Ere he again awake. <• mrnv t^^-? IkijH 20 AUTUMN LEAVES, H I ADger and Passion, steal they not.,!} im i '/ Within tlie cm'tiiined door ?, , ii;i.)fi^ (n* • Known but to the All-seeing Eye^ .,irrii(! /»>/. Those sliimbereiH on the floor. (»ini o r To us, God, send honour, truth, '^-ya Ai^nA To keep stern watch and w^ard, ji:< >[Hj.i And let Thy star-gemmed angel, Love,. Remain our Inner Guard. >iU i^^ml itr*^f Hl'l 'i- .'.y ^'Blcss'd among women," we shall hear f>!f/ Our holy Captain say, ■*"-*' ■ -II Jio //t.il When He returns a conqueror, htrf: tii> »!)/ H With Satan for His prey. .ri?. jMd'->«(Mh{ Great Master Builder, teach us how,. ntJ jk /. Hammer and nail to use, ^^ ■ '''tfui^ itull' So that for us a deathless house ih i» - hit A Hereafter Thou shalt choose. »■ j , <; • For palms of victory yet await rrc. , 7^(joi« "l Sage matrons, gentle girls; g }> il^*.*; i\m\l And crow^ns of w'arriors yet shall rest /i -in^ 'On many clustering curls. - '' ' iin Fingers that clasped the nail of Truth,' j-.f Our Prince will not disown |i>-*irf{^^t -nVV Hands that the workman's hammer held Imi. " Shall rest within His own. . >i^l .d&.v:t-^^.-^^;i3S£aA-£ia4Ji^^ > ^ > T . -> u- ., .o im < fi^ AUTUMN LEAVES. 21 A TllTBUTP: TO THE LOST,^^ ,a-V ON THE INTEHMENT OF CArTAIX PLAYNE. 1'. C. O. U. "Gather around our comrade, Brother officers, all, |, .j; u {(/I The head of a gallant Company ^ .^^^.^^ Slumbers under the pall. ^. 3:: 1^,^11 mVV First of our fearless l>and|^ |,-f. ^^,,|r ,. Here, summoned away ; ^n^*^ |ij ,. ./// ('omrades in arms, a brother p^j 1/511'] Goeth home to day. t, .*, ^ -^^» *r &a Lift our brother, our brother, / ail j! *4 Solemnly take him rt Where none other, none other, /' liio iU^,*^i Passing, shall wake him. > /t .i 1 f? Not in the blood-stained combat,. The shock of the buttle, ''\!1 Fell he, amid sabre stroke Artillery's rattle. fit T'^'*' ilTTjit ^V|tT , Hitt 'aii^ %f I i' ,«■ 'Ml i i|! M|lWW|B^|lP|P«li|| AUTUMN L K A V K S . £i Had lUiswia, IndiUj no graves In their bosoms deep, ^ , y That Canada opens her arms To rock him to sleep? J.ift our brothcrj our brother, Mournfully take him Wliere none other, none other, Passing, shall wake him. -, When from the shores of England, "^ O'er the ocean ^vild, *'^ ^' -'' '-''■'''' " *^" The mother in sorrow asks. ' '" ' 'it-^ - ^•How did they bury my chihl?" '* ' We will send an answer back,"- - ' That her son was led ^^^ '^^ ^rjUnun^y.? As warriors of Britain go "'¥^^ lii^^'^ To the quiet dead. «^u.**iisi Lift our brother, our brother, •U ' .1 h; Lovingly take him ..i' i '%H Where none other, none other, Passing, shall wake him. A soldier, the heavy tramp,^|^^^.|: ".^^.^^t Of armed men that come, *V ■ ^^ rtS^ The thrill of the requiem march, -^f^ff The peal 'of the muffled drum. ■li rt^ AUTUMN L E A V K S . But the sword that knew no marki*i>v^^ *^ Of dishonour'H stains, ^^'^ ^^^^ ' '«^ ■ J ^^-^^ Lies still o'er a bloodless heart >* ai:f..i / And pulseless veins. • /i4tl|K i: -^?^ ^^ ;,,,i;,,.v Lift our brother, our l)rother, Martially take him .4 ,,4^ .Where none other, none other, ^j,y . Tassing, shall wake him. A Briton, though far from home, The rush of Severn's tide. Laves not the foreign shore Where the loved has died. But the flag of his country droops , As our soldiers pall; *^^4 4irj;i^*i/t*^ ^^ Oh, of the true, the beautiful, ,: ,,; j Alas! is this all? >> > i Lift our troftler, our brother,' ^ ^ Loyally take him ^' - Where none other, none other, Passing, shall wake him. /. \rl 5 ,i,i^s.. jiiysf i i / A Christian; the words of Life ^ln Have over him been said, i^fbi^^f^ ^^s I The hope of a joyful morn wif ib il v frf-t 1 Gleams round our dead. m 24 AUTUMN LEAVES. ii I iiil ^^% 111 A light that no darkness dims * - i? 5> []•?> ^ul With til e cypress twines. > « ' > < « • ^ : ' ' ' Lift our brother, our brotlier, Hopefully take him -r = - Where the voice of his Saviour, "Passing, shall wake him. SILENT WOKJ^Hir. -h hui *. .«■ . » f » 1 ON WITNE89IXG THE DEAF AXI) DUMB AT PRAYRR, Tis Sabbath eve, the hour of prayer, A waiting congregation bow. They hear no music in the air, They wait no calm responses low, Kepressed is every smile and sigh, No words their burning thoughts convey/*^ The bended knee, the anxious eye, '?^iH They hear not, speak not, yet they pray.i' I. mmmmmmmtmmm 8' ! > ' '''.'! IW I'*wiB< J Mj*^i!>.-fi 8^ AUTUMN LEA.VES. 25 From the dark chambers of each soul, ^^^^ Through the bright eyes strong reason looks, No sound of solemn organ's roll, •<«. - No Hallowed words from w^ell worn books,. Solemn, Te Dcum, glorious hymn, -'^^^^ fi'* Kyrie Eleison, humble prayer, -'i diiYf To them are mystic shadows dim, ^f* ^' ^'^'^^^ But angels listen, God is there. ^•''^^-^'^ "^^^ Oh, car, that boasts thy magic power, Oh, tongue, that prides thyself in speech, Draw near unto this silent prayer. Learn what these worshii:)pers can teach, Needs our Great teacher ear or tongue. That He may underr:;tand our prayer, He who hung speechless stars on high^ ' And makes the silent flowers His care. Has He not mystic telegraphs ? Reaching from earth to heaven above, May not these silent builders find. In His calm temple, rest and love. And each mysterious untold sign, Like Jacob's ladder based on earth, Shall with unuttered glories shine, I V r.; ^>;f! f«] ^ I- f * f^ IfliJ^ And bring down beings ol heavenly birth. •26 AITTCMN LEAVES Oh, blessed work of charity, [ui^ '\A^ n ; - To pour into these minds of night, ^triu; < ; The glory of the perfect day, ^ ^ ^: ./ The blessings of the Holy Light; ilf-iM o/. Oh, sweet reward, to stand at last, .am-^h.*": With these around, no longer dumb,^ 'l ,<>. And hear amid the Archangel's blast, ' The Masters welcome, <' Faithful, Come." , ;H < \ TWIN DAUGHTERS. /i i / A MOTHER S IDYL. Uhf 'f'f,? .■■\( ■srni Twenty-two voars this very day, , My Alice and Rose were born; .r i ;r Twelve years ago one started awaj^, . The other went vestermorn. i! ■;ii; I'm all alone in my room to night, , ., , Yet it seems but one hour ago, r Tliat I kissed good night to two pretty babes, In their slumber warm and low, , .,. i Kose, my darling! her fathers pride, ^te; h\\i. She went with the summer leaves; wi, >hJ But she seems mine still, I can hear her voice, In the breezes about the eaves..* * iv^<^ \mh AUTUMN I. B A V E S . 2r f'H;t One went out from her mother's arms, -i ;, : ;/,u Amid sob and wailing low; ^'^ ^ ■/ n/ vv^., The other with music of bridal glee .m^ And flowers around her brow. -c ^l '' ,^" " ' rut'} '■fit ;KlI'"-.i3"i' I One has only the ccmetry damp, , ^j. jfj-rr 1 ,/' And dying mosses above ;,,^,,,j ,:h< 1^-ntop Ih/ The other is queen of a stately home, /, And a manly heart of love. Ycry grim was the stalwart form, Who came for my precious Rose, But he opened the gates of the garden blest, , Where the bud of Paradise groAvs. . Alice has gone with her lover true, ^ The light of his home and hall; vS':''' '^ ^ - '^ So mv dear, dead child with the golden curls,. ^ Is nearest to me after ali:^ ^^''>^^^^ ^^^ Mrtm r ( / Some day, Alice our household pride, - Will fold her delicate hands. And as dav declines she'll look out afar -' '' -^ ^ To her fair young sister's lands, -"-i- li ^f'^ ' ;^^' rr Yes, Alice will wait the coming of Rose, ^ At the setting of life's sun, "'^ But Rose, in God's garden, will never miss The love her sister has won. •U I. M AUTUMN L K A V E S . ^ twice' ASLEEP. 1 saw the mother lay licr darling down, Drawing the curtains each bright ray to dim, And with the gentlest accent sooth each sound, And hushed the loving lii^s that sang his hymn. "Let him sleep on/; J^^^''^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^;^ ' How often when some household pet, has laid All day his aching head upon our breast, W^e've heard some kind physician prophecy, , *^He'll be all right after a good night's rest, Let him sleep on.*' ' ' ' We've seen the over wearied turn aside, And we have darkened up the window pane, . And given a sister s kiss to seal the sleep, Which .shall refresh him, this our hushed refrain, ''Let him sleep on.'' -^' ' '^^ ' -' ' ■^-''' .A. « /■ - - 'sr i ' r 4 / 'Tis thus we coax them into slumber sweet ; But when that bed of earth throws back its fold. And loved ones go, borne out in strangers arms, Oh, God, how can we say in those damp holds, *: ; iT" ■ V /'Let them sleep Qft^'fc'M^gjfl ,■■■.■■-■■*! !'i'^ ■'Kit 1 1 I i i i ■.,.J -t'^tl^l^ 'Ifi^l' V'ful ■*^ ■A-t^'.i.M. ^.■;:-..^-.,p>-»..-T»^-.,. ^,-,-rr i,i.l*|-A—.p.. .,., | . | p,Trt , y- ^ i n , r. i A U T U M X L K A V E 3 . U With strongest tears and cries we trj' to wake them^ Call them by every name of love they've known, Give them our warmest kisses, all in vain, Until we say, faith piercing mould and stone . . j Yet they arc ever going, some covered with the blue And seamless covering of the dark deep sea, •- ' '^ Pillowed upon the mermaid's heaving breast, I'ncoffined in the sea king's cemetry. Let them sleep on. Some in the lonely vault neath cold damp stone, And many more enjoy a calm repose, ■.. ., Neath patchwork coverlets of brown and green, Chequered with wreaths of lillv, violet, rose; . a/ Let them sleep on. /rW?^ ' ?fl hrM fiin'l Are they not like the babe-recruiting life, ' y Sleeping in peace upon our mother's breast, . ,. Weary with life's long battle, sick at heart, ^ They'll be all right after a good night's rest. Let them sleep on. ■' ^^''''' ^''^''^ '^*^ ^ - lien shall the morning come? Easter has past ear after year, with anthems full of hope, ^ , 30 AUTUMN LKAVK,S. Y\\i iti \}-f^riivt a.' '• LEGEND OF STRASBURO CATPIE13KAL. . ^- / j».* --- Out on the quiet midnight air, . rf 'hi vnriii i i: ' The thrilling summons s>vells, fw^i .1? n/f • As on the eve of loved St. John, dinf ry ^^ ^ , ] Peal out the solemn hells . I 1 * 1 -^'K.l A city unawakencd lies Beneath the mournful sound, ^'^' ' ^ " Down street and avenue, and lane, * '" r-'? -' A silence reigns profound. M' But up from vaidt and mouldering crypt Arise a silent band, Once the true builders of that pile,*^ H^-^I^ ii' ii / The guardians of their land, r :}w:i'/^ iy)b: m: i *^ . ... M^ """~" ' • ' iniiwiingiiium Wa ^ lMllil IWMP*^ Al'TUMJf LKAVH3. 31 And silently each takes his place; ynafv fiivo.l Masters, well robed are therc-^^* . ihf^> b'-ihlL Craftsmen, Apprentices and each, iet i >i[ ^M^^Ai With gavel, comi)ass, square. i^^^« oilqK'a. oK Then the old Masoils meet again, ^r ^nA Um^H. Where once their work was known, if v/ htiA Stands each well chiselled stone'. ' ii «u atlr; With silent presages of love, . ^ • ,t;^ {unii>-i\d'V Each doth his brother cheer : i, ^ni^ j^Mjmi-rU Time honoured salutations {wss ^^^A oik ^.im^>7oH Among Companions deari 'K/<«/1 . ■ il^ /iins/fl Then on the weird procession moves, iilll-'aMHr*) Through the dim lighted nave, ^ - /.' 4*51*1 Adown the long and columned isles/ ^ uiuu-lmh Where mvstic banners wave. '^ * > ;„) tAMHi. Over the gleaming marble floor,*' 'U «^ V;i|«l^jH ' Her slender fingers hold. 'M!f mr iiiLj H'mrw 32 AUTUMN LEAVES. I Loved daughter of the Masterj she .|j,f»rrv. laA Aided each heavy task, ,„,,,^ ,,,7* - j r^t^M Beside her father, morn and eve^ f/ ,fijfu-!|'i».*j' ; No respite did she ask^^j^i^pn^ > ,W/«|^ ^liiW Bread for the hungry Craftsman, she- ,y,|| aijil'V Duly prepared and wrought, * ,v ^. v r^ f^^ And words of Faith, and Hope, and Love ./^jj/^f She to the workmen brought. ^ ,.,> ^.^nuii?^ Thirsting, she cooled their parching lips; [ji// Wearied, she heard their sighs, '- » ? t Fevered, she fanned their throbbing brows— ^.mt Dying, she closed their eyes. .,jf,, , ^-nnn;/ Ghost-like and pale, the once strong men, ^ tl i Glide over each known spot, .j^; it fuoiirr And from the memories of the past, ..,|| anobi. Awaken scenes forgot. - - ■ tlV/ No mortal being hath caught the sound, , -j^^n Or grasped the palsied hand, ^.j^^ .,,j| j^^..! Of they who thus fraternally },,*,* ,1 vjjvj- u-hYT Sweep round ea;Ch column grand. ,||^^^ ,, j I Thrice round the olden building, tlieix .^..^^^ j,,.; They take their mystic way, ■' )^jj-,jr' " Happy to meet,-' they converse hold,, ,, i,^y|.|/ Till the first dawn of dayrn-^rir^ 1 v[?nM| > vf iH '-''"••'•'-''•'"•n''~''^''ri'ifrTim-ii -tm 'h il r ■ ^,^.,.,.^.^x>:.^..^^i^^...t^f!y^ff....if,jfj^ | i'-i».'-t^.:i^,;..- i g&,:^A.'.j^i., :^,l t^iii^'^lt .■ ■.v_.--i.^.i.'i*^>-' .'Ai^r'^^*' ■"•"•Wiiesi- AUTCMN LEAVES. 33 mm ■Mm am (A fill 7/ I 'WW'!" ' — ^ai'V an A Bis it V .rl7/ ■ Then down in each sepulchral bed, ,,,, . ., The Masons take their rest, - r : j^ . . Till next St. John's loud midnight bell, j",,j Stirs through each phantom breast.^ ^|j:y^ This is the legend: but far down :/ '^di h»H A solemn lesson lies - - ■ {>*3lt v! For all who would their work should stand '' Before the Master's eves, ^^ ^fff »if»*rs^^? rtr^ A voice from Heaven strews words of hope \. Bound grave, and vault, and sea, ,, " From labors freed, their works remain, j .. ^ They did it unto me." ' . nV ..i , , . ;^/ui ■'■■'•"It *' 'i'> } J ;. ■■■ i' ■ = ».» ; HI.- > A MOUKNFUL JOUENEY.rr " Moreover, I saw in my dream that her children wept, but Mr. Great Heart and Mr. Valiant for Truth played on the cymbal and harp forjoy."— PiLGRiii's Progress. We have been down to the river/ .?Sil jW We all must track: .. .^,.i ., n-'ni'M Of the Company of pilgrims, >w lift^^ ),i \' One came not back. ; 1*^4^ ^^i iHusniA The waters were dark and troubled^ -^ 1. / The storm winds blew, -^^ .i,,,,^ r/f But safely, ^mid shoal and tempest^* m h H Our loved passed through. •1: '•: ■^frFl'l 7??T.!!^'W?FW~ '*r^™'Wi?t'-*'WJl*^ 34 AUTUMN LEAVKS. i i I if Wc have been dowii to the river, '^'^ ■ ^' ^ ^' And the cliilling dash ' '"'''^ *if^-i^M ^rV Of the dark drops eling to lis yet,'^ ^'' '■ ' ' ^ With their murky splash ; ^^* ^•'*^'^' But the victor knew no trembling-— fr^i vijil "' Only flashes of light, «trr^lr>& i. From the golden gates reflecting %r [fn '^ l On garments white. ..^.^f. ')S''^AAm4i Only the earnest glance of ftiith, ^''^^ 'vhot ,, To see if the cross i:d BlrrMl Glittered upon tlie brows she loved, — f^*^' '* ^ All else was dross. ^"' -^^-vm 4^m Only the burning kiss of love, That the dying give, — f^#lv ;i^' I The life-long idol of our hearts,: #,i*| ^^./. * ^ ' ^**^ Began to live, i ' v^lC ^0«,n.r''-!}l liiu- We have been down to the river; ov^ia ;>// When we tlioiight all o'er, ^' "■ The sails Avere backed, the ship returned , > Almost to shore ; cji > «vvh v And Skill and Love were in waiting^^^ ,^^i£ To steady the bark, !'v But from well-wrought hands it bounded n 'Mid breakers dark^H^r..^,yi^i|..|j^^^j|n^^j^^^ ^ •«»«WWimM-t*.-,'^.'^M« f i ■ rv Hi T H mJ 'i' ( /. '^< ;' •i;i: 7 A 41 AUTUMN LKAVlflS. It only returned to tell us /nl a. ^V i ilT Of the city fair, ^^ «^,* .,r »v;M»r /T Of the deathless flowers that circla^iiij a 11 ' Our lost ones there. i^.^*,iu* ^mU al It only returned till whirlwind \, , , And storm swept past, \\ .,.^, 11,15 jir// So with sail full-spread to enter In port at last. 35 ». tttH hi ft s'Vf ( i.i We have been down to the river, — m i/l May God aid us now, ,^ i„ ;„m iU Orphans we stand where the cold earth Hides lip and brow, r; , ;,, .|li an There came a flashing of glory From the golden sands, , And she passed our gentle mother, '"\.^ "Father, into Thy hands." *'^ ^^i lO '^*;^*o-ER WEARIED,;,;;',,,;';,,, Sviu »int*|i JmH ill Over tired and weary, Hand, and heart, and brain, ^^ ^^^^^^ ^^ '* Seem to pause in their labour, ^-^ ^ o'nni Fresh strength to gain; *'^^' J^iui > ^IT iatmrnkimmtm 3C AUTUMN LEA VKS. There's a land wliere the weary rest^tiu il Through liours of eonscious bliss, i N > It matters not if I wake, -^i4di*i'*i» ^HiJ 'i^ » , , In that land, or this. * tium/t^ ^'^i in*) nfi'^'i ' >• lit* I t) I know that the iron chains, Wdl all he loosened there, _ , . , No more struggling with billows ,, Of woe and care ; No more will the mighty ones, 4 ■• 'M»l '^ /^ O'er the al>ject ride, .h« l*Of> t«^iy^ Or the priest and Leyite walk, w ^^mdcnO On the other side.. »^4^W*^ *^^^ ^'4>ill I am growing weak, oh, sav^ ,. ,. Is not the long march done? , , . Wf ■ 'iff;?'. hi\..i. idili^'i -^ l!M Of this life of tempest and avoc, Is tlxo battle won? . ^. Oh, Fiicher remove thy child, To thy land of bliss, Let my joyful waking be, '^'* In that land, not this. , . . But what am I asking for, ' i^ih ,bni.*fi Have I not heard of one, ,^t m'3's8 The Christ, who suffering said, ,i.tt ikmi*A '■'- Thv will be done." AUTUMN LEAVES. 37 Oh, Saviour in human form, 'IV Foot sore, dust soiled and worn, Thou didst not turn Thee back, t«T • From the spear, tlie thorn. i-r>ws /«. ',fi" . .il'js>i .^miLi UiiiU ^Hii H'»t Y'lifT And I know that of all the host, .,' , , Upon Thy holy ground, ^ ,,^^,^,„,j ^.^^, Only the true who endure. Jifnf Are victors crowned; ♦t ')H blm imdN Ah, these iron chains of care/ ^^^ "*^J^^ '^^^ -'^V-i Glow like molten gold;-'^ vmiMtrHUu '.?i>W And this drearv land becomes, F^m^^^ ^iM .^m A sheltering fold, i ^^.^ ,,^,,^^ j»ndl );^(,c| - Over tired and weary, . , ^ ■ * Into Tliy loving care, >'«ii Take me for this long night, '^^ iif?4filwt ^A Grant me this prayer, „fi 1... To strengthen me for the fight, fw at mffr^H Give me sweet dreams of bliss, r ii nt/- ,dO It matters not now if 1 waken, Mill im t/V mnji l)im ^d;iiti ^M Kr/0 ''^W^rVt^Wf^WTTW^ i(! Ill ! i !i l!f I ii! li' 38 AUTUMN LEAVES. THE HEBREW MOTHER. Mi) " They brought young children to Him." i-inVf '' Salome, sweet Salome, my beautiful wife, They tell me thou hast seen, And listened to the words of this strange man, This hunted Nazarene.. /t^^ 3^^' -/k|' What said He to my boy? Come here my child. Oh, thou art wondrous fair, ^ ^^^^^^ ^^^,^^^, ^^^ Were His strange arms around tliee closely prest, His fingers in this hair.' ir ^u^, , ,?, ^i^^j |^^, i '^ Dost thou know Him Elnathan?" "Know Him, — Once I saw Him, and those eves Have haunted the recesses of my soul since then. As twilight haunts the skies. ., , ., The utterance of those gentle eyes uplifted. Seems to say «I am He,' ,.; ,. ^.i ,, I Oh, can it be that He is come at last, fj; To set His people free, rmrf ? .0; kr tifuif jI I cannot bear it long, Salome, this oppression, Those Roman Eagles borne. When onlv our Lion banners waved, Over us night and morn. ■'i nl iiii 'MiJi , . ! . , ,—if-- 11 i.!ip,ii,iijn^(nij( - i AUTUMN LEAVES 39 I shall grow restive, though the centurion's heart Is closely knit to mine, ^^^' ^^'^'^'^ h'mih^m Caius is one of many, and he loves '■*'*^ ^* ^'^^^^ This son of Man divine. - v'--^- *i^v/ %^M » He asked for this 6nr Bo), niearit ite, that I For war my son should train, ^' -»> *« ^' <»^ 'Tis said this Man will leave us for a while. And then return again. '^:*^*i ^*i i*w vixCihl 1 think my wife, he must be going away ?*"^' For legions of armed men,^^^^^ ''^'^^^^"^^^^ If Jesus needs my hoy when He retiirris, '^ ^'**^ I'll have him ready then. ' ^ ** ^ ^ * '^«^ r ^ Of such as these the kingdom/ did he speak Of David's Royal line? Weep not Salome, Rome holds the power, Thy firstborn vet is thine, . , % i.- •«* Ours and yet not ours, rememberest thou b ?7 What John the Baptist said, ' '*^ ^riBMri'^jiT The day we met him in the wilderness? d'V How witli a joyful dread, — 'MTin mn 'rvniT He told us of the One who earn e to nim, With meekness on His brow, And when our brother John forbade, He said, Yea, let it be so now. 40 A U T U M i^ LEAVES. Don't voii remember how a glittering Dove. Fluttered when all was done. And a strange voice was heard, that said, :^i\f^) ^ My well beloved Son.' h^,.,tuW'^>'**^^hVV And so our beautiful boj' was not afraid, j. .ji| But nestled to His breast, a,~,^ vV«i^ t^^* 'm*?i Yet he shrunk back from Caius the other night, ■\ Frightened at plume and ^'r-'H.,,j ^,.^^1^ ^^^^ ''No, no, my husband, there's a fascination j ! Round Him, untold, unpriced; ^j|,^]V,^^f ^ij^f Let us to-morrow in his footsteps go,^ ^^^vmX. \i And for ourselves know Christ^j,| .)/i^|j^||^|. I) Hii A'm% V) .- ,^ / 'i'« % f ■ p .: J if \ '> ^ U ' ? h' + » 4 ( ( I *; 4' "^ TEN THOUSAND MEN TO THE FT ONT. To the front, to the front,* ' ' ' ' ' Ye dauntless sons of a dauntless race ! iit biii^ ; There are foes invading your lands^ mdW There are chi.ms for your free-born hands, There are arms prepared to drag *>H* ^oll From the midway heavens our flag. , uu^t fm steadily, fearlessly, turn each face, -.To the front, to the front. . , I rnWWTS^WWWtwfWvwi AUTUMN LEAVES. 41 To the front, to the front, '^'''^'''^ '^< ''^*'^^' Softly and sternly the whisper cameJ*^ ,nnA In the hour of midnight dim, ^ ^^^^ 'Mid the merry festal hymn. #^fe^*»««^^ ^ To the side of the dreamer's bed ^"^ mmi It came with a noiseless tread, ' !^*'*^'^ "*"* And a host were armed at the morhihg flame For the front, for the front.'^'*^'*. 't;;> v f.' Then sang the unshrinking brave, ^ftfc«^^4<^ ! ^'Oh, lead us on to the light ; m.# ■«*il woH Shoulder to shoulder, side by side,^Jr ^v/oll We'll stand or fall for the right:^*' i^^UmA Keep back, keep back, the invading foe, (oJ Our banners will conquer wherever we go. ' ^ , Hinder us not, beloved, ^'i'>f-^">'»»^ ^tum^i)t With kisses, and love, and tears/* '^j^Ji^*^^'^ We shall remember you all when there, — ■{ Quiet these tremulous fears. f*t2(, <[ mds ntniU Of whom Paissia tells a tale, f 'f^P^ 'uU o'F Ranked with the heroes of India's sod JiiBir) Who'd have no such word as fail. ^:^'i**ti J We are prepared to withstand the foe. Our banners will conquer w^herever we go." 42 AUTUMN LEAVES i: Arm, ye flower of the land! ,,[j ,v| Arm, ye brave and fearless band ! ij,, .. -/« iv,/^ Well luav we dismiss our fears, r ,.a\ ,■) Guarded by such Volunteers, liry JiiM Blent with that ^vcll-tested host ; ..jfi ^l Far from Britain's wave-washed coast. Tread the proud invader down, . O'er you floats the cross, the cu'own^u ;oH Canada will ne'er forget rirr '>Ul i^ii^sk ir dT How her earnest call was met; k»i4 t^^' • How, in one night's quiet life, >. n^^nntf- Armii , were prepared for strife, -^h-: 11 /' Loyal Irish, Britain's sons, .^^ i? i I , J ti i i'/l Canada's imdaunted ones, *■ tDiiif -jif* Forming three-fold cords to chain, , j^xjjri Wolf-hounds and their skulking train. 1^^// Fenced with love and many a prayer,^' '*^ Given unto Jehovah's care, • ' ; aii? Go; and if a needs must be *^'^ ^^^ i j hivulM That you rush to battle's sea, ^^ « ^^^ « 'i^^'^ When this peaceful land resounds, » '«>r^ To the clash of warlike sounds, uvnl-^i tr? Charge! for He will by you stand; ' [» 4tui}| Charge for God and fatherland. .: i*