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New York 14609 ■ aA r (^'6) *82 - 0300 - Phone ^^ (716) 288 - 5989 - Fov 1 4 WAYFARINGS. n For their courtesy in accord- ing permiision to reprint certain poems included in this volume, acknowledgments are due to the publishers of The Independent The Sunday School Times The Standard The Baptist Union The Canadian Magazine Little Folks A Treasury of Canadian Verse WAYFARINGS ■T GEORGE HERBERT CLARKE "'•'"^S^^'^i^'^**^ CHICAGO WINDSOR & KENFIELD PUBLISHING CO. f5t5C5 7o;^tii Co;.yrii,'ht, 1901, by c;bo«oe Hkrhkiit Clarkk. All rights r««ei-ved. I CONTENTS. I Threshold PAOB • ••1.1 And It Came to Pass" 2^ "So They Ran Roth Together" 27 "Rut Mary Stood Without . . . Weeping" 20 The Risen Redeemer 31 "And There Were . . . Shepherds" 33 II Resentment ^q On The Death of Dwight Lyman Moody 40 Attaining _jo Ships, Ships at Sea ^i t1 f. Vi CONTENTS. T^yp" 42 Aspect A Spenserian in Praise of Spenser 43 The Heretic . . To V. G. C. a Nurse !•'!!!! ^ '!!!!!'!!!!!' ! 45 What Constitutes a «Jieen? ^g The Votary ._ After Trial ^ '!"'! ^ "!!!!!!!! ^ ! ^ '!! 48 Brotherhood oo III Hear Him! „ Why Should I Love This Land? 56 "Victoria, the Queen, Has Passed Away" 57 The Choice We Face rg The Voices of Three eg IV Skater and Wolves g. To a Mountain, in Colorado 64 In the Bay g. Sunrise on Lake Michigan 55 The Gale g_ Niagara Falls gg A Foretaste of Spring gg Chime-Changes -g To a Butterfly -j Playmates -^ Tempest-Tost -, CONTENTS. yll V Appellation 77 Elizabethan Catches 78 The Two Loves 79 Tell-Tales 79 The Coming of Love 80 Unto My Ladye 8f A Ballade of Cycling 82 VI A Merry Can 85 A Special Occasion 86 A Child's Evening Hymn 87 "As Far as the Gate" 88 "When Christ was Born" 89 What They Liked Best 90 All Things in Him Consist 91 Makebelieve's Mistake 92 The Bunny Story 93 What the Man in the Moon Said 94 {^ ■\ r\ TO MOTHER. L r \ KtJ in. L WAYFARINGS. THRESHOLD. Is it to be the new year, or the old Year's fruitless mining for a fabled gold Repeated? Doubtful glints, or heaven-blue? Is it to be the old year, or the new? U 'i ECCLESIASTES. God speaks. Life beats within the brain And crowding onward comes the cry Of worlds. — and in the senses, pain! And in the heart, eternity! DISPENSATION. When you are thanking God for what is good Thank him that light and warmth have not sufficed. Darkness and cold are part of himianhood,— Joy to accept the testing-time of Christ. H 14 il i; I." fiutrcino. lN".KKi)t i,iT\ OF Thomas. "MV I.O[.'iiiati(in. Nay, I nave seen. Yet siis'lit is nothin;»: One's eyes may be A pair of tricksters. He spoke to me. Only a voice. Thomas, A floatinK word: No meaning had it. — Christ's love I heard. What did the Vision, Then, ask of you? ' Touch me!' and held his Torn hand in view. ^Feel me.'' and straif^htivay My trerr.bling pride, Claa but reluctant. Found out his side. You cannot prove. Thomas, These things are so. Why should I gucstionf I f-now, f know.' Yet you the Doubter Were wont to be. Tify Lord has answered All things for me. 15 \\ A PRAYF.k FOR THANKSGIVING. For thy lovt- and strong conipas>i.jn W'c adore ilicf, Sriviour, May that luvf. in tetKh r f.ivhion, fUttcr our hthavior! U'htrc thou art .sin cannot bf, M.iki' our hearts. Lord. hriK-ht with tlu-e Till in {haven's eternity We bint,': O mighty Saviour! Anvel voices sin^ thy praises. Sweetly sounds their tryini,'. But hen man the chorus raises He forgets his sighing. Sings of One who left his hliss. Meekly met the traitor's kis«. Suffered pain of scourge and hiss, On the cro>s lay dying. Saviour, hounteons in blessing. Guide our growing nation. May \vc. weaknesses confessing, Witness thy salvation, — With thy Spirit us endue. Make us free and kind and true, Each Thanksgiving Day anew Kindling adoration. 1« I I SINGLENESS. WlutluT the sun be shininR Or the light be faint and dim. Hi* way is best, his children blest, — Come, let us follow him! ENDLESS TRYST. "7/4* Fathir that dvittlith in me, he Joeth the vorks."— John ;4:10. **V'< shall knn-u Ikitt I am in my Father, and ye in me, and i inyouy -John 14:20. God is the blessed Babe in Bethlehem; Thou, too, art he. Fruition, throu^rh that j'rowing Root and Stem, For God and thee! fi 17 .^1 DIVIXE SYMPATHY. What is thy grief to-rlay? A mind nmtc-hurdencd with its heavy sorrow A soul too faint to see the l,opefu! n.orrow A hie that hmgs death's .Irapory „, burrow? lake heart! He k-nowcth ali thy way, And makes thine inmost grief His chosen part. What is thy joy today? A mind in wonder at ,ts own keen knowing A so.I wherein G.^IV planted trut., is growing. A hie w;th eager, happy love o'erflowing? Rejoice! He knoweth .dl thy way, And hear, with perfect 'love thy praising voice. IS THE MOTHER, AT THE BURIAL. On a Picture of Tissot't. Woman, is tins thy Son? Let thy soft finj^er On his wr)unds linprer; His life is done; — Womar. this is thy Son. t O woman, this thy Child So unresponding Feels not thy fondling, But dead, reviled. He sees no mother mild. Poor mother, sure thy heart Is bowed and broken: Of love no token, — And so, depart, But — tremble not nor start. For see, sr.d mother-one. Like spring's warm breezes A message seizes Thy soul: Begun The Gospel of thy Son! Nl u 11; ^ SCRUTINY. Silently musing at noonday. Wonder-spurred in the n:<,'ht. Hoping that some voice would soon say Herein the right! Now he has come to the ending, (The sun beats in at his eyes Unwavering, unattending) ; Manhood dies. Silent still, destiny-weigher? Has the span not sufficed? The conclusion?— what?— only a prayer: O God, my Christ! PETRI IXTERROGATIO. Diligis Me, Simon Joannis? Etiam, Domine, Petriis ait. Tu scis quia Amo Te. Pasce agnos! Pasce, dicit, Agnos Meos! Diligis Me, Simon Joannis? Diligis Me? Immo vero; Tu scis quia Amo Te. Pasce agnos! Pasce, dici*^, Agnos Meos? Amas Me, Simon Joannis? Amas Me? Contristatione Petrus: O Domine. Omnia Tu nosti. quidem Amo Te! Pasce oves! Pasce, dicit, Pecudes? ¥ 21 .'I "THAT KEEPETH ISRAEL." Why should ,hc hireling care? The sheep to hir,, Are props, are purses, for his betterment So dru-es the,n t. ,)„ pasture, whence th'e .cent Of the wild clover sweetens in the dim ^ oun^ twdipht. there to hatten to the brim At noon he tires that he so early went- ' \V>th robes and staves he malceth him a t^nt Entreating sleep to soothe each weary limb. ' ' But there has been an unobtr One Who kept the /old all throug . the ,,uiet ni^ht Hushing the tender Iambs, and with the sun Rising again to seek the fields of light. Whether the eager wolf be near or far The sheep that see liiat Shepherd peaceful are. H t 11 '•>,ir 11,11 r,i, I,. I>KM u. oj sr. Hkikk, •^1 THE DENIAL. Thou wast with Jesus In many a spot — 'Tis empty folly, I know him net. But surely, stranper, Thou hast been seen — / ncvrr knew kin:. That Nazarene! Thou art his servant, I saw thee there Armed in the garden! Not me, I swear! li was another, I follozi'cd not. Nor could I tell him From you, God mot! • • • • Now Simon Peter, Thy Master's name Is thrice dishonored And brought to shame. Fell fear and falsehood Thy peace shall reap. O let me find it — A place to weep! 23 I; r< i -3 «r THE SAVIOUR'S COURSE. )\ ) f Bethlehem, thou hie. t of placL'S, Mow I love to sound thy name. In thy silent past are faci.^ With the li^ht of hope atlaine, — Mary, Joseph, shepherd stranLjers, Be;id:ntr o'er the holy child Born amid the k;ne and mangers, Jesus, merciful and mild. Nazareth, despised station. Yet within thy gates he wrought. Had his humble habitation. Joyed and sorro\vc father and his mother. For their daily welfare cared. Was a faithful friend and brother, — Thu? thro' early manhood fared, O Jerusalem, what lilindne^s Hid his beauty from thy eyes. Hid his strength and love and kindness, Bidding every soul arise. Never longer to be feeding Down among the husks and swine? Yet tliou wouldst not, but unheeding Scorned to mark the call divine. Calvary, on thy dark summit Anguish and despair abode. Here they dropped their fa'-thcst plummet. Hither bore their heaviest load; Yet with courage and devotion Here he gave his life for me — Earth and heaven ceased their motion, Tiicn broke forth in jubilee. 24 >( I'' I rv !i'' ( ) M .)/. i:„,,^i,i„. Iloi \ Nil, II I . % •AND IT CAME TO PASS. t Mary and Iilt little child Rt'sti'd in tlic t\viliu;ht iiidd, — The niotluT mu>cd; tlu- infant smiled. Il\is this Jt-sus;' this ho b.iy.' U'ds the earth so full vfjoy.' And the kine riKarded hint Meekly, with an instinct d;m, Till the stars began to glim liven then the darhness seemed Different, fi'r a radiance gleamed. Shining nn the rugged fur Of Joseph's mantle, as by her He watched all night, and did not stir. And a hi the spc Ind a hush came o er the ■ IVithin the inn they ivist it not. Humble-hearted shepherds came. Eyes with eagerness aflame, And with joy they praised his name: I w \y 1 •'1 '.! t|. "AJVV IT CAME TO PASS." "Hosanti-i.' 'Tivai thr angeh' word: 'A Hai'tour ivltic.': is Chrnt the {.••rd\'"' Bothlclutn aK'ain was ^till. Save to its comrades on the hill A camel's cy rose, wan anil sliriU: " Why do we fro to licthU liemf" And cries come biic.i from each oj the;ii. Royal the Mali's habitude, Holy and reverent thi : mood As they beheld Christ's babyhood. Mary marvelled: f^old and vtyrrli They offered to the son of her! The Sun his glorious banner raised And waved, and warmed the flocks that grazed— Now (or this wonder God be praised! Still Mary's arm embraced the child, Whu, xhi. 'is mused, uiviucly smiUd. ■<; if rf 'i w .,i X < ■ i I./ il I'll:,;':, 1:111 n,,, 1,1. I'l. ll.H A". JciiiN. if h .1 ■I "SO TIIEY RAN BOTH TOGETHER." John-: Run! What liavc they done? What did the woman say — 'Taken him away'?— Our Master — Jesus — ! Run— run— Peter: Thou, brother, whom he called dear one, Do thou be swift! I cannot lift Over this harsh and springless patii my feet As thou canst, witliout wiarlness or lu-at, — Fly onward, for 'tis he we seek, 'tis he Whom evil men have torn from you and me. John: .Am I the fleeter? Then follow, Peter! {/Je runs on.) Dead! Did they not bind him? Dead? Then we must find him PBTBk (running alone) : He shall be found: Soldiers surround The tomb — that mighty stone Cannot be overtlirown. He is there still, The Magdalene spoke ill. John (calling) : Simon, Simon Peter, the stone is rolled away, Hasten, hasten! xr m 28 'SO TiiEr RAW voTir together: Peter: O to tall ani pr,T\ ■X: But forward to the tonih is my soul drawn — Wliy is the earth so sudden strange, the dawn All dim and silent? O niy Ci'rist. niy Chr'st. ■From whose dear look my wicked pride enticed So utterly and oit, wliere art thou. Lord? [Coming up rapidly.) There is ;i soldier's helmet, there a swcjrd — W'hnt friijht hath seized ttiemr John, brother, speak ! John: lie we seek I- not here, Peter:— fear Hovers al)i)i:t me. Go in witlioiu mc. The watcher^; are far hence, Empty grave-j^armcnts! Peter Jimpty. th.ou sayest? Then, while thuu praye-t. I will go face The gloom of the place. (Entering the tomh.) Lord, bring me beside thee. Yea, I, who denied thee! .'\rt thou lying here. Master? Or art— (Callini:; to John.) Hither! Fa,.ter! 'X • t 't ,1 ii //. //I'foiiiun. \:\-\\ k M( ii "BUT MARY STOOD WITHOUT . . . WEEP- ING." Mary Magdalen'e: Would that I dared, would that I dare 1 to try! John saw, mid Simon Pct'jr, ytt not I. Chill is the dawn: the sun hath sent no dart, But bleaker and more gloomy is my heart. Hfiw wildly Simon called upon his brother! How tremblingly they sped! but to the other. The Migdalene, here ere the raw day's birth, No word they sjjake of heaven or of earth. Now are they fled: their figures wane away. And I again am left, to fear, to pray. To agonize in tcirs for him who passed Unto the gates of hell, and died at last. ; 'I How should he not die? O the yearning eyes That drew and dazed the s:nner! High surprise Was there, that one should choose to fall so low. But love inefuible was there also. How could one see a Rabbi so divine. The brethren say. but tjuickly he'd resign .Ml things. and follow him, for that great look? — Regard that raised one up to heav'n or shook Him down unto the pit, as when in wrath He warned the Pliariscos they trcd that path. 29 • [^ I 'I ,50 "riT MAur sToov wnrnovT . . . wcEriNG." il I' How -hoiilti he not dii.'? On his heart the world! Trouble and fear and pain their pinions lurled About him: liere a leper he nni--.t heal. And there a Laz'rus raise to lite and weal; \ ea, even me he saved from utter woe. The body, then the soul! We need him so That he loved us too much: compassion vast O'erflowed his heart with s(jrrow— all the Past Of hurt humanity cried out to him And all the Future showed a vision dim Of babblings, armed comminp;lings, wanton pride; These, not the anguished spcar-tlirust, pierced his side. Else he would never on the dreadful Cross Have suffered unto death and norne the loss Of friends, and pure devotion. and sweet peace, — We pressed these on him. . . . M O Put I must cease! I am too weak, too low, to understand. Again tears? ... can I help? ... O for his hand! . . . Yea. I will look . . . haply ... A wonder! How Comes the tomb light? Angel: Woman, why weepest thou? 14 ii Ll / "» "HUT MART STOOD WmiOVT . . . WEEPINGS 31 Marv:T1ic body of my Lord is taken away, And I was seeking. . . . Ciikist: Do not fca., hut sr/ Why tliou dost weep. Whom seek ye in this place? MARVrSir. I knew not that any saw my face. But here my Lord was buried: him I seek And for long hours liave sought. He cannot speak And call me, and my steps arc very blind — Show me where thou hast laid him. Sir, be kind! He was my Lord. See. I myself demean. — Wilt thou not aid me? \ ,.. •iii Ci.rist: Alary Magdalene! < 1 1 THE RISKX REDKEMER. li :i (\ "He is no; lure; he risen is." How .sweet thnt angel word! From burdened earth to heaven's liliss Ascended hath the Lord. He overcame, he overcame Temptation and distress; O men and women, praise his name — His glorious mitrht confess! //is might confess, his vtight cov/ess. And he your weary souls shall bltss. Where is that licavenly paradise, That immemorial land, Untainted by a hint of vice. Each hand a fellow-hand? Where did he meet that bright array? What beam dispelled the gloom ? We do not know the doubtful way From out the riven tomb — The riven tomb, ike riven tomb. What light did open and illume? O men and women, 'twas the Light That Love and Goodness shed. — Death saw it, and in sudden flight He bowed his ancient head; Life saw it seek the soul of man To rescue him from hell; So heaven's sight and song began: All hail, Immanuel! /mmanucl, /mmanuel, — The joyful chorus we would swell. n\ AND THERE WERE . SHEPHERDS." Scknk: W -.I'OPdfd hillside injudcra, near lUihle- hent. Time: The morning -walin. Pbrsons: A'/asa, Amos and Una.7n, three shepherds. Amos: How still and silent sheep and trees and brook! The nicht seems holden, Rhcsa. it is dark As ever baffled these unsleeping eyes. RiiESA-But soon the moon will rise, friend of my life, And pour her radiance forth o'er many a hill, Have patience! — There's a bleating ewe — be- ware'. Her lamb may stray. Onavi: Brothers, I cannot tell. But there is some expectancy I breathe, A beating of the heart, and, Amos, you .^nd Rhesa. by your voices, feel it too. Amos: In very sooth I feel as I have dreamed Upon a time, when the great moment came And with its greatness woke me, so with sighs I sought my flocks again, and musing found No solace; — I have hoped — i"l ■h \ 34 'A.\/> TiiERF. UT.HE . . . snrp/fr.nvs." l! Riiesa: llu>h! Mooiili-Iit l)rfnks Tliroiiuli yonder cloiul with fleece lli.-it priceless were To ;.iiy hvrdcr. Ah! the lit^lit i^ ■^treaminj; Over the mighty boles and twisted shrubs f'li. \ii) the hillside, see— it l)atlus our feet Atid hnrids and faces O it is the I-'iit Of l!e:ivrr. ! Hide! Hun! O be merciful.— I cannot hear this. ( They fall on their faces.) W'no and what nrt thou. Stranger and lord, that fja^^cst on us so? Ancei.: r,e not afra.d. O Rlie-al Mjn. fear not! The woe ot e.artli i-. coni]ias-L-d by a joy Klernal. .Afzes sh.dl this da. revere When, the HkIu breaking. David's city ble>t Beholds the dawniii',' of ili- li;,dn of love. Fear not. but joyful be! Swift messenger Of God"s gooil tidings, his command I heard: 'Go. tell the shepherds in the hillside grove That Christ is born, their Saviour and their Lord. Bid them arise and seek the InfaiU Child. Him — evermore beloved — they shall find .Among the kinc in lowly fashicjii lying. Wrapt in his swaddling clothes, and well-con- tent. Smiling upon the world he cotnes to save.' 'H 'A.VD T:irnr wehf. . SlimiF.HliS. 35 Onam: Never can uc forget these words of life. MCLTITVDK 01' Am.KI.S \iinir,ingy. Praise the Child, For he ts born, — O blesst'd morn' O blcssi'J, lilessi'J morn.' Praise the Child, Par lie is born, — No longer is the earth forlorn. Jlii name shall calU'd be Counsellor, Wonderful! Clouds, uiih your thunder full Utter his praise! The Prince of Peace is he. Master of sky and sea. On him, eternally. Heaven shall i^aztf Sin is conquered. Death is conquered, Satan put to shame. O love so lowly lying, O Cross offesus dying, /leaven sings to sinners crying: Praise ye his name! (The angels leave tlie earth, singing as they ascend.) 'I , 36 ••A.VD Tlir.Hi: WERE s:ii I'liE'.ios." !l I I: Anohls: //,' hath (lio.eii. It,' hctli come. And of sin the awful sunt He -J ill bear. Peace be in the hearts of met! Hells of I/raien, rini; attain: Glory to his naine.' Aiiienf ILicr, everyzfherc-.' ( The slupherds risr to their feet.) Amos: Departed! Let us go to HothlrlR-.n. ( The ans^el Z'oiws are heard from above.) Anghls: ./,„,.„, Ever, everywhere! Riiesa: O surely let us rd, that wo may soo What wondrous things the Lord hath brought to ;ia^s. Let us he i|u:ek! 0^fAM: Come, eomradcs. yonder lie"> The higiiway — canst thou, Rhesa, grr.sp it yet' Messiah? O be eager to adore! [Exeunt. The angel voices die away.) Angels: ^/w^«/ Ever, everywhere. M, II \ i :|. V 3 \; . ^ I < u i! ^^ I RESENTMENT. The ccean bursts in very wrath. The waters rush and whirl. As ; e hardy diver cleaves a path Down to the treasured pearl. 39 i 'I Mi i 11 ' ON THE DEATH OF DWIGHT LYMAN MOODY. Warrior of God. wc cannot speak them loud- Onr farewells -yet not distant thy new home- So c ose didst walk beside the pillared cloud Ihat thou and it one glory have become n ATTAINING. Unwavering eyes on the end. Lips that are bidden to bleed. When a man strives, depend, Heart is the thing to heed. _ 'My beauty. I have you in hand " (Does he murmur?) "but hard was the price •• >iot if he understand Striving is sacrifice. M, 'i t [( i\ "SHIPS, SHIPS AT SEA." Ships, ships at sea, So wearily Your masts strike out the sky — What spirit called, Afraid, appalled At the wild loon's dcmoi.iacal cry? Flash! roars the rain And the gale in pain At its untimely birth; Storm-angels live. Cries fugitive Are borne remote from all the place of earth. Ships, ships at sea! It seemeth me One faces utter fate: No ship, methinks, The tempest sinks Breaketh the silence of her last estate. "Ah! consort dear, I pray thee veer, This gulf yawns hungrily." "Nay, ill betide If I leave thy side, — Is there no hope? Then there's no hope for me." A blinding lunge, A crash, a plunge, A cry to heaven great! Not two there be, But one at sea, With sails dejected, mien desolate. 41 t i TYPES. I "Larpcssc! Inr.ces.e!" cried the rabble; Oil th.'in the proud prince looked With nod indifferent, nor brooked Their loud acclaiming babble. Yet he threw them co'ns. as one That tosses stones, in fun. 'h I lit II. This wealth of mine, this fortune. How it flashes, Rleams, .And joys me! O meseems Should anyone importune A jot of it, I'd turn and hiss In sudden anger: "Fool, this? this?" HI. He generous bounty did impart With unobirusive grace, His noble, kindly face- Finds home in every loyal heart. His touch the flame of trutii renewed, Ah, Heaven grant us gratitude! 1i I ASPECT. Cliililrt'ii see joy in .'ill, and laugh With merry cries; The poet does not photograph. He glorifies; Philosophers alone are half Morose, half wise. A SPENSERIAX' IX PR.MSE OF SPENSER. Thy music. Spenser, swims the sea of sounds. Whose service trembles with the understreain And evermore the distant shore surrounds Where Truth abides within the Land of Dream. Strong singer! whose full-ripened tones dc teem With rarest m"lody; thy noble heart Beats brave and true; right stately dost thou seem. Poet (') ijocts. — master of all .irt. Arthur delights our youth, maidens bless Britomart. 43 >,! •■■i : r I' : f > ),l THE HERETIC. i.c pivcs to ficatl. worl.'-prcjudicc. World-woe riiereforc upon its witless guds is crving Never to spare, nor suffer more the I'ying Counsels, contentions of this human foe- It IS not right that he should teach them so That worship of the runes is reason dying,' That for the spirit there is satisfying Not in the formal Yea, but faithful No. Aroused, tho.^e apathetic gods would hearken What time they shook the stupor of the years And, making human lovclight droop and darken ' Crush out the rebel in a night of fears- ' Not now, not now! Nay-they are gone abroad lo seek a truce of heaven with heaven's God 1^ TO V. G. C, A NURSE. When ice and stones anfl lava the dull earth Have bruised, it rears its bulk in deep unrest, Each summit rising blindly to protest Against the crevasses that mar its girth; Then Nature smiles — she minds creation's birth — And. gathering up the breezes of the west. Cools the volcanic rage and heals the breast With sifted snow of palliating worth. So is it with thee, sister f Mild between The painful cots, with reassuring face, Thou movest. Very holy is the scene Of service such as this. The Christly grace That lights thine eyes and on thy forehead broods Writeth itself in the Beatitudes. 41 9 t I '■WHAT CONSTITUTES A QUEEN?" Whr.t ronstitiitcs a (juccn? The richly flashing crown, the silver sheen Of ermine? or the mind Beneficent and kind And loving with the love of Christlikencss, Able to cheer poor burden-hearers, bless The weary, the disconsolate console; Quick to rejoice with him of singing soul?— Handmaiden of the Highest, eager she To imitate her Lord Christ's ministry; Sweet are her ways and gentle and serene, Tfiese— not externals— constitute a queen. 1\ ,1 I ID' tt r 46 !' THE VOTARY. They touched her tenderly, — She sprang up, tossed the wild hair from her eyes Which flashed in scorn and angry agonies; Her sweet frame slenderly Carven shook in miserable wise Till from her heart the voice tore forth ai cries: )ne.' Go hence! O leave Me all alone lo grieve! 1 ivill not have a word of comfort said, I mourn for my belovt'd who is dead, — O my belovt'd, thou art dead. Of heroes chief; O lonely! all my love is widowdd, Wander thee, wander! desolate, unwed ;- Soul of me, passion-soul, 'tis past belief. But I must mate with Grief! And down she drooped and hovered and lay still, Her calm face white with witness of her will; From those pure lips came nevermore a sigh Though all the birds of Spring sang ccstacy. . ii 4:/,' M'l fill' p' AFTER TRIAL. And so they lead me back and I am led, Strange. stuhl)orn noises dart about my head, Lightb flash and bhnd. . . And now their words are locked Away from me,— i)y echoes I am mocked. By silence chid, by men and women hated, By God— no word from him! by conscience vindicated. Short shrift. O Cod. and naught of hope they spared This poor, foul convict that the people stared Upon wiih horror. Yea. and he is lost If thou wilt hear him not, — for say accost Your advocate, he spurns you all the while, I'ulturcs come nigh no life! is in his smile; The judge rebukes you that you are not still; The jury scowl and note the evil will That turns your actions. Defiled, defiled, defiled! Is in your soul. "Why should a man be wild And anxious in a court where all are just? The wretch ?hall have his justice. Only must A keen eye gaze, examine all his mood Tearless and bold and stern with hardihood To hear all's meant or uttered— as he could Not satisfy his heart but justice would Condemn him— eh? acquit? In truth,— acquit. Fearing his trial would not be true! Here sit The jury, there the judge. Can they not tell? Who better? Man, have never fear of hell .' f AFTER TRIAL. 49 Unlcs'^ your due. And yet to look at him. — He murdered! Friend, too early? This his whim Of justice must Ite K'^intcd? Must indict, Address, convict, CDiidemn? Well, thou art ri^'ht." Thus is the court, O God! and people praise Their own sweet patience that they do not raise An instant clamor! arc ccntent to wait. — It makes a mouse more hapt)y of its fate If cats but f?rip it fa.^t within their claws And hold a gentle trial. Now is there pause. Heart, bitter, bitter! Christ, I cry to thee And from the heavens thou wilt answer me Who saidst: "Let there be life!" and thine own breath I drank, inhaling; — these; "Let there be death!" Framer of us, thyself hast dwelt within And borne the rebel fury-spurring Sin. Mocked, scourged and innocent, whose clear voice grew To heaven; "Father, these my people do They know not what." These, such a crime altho'.igh Stained through their souls, lived. .'\y. 't is better so — Forgive, forgive! they know not that they lie — And if it is a dreadful thing to die Thee do I thank who hearest, who hast heard, — With Christ died two and I shall be the third. You startled me. These husks to him that gavel 'T is time, O friends, to lead me to the grave. iti BR()Tiir,kno(^D. All! the vvnc-uavti iiu, world, Hurried with riK'my, l.uls. Save that a supplicate turns Hardly, and tinrkly hi^ hrcath Willi wad upon wail of despair. With fear of pitiless Fear. Ga.>ps out t!;e message to us: //ear w:, O brothers, hi(;h->ninded ones among men! "if uho leak Fair in th^/acf. What it the end of our race.' Who shall restore u<;, the /^urds of Creation, airainf Cod with us, you say." Then where are his love and his gran:' Rut tile cry pnes (luiviring down Into tile (larkiie-s. and we, We who have heard but the sound, Tremble and labour at heart; Silently eaeli iipmi each We giize, and commune with our souls: How can we show them the way? Hardly ourselves can we cling To a history's passionate hope; What do ue know of the world? Wliat can we guess about God? O th.it we were as they -hink, Able to come to their help, Ready to lead them aright! £0 l!/' BIturilERIlOOD. 51 Jlear us, Obroth*rs, irtts of the /uf;itivf: A'nv to our souli your soul'.' enlii^hitnmfnt givef What IS vainf liftat is laslmgf How may an earth- man live? There they He moaninp. nml lon^ We sorrowed ;ih)U(I. an? our pride: 'Surely, self, thou shalt die Down in the grave of delight!' Ah! but so feeble we were! We must make ready, and shut All of the doors of our house. Earnestly, faithfully scan, Truly, unrtinchinKly think: 'What is the meaning of all? How may we grasp it and live? Whither ou' destiny draws? Whence is the answer to come?' Let us establish our Faith, Knowing that Reason will fail, (Eager, but sunken his eyes Chained to the rock of the Real.) Knowing the answers of God Take root and abide in the soul. Shrink from the wildncss no more, Open the doors of our house. Hasten to action and cry: 'Courage, our brothers, we come!' }i <,l vli IS} I 52 BROTHERHOOD. masts Covicforthe world is smeared and wrapt with grime; No tones in Nature's universe will chime; The Lord of IVrong spurns all the tears of time.' Over the red-tinged waves, Stilled into silence and gloom. Laden with burthens, the ship Glides slowly, with tall black Striking the sunset out, Floating into the West,— Darkness falls on the deck. Hoarsely is uttered a cry, Bells are ringing to rest, Seamen are furling the sails. Thou zvilt not leave us. Father, all alone! Thou hearest human waiung; thou hast known; And thou art he that camcth to atont. Morning breaks on the sea, On the horizon the ship Wavers a moment, awakes. Shakes away weariness, then SaiN are flung oi