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Les diagrammes suivants illustrant la mdthode. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 )*,, A ru.; 4^ s @e Til -:- V:/ iry^: A ^1?.' /3/-S ».<>. iuJriri'ss of Writer: Kinjisclcar N. IJ. c aiiiula. t , SERENADE. BY ©forrjc Slrtfjur l^ammontr. AUTHOR O V ^ ^LKEJf VICTORIA'S OLIVE TUKK, AM) OTUKK fOftM«; THIC STOKK KLVIXti KAMWARU: TIIKKE VULLMES IN MINIATLKE: ETC. *'.:/ L A PI S T O K KUEAL PRESS. 1888 \ C X T !•: X T s The Gokk'n Girdle. Pa-r. Perfect and Just. 0.5 Memorial Stanzas. (57 For in Six Days. 61) The Prayer Prophetic. 70 The Resuruections Ti;i.m:. 7-5 liEUTIIA: A LEGKXD, l;3r; \ i J THE GOLDEN GIRDLE AND OTHER POEMS, i\ O T K . The "International Standan)- *• r -tains a„.„i,,e by C„:'Mit:V'irr.' 1"-" propounds the inKOniouc „„ ? "'"''' probably correct theorjthit the "■""'' "'"' «u'-es and weight, „.J„ v "'«""'' ""="- ''.ehu.,„J„'r,: '-;-=<•-., baaed o^ 'he broi,t being tbe i iti,, "'"""("'^"oe of •-...wHicba^iXr::;::;-^™:-- THE GOLDEN GIRDLE. •• He spake— nnd ft vmsJ* " \ad girt about the paps with a golden ^InSo.' Was the Divine Loffos /Timself the initM mntt of the Cos. :o3 1 ( If God tho Word, the image of the InvlafWo Fatber, Invariably as n man appeared anciently i Vhat foundiition Las the idea, that the image of Qcd In which Adam was created, does not Includfi physical shape? ) JlTs-fERious Girdle ! God comes as The Man Creation upleaps at HIj voice of command : He metes out the measureless heavens with a span ; He pours out the floods from the cup of His hand. Lo ! gathered seas gleam underneath the new skies, Green valleys are scooped, wooded mountains arise : Sun and moon, earth and atmosphere, lavishly stored,. What endless diversity — formed by a word[l He spoke—toiling Nature sublimely uprose. Vast precisions — all exquisite movements were traced : Bui man the rich marvel, remained for the clO0| In beauty e?e^lling, and bounteouisly graced^ II Tint ooLDKN Ginnr.r, Yes, man the choice crown of a lo''ty design. Was tenderly moulded by fingers Divine. God breathed in his bosom the lives ll*; bestowed, Man awaked Li the glorious imago of God. His finger the digit, his hand breadth, his span-— His forearm the cubit — each perfect and just. And the sun was disposed by the height of the man, And the globe from his weight was apportioned its dust. O creature most honored : participant rare, The workings the rulings of Wisdom to share : The ray scarce developed, the forces occult. The blessing progressive, the grateful result. Golden zone of The Maker, initial and gage Of measures and weights by His pleasure assigned, Each feature emphatic condensed on its page, And all in the compass most vital combined. Lo, the light and the shadow, the life and the might, The paramount glory, the endless delight. The opulent splendor, the wonders untold. All, all seem converged in that Girdle of gold. 65 PliRFECT AND JUST. Thon Bhalt havo a porf.-ct and Ju.t weight, n perfcHSt and Inst in<.'ftj.urfi nlmlttliou Imvo. Dcut. xxv. 15, Aftor the Shektl of the Sanctuury, Kxo. xxx. hi. Meted oit heaven with the span -weighed the mountains In scales. Isalali xl. 12. IJ WE wc those weights and measures ? Is it certain The God of Israel— The Infinite, With span and shekel drew aside the curtain From plans and works uncomprehended yet ; Gave then those units that co:nposc His twain Of weights and measures vast ; Bequeathed to Jacob-elsewhere sought in vain, . , This birth boon of the past? -_ .. ' And dare we slight this gift? A princely treasure. Conserved in stouc-thc Pilhir set on high ; A souvenir monumental of His pleasure, Endearing us-the Kace to Him brought nigh.- Men of Manasseh, Israelites indeed, ^ A people great and vast,— .; - /. And to be thus, in olden time decreed, Those years that make the past :— And Ephraim?-Now each Anglo-Say nh.rken, O seed of Abraham, God's honored iriend. Shall we permit fantastic terms to darken And wheedle us at length to ciouch and bend ? How could we mouth those fal.e, degrading sounds That shame our Enghsh speech ; Which weight and length in jargon base confouad. And impious errors teach I Si No I Be the godless aavant^s scheme infernal. Remanded to the pit from whence it nprun^ ; And honor we our King, supreme, eternal, Whose ways, whose marvels by the heavens are sung. High praise to Him whose balance and whose line Fill and subtend all space ; WhoPi, weights and measures, a& a gift Divine, Distinguish Jacob's race MEMORIAL STANZAS. Charles Latimer, of Cleveland, Ohio, President of •* The International Institute, for Preserving and perfecting the Anglo-Saxon Weights and Measures :" Publisher of " The International Standard;" Pind central Hgure in the proposed thorough exploration of the Great Pyramid of Ghizi, — wliile yet on his knees, at the conclusion of family prayer, on the morning of March 25th '88, was suddenly stricken with apo- plexy, aud expired shoi-tly after. "W E £ p — it is noble to weep ; Profuse be the tears for the Dead^ Thus tenderly hidden in sleep. Midst quietude statefully spread. "Amen." And conceding that prayer, Embathed in effulgence serene, Imperial ushera stood there, Aiid a chariot waited unseen. He is off ! — as a gleam of the sun :— He appeare where the glorified meet. 67 Hi» toil for the Mftptrr is done. Hia circle of blsssinp complete. How ^andly escorted to God ! () ^'or Js of unspoiikiible zest ! There the offskip of knowledge is broad : There the sa\e.l iire inscrutubly blest. And feet of the future will halt, Where Latimer mingles with dust ; And muse o'er a plotted assault, And a lance vuiuly poised for a thrust. And men yet unborn will enquire. At a wonderful Pyramid's base, About one, whose high, ardent desire. Was the ultimate good of his race. True Ashar ! he lavished his gold, Trove treasures most sacred to guard : He fought, to assure and unfold, Those legacies stone-pledged and barred. And now can such lustre be lost, Such Ood-given zeal kiss the ground? No leader ? none ! none for the host ? And must not his mantle be found I 68 i il. FOn IN SIX DAYS, EX0DU8 XX Xi. j^ N D waf it thus indeed ? And is this writing The plain, inviol :it<' tri;th ? No eccr of old, hut Go 1 Himself inditing TJie archives of earth's youth I How reads the text ? Can fact more simply stated. Attentive thought engage ? No foisting in ; {.nd not a jot abated, Of each uocessive stage. But why will science still demur, and fast-^n Its talons yn the text ? And to tmwarranted conclusions hasten^ With false and bald pretext ? Were they not cycles, those astute ones reason, p]ac)i day some myriad years ^ Or budding cons, variant as a season That comes and disappears ? The cumtdative weight of crnde contention. On what has it been based ? And why alone ensconced from rejarehension, Surcharged with facts misplaced ? O Word ! that standest above men's opinions. High as the flaming sun : Asserter and defincr of dominions. And glories new begun. 69 IHK PBATT-B PBOrHETlC From OUT conceptioiiB, vague and still ca.'cen-.ng, Futile and incomplete ; From foibles vain and knowledge overweening, The only safe retreat . THE PRAYER PROPffETIC, Hear, Lord, the voice of Judah, and bring bim unto his People . Dcut. xxx ix. 7. •Thus, from dim ages, stands deliniatcd On the terse parchment and the burning Koll. Changes intense, reverses deeply stated. Thro' the long dappled times : the far control. And checkered fortunes of those Houses twain, Destined o'er earth to reign. Meek summary, long rayless though potential. ^ But what effulgence in those words has lam . O marvellous prayer ! O benison essential. Joseph's prosperity,— with Judah's pain, The emphatic opening of his long sealed ways, Midst hopes and sore delays. Solving the riddle of progressive ages, Those ancient oracles profoundly speak. Where stumbles pride, and fail the feet of sages. Midst human wisdom's downfall, fagged and weak; There the majestic, the Eternal voice ReBOunds above the noise. inE THAYER PROPHI'TIC. '|^ ' ' Anrl .Tudah. tjiko Miis comfort in thy we^pinpr, — Tliy Brother lives thoi'jh brothrrliood l)e slain. Tho" thou art acattore-i an'l tho' he is sleopinjj;, 'nmn shiilt beholl him r.n 1 for-jct thy p'lin. Yc'S I Joseph liv:>s, he rules on D ivid's throne, Mighty — and yet unknown. This lifc-impartlnc; knowledge will awaken /\lon<^ thy romnint, as the mornin^j sm't^s The lincrerin<:< clouds, the masses that have shaken The sparklini? firmament which is the night'8, And joy will walk upon the mountain tops, Dewy with g Iden hopes. MMMiMi* mm .vOUf^^^ T II K RESURRECTIONS TRINE IN THREE LA YS t i R 1- M A R K S . TVIirnfhe TniniitPly dcsrrihfd Tcmplp of Ezi'klfl is romplftcd, mil- I-ord gloriously enters at tlif casttrn gate. But will he not dwell invisibly In the SHnctuary as he did anciently ? And will not the resurrected martyrs, and the "many" saints who arose and ascended and will return with him, likewise be hidden from Tultrar gaze. Are there really any grounds for supposing there will at that time be a "rapture" of living saints ? or any radical change in men or nations ? Even now, are we not encompassed by hosts of mysterious beings, good and bad, yet see them not. Tlien, when malignant hordes are dispersed, or crippled in pow- er, and while the globe is enshrined by suprrsensual, and holy intelligences ; can it be supposed they will be seen and mingle indiscriminately with men in the flesh ? Surely the mere con- jecture is incompatible with the condition of the race, .4 u <& THE RESURRECTIONS TRINE. LA Y FIRST. And behold, the veil of the Temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom ; and the earth did quake ; and the rocks were rent ; and the tomhs tvere opened : and many bodies of the saints that had fallen asleep were raised; and coming forth out of the tombs after His resurrection they entered into the Holy Ciiy and appeared unto many. S. Matt, 1 1'^ g^6^^ THE RESURRECTIONS TRINE. RE ri VAL FIES T: The Resumdion Already Past. W HEN O the eternal wonder ! Heaven's gemmed gateways rolled assunder, And, for wretched tents of mortals. Passed The Great King through its portals ; Entering on a time-state transient , Plunged in giant evils ancient. HE Svho Heaven's vast arch created, Fared like traveller belated, In the night and shadow shrouded, From the kataluma crowded. He appeared in Bethlehem'« manger. As an unattended Stranger. Of his dazBling might denuded : Even an infant, weak, secluded, r'^^'.eh:z;::-f'»« awaked, ' IT ;j''>"e, ,v;,h cloud of dea^h^' '''•^P the Holy Citv .1 u '^■""'"'beKd, ^"-e.ooou^h^a.tTd'r'-,. «oted"r" '""''''" -'■-'» noused the earth's diabolism H-'k ! amidst tb! '^°'" '"■"'»«• Forthew?se:that;"''"''I"»e- ^Win.Herodtrh™ ««mons thus assaiJin., • 78 ^ d. All of truth and love and blessing For a kind acceptance pressing ! ' Even the Chief One and the kindest. Sought in rage the worst the blindest. V. And will Goodness ever' sting, Thrones and splendors from him c sting. To a world so hideous hasten, It with links of pearl to fasten ' Mercy strown and love enfolden, •' To his heart the rich the golden ? ' Has he come to to^t in sorrow ' Sin's to-day and hope's to-morrow ? This wild life that heeds so slowly ■ Him the Pure One and the Lowly ? Spurns his love and slights his teaching. Though to Heaven's high fabric reaching ? VT. The proud the gifted heed Him not even yet, But pass this life as children bent on play. Through glens and streams, midst rose and violet. Chasing bright birds and joys the livelong day. And lost midst songs and sights till sun is set. Christ and his work are pictures pushed away : To them an empty knowledge and disgust, A Name they honor not and scorn to trust. And thus into the shadowy night they steal : Alas, what must some future day reveal ! •vn. 79 * \ But He is Ood, tho Loving, the Supremo, The Wonderraaker. Far his footsteps shine^ Flashing amidst the heaven of which we dream'. And his rich ways — a yet scarce opened minc,^ Show caves of jewels. While with rwrest spoils The palace worlds of yon superb domain,, Will witness blessedly to tears and toibi Spent ia this sphere, long soiled with wotfuLstaLo,. vin. This Race, far fallen from its nest of light, Thro* the old Dragon's circumventing wile». With pain again he lifts to share his smiles. And live — a radiant glory in his sight. IX. Yes ! He walked this life uneven : He the Truth, the Way to heaven, Through its reefs and shallows tided. An existance thrice divided. First the visible the fleeting, Next the secret — the retreating : Lastly stalwart might rebuilded. Plunged in shadest or glory gilded* * X. O the dread, uncomprehended Dangers of this never ended Strong and fragile, glad and tearful Life — so vague, so rich, so fearful ! *« Who to its events is equal ? Slights its trusts— or dares its sequel ? 80 121 e b I fa a I JF i i s t . \ inr. ils Hil., xr. O Tiiotr who WHst and art and art to como : Invisible — yet radiant every where. From heartworn shackles, yea from life's despair, Thou dost invite the wretclied to a home, Beneath the shadow of thine outstretclied wings, The secret chambers of thy watchful care, The freedmen of allpowerful prace to prove. Held in the vision of tlie life that springs. With its inspiring music, from Thy love. — Midst promises infran;;ible and broad, Upon Thine arm to loan ! Redeemer God. XII. Now the splendor of Elias, Bursts — preceding the Messias, From lone hills, and caves retreating, Locusts and wild honey eating ; Furnished forth he comes midst greeting- Coat of hair a belt confining : He a lamp prepared and shining. r, XIII, ■ In the Spirit of Elias, «' He announces the Messias. Soon His Throne and Right eternal. He asserts with acts supernal. Now — make straight the way before Him ! Now — His vineyard's fruits restore Him ! 81 Ecbtbal JFitdt, XIV. Ho rrom death's stron:; bolted sentence. Frees the wicked on repentance. Holds the high enu ;ii ton Of Redemption and Salvation. Whooo on HIS name believeth, In HIM endless lifj recieveth, Through his name of names most glorious. By HIS arm of arms victorious. lie who slights this heavenly Mentor, Bliss supreme shall never enter ; Ne'er shall know t e grace that won him. But God's wrath abideth on him. XV. And with energy of thunders,— With the might that cleaves and sunders Hearts of men from sin and blindness. By its strong coercing kindness : — Came th7s John, this new Ellas, To prepare for the Messias, Each convinces returned transgressor, Pointing to his great Successor. i if XVI. Midst oleanders, plives, flower-clad steeps, Of tortuous, fleeing Jordan, drift the crowd. Down from the rapids, clear the cool wave sweeps In sparkliug breaks, a torrent rife and loud. And then anon the worried water sleeps, In pools that mirror with abrupt surprise The multifold surveys of earth and skies.— 82 I \ Ee&Ual JFirst, There John baptizes the repentant. Lo, What deep disco. ering light ! what moods arise ! What trenchant thoughts neath words that pierce and glow ! As anxious multitudes come forth and go. XVII Who with steps Divine, all Beauteous, To the heavenly mandate duteous, While the concourse heard and trembled, Stood amidst the crowds assembled ? Not with Horeb's terrors thunderous, But in simple state more wondrous. Hid from glare of observation, But with meekness of salvation ; And, in pitying lovingkindness. Stands unmarked by human blindness ? XVIII ^ Perfect came Adam from the hand Divine, Much more so he who waits amid the crowds. No stain of earth his pensive aspect clouds. Meekness and raajefjty about him shine. Authority and princedom mould his mien. Tho' pity and love sit regent. Stand with awe, Ye crowds : with reverence let him be seen. Why has he come ? To magnify the Law : And with eternal righteousness uplift The ransomed ones — his own. Into the life which is his Father's gift, Into the glory that infolds his Throne. 83 M « 3a U' I b a I J? f r 3 t . 1.0 ! faints in flashing chariots of lij,'ht. Anil ho ts anjifelic, hail tlie wondrous sight. There the Ihrilh.d Jordan from his faultless form Falls back— like drops irradiat. in the etorm, Tinged by the blissf il arch, licrs seven hued bow, On which he looks, his promise to fulfil : And binds the rampant floods from overflow. And bids tho covenanted seasons still Their marvels of exactitude fulfil. XIX. Now in raelodeous awful thunders deep, Of recognition, and sv/eet woius of love, Rolls the Great Father's voice on nature's sleep. While, for a world's compassion, as a dove. Descends the Omnicient Spirit from above. Thrice wondrous scene ! What grace. From which trine lights outleap. XX, On what marvels, terse, amazing, Are seraphic beings £,azing ! Of what glories new awaking, Are the saints in heaven partaking ! XXI O'er sensific tablets passing, Life its varied scenes is glassing. Through diversities and ranges, Midst its brevity and changes. And, in etchings phonographic, Words, abysmal or seraphic, 64 I -• itc^acsir^''- aMi3Ub|?3!eidfta HMIMiaM Hide — with every thrill delighting, Or with lethal tones affrighting. With sure transcript, keen detection, Unmistakable perfection. Most minute discrimination, "Void of lessening or dilation. Pictured, calotyped and worded. All in God's great books recorded. In dim recesses untold splendor lurks, Some titan bound by stern potential chain. Or whelmed neath hills o'erturned, And seeming slain. Its hour must strike and fate no more restrain. Then will it rise to vindicate God's works : Wisdom that planned and science most severe. And truth in beauty as the noonday clear. XXII To a solemn convocation, O'r all paths come up the nation. To a mountain ever growing Tense in interest crowds are flowing. These the streams that feed the ages. These the themes of ponderous pages. Lo, a beacon dimly burning On the cycles ne'er returning. Of a past that scorned its morrow, As it moekec and walked with sorrow. XXIII 85 f IS^tbibul iFi'rst. He, the marked One of the mangor. Is he midst those scenes of dan{j;er ? He — the Neophyte of Jordan ? — Lo ! His lips dispensing pardon : Teaching up and down, and healing. With a kindred act and feeling. For a history of wonder; Over which all worlds will ponder. Bearing with majestic kindness. Storms of hate and spheres of blindness. XXIV From the sacred Temple Mountains, Rolls a murmur not of fountains. Vague confused discordant noises, Dreamy tones and earnest voices. Round the Holy City mustering, Full within its precincts clustering. And the day in its declining O'er the hallowed House is shining. Dipt in grandeur high inspiring, Cursive hues and tints retiring. Towers with gold and crimson tinctured For half heaven is robed and cinctured, As the sun's red chariot lowers Down the dewy shadowy shores. And the spent winds like strong wrestlers. In hid aeries sink as nestlers. While through palms, midst odors volant. Dying murmurs sail somnolent. 86 Bebibnl JFirst. An'] lone mnsin;xiv Heaven pours its crowns and worlds look on aglow Kuin comes captivated — dragged in chains: And domineering powers in open show. What trophies to The Victor fresh from pains. Late from the har the cross the rock forlorn. Now passing through tl e sparkling gates of morn. His myriad myriad starry hives of space. Midst radiant clouds of blissful beings borne. With strains seraphic and exultant peals. He comes ! — The Crown crowned Victor, from t e dead ! New risen saints the lofty triumph grace. Hosts of the bodiless saved His marvels spread. Enthroned on cherubim and living wheels. Omnific. — Dazzling on His sapphire scat. Proved King of Kings and Lord of Lords, MOST HIGH. With all our foes fast bound beneath his feet*. END OF lAY FIEST. «'■ I \l THE RESURRECTIONS TRINE. LAY SEC Oxi D. And I taw thrones, and they sat upon fhrm, and judgment was given unto them : and the 8o^ds of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and lohirh had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received mark upon their foreheads, or in their hand ; and thf.y lived Q.nd reigned with Christ a thousand I/ears . But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were Jin- nished. This is the first resurrection. Rev. THE RESURRECTIONS TRINE. BE VIVAL SECOND: The Besurrection First Fviure, - * - • » n Isaac's Sorb, Kings of the glowing East, Through Sarah Empress of the Royal Line, Drooped lie your heads ? And has that lustre ceased, Which lit the sacred hills of Palestine ? — Jacob, beloved of God, arise and shine ! The opal crown of thy predicted race, The earth with its futurities is thine ! A prestige trancelike, a delicious dream, A joy diffused, a broad lifebearing stream — Sweet healthful waters ; with a seed like sands, To fill, possess and beautify all lands : Free as the winds and princely as the stars : Phuiting Jkiiov.mi's name on all the hills. Restoring earth with its ecstatic thrills. And sin uprose and smote thee with disgrace ! Imposed upon thy shoulders cruel bars ; Strove to obliterate the slightest trace Of Sarah's glory and of Abraham's race. And crushed thee to the earth. There didst thou lie ? In hopeless and dispersed ignominy ? In helplessness and prone obliquity ? No ! Isaac's God, by new mysterious ways, Led thee for northward through the wilderness. With weal and woe, with grand and evil days ; With varied fortunes, gladness and distress. Through a long journey of two thousand years. And now at last, O People formed for praise. The golden cord of thy descent appears, Conducting from the labyrinth of night, The dismal catacomb of death and tears. Up to the radiant sunrise of delight. Roused by the ocean's melancholy waves. Prom the dim long reverberating caves. Now what thou art and wert like phantoms rise. Astonish earth and claim the echoing skies. — n O'er all heights exalted glorious^ Jesus has gone up victorious. Hosts 01 heaven before him flowing. Clouds of seraphs round him glowing. 97 Midst th»i ransomed crowned and sinking. Wondrous spoils and troi)lut\s bringing. Girt with saints in bodies splendid, With all rich perfections blended. Life obtained and perils ended. Ill Prince of I.ifc, he has ascended : Now his flock will seem unf'riendid ; Thougli his unseen arm eternal, Shields them midst the ra«( infernal. Midst the nets of strong polutions, Midst the fii'cs of persecutions. Many a pure and choicest jewel. Filched by hands forever ciucl. Some consigned with vast uuklndacss Unto dens of stony blindness Outraged, hunted, deemed injurious. Thrown to lions gaunt and (luijus. Driven to caves and wilds outlying, Where the splintered cl.fTs arc sighing. There, where wasic and ruin hovered, Moulder whitened bones uncovered. — High o'er the sumptuous City seven hilled. And odorous gardens of Agripina, The stars are hiding silently away. As folds of cloud, with sombre vapours filled, Drift o'er the vault cerulean, and awake A weiid mood, and of its spell partake. 98 While from yon oLcIisk, so .aunt an.l tall, No.s,,h«^e..sdo.vn,no,„oon.lroptsluulo^v«fall, ^'-mvI„u!uM.u..„inf., pathetic past, ^^-nw.n,onc.m,rchain,.cI its votaries fast, l^v uNviuI rites imperfectly disclose:!, I)..t terror hoots as from a fitful blast Alln-it tl.t) ^irclinn, heavens yet watch in peace ^ym.n^Mn quiet the luxuriant earth I]; H-k- groans and execrations mixt wi'th mirth ! ^osv gohhn horrors muster for affray Concluding ni,ht more consonant tha'n day Fen deeds of cruelty and hope's surcease. A sudden glare lights np those ghostly towers Shows Nero the accursed amidst his bowers Awaiting the amusing tragic show Soon, midst sustaining love none else may know Come humble Christians bound and dra. Jd alo^J 'io suffer for that blissful Name-the fll^hes^' A yoice-hark to the compensating son-.! I;.ie, poac^e and conscious victory through Christ 1 ho swathed in pitch and round as candles placed O honored saints, as torches flamin- red ' Jewels of Heaven rich lives poured ^ut as* waste. To light the chariot of the worst of men Sweet o'er their souls the balm of joy is'sh ed And quells the flames. They wil/revive ag L Those bodies and no longer tents of pain. But fashioned of choice powers in wealth of make 99 \"'^ EtBi&al Second. r Even now the glad exchange ! As kings new crowned, They rise and soar invisibly away. While the vile reveller's steeds sweep o'er the ground. Gloating in tortures and midst horrors gay. . VI See, fair Salem sits beleaguered ! As the holy word prefigured. Tiber's forces hard impressing. Fiery feuds within distressing. Many and extreme divisions. Scathing zeal and indecisions. But a lull, a slight cessation, . Interposes brief duration, Aids the waiting saints' salvation. Liberates a remnant nation. High — and not to be mistaken — As the night lit beacons waken. Though reluctant, and with pity. Benjamin forsakes the city. vn Involved in mystery, deep couched in night, The Woman flees into the wilderness : Midst lapse and change escapes from human sight. Through avenues of strivings and distress. Ousted from golden state so lightly priz«d. As one forlorn, disowned, condemned, chastisecl. Yet armed with shield, with arrows sharp and bright. 100 ^'bii^l Sttoni. ^ VIII ^rom the deep seas, f„ dark cri.is A mysterious po..er upnsc. "^ Imperceptibly and slowly ^^^^st th b^otherhood s^'iovvly. A leviathan of ocean, ^ ^« the great sea of devotion. ^Vaiting for an hour betiding. Mountmg to the seat of p„;er. l>eeps have been v^«f j Attractive throneT'f ' "'"' ^y'^'ty- . ^^'•iting to manacle thl °^""' "^ '^"""7. A"d Wnci the light of h1 "'""' ^""'' ^--.hachthel^rX--™'' 101 Kcfei'tjal Secont. Alas \ the wolf has cropt into the fold, Rousing from hungry disin<4cnuoYis sleep, "With lamblike pause. And now prepares to leap And rend the flock in frenzy fierce and bold.. X Soon the Litth> Horn arises. - "Woe to him who now despises Aught the hauglit usurper teaches. Far his impious art outreaches. The true demon fish of ocean. Frights the seas with vexed emotion.. Mark those flying arms tenticulax, AVhilc his inky moutli auricular. In spume of blasphemy close hidin^^ Deals out death tO' souls confiding. Proudly posed in walled dictation^ Wily of manipulatian. Masked — and palpably audacious. Fenced in proof and most rapacioua. False and fallen and pernicious : In all aims and acts flagicious. See this Power in opposition,. Huge and bc^d in exhibition. Bloated — and in liigh pretensions. Far exceeding all dimensions. O'er all holy heights has vaulted. In God's temple sits exalted : On the throne of worship seated. With eternal titles greeted. 102 1 ^ ^^ibal Seconb. Skilled in cm A .*-»-. r" to be oast down for ever ?^»m the «cn,e of pre,„n,pt4 See this Craft of ap'„,iati«,. Couched ,n fury unabating. ' Mock 7 .t'''™*"''-''^^^''™. ^ock, dethrone and erucify him ■t'iedge the stake— nrcr?nW« ^v^;th3 affright .hr^t:rur ■ O- unbidden guest t-dn!""''^"'''"™^ M'd^t the ghastly n,as,uer4ng. Ah how wcomprehensiWe is ,i„ f What utter obloiuv ;>, What woe betideiMnTTP'"'" IVh.* J- '" "* <>oasted wav. What disa i ointments. What 1 a, v within. closedlthirsj ^'■-lorious. r^|--^^e. 1a c 'j f b a I S f c a n Tj . The Infinitely Lovely. Tho (Jrcat Mind, Comprising? all pcrtVctions. Can .nis be ? And is it possible that it h;ts been — This fell Destroyer, this blind enmity. This monster whoso defiant name is Sin ? XIII Stoled and blii/in Sffeteied on bed t f"'" ^""'°n. ««o like sp : tt:""^!" '"^--'o.; From the rueful n,' "' "*''"" WththehaJ /h,"7'""'^''' ^^ -eh wrench coXShr ' Honor, gra.eft, and invilT""^' 106 *• Frantic relish fiercely firing, Hate — inferaal hate— inspiring, An.7 i > What th;. IV "'-^cufui splendor ? "vuac tills life — whirh n)l o See it lair? . • surrender ? oee It aid— a simple tokens To be b,,,„^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ Readily-without misprision,- In obedience, in submission, At PIzs call and in compliance- For that Friend in true' Iliance 107 UcUiljnl ScconlJ. Tustod acall. to heal tiicir l.UndncsH : V,,i -locruwnHisiuU'm'ding-- Ou the cross hun^ pierced uud bleeding XVII Muffled cloiic in garb mysterious, Walk the yft-duys .ad and scnous. Silently the Past is buried. Startlingly-full armed and .erru^d, Down the dim sublunar regions, Clan^^ the sanguinary legions. All o'l hope, of dread, of sorrow, Sit on perch-tree of to-morrow. All of bale, and all of glory. Swell the act, and thrill the story. XVIII Ominou8,-voiceless as the lone ^f'^ In its doomed silence gazing on the spheres, Stands an eternity of startling years While, like decrepit age bent o er its staff, ThJ parleys and. grows grave that -ed to laugh. Thus the wild courser, tameless on the plain, Feels the sly lasso in each bounding vein : Tho' all controlless in its headstrong might Heeds and succumbs perforce in evil plight. But shaU this being last, thi. efflux stra.go, Thatwasnot,andnowis?WhicL..r Midst countless obstacles, thro' .30«. ■ • Be&i&al Siccontj. f To go, as went ths myriads who have gone. Vanish, surcease, and baliie sijj;ht to trace Its secret journey, or its rcstin<^ place ? Ay, shall it last and live, and still tuiuk on, With ever growing and mysterious power ? Is it not written on the photosphere ? Its immortality sits in the sun : Yon lamp that burns to light this lone child 1 3re, Through the first stage of an august career. His endless future ripples from the wide Full earth of glories, a recountless tide. Its omen flickers in regret's vain tear : Its mystery topples in hope's castles tall. He starts — "tis but a prophesy of fear, A slipping foot that might portend a fall. The elisive hand which writes within the ken Of his live fancy, holds no mortal pen. Behold him restless — ah, his home's not here : He thrills — 'tis the unopened life within. He writhes with pain — it is th e worm of sin, That bites the bud which vivifies the hour. Mateless. unclassified, strange dappled flower, Designed with glory to festoon the spheres. Stamped with the impress of supernal skill. O' eagle ! powerless to o'erflit yon hill, • Bruise not vain pinions in such swift career. No mountain earth-confined arises here. Mantled with forests, summit crowned with suowa Of the keen mists which thawless winters froze. No ! 'tis the hill of Truth. Upon its head 109 The light ot a -f^<'''';':^j;tVa.lS-BM. Light weighted v, h he ^^^^ ^^^^^ .^^,,„,,, m the fteo fo'J-'; f ;• ^^,d, ,„„o rtay.—- Beneath the opal sh to^-j combed Beyond the »eu P " ^ , ^.^e takes root. Long fotenmg «"-> * ^'o^al tnut, Bearing a R""=f"' "" ™" richly domed. Flourishing ""^f / " ^„ that s«eet clime No vale of penthos d"^^" ,„i ,u„mn time. But ceaseless spnng and song menthevouryofaaev^^^^^^^ p,les beneath a U. on ^p^^^ ^'^^ '"r" las 1 hor ended,- ■Whence-through . b , Life's low evensong oi s r But is such the hi*r potion ?_^ S„ohthepass,„g n»; _^„,,^ "^"'""dhopu labors ended? Time and hope Wheninalll.es >i J Quiet sits midst empty i ' Ee&i&al Scconti. Must he pass with tones of sorrow To an unbespoke to-morrow ? Does not joy walk forth before him. And the peace of God fall o'er him ? XX Lo ! triumphant days await ye. Hours that richly reinstate ye. Martyrs ! yea, with Christ regaining Frames of light, ye shall be reigning. Leaping from your hid inurning, At the glorious King's returning. Prom the east ^ .^i comes, as lightning Flashing to the west and brightening. To the hills — but not the palace Where He emptied once the chalice, — Ah ! our brimming cup that glittered, Inconceivably embittered. XXI Though the seven crowned dragon rages, Fenced in mysteries of the ages. Though his prodding horns ten numbered, Seem with cloud as yet encumbered. Though two Witnesses hig' . spoken, Rest in crysalis unbroken : Or developed in past flowing, Yet elude the sage most knowing. Though great Babalon, the city. Strong and bad and void of pity. Suffer vague interpretations. Varied posing midst the nations, III f Beliibnl Sccont). From con'ecture and diviuincc, fie ret than the midday shnun-. Free from wrong r and > eiend r, Will hv.rst tovth the tru h with splendor. Thaso who trust an ( hos . who dou ,t it. Flo >tin- like the cdouds about it, Jotonewhit-thekast-tauiidtaUing. Clear, etirnal and prevaiUug. And this day of ^lory quickens. Through the cloud-weighed night that thickens. ^ When-as from the east the lightning. Comes The King, creation brightening. To Bis waiting sanctuary, . To a world long faint and weary. Round His emerald Throne of lustre, Gem-likc, priests and prophets clustre. Lo' enthroned on cherubs flying, While the martyrs rise undying.- Crowned with love, intense w.thradianoo. In the moment of expedience, Comes He-not with observation- To His reinstated Nation. XXIII We are halting, weak and human, Struggling on midst time's acumen; Up and o'er each rugged grad ent On till bursts the gladness r, diant. O the miracle amazing ! _ Earth from dreams awakes to praising. 112 Ucbibal Bzcantj^ Rivers sIoav and rorrents rushing. Waft the floods of rapture gushing. For the Prince of the salvation, Ke-exalts His chosen Nation. From His shining arm puissant. Flashes glory rich and crescent. Hills, with sweet reverberatron. Echo far the broad salvation. Light's silenium tongues soft quivering, (■utch the tones for swift delivering, H igh from pinnacles and steeples, For all nations, tongues and peoples. Eolls the full melodeous thumder. Throbs the glory and the wonder. Kings in multitudes of changes, Through dim labarinthine ranges. With melodeous salutation : Brimmed with rapture and salvation. Gems ten thousand rise and clustre Floating in a sea of lustre. In cold cells and silent chambers, Joy and hope revive their embers. XXIV Midst sophistocated wooing. Midst the clanking ills accruing. Evil shamed, and quickly hiding. Falls before the good betiding. In cool founts, without suffusion. Hands unsoil with pure ablution. Servile aims, and acts unkindly. With revenge that dogs them blindly, iia ,,„,„, to-A»y. cle.po-n» tcmonow. Then «iU M^o, atonea, cm , tint aria radiant actions, ^'"".r,!. sand benefactions, OodWte d ed and '^-''iu'::f;i"rsiista»tci.i. sin in all us »^ Uood exalted to .ntent J ^„;t, set on l"-'8"^;. ""„.;,fioNving riclies. Midst the earth oc Marvels burstmg "^^^ Hidden forces JUS ;„g, »-^ r tl s e its ti,e iia.on. Ceolts the fields, r into night ewrudcs the cu b '^"•" ""'^ ^tds^'lndtoU * S— " Loftiest moods a ^^.^^ ^_^^ „,„„„, Brimmed, tor e j salvation. \Vitlt the good thm»' ill I* itself a va,( ,,e«.;o„. ^^onder, above w„„<,er» ri.„,. Lo! The K,' .."'"^""'■'-•'I'lcnlent. Mo , to ! , ** """■■"■ ""'"''"ng. "' '° '"■''^■« P'"-l'o»e raoulJi,,,, Am we UUhM lr„e and .ealo,,, . ■Suoid ol' earth 1 hi? "•"'O'" ? "iu«t rise supreme for ever. XXV I-foud estate; Z ''''"»"'"'"' ? Kach ordaincr ; "'''""'^<'- OJ mysteries uplifted ? Ever from our vie,v retreating ^- -oread,, for the greeting. Fo:it:'.nr'"'"«'=™"i''ed, Are t e b ' "«'' "^ "^ ««od ? Ae, , '^'"'''V^'' ™d '-nder- nt,mate-a„d rifts of Xy""' coirerrtf;,t--^oary.= *>ail embrasures. radVel::?' i 1 5 w IJebibal SecontJ. XXVI Shall the two worlds meet and mingle? Rather, each defined, and single. Each in proper sphere secluded. Yet anon enough obtruded. Known by certain influences, Kot illuding all the senses. Oft and oft some overflowing, To the tranced observer showing Something wondrous and imperial, Underneath the blue etherial. But will time arive, when learning. Deep and hidden things discerning. By close, patient observation. Even to the holy nation, WiU, in this time stage of being, Faith exchange for sight and seeing? No ' And to the hopeful-never. Till the golden armed ^«^ ^J^^' Bind in GOD'S supreme embraces, All the saved of aU the races. XND or LAY SECOND. Ill III . .•.;,! ' »''■'''■ i,'iih< . 'Isfe » 1 H B IlESURRECTIONS TRINE. LA Y THlJRDs And I saw a great white throne, and Him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the hea- ven fled away ; and there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and great, stand hefore Ood. Rev. THE ' RESURRECTIONS 1 TRINE. SEVIVAL THIRD The llesurredlon Final. * oar« t— Perhaps thick golden A Thousand years .—remap "^ sheaves, Ea..oftho.daysthe — c.a^^ Dropping in npeness hke a tu ^^^^ Nayl tl^--^«^"rc^^^ Sits, rainbow crowned, midst c l^o^'^^' „ «^;1q nf fruits and ^.A with marvellous spoils ot trui Loaded with flowers what fervor o'er them veers, A thousand years . uu, fLirk Beauty melodeou., joy. superbly tb>ek, !' ! \n the divine Book of the holy Seers, High toned and tense with power, and limnings quick With life and amaranthine tints of Heaven- And they were there — the martyred holy onea, Who in the prowess of surpassing faith, In heavenly acts, upborne by filial love, O'ercame the terror armed deposer — Jeath, And witnessed for their loving Friend above. And in His light, exalted o'er the sun's. Beheld the heaven they sought and did obtain. What trifling loss, and what exceeding gain ! What sumptuous rest — after somewhat of pain I n Thus strong Spring, the liberator. In the conflict proves the greater, Smites the death, and bursts the fetter, With a life supremely better. And fresh flowers and foliage thickening. Witness to a rapturous quickening. Thus, amidst Divine surprises, Gladness garlanded arises : Untold loveliness comprising Marvels beyond realizing. Of our God's supreme devising. in But did those martyrs mingle, in this state, With men incised by frailties at the best ? 122 Of which f ."'-°';\.:t;;^2' hoTeouia Tb^? V„r such comnmnion, how unn are w , Mulst the dim curtains of a teiit vvi ^.Mho..»..eVMo.«..o.^^^^^^^^^ Ah no, how could It bt v^_ ^ Disturbing the congruuy of thmgs Sharp boundaries and separating Imea, anar^i uu confines. Vich to its province and its cias. Perfect in light, P^Pf ^^^^ ^.^^^f ^f eveu. Calm as the clouds that float in sk es oi ?>; dipt in liquid gold and carmine r.c^ Sng divinely in a diamond mche. When those thouind years are ended. When the after days extended ^j^Snate in scoffs and scorning. Sin with brazen brow suborning. l,t«n loosed the little season, Satan, loose . ^^^^^^ rtnlflps the vvorla oy "&"" , Cjuiaes ui^ abysmal, Midst recoil and stnies hake the dense and sensuous nations, Erth"T"''r^r^' '"^ ^^^^^hood-blinded, Larth absorbed, and carnal minded. VI As before the deluge olden, M^il and casque will still embolden. Lying lore and psudo science, To wild theories attaining, Lithe and insolent in training, % and cult, with bold defiance • SttU^born rough, with brow unblushing. Bent on death and madly rushino- ^ Itchmg ears full audience winning Sin that makes a boast of sinning. Nature true in all her changes, Nothing weakens or deranges : And its independent action" Breads no end nor .stupefaction. Then all vaunts in escence summing - Where s the promise of His coming ! Accomplished with redundancy of good. Xrftf " ^'^ ^^-sand years of'peace, Weaung the coronet of biotherhood. Alas . for love and truthfulness can cease 124 See-thvougb those myriad castelateu ?^™i„„re'ds, malignant rancor ioams. L.el«.hne,s and joalousy accused And "iant wickedness, staft bo dl> forth. A ^riod drops on equity and worth. Behoid the godly ''-"'''^'^,'° ^^ "^a i„ view. -While plotting nations hold their ena VIII Piled in alpine ranges threatmng, Massed in awful expectation, "^Xeaks with fire the headlong present. Yet exciting no sensation. No least murmur of surprises. From the sleeping glens arises. ^ fi,o slinerv old declivity, P^anU mad mask and wild festivity.. ^:tuTng quests and glooms notorious, Supersede the radiance glorious. over the shadowy breadth of all the ands. What retinues, what srui, jnrittmtbrone^efulho.. l^^rZt the Holy City^^^^^^ And saints encamped-ali. What clouds of foes come rolling? heap on heap. With ceaseless thunder and perpetual trains. X Shortlived the Tn?nace. Sadden vengeance wakes. The last dread trdmp aro isincr nature shakes. Behold the saints, with all the just who sleep, In heavenly bodies rise— no more to weep. Upcaughl by angel ministries they soar, Exempted and triumphant evermore. The heax^ens dissolve, Earth lights with fiercest flame. The wicked burn, And demons cower with shame. While sin surprised quails in itslast retreat. Earth melts-it fades-has fled midst fervent heat. Bursts the Great White Throne of lustre ! Gems and myriad magnates clustre ; All the worth of all the ages, Graven on the shining pages Of the Book of life eternal, Midst the wondrous scenes supernal. XI There the Judge, once slain and slighted, Now majestic, throned and righted. Once the haught refused adore Him, Now all pride falls down before Him. Satan — dynasties of error- — Cower and quail and sink with terror. 126 D I ] i Day that tries the souVs defenses : Day of earnest recompenBes. wLdrous full, exact — Doubts and sleights tor &>e u^ Death and sin to light have nsen, Freighted for the awful prison As the trumpet's rousing thunder ^LLtheUhia crypts a^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^triDS the caves and gleans tne wX the dead, with ne. emouon,. Burst from Ola, »d strong envTon Stone, and trees and cells o .r - J If «e scorn-who there defends «s Day with all results tremendous. Awful, woeful and tremendous. XII Now, to glory never ending, _ 11- .«inta in light transcending. Soar H.9 «»>"'=' '"7^^,^ed before Him : Trembling once they «»'"«' Now-with golden harps »d«^,»™- Tearful sought the great salvafon . Now-arive with exultation. Once pursued by ills close pressing . "-"rr:rfr::Lss. l:^:Ing::rartes:to.neel.ness. Md through deserts, as the fountain. FoUowed them to Zions mountain. Where the Prince of Life is seated. With eternal transport greeted. Ever with their Intercessor, Of unchanging grace posses'sor . XlII Momenta, soft revalya beatin- Mingle with a tide retreating"" Not for glee and not for mourning, Nor most earnest quest, returning. wlh r;'"\^''' ^''"^ ^^"^^ beseeming, With belated glory beaming. ^ Oft with symphonies regretful, Oft with arrows keen and hatJfuI. fcometimes picturesque with terror Gone— but here as if by error. * In the goblet wine 13 gleaming: On the quiet floats the dreaminr.- Wake the nymphs of wandering pkasure, And the Past revives in measure • Bopeless-wreeked-of life despairing Yet with noble joys appearing : Iris clouds of Even flitting Where the tearful Day is sitting. XIV But is there healing for some life's deep sorrow Supreme oblivion hovering o'er its morrow' ' When sad survival of a moaning past Shall swoon in a forgetfulness evast > No whisper, no reproach revive to mock 128 B e b i ij a I E !j i r tj . When even tlie memory of a record sickening;, Shull drink forgetfulness, shall know no quick- ening ? It may not be. But ill— reverted then, _ Will have no power to haunt and sting again : Transmuted by the sovereignty of grace ; With joy benign replenished and endowed ; Spoiled and enriched by One of wondrous ways, Man's strong Restorer. Thus a sombre cloud Snares the transforming sunlight and desplays The invisible glory of its peerkss lays. XV Halleluyas swell forever, Unto God, the lavish giver. The tripartite life of blessing, L'ltimates in full possessing. First in ilesh and then in spirit, Then the new frame to inherit. With its powers and gifts surprising, Deathless in effulgent rising. From this dust inane and feeble, Into powers ten thousand treble: From a state refining slowly. Into joys supreme and holy. END or LAY THIKD. B E R T H A ; A LEGEND. IN E I V E CANTOS. ^1 ■«^ ii I *iA OUBEKVATIOX. Moaevn si,iritu„lism, the Sorcery .lotallod, „„a awfully cUnounced in the saer«l Volume now boasts it« forty millions of devo ees. On>n- ous indeed! VVhile multiplying e.rcles are Im.y scattering audacious, contradictory sh„ffl.nS- lvi„», and blasphemous sp.r.t messages. Done 'th avidity vvorthy the notorious Snake who proved his aptitude for insolence anddeccptron a long while ago. No marvel that witchcraft in its full category, Jto nucleus of idolatry, of hatred and rebel- lion against the Infinite Creator, should, >n the Divine Code, find its penalty-death. i'-!?-i,.jjit ^'a ^s^ B K K T H A ! A LEGEND. CANTO FIRST. •n A B I s to read the mystic scroll. The ftrst dim end of a mighty roll, The fearfd and thrilling -";*'" ^^adow unfold. W>^f-""«'''-~t;la":fyear,: It:;"— r::^-a„I tears. - Fair liertha stood in the Wizards cell; .. Now, by the power of thy choicest speU, AfsZ me what fortune's hand shall strew. XvaUantUnightatmyfeetwjlsue . But the wizard was silent uu .. Go back, fair Lady, let t.me unfold Thy dower of love and thy dower of gold. FliL to the winds all quest and care. Thy spirits arc buoyant and life «r«.. . li E n T n A :i!i Let hope with its mv:4:iLMl zust su li •?, Nor Hock the secret th.it lii.l.ljii lijs." " What ! nothinfT to show ? no tah; to tell ? Taunting Magician, rouse thy six'll I The present I know, and hav(! scaniivl the past, Hail me the ship that is sailing fast, Richly laden — proud argosy I It is bringing the wealth of a wjrld to mo." "Presuming Maid ! must I show th'-e now ?" Was it anger or sorrow tiiat gloom jd his brow, As he opened a portal in the wall, That lead througli a long and mirky hall ? Long cobwebs hung from the mouldering roof, And the liglit's warm glory shrunk aloof. As slowly and silently they past. While the Lady breathed low and heart beat fast And the twilight grew to a stony shade, Which like a pile of the ])ast decayed. Then the toad leaped up from beneath her foot, And the owl in midday was heard to hoot, And the bat brushed her check with ity wheel- ing wing, And she thought that she felt the serpent's sting As around on the ebon base they glodc, While heavy and slow the Sorcerer strode. And a shudder crept to the Lady's heart : Ah ! wished she not that she might depart } A gleam of light met her straining gaze, A star half hid in the midnight's haze ; 136 if A LEGEND. rrr;.?, .---;;>• --,,,,. lU,. xvh.it that somcth.ns "he fai oil b That nalVul mr,s» "'"""<> " -"""; An"l the n>W« ''-'"''■''>■ 'f'T '.'' n.n 1 over the shrmc, Over the moss an I o^cr _ Wcavincritsweban.lwrappnv^itsBtoc Around the house, c^ the <" Which lay-but not ,n a c ■ . Notontheoarth.an ut.nt ^^^^^^^^^ "Prcsummg Maia . musi .■Tauntiug Magician 1 show mo all : rv™S'et:ir;ithhohUng..eu. S:i«:So"alahcntondced. What gold and splendour arc yet for mc TvhttUv»i«i-'";7-;:i.:t\re.d. What distant cUmc,sl.a n,rc,ua^^_^^ ^,, How many suns shall rou o^ y 13/ BERTHA: Evil festooned the Wizard's brow, I *'Thv Future shall rise— but it scorns to bow." Abruptly he paused—then suddenly : "Perhaps it were better the past to see. Thou Wilt sooner heed and credit the tale. If the ^ast of thy life I first unveil . Nor canst thou doubt, if I show it all From the curtain's rise to its final fall." ni C-; vs* B E R 1^ n A : A LEGEND. ':^ CANTO SECOND. JP B o M embers that slumbered in quiet repoye, Thick fumes as he muttered a charm arose. There was cunninj? and hate in the Wizard's eye As the smoke of his incense mounted high. And he slowly lifted a dusty veil : — '* Now, Lady, behold — fear not, nor fail To gather the ten^pting flowers o»' the past, While the spell sh all hold, — while the vision shall last. " A quiet gray cottage before her stood By a gushing stream, and a verging wood. Two sisters — one brother, a lad — and hs "Was angling beneath u leanirg tree : uifPwww^tSzn, BERTHA txi. I tliG little maidens were sporting about Through the flowers and the foliage in and out. Fair Bertha saw in the scene portrayed A seat of her sires, an embouering shade, Where the air of the mountains, fresh and hale, Cooled the burning heats of a torrid vale. ScenD aft'jr scene b?witching appeared, Fr.iu^ht with tin niigic; of things endeared; An 1 the wily Sorcerer mingled the while Tones suggestive, and hints that smile. Though gravely uttered. And Bertha knew The scenes arising before her were true. Slie felt that lier past was exposed by a light That bade it appear, whether gloomy or bright, Recalling, reviving by phantom and act, Incidents hidden, and insulate fact. Till her history brief, briefly passed in review, "With words from the Conjurer added anew. And til As the Thus ii Lull V Lcadii Tlie a Tbiit ' Than Thi; Sho The Vai The alluring bait in still waters is cast By one wlio had toiled o'er the piebald past. The snare is hidden on flowery slopes, While the vision comes up on colossal hopes. And who will pause for moment, or fear Conclusions that simply as facts appear. When the stubborn Past arises attired In freshness and beauty and life desired ? Who can deem it a wicked mock. If the Future shall open at a knock, HO }^^ . hit nd out. d hal e. f\V aright. ^ L E G n X D. And the tliinjj's to comr- ii]>ii(; past rf'vivi'il uii1o life ;i>faiii : 'J'lnis tic'iuls of (larkiipss. with jnL'''4lIngs deop, Lull tlie easily flu ;itc(i heart to bkc'p, Leiulinif it warily to c»'>-''"'; ^ and high, ^""KT TeiVs randlhaf gray Eld's eye. in that Pll^^l^Zv^ici. was not a ray. For one shot a feleam ^^ ^^^ The other was bright as the ri g 1 „ ii Maiden young and fair. Once more— Lo. a .»i ^ ^^^^e m Smiles feast in her cheeks, ana g *■" ^""'.v. , floats on a torrent's flow, Like the foam that floats on ^^^^^ rd^o:St-""*-''"^^^ And stones bosom rare. Encircle her -k -\t\ hold, his throve. And one-a monar h ^^^ ^^^^^ Sits dazzling and rich . ^^^ "«^^'-:t^he-'BS•eUt«l^-: She knows tis tne » ^^^ I'.! i BE B TBA : Her Knight — he is lofty, and over his brow The plume of his casque is seen to bow. She views till the pageant seems to nod Like the rose of June o'er its emerald sod. When the winds of summer are at play. And laugh in the groves at the shut of day. Stately the Knight — but with brow half hidden By plumes that nod over a look unbidden, Though the hilt of his sabre is set with a gem Fitting to flame in a diadem. Yes, madness is gathering in his eyes, Like a cloud that speeds till the noonday dies. Fair Bertha shrank as she gazed thereon, For it grew like a sky which had known no dawn. Yet the rite has winged its joyous tone To the glorious foot of eternity's Throne. And bliss and blessing bright shafts deliver. In golden jets from a radiant quiver, To fence the vipers that make the strife In the hopeful thrall and the fiat of life. Thenceforth designed a journey of joy, Oathering gladness without annoy. ■-.^M^i ^.^:UM,A:J:, .xmi.AM:M BERTHA: A LEGEND • CANTO THIBD. Ey«"^<''='"'T'Tol»es., stood the bnde. ■n^re, merged m lo« ^^^j^^. Enricted «ere her ^^^^ The roseate tints of mo _^j .„„,, ^<^"'?;:r::'>^-^"-'^"'^°"°°"' B E B TEA: It floated in on a sonj? of sleep. .Like a nameless wreck on a rushing deep. it "tood lii'e a spectre rising aghast From the dark the remote and the uknown Past. No hand was near it, no footstep's fall, And over it hung the burial pall. It moved without help, it stood as lone As the priest of the Grave by Time's crumbling throne. Wild were her glances, cheeks bloodless and white — "Read me, false Wizard ! this horrible siglit." "Lady, behold while lasts the spell." — Portrayed before her she saw full well ! In the very midst of that festive hall Hung the deathly urn with its rayless pall. But the withered Hag upon it sat. With her golden goblet, in horrible state. And a ghastly smile crept over her cheek. Like the mist o'er a precipice fearful and deep. Her hand was dried like the bones of the tomb, The skin of her face was divested of bloom. And her eye shot a gleam — 'twas the glitter of doom I Bright blazed the lamps of that festive hall, On the guests — and the marbles that breathed in the wall. Free fell rich tresses o'er tinsel and pearl. Dark eyes glanced softly as light waves curl — 146 , I '^ _4 f. K r; K .V P ■ 'vhcVLdouds .lowly -n»nd the- U.^.- trcntlv slial^f"- ^.„,...;::;;-.rc.rro.„.w.,ulow,u.tUn,h.ssc>tho. „..Hha ,....a on tl,e «.i..o-»he «, radiant a, . <,„.. „„U.d the \-f7^\,,,,, , ,,e.Uo„» svarU. And hi« fV" »''"' •' •*" , „.,,l,crinK black o'er WMj;;:::^^idlyna,a„dtHcn>a.no.p.ay. B.t moody and .^^ ^ <= „,. „,. .Hde, Tlie cofanis "wvm _ ^,^,„,, alone, HorTw:: i» ov« the coffin thrown. . ;»orl 'tisTialsicd aiid cold, BERTHA: And the Knight looks up and the Knight look* down. But the smile on his lipa has been scathed to a frown : Like the leaf that lies crumydcd scorched and sere Beneath the foot of the forest deer, "When autumn with steeds of cloud has past, Convulsing the trees with his frost and blast. The knight looked up and the knight looked down. Evil that eye, and black that frown ! Thrn drew he the hand his yoing bride held, And ho reached it forth to the withered Eld. SShe relinquished the cup from her bony clasp. Hideous her grin as sin's la^st gasp. And her hollow eye conceived a ray Which never drank in the exulting day. High flamed the lamps of that gorgeous hall, O'er the groups and the Marbles that sighed in the wall. And the glee was rife as the ocean tide, And the Knight held the cup to the lips of his Bride ! That goblet-'twas carved with the costliest care, It was studded with jewels radiant and rare ; The liquor danced brightly as pure stars shine, And the bridegroom — he prest her to taste the wine ! Then the Hag stood up on the coffin lid^ And the pall that half of its horror hid — 148 J, LEOEJ^r). She gaA-tcd V » . „,„.8h.:oy A„a cbvt "'^ ^" " r ;",' a. tb. V. "«'s lay, •l-h. kni^W ^"•'^■^^Z the coffin U.l. •l-hc HaK swoa »t.» o i,i.,. But the mitth ^>'"°; ^^^i there. That a horrible ^1 -'-^^ J,,, BrWe pe. pale, ^ et the cheeks o^^^^^MtofoU. And her eyes nch Ug ^^_^ ^^(^„ „,,, Then danced that Hag .^ 1,0 longer bcrfieml«^«-„^,eU and died, X„A when Ihe.ta ' baOy ,^^^ tlcape;Unf"";;Xt-^nan.cU.sth,n3. And her tos'^--^ ■" „f the vulture's wmi . » "^""^ ,/erv^ng on Berthas e^r. ■Wierd and defy ng ,,„tl>eW«ard-."Enc»>«'''' She turned to *« ^^j j,,,e >s gold-- See-l>ete we je«e' ^,^t beauteous Brvde, ^-^'""=0^1^^°*-"^^'^^::: ;-iook." 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