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# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Gordon, James (c)

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​GORDON. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 10; h-p., 31.)
James Gordon (a) entered the Navy, 6 May, 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ariel sloop, Capt. Joseph Oliver; of which vessel, stationed in the North Sea, he became Midshipman 13 Dec. 1807. After a servitude of about 12 months in the river Thames on board the Thisbe 28, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Henry Edwin Stanhope, and Royal Sovereign yacht, Capt. Sir Harry Burrard Neale, he joined, in July, 1809, the Aetna bomb, Capts. Wm. Godfrey, Peter Lawless, and John Bowker, part of the force employed in the ensuing expedition to the Walcheren. Until Jan. 1816 he appears to have next served in succession on the Home, North American, and Mediterranean stations, in the Thisbe and Belvidera, bearing the respective flags of Hon. Sir Henry Edwin Stanhope and Sir Herbert Sawyer, Melampus 36, Capt. Edw. Hawker, Guerrière 38, Capt. Jas. Rich. Dacres, Earl of Moira tender, Lieut.Commander John Pitman, Salvador del Mundo, flag-ship of Sir Wm. Domett, and Asia 74, Capt. Alex. Skene. He then went on half-pay, having been awarded a commission dated 3 March, 1815; and has not since been afloat. Agent – Joseph Woodhead.
# A Sheaf Gleaned in French Fields/The Lost Path (André Lemoyne)

THE LOST PATH.
TO A. M. DAUBIGNY
ANDRÉ LEMOYNE.
I know a valley in the depth of woods, Where spreads the moss its velvet carpet green, The ringdoves murmur 'mid its solitudes, Drunk with perfume exhaled by flowers unseen.
High beeches form of leaves a lofty dome That intercepts the entrance of the sun, Beneath, the timid roebucks love to roam, Safe from the hunter in the twilight dun.
There, periwinkles in dark nooks delight, Blue myosotis bare their hearts of gold, And by a crystal pool, her roses white A nymphæa bends, their picture to behold.
Hushed are the echoes in a sleep profound, A footfall might awake them, Fancy fears, No deeper silence reigned where magic-bound The Sleeping Beauty dreamed a hundred years.
Once, only once, I saw the happy place, 'Twas in the glory of my twentieth May, Led by a fairy, full of love and grace; Alone, since then, I have not found the way.
# A Sheaf Gleaned in French Fields/The Memories of the People (Béranger)

THE MEMORIES OF THE PEOPLE.
BÉRANGER.
In the hut men shall talk of his glory, With pride, not unmingled with tears; And the roof shall not ring with a story But that grand one, for fifty long years. There villagers in evenings cold, Shall haply beg some gossip old, By stories of a former day, To while the livelong hours away. 'Some say that he has done us wrong, But the people love him yet; Mother, sing of him a song, We love him, though his sun be set.'
'My children, he passed through this village, With kings not a few in his train; I was young, and the house and the tillage Was learning to manage with pain. I clambered up a little hill To see him pass, and stood quite still. The well-known little hat he wore, His grey coat marks of travel bore. I felt an awe as he drew near, He smiled the fear to view; "Good day, good day," he cried, "my dear."' 'Mother, he spoke to you!'
'One day, a year after, in winter, To Paris on business I came, I saw him again the bright centre Of a court in the old Notre Dame. Every heart was there content, Every eye was on him bent, All cried, "What a glorious day, God protect thee thus alway!" That God had blessed him with a son,— He smiled, such gracious smiles are few, My heart, the heart of all it won.' 'Oh mother, what a day for you!'
'In the days when our country to strangers Was given for a spoil and a prey, It was he who, despising all dangers, Upheld us, and kept them at bay. An eve like this, when day was o'er, I heard a knocking at the door, I opened;—good God! it was he, With weary escort, sad to see. He sat upon this very seat, "Ah, fearful war!” he said.' 'Mother, it makes our hearts to beat, To think he here has stayed.'
'"I am hungry," he cried, and quick tripping, The ale and the brown bread I place; He dried all his clothes, that were dripping, And he slept by the fire for a space. Awaking up, he saw my tears,— "Hope on," he cried, "and have no fears; Misfortunes have come,—it is chance: To Paris, avenger of France,
I hasten,"—he said, and he passed. This wine-cup, 'twas his, that I fill, A treasure to keep to the last.' 'Oh mother, keep that wine-cup still.'
'It is here. But oh, where is our warrior? The wise and the brave and the true! On a rock, with the sea for a barrier, Broken-hearted he pined, and for you. He whom the father Pope had crowned, Deserted, exiled, and dethroned! Long, long the tale was disbelieved, "He'll come again," some said who grieved. But when the truth was clearly known That on the rock he dying lay, My grief, the grief of France was shown.' 'God bless thee, mother!—Well-a-day.'
# A Sheaf Gleaned in French Fields/The Ocean's Song (Les Châtiments, Victor Hugo)

THE OCEAN'S SONG.
VICTOR HUGO.
(Les Châtiments.)
We walked amongst the ruins famed in story Of Rozel-Tower, And saw the boundless waters stretch in glory, And heave in power.
O Ocean vast! We heard thy song with wonder, The waves kept time; 'Appear, O Truth,' thou sang'st with voice of thunder, 'And shine sublime.
'The world's enslaved, and hunted down by beagles, To despots sold; Souls of deep thinkers soar like mighty eagles, The Right uphold.
'Be born; arise; o'er earth and wild waves bounding Peoples and suns! Let darkness vanish; tocsins be resounding And flashing, guns!
'And you, who love no pomp of fogs, nor glamour, Who fear no shocks, Brave foam and lightning, hurricane and clamour, Exiles and rocks!'
# A Sheaf Gleaned in French Fields/The Ocean (Les Châtiments, Victor Hugo)

THE OCEAN.
AN ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE.
VICTOR HUGO.
(Les Châtiments.)
It resembles thee; pacific yet dread, A level under the Infinite spread; It moves, 'tis immense, 'tis soothed by a ray, And kindled to wrath by Zephyr at play; 'Tis music or discord: sweet is its song, Or hoarse its shriek as complaining of wrong; Monsters at ease sleep in its depths dark-green; The water-spout germinates there unseen; It has gulfs unknown, 'neath its surface plain, And those who visit them come not again; It lifts ships colossal and hurls them down As thou hurlest despots. Black is its frown; The beacon above it shines like the light Thou hast from heaven, thy steps to guide right; It caresses and chides if soft its mood Or angry, but by no man understood Is its humour. Like the terrible shock Of armour clangs its wave on the rock; Night listens with awe to the portentous sound As it feels that, like thee, the depth profound Having roared at eve, shall destroy at morn, For the wave is a sword. Venus when born
It hails with a hymn, immense and sublime, Which has resounded through æons of time: Its universal blue, its wide wide expanse Shelters the stars that there tremble and dance; It has a rude force, a mercy superb, For it roots up a rock, and spares an herb; It throws like thee on proud summits its foam; Inconstant, it loves round the world to roam; Only—it never deceives when, with eye Fixed on its surface, one watches it nigh From some rock or the sands, pensive, alone, Spell-bound by its murmur, grand, monotone; It never deceives, for though it is free It obeys a high law unceasingly; It never deceives, for true to the hour Rises its tide, O People, in power, Overwhelming, resistless, and fierce to devour.
# A Sheaf Gleaned in French Fields/The Message (Henri Heine)

THE MESSAGE.
HENRI HEINE.
To horse, my squire! to horse, and quick! Be winged like the hurricane, Fly to the chateau on the plain, And bring me news, for I am sick.
Glide 'mid the steeds and ask a groom, After some talk, this simple thing— Of the two daughters of our king Who is to wed, and when, and whom?
And if he tell thee 'tis the brown, Come sharply back and let me know; But if the blonde, ride soft and slow: The moonlight's pleasant on the down.
And as thou comest, faithful squire, Get me a rope from shop or store, And gently enter through this door, And speak no word, but swift retire.
# A Sheaf Gleaned in French Fields/The Peasant's Dilemma (G. Lemoine)

THE PEASANT'S DILEMMA.
G. LEMOINE.
I mean to wed the miller—maid, His girl whose mill you see down there, But here's the rub,—I love, and prayed A shepherdess to be my fair. My Fanchette is as bright as spring, But poor as winter is her lot. If one must do a foolish thing, Why should it be, in sooth, for nought? Bah! I shall wed the miller-maid Who always makes sweet eyes at me, Those eyes that ask in sun and shade— Our marriage,—when is it to be?
One instant, not so fast,—reflect! Am I quite sure of happiness With the rich mistress I elect? I love her not, or love far less. Marriage, alas! is not, I own, A tie for one day or a year; But then consider,—Love alone If he keep house, gives meagre cheer. Bah! I shall wed the miller-maid Who always makes sweet eyes at me, Those eyes that ask in sun and shade— Our marriage,—when is it to be?
And yet my mind is far from gay, And asks—is this the better part,
Thus my poor Fanchette to betray
To whom I plighted hand and heart?
How loving is she—oh the pearl!
How she must suffer, sob and sigh,
Alas! If I forsake the girl,
I think, I almost think, she'll die.
Bah! By my faith! O Money-bags,
When next thine eyes enquire of me,
Mine shall reply,—a crust and rags
With her, than all the world with thee!
# A Sheaf Gleaned in French Fields/The Leaf (Antoine Vincent Arnault)

THE LEAF.
Antoine Vincent.
Detached from thy stalk, Leaf yellow and dry, Where goest thou amain? The tempest's fierce shock Struck the oak proud and high, And I struggled in vain. Since then,—the sad day! Winds changeful and rude Transport me about, Over mountains,—away, And o'er valley and wood. Hark! their whistle rings out! I go where they lead, I fear not, nor heed, Nor ever complain. The rose too must go, And the laurel, I know, And all things below. Then why should I strain, Ah me! to remain?
# A Sheaf Gleaned in French Fields/The Maiden and the Ring-dove (Madame M. Desbordes-Valmore)

THE MAIDEN AND THE RING-DOVE.
MADAME M. DESBORDES-VALMORE.
The stir in the garden says, 'tis going to rain, Trees shiver, as warned, and expecting the shower, And thou with book open, who look'st o'er the plain, Are thy thoughts with the absent and dear at this hour?
Down there, with wings folded, wet, cowering; in shade, As banished from scenes that she sees with her eyes, Calls a dove on her mate; her cry fills the glade, While wistful she looks at the clouds in the skies.
Let it rain: oh hearts lonely and tender that love! There's so much that revives in the storm and the rain. Do roses need naught but bright sunlight above? They bear and they wait: should ye mourn and complain?
# A Sheaf Gleaned in French Fields/The Mother's Birthday (Anonymous)

This poem bears the initials of Toru Dutt's sister Aru.
THE MOTHER'S BIRTHDAY.
ANONYMOUS.
Thou so good, O thou so perfect, Who lovest us with so much love, With joy we hail thy birthday, Mother, Day all other days above. In exchange of all our presents, Of our songs composed for thee, Of our field-flowers and our roses, Give us kisses tenderly.
For thee, each day, O darling mother, We lift our voices to the Lord; But in prayer for thee this morning, More fervently have we adored. God will hear it; on thy pathway, He will such rich blessings spread, So much calm, O mother cherished, That thou tears shalt never shed.
Then, to please thee, in our duties, We shall try to do our best, Never lift our heads while praying Just before we go to rest. Never make a noise or tumult, When thou bidd'st us quiet be, And the loudest shall be silent At a single sign from thee.
Embrace us then, O dearest mother, Press us well upon thy heart, Our place accustomed, now and ever, In joys, and when those joys depart, Oh, what is there so good or precious As a gentle mother's love? On this earth, the only treasure Sent us from the heavens above.
A.
# A Sheaf Gleaned in French Fields/The Oxen (Pierre Dupont)

THE OXEN.
PIERRE DU PONT.
I've two great oxen in my stable, Two great white oxen marked with red, The plough is made of wood of maple, The goad of holly, hard as lead. Thanks to my oxen, see my plain In summer like a sea of gold! More money in a week they gain, Than what they cost by twenty-fold. Should I be forced to sell them out, I'll hang myself, without a doubt; I love my wife, and well my Jeanne I cherish, But let her die, before my favourites perish.
See the lovely pair together! How deep they plough, how straight they trace! Rain, and sleet, and stormy weather, Cold and heat, alike they face! When I make them halt to drink From their nostrils bursts a vapour! And sometimes small birds, white and pink, Settle on ebon horns that taper! Should I be forced to sell them out, I'll hang myself, without a doubt; I love my wife, and well my Jeanne I cherish, But let her die, before my favourites perish.
Strong they are as mills, or presses, Lamb-like, gentle—free from vice, At markets—oh, what pats, caresses! And then the question—'What's their price?' Men want to lead them to the king: I pledge His Majesty in wine, But sell them—that's a different thing! I will not sell them,—they are mine. Should I be forced to sell them out, I'll hang myself, without a doubt; I love my wife, and well my Jeanne I cherish, But let her die, before my favourites perish.
When our daughter shall have grown, If the Prince desire her hand, I shall give him all I own, House and silver, goods and land; But if for dowry he should pray The oxen white and red,—good lack! My daughter, throw that crown away, Lead, lead the cattle homeward back! Should I be forced to sell them out, I'll hang myself, without a doubt; I love my wife, and well my Jeanne I cherish, But let her die, before my favourites perish.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Knott, Nathaniel Sydenham

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​KNOTT. (Lieutenant, 1838.)
Nathaniel Sydenham Knott passed his examination in 1828; obtained his commission 28 June, 1838; and was subsequently appointed – 20 Nov. 1839, to the President 50, flag-ship in the Pacific of Rear-Admiral Chas. Bayne Hodgson Ross – 26 Feb. 1841, to the Actaeon 26, Capt. Robt. Russell, with whom he returned home from the latter station and was paid off in the summer of 1842 – and 22 March, 1845, to the Vernon 50, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Sam. Hood Inglefield on the southeast coast of America. Since 1846 he has again been on half-pay.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Knox, Edmund Sexten Pery

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​KNOX. (Rear-Admiral., 1846. f-p., 12; h-p., 36.)
The Honoorable Edmund Sexten Pery Knox, born in 1787, is second son of Thomas, first Earl of Ranfurly, by Diana Jane, eldest daughter and coheir of Edmund Viscount Pery, Speaker of the Irish House of Commons in the Parliaments of 1771, 1776, and 1783. He is brother of the present Earl of Ranfurly.
This officer entered the Navy, in Nov. 1799, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ethalion 38, Capt. John Clarke Searle, and on 25 of the following Dec. was wrecked on the Penmarck rocks. In May, 1800, he joined the Seahorse 38, Capt. Edw. Jas. Foote, under whom we find him escorting Rear-Admiral Sir Rich. Bickerton and General Sir Ralph Abercromby to the Mediterranean, the latter back again to England, and 10 sail of Indiamen to Calcutta, besides being for some time employed in attendance upon the King and Queen off Weymouth. From Oct. 1802 until Feb. 1806 Mr. Knox served in the Mediterranean as Midshipman of the Juno 32, Capt. Henry Richardson. He then became attached for short periods to the Halcyon 16, Capt. Henry Whitmarsh Pearse, Queen 98, flag-ship of Lord Collingwood, and Entreprenante cutter, Lieut.Commander Robt. Benj. Young; and on 1 Sept. in the same year, 1806, he was made Lieutenant into the Acasta 40, Capts. Rich. Dalling Dunn and Philip Beaver, lying at Plymouth. His succeeding appointments were – on 18 of the latter month, to the Narcissus 32, Capt. Chas. Malcolm, stationed in the Channel – 16 Jan. 1808, to the Princess Charlotte 38, Capt. Geo. Tobin, with whom he was for eight months employed on the coast of Ireland – and 5 July, 1809, to the acting-command of the Pultusk sloop in the West Indies, whence he invalided in the ensuing Aug. On 24 Feb. 1810 Capt. Knox, who had been confirmed in the rank of Commander by commission dated 2 June, 1809, was appointed to the Castilian sloop off Deal. Continuing but two months in that vessel, he next, on 3 Aug. 1810, obtained command of the St. Fiorenzo troop-ship. He attained Post-rank 28 Feb. 1812; and was lastly, from 22 March until 21 June, 1814, employed as Flag-Captain to Rear-Admirals Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming and Sam. Hood Linzee, in the Eurotas 38, off Cadiz and Gibraltar. He accepted his present rank 1 Oct. 1846.
The Rear-Admiral married, 3 July, 1813, Jane Sophia, fifth daughter of Wm. Hope Vere, Esq., and sister of Jas. Hope, Esq., of Craigie Hall, West Lothian, N.B. By that lady he has issue one son (an officer in the Army) and three daughters.
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# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Knighton, Charles (b)

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​KNIGHTON. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
Charles Knighton (b) is closely related to Retired Commander Charles Knighton, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy 29 Nov. 1826; passed his examination 5 June, 1833; and at the period of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, which took place 23 Nov. 1841, was serving, on the Brazils and Cape of Good Hope station, as Mate of the Grecian 16, Capt. Wm. Smyth. His succeeding appointments were – 15 Dec. 1841, as Additional, to the Caledonia 120, flag-ship at Plymouth of Sir Graham Moore – next, to the Jaseur 16, Capt. Wm. Alex. Willis, on the Mediterranean station – 17 July, 1843, again as Additional, to the Winchester 60, bearing the flag at the Cape of Hon. Josceline Percy – and 6 March, 1844, to the Conway 26, Capt. Wm. Kelly, with whom he continued employed on the station last named until ordered home, for the purpose of being paid off, in 1847. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Knolles, Henry

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​KNOLLES, K.T.S. (Lieutenant, 1824.)
Henry Knolles entered the Navy in 1808; and served for nearly four years with Admiral Hon. Michael De Courcy, under whom, in the Tonnant 80, he assisted in embarking the army after the battle of Corunna, and was for a long time employed, in the Foudroyant 80, on the Brazilian station. In Sept. 1813 we find him employed at the siege of St. Sebastian in the Révolutionnaire 38, Capt. John Chas. Woolcombe. He passed his examination in 1814; and after an intermediate servitude in various ships, part of the time on the Cape station, was promoted, 3 June, 1824, to a Lieutenancy in the Windsor Castle 74, Capt. Chas. Dashwood, at the particular request of Don John of Portugal, upon whose fugitive family, while Mate of that ship, he had been in especial attendance during the height of the rebellion. As a further mark of favour, the same monarch created him a K.T.S. He has been on half-pay since 1825. Agent – J. Hinxman.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Knox, Marcus

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​KNOX. (Lieutenant, 1840.)
Marcus Knox entered the Navy 1 Sept. 1824; passed his examination in 1831; and, including the civil war in 1834, was for many years employed on the north coast of Spain in the Castor 36, and North Star 28, both commanded by Lord John Hay. He obtained his commission 1 Aug. 1840; served for nearly two years as Lieutenant in the ​Phoenix steamer, Capt. John Kichardson, on the Mediterranean station; and since 22 Nov. 1842 has been in charge of a station in the Coast Guard.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Kooystra, Justus Bartholomew

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​KOOYSTRA. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
Justus Bartholomew Kooystra entered the Navy 25 July, 1812; passed his examination 8 Jan. 1819; obtained an appointment in the Coast Guard 9 Oct. 1840; and was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 23 Nov. 1841 . His appointments have since been – 2 Aug. 1842, as Additional, to the Madagascar 44, Capt. John Foote, on the coast of Africa – 2 Nov. 1842, to the Persian 16, Capt. Thos. Rodney Eden, on the same station – 22 June, 1843, again to the Madagascar – 7 Feb. 1844, to the Hydra steam-sloop, Capt. Horatio Beauman Young, also on the African coast – 2 Dec. 1844, to the Tortoise store-ship at the Ascension, Capt. Arthur Morrell – 18 Dec. 1845, to the Bittern 16, Capt. Thos. Hope, stationed as were the above vessels – and 16 Sept. 1846, to the Coast Guard, in which service he has been nearly ever since employed. Agents – Messrs. Chard.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Knott, Owen Phibbs

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​KNOTT. (Commander, 1846.)
Owen Phibbs Knott entered the Navy 1 Sept. 1823; passed his examination in 1830; and on the occasion of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 26 Oct. 1840, was appointed to the Southampton 50, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Durnford King on the Brazils and Cape of Good Hope station, whence he returned to England and was paid off towards the close of 1842. On 5 July, 1843, he became Additional of the Dublin 50, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Rich. Thomas in South America, where, from 29 Nov. 1843, until promoted to the rank of Commander 9 Nov. 1846, he officiated as First-Lieutenant of the Curaçoa 24, Capts. Sir Thos. Sabine Pasley and Wm. Broughton. He is now on half pay.