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# A Sheaf Gleaned in French Fields/Young and Old (Nicolas Martin)

YOUNG AND OLD.
NICOLAS MARTIN.
Thou mountest joyous up in life, And I descend with forehead bent; Thou wheelest eager for the strife, And I retire with banner rent: Thy future has an ample scope— How fair the distance seems to thee! Not opulent am I in hope, But rich, most rich in memory.
Stoop down, young friend—behold a rose: Love is its name, 'tis thine by right; There's nought for me—the shadows close, An open grave is in my sight. All things have turns. The night's dull gloom Morn's ruddy streak must chase away: One flower must shed its last perfume, And one must spring to hail the day.
# A Sheaf Gleaned in French Fields/To a Young Poetess (Victor de Laprade)

TO A YOUNG POETESS.
VICTOR DE LAPRADE.
If I were a young girl with a red cheek that blushes And a poet's proud power, I'd love better to sing from a nest like the thrush's Than a prophet's star-tower. Nought would I reck of the world's thunders that mutter, Or the winds that thrones hurl, But to each flower of the summer its name I would utter, If I were a young girl.
I would dream in the air while the far bells were ringing, I would laugh like the brook, The linnet should be my sole master in singing, The fields verdant my book. I would there make my choice as in a rich casket, Each white bud a pearl, And then deck my lyre with the gems in my basket, If I were a young girl.
To the weeds in the furrows, drone their songs the cicalas, To the clouds skylarks call, To the hearths sing the crickets, ghost-bards to Valhallas, There are poets for all. But my work would be better than a pedant's reflections, For my muse would unfurl The dreams of our sisters, their hid hopes, their elections, If I were a young girl.
But I would give all,—a renown deeply founded, A whole people's acclaim! For a word from the heart that I loved and had sounded, And proved ever the same. I would dash down my lute, to clasp hands, perhaps nearer Feel his breath on my curl,— Oh, Genius is great,—but to me Love would be dearer, If I were a young girl.
# A Sheaf Gleaned in French Fields/À la Grâce de Dieu (Gustave Lemoine)

À LA GRÂCE DE DIEU.
GUSTAVE LEMOINE.
Thou art leaving, O my child, our hills,
To earn thy bread in cities wide,
And sorrow all my bosom fills
That I thy steps no more may guide.
Oh, guard the child the heavens commit,
Good folk of Paris, to your care!
Poor mothers, while at home we sit
What dangers must our children dare.
To whom we bid adieu,
Adieu and God-speed!
Adieu under the grace of God!
Life's voyage here begins for thee,
Ah! if thou ne'er shouldst come again!
And thy poor mother—how can she
Bless thee, oh darling, in her pain?
Work well, and ever, ever pray—
Prayer gives the heart its strength and ring,
Think of thy mother oft,—men say,
Good luck from that must surely spring.
And so my dear adieu,
Adieu and God-speed! Adieu under the grace of God!
She went away,—the banished maid,
To gain her bread 'neath other skies,
Long, long the patient mother stayed—
And followed her with eager eyes.
But when her bitter grief no more
Her child might witness,—then there came
A shower of tears, that showed how sore
The heart was tried,—and still her name
Came from afar,—adieu!
Oh mother—and adieu!
Adieu under the grace of God!
# A Ship of '49

Extracted from The English Illustrated magazine, 1885, pp. 422-430, etc. First serialized in 3 parts (chapters 1-2; 3-5; 6-9). Accompanying illustrations by Hugh Thompson omitted.
A Ship of '49
By Bret Harte
* Chapter I
* Chapter II
* Chapter III
* Chapter IV
* Chapter V
* Chapter VI
* Chapter VII
* Chapter VIII
* Chapter IX
This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
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# A Sheaf Gleaned in French Fields/To a Certain Marchioness (Pierre Corneille)

TO A CERTAIN MARCHIONESS
PIERRE CORNEILLE.
Sweet Marchioness,—if on my face Some wrinkles stamped by time appear, Remember, he shall also trace His marks on thine, ere long, and fear.
Ah me! what malice years oppose To lovely things; they deck thee now, But they shall wither all thy rose As surely as they graved my brow!
The same smooth course the planets roll That regulate my days and thine, They saw me young in look and soul, And they shall see thee, too, decline.
But yet a difference I claim! I know the spells that conquer Time, And these may onward bear a name From age to age, and clime to clime.
Thou hast the beauty men adore, But beauty is a fleeting dower, Its reign of triumph soon is o'er,— Not so this scorned but magic power.
Mild are those eyes; I love their light. Is there no means to make them beam A thousand years, as soft and bright? There is, or else I fondly dream.
Some credit a new race must give To praises flowing from my pen, As I shall paint thee, thou shalt live For ages in the eyes of men!
Think hereupon, fair Marchioness, And though old age may scare the gay, Deem not kind words that cheer and bless Upon me wholly thrown away.
# A Sheaf Gleaned in French Fields/What the Swallows Say (Théophile Gautier)

WHAT THE SWALLOWS SAY.
THÉOPHILE GAUTIER.
Leaves not green, but red and gold, Fall and dot the yellow grass, Morn and eve the wind is cold, Sunny days are gone, alas!
Showers lift bubbles on the pool, Peasants harvest-work despatch; Winter comes apace to rule. Swallows cluster on the thatch:
Hundreds, hundreds of the race Gathered, hold a high debate; One says, 'Athens is my place. Thither shall I emigrate.
'Every year I go and build On the famous Parthenon, Thus the cornice-hole is filled, Mark of an insulting gun.'
'Smyrna suits my humbler needs,' Says a second, twittering gay; 'Hadjis there count amber beads, Sitting in the sun's bright ray.
'In a café's little room, Where chibouks a vapour raise, Floating 'mid the strange perfume, Turbans shall I skimming graze.'
'Balbeck, triglyph that I love, Thee again,' says one, 'I seek; There shall I hang soon above Little ones with open beak.'
One cries out, 'Lo! my address! Rhodes, the palace of the knights; Year by year, my nest I tress On the black-stone pillar heights.'
Says a fifth, 'Old age, you see, Weighs me down, I scarce can fly; Malta's terraced rock for me! Azure wave and azure sky!'
And the sixth, 'In Cairo fair, On a lofty minaret, Mud head-quarters lined with hair Make me winter quite forget.'
'At the second cataract,' Says the last, ''mid beauties brown, Is my nest. The place exact Is a granite monarch's crown'
All: 'To-morrow many miles File by file, we shall have gone. Peaks of snow, and plains, and isles, Vanish far,—yet on,—still on!'
Twinkling bright their eyes of jet, Clapping wings in brotherhood, Twitter thus, the swallows met When the rust is on the wood.
All they say I understand, For the poet is a bird, Captive, broken-winged, and banned, Struggling still, though oft unheard.
Oh! For wings, for wings, for wings! As sings Ruckert in his song, To fly with the birds and the springs Wherever the sun shines long.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Hall, Henry John

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Henry John Hall entered the Navy, 8 Feb. 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Majestic 74, Capt. Robt. Moorsom, bearing the flag afterwards of Vice-Admiral Thos. Macnamara Russell in the North Sea and Baltic. Although the Majestic, upon whose books he was borne until Jan. 1809, formed part of the victorious fleet in the action off Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 1805, we do not believe this officer had the good fortune to be present in her on the occasion. He subsequently, however, in 1807, assisted at the capture of Heligoland. From the period of his quitting the Majestic until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 21 March, 1812, Mr. Hall was employed on the Guernsey, Madeira, Newfoundland and West India stations, in the Albacore sloop, Capts. Corbet Jas. D’Auvergne and Hen. Thos. Davies, Barbadoes frigate, Capt. Rushworth, and Dragon 74, flag-ship of Sir Fras. Laforey. He was then successively appointed, 5 May, 1812, 14 Jan. 1813, and 2 Sept. 1814, to the Ringdove sloop, Albacore again, and Nereus 32, ​Capts. Wm. Dowers, H. T. Davies, Jas. Boxer, and Manley Hall Dixon, employed on the North American, African, and Brazihan stations. He has been on half-pay since 11 Jan. 1815. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Hall, Robert

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​HALL. (Lieutenant, 1843.)
Robert Hall entered the Navy 27 May, 1833; passed his examination 3 June, 1839; and, after serving for some time as Mate, in the Pacific and at the Nore, of the Dublin 50, and Camperdown 104, flag-ships of Rear-Admiral Rich. Thomas and Sir Edw. Brace, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 28 Nov. 1843. His appointments have since been – 2 Feb. and 15 July, 1844, and 30 Jan. 1845, to the Camperdown again. Queen 110, and Trafalgar 120, bearing the flags at Sheerness of Sir John Chambers White and Sir Edw. Durnford King – and, 19 Nov. 1845, to the Grampus 50, Capt. Hen. Byam Martin, with whom he is now employed in the Pacific. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Halkett, Peter Alexander

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​HALKETT. (Lieutenant, 1842.)
Peter Alexander Halkett passed his examination 6 Sept. 1840, and was employed as Mate on board the Hyacinth and Modeste sloops, Capts. Wm. Warren, Geo. Goldsmith, and Rundle Burges Watson. Joining, under the latter officer, in the hostilities on the coast of China, he assisted, on 10 March, 1842, in towing four fire-rafts clear of the shipping off Ningpo during an attack made by the Chinese; and on 18 of the following May he served on shore at the capture of Chapoo. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 23 Dec. 1842, and next appointed – 27 Aug. 1844, to the Eclair steam-sloop, Capt. Walter Grimston Bucknall Estcourt, fitting at Portsmouth – 19 Dec. 1844, to the Actaeon 26, Capt. Geo. Mansel, lying at Devonport – 20 Jan. 1845, to the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings – and, 1 July, 1845, to the Crocodile 26, bearing the flag of Sir Hugh Pigot at Cork. He has been serving, since 22 Nov. in the latter year, in the Stromboli steam-sloop, Capt. Thos. Fisher.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Hall, Charles

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​HALL. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 21; h-p., 22.)
Charles Hall entered the Navy (into which he was impressed, being at the time Mate of a fine West Indiaman), 8 Aug. 1804, as A.B., on board the Champion 24, Capt. Robt. Howe Bromley, stationed in the Downs. Becoming Master’s Mate, in June, 1805, of the Orion 74, Capts. Edw. Codrington and Sir Arch. Dickson, he fought in the ensuing action off Trafalgar, and in 1807 accompanied the expedition against Copenhagen. In Dec. 1808, and Dec. 1811, he was successively appointed Acting-Master and Acting-Lieutenant of ,the Prometheus sloop, Capts. Thos. Forrest and Hercules Robinson, in command of whose cutter he succeeded in totally destroying, off Pillau, in the Baltic, a French privateer, La Messalina, of 6 guns and 38 men, although protected by the fire of a body of troops on the beach, 2 Aug. 1810. After serving for some time on the Jamaica station, where disease swept off all his messmates, Mr. Hall was superseded from the Prometheus, and, in Aug. 1812, appointed Midshipman of the Warspite 50, Capt. Hon. Henry Blackwood, employed in Basque Roads. In April, 1814, he removed, as a Supernumerary, to the Hannibal 74, Capt. Sir Michael Seymour, with whom he again sailed for the West Indies. On his arrival on that station he was once more, on 19 July, invested with the rank of Acting-Lieutenant, and. appointed to the Venerable 74, flag-ship of Sir Philip Durham; but, the vacancy not proving a legitimate one, he remained unconfirmed till the general promotion, 7 Feb. 1815. He officiated, during the seven following months, as First of the Columbine sloop, Capt. Rich. Henry Muddle, also on the West India station; and was subsequently appointed – 1 Jan. 1824, to the Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary Lieutenant of the Ramillies 74, Capt. Wm. M‘Culloch – 27 July, 1826, as Senior, to the Jasper 10, Capt. Henry Martin Blackwood, on the Mediterranean station, whence he invalided in Nov. 1826 – 10 July, 1835, and 1 Aug. 1836, to the Ordinary at Sheerness and Plymouth, in which service he continued, with his name part of the time on the books of the Téméraire 104, and San Josef 110, Capts. Thos. Fortescue Kennedy and Rich. Thomas, for upwards of three years – and, 20 Sept. 1838, to the command of the Rolla 10, on the coasts of Spain and Africa, where (with the exception of a few months, from 23 Nov. 1840 until 15 June, 1841, passed in acting-command of the Persian 16) he continued to serve, in the same vessel, until paid off 18 Aug. 1842. Commander Hall, who had been promoted to his present rank 23 Nov. 1841, has been employed, since 31 March, 1846, as Second Captain of the Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Sir John Louis, Admiral-Superintendent at Devonport.
A son of this gentleman, Chas. O. B. Hall, is a Mate in the Navy. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Hall, John (a)

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​HALL. (Lieutenant, 1811. f-p., 13; h-p., 31.)
John Hall (a) entered the Navy, 7 June, 1803, as A.B., on board the Cerberus 32, Capt. Wm. Selby, and in the following Sept. assisted at the bombardment of Granville. Proceeding, immediately after the latter event, to the West Indies, he there, on 2 Jan. 1807, served as Master’s Mate, and was extolled for his unsurpassable bravery, at the cutting out of two of the enemy’s vessels, defended by a most tremendous fire from the batteries near Pearl Bock, Martinique, which killed 2 men and wounded 10; and he further, we believe, witnessed the capture, in March, 1808, of the islands of Marie-galante and Desirade. In July of the latter year he joined the Leviathan 74, Capts. John Harvey and Donald Campbell, with whom he served off Cadiz and in the Mediterranean (where he beheld the self-destruction, 26 Oct. 1811, of the French ships of the line Robuste and Lion) until appointed Acting-Lieutenant, 1 Aug. 1811, of the York 74, Capt. Robt. Barton; to which vessel he was confirmed on 26 of the ensuing Sept. He was afterwards, from 4 Sept. 1812 until 31 Aug. 1815, employed on the West India and North American stations in the Surprise 38, Capt. Sir Thos. John Cochrane; but has not, that we are aware, been since afloat. Agents- Messrs. Ommanney.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Hall, Henry Watson

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​HALL. (Lieutenant, 1814. f-p., 26; h-p., 18.)
Henry Watson Hall entered the Navy, 6 March, 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Culloden 74, Capt. Chas. Hen. Lane, on the Home station, where he successively removed, in the course of the same year, to the Salvador del Mundo and Monarch, flag-ships of Sir John Colpoys and Lord Keith. Being discharged in Oct. 1804 he did not again go afloat until Jan. 1810, when he re-embarked on board the Emerald 36, Capt. Fred. Lewis Maitland, whom he soon afterwards accompanied to the Cape of Good Hope. During the years 1812-13 we find him cruizing in the Channel and off Newfoundland, as Midshipman, in the Pheasant 18, Capt. John Palmer. He then rejoined Lord Keith on board the Queen Charlotte 100; and, obtaining his commission 16 Aug. 1814, was subsequently appointed – 18 Dec. 1814, for a period of seven months, to the Rhin 38, Capt. Chas. Malcolm, off the coast of France – 25 Dec. 1819, to the Tamar frigate, Capts. Arthur Stow and Sir Wm. Saltonstall Wiseman, in which he served on the Jamaica station until his health obliged him to invalid – 27 April, 1830, to the Coast Guard – and, 14 March, 1834, to the Directorship of Police at Portsmouth Dockyard, a situation he still holds.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Hall, George

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​HALL. (Retired Commander, 1841.)
George Hall entered the Navy, 13 Feb. 1800, as Midshipman, on board the Ville de Paris 110, Capt. Sir Thos. Troubridge, bearing the flag in the Channel of Earl St. Vincent; and, from Aug. 1802 until June, 1 806, was employed, on the Home and West India stations, in the Unicorn and Ethalion frigates, both commanded by Capt. Chas. Stuart. He then joined the Northumberland 74, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane, who, on 11 of the following Sept., appointed him Lieutenant of the Port d’Espagne 14, Capt. Jas. Pattison Stewart – an act which the Admiralty confirmed by commission dated 29 Oct. in the same year. While cruizing in the latter vessel in the Gulf of Paria, Mr. Hall, on being detached in a prize schooner with 25 men, succeeded, in a very cool and brave manner, in boarding and carrying, on 6 June, 1807, although not without a mutual loss, the Mercedes privateer, mounting 2 carriage-guns and 2 swivels, and having on board a crew of 30 men (an exploit for which he was highly recommended to notice); and on 12 of the ensuing Sept. he had joint charge of the boats with Lieut. Cotgrave, when they captured El Rosario schooner, of 1 gun and 34 men. Invaliding home from the West Indies in Nov. 1807, he afterwards served, from Jan. 1808 until Dec. 1811, and from July, 1812, until Sept. 1813, on board the Audacious 74, Capts. Thos. Le Marchant Gosselin and Donald Campbell, and Adamant 50, bearing the flag at Leith of Rear-Admiral Wm. Albany Otway. In the former ship he was employed embarking the army after the battle of Corunna, and next in the expedition to the Walcheren. His last appointment was, in April, 1820, to the Coast Guard service. He accepted his present rank 3 Aug. 1841.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Hall, Roger

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​HALL. (Commander, 1819. f-p., 20; h-p., 26.)
Roger Hall entered the Navy, in May, 1801, as Midshipman, on board the Princess Charlotte, Capt. Hon. Fras. Farington Gardner, with whom, until Sept. 1805, ho successively served, on the Irish and Channel stations, in the same ship, the Ruay, and Galykheid, and again in the Princess Charlotte. In May, 1806, he joined the Theseus 74, Capt. Geo. Hope, and on the following Oct., after an intermediate cruize in the Atlantic, he removed to the Impérieuse 38, Capts. Lord Cochrane, Thos. Garth, and Hon. Hen. Duncan; during his attachment to which frigate he appears to have fallen into the hands of the enemy, and to have been confined for a considerable time in a French prison. On 9 Aug. 1811 Mr. Hall was noininated Acting-Lieutenant of the Blake 74, Capt. Edw. Codrington, stationed in the Mediterranean, where he was confirmed on 26 of the following month, and next appointed, 23 June, 1812, and 4 July, 1816, to the Berwick 74, and Impregnable 104, both commanded by Capt. Edw. Brace, under whom he cooperated in the reduction of the towns of Genoa and Gaeta in 1814-15, and in the bombardment of Algiers 27 Aug. 1816. He afterwards, on 30 Dec. 1816, joined the Egeria 26, Capt. Robt. Rowley, from which vessel, employed off Newfoundland, he was promoted, 11 Sept. 1819, to the acting-command of the Carnation sloop. He was confirmed, 10 Nov. following, into the Drake; but, since the autumn of 1821, has been on half-pay. Agents – Hallett and Robinson.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Watson, John

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​WATSON. (Commander, 1814. f-p., 28; h-p., 36.)
John Watson is the son of the late Major Watson. This officer entered the Navy, in 1783, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Bombay Castle 74, Capts. Herbert Sawyer and Robt. Fanshawe, lying at Plymouth, where he remained for three years. He was employed next, from 1788 until Feb. 1794, in the North Sea, on the coast of Africa, and in the Channel, part of the time as Midshipman, in the Otter sloop, Capts. John Okes Hardy, Thos. Williams, and Jas. Hardy, Charon 44, Capt. Edm. Dodd, and Bellona 74, Capt. Geo. Wilson; and on 11 Aug. in the latter year, after having further served on the coast of France, in diiferent ships, under Vice-Admiral John M‘Bride, to whom he acted for a period as Flag-Lieutenant, he was officially promoted into his former ship, the Bombay Castle, Capt. Chas. Chamberlayne. Her he left in the ensuing Nov. During the remainder of the war, from March, 1795, until April, 1802, he was employed on the Home station in the Syren 32, Capt. Graham Moore, Shark gun-vessel, commanded by himself, Cynthia 16, Capt. Micajah Malbon, Neptune 98, Capt. Jas. Vashon, and Standard 64, Capt. Chas. Stewart. From 15 Dec. 1803 until 12 Aug. 1814 he commanded the Aggressor 12, chiefly in the Channel. He has since been on half-pay. His commission as Commander bears date 15 June, 1814.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Weatherley, Richard

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​WEATHERLEY. (Lieutenant, 1816. f-p.,.32; h-p., 22.)
Richard Weatherley Was born 26 Aug. 1787. This officer entered the Navy, 7 Aug. 1793, as Midshipman, on board the Raisonnable 64, Capt. Lord Cranstoun; under whom he was for 12 months employed among the Western Islands and on the coast of Ireland. He served next, from July, 1795, until April, 1797, in the Channel and off the port of Cadiz, in the Pompée 74, Capt. Jas. Vashon; and in June and Nov. 1802, he joined the Penelope 36 and Minerve 38, Capts. Wm. Robt. Broughton and Jahleel Brenton. He was in the latter frigate, 2 July, 1803, when she took the ground under the batteries of Cherbourg, and was compelled, despite a fierce and sanguinary resistance, to strike her colours. In consequence of this misfortune he was detained a prisoner of war in France until May, 1814. In the following July he was received on board the Hope 10, Capt. Henry Fyge Jauncey; and, after serving for nearly two years in that vessel in the Channel, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 2 May, 1816. His last appointments afloat were – 8 Dec. 1818, to the acting-command, which he retained until 14 Jan. following, of the Abundance store-ship, fitting at Deptford – and, 24 April, 1819, to the Menai 26, Capt. Fairfax Moresby. In the latter ship he was employed, until April, 1821, at the Cape of Good Hope. While in charge, on one occasion, of a tender, he compelled a slave-vessel to run through an intricate channel between the coral-reefs on the Isle of France, where she grounded and was set on fire by her commander, a notorious character. Since 9 May, 1834, Lieut. Weatherley has filled the post of Director of Police in the Dockyard at Pembroke.
He was Harbour-Master at Simons’ Town, Cape of Good Hope, from April, 1821, until May, 1828.