The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1825-09-15
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From he Uaifcd Staies Literary Ga7etfe
DREAM OF TIE SEA.

Drokc on nv vision. II ,!il seem the skies
Were o'cr me pure as iniancy-yct waves
hid rattle round my head, and fill mine cars
y;kc The mcss,ircIess roar Of the far fight
when battle has set up her tInmpcts shout!
| seemed to breathe the air; and yet the sea
Kept taiiyiug with my life as sunk down.
Twas in the ftfu iasion ofa dream
Water and air--walking, and yet no Garth.
The deep seemed bare and dry-and yet | went
With a rude d.shing round my rreking face
Until NV outstrcced and trembling feet
stood still upon bed of ;litcring pcarla
Thc hot sun was right over nc, AZ noon
Sudden il wthcrcd up the ocean--tlll
! seemed amidst waste OF ,hapeIcss clay.
{ thousand bones were whining in his rays,
Mass upon ass,--confusod and without end.
walked on the parchcd wilderness, and SAW
The hopeless beauty Of lieless world!
Wealth that once made some poor vain heart
grow light
And leap with il into the food, was there
Glutched in the last mad agony. And gold
That makes of life happiness and c'nac-
That va,ints on earth its blilliancy, lay here
IAN outcast tyrant in his lonclincss)
Bcggarcd by jewels that nccr shone through
blood
Upon the brow of kings Here thc-c were all
The bright blessings and the costly ends,
which cnyied man enjoys and expiate,,--
splcndoarnnd dcath--silencc, and human hopes;
Gems, and smooth boncs-life', page.ntiy! the
cross
That thought to save some wretch in hislatc need
llugged in its last idolatry-all, all
Lay here in deathly brotherhood-no br,ath-
No sympathy-no sound--no motior--and no
hope!
stood and listcned,-
The eternal Hood rushed to its dcsoate crave!
And could hear above me all the waves
Go obellowug TO their bounds Still strobe OH,
Jonrneyng amid the brightest ofearth's things
Where yet was never life, rhope, nor Joy!
My eye could not but look, and my car hear;
For now strange sights and beautiful and rare
Seemed ordered from the deep through tie rich
prism
Above mc-and sounds undulatcCl t,lrougl
The siirgcs, ill my soul grew mad with visions!
beneath the canopy OF waters could see
Palaces and cities crumbed-and the ships
Sunk in tlie engorging whirlpool, while the hugh
Of revelry went wild along their decks-anl ere
The oath was stranglcd in their swollen thrn,ts
For there they lay, just hurried to ono grave
With horrible contcrtions and fixed eyes
Waving among the cannon, AS the surge
Would slowly lit thcn,-and tAcr streaminghaii
TwiEing around the blades that were their pide
And there were two locked in each others arms
And they were lovers!
Oh God, how beautiful! check TO check
Md heart 10 heart upon that splendid deep,
bridal bed OF pearls! A burial
Worthy OF two so Young and innocent.
And they dill seem TO lie there, like two gems
The tarest in the halls of ocean-both
Sepuchrcd in iove--a fearless dcath--one loo,,
one WISH, one sniile one mantle for their shruu,
0nc nope, one kiss--and that not vet quite cold
How beautiful TO die in such iidclity
E'er yet the curse has ripcncd, Or the heart
i'eglns TO hope for death as for ioy,
ana iceis its streams grow thicker, Till they clio
WIN wishes that have sickencd and grown ole
saw Their checks were pure and passonless,
ana all TIER love had passed into a smile,
And in that smile they died!
Sudden battle rolled above my head,
And there came down fash into the tecp
lllumining its dim chambers-and il past;
The waters shuddcred--and thousand sounds
sung heilish echoes through the cavcrned vast
Inc blast was screaming on the upper wave,
And as looked above me | could see
The ships SO booming through the murkv storr
sails rent-nasts staggcrng--a spectre GREY
Blood mingled with the foam bathing their bow
And could hear their shriezs as they went q
tiylhS OF murder to their bloody foes!
A form shot downward close at my feet.
hs hand still fsrasped the stcel--and his red G,
WASH tuil OF curses even in his death,
And he had been flung into the abyss
by fellow men! before lis heart vas cold ,..s
AGAIN stood beside the lovely pair
The storm and conflict were as they'd not hoe
T., stood and shrleked and laughed and vet no yoic
nat | could hear came in my Madness
haldly seemed as they were deal-so calm.
20 beautiful the sea-stars round them shone.
Like emblens of their souls SO cold and Durc
an, me bending grass wept silent over them,
,,. aIner than any friend on carth-their tomb
inc Jewelry ctthc occan-and their drpc
she everlasting music Of its roar.
iseemcd to stand wrctched in dreamy thought,
eu'SihS the consistency ofhuman hearts
ana vanity OF human hopcs--and felt
as as nave felt on earth in my sick hours
nv Tow 'hankiess was this legacy ofbrcayh
-, ~ those who knew the woe of a scathed brai
nh NJ, ocean-ocean! if thou coverest up
.he RUNS OF proud and broken soul
M, ma giv'st such peace and solitude as this,
Ahy depths are heaven to mans ngratitude!
,,,' ,seemed to struggle in an agony;
wy streaming tears gushed out to meet the way
r moNe IN terror, and the beaded sweat
susseu sS a Gown my temples like a very rain
- 'no"gh had Just issued from the sea!