Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1825-10-11
THE HOME BOUND SHIP.

The ship wa, hvmewarl bounl---he thrilling cry,
o. "Land our native land"' hcm tongue To- tongue
Had been proclaimed, aud h. ats were beating his"
With hopes wild tumults, "a its echo ruh5---
AndraptuIe smird or wept in many aney''
Whil,t in the shroud, aoft the sea-boy sung
Snatches OF sons,, which briug 10 those "hol"im
The thoughts IF welcome, ando hnne, sweet ho'"'
And s,llsuily before the favorins gales,
She moves ia all her pride, ap1s-sn, iar,
The hreezes wai''on In her swelling ssils,
Aud her gay iutteIing pcnnnns iin the arj
While music is deck, the dance prevails,
Aud every shape ut gisdn.ss ievel' there;
Through the far wasted night, a. With her store
OF Indian wealth, the vessel nears the shore"
Bat hark cen nov, with awful change vi cheer,
The bow. rave, the giidy whirlwinds flow,
And br saks the d.,iual soiiGd oA,very ear
OF crashing contact wit, dread rocks bellows
Snd th. Wild shrek OF 20 oulhng fear,
:, The ship sinking ?, i'll deep tones of woe,
Buists from the lips ~ all. with p.teihs cries
hor sueeour, a. the gursns waters rise
hnl hues of death seen every face,
Aud signs of terror cen anon. the brave,
And lovers folding in a last embrace
The trembling forms Of those they could not save ].
Then ior the lowered boats, the ira"e race,
Aud desperate struggle while the ocean wave
Grew level with the deck, aud kssd the feet
of those iot whom remand not aIeir'ai
From some, with oucrirs horne the hillows DER,
There was the sob, the sigh, the whi'p.rd prayer,
" hiie others wrapt silent grief are there,
who bie.thed no plant, but ga1'd upon The shore
With the find clances VI intense despair,
And thought Of dro.e they should behold no more,
w an whom was ioHdiy twIned each tend'r tie
That kHits lifes cords, and makes il iard to di.
ri.i pause Of bitter agony i. pact,
Aud lhe still asitalod waters glide
OYER the last Itstise OF tlie hurried mast,
But striving stOut.y with the .id, Ing titr,
The greedy hinws, aud the caring blast,
(ln tub,u, aud tcmPe,tuous wrath alictD
Aud rising oer their mingled might, i seen
gallant Stripping with undaaneh mien.
III, widowd mohei'- hope, the all anil iov
OF orphan ,i.tcrs---cn the tr, ac!irrou: -,,in
With Grn resolve no biriships could de.rny,
For these. iiles needless comforts TO oht1iu,
Hat catiy venture ed this heroic hoy,
Drenuic all differing iish, aud trrrors vain,
That browning FOttane ,teiny migNt oppose,
To eso'' the stormy pa,h he nobiy cho-e
Anl must that glowing heart he whellud beneath
The r1gi,s water, Of t,c restless deep:
AMI that Iaig form mn;uuely chilrd "a death,
tn,hTOuded IA At, gioouly ens steep
Zen now with iantins limbs, aud laborin- breath.
lie strives, wnlc thought at ,hn,e who shalt weep
ia cureless anguish 20: hi- fate comes Pee
ia, soui, and nrrN cs his failing more.
His rolling eye grows dim, though from The strand
Fhe hers cheer him, and, inttnt tnsaye
the life boat launekd hy her d-terinn'd baud
Oi IiuniicsS heroes dances DER the wave,
he Sec NOT, feels M. doe, under Stand,
liis own deiv-faucc from walrry gt,v.,
Iiil has i0nl mrihe 5 jo, iul sob he hears,
Aud reals his recent peil ir her tears