Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-01-24
SELECTED POETRY.

SELECTED POETRY.
he following characteristic lines by Halleck
.onied from the New-York Mirror of this week
, number is also enriched with spirlghtly
n from London correspondent, tale by
lding, an engraved view of the harbOr, and a
,lar piece of music.-N T. american.
HE RIME OF THE ANCIENT COASTER.
sr rIrz GREENE HALLEcK.
ten while sailing in an open boat on the Hudson
yer, between Stony Point and the highlands, on
eng the wreck of an old sloop, June 1921.
And This our life exempt from public haunt,
nts tongues in trees, books in the running BROOKS.
.rmons in stones. and good in every thing "Sha6 p.
Her sile is in the water,
Her keel is on the sand,
And her bowsprit rests on the low grey rock
That bounds The sea and land.
Her deck is without mast,
And sand shells are there,
And the teeth of decay are gnawng her pianks
In the sun and the saltry air.
No more on the rivers bosom.
And the clouds arc in summer quietness,
And the cool nightbrea,h is balm
VIII she glide in the swan like stiffness
of the moon in the blue above,
A messenger from other lands,
beacon to hope anu love.
No more, in the midnight tempest,
Will she mock the mountain sea,
Strong in her oaken timbers,
And her white sails bravery.
She hath borne. in days departed,
Warm hearts upon her deck;
Those hearts, like hers, are moulderinS now
The victims, aud the wreck
OF time, whose touch grasses
Each vestige Of all We love;
The wanderers. home returning,
Who gazed that deck above, ------------
Their loved osesr u ~ Msleam.oss.. s., A.
Are gone, and the place that knew them
Shall know them never more
twas might ofterror,
In the autumn equinox,
When that gallant vessel found grave
Upon the Peekskil rocks.
Captain. mate, cook, and ssamen,
(They were in all but three,)
Were saved BY swimming fast and well,
Aud their gs!ows.destiny.
But two, a youth and maiden,
Were left to brave the storm,
With unpronounceable Dutch names,
And hearts with true love warm.
And they, for love has watches
In sir, earth and sea,
Were saved by clinging to the wreck,
And their marriage destiny:
From sunset to nights noon
She had leaned upon his arm,
Nor heard the far of thunder roll
The tocsin Of alarm.
Not SO the youth he listened
To the cloud.wing hspping by;
And low he whispered in low Dutch
"It tells our doom is nigh!
"Desth is the lot Of mortsls,
But we are young and strong,
"And hoped, not boldly, for life
''of happy years and long.
"Yet, It's thought consoling,
"That. till our Iatesa breath,
" We loved IN lite, and shall not be
Divided in our death,
"Alas, for those that wait us
"On their couch of dreams at home,
" The morn will hear the funeral cry
"Around their daughters tomb.
=" They hoped" Ctwas q strange moment
In Dutch to quote shskspeare.)
"' Thy bride bed to have decked, sweet maid,
And not have s!rewed thy bier" Il
But. sweetly voiced and smiling, II
The trusting maiden said ;
4" Breathed not our lips the vow today, |,
"ro-morrow We win wedl
" And I, who have known thy truth
Through years of joy and sorrow,
90 Can believe the tickle Winds G
"No; We shall wed to. morrow" i
Tho tempest heard and paused. >
The wild sea gentler moved;
They felt the power Of woman's faith
In the word of him she loved. Q
AL night to rope and spar p
They chung with sire myth untired,
ii the dark clouds fed before the sun, 4
And the fierce storm expired.