The Arkansas advocate., 1833-09-11
 THE OLIO.
WRITTEN FOR TIE ADVOCATE. LOS TEMP oS.
CArToYII.

LOS TIEMP0S.
 CArTo VII. There is an isle circIed by southern seas. Which rarely wake beneath the storm
 Gnf.'s wing,
 And the voluptuous and odorous breeze. Hath not it's heart chilled in its wander
 ing,
 By wild old winter-peopled 'tis with ease And happiness and joy and every thing Of fair and quaint, aud sweet and deli. Which doth on southern seas and islands
 wait.
 And al! along the shore are sunny beach. Paved with the golden and the shifting
 sand,
 And ID among gray rocks are marrow
 reaches Where the sea enters with murmur
 bland,
 And out in front the endless ocean stretch While not an island Tn it's calm doth stand 1 : @ nis @olamond nf tho ocean aaems alone Apart from all the islands of that zone. tery,s within within the isle are odorous trees. =. s.'S .,,a ,s-'o7s5 flowers, and buds. and And alrfha ola5 Waysss--- aaa .esa With fruits, anu .tlheiT ehHresta fFle eessa
 nested birds; stis4s. Fed by the gentle wind from off the seas, With honey dew--and like lovers words, l Or muslc's most voluptuous harmoEies, GGo floating ;n and cut the winged herds Of winds, and every odor-laden air, Where the bees ride and their rich freight
 age bear. And founts and springs and grots do here
 abound,
 And ponds all peopled with most lustrous
 fish,
 All gold and purple-and they fit around, As changeahle as any Ioyer's wish; And here are some that never have been
 found,
 Since time began m any costly dish, And streams there are which mostly make
 their din, When stars are sleeping their white depths
 within. And back of all, the mountains overlook The island, and the broad and silent sea, Hoary and high-the upper element shook | Sometime ago his snow them in gIee, And here 1t les-white, In some grey
 nook
 The sea. foam gathers--and full silently Below, the greenness sleeps along the
 sides,
 And often thro' it's tops tue vapor rides. And life and light and love are redolent Within this glorious and happy isle-- The gentle deer IS seen with neck upbent, And silver antelope at every while; Where by gray trunks the aeeting shades l
 are pent, Which feed the grass and make the fow-
 CTS smile; And with its lamping eyes the wild ea-
 zelle,
 Looks out from every iyy-bowered dell. The simple people in this isle that dwell, Live as men lived when yet the earth was
 green,- Prlmeval they-they neither buy nor sell; No priests--no courts-no rulers have they
 scen-- Happy they iive--nor death is terrible For never preachers in that isle have
 been,
 To tell them ofwhat cometh after death-- Their cares are ended with the passing
 breath. And one of these--'tis now five years ago.. Seeking for coral stems, and gauds, to
 wreath His loved one's neck--while listlessly and l
 slow, The gentle skies and silver clouds be.
 meath,
 He urged his frail and yet secure canoe, And now and then would dive and bring |
 the teeth Of all sea monsters--and the coral stems Up to the lighL-and ocean's sparkling
 gems. While thus employed. there rose upon the
 west The "bul's eyo;" orb of the invisible
 storm
 As if the fiend by whom are seas opprest, Showed but his eye, and hid his gloomy
 furna--
 Thai eye which wakes the oceans wild And soon around it wreathed the coming | Bank after bank, grew out, and were np-
 piled,
 The deep black clouds, more fearful and
 mere wild. And scarcely had he cleared the coral
 reef,
 Urging lis fraiI canoe with wild alarm, When, on 1t came--there was quick and And terrible stillsess, and portentous
 calm,
 Like that of wo, CT deep, dark, fearless
 grief-