Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1837-09-12

/ 90 snd q ching me in enc of Us dripping shcl,cf
bore ne ihfoHeh seas iashed by tic hutu-anc. cun-
'uiscd viih he war q the NhaIs end sword h.h
aud where the scrpcul, struck hy lightning. lar
ir"aghcd bciNtcn two Na,ts like huge iiue
pfustfaicd smang the hll-
Being beuumbcd and paraltzed bv the slifcu-
~ zee. tell from nay 'omblue Judgment sud De-
sec"ding through The sea, carried by TIE wave
"I s"bmuuuc current quito within luilc rto'tn
r'arrd of coral aud lined Nnh p"at.s. where a
mcrmaid vac gently k,oulng 6,c. beurslh " bosc
f""'ug Say snon lc.i csrh frozen VEN and lub
"l"Aiy ungiug back TO hG'--naon ~ # TO re-.
eis'" u'N bcw,dercd thoughts sud saolhc lhcr de.
llrious excitement tins daughter oi The deep rai-ed
her harp struck o.: those .oh f,fan. ~ hose IL.
qoid HoW melts INTO the hcao hike ifagioUt dew in
Co the b"sop Of he folding rose.
but scarce bad the last note Il This sweet min
s'r.I dlod away 10 the listening s,,lluc>s Of rcsce
~hen csll loud ss the summ0ninr trump Of the
s'changoi. sent It's rending thunder lhrnugl the
hollow caIcrns OF the osinundrd ocean. aud the
rent tomb of the shaking earth, starting even death
Itself rom ITS sleep. Tho shcclcd dead wen, up
lfom theiF wuiery graves 10 stand sea while the
earth, iroU' preupce to plain, from shore 10 noun
iaihs brow. vas covered wiih ;hc shroudrd myrlads
That had leil their cuuches Of clay.
The sun, with changed, drspaiting sspec,
disappeared. leaving huge darkeneed chasm n the
heavens the moon spun round and round, aud
slowly tcccded from view. leaving emo her fearful
blank IN The blue vault the planets fell from their
place., aud were qnenched Is they sunk into the
void beneath aud darkness IN tLick pupabe
mass h'ied oil space, save where torked lightning.
arrested IN lis course. still preserved Is terfc form
and brightness, and save the lingering light ofsome
!oiuer star that coueuded with lis Luou. The
course aud powers OF nature were suspended still
aud moiIonlcss the mariner heard his relaxed sail,
'dll sgansl the IDLE mast, tho breaker to LIT
us warning voice over the fatal reef while he sea-
blrd, unable again to reach the wave rested upon
It's lmmoveable phions; the curling wave lay half
broken upon the shore the loren, ceased plunge
IRON IT'S wave-worn steep the war-hofsc knee,ed
dowL and died; The monarch in his capital, dis
crowned stood pale aad speechess the peasant IN
his held called aloud on hts forgotten God: while
the I:nplurng shrek of nations went up like the
last wall OF a ruined world!
The agony is o',t nature her deb,
Has pad; the earihIs covered with clay
That once MAS animate, aud yet
j. warm with n existence reil away
- By HIM who gave II were but yesterday
This clay pcopied happy universe
With beings buoyant, beautiful aud gay;
But now alas all things the reverse.
Earth Is their winding sheet, and darkness pa Ia the
hoafse
'Thesr limos were engrayen my heart at the
time by the departing splrlt of MY dream aud
a"obe after having been lost to oil the realities Of
thus world for two days and nights But O ! faint
ness, the thirei, aud JelrIuus weakness of that
wnklng moment! | look back to 1t as a man who
had ueen skating the frozen bosom Of hike
turns 10 the yawnlng chssm which he has m,rncu.
lousy escaped ! could not stand or sill aud even
IN most lnclIned posinre. re-p.rot,ou itself seemed
hn eitOn beyOnc the gnsplng exhaustion Of my
frame. ! should have turned my pillow aud died,