Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1848-03-08

THE OCEAN SPIRITS

THE OCEAN SPIRITS.
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The waves were wildly dashing,
Rejoicing to be free,
The ghtnihgs bright were flashing
All round the feaning sea,
The winds were signing sadly,
The dirges of the brave;
The ship was flying ifadly
Upon that mountain wave,
Yet bore she gallant hearts, who trusted in her might
Her pennon floating gaily, she seemed thing light
H.
The dav' S last beams were dying
Beneath the western sky,
And darkened clouds were flying,
The spray went dashihg by,
Yet lovely is its motion
There's pleasure in its fear,
There's music in the ocean.
Which angels love to hear,
But ON the heart deceived that trusteth to its wiles
There's reaehery in its beauty, there's danger in its
smiles.
But bark! sound comes o'cr the sea
Like mellow strains of festive song,
More sweet than earthly melody
The roaring tempest bears along
1t comes, it comes, the lightning's flash
Reveals the spirit forms to sight,
They mount aloft the waves that dash
Like fairy visions of the night
And they sing this song
As they dance along
With rapid feet, merry throng.
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We come from our home where the gold fishes play,
No clangei is there known, no signs of decay
There beauty beams ever, and the flowers ne'er die,
The heart smiles ever, no tear dims the eye,
We come from our homes where the high co: al
towers.
Are ever entwned by amaranth bowers,
Where with wreaths ever fresh onr hairwe entwine,
Where the gold lies scattered and gems shine.
We wander through groves where dolphns feed,
And snatch bright flowers from the shining seaweed,
There We braid for our queen the rosiest stems,
We hang them with pearls, and deck them with gems
We come from our home where the calm ever smiles
And storms unhcard in long pillar'd aisles;
The sun beams not there, no star sheds it light,
The CLEAN of the pearl, is the lamp of the night
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pests
We have come to dance on the surging wave,
Well roam DER the bow, we'll sport in the spray,
Then speed DER the waters, away away.
Yon vessel which flrings her proud flag to the storrl
Shall sink to her tomb ere the light of the moon,
And the winds bowling round the brave and the fair
Shall drown IN their roar, the shrek of dispair.
ASG their song rang free
As over the sea,
They fed like clouds at dying of day.
And their beauty, bright
Like the dreams of night
More lovely seemed as it melted away.
But see the lightning's lash on high
Like DEATH fires blazing in the sky,
Pour's DER the sea its buried glare,
And shows the waves wild, dashing there,
Around the fated bark it CLOVIS
rnu -u-aIUng the waves that rose
And wreasf<d the tattered sail and mast,
And scathifg DER the deck it past
But ycta moment spared the blow,
AS if to heighten all her woe.
But see again the lghtnng's glare,
Bursts forth Ike natures funeral pyre,
And harkiefhe wall of wild despair;
s'The SHIPS on fire. The ships fre''
Comes swelling DER the roar of wave,
'ille thunders roll, the tempest rave,
And all.wcre flied with terror til ere,
There lseamed no hope, no arm could save
The ocean new shall be their grave,
The thunders toll their funeral knel,
The winds shall sing the dismal dirge
For motrners sobs, The roaring surge
And waves shall hear their last farwell.
VII
Twas morn Bright DER the eastern waters
In glory arose, the king of day
No ship was seen nor ocean daughters
Dancing along on the watery way,
The waves were resting the watery deep
The tempest now had sank to sleep
And sparkling bright
Like gems oflight
The bubbles were dancing DER the sea
For more
The waters DER
The ocean spirits were sporting free.