The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-11-19

lOf the following poem, BY the late Thona
PHngle, Scotehrnan, who lived several years o.
the border Of The British Colony Of the Cape 0
Good Hope, and who wrote it IN reference 10 th'
Desert ih that part Of the world, the celebrates
Coleridge says - do not hesitate to declare i
among the two or three Host perfect lyric poem,
in our language
Afaf in the Desert Iose 70 ride.
With the silent Bush-bOy alone by,mY side:
When The sonows Of lie the soul o'ercagt,
Hs; ' ri, Of 81 ,s P1ss s s1s @ tRs Pss,
g tr0m the iOnd IeeoleciiOHg Of former years
m over s b "a l Fs s Rs 2a " Sns s age ned
Brlggt yiilons Of sloTy-Ihat vanished i9o soon;
Attaohments--by fate Or bJ faisehood ref 3
Conpanions 81 carry days-iost o. left;
Thrills 10 the heart like elscuie flame
The home Of my ehiidbood ne haunts Of ny Prime
When the feelings were youag and he world wasnsw.
Allah now forsgi OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES;
Aad la ons exile rsnenbsred By none
sly ngl sIm ~ a . good aeil untous-
hg 10 the Desert afar from man
AfaT in the Desert love to ride-
With NE Eilent Bush. boy alone By auiyl side
When the wild teflaoii u This ygsaiiOme life.
The Proud man. flown ana ts base man n fesI-
The seo'hers laugh, and the sufferers leay,-
= And N alice, and me7nnegs, and fasahood and folly
Dispose n e to musing and daEk melancholy;
wren my bosom 3 10y; sgd my thoughts ale highs
az men n tG9 , Z itisao9 and JOY and pride,
fhefei' raptgrs to vaulton the Ohampjhs steed.
With the death ftaughf iiFelock n my hand
The only law Of she Desert Landl
= Afar in the Desert LIoveto 1de
VITA The silent Bush.bog dome BY my side;
81 the wild dssf's haunt, 81 he buffsio's s!sn
By TaieYs remote where the onbi plays,
Andthe kudu and eisnd unlimited r5cIins
~ the skiE's Of gtsy forests OerhnnE with wild vine
Where the elephant brO'Eses at peace 10 his wood
Ara "a re ys hoIss gsmbeh ugscaIed in Che food,
In the fen where the wild ass Is drinking his fiji.
AfsI m tbe. Desert Iloee TO ride,
Gith ihe insnt ttush boy alone By my dde b:
O,eI The brown kanOo. where the 1seting cry
OF the spnngbok's lawn Sounds piaintyey
AND the tinofOgsqatEEas shrll WhisiliRg neigh o
e beard By the fountains 81 twilight grey
.Mhefs the zebra wHntQnly tosses his name, y
With wild hoef securing thedesglais plain;
sJeeds Ike q houcmsu who traves in hasta.
HElsing away t9the homeof herTssi,
~ here she and her mate have scOoped iheil nest,
faI hid from the pitileus plundsIsTs view
IN the painless depths Of The Darsbed KaHoO.
a far in the DesertI love 70 ride.
With the Silent Bush boy alone By my side
AMay-aWag--in the wilderness vast.
And tie daivered f5onRn SI 81 Bsebasa. t
liani rEIsy crossed with his rowing clan
a TeEon OF emptiness lTowhng and dfear.
Wh5ch man hath abandoned iron fsmiue aud fear
w Which Me snak and tie 5zaFd inhabiB alCns
Wlth the twilight bat from ihe yaWnnR stone.
Whete rrsss nor herb nor shrub takes loot,
oaYe poise1ola thoTns that pierce the loot
AMI ha-ber mei0n igf-ioBd and drink
Is Ire pilgrim fare b. TIRE salt lakes btnk:
Atfe10n Of drought, where aver Eides, q
NaTnBDhnF brook with OsieFed sides
Where sedFy pool, nor bubblug iounf,
Nor Iee, nor cloud, nor misty mount '-s t-t
Appears, 10 refresh,the aching egRy-
Bat the harsen ca TIL and the hHTgins sky,
And the biauk honzQp. hound and found.
spread-void Of LIVING sight Of sound.
And here, whiethe night. winds T0uHd me sigh
eud the stars bur4 bright IL the individually.
AS 81 apaH By the deseH stone,
Like Elijah a. dOrebs cave alOna.
a sill sHlaH voice, CONES through the Wild
Lake father ephsoliaE his lietfuf ehld)
Which banhss bitterness wrath. and lear.
Sayng,--AlkF ~ DIsTAsar, RUT Con Is NEAHl