Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1854-10-08
Smoap Araoinq.
The BOundleSS Ocean.

: have not called at our house for a month: wher
= have you been?"
81 have been to the sea, Philip, along with man
ma and my little brother and sister, and we ha
tine sport on the sands But when gazed on tn
great, deep sea, the vast, and boundesS ocean, a
that could say was, Wonderful wonderful won
derful!
81 wish had been with YOU"
Il saw 1T from distance and could hardly be
lev1 1t was the sea- it looked so much like the sky
saw it close to me as l stood on the sandy shore
saw it while sailing upon it in boat; and 1 saw
from the high steep cliff looking down upon it as
bird does from the air. or an angel from the hea.
vens, and STILL Wonderful wonderful! wonderful
was all my cry"
belore am as old as you are, hope my papa
viii take me to the sea. Phase to tell me something
about it,"
1T IS called the boundess ocean, and well it NAV
! oe ior whether looked to the right hand to the
iet hand, or strait before me- could see no end to
IT, 1t seemed, Philip, as if it went up in the air
ana mingled with the clouds. Some people call it
Tue "orid OF waters, and no wonder; why all the
neids, and hills and mountains, and all the land in
the world put together, not so big as the sea"
III L had seen it, should have cried out, as Won
did, wonderful! wonderful. wonderful .l
at Is called the restless ocean. for II never "a
mains still single moment The tide is awav roll
ing this way Or that way, or the wind is rufHing
the water Morning, noon, and night, it is ever in
motion. dare say you have heard it called the
sleepless ocean, .........
"Oh, yes, L have; but there are too MANY fishes
swimming about in it to let it Sleep should
think"
ut is called the heaying ocean, and it does seem
at times to be heaving and laboring with all its
strength to lift up its mighty waves The Ships
and fishing boats and sea-guls, add much to its
beauty. But you will look upon it sometime,
dare say
Indeed, hope so, and then will try to tell you
as much about it as you have told me-"
alt Is called the sparkling ocean, and if you had
ever seen it when the sun was shining on it. and
especially when it was rough, and the dashing
spray was flying in the air, you would say it
sparklad indeed. Sometimes a thousand little
waves are gstening; sometimes great billows are
shlning and sometimes a part of the waters ap-
pear a complete food of glittering silver and
goId.'
aye, that is the very time that shoull like to
see it,"
at is called the emerald ocean, on account of
the beautiful light green color that it sometimes
has. have seen it of all colors of the rainbow,
but the emerald green is quite my favOrite You
cannot think how beautiful it is. The open sea and
the deep blue sea are at times spoken of, but the
emerald ocean is a pretty name"
"Yes that it is. How many names the sea
has,
1t IS called the billoway ocean, on account of the
thousands of billows or waves that cover it
lie who would undertake to reckon them up |
would have a difficult task. The sea has many |
changes, for in the same day have seen it calm
and stormy, misty and clear, dark and lit up with |
sunshine dimpled with small waves and covered
with huge bilIows"
Well, must pay visit to it,
1T IS called the angry ocean, and it certainly |
has, IN storm, the appearance of being in q pas
swelling, dashing and roaring, all at
the same time. If you were to see ship or boat
upon it when it is angry you would expect it to be
buried in the waves"
Most likely 1 should"
ait is called the foaming ocean, and before now I
have seen it half covered with foam. There is al
most always fOaming fringe on the shingy beach,
as white as the driven snow. Once, when | was
down at the seaside, two laughing girls were play
ing at conquering daring one another to stand still
till the wave dashes on the shore, and running away
before it catches them Suddenly great wave |
came and the foam of it caught them all, and they
were ankle deep in foam"
THAT would make them remember PLAYING at |
conquering."
lit is called the roaring ocean, and once saw it |
as wild, should think, as water could be- Oh, it |
was awful to look on the dark mountainous waves |
as they rose and fell with the yawniug gulf between
them! The black clouds, as they hung over the
deep, seemed almost to rest on the waters and the
foamy biows looked if they were striving to get |
at them
a should have been frightened at that sight"
My father says that the sea- in a calm is enough |
to convince thinking atheist of his foly but that
the sea in a Storm is sufficient to overwhelm him
with terror and remorse loudly does it cry: The
Lord is great God, and great King above all
gods. The sea is his and he made it: and his hands
formed the dry land.'-Psalm xcv. 3-5. But
must go now, Philip. If you wish to hear any
more about the sea, you must ask me another
time.
q shall be sure to want to hear more; but l
thank you, Arthur, for what you have now told
me-
The Rihlp