The Kansas herald of freedom., 1854-10-21
The prairiss
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The unshorn fields. boHndless aud beautiful
| For which The speech Of England has no Mans
The prairies. | behold them for the inst.
And my heart sweIis. while the dilaied siobs
Takes In the eneiscbng vasIAess, Lo. the,
stretch
La airy undulstiaEs. far away.
As If the ocean, in his gesIiest swell
Stoot. still, with all his rounded hillows fz'd
And motionless foreFsrs-Motioaiess
| No. they are all unchain' d sgain The clous,
Sweep over with the shadows, and. beneath,
| The surface rolls and aueiuaies 10 The eve.
Dark hollOws seem 10 glide along and ehsss
The sunny ridges Bfsszes cf the south
| Who toss the golden aud the fame like howsn
And pass the prairie -hawk that. poised Ou hirh
Flaps his bread wings. YET moves uot---ye hsys
PLAYED
Amang the palms Of Mexico aud vines
OF Fexsa, aud have eIisp'd the iitnpsd trook,
That from The feaHtaia OF Ssaoia glide
Into the calm pasifif have We famed
A nsbler or a lose'ies ssene than this
Man hath no part in all This glorious wofk
The hand that built the armament hath heay.a
And smoo,hed these vsrdant sssells aud sow,
their slopes
With heritage, planted them With island proves
And hedged&hem round wiis. forests, fitiiu.
floor
For this magnificent temple Of the sky
With flowers whose glory aud whose muittuds
Rival lhe considerations! The great heavens
Seem 10 stoOp down upon the Erene IA love, -
A nearer vault. and of atendrrer bue.s
Than thai which bends above the easieEn hills
AS o'cr the verdant waste / guide NV steed
Among the high. rank grass thai sweeps his
sides,
The hollow beating oi his fooisieep seems
A sacrilegions sound. think Of those
Upon whose rest he tramples. Are they hete-
The dead of other daySl-snd did The dust
OF these fait solitudss once siiF with lie
And burn with passion? Let The mighty
mounds
That overlook the rivers. OF that rise
In the dim forest crowded with old oaks.
Answer A race that long has pass'd away,
Buiit them; disciplined aud popuious lace
Heap'd with long toil, The earth, while vst lie
Greek
Was hewing the Pentelicus Il. forms
OF symmetry, aud rearing on its tock
The glittering PaHhenon These ample Gel Ids
Nourish'd their haFyests. here lhsiS herds we've
fed.
When haply by their stalls the bison lew'd,
And bowed his named shoulder to the Yoke.
All day this desert murmur'd with their tolls,
Till twilight blush'd, aud iovsrs walked and
wood
In a forgotten language, and old tunes,
From instruments Of unrs Tnemher'a foTna.
Gave The s0it winds veiee. The red mar
The roaming hunter-trihes. waflike and fiercs,
Aud the mound builders vanished from the
earth.
The solitude of ceu.uf,ss uatald
Has settled where they dwelt. The pane.
wolf
Hunts in their meadows. aud his fresh ding den
YaWns by my path. The gopher mines The
ground
Where stood their swsiming cites. All is
gone
Ali--ssve the piles of earth that hold Their
The platforms where ,hey worshipp d anknOan
gods
The barriers which they huiided from The .oa
To keep the foe al hay till o'er the u ais
The Wild belsagurers broke. and one by one.
The sironghoids OF the plain were forced. and
heap'd
With corPses. The brown vul,uies OF The Ro5i
fiock'd 10 those vast. uncovered sepuehrss.
And sat unscared and silent, at their feast
HaPiy some solitary fugitive.
Of desoIation and Of fear became
Bitterer than death, yielded himself to die
Mans better nature triumph'd. Kindly words
Welcomed and sooihed him; the rude con
querors
Seated the captive with their chiefs: ne chozs
A bride among their msidens. and at length
Seem'd 10 forget-yet ne 'er forgot-the wife
Of his first lore. and her sweet liitle ones
Buteher'd amid the shfieks. with all his race.
Thus change the forms of being 1hus
arise
Races of living things. giorious 40 strength,
And perish, as the quckening breath OF God
Fills them, or is Withdrawn The red man.
too
Has left the blooming wilds hc ranged 50 long.
And nearer TO The ROCKY Mountains. sought
A wider hunting ground The beaver builds
No longer by these streams, bat far away
Ga walters whose blue surface ne'er gave hsck
he white mans iaee-anoRg Missouri
springs.
And pools whose issues swell the Oregon,
he Fears his little Venice in these plans
The bison feeds no more. Twice tssBtF
leagues
beyond rsmotesi smoke OF hunters camp.
hoams the majestic brute. in herds that shake
The earth with thundsring steps-yet here
meet
His ancient footprints stamped beside the pool.
Still this great solitude is quick with life.
myriads o. insects. CANDY as the flowers
They fiuitsT over. gentle eua5rupeds.
And birds, that scarce have iesrn'd the fear Of
man,
Are here, and sliding reptiles OF the ground,
siartlingly beautiful. The graceful deer
Bounds to the wood at nv approach. The bee,
A more adventurous colonisi than man,
With whom he came across The eastern deep.
Fills the sdvalnas with his murnuringe,
And hides has sweets. ss In the golden age,
Within the hollow oak. listen long
10 his domestic hum. and think hear
Ihs sound cf that Gdsaaeiag maififads
Which soon shall I'll these deserts From The
ground
Comes up the laugh Of children. ihe seft voice
OF maidens. aud she sweet and solemn hyna
Of Sabbath xorshipers The iow Of herds
Blends with the rustline OF tbs heavy grain
Over the daEk-br0wn furrows. All AZ once
A fresher wind sweeps BY. and bFeass By
dream,
And am in the wilderness alone.