Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1858-12-02
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Address to the Atlantic Cable.

Auuress 10 the Atlantic Gable.
What are We doin' down sac deep
In oceans bed, where monsters Green.
And vast Levi'thans have their sleep
In briny ocean,
p'ye ken the noise we workings keep,
And huge commotIoni
Dost hear the shouts that fill the land,
The cannon booming from the strand
That thou hast found thy bed of sand
The bells a ringing,
The music of the drum and band,
The jocund singngi
Come, tell us what thou fndst below,
How coral reefs and sea flowers grow,
Aud oceans secrets let us know;
Thou't not be sorry;
And tell us of the famed plateau
OF Captain Maury.
DO monsters sieze thy form sac frail
And strive to crush thy coat o. mail?
Hast had tilt with berge or whale,
Thy fears awakin'i
Or hast thou SEEM in calm or gale,
The monster Kraken!
How dost thou rest Thou once did float.
All safely coiled in Hudson's boat.
Do chatting reefs now mar thy coat.
Thy danger seekin'
Or strive by force to cut thy throat.
And stop thy speakin'l
What welcome, Cable, didst thou get
IN Neptune's realms when first We met,
Say, did the sea-god fume and fret,
Or greet VII kissesa
| trow We micke wet
In sic abysses
-oost thou old Nererus' daughters know,
ana sport with Nereids down below
DID rhetis' cheeks wi' pleasure glow
In joy to meet thee,
nd Titon loud his conch-shell blow
In hast to greet thee3
peak II thou canst! has thou been CORD
fnny warrior armed with sword,
nd did he part thy spinal cord
Fromlove o. fighting,
81 thou canst not speak ward,
Thy prospects Brighten?
ne, Cable dear, sac long and sleek.
old the legends that we seek;
) hear thy voice in accents weak,
Or wild and frantic;
49, ., quckley let us hear thee speak
From deep Atlantic.
silent! Why provoke us so'
nat thou canst speak, folks surely know
Ee spake 10 Vic week ago,
AVA to Lunnun'
And whispered at frosty now
Of our Buchanan.
You freely speak o. goods and pelf,
VI Peers and Parliament and Guelph;
(lhese things we lay upon the shelf
wiz common dishes y
We want to hear about yourself
Amang the fishes.
Whilst in ships, how didst thou feel
when doomed to sthetch upon the wheel,
And run thy coil from steamers kneel
Down in the waters'
.pid't please thee, thus condemned to kneeI
To Merman's daughters?
Say dost thou hide in oceans grass.
And watch the Mermaids as they pass
VII silver comb and crystal glass;
And wanton gances?
And dost thou ken the sea born lass
AT blithsome dances.
Speak, Gable, of thy owly bed,
Inc whales that sport aboon thy head
The sunked wrecks, the ocean dead!
0, speak not loud
OF sea weed nantes round thee spread
Thee Sailorss shroudt
how mighty sma' this world must seem
10 one who holds the lightning's gleam
How dull to thee the wind and steam
Sac slowly draggin';
Pnck's girdle was sluggish team.
lumh'ring wagon
Thou, Cable, hast a glorions name.
Andyet how calm as through thy frame
The message speeds in lines Of flame
At SIGH rig!
Yet thou for all this winsome fame,
Don't care fig!
Lie quiet there, thou magic wire!
what joys attend our fond desire
To grid the earth VII bands o, fire
In loving union,
And bring the distant nations higher
In sweet communion!
Then rest thee, Cable or grief or mirth
Is nought to thee thou hast thy birth
Where an els sing; thy matchless worth
We can not scan;
Thy mis- on here is PEACE on EARTH,
COOP WILL TO MAN.