St. Mary's beacon., 1858-05-06

Tune tify harTs, o daughters of Sion, and
sing new sslg unto tie Lord God Of Hosts.
We thank thee; we praise thee; we nag
nifty thee, and we glorify thee, o Lord God,
Heavenly King that thou hast in the IulineSs
cf thine own appointed time, and ont ci thy
abundant grace, sent thy servants, William and
Mary to reign over thy people ef England.
Endue them with thy heavenly grace and
benedction, that they may guard protect and
defend thine Apostolic Church of England fJF
the salvation OF thy people of England, tothinc
everlasting glory and tie peace and happaess
of mankind.
Essslz down. we bescecis thee. ia mercy upon
the people, parliament, fleets and armies Of
England. that by tbs divine strength the,'inay
deliver thy servants from the evils which l,eresy
anal schsn are bringing upon the sons Of men.
Let us pray. We pray for thy servait, Ly-
onel Coplcy and the people Of these colonies of
America, that they, with due Difference To- tiny
words and commandments. in their several ca
pacitics, walk through life, until they eme
tn thine eternal kingdom in glory everlasting.
We PRAY for these beautiful nlai,ltns wAom
thou has. seat tn delight the eyes Of r1en, ihat
thou wilt keep them holy, blessed and pure iur
tac honor OF man that they may bloom like
the beautiful flowers Of thy Spring-timc, until
thou shalt SUMMON them to join the arCnan-
gclic host who sing their songs of joy and prase
around the throne Of God through all the cant
less ages Of eternity.
We bc<coch thee to allay the hitterncs; and
strife which wicked and ungodIv mcn-who
obey not the laws Of thy holy \ st"lic church
have brought upon this province, s. Ia change
their hearts that good will and charity may
reign among them, and that this bouadIeSs
/ continent may become the temple Oi the living
/ God. Amea"
! Then followed the coronation ode, composed
and read by Laura blackstone:
! W::h bright flowers woven by Loves magiespe,
! With loyal hearts wherein true fea!ty Owed,
We crown thee, far May day Queen,
! Sweet, gentle ''Je.nne Dean"
! With vour dark eye 50 bright,
! Your graceful step hight,
Your smile so joyous heaming,
| Music s magic ,IG"er seeming,
| Your voice deeply thrilling,
! Like Peri s laughing gee
! In coral caves OF Indian sea,
! Your form of moulded grace,
! Beyond sculptures chise's trace.
| With passion hottest fires,
! All noble hearts inspires
| Reign, charming fairy queen,
Sweet, gentle ''Jeannie Dean ;"
/ Now, when IN COD s holy sight.
With ring and with rite,
Thou standest i'y altar Is light,
! The vow to plight,
! To love and To cherish
J Til thine mortality shall perish,
! Ia sickness or in health,
! Poverty and ;o, or wealth,
, The veal, the woe,
! Of life here below.
! Come, charming fairy queen.
Sweet, gentle ''Jeannie Dean,
With song and with smile,
! L!fe s tolls to begu!ie
Come, creation y pIlgrm dove,
To bless pilgrim land, Queen Of Love
We've seen thy fairy footprints IN the sand,
! We've covered them with our hand,
That heaven thus may protect, defend
From ali EVIL lhat wind or wave porlend.
Reign, charming fairy queen,
Sweet. gentle "JeannIe Dean,"
As we have seen thee IN visions bright,
Arraved in angelic light,
In all things beautiful and free
On rolling tide, on swelling sea,
In running strealn azure lake,
The stars for mirrors take.
Oh, Tor the mngic power, wizard spell,
The burning words poets tell,
TO worship the spirit they love well.
Reign, charming fairy queen,
Sweet, gentle '.Jeannie DEAN,
As We have seen thee on the dancing wave,
Smiling like the nymph of ChIas' cave,
To call by the fond nume nf wife,
4 heroine Of purity, truth and beauty rife
Let the wooer dare the strife
o: elements or life
On the Ieep, with riven mast and tattered sail
The tempest roars, the heart doth quni
4 flashing sky aboVe-Jlack night around
Pealing thunders Gods wrath doth sound,
Or with sword and lance,
In wars battle dance,
Where men Of steel
The maZeS fee,
OF death = bloody seal.
Live and forever reign,
Charming fairy queen,
. Gentle s'JeannIe Dean"
Ir this your sylvan shrine,
Fire, incense, altar. all are thine;
The crucied on CaIvary's mount,
The futh apostles taught, martyrs sealed,
All that inspiration to- man revealed,
These all aIe holiest loved by thee,
Thus guarded by Heavens mighsest ronoply
May thy life ever be.
Til from the dark and silent tomb
Yoa brighten into eternal bloom"
This ode, read in the clear, silvcry tone o
its fair composer, with flashing eve and glow.
ing check. was received with long and tumni
t,,0us cheering by the dense crowd that filled
the square with its acres of upturned faces
/ Her father. the Chancellor. smiled proudly
that WAS the turning point-thc eveutful houi
in Laura Biackistone'S histnry-her father had
long resisted her importunities and those of his
| kinsInan in London to permit her to spend d
season with them. A safe escort had, on this
day. presented itself in the person Of Capt
| Walcnm OF the Royal Mary" In the proud
exultation Of that moment, he determined tC
sacrifice the tender sclfishness Cf n father and
permit his daughter to see the grand world
across the seas Little did the fair girl dream
/ in that happy moment that she was so soon
to realize ss.lnc Of those terrible perils of the
sea she had just described in the fifth stanza OF
! her ode.
Next in order was the speech from the
throne" The fair May-day queen was what
poets and noyeliSts call a sweet balf-bIOwn
rose Of sweet seventeen. She had Inherited
from, her English mother her fair transparent
skin and dark hazel eye-from her Tentonic
Gather his dark. auburn hair, high Poetical fore