The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1862-06-05

College. May 2sth, 1862,
by w. H. II o Or f. r =.
How great III. Artists mind, whose glowing hand
The Voyage Of Life 10 wildly portrayed,
TIA; as pe care upon is scenes, We feel our
Souls % thrill within rs Al the sight
For On the mysteries of Lfe and Death,
Nor Painters skin, nor Poets muse can tell
yrnn whence the stream frt COWS, or where II ends
Fo< FAC can see no farther than The place,
Where, suing from oblivion's uurky cave,
Ths stream Of LIE In suloothne.s winds It's w.yi
And al around Ia peaceful solitude
Eng the gay birds Of hope from every tree
The skill Of life nnr starts upon the voyage.
The destiny OF which, unknosn TO all
Save him who launched it forth, whose va,cbfh eye,
Yrn The beginning, pierces to the end;
Bedecket With many q Tower, and sparkling srn,
Which blend their radiance with the snvery lido
While Tine sits on her prov, holding the glass,
Whose sands began 70 run when first she fit
TIE current % the stream on which she gEdes-
Upon q seat within, an infant ste,
Is dInp,ed hands are hHed with smiling nowers,
BY ansei-hanis. fresh gathered from the hank
While near his guardian angel stands,
ous kand tie tiIer bSIds, the other raised
Abcse the smiling child as II TO bless,
While, with q Icos Of tender lore and care,
He sAzes on his happy, playful charge
Ga beantsous scene almost beyond compare,
Sweet love and hope, tnGether SIT enskrined-
Aizs that scenes 80 beautiful and fair,
should change their tues, and shortly disappear
As shin the clouds upon a Summers day,
20 change the scenes upou the stream Of life,
No longer In The skin an infant sits,
But By his angr-guade- stands a lair youth
With watchfal eye, he zazes DER the stream,
And marks The waters as they ripple by.
Their. seems to BE- a longing in his breast
An earnest longing, ye< unsatished-
Soft music dis the air, the angel speaks,
.Rair youth, though I would gladly stay with thee
Until The end Of life, us Heavens decree
Thai I should leave thee now, to guide alone
Thy bark adown the stream until its close;
Ys I roud warn thee. ere I quit thy side,
or all the dangers that beset thy way;
OF treAcherous sands, Of sunken rocks, which wreck
Pull many a voyaser On the stream Of life
ln6 nov my parting rledge I give to thee,
':is this-whsn at tiny journeys end thou art,
As weak and helpless as when first We met,
IN come and help thee in that trying hour:
But NOW, farewell, RI JoHor thee afaJ
And watch thy little bark until the end"
.Thanks. thanks. fair angel with thy teaching skilled,
Inow can venture On my voyage alone,
sames castle yonder ris<s to my view,
And I would HE me TO Its bowers gsy.r
And he=iIess Of The angels sad adieu,
waved to him from the bank on which he stands.
He speeds into the widening stream alone;
His ehe>k Is all aSlow with youthful hop<,
HIS eye Is flashing with the ere Of pride.
Add mad ambition hoss In every vein-
Oh youth 'txere well for thee II lies false stream
Would ai.rays Cos as smooth But ali!
A. greatest danger or Is hidden deep
BY fancy's vail Of sweet security,
30 too the stream Of life In stiffness lows,
Before 'us RULED by the winter storms
For once again the scene is changed, and now
A mighty river, carrying all before,
Rushes and roars through many a deep-cut gorge
And steep denie, while ragged rocks tower high
And wall the stream OF life on every side
Along the bank lies many a shattered tree,
Whose branches once their giant arms outstretched,
TN lhe Will blast s~ep, by, and at = stroke
Bowed their proud heads, and laid them in the dust
From ridge to njgs, dark threatening clouds extend,
Spreading DER all n canopy Of dread,
While sending forth their eopious foods which H0-
Into the stream, and urge with maddening haste
Its speed toward the sea, which lies beyond.
In tie dim vista Of the future seen
A little bark drives swim bef. re the gale,
Dashins the spray from OF her dripping prov.
And trembling to her Keel, as If alive
And consc Gus Of the dangers ~thronging round
while with ciaspd hands, and looks OF mute despair,
Within the ssin, the youth, to manhood grown.
Nov trembling stands the rapids deafening roar
Strikes terUr TO his soul and paIes his cheek
The tsIIer wreuched away, the little bark
Cnehecked. speeds wildly OF her fatal course;
While henls on lowering wing are lowering near
Intempsrance, Offering him the soothing cup,
And Suicide, the dagger in her hand
Despair anrishis him, with her visage grim.
He heeds them not, bis heavenly guide is near,
And thoush unseen, that angel strengthens him
And rs he meas the roaring cataract,
He br.athes to Heaven a Wild, an earnest prayer,
Then disappears amid the foam below.
AMI now the last. sad scene, presents Itself,
Sod scene. I say. yet happissf Of them all
A. darkest night gives sweetest sleep to man,
80 LIES tired voyager, wearied at the oar,
lies down amidt the gloom and seeks repose-
The stream has vsiened as IL neared the sea,
Til 1ow. no land IL seen on either side,
But vast e1panse Of waters, daTk.as night,
While silence reigns supreme-silence 50 dread,
And darkness 50 profound, a whispered word
Would seem q thunderbolt. and deepest night
Would seem as II il we're the fairest day.
A shattered bark moves slowly down the stream
The waters at her prov seem scarce to part,
So quiet 10 the tide on which she floats
DARK clouds, the like Of which have never yet
0'erspread LIES sky, hang heavy all around.
And Time, afraid to enter Deaths domains,
Has taken wing and sought a SUMMER cline.
Old Age sits helpless in The battered bark,
Ard calmly waits Er his expected guide,
Tor though he sails upon an unknown sea-
With Darkness, and her sister, Solitude
Compositions feared and dreaded most by ALL
Yes noughi he fears, an angels pledge, he knows,
IL always sure. will shortly be redeemed.
But now the trying mnment has arrived,
The broken bark lets In the waves Of death
"Oh haste thee, angel, haste I need thee now
a moments pause, and be is by his side
Hail, happy voyaser, hail, I come to bear
Thee worn and wearied, to the land Of r-st-"
All rzdian. shines the old mans face with joy,
So eeauteoas to behold. one scarce can tell
whch Is most fshr. the pilgrim or his guide;
One hand be lays in peace across his breast,
IN. ether taken By his spirit guide,
Who bears him gently from the bark away,
While notes Of triumph. from ar angel band,
waken The silence Of the vale Of death
An radiant now With Heavens glorious light
And nov Cor aye the storms Of life are DER,
A biasfsi haven ssinei-s peaceful shore
aahoz College, Honolzkr. May, 1862
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