The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1863-01-15
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
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4 Rural Sketch.

For the COml
4 Rural sketch.
scEss-A n1ouu,aiH riGgs that orerlooks l.
East Maui
Within this subtitle atmo-phere,
Where never crew the chantcleer-
go rare, one scarce can breathe within Il,
pause % pant, aud muse = minute
Upon big, high hill stand
A bigger ocean on each hand
% Lies low and Sc spreads ITSELF" and there,
The lines of wafr and Of air
Distinctly mark the place where slips
Old Sol and - men 60 down in ships"
Along the windward shore see
Foam-serpents IoI ing lazily,
Rising, extending. breaking, falling,
Rising again, uniting. crawling.
Round me, in A0i0kus % green,
Zach dreamy mountain ridge IS seen
wonder what they dream about'
Something % bressk-neck leaps, no doubt
Within the gorge, far down the steep,
The silver waters laugh and leap;
And stir themselves, to wash the faces
Of sundry stones, in divers places
Below, the seeming level plane
Shows white with sand ani green with cane
What cane, Csee Tenuyson,) kO Pt'G,
Il ancient lotus 4" certain shure.'
It is a sight to look upon,
That host Of green backs" In the sun
SEE their bright locks siIken How,
And their proud heads beuIihg low,
Ever nodding 10 and fro
To the trade winds as they goi
A sight 70 see I'd almost swoP
Jack-kniyes for each tasseI-top-
III h Haleakala, the abode
$50 ealled) of Sol, earth's earliest god,
Is an odd house. IT'S famed for cinders
Has sky-Iights, but no doors nor Z" winders"
Il stands upon the other side
OF the plain-a plain, say eight miles wide.
Above that uHdsT-trOrld Of cares,
Deb.s, duns, distractions, dreams, despairs,
Aud all the other ills that life
And flesh encounter, in the strih.
OF giant men, upon this small
One-atom earth, which each and all
Struggle TO have. hold, aud convey
To their posterity, for aye;-
The toll, the fret, the wear and tear
OF brain end bone aud nuscle-gear,
Above that world, our Iiies' substratum,
There are, alas could We get at EN-,
High places Of rspose-such places
As sinai, Ararat, Parnassus!
And, apropos, this very place
Where nOw stand, and, face TO face,
Hold discourse with the gods, who sit
ArounI me" What Is writ is writ"
But lest my muse should sprain limb,
And fall, dumbfOuuded let us skim
Across the plain What is that / see?
martial form, a miIk-white steed,
Caparisoned from tail to head
With FURNISHED silver, descry =
Or is il only = in my eye ?"
No, tits knight corPOreAi- real,
No =. false creation" nor IDEAL.
lie grips the pommel, slacks the rein,
And dasheS now across tie plain
His foaining courser, proud TO bear,
Kicks up a sand-clOud high in air.
He stops, he stooPs, he's down, for 10
His helmets Of, and rolls below
Can mistake his radiant poo -
That poo as bare and barren now,
As il the sun lit heavy brow
Of Haleakala. This minute,
Ia bet my own, It's his, and win it,
'ris EgOmet - L will descend
70 greet my long expected friend
And do the honors that are due
And dub him, knight Of waikapu."
The knights Of old, rs 1 have read
Somewhere, despised good meat and bread,
Pies, puddings, and all kinds Of yictual,
And cared for love alone, and metal.
rather guess as I'm Yankee,
Twas abstinence that made them cranky,
But there IS something in your port
hat says, you are not Of that SOFT.
% let Us in. at once, and there,
-0u may. sir, in good wholesome fare,
aste with our Ladies, Jeemes and me,
planters hospitality
hat ours Was a volcanic youth,
Thich ran in Iava-strearus. is truth
The son impeachment We confess"
nd yet, We Il" still i've none the less
~ hearts are not % those strange matters"
hat cave TO cold and extinct craters.
D let Us talk about the fair,
ox fare they, and how fair they are
Ell me what treasures may be found
n your plantation, 80 renowned
Or its productions, and So forth,
{ beauty, innocence and worth
ell M, how many fairy fee.
he strangers curious eye will meet
ow many pretty little pairs
axe music up and down the stairs
0w many s5fs white hands will prove
leir magic In a web % love
! short, how many booming misses
I've smiles almost sweet as kisses.
% swee;er far than All the posies
lat grow upon the &c Ranch 0f Roses"
esch-Heaven guard them from disaster