The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1865-12-21
from Blackwood's Magasine.l %
CLEOPATRA.

ASdmo Apicea Nromatlc pasture u
That wound the blue smoke OF its Oior ~. p
.Is now but an ashy hill.
g ScAtterupon me rose-leaves. 81 -ts y g.. ~
Thcy cool me after my sleep,
.g.: And with sandal odors fan me i7,pA
80, Tillinto my brain they creep; .,.,
Reach down the lutte, and play me III
70 SEA melancholy tune. f."nA1l r E,
D., To rhyme with the dream that has vanished,
.sstA And theslumbering afternoon. .- aa
There, browsing in golden sunlight, l1
ti38 Loiters the slow smooth Nile, ru
Through slender papyri, that cover
The sleeping crocodile. ~,
,tdT The lotus Tolls on the water, i-...r..rg
And opens its heart Of nold, ' q
q, And over its broad leat-pavement =,
Nevera ripple is rolled. a, o.. .
%, The twllightbreeEe is too lazy
Those fea,hery palms to wave,
And yon little cloud is As motionless
Asa stoneabore gave.
All, mel this lifeess nature .t
oppresses my heart and brani
Obi for storm and thunder
For lightning and wild force rain
Fling down that lute--I hate it!
Take rather his bucker md sword, .-
-.i. And crash them and clash them together
Till this sleeping world is stirred. e..
.a., Harkl to my India beauty
My cockatoo, creamy white, 0,
With roses under his feathers
That flashes across the light. -. r.. ~.
.rh Lookt list eni as backward and forward
To his hoop ofgold he clings
How he trembles, with crest uplined,
And shrieks as he madly swngsl
81 oh, cockatoo, shrek for Antonyl
't Cry, "come, my love, come homel"
Shrek, "Antsnyi AntonyI Antony" Biol.
Till he hears you even In Rome.
Thero--leave me, and take from my chamber
That wretched little gazells, ~
withits bright black eyes SO meaningless,
And its silly tnkling bell
Tako him-my nerves he vexes-
,.s The thing without blood or BRAN ,.,.s
Or, by the body Of Isis, ~. ti
.',i,, III snap his thin neck in twain
80 Leave me to gaze at the landscape -.,..T.
Mistlly sretcnnB away,
When the afternoons opalne tremors a..
tzs Ger the mountains quivering play;
Till the hercer splendor of sunset ''''
Pours from the West its FIRE,
And melted, as IN acrucible,
Their earthly forms expire;
3, And bald blear skull OF the desert - . 49,.
:. with glowing mountains is crowned, n
That burning like molten jewels Vi % 3 =
Circle its temples round. % 90
.,-,-o,..sr ,f:. -...5 .l....,..,... q.
will lie and dream Of the past-tme,
Eons ofthought away, r'
And through the jungle OF memery
.- loosen my fancy to play; .r ed.
When, q smooth and velvety tiger, - .'|
Ribbed with yellow and black,
- Supple and cushioned.footed ID .l.II
'.e wandered, where never the track
...' ofa human crea ure had rustled
M The silence of mighty woods,
,s1 And, fierce in tyrannous freedom,
eN Iknew but the law Of my moods,
The ei.phant. trumpetinc, started
.iaa' when he heard nv footsteps nosr, '.-
And the spotted siraifcs ied wildly
,,,I sucked in the noontide splendor, 4.,.. g..
ouiverinc along the Glade,
t- Or ryavnuR, painting and dreaming,
~, Basked in the ta,narsk shade, -,s. D..
% Tifl heard nv wild mate roaring,
As the shadows of night came on,
2 peg To brood in the trees thick branches,
- And the shadow of sleep was gone;
Then reused, and roarcd in answer,
~ And unsheathed from my cushioned feet
My survng claws, and stretched me,
Aud wandered my mate to greet fr
% We toyed in the amber moonlight
gl Upon the warm fiat sand,
And struck at each ether our massive armG,-
a How powerful he was and grand
As he crouehed and Razed at mo,
And his o,IiyerIng tail, like a serpent,
-is Twitched curyinp neryously. .'a
Than like n storm he seized me,
with a wild. triumphant cry,
Ana ua met ne two eopds in heaven tll
.s' when iba thupders before them av
wa cranbled and struggled together,
For his love like his rage was rude;
Fl Andbis tseth in the swelling folds Of my nee
n IA times. in our NAV. drew bloodl
80
Often another sutor- .rt
For was aexilc and fair
II Fought for me in tho moonlight,
''1 while / lay COUGHING there,
,a,, ~. A,.,a -. ara,rea h,, ,h. a...r,.
ua,iosod uu ~. " .ns pI I.S hasias SDu ma p'"
To breathe hum vast halfnOur.
Then down to the fountain we lohered,
Where the antelOpe' came to drink
Ess 2 bolt, we .prans upon % men,
wn S,sn% S' ,Ssr hsu n,ond IS and S nm'Gss,A.m
And tore them limb from limb,
.,- And thehupgriest lion doubted
80 nc 4''pu'su WV" "'"'' -
That was lilo to live fOrl
i,S not tbs sc,a weak human SondIS.. ne,