The daily clarion. [volume] (Meridian, Miss.) 1863-1866, 1866-03-25
THE DAILY CLARION
BY ALFRED TENNYsoN.

We left behind the painted buoy
That losses at the harbor mouth;
And madly danced our hearts with iOy
As fast We fleeted to the south:
How fresh was every sight aud sound
On open main or winding shore
We knew the merry world round
And we might sail for evermore
Warm broke the breeze aga INST the brow.
Dry sang the tackle sang the sail:
The lady's head upon the PROV
CduZnt The snrIII salt, and sheeT'd the GALE
The broad seas swelfd TO meet the keel
And swept behind: so swift the run,
We felt the good ship shake and reel:
We seemd TO SAL into the sun
How oft we saw the sun retire
ana burn the threshold OF the night,
} ali from hIs ocean lane of fire
And sleep beneath his pillard light
how oft the purple-skirted robe
vi twilight slowly downward drawn
AS throug h the slumber of the globe
Again we dash'd into the dawn
New stars all night above the brim
OF waters lightend into view;
They Climb'd quickly, for the rim
Changed every moment a. we flew.
Far Kan the naked moon across
The houseless oceans heaving field,
On flying sbone the silver boss
Of her own halo's dusky shield.
The peaky islet shifted shapes
High towns on hills were dimly seen,
" e pass long lines of northern Capes
" 18th dewy northern meadows green,
We came to warmer waves and deep
Across the boundless east we drove
Where those long swells of breaker sweep
The nutmeg rocks and isles of Glove.
BY peaks that famed, or all in shade,
Glcon'd the low. coast and quivering brine
With ashy rains that spreading made
Fantastic plume or sable pine,
BY sands and steaming fats and foods
OF mighty mouth we scudded fast
And hills and scarlet-mingled woods
GlOwd for a moment a. we passd
VII
o hundred shores of happy climes
How swiftly stream'd ye by the bark!
At times the whole sea burn q, at times
With wakes Of fire we tore the dark
At times a carven craft would shoot
From Ravens hid in fairy bowers,
With naked limbs and fiower8 and fruit,
But we nor paused for fruits nor flowers
ynI.
For one fair vision ever lied
Down the waste waters ddy and night
And still we followd where she led,
In hope to gain upon her fight
Her face was eveTmOre unseen.
And fix'd upon the far sea-lIne;
But each man muImur'd O. my queen,
1 follow till make thee mine"
And now We lost her, now she gleamd
Like Fancy made of golden air,
Now nearer to the prov she seem'd
Like Virtue firm like knowledge fair,
Now high or waves that idly burst,
Like heavenly Hope she Crowu'd the sea
And now, the bloodless point reversed
She bore the blade o: liberty.
And only one among Us-him
We pleased not-he seldom pleased:
H saw not far his eyes were dim:
But ours he swOTe all diseased:
"A ship OF fools' he shriekd in spite
a ship OF fools" be sueer'd and wept;
And overheard one stormy night
He cast his body, and on we swept
And never sail Of ours was furrd
Nor anchor drOp'd at eve morn;
We loved the gloTies of the world,
But laws of nature were our scOrn;
For blasts would rise and rave and cease,
But whence were those that drove the sail
Across the whiTlwinds heart of peace
And to and through the counterga
A gain to colder chimes came
For still follow d where she led:
Now mate is blind and captain lame,
And half the crew are sick or dead.
But blind or lame or sick sound,
We follow that which flies before
We know the pleasant world is round
And we may sail for eyermoTe