The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-12-28
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
The Cts-s.g Year.


aEoHaE o. FHESrteE-
o., W. r-proae- Ihs ss-sins beautiful Eae- apprO-
= g. ~ -es-an-
n. nsid,frt.f's haly haar-ani silenes aow
.. br.-IinE. ms a ErntIs spirit e'sr
TA~ .tn and pstl-.Is-- world fitrk on The winds
rAs B~n'. dep s~~Ilinx3 Ms the knsn
ofths slspartc.i year. Ne funeral traia
H. .a.-rpur past yet, a the stream and WOOD,
VIA nshanshoIy light, ti's mooabsam- rest,
The pai~ .patis-- shruuag the air Is stirrd,
A. by a mourner. SIGH AMI on yon eouf,
Tast faafs -tin ard piashiiy through heaven,
The .pirita az the ~ stand,
Young spring. bright summer, Autunln's solemn form
And wiut~r with his aged locks, and breathe
IN nnanrnhiI casl-nee- that abroad
Ilks ths Gsr winftharp's Wild AMI touching wall,
A a,shuucholy JirEr o'er ths dead year,
Gone from the earth hrsver. |ris time
For memory and Gor Within the deep
sen chambers % the heart, a spectre dim,
Nho-r tunes like the wizard voice of Time,
fIearI from tomb Of azes, points its eoLi
AMI .olrmn engsr o the beautiful
nd hay visions that have pa-sd away,
AnI tcAt no shadow Of their sveiiness
en- the dead waste ofHss. That spectre Hfts
Ths cpfhs-lid al hops, aad boy, and love,
And. bending mournh4ily above the pale
sweet s,ms that sIamb-r there, scatters dead flowers
O'rr what has pa--'d nothingne-s- The year
Has gone, and, with "a, many glorious throng
Cf happy dreams. Its mafk hs ou each brow,
q. shadow ir each heart In IA. swim course,
O. wavet it, scsptrs DER the beautiful,
And thsy "a laid IL paIid hand
Upan The strong man, aud the hanghty Som
l. ALLEN, and tIr flashing eye is dim
"a trod the hail Of reveiry, where throngd
The bright ant B,yoa-, and the fearful ~ail
Of stricken ones . heard, where erst the song
And reckless shout rvsounaiesi- IL passed DER
TIE bastI--plain, where sword ami spear ani sheti
Fhu.h'd in the light Of msi,iay-and the strength
OF -erried hosts rs shivered, and the grass,
Green frgm the sol of carnage, waves above
Tne er,t-hd and moabierinR Skeleton IL came
And f,ded Iike a wreath of mist at eve;
Vet, "a melted ia the viewIess air,
It beraided ifs miIlioes TO their home
In the dim hand 81 dreams. RsmorSssss Time
Fierce spirit of the glass and seythe-what power
Gun stay him in his silent course, or meit
III. heart q pity, On, -sin on
he pres-es, and 6brevsr. The proud bird,
The eonsIor of the Andes, thai
Through heaven's anEtfhouable DEPTHS, or brave
Ths fury of the northsrn hurricane,
And bafhe his plunlagr in ths thunsier's home,
Furis his broad wings nighthall, AMI sinks dosu
To upon his mountan-erag.-bat Time
Knows not the 'seight Of sleep OF wcarinsS-,
And nights deep darkness has chain % bind
Bi. ru.h.ng pinau-. Revolutions sweep
Der earth, like troubled visions DER the breast
Ofdreaming sorrow; cities and sink,
Like bubbles ~ateri aery ISLES
spring. BAKING. from the ocean, and 90 back
To their my sterious eaverns mountains rear
To hcavea their bald and blaeksn'd cliffs, and bow
Their tall hcssis 90 the plains new empires rise,
Gathering the strength of hoary centuries,
And rush DOWN like the Alpine avalanche,
startling the nations and the very stars,
Yon bright and baruing bIszonry of Cod,
Glitter awhile in their eternal DEPTHS,
And. IKE the Picia.ie-, oveIiest of their train,
Shout from their Curious spheres, AMI pass away,
To darkis in the traekie-- void yet Time
Tine, ths tornb-buikier, holds his aerce career,
Dark, stern, alt-pifilcss, and pausss not
Amid the mighty wrecks that strsw his path,
To sit and muse, like other eouq.ersrs,
Upon tha icarfai rum he has srought,