The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1868-02-23
VOLUME 1.
rnrnue Star AND CATHOLIC lEssENakR.
NEW ORLEANs SUNDAY, FEBRUARY g, 1868
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HEKNINE.

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HERNINE.
A bark comes riding Der the wave.
It's canvas spread for hoEnei
Upon its deck the pilot stands,
Z BY feeling overcome;
For memory brings him back tho scenes
OF all lifes early time,
And sets his thoughts to music sweet,
His words to flowing rhyme:
81 soon shall see my boyhood's home,
That home upon the hill,
Which looketh DER the oceans storms
x Yet peace there keepeth still.
NV boyhood's home = like Eden bright,
Where virtue reigned supreme
Shall soon reach its halowed light,
Or is this all a dreaml
ST see nv mother fitting past
The easement opened fair F~
49, long to clasp her to my heart
And bless her in my prayer
Oh! haste,Iny bark, that may see
My fathers faee-eaee more .
And fold my arms around his neck,
As in the days of yore "
Within the harbor now he sails;
He sees the signal sweet,
With which a mother 5 heart was wont
Her son 3 return to greet
DAYS glorious orb is shining bright
Its rays in beauty fall,
And tint with soft and golden light
The humble ottage wall!
He sees his mothers arms outspread,
He hears the tender tone
That tells him love, and joy ana peace
Are all again his own
One moment more-and all the storms
That ocean can command,
Shall not avail to wreck the bark,
Safe moor d beside the land
But ali Behind that point of rock
Is hid pirates mast!
Tfe sees alas the fragile bark
And bears upon her4ast!
With cruel .srapnel now she's seized,
- Her calls torn aside,
And at the sport of every wind -
She drifts across the tide.
The pilot hands and feet are bound;
.. They cast him in the hold
: His fathers face,hi mothers smile,
Nomore shall he behold! -s--
with tear, limucd eyes and breaking heart,
He settles meath tile wave,
= Where life. and love, and hope and youth :.
Soon find ynwning grave!
,But ere he sinks, upon his sight,
Dv darkened shadows cross d.
Flashes the vision : tortuliHS iiSut; =
5Of ell lifes blcssiugs-LosT,-----
Even so TIL immortal spirit flies
On Hopes exultant wing
Toward it own, its natiNc<skies,
Where joys eternal sfring.
my happy homez<fny happy home!
Thus floats the spirit song,
-. Ascending>1nto Heavens bright dome
TIL angelic host among.
Beyond the giuor,s-clouds of life
THE throne of God it sees,
And hears with yearning, raptured sense
Celestial harmonies!
The glory of its Fathers face
Shines out upon the sea,
wb,le round it breaks the radiant light
OF blest eternity! -
A Mother g hand is stretched to gii"e
The winderer's trembling feet'--
While songs Of angels far and wide
Proclaim a welcome sweet!
moment more-and near The Thrones
With happiness bowed down, u.s.
From hand of CD. sslss spirits brow,
Shall claim the .stss's crown |! s,.sssssss
Alasi in fearful ahadow hid,
e Demon angel watst
He checks the spirit in its fight,
And drags it from the gates
He heats it's pnions down to eartll.-
-s-He binds each Huttering plumej
And far from realms of heavenly light,
1t falls to realms of glooml
The spirit feels its pnions torn; s4l
Tt cannot reach it's marki - t&sS.
And back upon the surging sea
1t drifts into the dark - -
backward it drifts from looks Of love,
From smiles of tender grace ~,
From all the angels bliss above, -
From its great Fathers facet
From scenes of bliss and beauty rare,
From melodies most sweet
From joys own perfumeliaden,d air.,
From Blessed Mary's feetl -
Pnt ere ii sinks into the night,
-, By angry tempests toss'd,
1t secs once more, by Faiths own light
The glories it has LOST
OH had the PILOT TUNED aside
From Pleasures golden sand.
His bark had flown across the tide,
And moored near Edens strand;
And had the SPIRIT proved but truo
.-s.g- Unto its mission given,
Itwould have escaped the demon view.