The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1870-01-14

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~ ". ". STORY.
ne Of tho most remarkable Of English poemA |
uouuced by high authorities, peerless. Il pottr
consuming ssrceaess Of passionate love. Al
ins Il one hss slmsst - much coupaasloa 6sr
~ Cleopatra. .,r ,rvoo
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Here, CHAIRMAN, take ny brscAets; ..,,
They bar with purple stain
Ny arms. Turn over my pillows-.
They arc hot where have laia.
Open the lattice wider,
4 gauxe on my bosom throw,
And let me inhale the odon
That over the garden dow.
I dreamed vas with my Antony,
And In bis arms lay;
Al, me! the vision has vanished
lts music has died away, '.''.
rae Aams and the perfume have pesashed-
40 this spiced aromatic pastite,
That wound the biac smoke Of 10 sdos
~ now but IN ashy hin. F.
Scatter upon me rose leaves,
'TbY cool me after my sleep. - ."'' -
And with sandal odov tan nae 20 .'.'-
TIL into my weiss they creep:
Reach down the lutte and play me
melancholy tune, II
Toshyns with . dsssm that has vali1AeA
Andthe slunbssing aitesnooa.
There, drowsiag b Golden ssalisht.
Loitsrs the Isw, smooth Nile,
Through sIeudes papyn, thst eovss
The sleepisg crocodile:
The lotVs lOlls on The water,
Ard opous IT, heart Of gold,
AID over 10 broad isaf-psvsment
Never hppas 10 noHsi. -,". '~..r %
The twilight bsssse h to issy ...s. .
Those fssthery palms 70 wave. g..
And you little cloud 10 - motioniess
40 stone above . grave.
All. me- this lifelcss nature
Opprcssee my heart and brain!
oh for storm and thunder
For lightning and wild, fierce raiu!
Fling down that lute--I hsts Il!
Take rather his bucklcr and sword,
And crash them and clash them together
TIL this slecping world h stirred,
Nsrk! 70 my Indian beauty
Ny cockatoo. creamy white, '--
With roses under bic featbcrs-
That flashes across The light. .
Look! listen! - backward aad forward
TO bis hoops Of gold he clings;
How he trembIes, with crest urlifted,
And he shrieks % he madiy ewiugsi
Oh, cockstoo, shrek for Antony!
Cry 'C0mc, my love, come home !"
Shrek. ''Au'ony! Antony! Antony!'
TIL he hears you even In Rome.
There-lesve. and take from chanbss
That wrctchcd little gascllc,
With Ito bright black eyca, 70 meaningless,
And it, silly, tiukiing bell;
rskc him---my nerves he vexes--
The thing without blood Or brain,
Or. BY the body Of Isis, .'
IN snap HE thin neck In twainl
Leave me to gaze at the landscaps
Atstily stretching away, ,. .,.
When the afternoons Opaline tremors
Over the mountains qnIvcring play:
Till the aercer spIeodor Of sunset
Pouu froa the west its 6rs "
And melted. - In = erae,ble.
Their earthly forms expire; p. ..a
And the hald, hlcsr skull of the desert
With glowing m0untains II c:owned,
That, burning like molten jewels. .- ...
Circle its temples round.
win lie and dream of the past tims.
Sons Of thought away,
And through the jungle Of memory.
Loosen my faucy TO play:
When smosth and velvety tiger. "
Ribbed with yellow and blsck, .... IA
Supple and cushion footed, .s--. p /
Wandered, where never the track 70
OF human being hsd rnstlcd
The silence Of mighty Wosds.
And 1sFoc ~ sysansous frssdou,
knew bat the law Of ~ noodA .'--il
The elephant, trumpetiog. started
When he heard my footsteps neas.
And The spotted girs1es aed wildly -r
In . yellowish eiosd Of fear. s, %.
Isucted In the nooattie spisodoe. t.,....
Quiveriug along the glade; .4..... ..
Or, yswning. painting and dreaming,
'Basked In the tamarisk shade, '".-. ~"
TIL hssrd ny Wild nsAe roaring - G %:
.AAtAe shsdows q night eaDs -. 1.. u
To bssod in.ths trsss' tAich bcaaches .~
And the shadow ef sisep vss xons,
Then roussd and rosred IN answs,
AID unsheashsd from ny cnshiosed fsse II
Ny csrving.ciaws, M arstcssd -. !fo :.
And vsodcssd my mate 70 meet. p;
ys Esysd In the amber moonlight
Upse the wasu, Dat sasA, -.N III
40 stsvck = eeeh sthss oar aaaslvs asu,s-.
How, powerful be wsA Iasd geanN =, ,,,
HE yellow eyes dashed lesosy
AZ he csouched ara sassd 4 ~. 49, ''''.
An6 hls Qutveeang tasl ma ssspeak '"''
lTwitoheA. caeyiR seriously: 3d., ~ "a
Then, like stoso, y seized ~ r..rhr ,
With Wild, tEiunphaut cry.
AsA usA . two c1eads is hsavea la2i ND, I
Whse the thuaders h,foss ttea H. " q,
We gsappled and ssrsgyied together. :,
For his love. like his rage. was fuAe: - y
Ard his teeth 10 The swelling selds q ~ ~
AtaosA II 0a' paay, dssw 'bissl. ''ar I,
- :. o.. 'tt,tI 49,. nv -'.r 44ibn! iu
Often another suitor--
EsfI UasA Acxlls ed Al- -iteE'O rirL
Essek sor - b ebe'moaaligAt ri js n p,
WAle I ~ egosshiag thre. ,.J,,a al ,
TN his blood vss draiasd BY sAs desert;
Aad rsnsa with triumph asA pswv,se. '""
uss Reked ~ md ~ besads NJ II H,ETUl
- bssatha hin . vat hals ha.r: 'tr,. iy
ThsaSowu TO the fouatain we ioitseeA
Where the sntslops came to dsink:
uks bolt ~ spssas upos thsa, Il ,ac'J
au'gns ~ had tias - aAsiak; o-,t ,nJ
We drank thsir bloea and cushsa tAsA
And tore them linb: b:fron liph o.
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