Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-12-12
(For the TRiBrSE
p THE FLOOD.
BY II. CHARLES Ev ANS.

Ely Il. ClIARlES EVANS.
INFORM in Armenia l-prriume-laden morn
AIl Rosy and glowing as that primal dawn
.-syss.. Whlc'i broke DER Eden, hen the Sons
of God
With peans made heav'n's glittring concavc
ring,
And sang symphonious with the morning stars.
The patriarch Moan stood before his tent,
Breathing the freshness of the newborn day :;
The orient sky with glory secm'd abiaze,
A. II apart heav'ns golden gates were flung:
Purest cernlean was the zenith's hue
While, flaming III the occdent, line
or opaleocent clouds their radIcncc shot
Far up the azure vant, whose elcndmg tints
or sapphire and of ruby, purple shunc
AS though in regal robes the Day had ris'u.
Around the prophet, in n shecny food,
The sunb-am>, Ike an aureola, played
And, falling o'cr the dew bespriuklcd earth,
Dtckd Natures vcrdant garb with living
gems.
Redocnt zephyrs tunu'd The old mans check,
Wantoning with hi, sy'ry, flowing hair,
And the redundancc OF the hoary beard,
Which, in torrent, DER his bosom fell.
Soft and me0dious caroIling. ct birds
Fell on his eur, making the ,caty groves
With music echo, as from bou.h to bough,
Fitting un rainbow piuonS, their clear notes
They Marhlrd forth in tri lings wildly sweet
And from the brilliant ilow'rets meath his
feet
Enamelimg he dewy, emerald sward
With coiors infinite and varied forms
There rose perfume like some incense rare.
Calm and mscrutable the patriarch stood,
| WNpp'd in his mantle, and with kindimg eye
tIu/pI q The UinrlDlIS HIS
bent
Beneath the weight of twice three ccnturics--
\, some tall statue OF the oldcn time
Erectiy towerd majestic een in age,
Upon his brow serene ,here dweit look
OF highest dignity, commingled with
sweet but grave benignily of mein;
Before bis dark eyes awc-ius piring glance
| Men bow Il, and rcverrnty silent stood,
| For, III their shadowy, mysterious depths,
| Shonc the reflex of Light Inctlnblc--
| The adumbration Of The PRESENCE bright,
| Who OFT with him had comnun q from amidst
Enclrcns clouds and fire, in thunder tones.
"Make thee an ark ~ The fiat had gone
tolth:
''The world will | destroy, save thee and
thine ~
Amid deri>ion boundcss, Moan had
| With faith unWaV ring, the behs Gheyed /;
| The ark Was finish d, and, upon this morn,
Gath'ring his soss and daughters, enter q he
With all his kin-thc massive portal closed,
And patient safe him down To hlde.thc time.
Days dawned successive, but the tranquil
No token gave Of Natures pending doom
| Yet stood the aged palrurch's simple faith
| FiX'd and immoyable As ileav u's decree,
Amid The gliding laughter of a word
Anon, light shifting clouds the skyobscur'd ;
A gentle ram descended Ito the word
4 grateful show'r but unto him who sat
| Within the, ark, The iatciui harhingcr
| OF the approaching elemental war.
| Day attcr day he ram conilnucu, fell
! Faster and iitrcer till The swollen streams,
Sug ging IN madness, tore away their banks
| Rich wales were flooded tents and kline were
swept
! Like straws adown the foamng torrents path
Aud men, biasphcming, cursd The driving
| sun tcrccr grew its rage, and mid the glare
OF binding lightning, and inccs>ant prais
| or hoarsc-yuIc q thunder, as II c!t'ract pUnrd /;
Erth's sw,uning lcgon- fled IN dire alright
Unto the bills, pursued by leaping waves,
And, clnging in dense masses - the rocks,
Fierce battied with the clements for life
Az icHgth WAS ncalu sound WhIcn paled
each check,
! And with Wild terror palspd ey'ry limb -
A faint yet fearful roar-distant ri first,
! Which louder, more distinct each moment
| grew,
Until It's mutt'rngs filed the startled air:
| The lab'riug carlh loud groan'd at its ap-
pIoach
AID ever and anon there came crash
| As II all Nature. by convulsons torn,
Nsf, tft 'i.,.s la, ;
Growing more terrible as il approached,
| Til, with blanch'd cheeks, th, myriad people
stood,
Aghast with horror, and, with quly'ring lips,
Whispered "TnE FLOOD The FLOOD -
And 10 sea,
The like of which no mortal Ger bphed,
! Came rolling onward DER the crOuchng earth +;
stretching It's waters to the utmost hounds
! OF The horizon, far a. eve could reach
Losing its foaming crest the cloud, among
onward it poured iis grand AID ma-sy waves :
WBne thc,continuai and rapid crash
Oi falling iorestS-ciiies proud o'erthrown-
And mountains from iheir firm foundations
hurled
Beneath its awful foot te s and the shrieks
W hich pierced the heavens, above the thun-
drnus roar
OF the on-ru,hiug ocean, As, deep whclmcd
Ey the ln>atialc eurges, --disapirafcd
Herds. blooming fields, proud cities num-
brrless,-
Kingdoms, and mighty population, ALL
| "IHE FOUNTAINS or the DEEP WERE BRO
kKS up !"
CHIcAGO TRlBCsE Next week We
shall publish the prospectus Of this great
paper for 1873 whatever it, faults a.
political journal, the Tribune stands
in the front rank of readable aeuspaperS
of the country lts editorials are able
and foreible, its fnaneial department