The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-03-01
rHE .sURORa RORESLES.

II 10 gala time in the northern halls:
King Arcturus receives tonight,
And the broad expanse OF his palace walls,
| Is ablaze with coruscant light;
That flashes, and leaps TO the zenith far,
As il 10 burn out the staid polar start
| Lol how splendid that incandescent pile,
With it's tow'rs and battlements high.
Frescoed. as 1t wore, by Jehovah's smile.
| On the gloom OF tho midnight sky;
Where fancy describes noble guests within.
Doing Tonnage royal favor to wlni
| Civilians, and sol iers- ana County danes,
Seem massed ia that lofty saloon.
While ho iightfrom great open windows flames,
Higher than walks the crescent moon;
And their forms see, in q masy throDg,
Thyough the vivid glow Of its pencils long.
| now, there rush through the frey arcade5 grand,
Stately warriors in arInor brlght.
Pressing forward TO kiss the august band,
or the monarch throned there in light;
And catch the sparkle Of jewels rare,
On the sweeping trains OF their ladies' gar
Now, a Knight On flashing charger aseat,
With long lance, spurs, and plume of ire,
Dashes up, and grooms spring forward To meet
This grandee in scIntilisnt tier:
Then, he bows himself IN the presence place,
With naughty bearing and chivalric grace.
Now. AL mix and whirl In the glddy dance,
And swift steps mark the musics beat,
But the King know by the gems that glance.
And burn from his head to his fest;
While pulsing melody seems to thrill
Through the soft night air. and my being fii.
Then see them group round the brilliant board
Where the golden covers are laid;
And servitors pass in twinding horde,
With dainties Of every grade.
All richly alight with roseate flame,
Which might simos, the brightest noou-day
shame.
Soon the scene is changed to temples nara,
With concourse OF spirits there
In shining robes. who their white banners wave,
And beckon tie children OF care,
To drop ther burdens, and climb tho bright
way,
Which leads up from earth 20 supernal day.
Anon. tho old Hebrews dream-lsdder bright
Appears, with ITS angelic forms:
And 10Y spirit mounts, on it's rounds of light.
Above all times buffetirg storms;
And downward looks with contempt on the Ills.
Which show 20 small from these heavenly Mills !
Could We often, thus, from Pisgah height
sea the angels immortalles bloom;
And measure hfes Brightness by truths clear
sight.
And in faiths firm hand weigh its gloom;
With sprinSIng step we could onward speed
Though over rough spots our pathways might
lead.
Charmed by this picture sublime, forget
The poor, triflinS pagcants of earth;
And follow, in thought. each igneous Jet
From its humble horizon birth.
Up beyond proud Orion's farthest goal,
And make 1t the typo Of human soul
So ever approaches the restless mini,
Like this streaming boreal light;
la loftier ranges seeking to find
A point, where its all-cravlns sight
It's vision immortal-msy overlook
And the mighty lore read in natures book.
Why shrink, then, when called TO yield the dark
screen,
Which shuts out the coveted view?
Death but tends thu curtsin 10 change ths
acone-
To open one mystic and new;
One. which will solve the deep problem OF Mo,
And end this great mental turmoil, and strife.
HAMILTON, Mich, Feb. 1874.