The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-06-12


his glittering shield;
Far and wide in sunny splendor CLEANS the
lce-engirded feld
And the swelling freshet murmurs gay spring
dlttIes as 10 flows,
Till it's noisy life 1t mlngleS In the oceans
grand repose, ......-.sa
Aud In silence,
Dream-fraught silence,
Ger its course the pillows close.
On the strand they gaYly played, where the
trembling birch trees grow,
Children both with golden ringie's and with
cheeks like Made n snow,
Wherein blusned fresh, spring-like roses
blushed and hid, and blushed again,
While they plucked the shining bubbles,
smooth.wOru by the stormy main;
And in silence,
Ripping silence,
Chants the sea its old refrain.
She, the fair and gladstone ma den, raised her
head and called his name
He was deeD-eyed, light and slender, shy of
mien and slight of frame.
Like laughing brook, she skip ped to and
fro along the strand .t
he was grave, like noddlng fern leaf, gently
by the breezes famed,
Which in silence,
PeDsive silence,
Grows upon the brooklet's sand.
"Ragnas," said she. "when Gods angels visit
will This world of ours,
They descend-so mother told neon the
YOkul's shining towers.
Now, If should die, then promise thou wilt
climb he peaks OF ice, rsH s .s
And my hand I'll reach to help thee up to
Gods bright paradise" .--.....s...'.
But il silence,
Wondering silence, ..ser
GaZ6d he in her innocent eyes.
It was summer Thrush and linnet sung
their gladstone summer-lay;
Through the fr>trees' cooling vista rose the
catarsets white spray
And the light blue smoke OF even Ger the
darksome forests tell - .2
Rose and fingered like lover loath to bid his
love farewell
And In silence, a.5
Wistful silence,
Shed its peace DER sunlit dell.
On the pleasant hillside sat they, where the
silvery brches grow,
And tn eternal SUI Of midnight bathed
them IN lis fitful glow
She. maid of eighteen summers, fresh and
fair as NOrway's spring
Tall and dark brewed he, like pine-woods In
whose gloom the Hulders# sing,
t- When in silence.
Deep-toned silence,
Night lets drop her dusky wing.
1t was row that he must leave her, aud the
waves ard tempest breast;
Heayy-hearted sat they. gazing on the
YnkuPs flaming crest
And she spoke "Oh, Ragnas, never, while
yOn airy peak shall gleam
Der our hstne. shall forget thee or our
chlldhood's blissful dream,
Uniil silence,
Death and silence,
Freeze my heart and memory g stream"
Up he eprang, and boldly looked he toward
the mi jnIght.hghr &c west;
Seized her white, soft hand and pressed it
closely to his Ihrobbing breast
And the love his childhood fostered, and in
youth made warm his blood,
Trem0ied on his lips, trembes bursting
flower in freezing bud
All, but silence, '
Fatetul silence, .E .
Held tbs MI nty feelings food.
Years had passed with autumn's splendor,
like a glistening shower OF gems ,
DOubIy rich the sunlight streamned from the
YokuPs dlaGems; #a
Once again. in joyful rapture, Re his native
vale heheld,
For the love long years had iostered whIsp.
cred still CT faith uuquelled,
Spite OF silence,
Ii 4pless silence.
That the tlmid tongue had spelled.
And his boa shot swiftly onward we'll the
ro"ers piled their oar,
Till heavy tOllng reached them from the
church tower on the shore
And Il solemn train OF barges slowly wound
their peDsive way
Through the hush-ed waves that gllttered DER
their image in the bay;
.. And the silence,
Listening silence, a
nimmed the spendor of the day.
o'er the barge that now drew near, countless
virgin lilies wept,
Telling that some white souled maiden In
the snowy bower slept.
Dumb be stood and gazed In terror on the
shrouI and lilies sweet,
And dread fOreboding filled him, and his
heart forgot to beat;
And in silence,
DeaJhike silence,
Fell he at the boatmans feet.
SO the parish people told me anC as years
OFT they saw hIm sadly staring on the flaming
sunset sky;
Watched the purple-stain-e Yokul, half In
joy and hat In pain,
as IL hoped he there To see her coming back
to earth again
Mourntd in silence,
Fatetul silence, ."
That had rent two lives atwain. r..
Till, at length, on Sabbath morn ng--deep-
voiced church bells shook the air
Willie 10 festal garb. the ohurcn- folk wand r
ed TO their house of prayer,
Reached their ears q hollow thunder from
the Gaciers overhead,
And huge blocks OF ice came crashing down.
Waru 10 the rivers bed,
rEiI... And in silence
y, Wrathful science ~..
Down the Ceething stream they sped.
"a breathiess hush that followed for
THU tttpe icy waste,
DER ON q shape dlscern.ed, madly, as By
Up the crystal lGds,,, c,,rohiro.
where ice-wails scre+n P""Sins no"
From the blast, then upwad snr;no,ro. o,o,
abyss and dread rayine P"sA"S ei
Until aiIpuca