New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-03-16
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ar TIE At!IiUE % 'ALBERT EAs1ls"s
w. have .tood on the echoing beach OF
;le enchanted Antilles il sei!-Wasieu
rroitc, embraced by the grounds ol Lolu
purtno.., al Nassau, New providence
CaIyp.v. Ugis;aD Isle was present 10 our
fancy then. as ocean sent up us nuSi'"'
luurIrur Il; our feet. and bendinS cocoa
trrrs above tprrad :heir tuittd leaves Oh
The strong sea breeze. Spairy walls com.
,,o,,l ;ha. rocky cell. and various tinted
ALni.s we're its mosaic floor.
Eu, freshness. reiuvenating and sooth'
iug calaIness Of repose hallowed its grand
srs!usion from the hustle of life. Far away
cyer blue and undulating waters shone the
lurnin sun of the tropics. That treHen'
tlnus element where hurricanes at times exc
pend their fury. like a sleeping hon. only
iuagei strength in repOse. while halcyon
gales futtered over his serene majestic
frunt, and, here and there. a white SAL IN
dictated that some moving castle OF the uh
lathorI.d deep iearlessly trod his pathway.
guided by the skill Of man.
a glorious sunset came down IN its west
Indian .piendor, and sea and sky seemed
mingled in one blaze of cleaning magnlh'
crncc. Where the horizon blent with shad'
owy waters one could scarcely discern. and
n Hood Of -adience, unknown save in orr
entail heavens. beame6 alike Oh sky and
ocean. The grand panorama was before
us. not produced by the skill Of Initiative
Inar, but wrought out by His mighty hand
",yho rules upon the deep. and whose pa'
y;iion round about hiIu are dark waters
and :hick clouds Of the sky" Shade
after shade, drawing her evening
rahtis @. sespfendence about her.
Day feiir ed trom the scene. yet was there
no darkness. for the broad saffron queen OF
the mid world, Bahams. rode forth in her
Eiittegins car. Oh ocean smiled at her Sc.
rene advent, and gave his broad hreas. to
her si!,es sheer. Then the sea breeze took
wing. and crisping the pillows Of tie in.
.diufgen: deep. came singing a low sweet
cong, and scattering Il white foamy spray.
.i:olian harrs seemed newly strung in the
besf!ins caves, and even a mournful tone
blen. witt. ;hsir spiE!: wailings.
High above tamarinis shook their
long pods and whispering leaves like the
prpul tree OF Eastern climes. and all that
;tober wrote of moon light in BengaTs
c!ime came back 20 our thoughts. But
busy boats now broke upon the scene
tnan va. 4. work 20 mar the 9uietude of
na!uvs's magnitcsnce. Bugles sang along
tho .erp: slitteying oars smote its tranquil
bosotn, and phOsphoric sparks seemed
Eivuv Of wave born stars. On they :oiled.
those tropic fishermen. and their light
stif!S bounded forward AZ though grim
wrecks were not buried beneath their ad.
sehturous track, and only a few planks
divided them from that vast liquid world
whose secrets have never been explored
and troM whose deyouripg jaws there !, no
redemption. But the ocean was one vast
plain Of serenity how, and we'll inerited the
apreilat!oa OF deceitfui which has often
been bestowed on its occasional calm. Fire.
flies came ont In immense numbers about
thG entrance 90 the cave: there was light
cu Ocean, on land and in heaven above. In
short. this was only a specimen Of a iniider.
bat still! !ustrcus day which makes Tie eve
s:n: OF these :ropic islands.