Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1874-05-14
TnK MARTYRS OF rHg soIwAr.


NJ FAA1SheAsA - ONE-@o-
Margaret Wis N, aged 10 years, for refusing I
10 ahjnre Tie CosenAIsi, Was hound ioA stake 4
On the sbofe Of the Soiway, and drowned N
the advancing hide. An aged " dow, her com |
paflJn iu f4tth AMI iIiDulation, vas hound 10 |
frept Of her, that she rDisil W iatihidaied oy
witnessing the iea'h ssEzigais. But Tue TWO
fIends epeoarased eaeB olner,s and praised TOD
IN their yoiees were choked in the waves.
Twice . day does the solway pour
Its rushing tides across the shore;
Twice day, In its eager haste,
Theres q foaniBg foods. sandy waste,
A. Il gatbsrs the spaihuf it, riyersf free,
And leads them dawn 10 the mighty sea.
Hark, the voice Of the comingtiie-
The rear Of waters W nd and wide.
Who dares 10 stand in their onward path?
Who braves tie might OF the oceans WRATH
Two forms midst evening light see,
Z Facing the whhe waves cruel glee.
Two eaptives, each with pinioned hands, |
Bound to ssskes in the cory sands,
One brow the hand Of time has worn,
One has the bloom Of youths fair morn,
Both alike In the changeless faith,
That clingsto God and smiles at death.
One b near 10 the breakers foam;
Une Is bound where the food tides come.
"Plaee them thus" the OPP ressor cried:
"When one is drowned in the rising tide,
The girl viii shrink from the threatening
doom,
For life is sweet Ia its spring-,me bInom."
And thus they stood. rot side by side
But fastened apart ia the swelling tide;
No hand TO help, no power To dee,
Facing the might oflhe angry sea.
Above them the evening sky is clear:
Around them the sands aud waters dTeaT.
Nearer aud nearer the waters come;
Their feet are chilled IN the rushing foam;
But each to each speak words of cheer,
For the love of God has coaq uered fear.
'"Remember, my child, who rules the ida.
Who bade the waters Of old divide:
Let not the pillows thy heart alright
He viii make path for our souls tom sht.'
Higher and higher the waves arise,
But the light shines on In those earnest ewes
"Mother, I'm think ing Of Galil.e
He walks on the waters 10 comfort me:
hear Him say while the surges roll.
They never shall oye-whelm my SOUL
The rising pillows onward haste;
A death sigh floats on the dreary waste,
And the young, slight girl ID left aone-
The waves sweep over that gaspiug posn.
Then friends that loyed her ia grief cam
near,
And besought her TO iiee tha, death Of fear
.rieid," cried they, "aud secure Thy life
Why shouldst lhou die 'mlas, the v Id wave
strfe.'
But Margaret looked with sre4Iias. eye,
From the restless sea to the restful SKY.
And she said, "The foods lift UP Their so.ce,
But thou my soul shalt in God ri ,ic..1
And she sung the words II Al ancie
psalm
How He mal.s the eeep 10 be smooth an
calm;
While her long, fair tresses r5se aud fell.
Frightening the waves with thcr Leayi.
swell.
Aud her last faint words as lie, yes grc
dim,
Said, al am, Chri.t's child, e, ne 90
Him."
Then her voice was lost in tie waters CID,
But Margaret was SAT. in the sayiJu-s folI.
SotvAin, not vain, vas tina, struggling brea
That conflict Hi,l pain. that Ii unph o
death;
1t has male the trli,h more lt-c.ntI, =, i;
II has warmed the heart ami i-i,-. the W j.
For the holy tide Of the martyrs 0.ooi
Round Scotland pollrs It's slDfioG, + :.
mightier tide than the rushing = a
deeper voice than the pillows foe.
1t tells how thu love OfGod made roug
woman's weak ueart, t. contend " i'll wro
II points 70 thy place in tie whi,e-robed D.
Where the noble amy Of maryis shine.
We look 10 thee in thine endless youth
Thou didst only tear 10 foTsake the truth
Thou didst fear not dealh OF the -ag iis "a,
Whose tides seem totrumph, not mourn,
Thee