The Hawaiian gazette., 1874-12-09

Aud nov sit aud what may be-
And in my vision sye orse~m TO see,
Through floating vapors interfnsed with flight,
Shapes determination that CLEAN and fade,
A. shadows passing iuto deeper shade
Sink and elude the sight
For two alone there in the-hail,
is spread the table round and small
Upon the polished silver shine
The evening lamps. but more divine
The light of love shines over all;
OF love that says not mine and thine
But ours, for ours is thine and mine
They want 90 guest to oome between
Their tender giances like screen,
And tell then tales Of land and sea,
And Whatsoever may betide
The great forgotten world outside;
They want no guests; they needs must be
Each others best company
III.
The picture fades; as at village fair
A showmAu's views dissolve into the air,
To reappear transhgured on the screen,
So 10 my fancy this; and now once more
In part trAnshEured. through the open door
Appears the selfsame scene
Seated the two again
But alone; they entertain
little angel unaware,
with f,ee as round as is the moon
A royal guest with hAxen hair.
Who thrODed upon his lofty chair,
Drums on the table with bis spoon,
Then drops 1t careless on the hOOr,
To grasp at things unseen before.
Are these celestial mannersi These
The ways that win, the arts that please
An. yes; consider well the guest
And whats. ever be does seem bests.
he ruieih by the right divine
or heple.sue.s 80 lately born
In purple chambers Of the morn,
As sovereign over thee aud thine
He speaketh not and yet there lies
conversation in hrs eyes;
The golden silence OF the Greek,
The gravest wisdom Of the wise.
Not spoken in language. but in looks
More legible than printed books
As II he could but would not speak.
And now, monarch absolute
Thy power is put to proof; for lOl
Restless fathomless and slow,
The nurse comes rustling like the sea,
And pushed back thy chair aud thee,
And 80 good night to King oanuts.
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As one who walking in the forest sees
A
Thea sees it not for bOughs that intervene,
Or a. we see the moon sometimes revealed
Through drifting Clouds and then again concealed,
So beheld the scene.
There are two guests At table now;
The king deposed, and older grown,
No longer occupies the throne
The crown Is on his sisters brow;
princess from the FAIRY Tales,
The very pattern girl Of girls,
All covered and embowered in eurls,
Rose tinted from the Isle Of Flowers
And sailing with s0ft silkeR sails
Prom far Of Dreamland into
Above their bowls with rims Of blue
Arc looking. dreamy with delight;
Iampid a. planets that emerge
Above the oceans rourded verge,
son shining through the summer night
steadfast they gaze. yet nothing see
Beyond the horizon Of their bowls;
Nor care they for the world that rolls
With all lie freight Of troubled souls
Into the days that are to be-
Again the toasting boughs shut out the scene,
Again the drifting vApOrs intervene,
Aud The moons paIlid disk is hidden quite;
And nov i see the table wider grown,
Al round pebble into water thrown
Dilaies a ring Of Light
zee the table wider grown,
Isee it garland with guests.
Asif fair Ariadne's crown
Out Of the sky bad fallen down.
Maidens within whose tender breasts
A thousand restless hopes and fears,
Forth reaching TO the coming years,
FIutter awhile, then quiet lie.
like timid birds that fan would hy,
But do not dare TO leave their nest;
And youths who it their strength elAte
Challenge the and front Of fate
Eager as champions to be
In the divine kuight-eTautry
or youth, shat travels and land
See eking adventures, purSues
Through cities aud through soltudss
Frequented by the lyric Muse,
The phantom with the beckOning hand,
That still allures and stu eludes.
0 sweet ilusi ms Of the braiul
sudden thrills Of FIRE and frOsti
The world is bright while ye renaiu,
And dark aud dead when ye are lost
VI
The meadow brook, that seemeth to stand stiIl
Quickens its current it the mii
And 50 the stream Of Time that lngereth
In level places and 50 dull appears,
Runs with sweeter current as Ii neau
The gloomy mills Of DEATH.
And nov like the mAgieian's scroll.
That in the owners keeping shrinks
With every wish he speaks or thinks,
Til the last wish consumes the whole.
The table dvindies, and again
see the two alone remain.
The crown Of stars is broken in part
It's jewels brighter than the day,
Have one by one been stolen away
To shine in other homes and heArts
One is q wAnderer AfAr
In Ceylon or in Zanzibar,
Or sunny regions Of cathay;
And one is ia the bolsterOus camp,
mid cIink Of arms and horses tramp,
And battles terrible ARA.
Isee the patient mother read,
VIII Aehing heart Of wrecks that hoat
Disbled on those seas remote,
Or Of some great, heroic deed
On battle field, where thousands bleed
Tolifl one hero into fame.
Al. nful had