New-York tribune., 1875-10-09


owcd close sweet Ina her face held down ~ though
e. went" and, in the rear. old Morgan-all rd:nl
aght and silently against the level And quietly
king no moan, one died. and then another; but In'
cd-was there some breath in her hear; OF all i'm
Irtal hopei And steatiily Morgan kept on
1.-THE dead dead. and that were best"
Bu he rode with scant following, when at last o.
mo 10 the Ship ia the Desert" the dead and stranded
p in the midst Of the dead. white waste of sand tha
4 been a sea. Since this ship names the poem
Il since its description IL in tnc authors best hammer
IL give you portion Of Il.
4 lonely si,ip vcbuilt and trim,
And perfect ali IN hull anu mast.
No storm had stained it nny whit.
No ,easrIis set their teeth In 1t.
Her masi3 were white as ghosts and tall
Ter decks wcr ~ Of yesterday.
the rains. the elements, ana all
Tba moving things ht brHg decay
Gy fair green lands or fai-cr Sral.
Had touched not harr for ccn;drie'.
10. datc had lost all reckoning.
Aul Time had long forgotten all
IN This lost land. aud 40 Now thinS
Dr old could ln"Wis" Detail,
Or morrows or g yesterday,
For Time went 10y llr other way.
The ages have not any course
Across this urtracEed waste
TIE sk,
Wear. here one blue, unbcndius hue.
Tho hr.v;.us one unchanc.rg IN pOd.
Tho far s. IA stGrs trey filter through
Tne heavens. falling bright and D1d
Acain-; thc sands ~ beams of gold
rhr wide white moon forscts her .orcr'
The very rides round and nigh,
AZ IL ~ siiun t.is solitude
what dreams Of gold or c'hques, Irov
The nak k-Huili sra-,rg 20 these seas.
Err Eirtn Old Earth. unsat.siied,
Roae ap :,.i shook man in disgust
From on hc- wc3ret breast, dnd thr'v
And smOt:. MS cities down, aad dried
These measured, tOWn-sct seas 70 dust!
Who lTVd these decks'
What captain knew
The straits that lei 10 lands Ike tl;cN,
Blew soutL-s,,I breeze or nortl-sca breeze!
What spicad winds whl5lcd through This s1ill
What blnners sircam'd above jhrsc Se.s
And what stran ~ seaman answered back
10 other naG-AinS.s beck ana hail.
1hat blew Gcr' - his foany traca.
sought Jason here the golden heccei
C,mc T'r1iaa shp5 80 ships ol G,tc'r
Cams drcka dar&-:nann'd from ShiiE inJ,
wood here by apdriois y OOiES Hl;id!
40 Ike grand sW"r; WOMAN. whcu
i great love mos cs her soui To n:n
Came here strong ships Of Solomon
la quest Cf Op'iir br Cajapy
=. down and dream or rriS withdrawn,
And every sca-Drrath drawn away.
St down. SIT down
wHai i. tha ep1i
That W. 20 on still i,l,doaing
Great !tIn rlius or wells - wood.
llgh masis Oi OAK or any thlngf
10. aii ilings moving must 90 by.
T!s ,ca l.ss dcJd Bchod. this land
St, '.ola;c u il,ist beside
Ills snow -Wl.'tr seamless ~hruhd ui sand;
The very ciui.ds have wcg; ANA died,
ANA only God is ia the sky
Tho .tna, igy hcayed. - he wed by waves.
As fas'ou'd ~ . thcnsani graves:
Ana wrecks af storm blown Hcr" .nI there,
Aud dead iarn scattered eVcrSE here
Aad strangely clad they Sc..n'i to b.
Just as Ghcc sank IN that Old -ei.
And anchor, hull. and cas,-away.
Ana all ih'HgS that the misr" dr y
Doth In h.s dags slns locker Keep,
To r;!l' and l"'i ground them ray.
T.-, beside tl,i, shin Of da tn. in the wids of this
Ed dr.oat,on the long pursuit was ended Naequcs.
done of all his company, was killed. hy the last %
rgan'. id.;hid hiaek men, AMI the Sim. old 'a king
his child nlnn' remained alive. ,Ir mate honi" for
P. . ltcr that u . spo' fair { might have been the
THY Paradise but Ina wa never seen - SMILE. She
AL crh's frui,ag ~ her commando thousand binds
4, :or her. hh there WAS bird 81, hal heard sing
x ago. who never comes now, ani bis name was Love.
The nntt.-rl wnitc-wincad turtle dove.
Tho chauecfulthruGtci brilin-, love,
That came. that sans rhrorgl t"0pir tres,
Inen icw for a} HCf"s' the seh'.
Sic waters kiss her feet; above
IIar i.,,I f.r trees Hrr hins-nirins.
And fracI.ut with eternal STgiIS.
II,r birds her antelope ~ t.crr.
iIrr birds they would ht!id ~ her htir;
she only Wa,ts her blrilng, love.
Size turns, she ioah, along The plain.
Imporing love % come again.
hi' poem VIII anoid anho-t c'Iu' Sa'iN'af'oh 10 tWo
ses of peoplc-thosc who read to find frUl ard those
20 read 20 enjoy. think lave given extracts enough
show not only that it is true poetry, bul that ispoetry
a fresh and uncommon kind On The other hand |
Ild have quoted other passages which we're absurd
lu,Ii for laughter /: rs where mans soul
was mightier far
Than his great self, and surecd and fell
About himself as heaVing seas
Lift up ami lash, and boom, and swell
Above some solitary bar
Tnal hdgsis through blown SaaOa'> soI,
Aud wreck and toss etcinally.
pl,nty of rough lines. inartstlc EXPIRE %sons hOscn
,rl- mar the beauty OF this pocn-yOu can always
oosc whether you viii rejoice IN the warmth of the sun
examine with your glass the spos on is surface tOI
part. am contcn; to enjoy and am grateful to Mr.
Her for this fresh opportunity l. {. VI.