New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-12-12
GARNIELA.


See n this mystic zone of Gains,
Like rich clond in sunset skies,
From MexicUs warm waters rise
The sic OF cocoa and OF palms,
The realm wEele summer never lies.
Ripe golden balls of sumptuous fruit
Hang Thick upon the orange trees
Soft blows the aromatic breeze.
And sweet the wild Canaries hutei
And gently roll the purple seas.
Here was thy childhoods dwelling-p'ace
q love, my love who lows not me;
Here did 81 thou gain the wltcher7
OF southland langour. Spanish grace,
And emerald eyes arch coquetry.
Thy sisterhood is darkly tair,
with glowing cheek and night'black Gprlsi
Thy pure flesh hath the sheen OF pearls
n waves OF light thy l0Osened hair
Its warm gold to thy feet untur.s.
Thy s.sterhood is rich in faith,
of generous passion, gentle heart;
Whence dldst thou glean thy tatai Art,
Whose subtle cunning fashiOneth
\ Let 10 man may rend apart
II could deem thee Of this earth,
NV witch my siren, my despaii'
Ny curse wonid blight thee. But, bewarel
kuoa the my sterv Of thy birth
The Secret OF thy life share
Twas on that night, the crown of nis-ts,
All brightest days utshiuirs Tar
separate sun beamed every sta
SOFT airs breathed ianguid from the heights
Noluptuous as loves sighings are
larmela mlre--for mine thou vast
BY every prom So, pledge and WV,
md by my seal set GU tiny brow
Within thy garden all that passed
That kight, dost thou reniem Der now
How hou within thy hammock rocked
Beneath the udUIous cedar trees
Rose. white as sprung from foam of seas,
Dldet lie with sn ling lips unlocked.
And lightly sway with every oree4et
And watch the glimmeIing fiery htes,
The throbbirg stars in heavens cain
ana point TO where single pam
stood cat against pale seas and skles
Md breath the nights enchanting balm
But saw BsUght save only thee,
White, 1.-the, with thy mermsideH's hair,
And THESE never cease to aeei
\ shadow on the empty air.
| set my seal upon thy brow,
Nine own bears now deathless flame
Thy lips remember whence it came
All men who greet me sec and know,
And whisper low thy pe1jured name.
once once, then nevermore again
Within my hair thy wreatht hands met
Upon nv brow the print was set
That fired my blood and scared my BRAIN
And thou hadst down. Dost thou forgetf
Follow me mott heard thee cry;
And my religion was thy word.
Was 1t the MARBLE Of bird,
Or low peal OF laughter nigh,
Among the bushes that heard!
I pressed my face where thine had pressed
And sank adown upon my knees
Beneath the odoreus cedar trees;
The hanging cradle caressed
Where thou haist swayed with every breeze
know not if walked or slept;
A strange, clear vision came to ME;
iancied bad followed thee;
Ger grass and stone and rill we leapt,
Down 10 the large, smooth troplc sea,
There had reached thee but, behold
With low soft laughter IN the wave
Thou springst and ere spring to save
Thy sister mermaids' arms enfOld,
And draw thee to thy native cave.
There sportest then the livelong night,
Regretting paught thou leav'st behind;
No trace upon the waves find
save a pale ember-colOred light
There where thy hair iew in the wind.
9ut when the first cool beams of morn
Through the green waters pierce and shine,
Back TO these earthly haunts OF thine
Thou wilt return, and laugh TO scorn
The pledge, the love the dream divine.
So if deemed thee of this earth,
Ny witch my siren, my despair
My curse would blight thee. Yet beware
know the my stery OF thy birth
The secret OF thy life share.
-Lippincotts Magazine.