The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1876-06-03

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''-.ssn shall bud mem'ry mirror Of the past
Lose its refecIOos mid irnagind scenes
or pleasures in the coming time :
And all winter gloom dissoving change
For the bright sunshine Of the balmy West .-..
Hush dd'st thou hear was il the deathshriek woke
The midnight slumbers Of that silent home!- -.b.
Hushfit Is uought Thought bat the watch dogs howl
OF melancholy omen bodng i'll -
Or screech Of nghtbird hooting TO the gale
hendish mockery Of mans distress.
Sleep on Beloved one for a while sIeep on - i
And gather up your strength for morning light
\ day Of waits you gird yourselves
With prayer and eanupon tn Eternal love.
Though FIe destroy, yet will trust in Him :"
Be this your motto and your quiyering souls
shall bear the shock unipturd, and along = q - -
The course OF life shall presently sail
In caImness the heaven, where they rest.
But-hush-again the news the dreadful news
Has reached our shores has paralyzed the hearts
OF all OH! say; it is not true! What! lost
All lost! All All! but snatcI'd from the deep,
a solitary messenger or woe,
I.eftoa the cruel waters 10 recount
His tale Of misery the fatal crash,
The rush, the panic--accents OF despair,-
The infants wal,-the Mothers piercing cry
The brave mans fight with DEATH and chivary
Unsehsh 70 his latest gasp. $50
And now another, rescued from the
But to confirm the Idings OF their fate
Pants forth fresh horrors from the awful wreck.
All lost No No! the agony is DER,
The dark cold waters Of destruction past,
And on the fearless shore they rest God grant,
In peace awaiting perennial bliss,
Purgd from all earth-stans in th' Ger wheImng tide
By Gods consuming Love, washd in the blood
OF Him whose dying Pangs weigh'd the
OF mortal agones, who tasted death
For all, that all. who will, might never de-
But only sleep-Nsother she is dead,
Tho she return not, thou shalt go TO her
In the far land when sea shall be no more
And from its depths yielded up the dead
PitiIess Ocean, thou hast done thy worst!
We ask not this or thee,-to hurl us back
In ruthless the forms Of those we loved;
Narrowing souls with bdeOus spectacle
OF marr'd remains, reluquish'd-but in vain.
Hide them oh hide beneath thy bTiny pan
CorTupti0n's spOiIs until the day OF doom
Thou can'st rob Of tn immortal part
Beyond the utmost fury Of thy storms
The spirit scars, and holds Communion still
With kindred hearts in voicsess sympathy.
lis said the Royal Dane n oIden time
Bade his obsequous courtiers place his throne
Before the advancing tide: with solemn pomp
lie gave his sovereign mandate to the waves
Rebelliors 70 this delegate OF heaven
But to tn Almighty ruler loyal still
Tn unconscious surf roIrd on and needed not
The impotent usurpeT's futile word.
Thus in his wisdom did the prince rebuke
The hle hatt'rers Of his ear ihly power,
And vindicate His Majesty who holds
The waters in the hollow Of His hand"
Well might we learn in these presumptuous days
lesson from this simple tale Of Ed.
We launch your vessels on the deep.
With thought of the omnipotent.
The forces Of the Universe obey
The magic sceptre science proudly wields
Flush'd with your triumph Nature Is dehed-
Danger despsed Till dangers self has come,
finds you unprepared with all your
Against the common accidents of life
The untamed pillows mock your pgmy toys,
When mercisssly rushing on their prey
They gain their vantage, and the stricken ship
meath the pean of their roar hopeless