Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-05-20
The Old Canoe.

AJuS UClulo tuo WAX luO appcuucu tlupio
but charming verses appeared without any sig
nature or address. in n short.lived paper of Lit.
tic Rock
Where the rocks arn gray and the shore is s!ocp
Aad tho waters below lCok dark and deer,
Whore the rugged pine, 10 it's lonely piiio,
Leans 9loomly over tho muIky tide;
Where tho reeds and rushcs src long and aDk
And the weeds grow thick on the winding bank,
Whcro tho shadow ia heavy the whole day
through,
There lies at its moo!iogs tho old clnot.
The useless paddles arc idly dropped.
Like 0 sra hirG'a wings that tho sarm hes
Topped.
And Dressed ui the Tii'iNS oao DER one,
lhko the folded hands when the work is dcnr,
While busiy b,ok and forth between.
The spider stretches his silVcrv screen,
And tho s1lamo owl with the lall "tOo-whoo,"
Settles down Oh the side Of the old c,uoo.
Tho tt,rn. half suak iu the slimy wave.
Rots slowly away Ia its llVirg gravo.
And tho green moss ciocrs Ger It's dull dtc,i,
Hiding its moulderiog dust away,
Like tho hand that plants o'cr tho tomb a l,s,r.
VI tho ivy that mnntcs tho falling tower,
Wbio many bios ,m CT loqc!iest hue,
Springs up q or the slcrn Of TIC old caro-,
The ourrout'csI waters a,o dead and still,
But tho twilight wiol plays with tho h,n, Al
will,
And ltzily in and out sgaio,
1t q >als the length of tho rusty chain.
l.iko tho weary march Of tho haods OF till,
That meet aod part at tho noonLidc chim..
And tho shore it kissed at each turuios anaS.
By tho dripplug bow oI tho old c,noe.
Oi, many tiuo with c,as,l.ss hard.
have pushed It away from the pebby s;tar',
And paddlod it doSa where tho srca ia,
ql:ck.
Whcro Tho willis arc wild and tho cd,li,s ST,
thick.
Aud laughed as leaned o'er its r,ckins siI,.
And locked below in tho broken tide,
10 see that tho faces and boats wir,lwo
That were lnlrrored back from the old cinor
But now az lean o'rr i;s c.umb'ing siIr,
And look bOlow in the sluggish tide,
Tho tac1 that SO thero i5 griver growr,
Aod tho laugh THAI hear IL sober toau,
The hands that lont to tho light skif wlpg.,
Have Grown familiar with stcroer thog.;
But | lovo to tbiIll of the hours that sped,
As l rocked Whero tho WhiTlI their while spray
shed,
Ere the blossoI, waved OF tho green gras; vrsw
Ger the mouldering stern OF the old ciu,o.
DESTROYING TIE PYRAMIDs.-Tac n"ws
will b rlcylvou with regret that il Esyot tho
hand Of tho destroyer is ut work. A traveller
who hss recently visited the pyramid, a.
Chico z.h, aud whose invtsiis sa;iJa3 X 30 led 60
Sakkarah, Dashonr and NJ lydoon. rep ,rs that
not only vas the work OF dcstruciou pt, c!c;iior
at remote place llk, Daahoor. bu. a. The ve.y
sceno OF Marettes operation. There have
been removed from Immediately uudcr tho 90.
trance to tho Great Pyramid somo four or five
largo stones, and thu traveller. q corfc ;pordcut
OF tho Egyptian Gaz.tto, was Informed. on
what hc could not bus regard as Trustworthy
authority, that this wan'ou acs bad been cor
mitted by order OF tho khedivc. the s;ouc beiog
required fox tho builiiog CT tho new mosq1.,
which 50 greatly OvcrshadOWs the beautiful
motqle of Sultan Hassan. When tho govern
ments itself sets en- example ct this kind w..
are not surprised that il is promptly ,onw y"
by moaner folk. ht Dashoor, plac.
seldom visited by tourists, ord wh. ro
consequently tho marauder thought hiu-
s,lf safe, three cimeIs were, during oar
stay, being loaded with tho square wh'o limb
stone Of tho casing OF tho larger pSranh Few
Of these stones remain. Tho upper port Of tho
pyramid hos loug been stripped. The aGi)ini, &
| pyramid, which is 80 conspicuous from llclouan
aud so remarkabl, from being built 10 iwo dli
| fereut slopes. had. till lately, its cssI"g nepry
| con nplcte This oasiog is of tho era.,st ion
portaCce. and, regret to say, there Can hs u,
doubt that hero also tho destroyer tas boon
| busy. Stoucs looscotd from tho tnr VI the
building have been rolled dowa tho nd ,ear-
l pg and smashing the smooth surf,c'. Tire,
| or four largo stones have allo been removed
from below tho eutrauc :, which is not ;,r sab.
| Without ladder 1t is at little known places hk'
| Deshoor that such destruction is INST easy 'u
perpetrate aud most dlficalt to prevaot b.:
the:o can not be much difficulty ia wa!ohing tho
Great Pyramid CT G hct z,h.-London Times.
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