The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-01-16


I.
4 gsod ship sailed ont on the sea,
And bore my lover far from me;
Wan Wind pulled saas 80 fresh and free,
Azd hi me sad and lonely Is could Do.
o.
yesd hcen dear friends since chfidhoods days,
ToSv<her played our youthful plays
We b6sh were but of humble birth
nj hat did never check our mirth--
Oar fnahers both were fishermen
WE Bruised and hshed along the COAST
nounsnmes they'd take US with them, then
Of those rare times we'd make the most.
Our homes were huts, close by the sea.
Halt m ade of timbers washed ashore;
though DOOR from cares and troubles free.
viii health, we wanted little more.
III.
Ana 20 our youthful days passed by
N ons sweet dream of happiness,
We'd ramble and we'd Chamber high,
And nsither loved the other less.
Nv.
mt as dear Frank did older Grow
NsrxDE passion for the sea he'd show,
Aad veil think that sad day when
Although he was but scarcely ten
He tDld me, in exuliing glee,
nsa 10 away from me ERE long
TO some great city by the sea,
And ~ his uncles ship belong
How grieved when at last he went,
And hardly could be oomforted;
Hcw many months and years had spent,
Ere his remembI ance dear had fed.
".
How slowly year by year had flown, N
And he Mt last returned again, aAe
Tp robust, stalwart manhood grown;
And had come back, here to remain.
Ne sought me soon, and then found
That he had sailed the whole world round;
Ere hong we loved each other more
Thnn Ne had loved those years before;
Two years he stayed, and those two years
We're happiest years OF all my life
Wilma more than love ones life endears?
Ywa vas then his promised wife.
And then again he went away;
inns time he went to toll for me;
Ths eve before tn embarking day
No took stroll down by the sea.
Hs spoke to me of his return,
What riches then he would possess,
Hvv then he would the ocean spun;
And of our life of happiness.
vkI.
Next murn Il ship hove near our bay
which was 10 carry him away;
IA Keep him not, he must not stay,
llosed him much, yet could but say:
~0o, darlingi go, but leave the sea
3oun ~ you can and come TO me-"
n moment then, he held my hand
Hin comrades waited on the strand
N ve stood lingering on the sand;
A frw warm words of love. and then
a kss, and joined the waiting men;
An broken now did seem the band
Of love as he sped from the land.
TX.
rcus visited, long and dreary,
MI at delay my soul grew weary;
and often when I'D kneel to pray
I'd pxay for him, so far away,
and hope him back some future day.
Bnt yst 1t seemed that fate denied,
Ehaf should ever be his bride.
At fnst I took il as Gods will
And babe my rebel heart be still.
One night wlen father came from cruize
No brought paper with the news;
Ny gruff, old father loved me well,
And IN aimed the news he had to tell:
-D1ag hter,~ he said, he pitied Ine.
~Tlss paper tells bad news from sea-"
IFnessed the rest; an but too well,
And fainting in his arms l fell.
Tho noble ship was fiercely wrecked,
when stormy waves with foam were licked;
Ny bver's buried in the sea.
Ohi why. i ask, should 1t thus be,
That he should not come hack to me?
D4R Frank, my love for you was great
How proud was of you.
1emorseless, cruel hand OF fate,
TO you we all subdue.
Iowa CITY, Iowa. HALLET II. HEWITT