The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-01-20
THE LAST OF THE NARwHALE.

IA stsuter ship was never launched
or ali the Ilyda-huilt WhNleA,
And forty yepra OF . ilir 40 sta
Haven 'mstehed her crowd Of sallors.
Picked men they were, uii young ana sront,
And used ~ the Widest seas,
From D onsssl and me -so.tsh eossr
And the rugged Ecpridso,
Such slgu gs women clns % nNosi
Like ivy round thclr lvei H.,
And ne day webtued The quayS were liheu
with wecpiu.. m1tusgs AZ Wives,
They cUgd and q. aged, NJ gave 'eA ohscii
Intne thoug huC.a way 81 mes,
God de pGie.t, Nni tiu s1es-Jnl'F yVNIN
phayt0 wsited AMI prayed finse Ihon'
awe I.ilad 20 Tho north, anj I mlnd IL Woh'
The Pity efslt and rltan
Wheu ,gi. .l.Eiad the 81 IL of Labradof,
From ,hs ssa where Hu itpn uled,
We talked f chips that nuYer came Sack
And whore the great No'S passed,
Like ghnhis W. Jbe night, ttoh 'AoUulit piaA
Like great w6r-t igatcf mast
Twas sujd ihat a ship was iToaeu up
Ia ri"cbeig's awful btsGit,
Tho 81, or lee holding the ssior's lAc'
Az he lay IN his mortsl r'al' ..-,t,.
And ~ thought since thsni hsh inc sh'p'
That al ed iorthe Franklin gaudi
A mmtaEe was uain 10 tha reckoning
That look for thy giST 80. oq 'e ,, ,.,,,sa,r
'They ~ floating s,dl,' Faaalu 20 inyteh'
And Nir John has found lFpT"hi;
The Erehu1 ana tue Terror, latas,
Are ic burg5 Up at ,hs taie!
owe ,ail,d duo nouh, 90 Es0ns bay,
And ctul.sd through wcekao tghE
Twas atWayadQy aud we Hopt by The DSu,
Aud lOugsd l0r lbo dear Oh might
And lhe b rsseI darkness lrts niHut
Like a curutd rOund IN bed
But q month dreggcd on, IKE na afternoon
with tbs wheeling sun U'etHeGu,
We found tbpyyhslua we're farther still
The farther GpItu NJ aMleui
AlOug the Greenland glacier coast
The bodies, might have qusiltd,
Such shapes jld aeep IA cpmVanN
Noiail IN All That sra,
ButthiCt as Hllps IN 3erey'b tide
The bergs &otot awnDg
Within tAe curtCnt5 purtnHoud streams
But err the ioug days close
We fiund thp VIII les aul tillOd thNsh
Anid tho trlendly loss.
"rhsu zane vest; thc day wsg Gltwn
Likea clGu1 before the nights
In t4a south the SUI went reilly d0Tll--
In the uOrtR rs'a smother llfht,
Neither Sun nor moon, but shooting uaWhi
Tint sllvered our lonely way
10 seemed Nc sailed In bolt Of 2lSpmi
UplA tither sidHi y day,
Tue north wind spluts The sea TO deNthi
The peut.iop closed Us r0uad-
The NarWhala stood Ia the iuysl hsles
As fast 10 o ship aground.
A weary time IL GUs 10 TIiD,
And 10 ~ish few sprinB TO cOWei
with the pleasant breezp and the blessed sun
10 open The way tOwerd home,
"gpriug came no laat, the cs,slldg groaned
hike living thisgils pnlui
They mnnue and aWayCd thnn rept Rmain,
AHd tho Mar hale -aitol again
with joy the dripping sails were iGo5di3
Aud round Ih9 verse; 9W unGi
10 cheer the crsW full soulu she draW,
The shattered 0uts among,
We had No books IN thps" Ola daya
To carry the fricnlly 'Ace.i
But think The wives Au laSsrs then
Wee held In better p.Hcgs,
The fuco of sWeethoart bud wife to-day
ISl0uK.d Ia the sauor'S cheSt;
But a1n GA the yard, with tho thought o
The pcs a the heart wa beat
Well, well.-God knows, mates, when and
whore
To IakO the thlngt Hegava;
We stored for hons-buE the chart was His
And the port uhe1d-thn EiHNs.
"Ws cle,red the Gots; through an open ssa
Chs RarwhAls s9Nth aid sAit"d,
Till day olmo round whom the 'os rose
And tho Wind astern haa ihilcG.
In front Of the Greenland giaGioI llno
And clOla 70 it, bh'o wers Wei
Through tue msLy pail ~ coali see thu wal
That uIo,loA sksye the snN.
4 fear Ike the ioS cropt over our hearts
40 we heard the hollow roar
or tho deep sea thra'hinE the ellis or leo
For leagues along tho shore.
"Ths ySra have some, aud tho years hay,
gone
But IL never wears away
The EeRse haze oil the aights and sounds
That m Arl6sd that WOsrul DAY,
Flung here and there al the oceans Will,
AS 1t liuSg the pTpSenl0c-
What slrrny h has ne 'yninsl the tiger toa
That lp0rtH with sailors wee ?
The cltss eerg and iiieiut ship
Were tue some TO thu NU.len wave,
IA swept them far from ridge to ridge,
TIL az last the NarWhale drove
with crashing rail uu the glacial wall,
As sheer ~ the vessel $ mast
A crashing all and q 5hlVWci yard;
But the worst, we III AugNl was psEt,
Tho brave lads snreAg TO eleu,'ing waik,
And the tk pper sVpigeUu hard!
'Alof. there, one with r.tdy Aulio-
Cui l0obe that royAl yArJH
Ispraug 20 tho rigging, yoUGg was,
And proud 10 be drsG TO barei
The yard swanG roo, and turned 10 gaze
Toward the open AoG, % er tue held OF hBGo
And my hGart & ew cold, "a Il frozen through
AT the moving ,htpe tnat INST my view
Christ what sight WAS thsrd
"Aboyt thp tos, az Rugged tho yard,
saw that an iceberg lay
\ Der. like mountain, closing fast
Not . cAbio's length away!
eoula not ser through the sheet OF mist
That covered 3ll below,
Bat heard their chaory voices silli
And screamed 10 let them knew.
The CRY wont Gown, and tao skl aNaC hailed,
Bat before The word could come
II died In his ihroSt, and knew hey saw :.
The shape OF the .otisg duo@!
no sound but that--hus the hail that died
Cane Up through the mlst 10 me;
Ia az GOD, IL covered tile ship ike s vail,
A & lWas NOT forced 90 ,ac--
IN AaRld 10, mateI %, heard tho rush
AVA tsl limherh fent ana rive.