The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-01-20

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1 ( YOU 90 q "a hear tue lelft -.
tf,w III, self and the rOyM yRtl hlOne
Wersleft OF he OIL NsGUhhle.
"A stouler snip vas toyer launchtd
or Ell thB lyde-buill TlialeMi
And forty ypara Of lilo 0t 6ea ,,
Uagoni matoh0d hor crowd or atllois,
piogcd non they w9ro iui yOun8 ana suonB'
And used H. tle wlldass seas
From I onsgsl fud The ~epltiBh eOhhL
And The rugged Eooriia6.
Such rlrn as Weinen cling 20, mhlosi
LIKE Ivy tOund their llvsSi ,aa
And the DAY Wesfitd she quay5 were hh0u
with wpsping metGofB aLd wives. -
They cried and prny0N, VIC gave EN- onooA
In the ,nOUshtless way O. mex
Cod delp 81 en-, Ehi bmaIes-tnirly years
YIsy'to waited and p,ayed since then
.,Wostil.d 70 the North and mind it well,
The pity we fit and proc ,.,ar
When q = ,i=hled tho cllns Of LaDIauoT'
From the sas where Hu i5oo dlsd' ,,
We AXE Of ships m d mayer Sse. osi0 '"o
Like ghosts he the night, each noonilt psaR
Like great whr-f ig&!e'a inast.
Twas rnld that a ship was iIGzeh up
IN the tneberg's awful brohst'
The clear ice holding the a2ilor'5 Ihce
as ne lay in his mortal rest 49,. sbi,
And I've thought since th"n' Wh'N INC sAiV
That fI 4ai ed ~p forthe Franklin band,
A mistake was made in the reckoning
That look d for the crews on innu, ,o,e
They're floating sthl,' I've said 70 niySei'
'And sir John hAs found INC So|l'
The Ershus and tho Terror, mates,
Are ic-sburgs up ut the rols'
''We sailed dus morrill, 10 BSfdns' DSy,
And cUulssd through week. OF Ilehhi -,
Twas al wlvs day, aud We slept ny me DELL
And logged for the dear o!d hlshG,
And The essed darkness, l"ft hlau'
Like curtain round til = heii o...,
Bat month dragged on, llk9 an al1erno~n'
With thA wheeling sun G'eiie+u' -,
we found the whales were farther Still
The farther north Sc sailed,
AIOog the Gr.eHlan glaClsr coast,
The boldssi might have qualledr
Such shages did Keep us company,
No tail Ia all that sea,
But thick as shtps In hersey y tlao
The hergS a0ofed aWiuily ,
Within the currents nortnTau SGTeam'
But en- the long days close
We found the VIII les ahd lllleo inc snip
Asaid the friendly Moss.
sThen came a rest; the day was bl'Wn
Like cloud bsfOre Iho night;
In the sOutn the sun went reuly uoWh-
In the north rsfa another llGhJ,
Neithg ar sun nor moon, but shooting dawn,
That suvered our lonely way.
It seemed we sai ed in belt Sl siS0ln'
Upon either side, day,
TIE NORTH Nyiud snOts the sea TO death;
The psslS-iCe closed us round
re- The Earwhale stood in the lever hSl's
As fast 80 = shiu aground.
A weary time IL was 70 wait,
And 10 Ejeh for sprlnS 10 come, -.
with the aleasant breeze and the blessed sun,
70 open the way toward nome
sssprlpg came ct last, the ica.felds groaned
like living things la pain;
n,hey moaned and Bwayed then reAt amAln,
ARd the Mar V hale sailed again;
with JOY the dripping sGlls We're lSoseu,
And round the vessa! sWunSi
TO cheeT the crew full south she drew,
The shattered foes among.
We had no books in those OLD days
To carry the friendly faces;
Sut think the wives ans lassGs then
Wee held in better places.
The face Of sweetheart ana WlLe I9-"ay
IslocRed 10 the SAILORS chest;
But aloft on the yard, with the thought OF
The face In the heart was best.
Well, well-Gpd knows, matss, Wheh auo
To take the thlnga He gave;
We ateared for homs--buJ the chart waR His,
And the port ahosd-ths grave
ave cle,red the foes; through an open Bsa
Th. ERrWhals Bspth ard sailed,
Till day came round when the fog rose
Ard the Wind Aatern had Iailes.
In front Of the Greenland glacier line
And cloIa to its bsFe were Wej
Through tile misty pail We cOuld see tbs Wall
That DeS tled akeTe the sea.
A fear like the tog cTept over our hearts
AsWe heard the hollow roar
OF the deep sea thra shing the cli6S Of Ice
For leagues along the shore,
"Th0 years nave come, and the years have
gone,
Rut'it n.yor wears away
The GeHse have of the sights and sounds
That IN Arksd that wOef1l day,
Flung here and there at tho oceans Will,
AS Il fiusg the broken flee
What strenS h has We 'gAinstths tiger sea
That sports with n sailors woe?
The li'alsSs berg and lliefui ship
Were the ssmO to the sui IN wave,
As IL gHept them far from ridge TO ridge,
TIL ct last the Harwhale drove
With crashing rail- on the glacial wall,
As shear as the vessel S mast-
A crashing rsil and o shiYered yardi
But the UOrst, we thought was past,
The brave lads sprsng TO the fending work,
And the K pper's voice rang hard:
'Alof, lheie, one with ready kniiS-
Out loOse that royal yRrd!
spraBg 20 the rigging, young was,
And proud TO be nrst 70 dare;
The yard swung free, and turned 70 sszs
Toward the Open ssa, DER the field OF hSLs
Ana my herrt rev cold, - II fluzeh tkrsugh,
At the moving shape that met my view
Christ what ssight was theTGl
"Aboya tho FOG, as hurgsd the yard,
/ saw that an Iceberg lay
4. berg Ike a mountain, closing fast
SO 6 cables s.1 ls ,Tsgasb fmi
That covered -nlrhelO< r
But heard their CHEEKY voices s!lQ,
And screamed TO let them knout
The CRY went down, ana tAe skipper hhlledi
Bat hsfore the word could come
Il died an his throat, anu 4 knew they Ssy 81
The shape OF the dosing doors!
No Iound but that-but the hail that died
Came up through the mist 10 mes
Ga 81 Got, 10 covered the ship like veil,
q was not forced 10 Soc
Ba heard 10, mates: o, / heard tho rush
Agg tao iimbers rcnd and rive,
A. tue ysrJ / chung 10 sw.yed end fell.
81 lay on the ice alivel
AIlVel o Lord OF y1srcyl ship and crew and
sea we're cOnG
lie hammockad ice al the broken yard
And EErling mGn--alOns!
u kaeeiluT man on q fruE81ait.
Thss taudb ~ iift Co. The ar
Al d-qtn rBd Iceland . aiuurf G,
Toe SEA and the ship were thci
cOuld not tniak they were dead and gone,
AMI I listened Tor sound or words
Bri the de ap-sea rJsrOE Lhe desOlate shore
WattIs ouly sound heard
o. mafes, 4 Nsd no heart O. thank
Ihs Lord To- he life IT gave;