Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1882-02-11
The Bay of Seven Islands.

Ushn Gresnleaf Whittier in Atl antts Monthly J
The skipper sailed out Of the barber mouth,
Leaving the apple bloom Of the south
/ For the ice Of the eastern seas,
T. In his fishing Schooner Breeze. ;"
| Aud the Inaidens of Nswbnry sighsd to sec
His lesssning white sail fall
Under the sex's blue wall.
Through the Northern Calf and the misty screen
| or the isles Of Mingsn and Nagdalelns,
6t. Paul. . aud Blame Sablon,
The little Breeze sailed on. l
Backward and forward along the shore
Ot wild and dssolate Labrador,
- Aud found at last her way
+ 10 the Seven Islands Bay.
The little hamlet nestling below
Great nlils white with lingering snow.
With Its un-roofed chapel stood
Haf hid in the dwarf spruce wood;
Green turfed. howcr-sown. the last outpost
of summer upon The drsary coast,
With its gardens small aud sparse,
Aud luxuries quite scarce. a.-
Hard by where the skipper's schooner lay.
A fsherman's cottage looked away
over ths isle and bay ami behind
On mountains DIM -defnsd.
And there twin sisters, fair and young.
Lsushsd with their stranger guest, and sung
In their native tongue The lays
VI Tue oiQ IrVVencxl gays.
Alike were they. save the faint outline
OF scar on suzelte's forehead fine;
And bOtn, it SO beleIl;
Loved the hsretic stranger we'll.
Both were pleas ant to look upon,
But the heart Sf the skipper claTe to one;
Though less by his eye than heart
He knew the two apart.
Despite of alien race and creed,
We'll did his wooing Of Marguerite speed;
And the mothers wraLn WAS vain
AS the sisters Jealous pain.
The shrll-tonyued mistress her house forbade
And soiemn warning has ssernly said
As law the hamlet heard.
But half by voice and half by signs
Tae skipper said, "a warm sun shines
On The green banked Merrrimac;
Walt, watcp, till come back.
"And when you see, from my mast head,
1heisianal fy ofa kercblef red,
Ny boat ON the shsre shsll wait;
come, when the night is late.h
AhIweighed with childhood > haunts aad friends
AMI AL that the home sky ovsrbends.
Did ever young love fail ..-
10 turn the trembling scale
Under the night, on the wet Sc. sands.
Slowly unclasped their plighted hands;
o. Que to the cottage hearth,
And one to his sailors berth.
What was 1t the parting lovers heard ?
Nor leaf, nor ripple. nor wing Of blru.
r. But listeners 3 stsalthy tread
On tile rock.Aoss, crisp and dead.
as WORRIED his anchor. and ashed once more
By the bluck coast-llne of Labrador,
AND BY love and the north wind driven,
sailed back to the Islands Seven.
In the sunsets glow the sisters twain
sxW the Breeze come sailing in again;
bald SuZette, 'MOther dear.
The hsrstic's sail Is here"
Your csor shall be bolted 20 the mother cried;
While suzette, i'll at ease,
Watched the red sign oil the Breeze
A midnight, down to the waiting skin
She stole in the shadow of the cliff;
a nu out Of the Bay 'smouth
The schooner with maid and man.
And all night long, on a restless bed.
her prayers To tAs Virgin Marguerite said;
And thought OF her lovers pain
waiting Tor her in vain.
Rld he pace the sands? Did he pause to hear
| Vhs sound oi hef light step drawing nsar2
And, ~ tie slow hours passed,
Would he doubt her faith Vt last =?
But when she saw. through the misty pane,
1he morniny break on sea oil rain.
o1d 20 to1,e ever !. her RI i.ye sy.ii ill,
Aesntlns the 1reezs. with favorinS wind.
Len the rugged Moisio hills behind
- And heard from an unseen shore SO
The falls OF Aanlt0u roar.
They sat on the reeling deck tsgethor,
''' Of Iapisss Hsrssers:. ..
With lovers hand, from her forehead fair
! He smoothed away her jct-black hair,
What was it his fond eyes met =?
| The scar Of the false SuzetteI
FiercelJ he shouted: "Bear away
East by north Ter Seven Isle Bay ~
!he maiden wept and prayed,
Bat the ship her helm obeyed.
Once more ths bay Of the Isle they found:
And the chant of the dying sung
| In the harsh, wild IndIan tongue.
Was in ali they heard and ali they aS1 saw; sM
Spell-beund the hamlet lay
IN the hush Of its lonely bay.
| And when they came to the cottage door,
| The mother rose up from her weeping sore,
SCARED ste drasay ZEE q ses1ass: sanet;. met
| ''Give ne the one love instead.
| But The woman sterny spake;
| go. see II the dead will wake!'
He looked. Her sweet face still and white
AAo strange IN the nOOuuay taper light
She lay on her little bed,
With the cross At her feet anu head
In passion OF grief the strong mau bent
Down to her face, and kissing it, went
Back to the waiting Breeze,
Back to the mournlul seas.
Never again to the Merrimac
And Eewbury's homes that bark came back
Whether her fate she met
| On the shores Of Carraquetts,
| NiscOu. or Tracadis. who can saw
| But eHsn YET at Seven Isles Bay
Is told the ghsstly tale
Of wisrd, unspoken sail.
As the pale, sad light of the northern dsy
\ Seen by The blansetet Montagnias
Or squaw IN her small kyack
Crossing the spectre's track
On the deck a maiden wriDgs her band..
Her likeness knesls the gray coast sands.
| One IN her wild despair,
And one In the trance OF PRAYER
| She hits before no earthly blast
| With the red sign huttering from her msst
over the solemn seas,
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