The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-07-13
THE ARCTIC TRAGEDY. :

TIE ARCTIC TRAGEDY.
Ice-bound sKAnd thus theyzlie--w
Cold IN the awful majesty of deatf-&
Calm in the sleep that knows not to awake
Poor pallid faces, rugged forms.
Touching T,ned aar the v tender heart with pathos
with the slow monster creeping on,
Numbing the life-blood inch By inch
Tingiing the heart and brain
With that sweet music-touch that thrills
win VII subtle nower, and Waunss sss
The weary march, 81 sss a
And DAYS OF toll, wherein the icy reach y S.
Seemed ever to retreat, or near advance
With dazzling promises of hope and rest;
And weary eyes, outpeering through ~
Ths Wsus es aew VEL tasI, sf snsw sSste.
Atsome distant shade by iceberg cast
Which TO their dazzled vision formed lsa4 4
Ashape OF snow-ciad hut, and hope +
drilled through the chilled veins asE 4,sltzss
0fiife, blest life, renewed anon @sss q
And strength returned, by food and warmth.
fmajesty sublime of Death
How shall we know the day or hour
That claimed our wand rers for thine own?
Come, Vision, In thestiIl. sad NIGHT,
And whisper to our comfort, thus; -.
aThe thought that last 1ss - avaa
Sped from that frozen brain
Was prayer to GodI The pulse ssss -.
That last throbbed through
That noble heart was love for Thee 4 ~
No coward cry at Deaths S approach
Eer trempled on the bearded lipF'
No sister there, or brother, brave. =
Amothers last fond kiss, Is fshrilf:
Nor fathers trembling hand outstretched
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And anguished cries of hopeless grief;
40 sWsef-faced girl to smooth pailid brow
or, a, holdlng fast with Loves last hold
The rigid hue of death, anoint
The palm with burning tears f5s
Which shamed not Virtues womanhood-
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And whisper soft q trustsin God *xsss
To turn the dying vision hence
--Aleae aaey aedl q e asasa lsaaaa
Gods angels know eass4 aws
The thoughts which are denied
10 us OF earth. Methinks hear
As still they lie, some words like these
tAnd voices though low in death, IS 3 7ss4 sss
ietdeep, to fo1ch each heart, sssstsss ssess
Nowst2R &sss bsasrissaao faElI6 3 So
. By pastures green, He cansstK me- lilo:
By waters still, my weary steps are led;
And we will fear no i'll for Thou
ofi bssfS ssa III sa6 aasa aaae TRse eahe st 9ssse
For thou art God and Thine the glory be!''
And then, mayhap, one othervoice.
renewed to life BY these first thrilling tones,
ataafed !! noln t1Hlt last dakx kxh-sleaps ss7 il
70 breathe IN murnluring utterance
A prayer leaanaa at hId Enoth8r 43suee.
And so Death found them there,
And claimed his .ewn. Aud life
Fast He'd. But on the noble brows
no terror staidi Proud they to dare
Andproslder stiH to brarely die s s. = ~
smile shows forth the steadfast heart,
aud, frozen there for aye pnocIairns
me victory over DEATH 81 i I
80 And now we moIlrn s.
With hearts athrob and warm
y Natures sympathy, Tor each
And all who lose their loved 8a
IN lands AfaF! Death mong the dear
IS bitter still-but death from home
Aud home dear ties more pitiful.
Ana nisfhe picture inalr heatts for aye:
The lowering sky; the icy plain
ssescahl9g a, grs w,ds g every SIDE to meet
lls very whlteness in the distant gloom;
The berg Of ice, OFT towering high.
and ddazzlfng ID rs Wondf foSis ID z.ss
Its base hid by the armine drifts,
lts hight lost In the clouds
ISs Iss eIains sEifainE & dqs fas2ab zN9tyen SI9ss
And upper pIaiusu 1eadeis seney.s assS
ferced here and there drazazz1ing peaks.
N1ftkloNly down the ne eVaf<endiix tiakes sf
" SNOW; and forms once struggling through
ArenExke noiseiess snewflak keseaad. g,
and now the sky is hid. and earth,
AN f0HN9t eRd0n15s443a1b gaxA
Remain that wierd waste of snow
ana LENA RIVERS frozen plain.