The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-10-05
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OK THE MEDITERRANEAN.
roii rugstSDAY HERALD.
Hy MAY GuILLor.


\ group of sun-burucd pirates bold,
dozen swell Ing sails unruiud;
Inc iron mouth Of 'unuOus grim,
That truwu above the stnrbuard rim,
\ bloody sun thai seems to De
struggling, nuil drowned, far on nj sen.
sky aSdurllly blun ~ waves
That rock and roll DER purple caves
or Indian seas, where dusky gluoms
DARK fringe tho shores Of deep lugOons
And ghosts of twilight haunt the steep,
Whrro sunset seas their crimson sweep
The pirate captain tall and grand,
stands by the mast his glass In hand,
lliseyo unerring, bolt and true,
scans every object Ger the blue.
his nee tanned by the ocean breeze.
Ana Drowned aud hrouEed b. rroplu seas,
HIS eyes as deeply dark rs night,
when rival temprSts clash and tight
god IN hronHcl he gloomy stands,
hhu looks lnr DER the ocean strands,
To the far CLEANS that dimly dim
outline u land ON the seas rim
I'VE sight the shores Of spain" nj last
llosnid, still Standing near the mast
I'm turoo hours more with guOdly wave,
We anchor AT our secret cave:
ANA then our WundI Gus pirate prize,
Tho mnidcu With the naughty ewes
That mock the mirrorcd stars at sea-
inc pirate captains bride will hcln
lie turned him with lnrdlynlr,
To where girl of splendur rare,
stands ScOrnlul, naughty, fierce and bold
The battered prize OF pirates gold;
soulplors dream OfwOndTuus grace,
proud and glorious Spanish fucc.
l"rhl US sculptuiosQuc and bright
white,
Her regal lip defiant curls.
\ glance uf Scurn she Hereby hurts!
"a thousand mthumS In the sea,
Among the cnrnls would | hc,
Whore uucouth monsters OF the deem
Their gloomy orgies grimly keep,
Where black mls-shnpcn horrors hidr,
Than hon pirate captains hridel"
aud now She turns with quccnly grace,
Awistful longing In her face,
~ where the CLEAN vi land 50 dim
ls>lnkling on the oceans rim
tntNcll,' she sighed" To sunny Spain,
Mhoro\ight, eternal summers reign,
Whore oN>Sgr lluISgrs In forests grow,
And sleepy SOUS m1irNic How
In druwsy cAlnis or triple gales
Az dotted DOR with 1Mng sails.
Where skies h,uSh With tho crimson
shame
ofwanton suns that ,.l!an,e.
qulycring shafts from Eastern moons
Throw sleepy light on Wide la,.uons
nc clouds light mlrrUrud On the foam,
Rear tn sweet Spain my thoughts of hume.
NcNinds that sweep the pirate deck,
H. CLEANS the summer say that Hook,
Wait 10 the shores ~ sunny Spnin
The drcuius ur'crcan dream again"
The ship dies on-thc captain stands
The Idle field -gluSs I'm his hands,
Ills gtl1c turned to the spanish girl,
The naughty hruw-the seOrnml curl
Offlpc, Icd lips, tho regal air,
An Empress r,udmirhi min ,ya,r
The flying cruiser nenrs tho Innd
The turrrt eli H. nnd ragged Strand
Rise from "A sluggish bnV ihnt rrrrns
Hound hollow shores nnI sn,,ndtn,,
Sleeps.
Herr Is tie anchor ,wIftly cast
Tho sailsRrc inll, Il down FINN the ,u,s,
And crlnkling silks, and gems and gold
Are by the sun .burncI nir,,tn. r,iiil N''
Into the bouts Tint down hrln,v
Rocking reel, IN the brcnkc \ nov.
The red sun tllus-nnd o'pr hiarr,v,
Tho old sea rolls his rcuuirm wnVr
And noarSclN down the long, rroy shore,
For leagues, Its dcsnlation unnra
Have soitcncdas The twilight slSlc,
Her dreamy gaze she bends nG,r
Quito the sea, Whpc Starun sinr
Comes pcVpin uut with modest sr,re
BVdimpling all the oceans nrp
The pirate chiofstiu gloomy stand.
The idlO field glass in his hnnds
And to the glorious Girl of Snnin