Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-06-03
TIE MOUNTAIN AND THE SEA.
One OF Eugene Fields Prc,:iest Con
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Once upon sine the Air, the Noun
tain and the Sea lived undistugbed upol
all the earth. The Mountain alone wa
immovaOie; he stood always here upOl
his rocky foundation and the sea rippleC
and foamed at his feet, while the All
danced freely over his head and about biz
grim face. It. came tn pass that both the
Sea and the Air loved the Mountain, but
the Mountain loved The Sea.
''Dance on forever, q Air" said the
Mountain: dance on aud sing your
merry songs. But | love the gentle sea,
who, in sw eet humility, crouches at my
feet or playfully dashes her white spray
against my brown bosom"
Now the Sea was tull Of JOY when she
beard these words, and nor thousand
voices sang softly with delight But the
Air was flled with rage end Jealousy, and
she sWOre a terrible revenge.
eTbe Mountain shall not wed the sea,
muttered the envious Air. Enjoy your
triumph while you may, slumberous
sister. ] will steal you from your naughty
lover"
And it came TO pass that,e after that,
the Air each day caught up huge parts OF
through the air in the shape OF clouds. SO
each day the Sea receded from the feet
of the Mountain, and her tuneful waves
played no more around bis majestic
base.
s'Whitber art thou going, my lover"
cried the Mountain, in dismay.
SShe is false to thee" laughed the Air,
mockingly. "She is gong to another love
far away"
But the Mountain would not believe it.
He lowered his head alOit and cried more
beseechingly than before:
'sOh, whittier art thou going, my be-
loved2 | do not hear thy sweet voice
nor do thy SOFT white arms compass me
about"
Then the Sea cried out in an agony Of
helpless love. But the Mountain heard
her not, for the Air refused to bring the
words she said.
"She is false" whispered the Air. 81
alone am true TO thee"
But the Mountain believed her not. Day
after day he reared his massive head aloft
and turned his honest facet to the recedlng
Sea aud begged her to return; day after
day the Sea threw up her snowy arms and
uttered the widest lamentations, but the
Mountain heard her not, and day by day
the Sea receded farther and farther from
the Mountains base. Where she once
tile plains and verdant groves all peOpled
with living things whose voices the Air
brought to the Mountains ears in the
hope that they might distract the Noun
tain from his mourning.
But the Mountain would not be COM
fOrted he lifted his sturdy head alOft and
mis- sOrrOwlng face was turned ever to-
ward the tieeting object OF his love. Hills,
valleys. forests, plains and other noun
tains separated them now, but over and
beyond them all he could see her fair face
lifted pleadingly toward him, while her
white arms tossed wildly to and fro. But
he did not know what words she said, for
the eRVious Air would not bear her mes
sages to him.
Then many ages came and went, until
now the Sea was far distant-so very dis
tant that the Mountain could not behold
her-nay, had he been ten thousand times
lOitier he could not have seen her, she
was so far away. But, still as OF old the
Mountain stood with his majestic head
high in the sky, and his face turned
whittier he had seen her fading, like a
dream. away.
"Come back, come back, o my be-
loyed!" ne cried and cried.
Aud the Sea, a thousand miles or more
away, still thought forever of the Noun
tain. Yainly she peered over the western
horizon for a glimpse of his proud head
and honest face. The horizon was dark.
Her lover was far beyond forests, plains,
hills, valleys, rivers and other mountains
interviewed. Her watching was as hope
less as her love.
''She is falsew whispered the Air to the
Mountain. ''She is false and she has
gone to another lover. l alone am true"
But the Mountain believed her not. Aud
one day clouds came floating through the
sky and lowered around the Mountains
crest.
~Who art thou" cried the Mountain,
s'whO art thou that thou tilPst me with
such subtle consolation? Thy breath
is like my beloved's and thy kisses are
like her kisses."
'sWe come from the Sea, IS" answered the
Clouds. "She loves thee and she has sent
us to bad thee be courageous, for she will
come back to thee"
Then the Clouds covered the Mountain
and bathed him with the glory of the Seas
true love. The Air ragged farl0usly, hut
all in vain. Ever after that the Clouds
came each day with love messages from
the Sea, and oftentimes the Clouds bore
back to the distant Sea the tender words
the Mountain spoke.
And so the ages come and 20, the Noun
tain rearing his giant head aloit and
his brown, honest face turned whittier
the Sea departed; the Sea stretching forth
her arms to the distant Mountain and re.
peating his dear name with her thousand
voices.
Stand on the beach and see the Seas
majestic calm and hear her murmurings,
or when. in the frenzy OF her hopeless
love, she surges wildly and losses her
white arms and shrieks-then you shall
know how the Sea loves the distant Noun.
tain.
rhesMountain isold and scar 1.-THE storms
have beaten upon his breast, and greal
scars and seams and wrinkles are on his
stHPdy head and honest face. But be
towers majestically alott. and he looks
always toward the distant Sea and waits
Tor Der promised coming.
And so the ages come and 60, but love
is eternal.
VITALIZING A TUBE.