The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1900-12-31
"IHt OCEAN OF OCEANS FROM FRISCO TO JAPAN
S JOAQUIN MILLER The POET Of THE, SltRRAS
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what headlong winds that lost their
way
Al sea. and walled out for the shore
How shook the Orient doors OF day
VIII All shis nsd. .umultuous roar,
n'"ek clouds. shot through with stars
Of red
strange stars. storm born and fire-fea
isost stars that came and went and
came
such stars as never yet had name
The Tar sea-lions on their isles
Npheaved their huge heads terrified.
Ana m"aned "a thousand miles
" bat fearful battlefield, What space
food
To- Light and Darkness face 10 face.
IN battle harness battling stood
And how the surged sea burst upon
ne sea-girt gates OF oregon,
u tore. u tossed the seething spurne
And walled for room! and room, and
room
u shook the crag-bunt eaglets' nast
Cntil they screamed from out their
clouds
Then rocked them back 70 rest.
There may be nothing very brave
about wishing fbr a FAIR sized cyclone
on this ocean. since we know thai We
are safe enough. ~ "A rule but the mad
tNhNNA'aAANAA ~ NHfn a EI0Iu ~ quite
Wofth the quest. The great delight Of
ell u when at its worst For then
you know thar u Is almost over
Then swift. like some sulked Ajax
Tnewed Thunder from his battle
tent.
A. u In pent-up. vengefuI thirst
For blood. the veins of Earth were
rent.
A.
OF blood below black Thunder's edge
\ pause. The typhoon turned. up
wheeled
Auin wrestled Death tiu heaven reel
ed
Then Ligt tnIng reached fiery rod.
And on Deaths fearful forehead wrote
The autograph 81 God.
Gods name and face--what need of
more
Morn came. ctlm came. and holy Hght.
And warm. sweet weather. leaning Ger.
Laid perfumes on the tomb OF night.
The three wee birds came dimly back
And housed about tho mast In black
And all the tranquil sense Of morn
Seemed rs Dakotas fields 81 corn.
save that some great. soui-breaking
sigh
Now sank the proud shio out II sight.
Nov sent her To the sky
But let us suppose you have not gone
cunning for typhoon. or what YOU
please Co call Il. but have gone the
placid way Of Hawaii. About seven
days out and any day is as like the
other as any two lovers. after the first
plunge. - course. and there lie the doz-
IN little volcanic islands of flame and
flowers The fashion is TO write Of Ha-
Wtn as The Paradise of the Pacific "
keep the idea cut OF your head or you
Win have a sad disappointment There
are dozen places along the Pacific
bank or on the other side. Japan east
or west ~ Hawai- better deserving -sf
this ALTERATION. There Is majesty i'm
the Cloud-covered peaks % Hawaii Tn.
harbos II beautiful Here Is the land.
ne. not the lard but the people that
Robert Louis Stevenson 50 aohorred.
tut I nnd the q broaaer. better. under
the Stars and Stripes. than when Ste
veuson and I tried Co live with them
and love them a few years back I hear
that they are dot So "soOdy goody'i a
| tity veto then 10 used To make him
cry out 90 see two .devout fat men stroll
. down the sidewalk. urn In arm. under
la biz umbrella. and meet women with
babes I'm their arms and maybe two
90 three little ones clinging To their
luuse skirts. The great. good men would
look straight ahead and go straight
ahead. The meek brown mother. with
babe In arms and barefoOted.l would
get down from the sidewalk into the
--snuddy Street. lift her half-naked chill
dreu down. one az "a time. and stand
there until the great and good men.
with faces In the air. would pass SOL
emnly on. saving solcs'' At least. this
~ Stevenson's story % 70 all. But OF
course they viii all pass on. as he has
passed. pretty soon. and even this pleas
aut stopping place IN the sea. these isl
lands ~ everlasting solitude and sun
shine will be freed forever from them
and theirs. word here FOR Stevenson
and his friend. the priest. Father Da-
mien. who died 90 help the iepers. These
two men FIRST made Hawaii really
known TO civilized man
To ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON.
And thou. the pale High Priest of
thought.
The everlasting throued king
of Far samoa shall I bring
sweet sandal wood7 or shall I lay
Rich wreaths of CALIFORNIA; Bay
From sobbing maidensf Stevenson.
Sleep we'll Thy work is done. well
done
so braveiy. bravely done
To FATHER DAMIEN.
And Molokai's lord Of love.
And tenderness and piteOus tears
For stricken man Go forth. q dove
/ with olive branch and still the fears
lOf those he mcckly died 20 save
They shall not perish. From that grave
shall grow such healingl such as Tie
Gave stricken men by Galilee.
Great ocean. cradle. cradle. Keep
These two. the chosen of thy heart.
Rocked In sweet. baby sleep,
And may here pay tribute 20 thes,
isles and their perishing. gentle. chill
drenf n may not be generally knowT
that they are by nature the finest mu
siCians IN the world. They are the tru,
poets. and thus far the only poets OF
the sea % seas. This mighty world o.
waters has never yet had It's poet. ",
nan has yet laid hand on the Pacih,
ocean and lts fearful majesty. Steven
son and Stoddard have sung Of and eel
ebrated the islands. but the ocean !,
yet unmcasured-nay I say undiscOver
edr-and yet. ~ ~ loves land I new
Ter crossed these waters. especially 60
ing out 60 Japan. without fading brid
al parties on board An. "a is simpl,
and truly iSve's land. this ocean
To HAWAII
Fair land % flowers. land q flame.