The original of tliis bool< is in tine Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924013534627 THE SHADOWS OF THE LAKE AND OTHER POEMS THE SHADOWS OF THE LAKE AND OTHER POEMS BY F. LEYTON LONDON KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, TRUBNER & CO., Lt?. < The rights of iraiislaiion and of reProdtiction are 7-eserTed.') DEDICATION. TO THOSE WHO THROUGH LOVE HAVE RISEN FROM THE DREAM OF LIFE. A LARK, called from the tangled growth Of grass, on which it softly lay. By the sweet carol of its mate. Rose to the sky, at close of day, — Passing away. Two raindrops, resting 'neath a flower, — One hidden from the burning sun — Are parted : one is left behind ; Yet are they, ere the day is done, Still side by side. A spirit, on this lonely earth, Rended from its kindred heart, Will surely seldom settle here ; But hasten, eager to depart, To reach its sphere. And thus are we deprived of both, And left behind alone to grieve ; Yet ever now they call to us, Anxious our spirits to receive ; " Only believe." And very soon the time will come. When we shall all have left this side ; And passing to a better life. Drawn close together shall abide, A circle wide. PREFACE. In making these verses public property, I think that a few words of apology are needed for the tone of sadness that will be found running through the first few pages. While collecting my manuscripts for the press, I came upon some short poems, written some years back in a time of sadness. Written with no intention of publica- tion, they have lain since unheeded. I have, however, decided to place them with my later pieces under the heading of " Poems on Death;" for, while feeling that in certain ways they are unsuitable for many minds, I believe that, to a few of my readers, they may bring some such relief as the writing of them gave me in my lonely hours. But any one who has not passed through the shadow of death will do well to leave them unread ; to such they will appear unduly full of melancholy, and also, I fear, often unintelligible. CONTENTS. POEMS ON DEATH. PAGE Parting ... ... ... ... ... ... 3 A Lonely Hour ... ... ... ... 9 The Night of Death ... ... ... ... 15 Harmony through Death ... ... ... 19 Enid ... ... ... ... ... ... 22 On the Death of Laurence Oliphant... ... 25 Written after Reading the Life of Father Damian 28 Thought, MAdness, and Rest ... ... ... 31 THE SHADOWS OF THE LAKE AND OTHER POEMS. The Shadows of the Lake ... ... ... 39 A Wanton Spirit ... ... ... ... ... 60 Coming Light ... ... ... ... ... 64 CONTENTS. Many Voices ... ... ... ... ... 68 A Child's Faith ... ... ... ... 84 Calm and Storm ... ... ... ... ... 86 An Idle Hour ... ... ... ... ... 89 Love's Lesson ... ... ... ... ... 94 The Bells beneath the Sea ... ... ... 97 Orphan Children ... ... ... ... ... 130 Lonely Age ... ... ... ... ... 136 Monte Generosa ... ... ... ... ... 141 Father and Child ... ... ... ... 144 INTRODUCTION. JL HOU voice immortal, that dost ever send A tuneful song to rouse the gloomy night Where darkness ever broods. Thou spirit blest, Who through the hard and barren form, doth see That pure ethereal essence, which pervades All living things : — speak once again to me. Near to the border of some desert's sand, Upon whose barren waste no tender growth Of flower, or grass, or solitary palm Speaks of returning life, a tiny plant Lived once alone, and living fought with death ; Now and again, some gentle, pitying shower Would pour upon it those refreshing drops, The edges of its bounty ; and the dew That rested o'er the fertile plain, hard by. At eventide would soothe its drooping leaves j Thus dying still it lived, and living died : Until at length some passing hand removed INTRO D UCTION. Its drooping form, and planted it again In a cool glen, beside a tranquil stream. Thus borne, by unseen impulses, away From living death, I come, — ^if it may be, — To rest in solitude. Thy voice shall speak To me at nights, when those eternal stars — The diadem illumining thy brow — Shine down upon me ; telling of the power Which dwells in thee, and of the littleness That wraps me ever round. Yet thou hast called- Even in darkness, I could hear the voice That bade me rise and follow ; leaving all The busy toil and strife, and it may be, All joy and pleasure, save the happiness Thou givest to thine own ; — trembling I came Obedient to the call, yet fearing still, That self, — in wanton pride, — had cast adrift Upon the wandering wind, the sound I heard ; Sent back by mocking echoes from the hills. Oh thou ! who art at one with those twin powers Wisdom and Meekness, let the former come And rest upon me, till all pride depart From my rebellious heart ; then — only then — INTRODUCTION. Shall I be fit to take again the strain Of music, which is trembling on the air, And turn it into song. How poor an instrument is that of speech To give expression to those subtle chords Of inner thought, which come to us from thee. Formed by material man, for earthly use, It lacks as yet those finer, hidden tones ; And as we strive to lovingly draw forth Some tender strain, behold a silence reigns ! Oh ! for the time, when heart shall speak to heart Untrammelled by the weight of needed words ; When one great soul shall teach us mighty truths Which lie beyond the reach of mortal ears, Or mortal voice. Then only shall we see The littleness of what we now applaud. The wisdom of the wise. There are two forms — Though weak as yet — in which to drive our thoughts Onward from soul to soul. In poetry, By faint suggestion, we may sometimes reach A higher meaning than the words express ; A subtle essence passes through the lines. Conveying to each heart in tune with ours INTRODUCTION. A flash of light. In music, we may pour Our souls into the air, and it may be That as the waves of sound pass ever on, Some listening ear may catch the harmony Not only of the sound, but of the thought Which brought the sound to life. Yet only those can hope to thus express Thy inmost meaning, who have left behind All hope of gain, all wish for praise and fame. If we would speak, it must be from the heart. Not at another's bidding ; not to reach The many, but the few who like ourselves Feel kin emotions ; we must cast aside All rules and laws, that bind the secret flow Of thy soft voice, and wholly leave our hearts, Naked, yet unashamed, to those warm rays That fall from thee. Thus may we touch, at last. Some other spirit, who will feel us near And draw to us, until a tingling glow Passes from soul to soul ; and loneliness — Whose icy form creeps close beside our way — Is for the moment banished, as we gaze Together, on the mysteries of life That circle us around. POEMS ON DEATH. PARTING. J^EEP in the silence, that so often falls On all around us, when the rain has ceased, While yet the air is heavy with the weight Of floating mist ; I stood at last alone. Beneath my feet, the battered flowers hung Their over-weighted heads, held down by tears They could not cast aside ; above me, lay The deep, oppressive weight of changeless cloud ; Beyond me, in the valley, was a shape Of ever-growing vapour, that now hid Part of the distant hills ; those hills which seemed. On sunny days, such small and puny things, Now towered in gloomy majesty on high. The sound of dripping, and a trickling flow Of many waters, filled the silent hour With dreamy sound ; and yet above all else, — PARTING. Yet conscious all the time of trivial things, — I listened, breathless, to the fading sound Of fast retreating feet. For one had left me for a distant land, One, who had often seemed, in thought and hope A second self; a presence woven round With dear associations of the past, With dreams of high ambitions, and the flush Of early hope, that never shall return. We parted, and the pressure of his hand Was still on mine ; and still I heard that step Which I, alas, shall never hear again. Broken is now the cord, so closely bound ; That well we knew no human hand could find The separate parts, or wantonly untwine The band of friendship ; yet the ruthless power Of Destiny, — decreer of our fate, — Unable to unbind the bands of love. Has passed the separating force she wields, Between our lives : cutting them thus in twain. What art thou. Friendship ? Purest earthly form Of that divinest love, which holds the world ; Faint foretaste of the sweet communion known By happy spirits, risen from the dust, — PARTING. That wandering dust that blinds our earthly sight.- In vain we strive to grasp the perfect form Of thine inconstant power ; in vain we lay Our burdened souls unclothed, if thou art near, Hoping to bring thee to us ; yet once more When we have felt thy touch, and closed our eyes To draw thy sweetness in. Behold we sleep. And waking find thee not. Thy presence moves Still further from us, as the years go by ; Each heart, encrusted with the selfish shell, Built up of small and inconsiderate acts. The outcome of past years, becomes at last So isolated, in its small domain. That none may enter now, excepting those Who bear within their hand the magic key Of old association ; thus in vain We strive, again to fill a vacant place Within our barren hearts. My friend, alas It seemed indeed a cruel, wanton hand That forced thee, at the close of thy short life, To leave thy native land ; and all the hearts Whose love was dear, and passing sweet to thee. Were it not better, that if death must come. PARTING. He should have found thee, not in some strange land, To there unsheath his naked shining blade ; Where no sweet ministers were standing by To soothe thy pain ; where every gasp for breath Which shook the body, also caused a sigh For something else than breath ; for that sweet air, That tender atmosphere of well-known love ; That none however pitiful can give, If strangers to our lives. Thy death, indeed. Was a sad contrast to the peaceful end We had so often dreamed of, in the past ; Such dreams as these, — never to be fulfilled. In the cool evening of a summer's day. When the faint hum of insects filled the air With dreamy buzzing ; and the setting sun Poured its effulgent glory, far and near; Then had we wished to die. Far from the city, in profoundest calm. Where no disturbing sound of busy toil Might rouse us, once again, to cares of life; While the birds, singing all unconsciously, Would tease us with no weight of weary words ; Where the bright harvest fields, in golden glow, PARTING. Should speak of that great harvest, yet to come ; There had we wished to die. Surrounded only by the very few Whose lives were one with ours ; whose souls had touched, And touching found an answering thrill of joy ; With children round us too, whose merry laugh Is hushed by none ; yet who would turn, at times. And gazing forth, with wide and wondering eyes. Would pity us, although they knew not why ; Save that they felt, from all around, the flow Of sweet compassion passing ever forth. Thus — till the end was very nearly reached ; Then willed we even these should pass away. With words of tender farewell ; and alone With only one, the dearest of them all. Should those few moments pass, that end the race Which we call life. So hand in hand with love ; We would have wished to die. Yet how unlike, to these our dreams of death, Was thy sad parting from this earthly home. Alone, within a foreign land thou diedst, Unministered by any tender touch Of well-known hands, alone — yea ! quite alone. Divided by the cold relendess sea PARTING. From wife and children, fatherland and friends. Yet what accounts it now ? The gate is passed — And thou hast found, — after how brief a space, — The heart that touched most closely to thine own. Six months, as we on earth can reckon time ; A moment, in the eternal land of thine ; And heart, again united unto heart, Found rest completed there. Hark, my brother ! There live upon this earth men, whose dull souls Are so clothed o'er with love of mortal life, That they would deem it but a foolish tale, The story we have known — of death through love. Yet in the glory, where you ever dwell, I fancy it must seem more strange by far. How soon forgetfulness will pass her cloak Over the eyes of men. For well you know How great the soul ; how mighty in its power To sweep away the paltry, mortal garb That lies around it here. That if indeed The joy were granted of one moment's glimpse Into the realms of light, such view alone Would bear us thither. ( 9 ) A LONELY HOUR. 1 SEE thee again, my sister, As I saw thee on that day After the words were spoken, Thy husband had passed away. That the voyage now was ended With such trembling hope begun, That, at last, his pain was over ; The battle with sickness done. The thought of thy face so often. Haunts me in my lonely moods ; When I hear the sad wind moaning, Away in the leafless woods. As I deeply strive to listen ; That story of bitter pain, With its train of saddest details. Comes back to my heart again. A LONELY HOUR. And I hear thy voice distinctly, Amid the contending storm ; And dimly, through waving shadows, I seem to discern thy form. Again I hear thee repeating, Thus, word by word, what they told ; And I see that look of anguish As slowly its horrors unfold. " My husband is dead- — you tell me — He is parted from me for life ; The sad wind mocking. The waters rocking ; He heeds not their storm and strife. " Dead — I don't seem to follow. I — never to see him again ; Never to hold him. Never to kiss him. Silence — 'tis dawning in pain. " I see, but can it be seeing, To awake from a dreamy state, A LONELY HOUR. And behold the light Grow darker than night, The blackness of hopeless fate ? " Revealed ; like the awful chasm That will give us no thought of fear, Till the breaking edge, Of some rocky ledge Shows plainly, that death is there. " I look into blackest darkness. Where I see but the one loved face Lying cold and dead On a stranger's bed ; Having missed his wife's embrace. " Go back ! — -oh no ! take me to him — For I will not be kept away. In a distant land, With no loving hand, Oh ! say not ; oh ! say not ; nay. " 'Tis useless, I could not reach him. Yet why is there time or place, A LONELY HOUR. To hearts that must prove By the pain of love ; They were made for a happier race ? " " But is it thus ? oh ! art thou gone, My loved one, can no pitying call Bring thee to me, now left alone ? Deprived of thee — thus robbed of all. God loves — then why this awful space Betwixt the living and the dead ? I may not look upon thy face, Nor hear the parting service read. I see them gathered round the tomb, Strangers whose care I cannot trust ; I hear the words of awful doom, Ashes to ashes, dust to dust ; But I can see no falling tear Over that dear devoted life ; No flowers are placed upon the bier, And no one thinks about his wife. Wife ! nay I fear the word is wrong, Widow in future it must be j I have not held the former long. The latter, death shall take from me. A LONELY HOUR. 13 Oh ! death — yes surely thou dost hold The only hope for such a grief; Stretch forth to me thy hand so cold, That I may come and find relief, From all the horror and the pain That ever follows in thy train." The room is again in silence ; The shadow has passed away ; The gloom at last defeated By one little fitful ray. And I seem to hear two speaking In a harmony so pure, That all seems touched with brightness, That looked so dark before. " In a land of glory, we are bright and free ; All our sadness, brother, touches only thee. Think you that the meeting, was not worth the pain ; And the grief of parting, never comes again. Oh ! that we could tell thee how we view the past. What are dreams on waking, fearful while they last ? 14 A LONELY HOUR. When the morning sunUght bids you rise and pray, All your fear is over, it has passed away. So while you were weeping, at that parting sigh ; What a scene of gladness filled our world on high. We can never tell you of that heavenly thrill, Which enwraps the senses, and enthrals the will ; How all joys are altered, yet not one we miss ; How all love is hallowed with a nobler bliss : No, we only bid you hasten to this land. Where the touch of waking, is a lost love's hand." ( IS ) THE NIGHT OF DEATH. X HE night breathes of death, in her stillness ; The calm of unspeakable pain ; And the dead are less dead than the living, They will not be parted again. But oh ! the cold numbness of horror, That moves through the deadness of grief, The groan, that no pity can answer, The tears, that can give no relief. Oh ! why didst Thou take her so early, And leave us in deepest despair ? For Thy world is so full of such spirits. And love is the life of that air. We needed some loving example,— Where discord for ever is rife ; — And now there is no one to follow. Or take up the thread of her life. 1 6 THE NIGHT OF DEATH. We kneel, — but no word can we utter Save only the name of the dead. Oh, God ! when our mind can but wander, Pray Thou grander prayers in our stead. We hear through the stillness, strange murmurs. And sounds that we cannot explain ; The whisper of something expected, A voice, to speak never again. For the lips of our loved one are still, Nor move they with trembling breath ; For on them has been tenderly laid, The kiss of the angel of death. Yet ever, in patience, we listen Through the murmuring silence of night ; And gaze, 'mid the wavering darkness. To catch but the flicker of light. For of all we may say about death ; Like children, we think of the dead In the form that we love and remember. What else can we place in its stead ? For the eyes that have looked into ours. The hand that has soothed us in pain, THE NIGHT OF DEATH. 17 And the lips, with their pressure of love, Must surely, be ever the same. And therefore our breathing we silence ; And eagerly strain for a sound Of the voice ever ready to comfort All hearts, in which sorrow was found. We lift up our hands, in the darkness. To touch, what we think may be near. We feel but the numbness of waiting, And only each heart-beat we hear. Then slowly our hands drop beside us. No longer we listen in pain ; Our brain seeks relief, and refuses To bear still this agonized strain ; And dimly we wander to subjects That touch us and fade from our sight ; Till gently the angel of slumber Breathes on us the visions of night. Then comes a soft step in the distance ; A step heard so often before ; And we raise up our head from the pillow — Hark ! — some one is now at the door — THE NIGHT OF DEATH. It opens — a light shines upon us, And on — ah ! then why should we weep ? She is holding her child in her arms, As she tenderly rocks it to sleep. Then we see her come close to our side And lean down the child for a kiss ; As we gently take one of her hands. And tremble with rapturous bliss. We call her — she looks at the child, And strokes the bright hair on its head. So we call her again, by her name — Oh God ! — 'tis the name of the dead. We struggle, — endeavour to rise — The vision moves slowly away ; And we look for the light that was there ; We look, — 'tis the dawning of day. Cold, cruel and sad is the day That brings to the heart no relief. Cold, cruel and sad is the light That calls us again to our grief. ( 19 ) HARMONY THROUGH DEATH. i N the darkness, — in the twilight, — I have called to thee in vain, The loneliness has answered, Like the pattering of rain, Like the humming of the insects When the light begins to wane. And sometimes I have heard thee, In a whisper never clear ; Which, even whilst I listen, I am doubting if I hear ; And -the fear that I shall lose it, Is the loss that caused the fear. Thou hast left me, all in sadness. Though once I seemed to be A lustre on thy brightness, A very part of thee ; As thou hast often whispered While bending over me. HARMONY THROUGH DEATH. Oh God ! this moving stillness, — This breathing silentness, — This opening as a prelude Which leads to nothingness, — If only Thou wouldst turn it To something more, or less ; To the more, of certain knowledge ; Or the less, of ended hope ; To that with which my spirit. Now bound to earth, may cope ; Or else to my strained vision Give Thou a wider scope. Or grant me, in compassion. Never to hear the strain, Which seems to speak of meeting Some chord of love again ; But as the chord draws nearer, Breaks down, in soundless pain. Oh Death ! that thou shouldst sever Lives blended into one ; That by you disunited In such sad discords run ; At least, what of the remnant, You left beneath the sun ; HARMONY THROUGH DEATH. Perchance the finer portion Which you have drawn away, Is breathing forth, in heaven, In that land of endless day, The purest consummation Of this half-finished lay. And yet, I needs must fancy, That even on that shore, My love has not forgotten The life, that went before ; And beneath the sweetest singing Has yet a hidden store ; And only, when thy spirit Visits this home again, In pitiful compassion, To take what shall remain ; Will the listening hosts of heaven Hear a completed strain. ( 22 ) ENID. Irl OW strange a thing is thought, when backward thrown ; How oft, from voices inarticulate, It brings strange and forgotten memories Of by-gone hope, or many-sided love. The darkness shows a vision, and the shade Quivers with forms, that seem to move more near ; Dim spirits of the past ; leading along Some toddling faith, or half-formed fantasy. Yet there are times when deep reflection comes. Called forth by small and humble messengers, And yet replete with words of heavenly power. The mighty forest, with its boundless space ; The endless sea, in calm, or restless rage ; The mountains, naked in their barrenness ; The valleys, clothed with spring's fresh tenderness. All have their separate utterances : ENID. Yet not in these, does Nature softly speak With her own gentle voice, to draw us near : These does she thrust upon the unwilling heart. Teaching all men their worth, their nothingness. But there are moments, when with tender toucla, She draws us close ; and with a mother's love Speaks to her children in short syllables. My heart was full of sadness, as I watched A pure and taintless stream, winding its way Through tangled underwood and bending ferns ; I knew that ere it reached the ocean's verge, Each drop, so perfect now, must tainted be ; And such, I thought, am I, a tainted drop, Borne ever on toward the unknown sea. My heart was far too sad to look beyond Into the wider sky, else had I known A deeper law, and yet a higher light. For I was come into the woods to think ; A mystery was over me, for lo ! A child, a very little child, was dead : Gone from us ; never more should we behold Her sunny face, half hidden in her curls ; Or hear her merry laughter in the fields : 24 ENID. No more the daisies, 'neath her feet, would sink To lift their heads unharmed. For she has gone. And taken back a glory from the earth. Oh Nature ! what hast thou to give to me, On this bright morning? Is there aught of hope, That I can learn from thee, to bring me rest ? I turned, and saw upon a tender leaf, — ^Vhose stem, most delicate, was deeply bowed With the unusual weight, — a dewdrop lie : One gentle breath of wind and it must drop Into the stream ; — but nothing stirred the air : And as the early sun peeped through the leaves, The dewdrop passed away, drawn heavenward. Then knew I, that so like this early dew. Our child had gone, not downward to the sea ; But upwards to the heaven ; and far away, To where the eager stream is hastening on ; Behold ! a misty line of silver light. Where sky and ocean meet. ON THE DEATH OF LAURENCE OLIPHANT. -L SAW a madman, — one the world called mad — Men always call the minds above them so, And though the thought of it is passing sad. In a fool's march, we all together go. Idiots at one end of the winding train, Silent, with stupid gaze, move on their way. Following the only instincts that remain. The instincts caused by an abiding pain. And close in front of these, with foolish stride. Their talking fellows move with wavering tread ; Hoping that they may gain, the wished for side Of those in front, and talk with them instead. WhUe those in front press on, with like desire. Seeking to hear the folly, they deem wise ; 26 ON THE DEATH OF LAURENCE OLTPHANT. And, in this march, they never seem to tire, Nor care if, like the moth, their light should lead to fire. Next come the stupid wise, whose eyes are cast Upon the beaten track ; who never cease Crying, that it, and it alone at last, Will lead to perfect happiness and peace. Forgetting that the path, on which they tread, Is not a king's highway by wisdom formed ; But that they wander helplessly instead. Over the crowded footmarks, of the blindly led. And led by whom ? Those whom the world calls mad. The leaders of this band, — through all the past, — Are like the one whose life, so strange and sad. Has moved away from out our view at last. Where they have been, there also we are led ; We know not why, yet follow them we must : We reach out to them, with our arms outspread. To grasp their gifts, and take them upon trust. Some stand aloof, and he who thus disdains To trust in aught as higher than himself; ON THE DEATH OF LAURENCE OLIPHANT. 27 And thinks that he is free from foolish chains, Is driven ass-like, from behind, with reins. 'Tis true he sees them not, but moves ahead With neck outstretched, in self-confiding pride : Unknowingly, by custom he is led, Her reins thus guiding him from side to side. But those alone make custom (such as he Who now has left us, after noble fight) Those who still love the spirit, which is free ; And dare to follow, where they see the light. Only if they should haply go too fast. Or do too much, or see too great a light ; The world will treat them, as in ages past ; Will chain them down as mad, or murder them at last. Yet thou art gone, brave spirit, to the light ; We follow in the footsteps, where you trod ; Trusting, that through the darkness of the night, They lead us upward to the feet of God. ( 28 ) WRITTEN AFTER READING THE LIFE OF FATHER D AMI AN. r URE is the lily pale, Pure are those sparkling rills Whose waters never fail, As ever from the hills They dance and play, upon their downward way. Pure in the early morn Is the fresh moving air. That ere the day is born We meet in valleys fair, , Or on the side of mountains reaching wide. Pure is the young child's heart That knows no thought of sin, Ere innocence depart, And passions rage within ; Evil, when nigh, must grieving pass it by. . AFTER READING THE LIFE OF FA TITER D AMI AN. 29 Yet purer than all these Is that high soul, whose life Tainted by foul disease Has past from out the strife, Leaving a name, immortalised by fame. Ever, for endless years, A lesson has been taught ; That heedless of all fears, Or of what pain it brought, A man could go to welcome grief and woe. Freely he took his chain. All hopeless of release. Knowing he must remain 'Mid groans, that never cease, Till death should bring an end to suffering. From peace and quietness, To restless, seething woe ; He went in fearlessness, Into that hell below ; Self vanquished My, love held her perfect sway. 30 AFTER READING THE LIFE OF FATHER DA MIAN. Monarchs with all their pride, Forgotten, pass away ; Wisdom will not abide The light of coming day ; His love shall be remembered through eternity. ( 31 ) THOUGHT, MADNESS, AND REST. J-VEEP in that land, where hidden thoughts abide ; — Thoughts, which no language can as yet express. And which no tongue may utter ; — we are led Often to wander. Round us still may pass The well known objects of our daily life ; Still there, and yet forgotten ; cast aside By no deep effort of the tired mind ; But rather banished, by that greater light That draws us near. Thus, while the world moves on, We peacefully may dream our time away ; Fit mark for every passing scoff or sneer. Men cast upon us, as we let slip by, The golden prize they seek, 'Tis strange, indeed. How divers are the views, of this short life. Held by the various minds we see around. 32 THOUGHT, MADNESS, AND REST. To some, this life is an eternity, So made, because their fearful eyes refuse ' To rest upon its margin. Some again Think it a game of play, where tears have place, — Unbidden and unwelcome interlude. — While some have found it but a round of toil, They strive in vain to break. And yet again, Many regard it as a wilderness, Surrounded and enveloped by a cloud. To only few, does this short life appear A sleep, from which we must awaken soon ; In which strange dreams are passing through our minds ; Coloured, at first, by visions of the past ; And then by objects, ever pressing on, Between us and that shining light afar ; Which as they nearer move, still more disturb The ordered calm of sleep. Our minds will play with phantasies, Which ever move along ; Weary of cold realities, That to the earth belong ; The common life, of common things. Has lost its wonton power; THOUGHT, MADNESS, AND REST. 33 We strive to use our damaged wings, If only for an hour ; We struggle, and with struggle rise On pinions soiled with clay ; We feel the warmth of sunny skies, The glory of the day ; We feel it, for one moment bright. Then down exhausted fall, To clouds and darkness, from the light ; A mockery to all. Then, wearily, we creep from sight And in some gloomy cavern hide. Whose mocking echoes answer us. Cast back from every side. Our thoughts — like bats with hideous wings, — Feed greedily on night-bred things : While madness too, with horrid eyes, Ever will hover near ; A ghastly mimic of the wise, Filling us with thoughts of fear ; And closer still the dismal shape Creeps on, with ruthless power ; 34 THOUGHT, MADNESS, AND REST. We see no loophole of escape As it nears us every hour ; No hand its onward march can stay Upon its ever-winding way Towards its trembling prey ; We look below, we look on high. In vain we turn toward the sky And pray, with tears, to die ; No answering voice of love we hear, No help is present, or seems near ; The echoes mock our prayer. Thus how often we may see Some soul lost in misery ; In such horrors revelling. As were never felt in hell ; Though at times it still may lie In a trance of ecstasy : While the body, on its way. Left alone, will often stray, Here and there its steps will wend Till it meets some tragic end. Laugh and sing, ye little rills Bursting from the riven hills ; THOUGHT, MADNESS, AND REST. 35 Cast in scorn, oh mocking deep^ Water o'er the mangled heap ; This is man, whose mighty mind Had gone wandering to find Ways, whereby this world could be Ruled by him more perfectly. Toss the body here and there, Draw thy fingers through its hair, Moving it to seeming life. Fitting mockery of the strife ; Then upon some rocky bed Leave, at last, the mangled dead. Angels then will bear the soul. Free at last from mortal strife ; Guided by divine control. Raising it to higher Ufe. Now from darkness borne away ; Into light of endless day. After turmoil, sweetest peace ; After pain a blest release. Soon thus healed, by tender love, It at last, perchance, may see, By the heavenly light above That reveals eternity. 36 THOUGHT, MADNESS, AND REST. Somewhat of the reason why, Of that dark and awful hour ; That, by pain, it has been led To a greater joy and .power ; Also that the ghastly forms, Haunting once that gloomy deep. Were but shadows, night transformed ; Burdens of a troubled sleep ; Now at last, in rosy dawn, They have changed, in some strange way. To the mist, so softly borne On the breast of coming day ; Destined, in the sunny air Of perfect love, to pass away. THE SHADOWS OF THE LAKE AND OTHER POEMS. ( 39 ) THE SHADOWS OF THE LAKE. A MYTH. W ITH careless feet we tread our native hills ; And breathe the air so sweet with heather flowers, Where ocean's briny kisses borne along By eager wind, leave on the pallid cheek The rosy blush of coming health and joy. We pass the humble cottage by the path Yet seldom lift the latch to enter there ; Thus missing much of a quickly fading thought, And rustic musings, that if only found, Would often throw a soft and mystic light Around the smallest act of daily life. In simple annals may be often heard The trickling stream of poetry, that laves With its refreshing touch all drooping Ufe, And covers ruggedness with yielding growth. Oh Wales ! so long the home of dreamy rest. 40 THE SHADOWS OF THE LAKE. Sure e'en the desecrating feet, of those Who treat thy solitudes with vile contempt. Must fail to take away thy hidden charms, Passing them by uninjured and unknown. For thou hast clothed thy pictures in a dress, Often so humble in its outward show. That few pull back thy simple covering, Fearing to find some withered form disclosed. Thy language saves thee from the careless ones. And like the lovely maiden, who passed by Along the evil street of some vile town Clothed in the garments of a mendicant. With head bent low, and feigning palsied limbs ; So dost thou hide thy beauty, from the sight Of those who wantonly would do thee harm. But like the youth, in love with all mankind, — And seeing even in the most deformed. Still one whose features yet might be divine ; — Who took her to his home with loving care. So we may also, seeking far enough. Likewise obtain a vision unawares, A form to fill us with strange ecstasy. Yet must we go far from men's busy haunts. Far from the beaten track ; where nature sits THE SHADOWS OP THE. LAKE. 41 Mid her calm solitudes. In such a spot, Nestling among the wild and barren hills There lies a little lake, the dangerous rocks Rise sheer from out the water's sullen gloom. Only on one side tender grass and flowers. Touch its dark margin, and the fragile ferns, On calm days, gaze upon their image fair Reflected in the tranquil depth below. On this side of the lake and covered o'er With many creeping plants, and tender moss, A ruined cottage stands. If passing by The careless stranger notices the spot. He scarce methinks would visit it agaia Yet there is something strange about the place, And if on some dark night, when no soft breath Of wind disturbs the solitary calm ; You see its waters by the pallid light Of many twinkling stars ; two misty shapes (Mistake them not for any vaporous clouds) Will slowly rise, out of the gloomy deep, And hover near the place, until a gust Of fitful wind, or else the dawning day Forbid the spot to any restful sprites. And what are these, these spirits of the air 42 THE SHADOWS OF THE LAKE. Who haunt the still and unfrequented lake? The tale I give, as it was told to me By quite a little child, who lives hard by. Children — whose spirits fresh have come from far. Where 'tis not thought a thing of manly growth To doubt the higher part of human life — Are the best teachers ; for their earthly form, Has not yet wrapped them in so coarse a shroud That all the glory of their past is lost ; And from their lisping words we gather truth, Missed in the blank conceit of blinder doubt. It fails me now to give her babbling words ; Though much I wish the prattle could be told. I tell it as I can — not as I would. Years back they say — though truth is covered o'er, As is yon cottage by the creeping moss. Leaving but patches now, that we can see. Of what was once the clear and barren fact — There dwelt beside this lake a withered form. An ancient woman, dreaded far and near ; Some said she held a strange and secret power To draw dark spirits from the realms of helL None knew her parentage, or whence she came ; THE SHADOWS OF THE LAKE. 43 Nor where she found the child, who dwelt with her ; But sure it is, that never sweeter form Was brought in contact with such ugliness. And if, on any calm and sunny mom. The child bent down over the water's edge To gaze upon her image, on the lake ; Nature would hold her breath, lest she might lose The sweetness of the vision lying there ; But should the ancient dame bend o'er the child. Casting her image likewise down below, Some fitful breeze, or else a falling bough, Would blurr the picture out, with eager haste ; Striving to hide a contrast, which exposed So gross a revelation. Thus the child — Tended by ugliness of deepest shade — Herself a streak of light and innocence. Grew on to womanhood, and carried thence All that had made her early youth so fair ; Only upon the childishness was laid The rounded beauty of her maidenhood ; And all the rustic youths would dream of her, Warldering far to catch a distant sight Of aught so lovely ; yet with solemn awe, 44 THE SHADOWS OF THE LAKE. Fearing to come too near to one possessed ; For it was said that those who dared to kiss The softly rounded cheek of this fair maid ; Before the year had passed away must die. Thus, circled round with maledictions dread, The girl was left to gloomy solitude. But on a night, the eve of which was still With that deep hush which tells of coming storm, A dreadful tempest swept across the hills ; Bringing upon its breast an awful shape Of flaming fire, with deep mouthed thunderings. The forks played wildly on the ragged heights Around the gloomy lake, whose waters rose Like boiling froth, under the lashing mnd, And in a misty cloud were scattered far Over the trembling growth of gorse and heath. The thunder shook the mountains, which in scorn Cast back a sullen roar, and far and near The mighty rocks contended with the storm. In fierce and oft-repeated mockery ; For every blow, casting back echoes wild, Which ended in afl angry muttering. The startled sheep fled downwards from the hills. And huddled into any welcome nook THE SHADOWS OF THE LAKE. 45 That seemed to offer shelter from the blast. The peasant, having closed the straining door, Stood listening to the tempest, while his eyes — Themselves not free from sidelong looks of fear — Watched his half-naked little ones, who now Called from sweet sleep and many tender dreams. And half convulsed with childlike helplessness Had cast themselves in dread around his wife : She in their fears, forgetful of her own. The angry torrent, swollen by the rain, Rushed o'er the bending grass or heathered slopes ; Forgetting in its haste, the narrow bounds Which in its calmer days it keeps content ; As if rejoiced to leave the noise and strife And hide beneath the surging of the sea : And in its selfishness, oft casting down The straining tree, that else had stood secure — Thus bringing cruel death along its path. — So we, eager to gain some wished for end. Often forget the many hopeless lives Bruised by our wanton feet, and left behind On each side of our path ; while we but gain A restless sea of new and deeper pain. — At last the storm abated, and once more 46 THE SHADOWS OF THE LAKE. The silent stars looked down upon a scene Of sad destruction and of bitter woe. Tall pine trees, — clutching with their eager roots Still to the faithless stones, — were spread athwart The swollen torrent, which in careless haste Still hurried on, over the broken rocks That the fierce lightning had, in angry rage, Torn from the mountain side. And now behold The moon comes softly forth from the dark clouds. And casts her silver beams gently around. The humble ferns lift slowly from the ground, And trembling cast the heavy raindrops off", Thus rising higher in their timorousness. The crafty otter creeps from out the hole Which gave him kindly shelter, and a bird, Now freed from fear, chirps with a faint relief. But who is this standing so pale and still Beside the cottage door, with eyes intent Searching the distant sweep of open ground ? Her tender limbs, with scanty covering, Quiver with bitter cold and anxious fear ; And her bright hair, in long and ample waves. Is fluttering in the half relenting wind. THE SHADOWS OF THE LAKE. 47 'Tis Dorti — the fair maiden of the hills — Looking with eager gaze, if she may see The ancient dame, creeping from yonder cleft — To which in fear of the approaching storm She lately fled. — But lo ! a thing most strange And full of awful dread. — Before her lies The cleft torn wide asunder to the sky, And filled full half way up with shattered rocks. Thus gazed the girl, till slowly o'er her face Came a deep look of fear, and a wild shriek Passed over the cold hills, which echoed back The anguished cry ; as the girl fled in fear Along the path that climbs the mountain side. Not very far from this grim lonely spot. And in a lovely glen, where the young pines Put forth their tender shoots, unharmed by wind — Safe in the confidence of sheltering hills — Another cottage stood, whose sides were rich With clustering roses, which kept company With homely ivy and the wild woodbine. Within this cottage lived a lonely youth. Orphaned, when quite a little toddling boy ; And reared by Nature and the scanty care 48 THE SHADOWS OF THE LAKE. Offered by neighbouring folk in charity ; — Which seldom has the touch of tenderness That we would love to wind with this cold word. — Thus had he grown under the fostering care Of his wild mother ; welcomed as a friend By all her shy, retiring family. And it is said that birds, and creeping things, And e'en the timorous squirrel, knew his voice. Coming, from far, to hear the tuneful sounds He called from his sweet harp at even-tide, Strange chords that were at times both sad and wild. During the storm he lay with tranquil face, Watching its strength ; for none of Nature's moods Had fear for him — 'twas but his mother's frown. But when the gentle moon had stolen forth From misty scudding clouds — that even now Did often blurr her image in the sky — He wandered out with eager wish to save If it might be, some solitary lamb Divided from the flock,, or else some bird Blown from the nest, and quivering hopelessly Upon the reeking ground ; and as he passed. He lifted up the hapless, burdened growth Which lay beside the path on either side. THE SHADOWS OF THE LAKE. 49 So dear to him was any helpless life. Now as he looked around, a vision strange Appeared to him. There rested on a rock — One of the jagged portals of the gorge — A girl, whose garments white and streaming hair Were gently moved by the soft amorous wind, As with bare hesitating feet she stood. Her hand was held to shade her straining eyes, Which scanned the gloomy dell on either side. For one brief pause he stood irresolute, Then spake aloud. " Spirit of the mountains, wherefore art thou come. Leaving all the wildness of thy rocky home ? Rest, oh rest a moment, speed not thou away. Stay till night is over, till return of day. Often I have seen thee in the hours of rest. And have lingered sweetly on the vision blest ; Now the very presence comes upon my sight, Must I lose thee even as in dreams at night ? " While thus he wildly spoke. The girl, in fear, moved down the rocky path And stood before him, looking on the ground. But he, wild with the love so long restrained, And careless of all else, — yea even death — E 50 THE SHADOWS OF THE LAKE. Essayed to kiss her sad and lovely face. But looking up she moved, and spake to him. " Love and pain go hand in hand, They are held with iron band. Lonely I must ever go Closely wound about with woe. If thou give thy love to me, I must give back death to thee. Touch me not ! For my heart may never know Any kiss, but that of woe. Hasten ! from the awful doom Of the now o'ershadowing tomb. Fare thee well, nor think of me, Fated by this dread decree. Fare thee well." Yet, ere she ceased to speak these awful words, He caught her in his arms, with burning love ; And on her lips, her eyes, and silken h&,ir, In many eager kisses, told his love : — As from the mountains came the solemn moan Of distant thundering. THE SHADOWS OF THE LAKE. 51 And thus two lonely hearts were bound with cords, — Which either grow into eternal bands, For stronger binding in a world beyond^ Or else, the natures which they cling around Are so clogged o'er with carnal appetites, That poisonous growths, and other noisome things Destroy the tender shoots of holy love ; And they become at last a worthless heap Fit only for a purifying fire 5 Or through decay to rise to higher forms. Now in the blissful rest of wedded love The months rolled by, in that calm wooded glen ; And nought disturbed the quiet harmony Of their new found content and homely joy. And summer came, with warmth to gladden them ; And autumn, with her many tinted shades, To teach of change and all that deathlike time, When things must sleep and rest, before the spring, With her eternal resurrection life. Shall call them to new effort, and new joy. " One day however, ere the winter came, They clambered up the heights, at even tide, 52 THE SHADOWS OF THE LAKE. To watch the sun dip slowly in the sea ; And led by restless fate, or some desire, They rested by tiie lake, upon whose verge The cottage stood, not since revisited. And then, eager to gain a wider view, They reach the summit of a treacherous rock. And sit down, — with a solemn touch of awe — Over the natural grave of wickedness. For somewhere 'neath them, even now must lie The witch's mangled body, covered up Some twenty feet, with broken stones and rocks. Thus sat they watching, as the curious tints Spread o'er the scene ; their eyes intently turned To where the ocean met the glowing sky. Where clouds arrayed in glory paid respect To the departing sun. The poet's harp Lay idly by his side, as thus they gazed. And Dorti's lovely head was drooping down Upon his shoulder, as her eyes now moist With half-forbidden tears, looked to the sea While thus she spake to him — THE SHADOWS OF THE LAKE. " Oh sing to me some gentle strain; My soul is full of hidden grief. A dread has overshadowed me ; My heart is seeking for relief. I fain would draw more close to thee ; Place then thine arm around me, dear ; Thus, shall the horror pass away, All banished then the unknown fear ; And I shall dream of joyous things, Wafted away on music's wings." So with his arm around her trembling form. And her hair falling over both of them. He spoke, watching the changing shades of light. " Behold the sun sinks gently in the west, The night is well nigh here ; Spirits speak of the coming rest. The rest to us so dear. Gently heaves the dreamy sea With the calm of departed fear. Dream on. The larks soar to heaven, yet sink to sleep On beds of earthly clay. 54 THE SHADOWS OF THE LAKE. Our spirits, groping in the deep, Lose the glory of day. The sun moves on regardlessly Of the things that must pass away. Dream on. The clouds rise up, at the even-tide, To hide the sun from view ; Glories, that may not abide, Create the heaven anew. Joy is worth the moment bright. Though it pass as the early dew. Dream on. The clouds and the ocean, that seem so close. Are ever parted in twain ; But when the colour has died away. They shall meet ; in the gentle rain. And many hearts that have tried to touch. And failed in the glory of day, Have heard in the breath Of the angel of death, A whisper, that told the way. I hear ! I hear ! all nature seems to say Come, come away — Thy spirit is not made to stay THE SHADOWS OF THE LAKE. 55 For ever fretting in this sordid clay. Away ! away ! And yet, my loved one, wherefore is the call ? I cannot leave thee desolate, alone. — Stand back ! thou awful figure — stand away ! — What means within thy hand the pall, The winding sheet ? Take back thy hand ! — Ah ! now I know thy hateful shape. — Away ! " Thus with his song disturbed,, by some strange form. His hands, stretched out in deprecating fear ; He darted up, and springing quickly round Fell downward, o'er the cliff, into the lake. Veil then the scene of grief j let us not view The form of that poor desolated girl. Whose anguished sobs made the still air vibrate In sympathetic sadness, while she bends Far down, over the unrelenting crag ; And follows with her eyes, undimmed by tears. The headlong pathway of the mangled dead : Who soon shall quietly lie beneath the deep. Never to rise again. From that day forth — though urged by loving hands — 56 THE SHADOWS OF THE LAKE. No power could draw her from the lonely lake. Again her dreary resting-place was found In yonder barren cottage, as of yore ; And slowly o'er her eyes there came a look So wild and strange, that those who knew her best, Would say her soul had left behind the shell Of grief, and passed to other spheres away. She never wandered from the narrow lake ; And ever as she walked, would seem to see Some image in the watet calling her. And bidding her to follow ; till she stood Often irresolute if she should cast Her life, in faith, upon the chilly wave ; As if she hoped to find the arm of love, Waiting to draw her home. So time moved on — Till on a night of calm still beauteousness ; When every sound was hushed, in solemn awe ; Two shepherds walking on the mountain top. Beheld a glorious sight. ^ — The dreamy moon Cast her reflection on the silent lake. And cut the waters with a silver line Of hovering light. Thus gazing, they could see THE. SHADOWS OF THE LAKE. 57 A tiny boat move from the darker wave And rest upon the brightness mirrored there ; One figure stood alone within the stern ; The figure of a girl robed all in white, Who, as she looked below, thus softly sang. " My love, whose form I ever see Floating 'neath the quiet deep. Oh say ! wilt thou not come to me, How much longer must I weep ? For each day brings more of sadness, Parted from thy gentle sway ; And each night I mourn the gladness That I knew at close of day. Must I now be ever parted From the only thing I love ; Ever going broken hearted While upon the earth I move ? Yonder cold and barren mountain, Covered is at eventide By the spirit of the fountain, That, by day, had left its side. Would that I might leave behind me This, cold form of earthly clay ; 58 THE SHADOWS OF THE LAKE. And in spirit hover near thee, At the close of every day. Thus the sun, which has descended Softly to the glowing sea ; Surely, while on high suspended, Has a gentle memory. Now I see thee — 'neath the playing Of the water, beckon me — What is it that thou art saying? Bidding me to come to thee ? Yes ! 'tis so,— and thou art calling, Though thy voice is 'neath the wave ; And thine accents, gently falling, Bid me now be strong and brave. Thou canst not come back to fetch me But thou bidst me bend and kiss. 'Neath the water I shall touch thee. Feel the joy of bygone bliss. I would lie where thou art lying ; I would press my heart to thine : There is but the pain of dying, — Then for ever thou art mine." And as she spoke, in accents wild with love, THE SHADOWS OF THE LAKE. 59 She stooped and kissed the ever trembling wave. Then, with her arms outstretched, constraining love Drew her below. Thus as the shepherds watched — Held back by wonderment — they saw arise From out the spot, where she had lately sunk, Two beauteous misty forms ; at first apart. Though by a little space, but as they rose And floated slowly o'er the moonlit lake ; They blended into one, drawn heavenward. ( 6o ) A WANTON SPIRIT. Written after a Spiritualistic Manifestation. i AM full of the breath of the night ; Of the spirit of rollicking play; Of the deepness of dreams, that may sport In a tricksome and wandering way ; For my spirit is free as the air, And my body is gone to decay ; While the soul, — that I might have brought forth, - I strangled by night and by day. And now I am nothing at all But a wandering spiritual form. That breathes in the calmness of night The breath of a meaningless storm ; For my spirit has reaped what was sown. Which simply was nothing at all. A WANTON SPIRIT. 6 1 And now I have nothing to do So I come at the medium's call. Listen, listen unto me, I am free, I am free ; Let us laugh and let us sing"; Brush no down from off my wing, For I am a fragile thing, I might fade away. Once I heard an inner voice Speaking unto me. Now, I simply can rejoice ; For there is no other course That I see, or wish to see, But to be a spirit free, With no thought of pain. " Yet, at times, I fain would grasp Something tangible and firm. And materialize myself, If only as a worm ; For I long for the dear old earth, On whose bosom I last had birth Yes, as a worm, I'd roll and turn And feel myself at last. 62 A WANTON SPIRIT. Therefore I come at your call ; Do with me as you may : Night is my only chance, I fade at the breath of day. Give me a part of yourself,* For this is the only way. Hush ! I begin to feel — Make the light more dim. Softly I touch the forms of such As circle the outer rim. Now I am clear, and stand Among you all again ; Yet I feel no conscious power, And I have no conscious pain. Again as I stand in your midst ; Behold ! my material shell Is slowly slipping away, Whither, I cannot tell. And now I am free once more, Once more I rollick and play ; Tossing and rolling, round and round, In my happy and meaningless way ; * It is generally now believed by spiritualists that a spirit, while in process of being materialized, takes substance from the medium. A WANTON- SPIRIT. 63 For as I lived on earth So shall I live alway ; Until at last, from lack of power, I slowly dissolve away." ( 64 ) COMING LIGHT. \j PON a lonely spot, where trembling stars Revealed but dimly the surrounding hills — Clothed simply with their rugged nakedness ; A man stood all alone, before a tomb, And in deep anguish mourned his only child, In accents sad and wild. " The night has come, too soon, to thee With pitiless, cold breath ; Taking thy gentle form away, To the mocking arms of death. And evermore, I hear thee say, As on the night you would not stay ; ' Some one is calling me away.' " Some one, — yet how could it be so ? — From that dark land of night, COMING LIGHT. 65 Where all is hushed, in deepest sleep, That knows of no coming light. It must have been a fancied sound That caused you thus to look around — Alas ! what darkness you have found. " There is no God ! and thou art gone Into the endless night, Yet you lifted your arms on high, Your eyes seemed dazzled with light. As you gazed at the empty space, And seemingly tried to embrace Some well remembered, loving face. " There is naught but chance ; and yet methinks That chance must surely be An evil being, that delights Ever in torturing me. Always to cruelly mock and say — With pointing finger — ' Look this way ! Behold ! the child of thine is clay.' " I look ; but it is not my child Lying so still and cold, — 66 COMING LIGHT. The dews of death upon her face, On the hands that firmly hold Something we may not, cannot see ; The one she thought, that set her free — 'Tis all a mockery to me. " Sometimes I feel that I must curse This God !— if God there be. So that if he should strike me dead, Or even torture me ; I, through my awful anguish wild. Should know him — know that he was mild And loving, to my little child. " But oh ! to think that she should place Her simple loving trust. In aught that is so blind as chance ; In the powerless, throbbing dust. Yet that o'er her, there's naught as high In heaven, or earth, or sea, or sky ; Seems still to mock me as a lie. " For how could chance, in any mood Bring forth so fair a flower ? COMING LIGHT. 67 A spirit, breathing endless love, Yet changing in every hour ; And every change, a sweeter change. Shall it not know a wider range ? To cease to be were passing strange. " 'T would seem less wonderful, that God Ruling this lower land ; Leads on his children, as they walk, With firm but with loving hand. Perchance there is a brighter place ; A higher home ; some purer race. Who see their Maker, face to face. " If so, I know my child is blest, Fain would I, that I knew That all the things that she believed Of a God, and Heaven, were true. It may be that those only rise Through mist, into the cloudless skies ; Who pass through meekness, to be wise." ( 68 ) MANY VOICES. " There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and none of them without signification." L Part I. — The Country. ist Voice. EAVE me in peace ; the time is short, And \ would follow joy, beauty, and rest : The path of even happiness, Will always prove the best. Why do you say, with voice so sad, I am leaving the path, which once I trod. To walk knee-deep among the flowers, Turning my back on God ? Surely God loves that we should play, Like children, with the beauties that He gives ; Nor wills that we, with hideous cries, Should shout to prove He lives. MANY VOICES. 69 You say our fellow-creatures lie, All steeped in awful ignorance and sin ; That we should cast all joy away, A single soul to win. You show the awful pain of hell That awaits each soul, I may fail to save ; And tell me, millions will be swamped In that pitiless wave. I turn away, in blank despair. From a faith that would surely drive me mad ; And worshipping the bright and fair, Leave the ugly and bad. 2nd Voice. "The wish is father to the thought," And the life of man to his creed ; The watery soil, of contented ease, Has nourished a strangling weed. The tender flowers of your early faith, Look sickly and die away ] ^o MANY VOICES. Lacking the warm, impetuous love, That lent them its gentle ray. And over the soft and humid ground Of a self-indulgent dream, Has risen a mist, of placid doubt, That quenches the sun's warm beam. You move away, with a sigh of pain, If discord touches your ear ; Nor turn to help, as your Master did. At sight of a single tear. You wear a smile, of deepest scorn, At the hope of a ransomed land ; And therefore wantonly leave it all. Withdrawing a helping hand. And still the tide of pain moves on ; While the widows mourn for their dead. And fatherless children, looking on, Are crying aloud for bread. The foulest sewers of sin, untouched, Are swelling the turbid flood ; MANY VOICES. And, on their surface, the bodies float Of infants, smeared with blood. Tst Voice. Cease ! oh, cease this strain of sorrow ; The gentle summer air is full of calm, And rest is over all the hills. That will not hear of harm. The brook is murmuring, on its way, A gentle song of sweet and full content ; The tall grass whispers pleasantly, Although its head is bent. Yonder, a little fluttering thing Breathes forth its soul in songs of joy, Nor seems to know of aught that could Its simple bliss alloy. And these are all God's creatures too. Whose mission is to teach us mirth ; While we, you say, should turn away Our face to the cold earth. 72 MANY VOICES. And seek amid the dust, for aught That is deformed and never sings ; And take to our sad hearts, and warm The chilly bloodless things. You say that we shall glory find Far greater than the angels bright ; Yet now you bid us close our eyes, And dream that it is night. So with eyes that see, but dimly, Through tears that, for others, are shed, You try to point out to others The path that they should tread. No wonder they turn disheartened From so twisted and sad a life ; While you, after pain and sorrow Are beaten in the strife. 2nd Voice. The dreamy air of ease. That to the country clings MANY VOICES. 73 Is carrying away Higher and nobler things. But come with me, for once, To where those thousands dwell ; And see, with human eyes. Men as they live in hell ; Then from your eyes shall fall These scales, and you shall hear A voice no man can drown, By any scoff or sneer ; A voice, so full of pain ; An awful pleading cry, Speaking in solemn words To each one passing by. 1st Voice. Yes, I know that there is pain ; Yet I seem to see Nothing, in your plan of life, That you show to me, 74 MANY VOICES. Which would hft the sorrow, Or could help the pain ; It would roll like thunder Over all again ; Even if you lift it For a little space, Bring a look of gladness Into one child's face, As I might by leading One to this bright spot ; Fancy his rejoicing At so changed a lot, But for a bright moment Could the glory last, And a hell, more awful. Then would hold him fast. Hold him with a tension Never known before I had shown the heaven. And then closed the door. Yet will I now follow Even where you will. And with sights of sorrow You mine eyes shall fill ; MANY VOICES. 75 For perhaps the country, That I hold so dear, Has not all the lessons, Good for me to hear ; And perchance the deepest Lies beneath a tear. Part II.— The Town. isf Voice. Where is the vision of thy God ? A voice has seemed to say. Hast thou left Him, in the country, So many miles away ? While Satan here has made his nest. For many a weary day. This is the city of vain shows. Nothing is true or sound. And over all, that tread its streets, A horrid net is wound, And they call its meshes custom And wrap it close around. The god to whpm they seem to bow, Has an unholy law ; 76 MANY VOICES. He only loves the saintly ones, In whom there is no flaw ; While against the fallen outcast He wages ceaseless war ; And what makes their god more fearful, He glances not within. The heart may be a cankerous sore And yet be free from sin, If only the outward cloak is clean It heaven at last shall win. Darkness is deepened by fog and smoke ; The river creeps, through the slime, And the goodness, that once was holy, Gets sickly looking at crime. The girls that reel, with their drunken mirth. Forth from their sickening den ; Are going out, on their hell-made track. Damning, and damned by, men. What shall we say of the angels pure, Beholding the face of God, Who watched, with such sad devoted love, The steps that their childhood trod ? MAJVy VOICES. 77 For I see before me a little child, So spotless and pure and bright, Lying in peace on its mother's knee In the soft warm evening light : Again before me, a filthy wretch Staggering home through the night, Falls down to sleep, and I see her face — Oh God ! 'tis a fearful sight. Yet I know, indeed, that the two are one ; And the change has come with age ; I think of all she has had to bear, Through every lowering stage. With always a hell that looms before, Always a heaven behind ; She looks no more for angels now, Or looking she scarce could find. They left, alas, with the purer past. And shall we say with her God ? And now she is pushed by other souls, Who follow, where once she trod. 78 MANY VOICES. They stagger thus on the downward road, The damning, and damned as well ; The back ones pushing the front ones on, Till they find their rest in hell. To live, and to die, and then be damned, If this is the end of all ; And even one of God's little ones Is destined, at last, to fall. Then why am I bidden to leave my joy, To fight against God's decree ? Surely the future, which waits for them, Cannot depend upon me. Think what an awful injustice To the one I fail to save, That God should decree That it rest upon me Whether in hell he eternally burn, Or in heaven is pure and free. MANY VOICES. 79 3^15? Voice. The town hath taught thee wisdom, which in vain Thou wouldst have sought amid the quiet fields ; We long have given up all foolish faith, Here careless chance her bloodsmeared sceptre wields. The good are trampled down by grasping vice, The pure are tainted, by the spotted vest Which ever is held out for them to wear, And whoso weareth knows no longer rest. Go back from whence thou camest, ere thy feet Cling to the mire, and have not power to rise ; And if thou canst, rejoice, as when a child, Before HeU, and the city, made thee wise. But talk no more of God, and if the birds Sing to His praise within the quiet glade ; And, to thy vision, all seems fair and good While dreaming thus, beneath the flickering shade ; Remember what this day has shown to thee ; And seeking deeply, thou wilt also find, 8o MANY VOICES. That even in the country, pain's the core, Though pleasure forms, perhaps, a thicker rind. For Hell is here, and Heaven is all a myth ; While chance can hardly cast us up again. Our life revives — yes in a thousand lives — For lo ! worms rise, within our form, and reign. 4^A Voice. Look round and see, nor dread the shade That now has passed away ; Spirits of evil come to those Who neither work, nor pray. Look at that young and tender girl. Moving in love so pure, — Amid a scene of guilt, like this, What pain she must endure : Careless of self, nor heeding aught Of blind contentious creeds ; She follows where her Master trod. For others' sins she bleeds. MAMy VOICES. 8 1 The moonlight falls where now she stands, And lightens up her face. Is there not something hidden there, Which even you may trace ? Her hand, so pure and white, has clasped, In pleading longing pain, Another hand ; and thus she strives To kindle hope again. Proving that God is truly good, Because He can forgive ; That where true holiness is found, No thought of hate can live. Go ask her — " Is it worth the pain, To live so dark a life ? " " Hope ! certain hope! " will be the cry, From out the toil and strife. And if you ask her, yet again, Why they who see most sin, And struggle with a conquering foe, Thus keep this hope within ? 82 MANY VOICES. She'll answer "There was one who spoke,— Words that are echoing still, — If any man would know the truth, He first must do God's will." Part HI. — The Country. A still small Voice. The land lies gently to the south, And breathes back each flickering ray Which the amorous sun gives to the earth ; Kisses, which linger after a birth. Warming the breasts with an unknown worth. For the flowers abound, in this sheltered spot. And the crudest wind can touch them not ; A butterfly flutters from flower to flower ; Foolishly now it is leaving the bower To find a brighter home. Never at peace, never at rest. This is the law that God sees best. Under His heavenly dome. Out of the bo^wer, the wind is cold ; And the fallows look dull and drear ; Yet still tlie insect moves on its way MANY VOICES. 83 Over the dull and lifeless clay ; Nothing is there, to bid it stay. At last, all alone on the barren ground, A lovely and delicate flower is found ;. The butterfly, hovering into its well. Has slowly vibrated the delicate bell Into a marriage sound. Barren, without another's aid, Useless soon it must have laid ; Each was for the other made. Ever the craving of desire Is leading onward into pain — A restless pitiful fire. — Yet God is guiding each and all ; Nearer their home at every fall ; Rest at last ; at last they find The kernel, hidden 'neath the rind. — The rind of pain, the kernel of rest ; This is the law that God sees best. ( 84 ) A CHILD'S FAITH. /\ CHILD was playing at my side And pointed to the ground. " Look, father ! at that ugly thing The insects crawl around ; I dug it from where that flower so white, Had stood above all of the flowers in height, That grew in my garden bed." " Oh ! foolish child ! " I turning said. " 'Tis a bulb, gone to decay ; And all the winter, 'neath the snow, Seemingly dead it lay ; Yet out of the rotten form, that you see. Has risen the greatest delight to thee. Your lily, so white and fair." A CHILD'S FAITB. The child looked at me wonderingly, Yet doubted not my word ; Of all the wonders, in her life, The strangest she had heard. Fain had I the faith of this little child ; For the path of my life looks dark and wild, That God has ordained for me. ( 86 ) CALM AND STORM. \. HE day is so calm and sunny, So quiet and so still, The breeze is so soft and gentle, Our sails will hardly fill. As we smoothly glide to westward. Where soon the sun shall lie Upon the water's heaving breast That swells- so peacefully ; We dream of the days now over. Of hopes that fade and die. As we watch the rippling waters And hear the sea-birds cry. The stillness that holds the ocean Calms not the troubled brain. Nor the spirit crushed with sadness, Nor heart that's filled with pain. CALM AND STORM. 87 The brightness is cold and cruel, The motion dull and slow, To spirits all wild with tumult. To hearts all dark with woe. Yet now as we watch the surface, That seems so calm and bright. We notice a line of darkness Crowned with a line of light ; And ever this moving shadow Seems to approach more near ; And we see the storm-clouds gather. Yet without thought of fear. As we lower down the foresail, The mainsail closely reef, And turn our boat to face the storm. Each action brings relief. The sea-birds call, as they pass us. Mocking with cries of dread ; Yet now that the waves draw closer The restless pain has fled. CALM AND STORM. A moment our bark is shaken And trembles as in pain, And the sails flap wildly o'er us, Then filling, meet the strain. A heaving lurch, then on we rush And nobly plough our way, Keeping close to the raging wind. Dashing through blinding spray. The clouds have hid the setting sun, The gloom is spreading fast. The waves rage still more furiously And stronger sweeps the blast. And yet in all this tumult wild Our spirits find release. And mid the raging of the storm We gain our wished-for peace. ( 89 ) AN IDLE HOUR. V^OME, my baby, let us play ; I am tired of work to-day. Let us roll among the flowers ; Or make haycocks into towers, Into which we'll hiding creep, And wrap ourselves in drowsy sleep. Or shall we against the wall Toss the light and tricksome ball ? Or chase the darting dragon-fly, That's flashing 'twixt us and the sky ? Shall we climb the wagon's side. On its swelling burden ride. As it homeward wends its way To the growing rick of hay ? Would you rather, I should seek For the nightingale's retreat ? That I lift you up on high, Show you where its young ones lie ? 90 AN IDLE HOUR. Each one with an open bill, That the parents strive to fill ; Ere the day its course has run, And the never weary sun Sets behind yon leafy hill ; Then their father's voice shall fill All the twilight with his song, Throbbing sounds that pass along ; Breaking up the restful hour Into waves of moving power. Is it better we should take. From the shed, your hoe and rake ? Shall we, o'er the drooping flowers. Pour some satisfying showers ? Watch the poppy shake its head, Casting dewdrops on the bed Of forget-me-nots that peep. Striving, open eyes to keep ; Till the sun at close of day Give the poppy perfect sway, And each flower it then will steep Into drowsy nodding sleep ; Sleeping till the sun shall rise Flaming through the ruddy skies ? AN IDLE HOUR. 91 Shall I tell you of the sprites That are never still at nights ; How they dance among the roses, Fill each other's hair with posies ; Laugh and sing and roll for joy, Making everything their toy ; Diving in the limpid pool, Throwing up the waters cool, Catching the reflection fair Of the stars, that tremble there ? Some will sit upon the side Of the spreading leaves, that ride ' With the lilies, whitely dressed, Lying on the water's breast ; Little figures, only seen By the soft moon's gentle beam, As they comb their tresses light In the fitful falling light ; And their naked forms will glide Here and there, on every side. Giving, each to each, a kiss. Thus, they fill the cup of bliss ; They are happy spirits bright ; Phantoms, gladdening the night. 92 AN IDLE HOUR. When you've had your fill of play, We will softly steal away, O'er the green and mossy bridge, To yon little swelling ridge ; Where in spring, the primrose pale Never has been known to fail ; We shall see the purple mist, That will then the sun resist ; While the hills in splendour rise, Through it, to the glowing skies. Slowly we may watch the day Softly dream itself away ; And the water, lying low, Giving back the heavenly glow. Then I fancy you will lay Your head upon the yielding hay ; While I shield you from the cold. Scented clover round you fold ; Then we'll dream of wondrous things, Of beings bright, with silver wings. Fluttering with us to the sky, — In whose arms perhaps we lie. — Or of falling through the air, Without any thought of fear ; AN IDLE HOUR. 93 Or of sailing endless seas Borne by the inconstant breeze. — Till at last a hooting sound Causes us to look around, And we see the owlet fly 'Twixt us and the starry sky. — Cease this babble, — let us play ; — Come away. ( 94 ) LOVE'S LESSON. V V HAT art thou, Love ? strange visitant, whose name Breathes through the centuries a quenchless flame ; A power for good or ill, that ever shall remain. The morning stillness wakens thee from rest. The dreamy calm, when thy light form is prest In tenderness around the ones thou lovest best : Thou dost awaken them with thine own kiss ; They tremble at thy touch ; yet feeling this Scarce waken from their dreams, to clearer thoughts of bliss. Thou floatest visions o'er their opening eyes. That fill them with delight and shy surprise ; Visions, which fitful sleep so oft to them denies. LOVE'S LESSON. 95 Surely thou art a breathing, sexless thing ; For youth and maiden hear thee whispering The same soft yearling sounds, thy gentle opening. They know thee not, and thou with smiling face Lookest upon them, as with sweet embrace, Thou dost, with thy soft form, their tender limbs enlace. The youth will feel thee first, and slowly rise And shake thee off; the maiden in surprise Will look, she knows not where, but never in thine eyes. And thou wilt leave them, to return again With the same touch, yet never quite the same ; For the unconsciousness thou wilt not let remain. The morning mist soon vanishes away ; And now they stand in the fierce light of day, That burning sun of thine, illumining the way. Yet this is not the time thou lovest best, This is the time of passion and unrest. Thou keepest still the sunset glory of the west. LOVE'S LESSON. The sun moves on apace, the shadows play In ever lengthening movement on the way, And speak to all of peace and of departing day. But lo, a change ! Oh, grand illumined sky ! On which ten thousand golden glories he — This is thy time, O love, to rule triumphantly. Where art thou now ? Between two lovers' eyes, Teaching the language which each touch supplies, When one responding heart, beside another lies. Move softly then thy soothing hand, and lay Thy lips upon their dreamy eyes, and stay No longer teaching here, thy work is done — Away ! ( 97 ) THE BELLS BENEATH THE SEA. X. WAS springtime, in the bright warm month of May ; As I, half dreaming, near the close of day Heard o'er the water, while it rose and fell, The soft vibration of a distant bell ; And as I listened, so it seemed to me, The mingled cries of stifled agony. And sobbing sounds, like children when they weep, Went upward from the bosom of the deep. I rose up, wondering what these sounds might be. That reached me thus upon the lonely sea ; And looking o'er the boat, saw down below In the clear water, where the sea-weeds grow, What seemed the ruins of some temple old, Whose buttressed towers, the waving plants enfold ; And columns high and arches reaching wide. Spread out in ordered form on every side. While, winding now along the watery aisle, A long procession slowly seemed to file ; H i THE BELLS BENEATH THE SEA. A crowd of misty shapes appeared below, Their heads bent down, as if oppressed by woe. The waters rippled and the vision passed, Blurredby the action of some fitful blast. Was it but fancy's picture I had seen ? And were the bells but ringing in my dream ? My ancient oarsman now had ceased to row ; And pointing to the wonders down below. He told me that the temple which I saw The people round had often seen before ; And that the bells oft sent their music wide ; Some having heard them on the mountain side Even in storms, when frightened sea-birds screech, And the wild waves foam fiercely on the beach. And when the spring tides came, in days gone by. That he had seen a tower left partly dry ; But now the sea had slowly pressed its way, Sweeping all things beneath its cruel sway ; Holding within its clutching, murderous hand What once were tracts of cultivated land ; And always covering now, the highest walls Of those strange towers, and desolated halls. THE BELLS BENEATH THE SEA. 99 I learnt from him all facts that he could tell, And many legends that he knew as well, About this place, which seemed so strange to me, Thus buried 'neath the stillness of the sea. And on the evening of the second day. Still fascinated, I had found my way Over the water, to the fated spot Where many lives had met so sad a lot. And leaning forward, gazing down below, I sought to fathom this strange tale of woe. And waiting thus, at last I seemed to see Things dim at first, shown now more clear to me ; Until at last, revealed in wavering light, These wondrous visions passed before my sight ; And all the words came plainly to my ear. Like rippling water, soft, yet strangely clear. Yet ne'er before had I such wonders seen, Save in a world of dreams — perchance it was a dream. And first, upon the gently sloping side Of a green hill, where sheep have closely cropped The tender grass, I see 'mid sheltering trees, A little cottage stand with heathered roof; lo 777^ BELLS BENEATH THE SEA. While round the open door, a natural porch Of mountain ash, and wild rebellious rose Have formed a shade, luxurious and cool. Beneath the shadow, peacefully there lies A rustic girl with sleepy eyes half closed ; And on her knee a child, some few weeks old, Stretches its baby fingers towards her breast ; Eager for food, or else the dancing light That plays on that smooth whiteness, lying bare. Attracts its half-formed sight ; now when it moves The mother raises too her sleepy lids, And stooping, kisses its soft rounded cheek. And kissing draws it still more closely up, In sweet contentment, to the wished-for place ; Then lets her head droop down, as thus she sings, In cooing softness, to the baby child. " Draw from thy mother, oh ! child of my heart. All of the blessing that she may impart ; Laying upon me a burden so sweet, Joy of the union wherein we may meet. Nestling closely and dreaming in peace. Sweetest unconsciousness, why must it cease ? THE BELLS BENEATH THE SEA. lo Ever I'm watching and thinking of thee, Press me still closer, dream only of me." Then, in sweet joy, she leaning forward looks With satisfaction full, upon the babe ; Till both contented sleep, nor heed they aught Of that which passes round them, save as sleep Brings to them both the half unconscious joy. That nature freely followed, freely gives. Then, from the cottage door, comes softly forth A youth, whose face is bronzed with summer sun ; Noble his form, though dressed in shepherd's guise ; And on his countenance is plainly writ. Both firm resolve and perfect honesty. He turns towards the sleepers, with a look That seems to say — " Behold ! they are my own. My own for life, my own for evermore." Thus, as he bends down o'er them, his rapt gaze Seems to attract the infant from its sleep ; And the child moves from that soft resting-place. Leaving unveiled the mother's swelling breast ; And causing her to waken from her dreams. And look around. Thus looking, she beholds 02 THE BELLS BENEATH THE SEA. Her husband standing near her in the light ; And smiles on him, with just a maiden blush Not yet destroyed by sweeter motherhood ; — But like the early dawn, that breathes of night, Yet feels the sun and knows of coming day. — He draws his arm around her as she moves, And through the door they vanish from my sight. Then the scene fades, the cottage melts away. All passing slowly to a neutral grey. Now other visions pass before my sight, I see upon an almost level plain, Between the mountains and the restless sea. An abbey ; with its long and straggling walls. Its spreading arches, and its lofty towers. Lying distinctly in the moonlight calm. Upon the highest tower, a brazen cross Is turned to silver in the pallid light ; And casts a giant shadow o'er the sea. Through the deep quiet of the solemn night Softly the sound of song and music rise Up toward the gloomy vault, from whence the stars Shine restfully upon the world below. As in a dream, I seem to enter now, THE BELLS BENEATH THE SEA. 103 Within the building ; through a massive arch Of stonework, covered o'er with dewy moss ; Then, through a vaulted corridor, soon reach A grand and stately hall. — But listen now ! What are these sounds of revel that I hear ? Is this the house of fasting and of prayer? Sitting around a table, thickly strewn With all the remnants of a lordly feast ; I see a band of coarse and sensual men, — Though robed in all their monkish habiliments : One holds a brimming goblet in his hand, As thus he sings. "Away by the restless sea. And far from all searching eyes, We'll drink again to the blood-red wine ; To its power that never dies. Raise it up in a brimming cup. For beneath it a glory lies. " Oh ! who can its power unfold ? Or tell of the perfect glow Passing along, through each throbbing nerve, While we feel its soothing flow ? 104 THE BELLS BENEATH THE SEA. Down it slips, to our finger tips, As the joys of Heaven we know. " Pressing all pain from the heart. Driving all care from the mind ; Slowly a swimming and reeling bliss Is all that is left behind ; Dimly, we seem, in a drowsy dream, Deeper and deeper entwined. " Away with all thought of sin, With the cup so rich and strong ; Drinking the gift of the mighty gods, It surely will not be wrong To take the kiss of soothing bliss ; And welcome the gift with a song. " Cast from your mind the fear That pain awaits the morrow ; For heavenly winds are breathing fresh. Which we, for once, may borrow ; Seek its light, while the wine is bright. Away with all thought of sorrow. THE BELLS BENEATH THE SEA. loj " Oh ! be not the fool that tastes ; And feeling his vision clear, Ceases to search for the glorious end Restrained by some foolish fear. Drink again, till it fill the brain. Lest the glory should disappear." The song is done. And at its closing lines the men rise up On every side, and drain their brimming bowls. The sons of God turned to the fiends of hell ; More ghastly by the contrast that they draw. From what they call themselves, and what they are. Oh ! mockery of fate ; these noble halls Built to the glory of Eternal God ; This place so made for silence and for thought ; Where years before the sound of lofty psalms Rose up to heaven, at the hour of prayer, From the deep voices of the tuneful choir: Now conquering evil takes the place of good ; Men set apart for God, sink down to hell, The lowest hell of dark hypocrisy. The Devil, grinning through each shameless face Laughs long and loud, the monarch of the place. io6 THE BELLS BENEATH THE SEA. Yes — hateful is the sight, yet deeper crimes Those abbey walls have known, and yet shall know, Before the God of vengeance shall arise And wipe for ever from the laden earth, This nest of sin, this foul iniquity. The night has passed, and now the welcome sun Shines down upon the desecrated pile, And on the mountains, and the smiling sea. All nature opens to its warming touch ; And tender flowers unfold, and gaze anew] Upon its glory ; while the drowsy sheep Half rising, nibble at the nearest grass. The shepherd leaves his home reluctantly ; Unwilling yet to part from her he loves. And as he wanders up the stony path Perchance he sees the mother, and her child. As when they slept within the cottage porch. Ah ! when shall he press that fond heart to his ? Or gaze again into those loving eyes ? Oh ! deed of darkness — forming with the light — What ills shall come before another night ? T'wards noon, the mother takes her infant child And leaves it with a neighbour, having still THE BELLS BENEATH THE SEA. 107 A duty held most sacred, in these parts, Which she must soon perform ; and tends her step Toward the abbey's gate ; wishing to pour Her praise on high, for the great gift vouchsafed ; And once again confess her sins, and hear The longed for absolution from the priest. How little did those country people know Of priestly vice, in all its hateful forms ; Simple in thought, as simple in their ways, They still believed that all were good and pure Who dwelt within the abbey's sacred walls. No whispering wind had carried o'er the plain, The secret which, too soon, they all must know ; The answer to the question, which had long So troubled all the fearful country side ; Why ever and again, some maiden fair Was seen no more among them, though they searched In vain for her dead body by the sea Or 'mid the awful mountains' solitude. Thus, with no thought of harm, the childlike wife— In all the beauty of her youthfulness — Passes that cursed portal, and moves on, Softly, beneath the arches spreading wide, io8 THE BELLS BENEATH THE SEA. Into the silent chapel, and kneels down, Pouring out words of praise and thankfulness. Meanwhile, unseen in the confessional, The abbot, having watched her as she came, Sits waiting ; turning in his lustful mind. How best he may secure his evil will. She rises from her knees, and softly play The broken sunbeams on her bended head ; As now she moves toward that distant arch. Where stands the dim confessional, and steps, With half reluctant tread, into the shade. The few remembered sins are quickly told ; And still she waits, his pardon to receive. Or hear what penance she must now perform. Then the priest speaks these words. " When a wife has felt the joy Of sweet motherhood, and knows Once ag3,in the breathing life That has followed all her woes ; It is ordered she shall leave For the half of that glad day, THE BELLS BENEATH THE SEA. 109 Every thought of other things, And in solemn silence pray. In this abbey, we have placed — Looking toward the restful sea — A fitting room for those who wish In holy solitude to be. Entering there, alone to pray, Put away the clothes you wear. Snow white raiment you will find Ready waiting for you there ; Robed, in this more fitting garb, Kneel, till the reclining sun Dips into the glowing sea; Then your penance being done I will come and pardon thee. And with my blessing set thee free." The girl now follows, up some winding stairs, Her treacherous guide ; nor has she any fear As leaving her in loneliness to pray He passes firom her sight, to steal again To an adjoining cell ; from whence he sees, By well contrived arrangement, aU the room Where his unconscious victim waits her doom. [O THE BELLS BENEATH THE SEA. Then Esther left alone, leans thoughtfully, For a short space, upon the massive stones From which arise the narrow Saxon arch ; And wonders at the height on which she stands : Till mindful of the words the priest had said. She looks around ; and close beside her sees A thin soft garment, of the purest white ; As delicate of texture as a web Of gossamer, yet soft like fleecy wool. Then, half reluctantly, she loosens now . Her homespun rustic robes ; and as they fall Downward, to her bare feet ; the sun shines full Upon a form of naked loveliness ; Replete with strength and power, yet soft and round With youth ; a daughter of the wind-swept hills. 'Tis but a moment that she stands revealed. Then takes the snow white robe, and casts it o'er The rival purity of her fair form ; And kneeling down, begins her prayer aloud. " Mother of God, to thee my prayer Shall gladly on this day be given. For the same joy has filled thine heart. With the same pains thou too hast striven. TBE BELLS BENEATH THE SEA. Mother of God, to thee I pray, Oh grant me pardon on this day. " The air breathes warmly on my face, The sea lies calmly down below ; And all things speak of rest to me, Wilt thou not too thy peace bestow ? Mother of God, to thee I pray. Oh grant me pardon on this day. " If I should love the world too well That treats me with a touch so mild ; If I my baby prize too much. Didst thou not also love thy child ? Mother of God, to thee I pray, Oh grant me pardon on this day. " If I have seldom thought of thee When all the world was full of joy, Thou yet, I know, wilt pity me ; Oh still for me thy power employ. Mother of God, to thee I pray, Oh grant me pardon on this day. THE BELLS BENEATH THE SEA. "Thy face I often seemed to see, When lately in deep pain I lay ; And it was thy sweet loving hand, That pointed out to me my way. Mother of God, to thee I pray. Oh grant me pardon on this day. " The dews of heaven, on all alike Fall gently, with refreshing kiss ; Press thou on me thy heaUng lips, — Although unworthy of the bliss. Mother of God, to thee I pray, Oh grant me pardon on this day. "When down the sun in glory sinks, And the bright light is fading fast. Let that sweet knowledge come to me That I am one with thee at last. Mother of God, to thee I pray, Oh grant me pardon on this day." The voice now ceases, though the moving lips Tell of the prayers that ever upward rise THE BELLS BENEATH THE SEA. 113 From that still form ; fit resting-place alone For sunny light, or amorous moving wind ; Both play upon her hair, which waves and floats Like beams of golden light ; now lying low Upon her virgin garment ; now tossed round, In floating threads, on her unconscious face. The hours move on, the monk has left his cell, Unmelted by the pure and holy words Which met his listening ears ; but fierce with lust, Made tenfold, by the sight which met his view ; Of purity unrobed, unrobed for him Although it knew it not ; and oft his eyes Turn eagerly toward the sinking sun ; The hour his victim hopes to hear those words Of absolution breathed -, the time when he — Inflamed by hell — has made the foul resolve, To damn, if it may be, the soul he should absolve. The sun has scarcely touched the flaming line Where sky and ocean softly meet as one ; And Esther, weary of the lengthening hours. Waits her release, — with many anxious thoughts For her young child, and all its pressing needs ; — When the door opens silently, and then 114 THE BELLS BENEATH THE SEA. Is made securely fast, by one who stands Within the room, as yet unseen by her. The priest moves softly on, and quickly lays His hand upon her arm, and draws her close ; As she still fearless, rises from her knees And stands before him, in the clinging dress. Which round her lies in many graceful folds. Then he, secure in this retreat from fear Of all resistance to his evil ends, Reveals himself, at last, and shadows forth — In honeyed words — his foul and hateful will. She springs from his embrace, and stands aghast ; With eyes distended in a hopeless fear. — As some poor hunted deer will stand at bay. When stopped in her wild flight by towering rocks She cannot scale ; while still the greedy hounds Press close behind, in eager thirst for blood. — So stands she now, her hair all wildly cast About her face ; and still the tender wind — Eager to serve her in its humble way — Blows softly, from behind, the waving folds Of golden light, around her panting breast, Which else had been revealed ; for those fierce hands THE BELLS BENEATH THE SEA. 115 Had torn away the fastening of her robe, And part disclosed the beauty, trembling there. What hope is there for her to cry aloud From that high tower, amid the silent plain ? Her husband, 'mid the mountain solitude, Is listening to the dreamy, tinkling sound Of sheep bells, all unconscious of her woe. And yet she cries, in anguish, for the help She knows can never come ; and now falls down Upon her knees ; to draw, if it may be. Pity from that vile heart ; in hopeless hope. The last expedient of her despair. Although she knows full well, there is no pity there. The priest approaches nearer to his prey. As through the window comes the evening song Of fishermen returning from their toil. Far in the distance he can see their forms As slowly, from the shore, they wind their way Towards their village homes. Then o'er his mind There passes a resolve, half formed by fear Lest some one hear her cries, but even more From deep reluctance to the light of day : il6 THE BELLS BENEATH THE SEA. He now will leave her, till the shades of night Have settled on the plain, thus daylight o'er, He may more surely his weak prey secure. Thus to the torture of a dark suspehse He leaves her, till the revel shall be done ; And she, oh blest reprieve ! — though brief it seem- Lifts her bare arms to heaven, in earnest prayer ; As thus she pleads. " Father, whose almighty hand Rulest all the powers that be, Keep me from this cursed fate. Save me ! save me ! set me free ! Free, though by the hand of death I can only rescue gain ; Any fate were better far, Than this all-polluting stain. Sweet indeed is life and home j Dear my little child to me ; Sweeter far my husband's love. Oh ! that I his face might see. Once, if only once before I must pass to endless night. — THE BELLS BENEATH THE SEA. it7 Blackness creeps into my soul ; Vainly now I look for light. God, — if any God exists — In this hateful tomb of sin ; Now Thy power of wrath disclose^ Over hell the victory win. Raise on high the thundering waves, Let them wash this place away ; Thou hast power to move the sea, Its foundations thou didst lay. Or let thy most fearful power That is hidden in the sky,' Shatter these polluted walls — Though beneath them I should lie — ■ Any fate would better be, Than the one designed for me." Like some fair prophetess of old she stood, With lifted hands and fipgers tightly closed. All nature seemed to feel a magic power Enfold it, in a silence most profound ; The silence that so frequently foretells A coming storm. ii8 THE BELLS BENEATH THE SEA. The sunset glory of the sea and sky- Have faded now away, and darkness broods Over the deep ; yet ever and again A mocking gust of wind passes along, Bearing its train of dismal groaning sounds Behind it. Then all again is silence. Now, in the west, a distant line of light Is seen, as the cold glare of moonlight shines, For a brief moment, on the sleeping sea ; A line, that to the watchful eyes of those Who toil upon the ocean's treacherous breast Speaks of the foam-tossed waves, that curl, and hiss Upon the margin of a hurricane. And ever as the clouds, now hurrying on, Leave rifts of fleecy thinness o'er the moon ; That line of light is seen approaching fast . Toward the shore. Meanwhile, the midnight revel has begun 'Mid those doomed walls, and shouts of drunken mirth Go forth to meet the storm. Within his hand, The master of these orgies takes again The brimming cup, and rises for a song. — When lo ! the hall is lit from roof to floor THE BELLS BENEATH THE SEA. 119 With one resplendent flash of fitful light ; And every sound is hushed by sudden fear. Then on the trembling crowd, a frightful peal Of thunder bursts, and all is still once more. Now the ground seems to tremble, with the shock Of some far distant earthquake, and the wind Roars with resistless fury, as again The awe-struck feasters feel the solid earth Beneath them rock, and hear, amid the storm, The frightful sounds of rending massive walls. Of falling arches, and the answering groan Of heavy weighted timber, that in vain. Strives to resist some overpowering strain. The ocean, now awakened from its sleep By howling wind, and thunder's sullen roar. Feels its sure bed upheaving from beneath, By subterranean force, and quits its bounds ; Rushing in wild and unrelenting flood Over the fertile plains : and 'mid the groans Of anguish, and despair, pours its cold wave Over that sumptuous feast, and mixes up. Its briny waters with the fclood-red wine. 20 THE BELLS BENEATH THE SEA. And now, with curses on their dying lips, The priests of Hell go forth to meet their God. While having heedlessly fulfilled its task. The wave moves on. The tempest having spent its fiercest power, And dizzy with its own tumultuous flight Through the dark shades of night ; now hesitates, As the first messenger of coming dawn, — Light colourless and dim, — casts once again Her mantle on the chilly sea and land : A vestment, that the rosy dawn shall gild With all its fitful colouring and light, Turning the shadowless, grey garment, worn By Nature's trembling form, to its fair robe Of sunshine and of shade. The. sun looks forth, Drawing apart the ruddy curtaining clouds Which hide it from the earth, and touches first The hill tops into life, then slowly moves Its glory down their rugged sides, and rests Among the valleys : calling from their sleep The noisy birds, whose rippling notes of joy Follow its downward steps;— a train of song THE BELLS BENEATH THE SEA. 121 Borne up by willing hearts. — Now it has reached The village, and aroused, from pleasant dreams, The weary sons of toil ; and still it moves. Eager to pour its warmth upon the plain, Whose barren breast it years gone by had kissed And kissing, brought about fertility ; It finds it not, the sullen jealous sea Has taken back its gift ; and as the sun Touches its wished for spot, a mocking wave Raises its snow-white crest into the light ; Then having felt the warmth, rolls round in joy ; And licks the trembling grass and shattered flowers. In vain the sunlight, seeking for the- earth, Finds only a wide bay of heaving sea. And, where the abbey stood, a single tower Rises from out the watery solitude. As if to mark the spot : while here, and there. Around the massive walls, grotesquely float — With waving arms — some bodies of the dead. Robed still in monkish dress, whose staring eyes Look ghastly in illumined sightlessness. One living form alone is breathing near. Which those dark walls hide from the searching sun ; 22 THE BELLS BENEATH THE SEA. Alone — but all unconscious of the day ; And still, as if the ministers of death Had come too close, and touched it with their breath. Light turns again to darkness ; and I stand In the tempestuous night, and feel once more The bitter cold pass tingling through my blood. The hills around are indistinct and dim, A shadowy background to the haggard form That stands beside me, casting these wild words Into the wilder night. " In vain — ah ! yes, it is in vain to seek Her living form amid these mountains bleak ; Truly I knew, that cruel death alone Could hold her from her loved ones and her home ; She must have come to meet me on my way. Tired out with weary watching. Couldst thou stay No longer waiting, till I came to thee. But must come wandering forth in search of me ? And thou hast found, amid these hills instead, The gateway to the regions of the dead. Oh ! that I seeking, also here might find The only rest that now can calm my mind \ THE BELLS BENEATH THE SEA. 123 For left alone, I cannot long remain ; Each changing thought is torture to the brain. Life is not life, when all the joy is flown. With no sweet welcome, home no more is home. Our child, — ah ! why have I this threadlike chain, The only power that links me now with pain ; Else would I bid defiance to my fate, Nor, on this earth, need any longer wait For tardy death to bring me to ray dead. Life is our own, and hangs upon a thread So light, and frail, that e'en a coward's heart — O'erwhelmed by pain — would scarcely fear to part The tender cord, save that the awful deep Lies dark beyond ; let it but only keep. In its dim distance, all we hold most dear ; Then dare we look beneath us without fear, Seeing from out the gloom some beckoning hand, To bid us welcome to that unknown land. But is she there ? I cannot now endure To think of her as gone, so sweet and pure. So fit for Ufe and love, now lying still ; Stretched motionless upon some barren hill. Or does she float upon the swollen flood A mangled form ? Oh ! God— I see the blood 124 THE BELLS BENEATH THE SEA. Upon her face, turned upward as she lies On the fast moving water ; — now her eyes Look on me as she floats. — Yet stay ! — oh, stay ! These frightful scenes — Ah 1 now they pass away. But what is this, that wavers here and there ? I see her — ^yes, I see her coming near — She touches me again, and now I hold — Ah ! what is this — this figure stiff and cold That clings so close to me — I feel its breath. Is it the touch of madness, or of death ? " Exhausted by the passion of his grief, And maddened by his hopeless quest, the youth Sank down upon the ground, as if at rest ; His face half buried in the yielding growth Of purple heath. Now darkness reigns again, Slowly it brightens to a hazy mist. Through which I see a crowd of hurrying scenes That come and go. — As on some mountain top, We see, between the riftings of a cloud. Distinct and clear, the distant country lie In sunshine at our feet ; to fade again ; THE BELLS BENEATH THE SEA. 125 And then again appear, a vision new Before our dazzled eyes. Now for a moment, spreads the new formed bay, Lying so calmly 'neath the midday sun ; Many a fishing boat thus smoothly glides Above those fields, which yesterday gave hope Of harvest time. While round the abbey tower The fishermen are busy gathering A ghastly draught, into their laden boats, Already burdened with the gloomy freight Of human dead. A tiny craft now steers From westward of the tower j and in the stern I see a girl, who in the distance seems, Like some fair spirit, watching o'er the dead. The sunshine falling on her moving dress Transforms it to a softly floating mist ; While round her head, a golden halo lies. The sunbeams' mirror, where they love to trace Their changing, sparkling hues. And now again I loolf upon the drifting clouds, which pass A curtain o'er my vision ; yet I hear 125 THE BELLS BENEATH THE SEA. A low sweet song, whose ever-swelling strains Now rise, now fall, as if the heaving sea Disturb their ordered flow. " Sweet is the breath of the morning air, After the gloomy night ; Sweet is the warmth of the rising sun, So gentle and yet so bright. Borne along, from my prison walls, On the breast of the faithful sea, Quickly I glide, o'er the smooth swelling tide, To the joy that is waiting me. " No longer I fear that awful fate ; No longer wish to die. All powerless now those remorseless hands, That so chill and helpless lie. Free from passion the pallid face. And the body so cold and chill ; For never again that accursed brain, Shall fulfil its unholy will. " I am free at last, and now once more, Terror has passed away. THE BELLS BENEATH THE SEA. 127 The gloom is over, with all its fear, And joy has come with the day. Light falls softly on all around, Yet the glory of heaven on me ; Leaving the night, in the arms of the light, I am coming, my love, to thee." Once more, and only once again, I see That youthful pair. It is the evening time. The mother has again her infant child In those fond arms, and leans her weary head Upon her husband's breast. Her dreamy eyes Turn to the burning log, whose ruddy glow Casts upon all around a flickering light ; As in a drowsy voice she softly sings. " The dews of heaven are falling on the ground ; And now, once more, our longed for rest is found. The day began, — ah ! with what cruel pain ; At eventide, we find our rest again. Thus in the ever quickly fading light, We welcome thy glad coming, gentle Night. 128 THE SELLS BENEATH THE SEA. " Thou breathest on the fears that now are o'er, And pleasant scenes upon our vision pour ; Driving all care away ; the gloomy past Is hidden by the veil which thou hast cast ; And all things speak again of that delight, Which comes with thy sweet presence, gentle Night. " The birds of evening lead thee on thy way With their sweet song, breathed at the close of day. ■ The flowers rejoice, to feel thy mantle spread Around them, lying on their mossy bed. All nature, gladdened by the restful sight. Gives thee a royal welcome, gentle Night. " And now once more, before unconscious sleep Bears us away, upon the drowsy deep Where dreamland like a floating island stands, Midway, between those widely severed lands. Of stern reality, and fancy bright ; We gladly bid thee enter, gentle Night. "Together, lying softly on thy breast. We feel a hand upon our eyelids pressed. THE BELLS BENEATH THE SEA. 129 And Sleep, thy gentle handmaid, is she near ? Yes — surely 'tis her footstep that I hear Thus stealing on ! and now before my sight Twin forms appear, sweet Sleep and gentle Night. " So now my husband, let us dream again ; Dismissing every thought of bygone pain Each from the other's heart. So close to thee, I know no harm can ever come to me : So shall we gather still a new delight From pleasant dreams, fair children of the Night." ( 13° ) ORPHAN CHILDREN* T. HE spot is calm and fair ; the willow's shade Hangs softly o'er the quiet slumbering pool, In which the ever-restless wagtails wade Their slender legs, in shallow waters cool ; And all is breathing rest and solitude ; But now, the tall and heavy-headed grass Is pressed aside, by many little feet ; Brought by some guiding hand, to this retreat. What strange unnatural guests are these, that bring Disturbance unto Nature's resting-place ? * These verses were written after a friend of mine had brought some orphan children to spend a day in the countiy. It was a pitiful sight to see how impossible it was for them to enter into the pleasures of their new surroundings. Two days afterwards a letter came from one of the guardians of the workhouse, from which I quote, thinking comment unnecessary. " Did I tell you that the children cried all Sunday after going to you ? Seeing Mrs. so happy with her little child, and then thinking of their own lost parents and their lives all so different." ORPHAN CHILDREN. 131 Why stand they silent, in a crowded ring Of listless wonder ? Cannot they embrace At once the joy of such a lovely spot ? Have they no shouts of childhood's laughing joy ? No eager wish to chase the dragon-fly ? Or come they here to rest awhile, and die ? They are some workhouse orphans — England's curse — Bound by the law of sloth to awful fate, To deep contamination, tenfold worse Than hell, oh ! hapless babies of the State. Oh ! ye, our rulers who profess to feel Pity for fellow-creatures' suffering, Forget the wrongs of those who give you power, If only sometimes, for one little hour. The children move, 'tis pain to watch their play ; So fearful are they of well-known reproof; So joyless in their joy, so deadly gay. They carry o'er them still the workhouse roof ; It shuts them from the sky, the flickering rays Which strive to reach them through the trembling leaves ; 132 ORPHAN CHILDREN. They have upon them the abiding pain, Which with them now, must evermore remain. ' The very birds and insects, seem to them But forms of dread ; no spotted ladybird Has been their toy, while crawling up some stem Of nodding grass ; they have not ever heard The croak of frogs ; the joyous thrush's song ; The cuckoo's note ; the whispering of leaves, When the wind touches them ; they have not known, Even as birds, the soft sweet nest of home. Or still more sad ; — I see a little girl Of ten years old, with eyes that used to smile ; She looks around her in a giddy whirl Of strange remembrance of some long long while Gone by ; which all these pleasant sights and sounds ! Bring back to her dead heart ; she sees again Her father's cottage ; and her mother's face Bent down, to ask her for a sweet embrace. I see her cast herself upon the ground And sob, — the sob of childhood's bitter pain ; — While all the other children stand around. As thus she cries ; " Oh, let me here remain. ORPHAN CHILDREN. 133 Take me not back to that dark gloomy town, I cannot go ; — oh, mother ! mother 1 come And live with me again, and fondle me ; — Then shall I never more the workhouse see." But no one heeds her prayer ; the busy world Cares not for such. Why drag them into sight ? It forms great buildings, into which are hurled The helpless ones ; and surely it is right To hide cold pain away, that we may live. With more contentment, in our solitude ; And that the busy world may pass along By solid walls, that hide all sight of wrong. How can the world be wrong ? This Christian land That bows its knee unto the children's Friend, Who, when He lived, stretched forth His loving hand To such as these ; and bade them never send The children from Him. No one ever now Need cause them to offend ; it is the State. And who shall tie a millstone round the State, Or drown its power, or influence its fate ? Yet the curse rises upward to the sky ; — The orphans' curse ; — and so, perchance some day, 134 ORPHAN CHILDREN. Your, own sweet child shall also grieving lie Upon a bed like theirs, and with them cry To the great God, for vengeance upon those Who never moved a hand to ease their pain ; And God shall grant, in answer to that prayer ; That called from death, you shall be watching there ; Watching and powerless, you shall slowly see Contamination creep, like some foul thing. Over the child you love so tenderly. How useless then will be the piercing sting Of conscience pricking you, to strive for those Poor helpless little ones. — Ah then at last The truth will dawn ; that you, — and such as you, — Were the State's self, to bid it what to do. Oh ! for a prophet's voice among us now ; Oh 1 for the love of Christ in every heart ; Surely our heads, in bitter shame should bow, And from each face all sign of joy depart ; As long as orphan children still are bound To herd with vice, and every youthful crime. We drag them from the dead they loved so well, And rebaptise them in the lake of hell. ORPHAN CHILDREN. 135 Let each man, in his inmost heart declare, He will not rest, until this evil cease ; That it shall be his ever constant care, Nor till it's ended will he rest in peace ; Then shall all difficulty pass away, No longer shall obstruction bar the road ; And orphan children will be left no more, Cursed by our crime, behind the workhouse door. ( 136 ) LONELY AGE. D. 'EAD as the fallen leaves. — All that I love have died ; And loneliness now weaves, Around on every side, A cruel net, in which I must abide. The firelight droops and dies, Fading so fast away ; And phantoms that arise, Of a far distant day, Seem half grotesque, and fearful as they play. Oh, to look back, and know I cannot speak again. To any here below, Of all the love and pain Together felt ; — I now alone remain. LONELY AGE. i?7 The phantoms of the past, Associations dear ; I now am left the last To brood upon them here ; Thus joy is changed to grief, and hope to fear. There is no power to make, In this my closing day, New friendships, for the sake Of brightening the way ; Others have friends, with whom they love to stay. 'Tis seldom, save in youth. That we can draw those bands, Of perfect trust and truth, Around us. Age still stands And knocks without, with ever-weakening hands. Ambition's dead and gone ; None now will blame or praise The work that I have done ; As in our divers ways We gave each other help, in early days. 138 LONELY AGE. Oh ! for that time once more. How well I seem to see, Beyond the open door, Ready to welcome me, Those friendly forms, that now have ceased to be. The bright and ruddy glow Cast from our wood-piled fire ; — I hear the ceaseless flow Of talk, that would not tire ; The foolish hopes, to which we all aspire. For as the evening passed Still further on to night ; A few remained at last. In the then failing light ; The subjects winged their way, in highet flight. We talked of noble ends. Of powers that we might sway ; Dreaming that all life tends Towards a brighter day. Fair dreams of glory, soon to pass away. LONELY AGE. 139 The world moved us apart ; With all this will imply Of altered mind and heart, Which change continually. Shall we draw close in death's eternity ? And now to all but me That greatest change has come ; While I must wait to see The little we have done ; How small the hoped for good, the victory won. Had I, — in wiser mood, — Sought for a humbler end ; Choosing that homely good To which our natures tend. My closing days had known a brighter end. Children around my knee — How bright they'd make the place, Now playing close to me ; As in each childish face I might some page, of my past life, retrace. I40 LONELY AGE. But this was not to be. No sunny golden light Of children's hair I see ; Only a gloomy sight Of loneliness, fit sign of coming night. O death ! if thou agree To take me as a friend, — Now all have gone but thee, — Together, we will wend A quiet journey, to the unknown end. ( 141 ) MONTE GENEROSA. JnL ERE beauty folds me round on every hand, Each moment brings fresh glories into sight ; The widest vision of the fairest land, Softened with mist and purple evening light. No more I view the Alps from blinding snow. But see them towering upward to the sky, From out the vine-dressed plains, which lie below. Divided where the ruddy waters lie. The spreading lake of Como, on my right, O'er which the Tyrol's lofty mountains rise ; Lugano's water, partly hid from sight, Close at my feet in solemn shadow lies : While Maggiore, spreads her winding form Beyond the mountain's side, but half revealed ; 142 MONTE GENEROSA. As if, she in her pride, with lofty scorn Of rival power, her best had still concealed. Hid by no clouds, but 'twixt the severed head Of Monte Rosa's double crownfed height, Bathing the mountains with a fiery red. The sun is passing quickly from my sight. While the stern Matterhorn, a tiny spire Of blackness, shows against the evening sky. Upon whose steep, and giddy surface dire, The clinging snow, in vain, has sought to lie. The lesser Alps, that lie so far away Beside the inland sea ; show their proud crests,- Like some fair islands, that have lost their way Among the clouds ; — o'er which a glory rests. The plains are covered with an opal veil. That in the distance seems some ocean fair. On whose warm breast those distant islands sail ; And then at sunset slowly disappear. MONTE GENEROSA. 143 Oh ! mount of wondrous changes, when again Can I such varied beauty hope to see ? Not till once more thy summit I regain ; Or death reveal still grander sights to me. ( 144 ) FATHER AND CHILD. X HE sea has left a slab of sunken rock, Whose base is covered with a tangled net Of sea-weed, green and brown ; lonely it stands, As desolate, upon the smooth sea-sand. As though some giant power, in days gone by, Had torn it from the clifif that hangs above. Casting it there in sport. The sea birds scream, And circle round it, as if moved by fear ; Disturbed from their accustomed sleeping-place By some unwonted cause. Unheeding them, Nor conscious of their loud complaining cries, A father and his child are resting there. Silent and still, upon the wave-worn stone ; The minds of both are too intently fixed, Upon the glories of a setting sun. To note the wild disturbance in the air. FATHER AND CHILD. 145 A Strange unearthly light, the wondrous glow Cast by those rival mirrors sea and sky, Broods over all the scene ; yet most of all The brightness seems to dwell upon the girl, One who has barely passed from childhood's joys, Though ripening into womanhood, a change That is not yet complete, but shadows forth The glories of the future and the past. The man beside her, now for long, has lost The dancing pulse of youth's short-lived delight ; His hair is streaked with grey, and on his face Are lines, that tell of many anxious thoughts ; Yet over all his countenance is spread A look of calm content; as though the pain, Which in the past had caused those furrows deep, Has faded now away and left him peace ; — The peace that comes to those long cast adrift Upon the stormy sea of raging thought. When quietly they rest, on waters smooth, Within some tranquil bay. — He knows perchance That only for a time his fragile barque 5, May anchor there, that soon the reeffed sails Must be again unfurled to lead him on To unknown waters. — Yet he rests content. L 146 FATHER AND CHILD. Men call him infidel, a name oft used By those who move along the beaten track, Which trembling minds think safest for their feet ; But he, doubtful of smooth and easy paths Which seem to lead no whither, has alone Braved the more steep ascent, and cut his steps From out the solid rock confronting him ; Cutting a pathway to the awful heights Which ever lie beyond him, bathed in mist. The watchers on the broader road below Look up in horror, lest some loosened stone Should slip beneath his feet. And now they turn Towards the depths below ; as fancy shows His mangled body in the gloomy gulf 'Tis also feared that he must downward drag The fair companion, given to his charge ; For he has left her ignorant of all The written revelations of her God. To her the name so often taught to babes Is scarcely known ; for never to his child Has he breathed words that tell of other life Save as revealed in its material form. And yet in lower things, her knowledge stands FATHER AND CHILD. 147 Far in advance of what the world might judge As suited to a girl of tender years. She long has heard much of the wondrous store Of strange and hidden things, which science keeps For those who love her ways and follow them. Taught by her father, in the solitude Of their quiet country home, she finds her joy In seeking out, with him, the mysteries Of Nature's laws ; whether as shown at night By rolling worlds, or in the lowest growth Of living things, that move unseen around. Often these two, upon some cloudless night. Have watched the stars, and talked of those vast worlds That pass along upon their given paths ; — Changeless they seem, yet changing every hour. Endless to us, yet moving toward their end. — Or in the day, with patient loving care, Beneath some microscopic lens, have traced The wonders of the deep, so full of life ; Loving to track the slow development Of ever-growing powers, that come through need. And fade through lack of use. 148 FATHER AND CHILD. Strange life for one So full of bubbling youth ; strangely unlike So many of her age, whose work is done Ere they have scarcely learnt the way to learn. Yet, among her companions, there are few Fit to compare with her in youthful sports ; Often, alone for hours, upon the waves She guides her boat, fearless of every harm ; A very daughter of the raging sea So thoughtless and so wild. Now silently She sits beside her father, drinking in The beauty of the scene, at last she speaks — Child. " My father, as I watch the sky At even, when the sun is low ; And all these glories round me lie On heaven above and earth below ; I seem to feel, — I know not what ; I seem to hear, a soundless sound ; A voice that speaks to me, and yet Is never to be found. FATHER AND CHILD. 149 " It seems to say, yet says it not, ' Why art thou waiting over there ? Thou art upon the scene a blot, Nature can never need thee here ; Haste ! from this mystery of light In which thou hast no part at all ; This is the hour for thoughts of death. When lengthening shadows fall.' " I know not why, but something seems Unsatisfied within my heart I dwell as in some land of dreams, And realize so small a part. I live as in another, land, Where things are never as they seem. I feel a tingling in my blood. As in some happy dream. "Things that are false, are also true, Fanciful, yet they seem so real. Old things vanish before the new. Which I see not but which I feel. Powerless my thought to backward turn, Yet still more powerless to ascend, 15° FATHER AND CHILD. To light beyond the misty glow, To glory at the end." Father. " The time has come to thee, my child, When the Spirit of God draws near ; Touching the spirits, that are His With a tender and loving fear ; As It whispers thoughts of wisdom,, While It shows them new worlds of light ; The whispers they scarce can follow. And the glory bedims their sight. Now, at last I am free to speak Of the little that we can know. Of the hidden world, around us. While we dwell in this world below. Difficult is the path to tread That leads up to that wished-for land ; Sweeter far we shall find the way. If we follow it hand in hand. How I have longed, in days gone by, To awaken, within your mind. Such thoughts as you fain would utter. FATHER AND CHILD. Though the language you scarce can find ; Yet I feared to spoil by forcing ; The glad time which I felt was near ; The time when the soul awakens, When the Spirit of God we hear. The blossom unfolding slowly To make way for the germ of birth, Is marred if we force it open, And we rob it of all its worth ; But left to the gentle sunshine. To the softly moving air, To the all unconscious insect The pollen will enter there ; And soon, in the coming autumn. When the fruit is all streaked with red, The blossom, whose leaf you opened, Has long been forgotten and dead : The petals of both fell downwards Having finished their puny strife ; One left but decay behind it. And the other the germ of life. To speak of an unseen spirit Unto those who have seen no glow, 152 FATHER AND CHILD. That passes from out the heaven To illumine the world below ; Is to talk in unknown language, Which though they may mimic the sound, Has a meaning that is not fathomed, A beauty that is not found ; In vain have the words been spoken ; In vain would you hasten the dawn ; The spirit alone can hearken, And the spirit has not been born." Child. " What things are these ? Oh, dawning light ! A God ? My father, is it true ? Is death too not an endless night ? Are all things changed ? Are all things new ? Is there a spirit in the flower ? A guiding hand to rule the sea ? An artist hand that paints the sky ? A presence near to me ? " I thought the world a rolling ball, Moving upon its senseless way ; FATHER AND CHILD. 153 That any time it might befall For all to perish in a day'. Often I've wondered that blind chance Should chance to be so wondrous wise ; Why from decay such beauty rose, And life from all that dies. " And still more strange, undoubtedly, I always felt was mental power, That this should perish utterly And quickly vanish in an hour ; While in the low material world Change often comes, but never loss ; Life out of death, sweet things from foul, The useful from the dross. " How glorious all things seem to grow Illumined by this light from high ; A halo rests on all below. No longer need we fear to die. Tell me — Is there an endless life ? — As I have sometimes heard it said — Or only rest to follow strife ? Oh ! tell me of the dead." 154 FATHER AND CHILD. Father. 'Tis a hard question that you ask, my child, What of the dead ? where dwell they now unseen ? For lo ! a veil is cast before our eyes ; We speak unto the dying, then a change Comes over all, and we remain alone ; And he our friend, has gone, we know not where. The voice, that spake to us just now, is hushed ; The eyes, that looked so lovingly in ours. Answer us not with love ; the form is still ; We call this death, we know our friend has gone : Divided from us by that curtaining veil We strive in vain to part ; we know but this. That he is gone ; that form, now stiff and cold. Though bearing still the likeness of the dead, Is not the one we seek ; — we seek the mind That gave us counsel in perplexity ; — The love that always overshadowed us ^^'hen in his presence ; and the many thoughts That flowed, from soul to soul, and gave us strength. And yet we feel him near, at times indeed. ^Ve almost seem to penetrate the veil, And hold him, once again, within our ken ; FATHER AND CHILD. 155 Yet, ere we grasp the vision, it is gone And darkness passes over all the soul. We see, we hear, we touch ; but this new sense We have no power to exercise at will ; We fail, through undevelopment, to reach The spirit world, while conscious of its power. So has it always been in times gone by ; Each new enlargement of a higher gift Comes slowly forth, and not till ages pass Does it reach all, fulfilling thus its end ; Till, perfected by use, it stands at last, A sense that all acknowledge, all attain. So has it been with sight, and still we see The lower forms that struggle in the dark, Or see imperfectly with vision blurred. " Let us, for one brief moment, cast aside Our knowledge of what is ; and turn instead To dreams of what, in other worlds, may be. In one of those bright stars, that we have watched, So often, in the silent hours of night. There may exist a race made like to ours. Save that they lack one gift, the power to hear. They dwell in silence, most profoundly still, 156 FATHER AND CHILD. No voice is heard amongst them, but by signs They speak their needs, communicate their thoughts. Now should the sense of hearing come to such. Making its slow development and growth. What would they feel at first ? Some thunderous roar Would wake them with a shock — a shock of what ? 'Tis strangely like a blow — yet how unlike. Think of the argument that then would hold Their minds engrossed ; how some who lacked the gift, And therefore heard no sounds, would strive to prove That nought had passed, save what might be explained By sight or feeling. Yet the sense would grow — Coming to some far quicker than the rest — Until, at length, some few indeed would hear The sound of unknown music, dimly float (Oh, ecstasy of joy !) into their souls. Thus, as time passed, it might seem well to Him — Who rules all worlds — to send into their midst One with this power complete ; and bid him tell Of music soft and low, such as at nights We hear, when nightingales sing in the woods ; And then of those grand harmonies that roll From out the organ's breast; of tuneful choirs; Of a child's laughter ; and a baby's cry ; FATHER AND CHILD. 157 Or of the awful anguish, that a groan From dying lips, will give to those who stand Beside the bed of death. Think you that he Thus speaking to the deaf, who never heard. Would teach them ? No ! — the undeveloped ones Would jeer at him, and ask that he should prove The truth of what he said ; and though indeed He might at last perform great miracles — Yes, miracles to them — by this new force, They still would not beheve. But to the few Who had this gift at all ; such truth would be A revelation ; and his vi^ords would pass. In ages yet to come, a guiding light ; Growing more glorious, as the coming power Advanced from age to age. And thus are we, developing by use A higher sense than we have yet attained ; Yet as this gift is greater, and the world. It shows to us, is full of nobler souls ; Purer and fairer than our mortal sight Can image to the mind ; it therefore seems, That only to the pure our God will grant To exercise this power ; these see His face Though but in part, and only through the cloud 158 FATHER AND CHILD. Which rests upon those bright and holy hills : But yet this cloud is glorious to behold, — Such hast thou seen." Child. ' Stay for a moment ! — let me think ! Such brightness overshadows me. The face of God that I have seen, And that I yet may see ? An endless life, in which to dwell For ever under His pure sway ? Drawing me on to perfectness. Nearer Him day by day ? ' Oh ! why have I not seen before ? It all seems now so plain and clear. Blind, 'mid the seeing, I have stood, Deaf, among those that hear. Light, shining on my sightless eyes. Has drawn, from them, their hidden power, The revelation of a life. Revealed in one short hour. FATHER AND CHILD. 159 " Awful the ecstasy of joy, That waits us in the future years ; When we have left this mortal state, With all its pain and tears. When clouds are no longer present. And the light is no longer pale ; Before us, then, the face of God, Behind us, then, the veil. " Fearful the thought, that every wrong Should ever make that light more dim. That every fault that we commit, Is parting us from Him. Oh ! why when He is so holy. When He rules with such endless might, Has He, in a cloud of darkness, Hidden His glorious light ? " With sin, that closes us around, With pain, for ever pressing near, With darkness over-shadowing And many thoughts of fear ; Has He, in that land of glory, For His children no thought of love ; l6o FATHER AND CHILD. That they, in the land of darkness, See not the light above ? " Or seeing it, see but dimly, Through such visions of pain and sin. That their hearts are well-nigh broken ; Scarcely they hope to win. Why is this world not perfect ? And why should we suffer and die ? 'Tis hard for my mind to fathom. Tell me the reason why ! " Father. " Ever, from earliest records of the past, Has the cry risen upward from the earth, ' Why must we die and suffer ? Why this pain, Which moves its pallid form, with outstretched hands, Between us and our joy ? this chnging mist Of chilly vaporous horror that winds round, Now closing on our hearts, now for a time Lifting, to leave us 'neath the shining sun ? ' We know but little of the wondrous laws That guide this mighty universe ; but as FATHER AND CHILD. i6l Some tiny form, of low development, Living unseen by any human eye, Beneath the surface of some tranquil pool, Might try to fathom the beyond, which lies A misty vision, which he cannot reach ; So look we from this larger spot of ground, Wliich we have called the world. 'Tis vain to hope, That in the narrow circle of our powers, We can attain to truth ; yet still we press Toward the outer ring ; and as we strive It widens ever more ; till now, at length, ' As we look forth on those twin mysteries, Sin and attendant Pain, a light breaks forth, Shining behind them ; and reveals in part — Amid the many rocks of that dark hill Which stands beyond — the pathway whence they came. What know we then of sin ? We know but this ; — That in the universe a mighty power Moves on its ordered way, we call this good, Because it tends to happiness and peace. Now and again some discord seems to break Throughout the harmony ; a tuneless chord. That sends along the world a trembling shock, M i62 FATHER AND CHILD. And stays its perfect march, we call this sin, Because it leads to pain and suffering. Now in the Bible — that most wondrous book. Mis-read, as all books must be by those minds That are not tuned into the writer's key — We have a wondrous poem, like to this. In a far distant time God ruled the world, And perfect order followed all He did ; All nature was a servant which obeyed His mighty bidding, questioned not His acts. A lovely world, where sin was never found, Where pain was yet unknown ; ruled by one mind. Sweetly the morning light revealed again A land at peace, softly the evening shades Drew peace to still profounder restfulness. Yet God was still alone ; even with man — If he yet dwelt upon the universe — Then made, but as an instrument to move As God ordained him j reasoning not the while. A man without a mind ; a tuneful string, Struck into music by another's hand. Then God looked down upon His work and said, ' Behold 'tis very good, yet have I none To commune with in this great loneliness. FATHER AND CHILD. 163 Were it not better I should form a soul Like to my own, one who through knowing both, Should choose the good, because it is the best ; And shun the evil, seeing where it tends ? ' Then God made man — a being with the power To grow to perfectness, the friend of God, Should he but gain at last the germ of life. Yet failing, he must sink still slowly down, TiU all of order from his life has gone ; And he, at length, shall pass into the dark, Where worthless things he hid ; until the husk, Which formed his frame, is changed to better use. So, 'neath the fruit trees, you have often sat. As the frail blossoms flutter to the ground ; Some have fulfilled their task, we know not why The others failed. — Yet love we those frail flowers. Child. " My mind is tossed upon a sea, A sea of heaving power, Changing the current of past thought Completely in an hour. I see, in part, that man left free, Must choose the evil and the good ; • 1 64 FATHER AND CHILD. Darkness must overshadow us, Ere light is understood. " Yet, passing over me, I feel The hidden weight of pain ; I think of all the grief and woe That seem of no avail ; For so many souls go downward, So many have hopes so low ; Their spirits are not awakened Ere life has ceased to flow. " It hardly seems quite just, that God In raising only part. Should give to some, sad lives of pain And bid them then depart. After the bitter life on earth Many must still with pain endure, After the sorrow and the tears What gain will they secure ? "And life seems all too short and hard To gain eternal life ; While ever, standing in our way, Surrounded by the night. FATHER AND CHILD. 165 We see dark death, with heedless hand, As he clutches at young and old : A child has hardly felt its limbs Ere they are stiff and cold. " While struggling on with feeble mind. Nor anxious to remain. The very old are often left Useless, yet full of pain. Father, I wonder, knowing this, You had no fear that death might stay This joy from ever reaching me, By taking me away.'' Father. ' If God ordained that only on this earth. And during this short span of mortal life We might, alone, pass on to perfectness ; That if we failed, all hope was ever lost Of finding joy in our appointed home, And of attaining then, the secret germ Of life eternal — had I thought this true — I might indeed have tried to rouse from sleep i66 FATHER AND CHILD. The dormant soul ; afraid untimely death, Coming too soon, might cut life's tender thread. But why should this be so ? All nature's laws Teach us another lesson ; the lowest growth Takes many ages for development. Why should the grandest form, that God has placed Within our view, thus violate His laws ? It were more likely far, that countless years, And countless lives, perchance, have both been spent. Before the weakest mind could yet attain Its present power ; no faintest memory May linger with us of that bygone past ; Yet is there nothing strange, that as we pass From one old life into some larger life, That all behind should vanish from our view. Even it may be better we should turn The passing page, and start our race afresh ; Yet bearing with us still the growth of time. Thus in our dreams, no knowledge of the past Stands out before us as we deeply sleep ; We live new lives, all in a breath of time. Yet when we wake how soon they fade away. So is it at our birth, some little child Comes down to our own world, and soon we see FATHER AND CHILD. 167 That in that tender body dwells a soul, Waiting to grasp the few and needed powers Peculiar to our race ; the power to speak, The power to use its eyes, and move about ; These being found, the soul bursts quickly forth 5 A character distinct, and which we hold No power to alter, though we mould its shape. Rub off the corners, teach it how to hide What we deem wrong ; and yet we make it not. It may be like our own ; God wills, perchance, That those of equal growth shall have the use Of sweet communion, and each other's help. It seems, and I have often thought it so, That sometimes in the passing of a soul From life to life, it needs a state of rest : This it must find in early infancy ; Time quite enough to lose, in that strange state. All knowledge of the past. And yet some doubt That our souls spring all naked from the past. Among them one whose sweetest verses speak Of the remembered visions of a child. He tells us how in childhood, trailing clouds Of glory follow us from whence we came. That we forget not utterly at first i68 FATHER AND CHILD. The life beyond our sleep, but as we grow, Shades of our prison house begin to close ; Hiding the glory from us, till at last. It fades into the light of common day. This may be so, 'tis hard for us to tell What we remember as a little child ; Coming as we may often do from worlds Unlike our own, the change in all around Would hinder our remembrance : yet indeed Souls may revisit earth, in many forms, And thus the stages that we see around ; Some having minds half-formed, some clear and bright, Ready to grasp each flash of passing thought Within their eager reach. And yet again — A hfe fulfils two objects, one its own, And one for those who live within its sphere. A little child may die. — A mother stands Watching with bitter love that fragile life Passing away from her. Why stays it not To run its perfect race ? It may be this, The child was chiefly sent to raise the hearts Of those around it ; while the soul thereof Needed a longer sleep ; two childhoods now FATHER AND CHILD. 169 Soften its future life. You also ask me of the very old. Why drag they on that weary length of days ; Useless, they seem, to others and themselves. Yet is this so ? After the busy strife ; The active battle on the field of life, In which small time is left for quiet thought ; May it not be that when the eye seems dull. The mind too slow to answer readily ; That waking dreams reveal a lesson lost During the burden of the mid-day toil. And that, at even tide, the voice of God Is often heard ? " Child. " How beautiful the words that flow Fresh from the poet's heart to ours ; How sweetly does he bring to us Those few faint shadows of lost powers ; The half-remembered thoughts, that seem Part recollection, and yet part a dream. " I too recall when very young, When many things Were new to me ; I/O FATHER AND CHILD, As when we came down here to live And first I saw the boundless sea Tossed into fury by the blast ; It woke strange scenes of a forgotten past. " Yet children seldom wonder much ; They know not for how short a space They have been living even here ; The tiny distance of their race Spreads out behind them, ever more ; An endless passage with no entrance door. " When first I can look back at all, Remembering the things I thought ; My mind seemed much as it is now, Save for the knowledge time has brought ; And far behind me seemed to be Just such a past, stretching eternally. " Indeed this view of endless life Makes many things more smooth and plain ; Much of the inequality, And something of the bitter pain ; But two things yet remain to me. Still wrapt around with darkest mystery. FATHER AND CHILD. " Those who shall reach to cloudless joy After this- bitter toil and strife Are blest indeed, nor need they mind However dark their path in life. But what of those who ever go, Through downward stages, into depths below ? " And then why should that lower life, Which has not any nobler end, Be bound to suffer and to die ? To what good can their anguish, tend ? And God — the God of love you say — Why sweeps He not this useless pain away ? " Father. "Firstly, my child, it is no certain thing That any life shall fail to gain the soul. Which being found must rise eternally. Yet were it so, what do we know of pain ? Let us consider. Is this life a curse ? Even, to those — if any such there be — Who reap no future good through suffering. 172 FATHER AND CHILD. What is the primal purpose of all pain ? Is it not this — to keep from injury ; To save from death through inadvertency. If there were placed no check, a child would hold Its finger in the flame, and watch it burn ; A bird, wishing to reach some distant spot, Would dash against the trees, and feeling nought Would dash again, until its mangled form Lay bleeding on the grass, thus maimed for life. Without the pangs of hunger, that we know, Who would strive still to gather needed food ; Or rest, if eager to attain some end. Unless the weariness that follows toil Bid us to cease in time. Thus pain is part — A necessary part — of all the growth To higher order in the race of life ; And grows with other growth, as needs arise. Trees, flowers, and all the lower forms of life Feel not, or feel without the sense of pain As we should understand it ; moving on Toward the best, by some attracting power Of light or heat ; but slowly as growth tends To free existence, a more subtle check Must guide the impulses, and so we see FATHER AND CHILD. 173 What we call suffering ; — though unlike to ours — Spread through the lower world ; until at last It reaches man in his more savage state ; And rises on to mental grief, and then To the deep sorrow of the inmost soul. Yet must we use great care if we would judge Of others by ourselves ; else shall we err, Most grievously, about the love of God, And cause our souls a needless suffering ; For when a man with all his nervous powers, — Needed for his high nature — looks below And sees some twisting worm, that turns and rolls As if in torture ; he may, knowing nought Of all the laws that cause those writhing turns, Dream that it suffers deeply ; thus the cries Made by some animals if only touched. Are like to shrieks of anguish ; yet we know They suffer not, but that their bitter cry Is a protection to them. For many years have I with anxious care Studied the lives of others, striving thus — 'Mid all life's labyrinths — to find at last If joy or sorrow hold the ruling power. 'Tis a hard thing, to creep beneath the crust 17+ FATHER AND CHILD. Which custom builds around the heart of man, And find the self you seek ; 'tis also hard To throw" off your surroundings, and to see Into another life, with other eyes. For what to me is pain, to him is joy ; What brings a shiver of the coldest dread Into my heart, passes him by unmoved ; And what I long for he can prize no more ; By use, made callous of my greatest good ; By lack, desiring what to me is dross. Yet as I studied, still the more I found That life was prized, both by the rich and poor ; That even to the foolish, as the wise, Joy caused the scale to turn, and pain rose up More clearly to the sight ; but still beneath — Keeping the scale weighed down — was happiness. Few I could find, who in their quiet moods, Would change their life for any other life ; Few wished for death, and of those very few, When next I met them I would find their joy Surpassed the joy of others. For the hearts Which suffer most, have also times as well When they are full of such deep ecstasy, That it is hard for natures, whose smooth plain FATHER AND CHILD. 175 Shows not these valleys, nor yet those bright hills, ,To understand their joy. Yet after all how little do we know Of any life ? Why should it pass away ? May it not rather rise from growth to growth ; From flower, to the free moving life that floats Within the pool ; then upward, ever on, Until at last it reaches grander strength And as a man can commune with its God. And still beyond, what endless heights may lie ? What, mighty powers as yet we dream not of ? What joy awaits us at the further end. When we have found, at last, through suffering ; Not goodness only, but the love of good ? Having brought forth a mind, in perfect tune, To harmonize with God's." Child. " It is a glorious thought, this hope Which you have kindled in my heart ; The immortality of life In which the lowest forms take part ; Each living thing, we see around. Upon its heavenward journey bound. 176 FATHER AND CHILD. " Onward and upward they shall tend ; Thus each fulfils the best it may. And as in all material things Nothing can ever pass away, Death gives to each the needed change, A higher vision and a wider range. " And yet still more, the more we know, Does sin become a thing to fear ; 'Tis it that shuts us out from God While He is bidding us come near ; And at the end, it well may be. Lowers our place through all eternity. "Well may men speak of punishment That never ends. Oh ! bitter thought, If when I reach the home of light, The goal we all so long have sought ; I see — ah ! with what hopeless pain — At God's own feet, a vacant place remain. "Vacant, yet shall I never know The glory of that perfect life ; Fit place, alone is it, for those Who fought the noblest in the fight ; FATHER AND CHILD. 177 Then must I be content to go Into the lesser light, that shines below. " My father, look ! the darkness spreads Now over all the sea and sky ; Thus has the night her mantle spread Over us all so quietly ; The stars are shining on the sea, Casting their bright reflection, peacefully. " So full is all my mind of thought. Each little object that I see, Since we came here an hour ago, Is all so strange and new to me. From every side, so soft and clear, The unknown voice of God, I seem to hear. " Fain would I then return once more, And in the silent darkness kneel. My new found Father calls to me ; While still His presence I can feel ; Thus, in the solitude of night, Bidding me waken to still greater light." PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONSj LIMITED, LONDON AND BECCLES. 57 and ^g, Ludgate Hill ; and I, Paternoster Square, London. 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