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Show TO a VVouNBirj'pktircAN" : -''' '- l "'" 1 '-. " , Alone at sunset bright-Upon bright-Upon the -quiet beach- thou'tllngerest:' Thy comrades all hiivet'drsappMredi' . In flight s ?. "" " ' ii ' To isles by seas caressed:-. ' u The waters evermore "" in motion of the ocean's- -heaving ' breast ' fte ; ' With rhythmic ebb and 'flow break on i the shore. """ I They have no need to rest. r: , ' Upon the heaven's bluo Tho airy castles" that in cloudtand lie Seem1 to take wing and fade away ., from view Beyond the searching eye. Tho ships havo power to move From placo to plapo, their wonted! courso to span Where thou lu graceful flight didst often rovo SInco thy glad lite began. Thou, hurt, now movest not, Who hitherto with ease didst lead the van To nesting place In some secluded spot Beyond the reach ot man. Thou llngereiit atone. jf) j,., vWhy dost thou 'riot with thjf compan-, l ions fly And as of yore by powerful wing be borne In tranquil joy on high? I fain would see thcedash In quest ot food, parting the waters bright Which high above thy head in white spray splash, Giving theo new delight. With broken wing and spent i Thou motionless dost rest, thy rov-ings rov-ings "o'er. The voices of tho sea thy fate lament, la-ment, Thy helplessness deplore. With mate to nest no more! Cruel tho practised hand ' that held tho gun, Whose master, heartless, left theo on tho shoro To die at setting sun. . Emblem ot charity, From thy own vitals said to feed thy, - young! So- that the, world thy slayers' shame . ) must, see, , How can thy" wrong.. bo sung!- x - wr. Fanny C. Harvey. 1 1 . |