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THE    COURTSHIP 


MILES     STANDISH. 


CHORLEY    OLD   CHURCH,   LANCASHTRE. 

THE   BrniAI.   PLACE   OF  THE   STAXDISUKS. 


THE 


COURTSHIP 


MILES    STANDISH, 


OTHEE   POEMS. 


HENEY  WADSWOETH  LONGFELLOW 


LONDON: 
W.  KENT  &■  CO.  (LATE  D.  BOGUE),  86,  FLEET  STREET, 

AND    PATEENOSTER    ROW. 

MDCCCLVIII. 


LONDON  :    PRINTED    BY    WOODKALL    AND    KINDER, 
ANGEL    COCKT,    SKINNER    STKBET. 


PREFACE. 


The  Courtship  op  Miles  Staxdish. — This  poem 
rests  on  a  basis  of  historical  truth.  The  house  of 
Standish  is  one  of  the  oldest  iu  Lancashire.  Ralph 
Standish  fought  at  the  battle  of  Agincourt;  John 
helped  to  destroy  Wat  Tyler.  Henry  Standish,  a 
Bishop  of  St.  Asaph,  had  the  courage  to  stand  by 
Queen  Catherine  and  assist  her  in  resisting  the 
famous  divorce.  John  Standish  wounded  Wat  when 
felled  to  the  ground  by  the  arm  of  Walworth,  but 
Henry,  the  Bishop,  resisted  his  royal  namesake, 
when  the  latter  was  in  great  power. 

^liles  Standish — the  hero  of  this  poem — was  the 


VIU  PREFACE. 

descendant  of  a  younger  brother  of  this  valiant 
race.  The  career  of  poor  but  daring  spirits  in  the 
age  of  EHzabeth  was  often  sought  in  the  Low 
Countries,  where  the  great  question  of  ReUgious 
Liberty  against  the  Spanish  Inquisition  was  being 
settled  on  field  and  scaflfold.  It  was  the  age  of 
great  events — the  age  of  Elizabeth,  of  Alva,  of  the 
Armada,  and  of  the  Puritans.  Among  the  soldiers 
sent  over  by  the  Queen  of  England  to  help  the 
Dutch  in  that  grand  struggle  for  independence, 
Miles  Standish  drew  his  sword.  He  united  the 
wisdom  of  a  true  statesman  with  the  nerve  and 
daring  of  a  good  soldier,  qualities  which  fitted  him 
in  a  pre-eminent  degree  to  adorn  the  post  which,  when 
he  left  Ley  den  for  America,  he  was  called  on  to  fill. 
In  Holland  he  had  learned  to  admire  the  devoted- 
ness  and  moral  grandeur  of  the  Puritans.  Though 
he  never  jomed  their  church,  he  was  the  staunch 
friend  and  sworn  defender  of  that  little  baud  of 
heroic  men  and  women  who  landed  from  the  May 


PREFACE.  IX 

Flower  in  New  England  in  the  year  1620.  As  the 
"  best  linguist "  among  the  pilgrims,  he  was  quali- 
fied to  treat  with  the  Indians ;  and  as  the  best 
soldier,  he  took  the  command  in  their  expeditions. 
"  His  capital  exploit,"  as  the  old  chronicle  terms  it, 
was  the  salvation  of  the  planters  at  Weymouth 
from  extermination.  The  hostility  of  the  Indians 
had  been  provoked  by  the  injustice  of  some  greedy 
London  adventm-ers,  who  were  striving  to  monopolise 
the  advantages  of  the  fur  trade.  The  colony  was 
saved  by  the  wisdom  and  courage  of  Miles  Standish. 
He  died  in  1656,  at  the  age  of  72. 

He  was  twice  married,  and  the  tradition  has  been 
handed  down,  that  some  time  after  the  death  of  his 
first  wife,  he  employed  the  friendly  services  of 
John  Alden  to  pay  court  in  his  name  to  a  fair  lady, 
one  Priscilla  IMullins,  w^ho,  however,  fell  in  love  with 
his  ambassador,  and  afterwards  became  his  wife. 
Another  lady,  however,  known  to  us  only  by  the 
name  of  Barbara,  consoled  him  for  this  mortification 


X  PREFACE. 

by  accepting  the  hand  of  one  of  the  greatest  and 
noblest  men  whom  Providence  ever  raised  up  to 
fight  the  battle  of  Liberty  in  the  Old  "World,  and 
to  lay  the  social  foundation  of  the  New. 


CONTENTS. 


THE  COURTSHIP  OF  MILES  STANDISH. 

PAGE 

I.    IIILES    STAXDISH 1 

II.    LOVE    Xyj)    FRIENDSHIP           .             .             .             .  11 

III.  THE  lover's  errand           .          .          .          .  23 

IV.  JOHN    ALDEN        .             .             .             .             .  41 
V.    THE   SAILING   OF   THE    MAY    FLOWER         .             .  58 

VI.    PRISCILLA 75 

VII.    THE   MARCH    OF    MILES    STANDISH                .             .  87 

VIII.    THE   SPEN'NDTG-WHEEL              .             .             .             .  99 

IX.    THE    WEDDING-DAY       .             .             .             .             .  Ill 


BIRDS  OF  PASSAGE. 

PROMETHEUS,    OR   THE   POET'S    FORETHOUGHT  . 
THE    LADDER    OF   SAINT    AUGUSTINE 
THE   PHANTOM    SHIP    ..... 
THE    WARDEN   OP   THE   CINQUE    PORTS      . 


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130 
134 

138 


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CONTENTS. 


O 


HAUNTED    HOUSES 

IN   THE    CHURCHYARD    AT    CAMBRIDGE 

THE    EIIPEROR's    RIRD'S-NEST 

THE   TWO    ANGELS 

DAYLIGHT   AND    MOONLIGHT 

THE   JEWISH    CEilETERY    AT    NEVTPORT 

OLIVER   BASSELIN 

VICTOR   GALBRAITH      . 

MY   LOST   YOUTH 

THE    ROrEWALK 

THE   GOLDEN    MILESTONE 

CATAWBA    WINE 

SANTA    FILOMENA 

THE   DISCOVERER   OF   THE   NORTH    CAPE 

DAYBREAK  .... 

THE   FIFTIETH    BIRTHDAY    OF    AGASSIZ 

CHILDREN  .... 

SANDALPHON   ..... 

EPIMETHEUS,    OB   THE    I'OET'S    AFTERTHOUGHT 


NOTES 


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THE  COUKTSHIP  OF  MILES  STAXDISH. 


I. 


MILES    STAlfDISn. 


Is  the  Old  Colony  days,  in  Plymouth  the  land  of 

the  Pilgrims, 
To  and  fro  in  a  room  of  his  simple  and  primitive 

dwelling. 
Clad  in  doublet  and  hose,  and  boots  of  Cordovan 

leather. 
Strode,    Avith    a    martial    air,    ]Miles    Standish    the 

Puritan  Captain. 
Buried   in   thought    he    seemed,    Avith    his   hands 

behind  him,  and  pausing 

B 


II  THE    COURTSHIP    OF    MILES    STANDISH. 

Ever  and  anon  to  behold  his  glittering  weapons  of 

warfare, 
Hanging  in  shining  array  along  the  walls  of  the 

chamberj — 
Cutlass  and  corslet  of  steel,  and  his  trusty  sword  of 

Damascus, 
Curved  at  the  point  and  inscribed  with  its  mystical 

Arabic  sentence, 
While  underneath,  in  a  corner,  were  fowling-piece, 

musket,  and  matchlock. 
Short  of  stature    he  was,  but    strongly  built  and 

athletic. 
Broad  in  the  shoulders,  deep-chested,  with  muscles 

and  sinews  of  iron ; 
Bro^^^l  as  a  nut  was  his  face,  but  his  russet  beard 

was  already 
Flaked  with  patches  of  snow,  as  hedges  sometimes 
,  in  November. 


THE    COURTSHIP    OF    MILES    STANDISU.  O 

Near  him  was  seated  John  Alderij  his  friend  and 
household  companion, 

Writing  with  diligent  speed  at  a  table  of  pine  by 
the  window ; 

Fair-haired,  azui-c-eyed,  with  delicate  Saxon  com- 
plexion. 

Having  the  dew  of  his  youth,  and  the  beauty  thereof, 
as  the  captives 

Whom  Saint  Gregory  saw,  and  exclaimed,  "Not 
Angles  but  Angels/' 

Youngest  of  all  was  he  of  the  men  who  came  in  the 
May  Flower. 

Suddenly  breaking  the  silence,  the  diligent  scribe 
interrupting. 

Spake,  in  the  pride  of  his  heart.  Miles  Standish 
the  Captain  of  Plymouth. 

"  Look  at  these  arms,"  he  said,  "  the  warlike  wea- 
pons that  hang  here 


4  THE    COURTSHIP    OF    MILES    STANDISH. 

Burnished  and  bright  and  clean,  as  if  for  parade  or 

inspection ! 
This  is  the  sword  of  Damascus  I  fought  with  in 

Flanders ;  this  breastplate, 
Well  I  remember  the  day !  once  saved  my  life  in  a 

skirmish  ; 
Here  in  front  you  can    see  the  very  dint  of    the 

bullet 
Fired  point-blank  at  my  heart  by  a  Spanish  arca- 

bucero. 
Had  it  not  been  of  shear-steel,  the  forgotten  bones 

of  Miles  Standish 
AVould  at  this  moment  be  mould,  in  their  grave  in 

the  Flemish  morasses." 
Thereupon  answered  John  Aldeu,  but  looked  not 

up  from  his  writing  : 
"  Truly  the  breath  of  the  Lord  hath  slackened  the 

speed  of  the  bullet ; 


THE    COURTSHIP    OF    MILES    STAXDISII.  5 

He  iu  his  mercy  preserved  you^  to  be  our  shield  and 

our  weapon ! " 
Still  the  Captain  continued^  unheeding  the  words  of 

the  sti'ipling : 
"  See,  how  bright  they  arc  burnished,  as  if  in  an 

arsenal  hanging; 
That  is  because  I  have  done  it  myself,  and  not  left 

it  to  others. 
Serve   yourself,    would   you  be  well   served,  is    an 

excellent  adage ; 
So  I  take  care  of  my  arms,  as  you  of  your  pens  and 

your  inkhorn. 
Then,   too,   there   are   my  soldiers,  my  great,    in- 
vincible army, 
Twelve  men,  all  equipped,  having  each  his  rest  and 

his  matchlock. 
Eighteen  shillings  a  month,  together  with  diet  and 

pillage. 


G  THE    COURTSHIP    OF    MILES    STANDISK. 

And,  like  Caesar,  I  know  the  name  of  each  of  my 

soldiers ! " 
This  he  said  with  a  smile,  that  danced  in  his  eyes, 

as  the  sunbeams 
Dance  on  the  waves  of  the  sea,  and  vanish  again  in 

a  moment, 
illden  laughed  as  he  wrote,  and  still  the  Captain 

continued : 
"  Look  !  you  can  see  from  this  ^^'indow  my  brazen 

howitzer  planted 
High  on  the  roof  of  the  church,  a  preacher  who 

speaks  to  the  purpose. 
Steady,   straight-forward,    and    strong,    with    irre- 
sistible logic, 
Orthodox,  flashing  conviction  right  into  the  hearts 

of  the  heathen. 
Now  wc  are  ready,  I  think,  for  any  assault  of  the 
Indians; 


THE    COURTSHIP    OF    MILES    STANDISU.  7 

Let  them  conie^  if  tiicy  likc^  and  the  sooner  they 

try  it  the  better^ — 
Let  them  come  it'  they  like,  be  it  sagamore,  sachem, 

or  pow-wo^N', 
Aspinet,  Samoset,  Corbitant,  Squanto,  or  Tokama- 

hamon ! " 

Long  at  the  window  he  stood,  and  wistfully  gazed 

on  the  landscape. 
Washed  with  a  cold  gray  mist,  the  vapory  breath  of 

the  east  wind. 
Forest  and  meadow  and  hill,   and   the    steel-blue 

rim  of  the  ocean. 
Lying  silent  and  sad,  in  the  afternoon  shadows  and 

sunshine. 
Over  his  countenance  flitted  a  shadow  like  those  ou 

the  landscape. 
Gloom  intermingled  with  light ;  and  his  voice  was 

subdued  with  emotion, 


8  THE    COURTSHIP    OP    JULES    STANDISH. 

Tenderness,  pity,  regret,  as  after  a  j)ause  be  pro- 
ceeded : 
"Yonder  there,  on  the  liill  by  the  sea,  lies  buried 

Rose  Staudish; 
Beautiful  rose  of  love,  that  bloomed  for  me  by  the 

wayside ! 
She  was  the  first  to  die  of  all  who  came  in  the  IMay 

Flower ! 
Green  above  her  is  growing  the  field  of  wheat  wc 

have  sown  there. 
Better  to  hide  from  the  Indian  scouts  the  graves  of 

our  people. 
Lest  they  should  count  them  and  see  how  many 

already  have  perished  !  " 
Sadly  his  face  he  averted,  and  strode  up  and  down, 

and  ^^■as  thoughtful. 

Fixed  to  the  opposite  wall  was  a  shelf  of  books, 
and  anions:  them 


THE    COURTSHIP    OF    MILES    STANDISH.  9 

Promincut  tlircc,  distingui^iicd  alilcc  for  bulk  and 
for  binding ; 

Bariffe's  Artillery  Guide,  and  the  Commentaries  of 
Csesar, 

Out  of  the  Latin  translated  by  Arthur  Goldiugc  of 
London, 

And,  as  if  guarded  by  these,  between  them  Avas 
standing  the  Bible. 

■Musing    a   moment   before  them.  Miles    Standish 
paused,  as  if  doubtful 

"Which  of  the  three  he  should  choose  for  his  con- 
solation and  comfort. 

Whether  the  wars  of  the  Hebrews,  the  famous  cam- 
paigns of  the  Romans, 

Or  the  Artillery  practice,  designed  for  belligerent 
Christians. 

Finally  down  from  its  shelf  he  dragged  the  pon- 
derous Roman, 


10  THE    COUET8HIP    OF    MILES    STANDISH. 

Seated  himself  at  the  window,  and  opened  the  book, 

and  in  silence 
Turned  o'er  the  well-worn  leaves,  where  thumb-marks 

thick  on  the  margin, 
Like  the  trample  of  feet,  proclaimed  the  battle  was 

hottest. 
Nothing  was  heard  in  the  room  but  the  hurrying 

pen  of  the  stripling. 
Busily  writing  epistles  important,  to  go  by  the  May 

Flower, 
Ready  to  sail  on  the  morrow,  or  next  day  at  latest, 

God  willing  ! 
Homeward  bound  with  the  tidings  of  all  that  terrible 

winter. 
Letters  written  by  Alden,  and  full  of  the  name  of 

Priscilla, 
Full    of  the    name  and  the   fame  of   the    Puritan 
maiden  Priscilla ! 


11 


II. 


lOVE    AND   TEIENDSHIP. 

Nothing  was  heard  in  the  room  but  the  hurrying 

pen  of  the  stripling, 
Or  an  occasional  sigh  from  the  laboring  heart  of 

the  Captain, 
Reading  the  marvellous  words  and  achievements  of 

Julius  Caesar. 
After  a  while  he  exclaimed,  as  he  smote  with  his 

hand,  palm  downwards. 
Heavily  on  the  page  :  "  A  wonderful  man  was  this 

Caesar ! 


12  THE    COURTSHIP    OF    MILES    STAXDISH. 

You  are  a  writer^  and  I  am  a  fighter^  but  here  is  a 

fellow 
"Who  could  both  write  and  fight^  and  in  both  was 

equally  skilful !  " 
Straightway  answered  and  spake  John  Alden,  the 

comely,  the  youthful : 
"  Yes,  he  was  equally  skilled,  as  you  say,  with  his 

pen  and  his  weapons. 
Somewhere    have  I  read,  but  where  I   forget,   he 

could  dictate 
Seven  letters  at  once,  at  the  same  time  writing  his 

memoirs." 
"  Truly,"  continued  the   Captain,   not  heeding  or 

hearing  the  other, 
"  Truly  a  wonderful  man  was  Caius  Julius  Caesar  ! 
Better  be  first,  he  said,  in  a  little  Iberian  village,^ 
Than  be  second  in  Rome,  and  I  think  he  was  right 

when  he  said  it. 


THE    COURTSHIP    OF    MILES    STANDISII.  13 

Twice  was  he  married  before  he  was  twenty,  and 
many  times  after; 

Battles  five  hundred  he   fought,  and    a   thousand 
cities  he  conquered ; 

He,  too,  fought  in  Flanders,  as  he  himself  has  re- 
corded ; 

Finally  he  was  stabbed  by  his  friend,  the  orator 
Brutus  ! 

Now,  do  you  know  what  he  did  on  a  certain  occa- 
sion in  Flanders, 

When  the  rear-guard  of  his    army    retreated,   the 
front  giving  way  too, 

And  the  immortal  Twelfth  Legion  was  crow'ded  so 
closely  together 

There  was  no  room  for  their  swords  ?     Why,  he 
seized  a  shield  from  a  soldier. 

Put  himself  straight  at  the  head  of  his  troops,  and 
commanded  the  captains, 


14  THE    COURTSHIP    OF    MILES    STANDISH. 

Calling  on  each  by  his  name,  to  order  forward  the 

ensigns ; 
Then  to  widen  the  ranks,  and  give  more  room  for 

their  weapons; 
So  he  won  the  day,  the  battk'  of    something-or- 

other. 
That 's  what  I  always  say ;  if  you  wish  a  thing  to 

be  well  done, 
You  must  do  it  yourself,  you  must  not  leave  it  to 

others!" 

All  was  silent  again ;  the  Captain  continued  his 

reading. 
Nothing  was  heard  in  the  room  but  the  hurrying 

pen  of  the  stripling 
"Writing  epistles  important  to  go  next  day  by  the 

May  Flower, 
Filled  with  the  name  and  the  fame  of  the  Puritan 

maiden  Priscilla; 


THE    COURTSHIP    OF   MILES    STANDISH.  15 

Every  sentence  began  or  closed  with  the  name  of 
Priscilla^ 

Till  the  treacherous  pen,  to  which  he  confided  the 
secret. 

Strove  to  betray  it  by  singing  and  shouting  the 
name  of  Priscilla ! 

Finally  closing  his  book,  with  a  bang  of  the  pon- 
derous cover, 

Sudden  and  loud  as  the  sound  of  a  soldier  ground- 
ing his  musket. 

Thus  to  the  young  man  spake  Miles  Standish  the 
Captain  of  Plymouth : 

"  When  you  have  finished  your  work,  I  have  some- 
thing important  to  tell  you. 

Be  not  however  in  haste;  I  can  wait ;  I  shall  not  be 
impatient ! " 

Straightway  Alden  replied,  as  he  folded  the  last  of 
his  letters. 


IG  THE    COURTSHIP    OF    MILES    STANDISH. 

Pushing  his  papers  aside^  and  giving  respectful  at- 
tention : 
"  Speak ;    for  whenever   you    speak^  I    am  always 

ready  to  listen, 
Always  ready  to  hear  whatever  pertains  to  Miles 

Standish." 
Thereupon  answered  the  Captain,  embarrassed,  and 

culling  his  phrases : 
"  'T  is  not  good  for  a  man  to  l^e  alone,  say  the 

Scriptures. 
This   I  have  said  before,   and  again  and  again   I 

repeat  it ; 
Every  hour  in  the  day,  I  think  it,  and  foci  it,  and 

say  it. 
Since  Rose  Standish  died,  my  life  has  been  weary 

and  dreary; 
Sick  at  heart  have  I  been,  beyond  the  healing  of 

friendship. 


THE    COURTSHIP    OF    MILES    STANDISH.  17 

Oft  in  my  lonely    hours  Lave   I  thought  of   the 

maiden  Priscilla. 
She  is  alone  in  the  world ;  her  father  and  mother 

and  brother 
Died  in  the  winter  together;  I  saw  her  going  and 

coming, 
Now  to  the  grave  of  the  dead,  and  now  to  the  bed 

of  the  dying, 
Patient,  courageous,  and  strong,  and  said  to  myself, 

that  if  ever 
There  were  angels  on  earth  as  there  are  angels  in 

heaven. 
Two  have  I  seen  and  known ;  and  the  angel  whose 

name  is  Priscilla 
Holds  in  my  desolate  life  the  place  which  the  other 

abandoned. 
Long  have  I  cherished  the  thought,  but  never  have 

dared  to  reveal  it, 

c 


18  THE    COURTSHIP    OF    MILES    STANDI8H. 

Being  a  coward  in  tliis^  though  valiant  enough  for 

the  most  part. 
Go  to  the  damsel  Priscilla^  the  loveliest  maiden  of 

Plymouth, 
Say  that  a  blunt  old  Captain,  a  man  not  of  words 

but  of  actions, 
Offers  his  hand  and  his  heart,  the  hand  and  heart  of 

a  soldier. 
Not  in  these  words,  you  know,  but  this  in  short  is 

my  meaning; 
I    am    a    maker    of   war,    and    not    a    maker    of 

phrases. 
You,  who  are  bred  as  a  scholar,  can  say  it  in  elegant 

language. 
Such  as  you  read  in  your  books  of  the  pleadings 

and  wooings  of  lovers. 
Such  as  you  think  best  adapted  to  win  the  heart  of 

a  maiden." 


THE    COURTSHIP    OF    MILES    STANDISH.  19 

When  he  had  spoken,  John  Alden,  the  fair -haired 
taciturn  stripling, 

All  aghast  at  his  words,  surprised,  embarrassed,  be- 
wildered, 

Trying  to  mask  his  dismay  by  treating  the  subject 
with  lightness. 

Trying  to  smile,  and  yet  feeling  his  heart  stand  still 
in  his  bosom. 

Just  as  a  timepiece  stops  in  a  house  that  is  stricken 
by  lightning. 

Thus  made  answer  and  spake,  or  rather  stammered 
than  answered : 

"  Such   a  message  as  that,   I  am  sure   I   should 
mangle  and  mar  it ; 

If  you  would  have  it  well  done, — I  am  only  repeat- 
ing your  maxim, — 

You  must  do  it  yourself,  you  must  not  leave  it  to 
others!" 


20  THE    COUllTSUIP    OF    MILES    STAN'DISH. 

Bat  with  the  air  of  a  mau  whom  nothing  can  turn 

from  his  purpose, 
Gravely  shaking  his  head,  made  answer  the  Captain 

of  Plymouth  : 
"  Truly  the  maxim  is  good,  and  I  do  not  mean  to 

gainsay  it ; 
But  we  must  use  it  discreetly,  and  not  waste  powder 

for  nothing. 
iS'ow,  as    I    said  before,  I  was  never  a  maker  of 

phrases. 
I  can  march  up  to  a  fortress  and  summon  the  place 

to  surrender, 
But  march  up  to  a  woman  with  such  a  proposal,  I 

dare  not. 
I  'm  not  afraid  of  bullets,  nor  shot  from  the  mouth 

of  a  cannon, 
But  of  a  thundering  '  No  ! '  point-blank  from  the 

mouth  of  a  woman, 


Til 


E    COURTSHIP    OF    IMILES    STANDISII.  21 


That  I  confess  I  'm  afraid  of,  nor  am  I  asbamed  to 
confess  it ! 

So  you  must  grant  my  request,  for  you  are  an  ele- 
gant scholar, 

Having  the  graces  of  speech^  and  skill  in  the  turn- 
ing of  phrases." 

Taking  the  hand  of  his  friend,  who  still  was  reluc- 
tant and  doubtful, 

Holding  it  long  in  his  own,  and  pressing  it  kindly, 
he  added : 

"  Though  I  have  spoken  thus  lightly,  yet  deep  is 
the  feeling  that  prompts  me ; 

Surely  you  cannot  refuse  what  I  ask  in  the  name  of 
our  friendship ! " 

Then  made  answer  John  Alden :  "  The  name  of 
friendship  is  sacred ; 

"What  you  demand  in  that  name,  I  have  not  the 
power  to  deny  you  ! " 


22  THE    COURTSHIP    OF    MILES    STANDISH. 

So  the  strong  will  prevailed,  subduing  and  moulding 

the  gentler, 
Friendship  prevailed  over  love,  and  Alden  went  on 

liis  errand. 


23 


III. 


THE   LOVER  S    EEEA>D. 


So  the  strong  will  prevailed,  and  Aldcn  went  on 

his  errand. 
Out  of  the  street  of  the  village,  and  into  the  paths 

of  the  forest. 
Into    the    tranquil   woods,    where    blue-birds   and 

robins  were  building 
Towns  in  the  populous  trees,  with  hanging  gardens 

.  of  verdure. 
Peaceful,    aerial   cities   of  joy   and    affection    and 

freedom. 


2-1  THE    COURTSHIP    OF    MILES    STANDISH. 

All  around  liiin  was  calm,  but  witbiu  him  com- 
motion and  conflict^ 

Love  contending  with  friendship,  and  self  with  each 
generous  impulse. 

To  and  fro  in  his  breast  his  thoughts  were  heaving 
and  dashing. 

As  in  a  foundering  ship,  with  every  roll  of  the 
vessel. 

Washes  the  bitter  sea,  the  merciless  surge  of  the 
ocean ! 

**Must  I  relinquish  it  nW/'  he  cried  with  a  wild 
lamentation, 

"  Must  I  relinquish  it  all,  the  joy,  the  hope,  the 
illusion  ? 

"Was  it  for  this  I  have  loved,  and  waited,  and  wor- 
shipped in  silence  ? 

Was  it  for  this  I  have  followed  the  flying  feet  and 
the  shadow 


THE    COURTSHIP    OF    MILES    STAXDISH.  25 

Over  the  wintry  sea,  to  the  desolate  shores  of  New 

England  ? 
Truly  tlie  heart  is  deceitful,  and  out  of  its  depths 

of  corruption 
Rise,  like  an  exhalation,   the  misty  phantoms    of 

passion ; 
Angels  of  light  they  seem,  but  arc  only  delusions 

of  Satan. 
All  is  clear  to  me  now;    I    feel   it,   I  see  it  dis- 
tinctly ! 
This  is  the  hand  of  the  Lord ;  it  is  laid  upon  me 

in  auger. 
For  I  have  followed  too  mucli  the  heart's  desires 

and  de\dccs, 
"Worshipping  Astaroth  blindly,  and  impious  idols 

of  Baal. 
This  is  the  cross   T  must    bear;   the  sin  and  the 

swift  retribution." 


26  THE    COURTSHIP    OF    MILES    STANDISH. 

So  through  the  Plymouth  woods    John    Alden 
went  on  his  erraud ; 

Crossing  the  brook  at  the  ford,  where  it  brawled 
over  pebble  and  shallow. 

Gathering  still,  as  he  went,  the  May-flowers  bloom- 
ing around  him, 

Fragrant,  filling  the  air  with  a  strange  and  wonder- 
ful sweetness, 

Children  lost  in  the  woods,  and  covered  with  leaves 
in  their  slumber. 

"Puritan    flowers,^'    he    said,    ''and   the    type  of 
Puritan  maidens. 

Modest    and  simple   and   sweet,    the  very  type  of 
Priscilla ! 

So  I  will  take  them  to  her  ;  to  Priscilla  the  May- 
flower of  Plymouth, 

Modest  and  simple  and  sweet,  as  a  parting  gift  will 
I  take  them ; 


THE    COURTSHIP    OF    MILES    STANDISH.  27 

Breathing   their  silent  farewells,  as  they  fade  and 

wither  and  perish, 
Soon    to  be  tlu'own  away  as  is    the  heart  of  the 

giver." 
So  through  the  Plymouth  woods  John  Alden  went 

on  his  errand ; 
Came  to  an  open  space,  and  saw  the  disk  of  the 

ocean, 
Sailless,  sombre  and  cold  \\  ith  the  comfortless  breath 

of  the  east-wind ; 
Saw  the  new-built  house,  and  people  at  work  in  a 

meadow ; 
Heard,  as  he  drew  near  the  door,  the  musical  voice 

of  Priscilla 
Singing  the  hundredth  Psalm,  the  grand  old  Puritan 

anthem. 
Music  that  Luther  sang  to  the  sacred  words  of  the 

Psalmist, 


28        tut:  courtship  of  Mii.rs  staxdish. 

Full  of  the  breath  of  the  Lord,  consoling  and  com- 
forting many. 
Then,  as  he  opened  the  door,  he  beheld  the  form  of 

the  maiden 
Seated  beside  her  wheel,  and  the  carded  wool  like  a 

snow-drift 
Piled   at   her  knee,   her  white    hands  feeding   the 

ravenous  spindle, 
While  Avith  her  foot  on  the  treadle  she  guided  the 

wheel  in  its  motion. 
Open  wide  on  her  lap  lay  the  well-worn  psalm-book 

of  Ainsworth, 
Printed  in  Amsterdam,  the  words  and  the  music 

together. 
Rough-hewn,  angular  notes,  like  stones  in  the  wall 

of  a  churchyard, 
Darkened  and  overhung  by  the  running  vine  of  the 

verses. 


THE    COURTSHir    OF    MILES    STAXDISU.  d*J 

Such  was  the  book  from  whose  pages  she  sang  the 

old  Puritan  anthem, 
She,  the  Puritan  girl,  iu  the  solitude  of  the  forest, 
Making  the  humble  house  and  the  modest  apparel 

of  home- spun 
Beautiful  with  her  beauty,  and  rich  with  the  wealth 

of  her  being ! 
Over  him  rushed,  like  a  wind  that  is  keen  and  cold 

and  relentless, 
Thoughts  of  what  might  have  been,  and  the  weight 

and  woe  of  his  errand  ; 
All  the  dreams  that  had  faded,  and  all  the  hopes 

that  had  vanished. 
All   his   life   henceforth    a    dreary    and    tenantless 

mansion. 
Haunted  by  vain  regrets,  and  palUd,  sorrowful  faces. 
Still   he    said   to  himself,   and    almost  fiercely  he 

said  it, 


30  TIIK    COURTSHIP    OF    MILES    STANDISH. 

"  Let  not  him  that  puttcth  his  hand  to  the  plough 

look  backwards ; 
Though  the  ploughshare  cut  through  the  flowers  of 

life  to  its  fountains. 
Though  it  pass  o'er  the  graves  of  the  dead  and  the 

hearths  of  the  living, 
It  is  the  will  of  the  Lord ;  and  his  mercy  endureth 

for  ever !  " 

So  he  entered  the  house :  and  the  hum  of  the 

wheel  and  the  singing 
Suddenly  ceased ;  for  Priscilla,  aroused  by  his  step 

on  the  threshold, 
Rose   as  he  entered,  and  gave  him  her  hand,  in 

signal  of  welcome, 
Saying,  "  I  knew  it  was  you,  when  I  heard  your 

step  in  the  passage; 
For  I  was  thinking  of  you,  as  I  sat  there  singing 

and  spinning." 


THE    COURTSHIP    OF    MILES    STANDISH.  31 

Awkward  and  dumb  with  delight,  that  a  thought  of 

hitn  had  been  mingled 
Thus  in  the  sacred  psalm,  that  came  from  the  heart 

of  the  maiden. 
Silent  before  her  he  stood,  and  gave  her  the  flowers 

for  an  answer. 
Finding  no  words  for  his  thought.    lie  remembered 

that  day  in  the  winter. 
After  the  first  great  snow,  when  he  broke  a  path 

from  the  village, 
Reeling  and  plunging  along  through  the  drifts  that 

encumbered  the  doorway, 
Stamping  the  snow  from  his  feet  as  he  entered  the 

house,  and  Priscilla 
Laughed  at  his  snowy  locks,  and  gave  him  a  seat  by 

the  fireside. 
Grateful  and  pleased  to  know  he  had  thought  of  her 

in  the  snow-stonn. 


32  THE    COURTSHIP    OF    MILES    STANDISH. 

Had  he  but  spokcu  then  !  perhaps  not  iu  vain  had 

he  spoken ; 
Now  it  was  all  too  late;  the  golden  moment  had 

vanished ! 
So  he  stood  there  abashed^  and  gave  her  the  flowers 

for  an  answer. 

Then  they  sat  down  and  talked  of  the  birds  and 

the  beautiful  Spring-time, 
Talked  of   their   friends    at    home,   and    the    j\Iay 

Flower  that  sailed  on  the  morrow. 
"  I  have  been  thinking  all  day/'  said    gently  the 

Puritan  maiden, 
"  Dreaming  all  night,  and  thinking  all  day,  of  the 

hedge-rows  of  England, — 
They  are  in  blossom  now,  and  the  country  is  all  like 

a  garden ; 
Thinking  of  lanes  and  fields,  and  the  song  of  the 

lark  and  the  linnet. 


THE    COURTSHIP    OF    MILES    STANDISII.  33 

Seeing    the    village   street,   and   familiar   faces   of 

neighbors 
Going   about    as  of  old,    and    stopping   to   gossip 

together, 
And,  at  the  end  of  the  street,  the  village  church, 

with  the  ivy 
Climbing  the  old  gray  tower,  and  the  quiet  graves 

in  the  churchyard. 
Kind  are  the  people  I  live  with,  and  dear  to  me  my 

religion ; 
Still  my  heart  is  so  sad,  that  I  wish  myself  back  in 

Old  England. 
You  will  say  it  is  wrong,  but  I  cannot  help  it :  I 

almost 
'Wish  myself  back  in  Old  England,  I  feel  so  lonely 

and  wretched." 

Thereupon  answered  the  youth  : — "  Indeed  I  do 
not  condemn  you; 

D 


3-1        tin:  courtship  of  miles  standish. 

Stouter  licarts  than  a  woman's  have  quailed  in  tliis 

terrible  winter. 
Yours  is  tender  and  tnisting,  and  needs  a  stronger 

to  lean  on ; 
So   I   have  come  to  you   now^  with   an  offer  and 

proffer  of  marriage 
Made  b}'  a  good  man  and  true.  Miles  Standish  the 

Captain  of  Plymouth  ! " 

Thus  he  delivered  his  message,  the  dexterous 
writer  of  letters, — 

Did  not  embellish  the  theme,  nor  array  it  in  beau- 
tiful phrases, 

But  eame  straight  to  the  point,  and  blurted  it  out 
like  a  schoolboy ; 

Even  the  Captain  himself  could  hardly  have  said  it 
more  bluntly. 

Mute  with  amazement  and  sorrow,  Priscilla  the 
Puritan  maiden 


THE    COURTSHIP    OF    MILES    STANDISH.  35 

Looked   into    Alclen's  face,  her  eyes    dilated  with 

wonder, 
Feeling  his  words  like  a  blow,  that  stunned  her  and 

rendered  her  speeehless ; 
Till    at    length    she    cxelainicd,    interrupting    the 

ominous  silenee : 
''  If   the   great    Captain    of   Plymouth    is    so  ver}' 

eager  to  wed  me, 
Why    does   he   not    come    himself,    and   take   the 

trouble  to  woo  me  ? 
If  I  am  not  worth  the  wooing,  I  surely  am  not 

worth  the  winning !" 
Then  John  Alden  began  explaining  and  smoothing 

the  matter. 
Making  it  worse  as  he  went,  by  saying  the  Captain 

was  busy, — 
Had  no  time  for  such  things ; — such  things !  the 

.words  grating  harshly 


36  THE    COURTSHIP    OF    MILES    STANDISH. 

Fell  on  the  car  of  Priscilla ;  and  swift  as  a  flash  she 

made  answer : 
"  Has  he  no  time  for  such  things,  as  you  call  it, 

before  he  is  married, 
"Would  he  be  likely  to  find  it,  or  make  it,  after  the 

wedding  ? 
That  is  the  way  with  you  men ;  you  don't  under- 
stand us,  you  cannot. 
^Yhen  you  have  made  up  your  minds,  after  thinking 

of  this  one  and  that  one, 
Choosing,  selecting,  rejecting,  comparing  one  with 

another, 
Then  you  make  known  your  desire,  with   abrupt 

and  sudden  avowal. 
And  are  offended  and  hurt,  and  indignant  perhaps, 

that  a  woman 
Does  not  respond  at  once  to  a  love  that  she  never 

suspected. 


THE    COUETSHIP    OF    MILES    STAN'DISII.  37 

Does  not  attain  at  a  bound  the  height  to  which  you 

have  been  climbing. 
This  is  not  right  nor  just:  for  surely  a  woman's 

aflfection 
Is  not  a  thing  to  be  asked  for,  and  had  for  only  the 

asking. 
When  one  is  truly  in  love,  one  not  only  says  it,  but 

shows  it. 
Had  he  but  waited  awhile,  had  he  only  showed  that 

he  loved  mc, 
Even  this  Captain  of  yours — who  knows  ? — at  last 

might  have  won  me, 
Old  'and  rough   as  he  is ;    but  noAV  it  never  can 

happen." 

Still  John  Alden  went  on,  unheeding  the  words 
of  Priscilla, 
Urging  the  suit  of  his  friend,  explaining,  persuad- 
ing, expanding ; 


38  THE    COUllTSIIIP    OF    MILES    STANDTSH. 

Spoke   of  liis    courage    and    skill,   and  of  all    his 

battles  in  Flanders, 
How  Avith    the    people  of   God  he  had   chosen  to 
suffer  affliction, 

How,  in  return  for  his  zeal,  they  had  made  him 
Captain  of  Plymouth ; 

He  was  a  gentleman  born,  could  trace  his  pedigi'ee 
plainly 

Back  to  Hugh  Standish  of  Duxbury  Hall,  in  Lan- 
cashire, England, 

Who  was  the  son  of  Ralph,  and  the  grandson  of 
Thurston  de  Standish; 

Heir  unto  vast  estates,  of  which  he  was  basely  de- 
frauded. 

Still  bore  the  family  arms,  and  had  for  his  crest  a 
cock  argent 

Combed  and  wattled  gules,  and  all  the  rest  of  the 
blazon. 


THE    COURTSHIP    OF    MILES    STANDISH.  39 

He  was  a  man  of  honor,  of    noble   and  generous 

nature ; 
Though  he  was  roughs  he   was  kindly ;  she  knew 

how  during  the  winter 
He  had  attended  the  sick,  with  a  hand  as  gentle  as 

woman's ; 
Somewhat  hasty  and  hot,  he  could  not  deny  it,  and 

headstrong, 
Stern    as    a    soldier    might    be,    but    hearty,    and 

placable  always. 
Not    to    be  laughed    at    and    scorned,  because  he 

was  little  of  stature ; 
Yov  he  was  great  of  heart,  magnanimous,  courtly, 

courageous ; 
Any   woman    in    Plymouth,    nay,    any    woman    in 

England, 
Might  be  happy  and  proud  to  be  called  the  wife  of 

Miles  Standish  ! 


40  TIIi:    COURTSHIP    OF    MILES    STANDISH. 

But  as  he  warmed  and  glowed,  in  his  simple  and 
eloquent  language, 

Quite  forgetful  of  self,  and  full  of  the  praise  of  his 
rival, 

Archly  the  maiden  smiled,  and,  with  eyes  overrun- 
ning with  laughter. 

Said,  in  a  tremulous  voice,  " V\\\\  don't  you  speak 
for  yourself,  John?'' 


41 


IV 


JOIIX   ALDEX. 


Into  the  open  air  John  Alden,  perplexed  and  bc- 

wilderedj 
Rushed  like  a  man  insane,  and  wandered  alone  by 

tlie  sea-side ; 
Paced  up  and  down  the  sands,  and  bared  his  head 

to  the  east-wind, 
Cooling  his  heated  brow,   and  the  fire  and  fever 

within  him. 
Slowly  as   out  of  the  heavens,   with  apocalyptical 

splendors. 


42  THE    COURTSHIP    OF    MILES    STANDISH. 

Sank  the  City  of  Gotl,  in  the  vision  of  John  the 
Apostle, 

So,  with  its  cloudy  walls  of  chrysolite,  jasper,  and 
sapphire. 

Sank  the  broad  red  sun,  and  over  its  turrets  up- 
lifted 

Glimmered  the  golden  'reed  of  the  ans:el  who  mea- 
sured the  city. 

"  Welcome,  O  wind  of  the  East !  "  he  exclaimed 
in  his  wild  exultation, 

"  Welcome,  0  wind  of  the  East,  from  the  caves  of 
the  misty  Atlantic  ! 

Blowing  o^er  fields  of  dulse,  and  measureless  mea- 
dows of  sea-grass. 

Blowing  o'er  rocky  wastes,  and  the  grottos  and 
gardens  of  ocean  ! 

Lay  thy  cold,  moist  hand  on  my  burning  forehead, 
and  wrap  me 


THE    COURTSHIP    OF    MILES    STANDISH.  43 

Close  in  thy  garments  of  mist,  to  allay  the  fever 
within  me  !  " 

Like  an  awakened  conscience,  the  sea  was  moan- 
ing and  tossing, 

Beating  remorseful  and  loud  the  mutable  sands  of 
the  sea-shore. 

Fierce  in  his  soul  was  the  struggle  and  tumult  of 
passions  contending ; 

Love   triumphant    and    cro^vned,    and    friendship 
wounded  and  bleeding. 

Passionate  cries  of  desire,  and  importunate  plead- 
ings of  duty  ! 

"  Is  it  my  fault,^^  he   said,  "  that  the  maiden  has 
chosen  between  us  ? 

Is  it  my  fault  that  he  failed, — my  fault  that  I  am 
the  victor  ?  " 

Then  within  him  there  thundered  a  voice,  like  the 
voice  of  the  Prophet: 


44  THE    COURTSHIP    OF    MILES    STANDISH. 

"  It  hath  displeased  the  Lord  !  " — and  he  thought 
of  David's  transgression, 

Bathsheba's  beautiful  face,  and  his  friend  in  the 
front  of  the  battle  ! 

Shame  and  confusion  of  guilt,  and  abasement  and 
self-condemnation. 

Overwhelmed  him  at  once;  and  he  cried  in  the 
deepest  contrition : 

*'  It  hath  displeased  the  Lord  !  It  is  the  temp- 
tation of  Satan  !  " 

Then,  uplifting  his  head,  he  looked  at  the  sea, 

and  beheld  there 
Dimly  the  shadowy  form  of  the  May  Flower  riding 

at  anchor. 
Rocked  on  the  rising  tide,  and  ready  to  sail  on  the 

morrow ; 
Heard  the  voices  of  men    through   the   mist,  the 

rattle  of  cordage 


THE    COUKTSHIP    OF    MILES    STANDISII.  45 

Thrown  on  the  deck,  the  shouts  of  the  mate,  and 

the  sailors'  "  Ay,  ay,  Sir  !  " 
Clear  and  distinct,  but  not  loud,  in  the  dripping  air 

of  the  twiliirht. 
Still  for  a  moment  he  stood,  and  listened,  and  stared 

at  the  vessel. 
Then   went   hurriedly    on,    as    one    who,   seeing   a 

phantom. 
Stops,    then  quickens   his    pace,    and    follows    the 

beckoning  shadow. 
"Yes,  it  is  plain  to  me  now,''  he  murmured;  "the 

hand  of  the  Lord  is 
Leading  me  out  of  the  land  of  darkness,  the  bond- 
age of  error. 
Through  the  sea,  that  shall  lift  the  walls  of   its 

waters  around  me, 
Hiding  me,  cutting  me  off,  from  the  cruel  thoughts 

that  pursue  me. 


4G  THE    COURTSHIP    OF    MILES    STANDISH. 

Back  will  I  go  o'er  the  ocean,  this  dreary  land  will 

abandon, 
Her  whom  I  may  not  love,  and  him  whom  my  heart 

has  offended. 
Better  to  be  in  my  grave  in  the  green  old  chnrch- 

yard  in  England, 
Close  by  my  mother's  side,  and  among  the  dust  of 

my  kindred  ; 
Better  be  dead  and  forgotten,  than  living  in  shame 

and  dishonor  ! 
Sacred  and  safe,  and  unseen,  in  the   dark   of  the 

narrow  chamber 
With  me  my  secret  shall  lie,  like  a  buried  jewel  that 

glimmers 
Bright  on  the  hand  that  is  dust,  in  the  chambers  of 

silence  and  darkness, — 
Yes,  as  the  marriage  ring  of  the  great   espousal 

hereafter !  " 


THL;    tOUHTSHIP    OF    MILES    STANDISH.  47 

Thus  as.  he  spake,  he  turned^  in  the  strength  of 
his  strong  i-esolution, 

Leaving  behind  him  the  shorc^  and  hurried  along  in 
the  twihght, 

Through  the  congenial  gloom  of  the  forest  silent 
and  sombre, 

Till  he  bclield  the  lights  in  the  seven  houses  of 
Plymouth, 

Shining  like  seven  stars  in  the  dusk  and  mist  of  the 
evening. 

Soon  he  entered  his  door,  and  found  the  redoubt- 
able Captain 

Sitting  alone,  and  absorbed  in  the  martial  pages  of 
Csesar, 

Fighting  some  great  campaign  in  Hainault  or  Bra- 
bant or  Flanders. 

"  Long  have  you  been  on  your  errand,"  he  said, 
with  a  cheerv  demeanor. 


48  THE    COURTSHIP    OF    MILES    STANDISH. 

Even  as  one  Avho  is  waiting  an  answer,  and  fears 

not  the  issue. 
"  Not  far  off  is  the  house,  although  the  woods  are 

between  us ; 
But  you  have  hugered  so  long,  that  while  you  were 

going  and  coming 
I  have  fought  ten  battles  and  sacked  and  demolished 

a  city. 
Come,  sit  down,  and  in  order  relate  to  me  all  that 

has  happened." 

Then  John  Alden  spake,  and  related  the  won- 
drous adventure. 

From  beginning  to  end,  minutely,  just  as  it  hap- 
pened ; 

How  he  had  seen  Priscilla,  and  how  he  had  sped  in 
his  courtship. 

Only  smoothing  a  little,  and  softening  down  her 
refusal. 


THE    COURTSHIP    OF    MILES    STANDISH.  19 

But  when  he  came  at  length  to  the  words  Priscilla 

had  spoken. 
Words  so  tender  and  cruel :  "  Why  don't  you  speak 

for  yourself,  John  ?  " 
L  p  leaped  the  Captain  of  Plymouth,  and  stamped 

on  the  floor,  till  his  armor 
Clanged  on  the  wall,  where  it  hung,  with  a  sound 

of  sinister  omen. 
All  his  pent-up  wrath  burst  forth  in  a  sudden  ex- 
plosion. 
Even  as  a  hand-grenade,  that  scatters  destruction 

around  it. 
Wildly  he  shouted,  and  loud:  ''John  Alden  !  you 

have  betrayed  me  ! 
Me,  Miles  Standish,  your  friend  !  have  supplanted, 

defrauded,  betrayed  me  ! 
One  of  my  ancestors  ran  his  sword  through  the 

heart  of  Wat  Tyler  ; 

E 


50  THE    COURTSHIP    OF    MILES    STAN'DISH. 

Who  shall  prevent  mc  from  running  my  own 
through  the  heart  of  a  traitor  'i* 

Yours  is  the  greater  treason,  for  yours  is  a  treason 
to  friendship  ! 

You,  who  lived  under  my  roof,  whom  I  cherished 
and  loved  as  a  brother; 

You,  who  have  fed  at  my  board,  and  drunk  at  my 
cup,  to  whose  keeping 

I  have  intrusted  my  honor,  my  thoughts  the  most 
sacred  and  secret, — 

You  too,  Brutus  !  ah,  woe  to  the  name  of  friend- 
ship hereafter  ! 

Brutus  was  Cresar's  friend,  and  you  were  mine,  but 
henceforward 

Let  there  be  nothing  between  us  save  war,  and  im- 
placable hatred ! " 

So  spake  the  Captain  of  Plymouth,  and  strode 
about  in  the  chamber. 


THE    COURTSHIP    OF    MILES    STANDISH.  51 

Chafing  aud  choking  with  rage  ;  like  cords  were 
the  veins  on  his  temples. 

But  in  the  midst  of  his  anger  a  man  appeared  at 
the  doorway, 

Bringing  in  uttermost  haste  a  message  of  urgent 
importance. 

Rumors  of  danger  and  war,  and  hostile  incur- 
sions of  Indians  ! 

Straightway  the  Captain  paused,  and,  without  fur- 
ther question  or  parley, 

Took  from  the  nail  on  the  wall  his  sword  with  its 
scabbard  of  iron. 

Buckled  the  belt  round  his  waist,  and,  frowning 
fiercely,  departed. 

Alden  was  left  alone.  He  heard  the  clank  of  the 
scabbard 

Growing  fainter  and  fainter,  and  dying  away  in  the 
distance. 


52  THE    COURTSHIP    OF    MILES    STANDISH. 

Then  lie  arose  from  liis  scat^  and  looked  forth  into 

the  darkness, 
Felt  the  cool  air  hlow  on  his  cheek,  that  was  hot 

with  the  insult, 
Lifted  his  eyes  to   the  heavens,   and,  folding  his 

hands  as  in  childhood, 
Prayed  in  the  silence  of  night  to  the  Father  who 

seeth  in  secret. 

Meanwhile  the  choleric  Captain  strode  wrathful 

away  to  the  council. 
Found  it  already  assenihled,  impatiently  waiting  his 

coming ; 
Men  in  the  middle  of  life,  austere  and    grave  in 

deportment. 
Only  one  of  them  old,  the  hill  that  was  nearest  to 

heaven, 
Covered  with  snow,  but  erect,  the  excellent  Elder  of 

Plymouth. 


I 


THE    COUIITSIIIP    OK    MILES    STANDISII.  53 

God  had  sifted  three  kingdoms  to  find  the  wheat 

for  this  planting, 
Then  had  sifted  tlic  wheat,  as  the  living  seed  of  a 

nation  ; 
So  say  the  chronicles  old,  and  such  is  the  faith  of 

the  people ! 
Near  them   was   standing  an    Indian,    in  attitude 

stern  and  defiant, 
Naked  down  to  the  waist,  and  grim  and  ferocious 

in  aspect ; 
While  on  the  table  before  them  was  lying  unopened 

a  Bible, 
Ponderous,  bound  in  leather,  brass-studded,  printed 

in  Holland, 
And  beside  it  outstretched  the  skin  of  a  rattlesnake 

glittered, 
Filled,  like   a  quiver,  with   arrows ;  a  signal  and 

challenge  of  warfare, 


5^  THE    COUllTSIIIP    OF    MILES    STANDISH. 

Brought  by  the  Indian,  and  speaking  with  arrowy 

tongues  of  defiance. 
This   j\Iiles    Standish   beheld,  as   he    entered,   and 

heard  them  debating 
What  were  an  answer  befitting  the  hostile  message 

and  menace, 
Talking  of  this  and  of  that,  contriving,  suggesting, 

objecting ; 
One  voice  only  for  peace,  and  that  the  voice  of  the 

Elder, 
Judging  it  wise  and  well  that   some  at  least  were 

converted. 
Rather   than    any   were    slain,    for    this   was    but 

Christian  behavior ! 
Then  outspake  Miles  Standish,  the  stalwart  Captain 

of  Plymouth, 
Muttering  deep   in    his    throat,  for   his  voice   was 

husky  with  anger. 


THE    COURTSHIP    OP    MILES    STANDISH.  55 

"  What !  do  you  mean  to  make  war  with  milk  and 

the  water  of  roses  ? 
Is  it  to  shoot  red  squirrels  you  have  your  howitzer 

planted 
There  on  the  roof  of  the  church,  or  is  it  to  shoot 

red  devils  ? 
Truly   the  only  tongue   that   is   understood   by  a 

savage 
^lust  be  the  tongue  of  fire  that  speaks  from  the 

mouth  of  the  cannon  ! " 
Thereupon  answered  and  said  the  excellent  Elder  of 

Plymouth, 
Somewhat  amazed  and  alarmed  at  this  irreverent 

language : 
"  Not  so  thought  Saint    Paul,  nor    yet  the  other 

Apostles ; 
Not  from  the  cannon's  mouth  were  the  tongues  of 

fire  they  spake  with !  " 


56  THE    COURTSHIP    OF    MILES    STAXDISH. 

But  unheeded  fell  this  mild  rebuke  on  the  Captain, 
"Who  had  advanced  to  the  table,  and  thus  continued 

discoursinc: : 
"Leave  this  matter  to   uie,  for  to  me  by  right  it 

pertaineth. 
War  is  a  terrible  trade;  but  in  the  cause  that  is 

righteous, 
Sweet  is  the  smell  of  powder ;  and  thus  I  answer 

the  challenge  ! " 

Then  from  the  rattlesnake's  skin,  with  a  sudden, 

contemptuous  gesture, 
Jerking  the  Indian  arrows,  he  filled  it  with  powder 

and  bullets 
Full  to  the  very  jaws,  and  handed  it  back  to  tlie 

savage. 
Saying,  in  thunderuag  tones  :  "  Here,  take  it !  this 

is  vour  answer !" 


THi;    COURTSHIV    OF    MILES    STAXDISII.  57 

Silently  out  of  the  room  then  glided  the  glistening 

savage, 
Bearing   the   serpent^s  skin,   and   seeming  himself 

like  a  serpent, 
"Winding  his  sinuous  way  in  the  dark  to  the  depths 

of  the  forest. 


V. 


THE    SAILING    OF   THE    MAT   FLOWER. 

Just  in  the  gray  of  the  dawn,  as  the  mists  uprose 
from  the  meadows, 

There  was   a  stir  and  a  sound   in   the  slumbering 
village  of  Plymouth ; 

Clanging  and  clicking  of  arms,  and  the  order  impe- 
rative, "  Forward !" 

Given  in  tone  suppressed,  a  tramp  of  feet,  and  then 
silence. 

Figures  ten,  in  the  mist,  marched  slowly  out  of  the 
village. 


THE    COURTSHIP    OP    i\IILES    STANDISH.  59 

Standish   the    stalwart    it    was,   with  eight  of  his 

valorous  army. 
Led  by  their  Indian  guide,  by  Hoboraok,  friend  of 

the  white  men, 
Northward  marching  to  quell  the  sudden  revolt  of 

the  savage. 
Giants  they  seemed  in  the  mist,  or  the  mighty  men 

of  King  David ; 
Giants  in  heart  they  were,  who  believed  in  God  and 

the  Bible, — 
Ay,  who  believed  in  the  smiting  of  Midianites  and 

Philistines. 
Over  them  gleamed  far  off  the  crimson  banners  of 

morning ; 
Under  them  loud  on  the  sands,  the  serried  billows, 

advancing, 
Pired   along   the   line,  and   in   regular   order   re- 
treated. 


60  THE    {'OURTSIIIP    OF    MILES    STANDISH. 

Many  a  mile  had  they  marched,  when  at  length 

the  village  of  Plymouth 
Woke  from  its  sleep,  and  arose,  intent  on  its  mani- 
fold labors. 
Sweet  was  the  air  and  soft ;  and  slowly  the  smoke 

from  the  chimneys 
Eose   over  roofs    of   thatch,    and  pointed    steadily 

eastward ; 
Men  came  forth  from  the  doors^  and  paused  and 

talked  of  the  weather, 
Said  that  the  wind  had  changed,  and  was  blowing 

fair  for  the  May  Flower  ; 
Talked  of  their  Captain's  departure,   and  all  the 

dangers  that  menaced, 
He^being  gone,  the  town,  and  what  should  be  done 

in  his  absence. 
Merrily  sang  the  birds,  and  the   tender  voices  of 

women 


THE    COURTSHIP    OF    MILES    STAXDISII.  Gl 

Consecrated  with  hymns  the  couimoii  cares  of  the 

household. 
Out  of  the  sea  rose  the  suu,  and  the  billows  rejoiced 

at  his  coming ; 
Beautiful  were  his  feet  on  the  purple  tops  of  the 

mountains ; 
Beautiful  on  the  sails  of  the  May  Flower  riding  at 

anchor. 
Battered  and  blackened  and  worn  by  all  the  storms 

of  the  winter. 
Loosely  against  her  masts  was  hanging  and  flapping 

her  canvas. 
Rent  by  so  many  gales,  and  patched  by  the  hands 

of  the  sailors. 
Suddenly  from  her  side,  as  the  sun  rose  over  the 

ocean. 
Darted  a  puff  of  smoke,  and  floated  seaward ;  anon 


62  THE    COURTSHIP    OF    MILES    STANDI8H. 

Loud  over  field  and  forest  the  cannon's  roar,  and  the 

echoes 
Heard  and  repeated  the  sound,  the  signal-gun  of 

departure ! 
Ah  !  hut  M  ith  louder  echoes  replied  the  hearts  of 

the  people ! 
Meekly,   in  voices  subdued,  the  chapter  \vas  read 

from  the  Bible, 
Meekly  the  prayer  was  begun,  but  ended  in  fervent 

entreaty ! 
Then   from  their  houses   in   haste  came  forth  tlic 

Pilgrims  of  Plymouth, 
Men  and  women  and  children,  all  hurrying  down 

to  the  sea-shore. 
Eager,  with  tearful  eyes,  to  say  farewell  to  the  May 

Flower, 
Homeward  bound  o'er  the  sea,  and  leaving  them 

here  in  the  desert. 


THE    COURTSHIP    OF    MILES    STANDISH.  63 

Foremost  among  them  was  Alden.     All  night  he 

had  lain  without  slumber, 
Turning  and  tossing  about  in  the  heat  and  unrest 

of  his  fever. 
He  had  beheld  IMilcs  Standish,  who  came  back  late 

from  the  council, 
Stalking  into  the  room,  and  heard  him  mutter  and 

niunnur, 
Sometimes  it  seemed  a  prayer,  and  sometimes  it 

sounded  like  swearing. 
Once  he  had  come  to  the  bed,  and  stood  there  a 

moment  in  silence ; 
Then  he  had  turned  away,  and  said :  '^  I  will  not 

awake  him ; 
Let  him  sleep  on,  it  is  best ;  for  what  is  the  use  of 

more  talking !" 
Then  he  extinguished  the  light,  and  threw  himself 

down  on  his  pallet, 


04  THE    COURTSHIP    Ol'    MILES    STANDISH. 

Dressed  as  lie  was,  and  rcad\  to  start  at  the  break 

of  the  morning, — 
Covered  himself  with  the  cloak  he  had  worn  in  his 

campaigns  in  Flanders, — 
Slept  as  a  soldier  sleeps  in  his  bivouac,  ready  for 

action. 
But  with  the  dawn  he  arose  ;  in  the  twilight  Alden 

beheld  him 
Put  on  his  corslet  of  steel,  and  all  the  rest  of  his 

armor, 
Buckle    about  his  waist    his    trusty  blade  of  Da- 
mascus, 
Take  from  the  corner  his  musket,  and  so  stride  out 

of  the  chamber. 
Often  the  heart  of  the  youth  had  burned  and  yearned 

to  embrace  him, 
Often  his  lips  had  essayed  to  speak,  imploring  for 

pardon ; 


THE    COURTSHIP    Ol'    MILES    STAXDI.SII.  G5 

All  the  old  friendship  came  back,  with  its  tender 

and  grateful  emotions ; 
But  his  pride  overmastered  the  nobler  nature  within 

hiin, — 
Pride,  and  the  sense  of  his  wrong,  and  the  burning 

fire  of  the  insult. 
So  he  beheld  his  friend  departing  in    anger,  but 

spake  not, 
Saw  him  go  forth  to  danger,  perhaps  to  death,  and 

he  spake  not ! 
Then  he  arose  from  his  bed,  and  heard  what  the 

people  were  saying, 
Joined  in  the  talk  at  the  door,  with  Stephen  and 

Richard  and  Gilbert, 
Joined  in  the  morning  prayer,  and  in  the  reading  of 

Scripture, 
And,  with  the  others,  in  haste  went  hm'rying  down 

to  the  sea-shore, 


66  THE    COURTSHIP    OF    MILES    STANDISH. 

Down  to  the  riymoutli  Rock;  that  had  been  to  their 

feet  as  a  door-step 
Into    a  world    unknown,  —  the    corner-stone  of   a 

nation  ! 

There  with  his  boat  was  the  Master,  already  a 

little  impatient 
Lest  he   should  lose  the  tide,  or  the  wind  might 

shift  to  the  eastward, 
Square-built,  hearty,  and  strong,  with  an  odor  of 

ocean  about  him, 
Speaking  with  this  one  and  that,  and  cramming 

letters  and  parcels 
Into  his  pockets  capacious,  and  messages  mingled 

together 
Into  his  narrow  brain,  till  at  last  he  was  wholly 

bewildered. 
Nearer  the  boat  stood  Alden,  with  one  foot  placed 

on  the  gunwale. 


THE    COURTSHIP    OF    MILES    STANDISH.  67 

One  still  firm  on  the  rock,  and  talking  at  times 

with  the  sailors, 
Seated  erect  on  the  thwarts,  all  ready  and  eager  for 

starting. 
He  too  was  eager  to  go,  and  thus  put  an  end  to  his 

anguish,  , 

Thinking  to  fly  from  despair,  that  swifter  than  keel 

is  or  canvas. 
Thinking  to  di'own  in  the  sea  the  ghost  that  would 

rise  and  pursue  him. 
But  as  he  gazed  on  the  crowd,  he  beheld  the  form 

of  Priscilla 
Standing  dejected  among  them,  unconscious  of  all 

that  was  passing. 
Fixed  were  her  eyes  upon  his,  as  if  she  divined  his 

intention. 
Fixed  with  a  look  so  sad,  so  reproachful,  imploring, 

and  patient, 


G8  THE    COURTSHIP    OF    MILES    STAXDISH. 

That  with  a   sudden  revulsion  his   heart   recoik-d 
from  its  purpose, 

As  from  the  verge  of  a  crag,  where  one  step  more  is 
destruction. 

Strange  is  the  heart  of  man,  with  its  quick,  mys- 
terious instincts  ! 

Strange  is  the  life  of  man,  and  fatal  or  fated  arc- 
moments. 

Whereupon  turn,   as  on  hinges,   the  gates  of  the 
wall  adamantine ! 

"  Here  I  remain  ! "  he  exclaimed,  as  he  looked  at 
the  heavens  above  him, 

Thanking  the  Lord  whose  breath  had  scattered  the 
mist  and  the  madness, 

A^Tierein,  blind  and  lost,  to  death  he  was  staggering 

headlong. 
y  Yonder  snow-white  cloud,  that  floats  in  the  ether 
above  me 


THE    COUKTSIIIP    OF    MILES    STANDISII.  C9 

Seems  like  a  hand  that  is  pointing  and  beckoning 

over  the  ocean. 
There  is  another  hand,  that  is  not  so  spectral  and 

ghost-like. 
Holding  me,  drawing  me  back,  and  clasping  mine 

for  protection. 
Float,   O  hand  of  cloud,  and  vanish  away  in  the 

ether ! 
Uoll  thj^self  up  like  a  tist,  to  threaten  and  daunt 

me  ;  I  heed  not 
Either  your  warning  or  menace,  or  any  omen  of 

evil  ! 
There  is  no  land  so  sacred,  no  air  so  pure  and  so 

wholesome, 
As  is  the  air  she   breathes,  and   the    soil  that  is 

pressed  by  her  footsteps. 
Here  for  her  sake  will  I  stay,  and  like  an  invisible 
presence 


70  THE    COURTSHIP    OF    MILES    STANDISH. 

Hover  around  her  for  e\er,  protecting,  supporting; 

her  weakness ; 
Yes !  as  my  foot  was  the  first  that  stepped  on  this 

rock  at  the  landing, 
So,  with  the  blessing  of  God,  shall  it  be  the  last  at 

the  leaving  ! '' 

Meanwhile  the  Master  alert,  but  with  dignified 
air  and  important. 
Scanning  with  watchful  eye  the  tide  and  the  wind 

and  the  weather. 
Walked  about  on  the  sands ;  and  the  people  crowded 

around  him 
Saying  a  few  last  words,  and  enforcing  his  careful 

remembrance. 
Then,  taking  each  by  the  hand,  as  if  he  were  grasp- 
ing a  tiller. 
Into  the  boat  he  sprang,  and  in  haste  shoved  off  to 
his  vessel, 


THE    COURTSHIP    OF    MILES    STANDI8H.  71 

Glad  in  his  heart  to  get  rid  of  all  this  worry  and 

flurry, 
Glad  to  be  gone  from  a  land  of  sand  and  sickness 

and  sorrow. 
Short  allowance  of  victual,  and  plenty  of  nothing 

but  Gospel  1 
Lost  in  the  sound  of  the  oars  was  the  last  farewell 

of  the  Pilgrims. 
O  strong  hearts  and  true  !  not  one  went  back  in  the 

May  Flower ! 
No^  not  one  looked  back,  who  had  set  his  hand  to 

this  ploughing ! 

Soon  were  heard  on  board  the  shouts  and  songs 
of  the  sailors 

Heaving  the  windlass  round,  and  hoisting  the  pon- 
derous anchor. 

Then  the  yards  were  braced,  and  all  sails  set  to  the 
west-wind. 


72  THE    COURTSHIP    OF    MILES    STAXDISH. 

Blowing  steady  and  strong;  and  the  May  Flower 

sailed  from  the  harbor. 
Rounded  the  point  of  the  Gurnet,  and  leaving  far  to 

the  southward 
Island  and  cape  of  sand,  and  the  Field  of  the  First 

Encounter, 
Took  the  wind  on  her  quarter,  and  stood  for  the 

open  Atlantic, 
Borne  on  the  send  of  the  sea,  and  the  swelling  hearts 

of  the  Pilgrims. 

Long  in  silence  they  watched  the  receding  sail  of 
the  vessel. 

Much  endeared  to  them  all,  as  something  living  and 
human  ; 

Then,  as  if  tilled  with  the  spirit,  and  WTapt  in  a 
vision  prophetic. 

Baring  his  hoary  head,  the  excellent  Elder  of  Ply- 
mouth 


THE    COURTSHIP    OF    JULES    STANDISH.  73 

Said,  "  Let  us  pray ! "  and  they  pi'aycd,  and  thanked 

the  Lord  and  took  courage. 
Mournfully  sobbed  the  waves  at  the  base  of  the 

rock,  and  above  them 
Bowed  and  whispered  the  wheat  on  the  hill  of  death, 

and  their  kindred 
Seemed  to  awake  in  their  graves,  and  to  joiu  in  the 

prayer  that  they  uttered. 
Sun-illumined,  and  white  on  the  eastern  verge  of 

the  ocean 
Gleamed  the  departing  sail,  like  a  marble  slab  in  a 

graveyard ; 
Bm-ied  beneath  it  lay  for  ever  all  hope  of  escaping. 
Lo  !  as  they  turned  to  depart,  they  saw  the  form  of 

an  Indian, 
Watching  them  from  the  hill ;  but  while  they  spake 

with  each  other. 
Pointing   with    outstretched    hands,    and    saying, 

"  Look  ! "  he  had  vanished. 


74  THE    COURTSHIP    OF    MILES    STANDISH. 

So  they  returned  to  their  homes ;  but  Alden  lingered 

a  little. 
Musing  alone  on  the  shore,  and  watching  the  wash 

of  the  billows 
Hound  the  base  of  the  rock,  and  the  sparkle  and 

flash  of  the  sunshine, 
Like  the  spirit  of    God,  moving  visibly   over  the 

waters. 


II 


75 


VI. 


PEISCILLA. 


Thus  for  a  while  he  stood,  and  mused  by  the  shore 
of  the  ocean. 

Thinking  of  many  things,  and  most  of  all  of  Pris- 
cilla ; 

And  as  if  thought  had  the  power  to  draw  to  itself, 
like  the  loadstone, 

Whatsoever  it  touches,  by  subtile  laws  of  its  na- 
ture, 

Lo !  as  he  turned  to  depart,  Priscilla  was  standing 
beside  him. 


76  THE    COUUTSHIP    OF    MILES    STANDISH. 

"  Arc  you  so  much  offended^  you  will  not  speak 
to  me?"  said  she. 
*'  .\m  I  so  mucii  to  blame,  that  yesterday,  when  you 

were  pleading 
"Warmly  the  cause  of  another,  my  heart,  impul.-ivc 

and  wayward. 
Pleaded  your  own,  and  spake  out,  forgetful  perhaps 

of  decorum  ? 
Certainly    you   can   forgive    me    for    speaking    so 

frankly,  for  saying 
What  I  ought  not  to  have  said,  yet  now  I  can  never 

unsay  it ; 
For  there  are  moments  in  life,  when  the  heart  is  so 

full  of  emotion. 
That  if  by  chance  it  be  shaken,  or  into  its  depths 

like  a  pebble 
Drops    some   careless   word,    it    overflows,   and  its 
secret. 


I 


THE    COUllTSIIir    OF    SMILES    STANDISH.  11 

Spilt  on  the  ground  like  water,  can  never  be  2;athcrcd 

together. 
Yesterday  I  was  shocked,  wlicn  I  heard  you  speak 

of  Miles  Standisl\, 
Praising  his  virtues,  transforming  his  very  defects 

into  virtues. 
Praising  his  courage  and   strength,   and  even  his 

fighting  in  Flanders, 
As   if  by  fighting  alone  you  could  win   the  heart 

of  a  woman. 
Quite  overlooking  yourself  and  the  rest,  in  exalting 

your  hero. 
Therefore  I  spake  as  I  did,  by  an  irresistible  im- 
pulse. 
You  will  forgive  me,  I  hope,  for  the  sake  of  the 

friendship  between  us. 
Which  is  too  true  and  too  sacred  to  be  so  easily 

broken ! " 


78  THE    COURTSHIP    OF    MILES    STANDISH. 

Thereupon  answered  John  Alden,  the  scholar,  the 

friend  of  Miles  Standish  : 
"  I  was  not  angry  with  you,  ^\ith  myself  alone  I  was 

angrj^. 
Seeing  how  badly  I  managed  the  matter  I  had  in 

my  keeping." 
'^  Tso  ! "  interrupted  the  maiden,  with  answer  prompt 

and  decisive ; 
"  No  :    you  Merc  angry  with  me,  for  speaking  so 

frankly  and  freely. 
It  was  wrong,  I  acknowledge ;  for  it  is  the  fate  of  a 

woman 
Long  to  be  patient  and  silent,  to  wait  like  a  ghost 

that  is  speechless. 
Till  some  questioning  voice  dissolves  the  spell  of  its 

silence. 
Hence    is   the   inner    life   of    so    many    suffering 

women 


THE    COURTSHIP    OF    MILES    STAN  DISH.  79 

Sunless    and   silent   and    deep,    like    subterranean 

rivers 
Running  through  caverns  of  darkness,  unheard,  un- 
seen, and  unfruitful. 
Chafing  their  channels  of  stone,  with  endless  and 

profitless  murmurs/^ 
Thereupon  answered  John  Alden,  the  young  man, 

the  lover  of  women : 
"  Heaven  forbid  it,  Priscilla ;  and  truly  they  seem 

to  me  always 
More   like   the   lieautiful  rivers   that  watered   the 

garden  of  Eden, 
More  like  the  river  Euphrates,  through  deserts  of 

Havilah  flowing, 
Filling  the  land  with  delight,  and  memories  sweet 

of  the  garden  ! '' 
"  Ah,  by  these  words,  I  can  see,^^  again  interrupted 

the  maiden. 


80  THE    COURTSHIP    OF    MILES    STANDISII. 

"  How  very  little  you  prize  me,  or  care  for  what 

I  am  saying. 
When  from  the  depths   of  my  heart,  in  pain  and 

with  secret  misgiving, 
Frankly  I  speak  to  you,  asking  for  sympathy  only 

and  kindness, 
Straightway  you  take  up  my  words,  that  arc  plain 

and  direct  and  in  earnest. 
Turn  them  away  from  their  meaning,  and  answer 

with  flattering  phrases. 
This  is  not  right,  is  not  just,  is  not  true  to  the  best 

that  is  in  you  ; 
For  1   know  and  esteem  you,   and  feel  that  your 

nature  is  noble. 
Lifting   mine    up    to    a    higher,    a   more    ethereal 

level. 
Therefore  I  value  your  friendship,  and  feel  it  per- 
haps the  more  keenly 


k 


THE    COURTSHIP    OF    MILES    STAN  DISH.  81 

If  vou  say  aught  tliat  implies  I  am  only  as  one 
among  many. 

If  you  make  use  of  tliosc  common  and  compli- 
mentary phrases 

Most  men  think  so  fine,  in  dealing  and  speaking 
with  women. 

But  which  women  reject  as  insipid,  if  not  as  in- 
sulting." 

Mute  and  amazed  was  Alden ;  and  listened  and 

looked  at  Priscilla, 
Thinking  he  never  had  seen  her  more  fair,  more 

divine  in  her  beauty. 
He  who  but  yesterday  pleaded  so  glibly  the  cause 

of  another. 
Stood  there  embarrassed  and  silent,  and  seeking  in 

vain  for  an  answer. 
So  the  maiden  went  on,  and  little  divined  or  imagined 

G 


82  THE    COURTSHIP    OF    MILES    STANDISH. 

What  was  at  Avork  in  bis  heart,  that  made  him  so 

awkward  and  speechless. 
''  Let  us,  then,  be  what  we  are,  and  speak  what  we 

think,  and  in  all  things 
Keep  ourselves  loyal  to  truth,  and  the  sacred  pro- 
fessions of  friendship. 
It  is  no  secret  I  tell  you,  nor  am  I  ashamed  to 

declare  it : 
I  have  liked  to  be  with  you,  to  see  you,  to  speak 

with  you  always. 
So  I  was  hurt  at  youi"  words,  and  a  little  affronted 

to  hear  you 
Urge  me  to  marry  your  friend,  though  he  were  the 

Captain  Miles  Standish. 
For  I  must  tell  you  the  truth :  much  more  to  me  is 

your  friendship 
Than  all  the  love  he  could  give,  were  he  twice  the 

hero  you  think  him." 


THE    COURTSHIP    OF    MILES    STANDISH.  83 

Then    she   extended    her    hand,    and   Alden,    who 

eagerly  grasped  it, 
Felt  all  the  wounds  in  his  heart,  that  were  aching 

and  bleeding  so  sorely, 
Healed  by  the  touch  of  that  hand,  and  he  said, 

with  a  voice  full  of  feeling : 
"Yes,  we  must  ever  be  friends;   and  of    all  who 

offer  you  friendship 
Let  me  be  ever  the  first,  the  truest,  the  nearest  and 

dearest ! " 

Casting  a  farewell  look  at  the  glimmering  sail  of 

the  May  Flower, 
Distant,  but  still  in  sight,  and  sinking  below  the 

horizon, 
Homeward  together  they  walked,  with   a   strange 

indefinite  feeling, 
That  all  the  rest  had  departed  and  left  them  alone 

in  the  desert. 


81  THE    COUllTSHIP    OF    MILES    STANDISH. 

But,  as  tlic.y  ^^'cnt  through  the  fields  in  the  blessing 
and  smile  of  the  sunshine, 

Lighter  grew  their  hearts,  and  Priscilla  said  very 
archly : 

'•  Now  that  our  terrible  Captain  has  gone  in  pursuit 
of  the  Indians, 

"Where  he  is  happier  far  than  he  would  be  com- 
manding a  household. 

You  may  speak  boldly,  and  tell  me  of  all  that  hap- 
pened between  you, 

When  you  returned  last  night,  and  said  how  un- 
grateful you  found  mc." 

Thereupon  answered  John  Alden,  and  told  her  the 
whole  of  the  story, — 

Told  her  his  own  despair,  and  the  direful  wrath  of 
Miles  Standish. 

Whereat  the  maiden  smiled,  and  said  between 
laughing  and  earnest. 


THE    COURTSHIP    OF    MILES    STANDISII.  85 

"  He  is  a  little  cliimncy,  and  heated  hot  in  a  mo- 
ment!" 

But  as  he  gently  rebuked  her,  and  told  her  how 
much  he  had  suffered, — 

How  he  had  even  determined  to  sail  that  day  in  the 
]May  Flower, 

And  had  remained  for  her  sake  on  hearing  the 
dangers  that  threatened, — 

.Ul  her  manner  was  changed,  and  she  said  with  a 
faltering  accent, 

"  Truly  I  thank  you  for  this :  how  good  you  have 
been  to  me  always  \''  • 

Thus  as  a  pilgrim  devout,  who  toward  Jerusalem 
jouraeys. 
Taking  three  steps  in  advance,  and  one  reluctantly 

backward. 
Urged  by  importunate  zeal,  and  withheld  by  pangs 
of  contrition; 


86  THE    COURTSHIP    OF    MILES    STANDISH. 

Slowly  but  steadily  onward,  receding  yet  ever  ad- 
vancing, 

Journeyed  this  Puritan  youth  to  the  Holy  Land  of 
his  longings, 

Urged  by  the  fervor  of  love,  and  withheld  by 
remorseful  misgivings. 


87 


VII. 


THE    MABCn    OF    MILES    STANDISH. 

Meanwhile     the   stalwart     ^liles     Standish    was 

marching  steadily  northward. 
Winding  through  forest  and  swamp,  and  along  the 

trend  of  the  sea-shore, 
All  day   long,  with  hardly  a  halt,  the  fire  of    his 

anger 
Burning  and  crackling  within,  and  the  sulphurous 

odor  of  powder 
Seeming   more  sweet  to  his  nostrils  than  all  the 

scents  of  the  forest. 


88  THE    COURTSHIP    OK    MILES    STANDISH. 

Silent  and  moody  be  went,  and  nuich  he  revolved 

his  discomfort ; 
He  who  was  used  to  success,  and  to  easy  victories 

always. 
Thus  to  be  flouted,  rejected,  and  laughed  to  scorn 

by  a  maiden, 
Tlius  to  be  mocked  and  betrayed   by  the   friend 

whom  most  he  had  trusted  ! 
Ah !  ^t  was   too  much  to  be  borne,  and  he  fretted 

and  chafed  in  his  armor  ! 

"I  alone  am  to  blame,"  he  muttered,  "for  mine 

was  the  folly. 
"What  has  a  rough  old  soldier,  grown  grim  and  gray 

in  the  harness. 
Used  to   the   camj)   and  its  ways,  to  do  with  the 

wooing  of  maidens  ? 
^T  was  but  a  dream, — let  it  pass, — let  it  vanish  like 

so  many  others ! 


THE    COURTSHIP    OF    MILES    STANDISH.  80 

What  I  thought  was  a  flower  is  only  a  weed,  and 
is  worthless ; 

Out  of  my  heart  will  I  pluck  it,  and  throw  it  away, 
and  henceforward 

Be  but  a  fighter  of  battles,  a  lover  and  wooer  of 
dangers !" 

Thus  he  revolved  in  his  mind  his  sorry  defeat  and 
discomfort. 

While  he  was  marching  by  day  or  lying  at  night  in 
the  forest, 

Looking  up  at  the  trees,  and  the  constellations  be- 
yond them. 

After  a  three  days'  march  he  came  to  an  Indian 

encampment 
Pitched  on  the  edge  of  a  meadow,  between  the  sea 

and  the  forest ; 
Women   at  work  by  the  tents,  and  the  warriors, 

horrid  with  war-paint. 


90  THK    COURTSHIP    OF    MILES    STANDISH. 

Seated  about  a  fire,  and  smoking  and  talking  to- 
gether ; 
"WTio,  when  they  saw  from  afar  the  sudden  approach 

of  the  white  men, 
Saw  the  flash  of  the  sun  on  breastplate  and  sabre 

and  musketj 
Straightway  leaped  to    their  feet,  and    two,    from 

among  them  advancing, 
Came  to  parley  with  Standish,  and  offer  him  furs 

as  a  present ; 
Friendship  was  in  their  looks,  but  in  their  hearts 

there  was  hatred. 
Braves  of  the  tribe  were  these,  and  brothers  gigantic 

in  stature, 
Huge  as  Goliath  of  Gath,  or  the  temble  Og,  king 

of  Bashan; 
One  was  Pecksuot  named,  and  the  other  was  called 

Wattawamat. 


THE    COURTSHIP    OF    MILES    STANDISH.  91 

Round  their  necks  were  suspended  their  knives  in 

scabbards  of  wampum, 
Two-edged,  trenchant  knives,  with  points  as  sharp 

as  a  needle. 
Other  arms  had  they  none,  for  they  were  cunning 

and  crafty. 
"Welcome,   English!^'   they   said,  —  these   words 

they  had  learned  from  the  traders 
Touching   at   times   on   the   coast,    to   barter  and 

chaflfer  for  peltries. 
Then  in  their  native  tongue  they  began  to  parley 

with  Standish, 
Through  his  guide  and  interpreter,  Hobomok,  friend 

of  the  white  man. 
Begging  for  blankets  and  knives,   but  mostly  for 

muskets  and  powder. 
Kept  by  the  white  man,  they  said,  concealed,  with 

the  plague  in  his  cellars, 


92  THE    COURTSHIP    OF    MILES    STAXDISH. 

Ready  to  be  let  loose,  and  destroy  his  brother  the 

red  man ! 
But  when  Standish  refused,  and  said  he  Mould  give 

them  the  Bible, 
Suddenly  changing  their  tone,  they  began  to  boast 

and  to  bluster. 
Then  Wattawamat  advanced  with  a  stride  in  froiit 

of  the  other. 
And,  with  a  lofty  demeanor,  thus  vauntingly  spake 

to  the  Captain  : 
"  Now  Wattawamat  can  see,  b}^  the  fiery  eyes  of 

the  Captain, 
Angry  is  he  in  his  heart ;  but  the  heart  of  the  brave 

Wattawamat 
Is  not  afraid  at  tlie  sight.     He  was  not  born  of  a 

woman, 
But  on  a  mountain,  at  night,  from  an  oak-tree  riven 

by  lightning. 


THE    COURTSHIP    OF    MILES    STANDISH.  93 

Forth  he  sprang  at  a  bound,  with  all  his  weapons 

about  him, 
Shouting,   '  Who  is  there   here  to  fight  with  the 

brave  Wattawamat  V  " 
Then   he  unsheathed  his  knife,  and,  whetting  the 

blade  on  his  left  hand, 
Held  it  aloft  and  displayed  a  woman's  face  on  the 

handle. 
Saying,  with  bitter  expression,  and  look  of  sinister 

meaning : 
"  I  have  another  at  home,  with  the  face  of  a  man  on 

the  handle ; 
By  and  by  they  shall  marry;  and  there  will  be 

plenty  of  children  ! " 

Then  stood  Pecksuot  forth,  self-vaunting,  insult- 
ing Miles  Standish : 
While  with  his  fingers  he  patted   the   knife  that 
hung  at  his  bosom. 


94  THE    COURTSHIP   OF    MILES    STANDISH. 

Drawing  it  half  from  its  sheath,  and  plunging  it 

back,  as  he  muttered, 
"  By  and  by  it  shall  see ;  it  shall  eat ;  ah,  ha  !  but 

shall  speak  not ! 
This  is  the  mighty  Captain  the  white  men  have  sent 

to  destroy  us  ! 
He  is  a  little  man ;  let  him  go  and  work  with  the 

Avomen ! " 

Meanwhile   Stan  dish  had  noted    the  faces    and 

figures  of  Indians 
Peeping  and  creeping  about  from  bush  to  tree  in 

the  forest. 
Feigning  to  look  for  game,  with  arrows  set  on  their 

bow-strings. 
Drawing  about  him  still  closer  and  closer  the  net  of 

their  ambush. 
But  undaunted    he    stood,    and    dissembled    and 

treated  them  smoothly ; 


THE    COURTSHIP    OF    MILES    STANDISH.  95 

So  the  old  chronicles  say^  that  were  writ  in  the  days 

of  the  fathers. 
But  when  he  heard  their  defiance,  the  boast,  the 

taunt,  and  the  insult, 
All  the  hot  blood  of  his  race,  of  Sir  Hugh  and  of 

Thurston  de  Standish, 
Boiled  and  beat  in  his  heart,   and  swelled  in  the 

veins  of  his  temples. 
Headlong  he  leaped  on  the  boaster,  and,  snatching 

his  knife  from  its  scabbard. 
Plunged  it  into  his  heart,  and,  reeling  backward, 

the  savage 
Fell  with  his  face  to  the  sky,  and  a  fiendlike  fierce- 
ness upon  it. 
Straight  there  arose  from  the  forest  the  awful  sound 

of  the  war-whoop. 
And,  like  a  flurry  of  snow  on  the  whistling  wind  of 

December, 


9G  THE    COURTSHIP    Ol'    MILES    STAXDISII. 

Swift  and  sudden  and  keen  came  a  flight  of  feathery 

arrows. 
Then  came  a  cloud  of  smoke,  and  out  of  the  cloud 

came  the  lightning, 
Out  of  the  lightning  thunder;  and  death  unseen 

ran  before  it. 
Frightened  the  savages  fled  for  shelter  in  swamp 

and  in  thicket, 
Hotly  pursued  and  beset ;  but  their   sachem,  the 

brave  "VVattawamat, 
Fled  not;  he  was  dead.     Unsw^erving  and  swift  Had 

a  bullet 
Passed  through  his  brain,   and  he  fell  with  both 

hands  clutching  the  greensward. 
Seeming  in  death  to  hold  back  from  his  foe  the 

land  of  his  fathers. 

There  on  the  flowers  of  the  meadow  the  warriors 
lay,  and  above  them, 


THE    COURTSHIP    OF    MILES    STANDISH.  97 

Silent,  with  folded  avuiSj  stood  Hobomok,  friend  of 
the  white  man. 

Smiling  at  length  he  exclaimed  to  the  stalwart  Cap- 
tain of  Plymouth : 

"  Pecksuot  bragged  very  loud,  of  his  courage,  his 
strength,  and  his  stature, — 

Mocked  the  great  Captain,  and  called  him  a  little 
man ;  but  I  see  now 

Big  enough  have  you  been  to  lay  him  speechless 
before  you  !  " 

Thus  the  first  battle  was  fought  and  won  by  the 
stalwart  Miles  Standish. 
When   the   tidings   thereof   were  brought   to   the 

village  of  Plymouth, 
And    as  a  trophy  of   w^ar  the  head  of   the   brave 

Wattawamat 
Scowled  from  the  roof  of  the  fort,  which  at  once 
was  a  church  and  a  fortress, 

u 


98  THE    COURTSHIP    OF    MILES    STANDISH. 

All  who  beheld  it  rejoiced,  and  praised  the  Lord, 
and  took  courage. 

Only  Priscilla  averted  her  face  from  this  spectre  of 
teri'or, 

Thanking  God  in  her  heart  that  she  had  not  mar- 
ried Miles  Standish; 

Shrinking,  fearing  almost,  lest,  coming  home  from 
his  battles, 

He  should  lay  claim  to  her  hand,  as  the  prize  and 
reward  of  his  valor. 


90 


YIII. 


TKE    SPINNING-WHEEL. 


Month  after  month  passed  away,  and  in  Autumn 

the  ships  of  the  merchants 
Came  with  kindred  and  friends,  with   cattle   and 

corn  for  the  Pilgrims. 
All  in  the  village  was  peace ;  the  men  were  intent 

on  their  labors, 
Busy  with  hewing  and  building,  with  garden-plot 

and  with  merestead, 
Busy  with   breaking   the  glebe,  and  mowing  the 

grass  in  the  meadows, 


100        THE    COURTSHIP    OF    MILES    STAXDISH. 

Searching  the  sea  for  its  fish,  and  hunting  the  deer 

in  the  forest. 
All  in  the  village  was  peace ;  but  at  times  the  rumor 

of  warfare 
Filled  the  air  with  alarm,  and  the  apprehension  of 

danger. 
Bravely  the   stalwart  ^liles  Staudish  was  scouring 

the  land  with  his  forces, 
Waxing  valiant  in  fight   and   defeating   the    alien 

armies, 
Till  his  name  had  become  a  sound  of  fear  to  the 

nations. 
Anger  was  still  in  his  heart,  but  at  times  the  re- 
morse and  contrition 
Which  in  all  noble  natures  succeed  the  passionate 

outbreak, 
Came  like  a  rising  tide,  that  encounters  the  rush  of 

a  river, 


THE    COURTSHIP    OF    MILES    STANDISH.        101 

Staying  its  current  awhile,  but  making  it  bitter  and 
brackish. 

Meanwhile  Aldcn  at  home  had  built  him  a  new 

habitation, 
Solid,  substantial,  of  timber  rough-hewn  from  the 

firs  of  the  forest. 
Wooden-barred  was  the  door,  and  the   roof   was 

covered  with  rushes  j 
Latticed  the  windows  were,  and  the  window-panes 

were  of  paper, 
Oiled  to  admit  the  light,  while  wind  and  rain  w^ere 

excluded. 
There  too  he  dug  a  well,  and  around  it  planted  an 

orchard : 
Still  may  be  seen  to  this  day  some  trace  of  the  well 

and  the  orchard. 
Close  to  the  house  was  the  stall,  where,  safe  and 

secure  from  annoyance. 


102        THE    COURTSHIP    OP    MILES    STANDISH. 

llagliorn,  the  snow-white  steer,  that  had  fallen  to 

Alden's  allotment 
In  the  division  of   cattle,  might  niminate  in  the 

night-time 
Over  the  pastures  he  cropped,  made  fragrant  by' 

sweet  pennyi'oyal. 

Oft  when  his  lahor  was  finished,  with  eager  feet 
would  the  dreamer 

Follow  the  pathway  that  ran  through  the  woods  to 
the  house  of  Priscilla, 

Led  by  illusions  romantic  and  subtile  deceptions  of 
fancy. 

Pleasure  disguised  as  duty,  and  love  in  the  sem- 
blance of  friendship. 

Ever  of  her  he  thought,  when  he  fashioned  the 
walls  of  his  dwelling; 

Ever  of  her  he  thought,  when  he  delved  in  the  soil 
of  his  garden ; 


THE    COURTSHIP    OF    MILES    STANDISH.         103 

Ever  of  her  he  thought,  when  he  read  in  his  Bible 

on  Sunday 
Praise  of  the  virtuous  woman,  as  she  is  described 

in  the  Proverbs, — 
How  the  heart  of  her  husband  doth  safely  trust  in 

her  always. 
How  all  the  days  of  her  life  she  will  do  him  go6/3, 

and  not  evil, 
How  she  seeketh  the  wool  and  the  flax  and  worketh 

with  gladness. 
How  she  laycth  her  hand  to  the  spindle  and  holdeth 

the  distaff. 
How  she  is  not  afraid  of  the  snow  for  herself  or  her 

household. 
Knowing  her  household  are  clothed  with  the  scarlet 

cloth  of  her  weaving ! 

So  as  she  sat  at  her  wheel  one  afternoon  in  the 
Autumn, 


104        THE    COURTSHIP    OF    MILES    STANDISH. 

Alden,  who  opposite  sat,  aad  was  watching  her  dex- 
terous fingers, 

As  if  the  thread  she  was  spinning  were  that  of  his 
life  and  his  fortune, 

After  a  pause  in  their  talk,  thus  spake  to  the  sound 
of  the  spindle. 

''Truly,  Priscilla,'^  he  said,  "when  I  see  you  spin- 
ning and  spinning, 

Never  idle  a  moment,  but  thrifty  and  thoughtful  of 
others, 

Suddenly  you  are  transformed,  are  visibly  changed 
in  a  moment ; 

You  are  no  longer  Priscilla,  but  Bertha  the  Beau- 
tiful Spinner/' 

Here  the  light  foot  on  the  treadle  grew  swifter  and 
swifter;  the  spindle 

Uttered  an  angiy  snarl,  and  the  thread  snapped  short 
in  her  fingers; 


THE    COURTSHIP    OF    MILES    STANDISH.        105 

While  the  impetuous  speaker,  not  heeding  tlie  mis- 
chief, continued : 

"  You  are  the  beautiful   Bertha,  the  spinner,  the 
queen  of  Helvetia; 

She  whose  story  I  read  at  a  stall  in  the  streets  of 
Southampton, 

A^'ho,  as  she  rode  on  her  palfrey,  o'er  valley  and 
meadow  and  mountain. 

Ever  was  spinning  her  thread  from  a  distaff  fixed  to 
her  saddle. 

She  was  so  thrifty  and  good,  that  her  name  passed 
into  a  proverb. 

So  shall  it  be  with  your  own,  when  the  spinning- 
wheel  shall  no  longer 

Hum  in  the  house  of  the  farmer,  and  fill  its  cham- 
bers with  music. 

Then  shall  the  mothers,  reproving,  relate  how  it 
was  in  their  childhood. 


106        THE    COURTSHIP    OF    MILES    STANDISH. 

Praising  the  good  old  times,  and  the  days  of  Pris- 

cilla  the  spinner ! " 
Straight  uprose  from  her  wheel  the  beautiful  Puritan 

maiden. 
Pleased  with  the  praise  of  her  thrift  from  him  whose 

praise  was  the  sweetest. 
Drew  from  the  reel  on  the  table  a  snowy  skein  of 

her  spinning, 
Thus  making  answer,  meanwhile,  to  the  flattering 

phrases  of  Alden  : 
"  Come,  you  must  not  be  idle ;  if  I  am  a  pattern 

for  housewives. 
Show  yourself  equally  worthy  of  being  the  model  of 

husbands. 
Hold  this  skein  on  your  hands,  while  I  wind  it, 

ready  for  knitting ; 
Then  who  knows  but  hereafter,  when  fashions  have 

changed  and  the  manners. 


THE    COURTSHIP    OF    MILES    STANDISH.        107 

Fathers  may  talk  to  their  sons  of  the  good  old  times 

of  John  Alden  !  " 
Thus,  with  a  jest  and  a  laugh,  the  skein  on  his 

hands  she  adjusted. 
He  sitting  awkwardly  there,  with  his  arms  extended 

before  him, 
She  standing  graceful,  erect,  and  winding  the  thread 

from  his  fingers. 
Sometimes  chiding  a  little  his  clumsy  manner  of 

holding. 
Sometimes  touching  his  hands,  as  she  disentangled 

expertly 
Twist  or  knot  in  the  yarn,  unawares — for  how  could 

she  help  it  ? — 
Sending  electrical  thrills  through  every  nerve  in  his 

body. 

Lo !    in   the  midst  of  this  scene,  a   breathless 
messenger  entered. 


108        THE    COURTSHIP    OF    MILES    STANDISH. 

Bringing  in  hurry  and  heat  the  terrible  news  from 

the  village. 
Yes;    Miles    Standish  was  dead! — an  Indian  had 

brought  them  the  tidings, — 
Slain  b)'  a  poisoned  arrow,  shot  do^\^l  in  the  front 

of  the  battle. 
Into  an  ambush  beguiled^  cut  off  with  the  whole  of 

his  forces ; 
All  the  town  would  be  burned,  and  all  the  people 

be  murdered ! 
Such  were  the   tidings  of  evil  that  burst  on  the 

hearts  of  the  hearers. 
Silent  and  statue-like  stood  Priscilla,  her  face  look- 
ing backward 
Still  at  the  face  of  the  speaker,  her  arms  uplifted  in 

horror ; 
But  John  Aldeu,  upstarting,  as  if  the  barb  of  the 

arrow 


THE    COURTSHIP    OF    MILES    STAXDISH.        109 

Piercing  the  heart  of  his  friend  had  struck  his  own, 

and  had  sundered 
Once  and  for  ever  the  bonds  that  held  him  bound 

as  a  captive, 
Wild  with  excess  of  sensation,  the  awful  dehght  of 

his  freedom. 
Mingled  with  pain  and  regret,  unconscious  of  what 

he  was  doing. 
Clasped,  almost  with  a  groan,  the  motionless  form 

of  Priscilla, 
Pressing  her  close  to  his  heart,  as  for  ever  his  own, 

and  exclaiming : 
"  Those  whom  the  Lord  hath  united,  let  no  man 

put  them  asunder  ! " 

Even  as  rivulets  twain,  from  distant  and  separate 
som-ces. 
Seeing  each  other  afar,  as  they  leap  from  the  rocks, 
and  pursuing 


110        THE    COURTSHIP    OF    MILKS    STANDISH. 

Each  one  its  devious  path,  but  drawing  nearer  and 

nearer,  ■ 

Rush  together  at  last,  at  their  trysting-place  in  the 

forest ; 
So  these  lives   that  had  run  thus  far  in  separate 

channels,  1 

Coming  in  sight  of  each  other,  then  swerving  and 

flowing  asunder. 
Parted  by  barriers  strong,  but  drawing  nearer  and 

nearer. 
Rushed  together  at  last,  and  one  was  lost'in  the 

other. 


Ill 


IX. 


TUE   AVEDUIXG-DAT, 


Forth  from  the  curtain  of  clouds,  from  the  tent  of 
purple  and  scarlet. 

Issued  the  sun,  the  great  High-Priest,  in  his  gar- 
ments resplendent, 

Holiness  unto  the  Lord,  in  letters  of  light,  on  his 
forehead. 

Round  the  hem  of  his  robe  the  golden  bells  and 
pomegranates. 

Blessing  the  world  he  came,  and  the  bars  of  vapor 
beneath  him 

Gleamed  like  a  grate  of  brass,  and  the  sea  at  his 
feet  was  a  laver  ! 


112        THE    COUllTSHIP    OF    MILKS    STANDISH. 

This  was  the  wedding  morn  of  Priscilla  the  Puri- 
tan maiden. 

Friends  were  assembled  together;  the  Elder  and 
Magisti'ate  also 

Graced  the  scene  with  their  presence,  and  stood  like 
the  Law  and  the  Gospel, 

One  with  the  sanction  of  earth  and  one  with  the 
blessing  of  heaven. 

Simple  and  brief  was  the  wedding,  as  that  of  Ruth 
and  of  Boaz. 

Softly  the  youth  and  the  maiden  repeated  the  words 
of  betrothal. 

Talcing  each  other  for  husband  and  wife  in  the  Ma- 
gistrate's presence. 

After  the  Puritan  way,  and  the  laudable  custom  of 
Holland. 

Fervently  then,  and  devoutly,  the  excellent  Elder  of 
Plymouth 


THE    COURTSHIP    OF    MILES    STANDISH.        113 

Prayed  for   the    hearth   and  the  home,  that  wore 

founded  that  day  in  affection, 
Speaking  of  life  and  of  death,  and  imploring  divine 

benedictions. 

Lo  !  when  the  service  was  ended,  a  form  appeared 

on  the  threshold. 
Clad   in  armor  of   steel,  a  sombre  and  sorrowful 

figure  ! 
"Why  docs  the  bridegroom  start  and  stare  at  the 

strange  apparition  ? 
AVhy  does  the  bride  turn  pale,  and  hide  her  face  on 

his  shoulder  ? 
Is  it  a  phantom  of  air, — a  bodiless,  spectral  illusion  ? 
Is  it  a  ghost  from  the  grave,  that  has  come  to  forbid 

the  betrothal  ? 
Long  had  it  stood  there  unseen,  a  guest  uninvited, 

unwelcomed ; 

I 


114'        THE    COURTSHIP    OF    MILES    STANDISH. 

Over  its  clouded  eyes  there  liad  passed  at  times  an 
expression 

Softening  the  gloom  and  revealing  the  warm  heart 
hidden  beneath  them, 

As  when  across  the  sky  the  driving  rack  of  the  rain- 
cloud 

Grows  for  a  moment  thin,  and  betrays  the  sun  by 
its  brightness. 

Once  it  had  lifted  its  hand,  and  moved  its  lips,  but 
was  silent, 

As  if  an  iron  will  had  mastered  the  fleeting  intention. 

But  when  were  ended  the  troth  and  the  prayer  and 
the  last  benediction. 

Into  the  room  it  strode,  and  the  people  beheld  with 
amazement 

Bodily  there  in  his  armor  Miles  Standish  the  Cap- 
tain of  Plymouth ! 

Grasping  the  bridegroom's  hand,  he  said  with  emo- 
tion, "  Forgive  me  ! 


I 


THE    COURTSHIP    OF    MILES    STANDISII.         115 

I  liave  been  angry  and  hurt, — too  long  liavc  I  clic- 

rishetl  the  feehng ; 
T  have  been  cruel  and  hard,  but  now,  thank  God ! 

it  is  ended. 
Mine  is  the  same  hot  blood  that  leaped  in  the  veins 

of  Hugh  Staudish, 
Sensitive,  swift  to  resent,  but  as  swift  in  atoning  for 

error. 
Never  so  much  as  now  was  Miles  Standish  the  friend 

of  John  Alden/' 
Thereupon  answered  the  bridegroom :  "  Let  all  be 

forgotten  between  us, — 
All  save  the  dear,  old  friendship,  and  that  shall  grow 

older  and  dearer  V 
Then  the  Captain  advanced,  and,  bowing,  saluted 

Priscilla, 
Gravely,   and   after   the   manner  of  old-fashioned 

gentry  in  England, 


]1G         THE    COURTSHIP    OF    MILES    STANDISH. 

Something  of  camp  and  of  court,,  of  town  and  of 
countiT;  commingled, 

Wisliing  her  joy  of  her  wedding,  and  loudly  lauding 
her  husband. 

Then  he  said  with  a  smile :  "  I  should  have  remem- 
bered the  adagCj — 

If  YOU  would  be  well  served,  you  must  serve  your- 
self; and  moreover, 

No  man  can  gather  cherries  in  Kent  at  the  season 
of  Christmas !" 

Great  was  the  people's  amazement,  and  greater 
yet  their  rejoicing. 

Thus  to  behold  once  more  the  sun-burnt  face  of 
their  Captain, 

Whom  they  had  mourned  as  dead;  and  they  ga- 
thered and  crowded  about  him. 

Eager  to  see  him  and  hear  him,  forgetful  of  bride 
and  of  bridegroom, 


THE    COURTSHIP    OF    MILES    STANDISH.        117 

Questioning,  answering,  laughing,  and  each  inter- 
rupting the  other. 

Till  the  good  Captain  declared,  being  quite  over- 
powered and  bewildered, 

He  had  rather  by  far  break  into  an  Indian  encamp- 
ment. 

Than  come  again  to  a  wedding  to  which  he  had  not 
been  invited. 

Meanwhile  the  bridegroom  went  forth  and  stood 
with  the  bride  at  the  doorway, 

Breathing  the  perfumed  air  of  that  warm  and  beau- 
tiful morning. 

Touched  with  autumnal  tints,  but  lonely  and  sad  in 
the  sunshine. 

Lay  extended  before  them  the  land  of  toil  and  pri- 
vation ; 

There  were  the  graves  of  the  dead,  and  the  barren 
waste  of  the  sea-shore 


118        THE    COURTSHIP    OF    MILES    STANDISH. 

There  the  familiar  fields,  the  groves  of  pine,  and  tlie 

meadows ; 
But  to  their  eyes  transfigured,  it   seemed   as   the 

Garden  of  Eden, 
Filled  with  the  presence  of  God,  whose  voice  was 

the  sound  of  the  ocean. 

Soon  was  their  vision  disturbed  by  the  noise  and 

stir  of  departure, 
Friends  coming  forth  from  the  house,  and  impatient 

of  longer  delaying. 
Each  with  his  plan  for  the  day,  and  the  work  that 

was  left  uncompleted. 
Then  from  a  stall  near  at  hand,  amid  exclamations 

of  wonder, 
Alden  the   thoughtful,    the   careful,  so    happy,  so 

proud  of  Priscilla, 
Brought  out  his  snow-white  steer,  obeying  the  hand 

of  its  master. 


THE    COURTSHIP    OF    MILES    STAXDISH.        119 

Led  by  a  cord  that  was  tied  to  an  iron  ring  in  its 

nostrils. 
Covered  with  crimson  cloth,  and  a  cushion  placed 

for  a  saddle. 
She  should  not  walk,  he  said,  through  the  dust  and 

heat  of  the  noonday ; 
Nay,  she  should  ride  like  a  queen,  not  plod  along 

like  a  peasant. 
Somewhat  alarmed  at  lirst,  but   reassured  by  the 

others, 
Placing  her  hand  on  the  cushion,  her  foot  in  the 

hand  of  her  husband, 
Gayly,  with  joyous   laugh,   Priscilla  mounted  her 

palfrey. 
"  Nothing  is  wanting  now,"  he  said  with  a  smile, 

"  but  the  distaflF; 
Then  you  would  be  in  truth  my  queen,  my  beautiful 

Bertha  V 


120         THE    COURTSHIP    OF    MILES    STAN  DISH. 

Onward  the  bridal  procession  now  moved  to  their 

new  habitation, 
Happy  husband  and  wife,  and  friends  conversing 

together. 
Pleasantly  murmured  the  broolv,  as  they  crossed  the 

ford  in  the  forest, 
Pleased  with  the  image  that  passed,  like  a  dream  of 

love  through  its  bosom, 
Tremulous,  floating  in  air,  o'er  the  depths  of  the 

azure  abysses. 
Down  through  the  golden  leaves  the  sun  was  pour- 
ing his  splendors. 
Gleaming  on  purple  grapes,  that,    from    branches 

above  them  suspended. 
Mingled  their  odorous  breath  with  the  balm  of  the 

])inc  and  the  fir-tree. 
Wild  and  sweet  as  the  clusters  that  grew  in  the 

valley  of  Eshcol. 


THE    COURTSHIP    OF    MILES    STANDISII.        121 

Like  a  picture  it  seemed  of  the  primitive,  pastoral 

ages, 
Fresh  with  the  youth  of  the  world,  and  recalling 

Rebecca  and  Isaac, 
Old  and  yet   ever  new,  and  simple  and  beautiful 

always, 
Love  immortal  and  young  in  the  endless  succession 

of  lovers. 
So  through  the  Plymouth  woods  passed  onward  the 

bridal  procession. 


BIRDS    OF    PASSAGE. 


.    .    come  i  gru  van  cantando  lor  lai, 
Facendo  in  aer  di  sfe  lunga  riga. 

Da^te. 


125 


PEOMETIIEUS, 

OB  THE   poet's   rOEETHOUGHT. 


Of  Prometheus,  how  undaunted 
On  Olympus'  shining  bastions 
His  audacious  foot  he  planted. 
Myths  are  told  and  songs  are  chaunted. 
Full  of  promptings  and  suggestions. 

Beautiful  is  the  tradition 

Of  that  flight  through  heavenly  portals. 
The  old  classic  superstition 
Of  the  theft  and  the  transmission 

Of  the  fii'e  of  the  Immortals ! 


126  PROMETHEUS. 

First  the  deed  of  noble  daring. 

Born  of  heavenward  aspiration. 
Then  the  fire  with  mortals  sharing, 
Then  the  Aulture, — the  despairing 
Cry  of  pain  on  crags  Caucasian . 


All  is  but  a  symbol  painted 

Of  the  Poet,  Prophet,  Seer  ; 
Only  those  arc  crowned  and  sainted 
Who  with  grief  have  been  acquainted, 
^Making  nations  nobler,  freer. 

In  their  feverish  exultations. 

In  their  triumph  and  their  yearning. 
In  their  passionate  pulsations, 
In  their  words  among  the  nations. 

The  Promethean  fire  is  burning. 


PROMETHEUS.  127 

Shall  it,  then,  be  unavailing, 

All  this  toil  for  human  culture  ? 
Through  the  cloud-rack,  dark  and  trailing. 
Must  they  see  above  them  sailing 

O'er  life's  barren  crags  the  vulture  ? 


Such  a  fate  as  this  was  Dante's, 

By  defeat  and  exile  maddened  ; 
Thus  were  Milton  and  Cervantes, 
Nature's  priests  and  Coiybantes, 
By  affliction  touched  and  saddened. 

But  the  glories  so  transcendent 

That  around  their  memories  cluster, 
And,  on  all  their  steps  attendant, 
Make  their  darkened  lives  resplendent 
With  such  gleams  of  inward  lustre ! 


128  I'llOMETIIEUS. 

All  the  melodies  mysterious, 

Thiough  the  dreary  darkness  chaunted  ; 
Thoughts  in  attitudes  imperious, 
Voices  soft,  and  deep,  and  serious. 

Words  that  whispered,  songs  that  haunted  ! 


All  the  soul  in  rapt  suspension, 
All  the  quivering,  palpitating 

Chords  of  life  in  utmost  tension. 

With  the  fervor  of  invention. 
With  the  rapture  of  creating  ! 

Ah,  Prometheus  !  heaven-scaling  ! 

In  such  hours  of  exultation 
Even  the  faintest  heart,  unquailing. 
Might  behold  the  vulture  sailing 

Round  the  cloudy  crags  Caucasian  ! 


PROMETHEUS.  129 

Though  to  all  there  is  not  given 

Strength  for  such  sublime  endeavor, 

Thus  to  scale  the  walls  of  heaven, 

And  to  leaven  with  fiery  leaven 
All  the  hearts  of  men  for  ever ; 


Yet  all  bards,  whose  hearts  unblighted 

Honor  and  believe  the  presage. 
Hold  aloft  their  torches  lighted, 
Gleaming  through  the  realms  benighted, 
As  they  onward  bear  the  message  ! 


130 


THE  LADDER  OP  ST.  AIJGTISTINE. 


Saint  Augustine  !  well  hast  thou  said, 
That  of  ouv  vices  we  can  fraaic 

A  ladder,  if  we  will  but  tread 

Beneath  ouv  feet  each  deed  of  shame  ! 

All  common  things,  each  day^s  events, 
That  with  the  hour  begin  and  end. 

Our  pleasures  and  our  discontents, 
Are  rounds  by  which  we  may  ascend. 

The  low  desire,  the  base  design. 
That  makes  anothei^'s  virtues  less ; 

The  revel  of  the  ruddy  wine. 
And  all  occasions  of  excess ; 


THE    LADDER    OF    ST.  AUGUSTINE.  131 

The  longing  for  ignoble  things  ; 

The  strife  for  triumph  more  than  truth ; 
The  hardening  of  the  heart,  that  brings 

Irreverence  for  the  dreams  of  youth  ; 

All  thoughts  of  ill ;  all  evil  deeds. 

That  have  their  root  in  thoughts  of  ill ; 

Whatever  hinders  or  impedes 
The  action  of  the  nobler  will ; — 

All  these  must  first  be  trampled  down 

Beneath  our  feet,  if  we  would  gain 
In  the  bright  fields  of  fair  renown 

The  right  of  eminent  domain. 

We  have  not  wings,  we  cannot  soar  ; 

But  we  have  feet  to  scale  and  climb 
By  slow  degrees,  by  more  and  more. 

The  cloudy  summits  of  our  time. 


13.2  THE    LADDER    OF    ST.    AUGUSTINE. 

The  mighty  pyramids  of  stone 

That  wedge-hke  cleave  the  desert  airs, 

AYhen  nearer  seen,  and  better  known. 
Are  but  gigantic  flights  of  stairs. 

The  distant  mountains,  that  uprear 
Their  solid  bastions  to  the  skies, 

Are  crossed  by  pathways,  that  appear 
As  we  to  higher  levels  rise. 

The  heights  by  great  men  reached  and  kept 
Were  not  attained  by  sudden  flight. 

But  they,  while  their  companions  slept, 
AVere  toiling  upward  in  the  night. 

Standing  on  what  too  long  we  bore 

With  shoulders  bent  and  downcast  eyes. 

We  may  discern — unseen  before — 
A  path  to  higher  destinies. 


THE    LADDER   OF    ST,    AUGUSTINE.  133 

Nor  deem  the  irrevocable  Past, 

As  wholly  wasted,  wholly  vain, 
If,  rising  on  its  wrecks,  at  last 

To  something:  nobler  we  attain. 


134 


THE  PHANTOM  SHIP. 


In  Mather's  Magnalia  Christi, 

Of  the  old  colonial  time, 
May  be  found  in  prose  the  legend 

That  is  here  set  down  in  rhyme. 

A  ship  sailed  from  New  Haven, 
And  the  keen  and  frosty  airs. 

That  filled  her  sails  at  parting. 

Were  heavy  with  good  men's  prayers. 

"  0  Lord  !  if  it  be  thy  pleasure  "  — 
Thus  prayed  the  old  divine — 

"  To  bury  our  friends  in  the  ocean. 
Take  them,  for  they  arc  thine  ! " 


THE    PHANTOM    SHIP.  135 

But  Master  Lamberton  muttered, 

And  under  his  breath  said  he, 
"  This  ship  is  so  crank  and  wait}' 

I  fear  our  grave  she  will  be  ' " 

And  the  ships  that  came  from  England, 
^Vhen  the  winter  months  were  gone. 

Brought  no  tidings  of  this  vessel 
Nor  of  Master  Lamberton. 

This  put  the  people  to  praying 

That  the  Lord  would  -let  them  hear 

What  in  his  gi-eater  wisdom 

He  had  done  with  friends  so  dear. 

And  at  last  their  pi-ayers  were  answered : — 

It  was  in  the  mouth  of  June, 
An  hour  before  the  sunset 

Of  a  windy  afternoon, 


136  THE  niAXTOM  ship. 

When,  steadily  steering  landward, 

A  ship  was  seen  below. 
And  they  knew  it  was  Lamberton,  ]\Iaster, 

Who  sailed  so  long  ago. 

On  she  came,  witli  a  cloud  of  canvas, 
Right  against  the  wind  that  blew. 

Until  the  eye  could  distinguish 
The  faces  of  the  crew. 

Then  fell  her  straining  topmasts. 
Hanging  tangled  in  the  shrouds. 

And  her  sails  were  loosened  and  lifted. 
And  blown  away  like  clouds. 

And  the  masts,  with  all  their  rigging, 

Fell  slowly,  one  by  one. 
And  the  hulk  dilated  and  vanished. 

As  a  sea-mist  in  the  sun  ! 


THE    PHANTOM    SHIP. 

And  the  people  who  saw  this  marvel 

Each  said  unto  his  friend, 
That  this  was  the  mould  of  their  vessel. 

And  thus  her  tragic  end. 

And  the  pastor  of  tlie  village 
Gave  thanks  to  God  in  prayer, 

That,  to  quiet  their  troubled  spirits. 
He  had  sent  this  Ship  of  Air. 


138 


THE  WAEDEN  OF  THE  CINQUE  POETS. 


A  MIST  was  driving  down  the  British  Channel, 

The  day  was  just  begun, 
And  through  the  window-panes,  on  floor  and  panel. 

Streamed  the  red  autumn  sun. 

It  glanced  on  flowing  flag  and  rippling  pennon, 

And  the  white  sails  of  ships ; 
And,  from  the  frowning  rampart,  the  black  cannon 

Hailed  it  with  feverish  lips. 

Sandwich  and  Romney,  Hastings,  Hithe,  and  Dover 

Were  all  alert  that  day. 
To  see  the  French  war-steamers  speeding  over, 

When  the  fog  cleared  away. 


TUE    WAHDKN    OF    THE    CINQUE    PORTS.        139 

Sullen  and  silent^  and  like  coucliant  lions, 

Their  cannon,  through  the  uiglit, 
Holding  their  breath,  had  watched,  in  grim  defiance, 

The  sea-coast  opposite. 

And  now  they  roared  at  drum -beat  from  their  stations 

On  c\"eiy  citadel ; 
Each  answering  each,  with  morning  salutations. 

That  all  was  well. 

And  down  the  coast,  all  taking  up  the  burden, 

Replied  the  distant  forts, 
As  if  to  summon  from  his  sleep  the  Warden 

And  Lord  of  the  Cinque  Ports. 

Him  shall  no  sunshine  from  the  fields  of  azure. 

No  drum-beat  from  the  wall. 
No  morning  gun  from  the  black  fort's  embrasure. 

Awaken  with  its  call ! 


140        THE    WARDEN    OF    THE    CINQUE   PORTS. 

No  more,  surveying  with  an  eye  impartial 

The  long  line  of  the  coast. 
Shall  the  gaunt  figure  of  the  old  Field  Marshal 


Be  seen  upon  his  post 


For  iu  the  night,  unseen,  a  single  warrior. 

In  sombre  harness  mailed. 
Dreaded  of  man,  and  surnamed  the  Destroyer, 

The  rampart  wall  has  scaled. 

He  passed  into  the  chamber  of  the  sleeper, 

The  dark  and  silent  room. 
And  as  he  entered,  darker  grew,  and  deeper. 

The  silence  and  the  gloom. 

He  did  not  pause  to  parley  or  dissemble. 

But  smote  the  Warden  hoar ; 
Ah !  what  a  blow  !  that  made  all  England  tremble 

And  arroan  from  shore  to  shore. 


THE    WARDEN"    OF    THE    CIXQUE    PORTS.       1  U 

Meanwhile,  without,  the  surly  cannon  waited. 

The  sun  rose  bright  overhead ; 
Nothing  in  Nature's  aspect  intimated 

That  a  great  man  was  dead. 


142 


HAUNTED  HOUSES. 


All  Louses  wherein  men  have  lived  and  died 
Are  haunted  houses.     Through  the  open  doors 

The  hai'niless  phantoms  on  their  errands  glide^ 
With  feet  that  make  no  sound  upon  the  floors. 

We  meet  them  at  the  door-way,  on  the  stair, 
Along  the  passages  they  come  and  go_, 

Impalpable  impressions  on  the  air, 

A  sense  of  something  moving  to  and  fro. 

There  arc  more  guests  at  table,  than  the  hosts 

Invited  ;  the  illuminated  hall 
Is  thronged  with  quiet,  inoffensive  ghosts. 

As  silent  as  the  pictures  on  the  wall. 


HAUNTED    HOUSES.  143 

The  stranger  at  my  fireside  cannot  sec 

The  forms  I  see,  nor  hear  tlic  sounds  I  hear ; 

He  but  perceives  what  is  ;  while  unto  me 
All  that  has  been  is  visible  and  clear. 

We  have  no  title-deeds  to  house  or  lauds; 

Owners  and  occupants  of  earlier  dates 
From  graves  forgotten  stretch  their  dusty  hands. 

And  hold  in  mortmain  still  their  old  estates. 

The  spirit-world  around  this  world  of  sense 
Floats  like  an  atmosphere,  and  everywhere 

Wafts    through    these    earthly   mists    and    vapors 
dense 
A  vital  breath  of  more  ethereal  air. 

Our  little  lives  are  kept  in  equipoise 

By  opposite  attractions  and  desires ; 
The  struggle  of  the  instinct  that  enjoys, 

And  the  more  noble  instinct  that  aspires. 


144  HAUNTED     HOUSES. 

These  perturbations,  this  perpetual  jar 
Of  earthly  wants  and  aspirations  high, 

Come  from  the  influence  of  an  unseen  star. 
An  undiscovered  planet  in  our  sky. 

And  as  the  moon  from  some  dark  gate  of  cloud 
Throws  o'er  the  sea  a  floating  bridge  of  light. 

Across  whose  trembling  planks  our  fancies  crowd 
Into  the  realm  of  mystery  and  night, — 

So  from  the  world  of  spirits  there  descends 
A  bridge  of  light,  connecting  it  with  this, 

O'er  whose  unsteady  floor,  that  sways  and  bends, 
Wander  our  thousrhts  above  the  dark  abyss. 


145 


IN  THE  CHFECHYAED  AT  CAJVIBEIDGE. 


In  the  village  churchyard  she  lies. 
Dust  is  in  her  beautiful  eyes. 

No  more  she  breathes,  nor  feels,  nor  stirs ; 
At  her  feet  and  at  her  head 
Lies  a  slave  to  attend  the  dead. 

But  their  dust  is  white  as  hers. 

Was  she  a  lady  of  high  degree. 
So  much  in  love  with  the  vanity 

And  foolish  pomp  of  this  world  of  ours  ? 
Or  was  it  Christian  charity. 
And  lowliness  and  humility. 

The  richest  and  rarest  of  all  dowers  ? 

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146       IX    THE    CIIUllCIIYARD    AT    CAMBRIDGE. 

AVho  shall  tell  us  ?     No  one  speaks ; 
No  color  shoots  into  those  cheeks, 

Either  of  anger  or  of  pride, 
At  the  rude  question  we  have  asked ; 
Nor  will  the  mystery  be  unmasked 

By  those  who  arc  sleeping  at  her  side. 

Hereafter  ? — And  do  you  think  to  look 
On  the  terrible  pages  of  that  Book 

To  find  her  failings,  faults,  and  en'ors  ? 
Ah,  you  will  then  have  other  cares, 
In  your  own  short-comings  and  despairs. 

In  your  own  secret  sins  and  terrors ! 


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147 


THE  EMPEROE'S  BIRD'S-NEST. 


Once  the  Emperor  Charles  of  Spain, 

"With  his  swarthy,  grave  commanders, 
I  forget  in  what  campaign, 
Long  besieged,  in  mud  and  rain. 
Some  old  frontier  town  of  Flanders. 


Up  and  down  the  dreary  camp. 
In  great  boots  of  Spanish  leather, 

Striding  with  a  measured  tramp. 

These  Hidalgos,  dull  and  damp. 

Cursed  the  Frenchmen,  cursed  the  weather. 


148  THE  emperor's  bird's-\est. 

Thus  as  to  and  fro  they  went, 

Over  upland  and  through  hollow, 
Giving  their  impatienee  vent, 
Perched  upon  the  Emperor's  tent, 
In  her  nest,  they  spied  a  swallow. 


Yes,  it  was  a  swallow's  nest. 

Built  of  clay  and  hair  of  horses, 
Mane,  or  tail,  or  dragoon's  crest, 
Found  on  hedge-rows  east  and  west. 
After  skirmish  of  the  forces. 


Then  an  old  Hidalgo  said. 

As  he  twirled  his  gray  mustachio, 
"  Sure  this  swallow  ovei'head 
Thinks  the  Emperor's  tent  a  shed. 

And  the  Emperor  but  a  Macho  !" 


THE  emperor's  bird's-nest,  149 

Hearing  his  imperial  name 

Coupled  with  those  words  of  malice, 
Half  iu  anger,  half  in  shame. 
Forth  the  great  campaigner  came 

Slowly  from  his  canvas  palace. 


"  Let  no  hand  the  bird  molest," 
Said  he  solemnly,  "  nor  hurt  her  ! ' 

Adding  then,  by  way  of  jest, 

"  Golondrina  is  my  guest, 

'T  is  the  wife  of  some  deserter  \" 


Swift  as  bowstring  speeds  a  shaft, 

Through  the  camp  was  spread  the  rumor. 

And  the  soldiers,  as  they  quaffed 

Flemish  beer  at  dinner,  laughed 
At  the  Emperor's  pleasant  humor. 


ISO  THE    emperor's    BIRD  S-NEST. 

So  unharmed  and  unafraid 

Sat  the  swallow  still  and  brooded, 

Till  the  constant  cannonade 

Through  the  walls  a  breach  had  made, 
And  the  siege  was  thus  concluded. 


Then  the  army,  elsewhere  bent, 
Struck  its  tents  as  if  disbanding, 

Only  not  the  Emperor's  tent, 

For  he  ordered,  ere  he  went, 

Very  curtly,  "  Leave  it  standing  ! " 

So  it  stood  there  all  alone. 

Loosely  flapping,  torn  and  tattered, 
Till  the  brood  was  fledged  and  flown. 
Singing  o'er  those  w^alls  of  stone 

Which  the  cannon-shot  had  shattered. 


Ui 


THE  TWO  ANGELS. 


Two  angels,  one  of  Life  and  one  of  Death, 
Passed  o'er  our  village  as  the  morning  hnske  ; 

The  dawn  was  on  their  faces,  and  beneath, 

The    sombre    houses    hearsed   with   plumes   of 
smoke. 

Their  attitude  and  aspect  were  the  same. 

Alike  their  features  and  their  robes  of  white  ; 

But  one  was  crowned  with  amaranth,  as  with  flame, 
And  one  with  asphodels,  hke  flakes  of  light. 


152  THE    TWO    ANGELS. 

I  saw  them  pause  on  their  celestial  way ; 

Then  said  I,  with  deep  fear  and  doubt  oppressed, 
"  Beat  not  so  loud,  my  heart,  lest  thou  betray 

The  place  where  thy  beloved  are  at  rest ! " 

And  he  who  wore  the  crown  of  asphodels, 
Descending,  at  my  door  began  to  knock. 

And  my  soul  sank  within  me,  as  in  wells 

The  waters  sink  before  an  earthquake's  shock. 

I  recognized  the  nameless  agony. 

The  terror  and  the  tremor  and  the  pain, 

That  oft  before  had  filled  or  haunted  me, 

And  now  returned  with  threefold  strength  again. 

The  door  I  opened  to  my  heavenly  guest. 

And  listened,  for  I  thought  I  heard  God's  voice  ; 

And,  knowing  whatsoe'er  He  sent  was  best, 
Dared  neither  to  lament  nor  to  rejoice. 


THE    TWO    ANGELS.  153 

Then  with  a  smile,  that  filled  the  house  with  light, 
"  My  errand  is  not  Death,  hut  Lifc,^'  he  said 

And  ere  I  answered,  passing  out  of  sight. 
On  his  celestial  embassy  he  sped. 

'T  was  at  thy  door,  0  friend  !  and  not  at  mine. 
The  angel  with  the  amaranthine  wreath. 

Pausing,  descended,  and  with  voice  divine. 

Whispered  a  word  that  had  a  sound  like  Death. 

Then  fell  upon  the  house  a  sudden  gloom, 
A  shadow  on  those  featui-es  fair  and  thin ; 

And  softly,  from  that  hushed  and  darkened  room. 
Two  angels  issued,  where  but  one  went  in. 

All  is  of  God  !  If  He  but  wave  his  hand. 

The  mists  collect,  the  rain  falls  thick  and  loud. 

Till,  with  a  smile  of  light  on  sea  and  land, 
Lo !  He  looks  back  from  the  departing  cloud. 


154  THE    TWO    ANGELS. 

Angels  of  Life  and  Death  alike  arc  his ; 

Without  his  leave  they  pass  no  threshold  o'er ; 
Who,  then,  would  wish  or  dare,  believing  this, 

Against  his  messengers  to  shut  the  door? 


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155 


DAYLIGHT  AND  MOONLIGHT. 


In  broad  daylight,  and  at  noon. 
Yesterday  I  saw  the  moon 
Sailing  high,  but  faint  and  white. 
As  a  school-boy^s  paper  kite. 

In  broad  daylight,  yesterday, 
I  read  a  Poet's  mystic  lay ; 
And  it  seemed  to  me  at  most 
As  a  phantom,  or  a  ghost. 

But  at  length  the  feverish  day 
Like  a  passion  died  away. 
And  the  night,  serene  and  still. 
Fell  on  village,  vale,  and  hill. 


156  DAYLIGHT   AND    MOONLIGHT. 

Then  the  moon  in  all  her  pride, 
Like  a  spii'it  glorified^ 
Filled  and  overflowed  the  night 
With  revelations  of  her  light. 

And  the  Poet's  song  again 
Passed  like  music  through  my  brain  ; 
Night  interpreted  to  me 
All  its  grace  and  mj-stcry. 


157 


THE  JEWISH  CEMETEET  AT  NEWPOET. 


How  strange  it  seems  !     These  Hebrews  in  their 
graves. 

Close  by  the  street  of  this  fair  seaport  town. 
Silent  beside  the  never-silent  waves, 

At  rest  in  all  this  moving  up  and  down  ! 

The  trees  are  white  with  dust,  that  o'er  their  sleep 
Wave  their  broad  curtains  in  the  south-wind's 
breath. 

While  underneath  such  leafy  tents  they  keep 
The  long,  mysterious  Exodus  of  Death. 


158   THE  JEWISH  CEMETERY  AT  NEWPORT. 

And  these  sepulchral  stones,  so  old  and  brown. 
That  pave  with  level  flags  their  burial-place, 

Seem  like  the  tablets  of  the  Law,  thrown  down 
^ind  broken  by  Moses  at  the  mountain's  base. 

The  very  names  recorded  here  are  strange. 
Of  foreign  accent,  and  of  different  climes ; 

Alvares  and  Rivera  interchange 

AYith  Abraham  and  Jacob  of  old  times. 

"  Blessed  be  God  !  for  He  created  Death  !  " 

The  mourners   said,    "and  Death    is    rest   and 
peace;" 

Then  added,  in  the  certainty  of  faith, 

"  And  giveth  Life  that  never  more  shall  cease.^' 

Closed  are  the  portals  of  their  Synagogue, 
No  Psalms  of  David  now  the  silence  break. 

No  Rabbi  reads  the  ancient  Decalogue 
In  the  grand  dialect  the  Prophets  spake. 


THE    JENYISH    CEMETERY    AT    NEWPORT.       159 

Gone  are  the  living,  but  the  dead  remain, 
And  not  neglected ;  for  a  hand  unseen, 

Scattering  its  bounty,  like  a  summer  rain, 

Still  keeps  their  graves  and  their  remembrance 
green. 

How  came  they  here  ?   What  burst  of  Christian  hate, 
What  persecution,  merciless  and  blind, 

Drove  o'er  the  sea — that  desert  desolate — 
These  Ishmaels  and  Hagars  of  mankind  ? 

They  lived  in  narrow  streets  and  lanes  obscure. 
Ghetto  and  Judenstrass,  in  mirk  and  mire  ; 

Taught  in  the  school  of  patience  to  endure 
The  life  of  anguish  and  the  death  of  fire. 

All  their  lives  long,  with  the  unleavened  bread 
And  bitter  herbs  of  exile  and  its  fears. 

The  wasting  famine  of  the  heart  they  fed, 

And  slaked  its  thu-st  with  marah  of  their  tears. 


160        TUE    JEWISH    CEMETERY    AT    NEWPORT. 

Anathema  maranatha  !  was  the  cry 

That  rang  from  toAvii  to  town,  from  street  to 
street ; 
At  every  gate  the  accursed  Mordecai 

Was  mocked  and  jeered,  and  spurned  by  Chris- 
tian feet. 


Pride  and  humiUation  hand  in  hand 

Walked  with  them  through  the  world  where'er 
they  went ; 
Trampled  and  beaten  were  they  as  the  sand. 

And  yet  unshaken  as  the  continent. 

For  in  the  background  figures  vague  and  vast 
Of  patriarchs  and  of  prophets  rose  sublime. 

And  all  the  great  traditions  of  the  Past 
They  saw  reflected  in  the  coming  time. 


THE    JEWISH    CEMETERY    AT    NE\YPOKT.        IGl 

And  thus  for  ever  with  reverted  look 

The  mystic  volume  of  the  world  they  read, 

Spelling  it  backward,  like  a  Hebrew  book. 
Till  life  became  a  Legend  of  the  Dead. 

But  ah  !  what  once  has  been  shall  be  no  more  ! 

The  groaning  earth  in  travail  and  in  pain 
Brings  forth  its  races,  but  docs  not  restore. 

And  the  dead  nations  never  ris3  aarain. 


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16.2 


OLnrEE  BASSELIN. 


Ix  the  Valley  of  tbe  Virc 

Still  is  seen  an  ancient  mill, 

With  its  gables  quaint  and  queer. 

And  beneath  the  ^vindo^v  sill. 

On  the  stone. 

These  words  alone : 

"  Oliver  Basselin  lived  here." 

Far  above  it,  on  the  steep, 

Ruined  stands  the  old  Chateau ; 

Nothing  but  the  donjon-keep 
Left  for  shelter  or  for  show. 


OLIVER    15ASSELIX.  163 

Its  vacant  eyes 
Stare  at  the  skies, 
Stare  at  the  valley  green  and  deep. 

Once  a  convent,  old  and  brown, 

Looked,  but  ah  !  it  looks  no  more. 
From  the  neighboring  hillside  down 
On  the  rushing  and  the  roar 
Of  the  stream 
Whose  sunny  gleam 
Cheers  the  little  Norman  town. 

In  that  darksome  mill  of  stone. 
To  the  water's  dash  and  din, 
Careless,  humble,  and  miknown. 
Sang  the  poet  Basselin 
Songs  that  fill 
That  ancient  mill 
"With  a  splendor  of  its  own. 


IGi  Ol.IVim    BASSEI.IN. 

Never  feeling  of  unrest 

Broke  the  pleasant  dream  lie  dreamed ; 
Only  made  to  be  his  nest, 
All  the  lovely  valley  seemed ; 
No  desire 
Of  soaring  higher 
Stirred  or  fluttered  in  his  breast. 

True,  his  songs  \Yere  not  divine ; 

Were  not  songs  of  that  high  art, 
Which,  as  winds  do  in  the  pine, 
Find  an  answer  in  each  heart ; 
T3ut  the  mirth 
Of  this  green  earth 
Laughed  and  revelled  iu  his  line. 

From  the  alehouse  and  the  inn. 
Opening  on  the  narrow  street, 


OLIVEK    CASSKLIN.  IG5 

Came  the  loud^  convivial  din, 
Singing  and  applause  of  feet. 

The  laughing  lays 

That  in  those  days 
Sang  the  poet  Basseliu. 

In  the  castle,  cased  in  steel, 

Knights,  Avho  fought  at  Agincourt, 
Watched  and  v^aitcd,  spur  on  heel ; 
But  the  poet  sang  for  sport 
Songs  that  rang 
Another  clang. 
Songs  that  lowlier  hearts  could  feel. 

In  the  convent,  clad  in  gray, 

Sat  the  monks  in  lonely  cells, 
Paced  the  cloisters,  knelt  to  pray. 

And  the  poet  heard  their  bells ; 


166  OI  IVEll    BASSELIX. 

But  liis  rhymes 
Found  other  chimes, 
Nearer  to  the  earth  than  they. 

Gone  are  all  the  barons  bold. 

Gone  are  all  the  knights  and  squires. 
Gone  the  abbot  stern  and  cold. 
And  the  brotherhood  of  friars ; 
IS^ot  a  name 
Remains  to  fame. 
From  those  mouldering  days  of  old  ! 

But  the  poet's  memory  here 

Of  the  landscape  makes  a  part ; 
Like  the  river,  swift  and  clear, 

Flows  his  song  through  many  a  heart ; 
Haunting  still 
That  ancient  mill, 
In  the  Valley  of  the  Vire. 


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YICTOE  GALBEAITH. 


Under  the  walls  of  ^lonterey 

At  daybreak  the  bugles  began  to  play, 

Victor  Galbraith ! 
In  the  mist  of  the  morning  damp  and  gray. 
These  were  the  words  they  seemed  to  say : 

"  Come  forth  to  thy  death, 

Victor  Galbraith!" 

Forth  he  came,  with  a  martial  tread ; 
Firm  was  his  step,  erect  his  head ; 
Victor  Galbraith, 


168  VICTOR    GALBKAITH. 

He  who  so  well  the  bugle  j)layetl. 
Could  not  mistake  the  ^YOl•ds  it  said  : 

"  Come  forth  to  thy  death, 

Victor  Galbraith ! " 

He  looked  at  the  earthy  he  looked  at  the  sky, 
He  looked  at  the  files  of  musketry, 

Victor  Galbraith  ! 
And  he  said,  with  a  steady  voice  and  eye, 
"  Take  good  aim ;  I  am  ready  to  die  !  " 

Thus  challenges  death 

Victor  Galbraith. 

,        Twelve  fiery  tongues  flashed  straight  and  red. 
Six  leaden  balls  on  their  errand  sped ; 

Victor  Galbraith 
Falls  to  the  ground,  but  he  is  not  dead  ; 
His  name  was  not  stamped  on  those  balls  of  lead. 

And  they  only  scath 

Victor  Galbraith. 


VICTOR    GALBllAITII.  1  G9 

Three  balls  arc  in  his  breast  and  brain, 
But  he  rises  out  of  the  dust  again, 

Victor  Galbraith  ! 
The  water  he  drinks  has  a  bloody  stain ; 
"  0  kill  me,  and  put  me  out  of  my  pain  !  " 

In  his  agony  prayeth 

Victor  Galbraith. 

Forth  dart  once  more  those  tongues  of  flame, 
And  the  bugler  has  died  a  death  of  shame, 

Victor  Galbraith  ! 
1 1  is  soul  has  gone  back  to  whence  it  came. 
And  no  one  answers  to  the  name, 

"When  the  Sergeant  saith, 

"  Victor  Galbraith  !  " 

Under  the  walls  of  Monterey 
By  night  a  bugle  is  heard  to  play, 
Victor  Galbraith  ! 


170  VICTOR    GALliUAITII. 

Through  the  mist  of  the  valley  damp  and  gray 
The  sentinels  hear  the  sounds  and  say, 

"  That  is  the  Avraith 

Of  Victor  Galbraith  !" 


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MY  LOST  YOUTH. 


Often  I  think  of  the  beautiful  town 

That  is  seated  by  the  sea  ; 
Often  in  thought  go  up  and  down 
The  pleasant  streets  of  that  dear  old  toAvn, 
And  my  youth  comes  back  to  me. 
And  a  verse  of  a  Lapland  song 
Is  haunting  my  memory  still : 
"  A  boy's  will  is  the  wind's  will, 
And  the  thoughts  of  youth  arc  long,  long  thoughts." 


172  MV    LOST    YOUTH, 

I  can  sec  llie  shadowy  lines  of  its  trees, 

And  catch,  in  sudden  gleams. 
The  sheen  of  the  far-surrounding  seas. 
And  islands  that  were  the  IJesperides 
Of  all  my  boyish  dreams. 

And  the  burden  of  that  old  song. 
It  murmurs  and  Avhispers  still  : 
"  A  boy^s  will  is  the  wind's  will, 
And  the  thoughts  of  youth  arc  long,  long  thoughts." 

I  remember  the  black  wharves  and  the  slips, 

And  the  sea-tides  tossing  free ; 
And  Spanish  sailors  with  bearded  lips, 
And  the  beauty  and  mystery  of  the  ships. 
And  the  magic  of  the  sea. 

And  the  voice  of  that  wayward  song 
Is  singing  and  saying  still : 
"  A  boy's  will  is  the  wind's  will. 
And  the  thoughts  of  vouth  are  lone:,  long  thoughts." 


MY    LOST    YOUTH.  173 

I  remember  the  bulwarks  by  the  shore, 

And  the  fort  upon  the  hill ; 
The  sun-rise  gun,  with  its  hollow  roar, 
The  drum-beat  repeated  o'er  and  o'er. 
And  the  bugle  wild  and  shrill. 
And  the  music  of  that  old  song 
Throbs  in  my  memory  still : 
'•'  A  boy's  will  is  the  wind's  will. 
And  the  thoughts  of  youth  are  long,  long  thoughts." 

I  remember  the  sea-fight  far  away, 
How  it  thundered  o'er  the  tide  ! 
And  the  dead  captains,  as  they  lay 
In  their  graves,  o'erlooking  the  tranquil  bay, 
"NMiere  they  in  battle  died. 

And  the  sound  of  that  mournful  song 
Goes  through  me  a\  ith  a  thrill : 
"A  boy's  will  is  the  wind's  will, 
And  the  thoughts  of  youth  are  long,  long  thoughts.'^ 


174  MY    LOST    YOUTH. 

I  can  see  the  breezy  dome  of  groves, 
The  shadows  of  Deering's  Woods ; 
And  the  friendships  old  and  tlic  early  loves 
Come  back  with  a  sabbath  sound,  as  of  doves 
In  quiet  neighborhoods. 

And  the  verse  of  that  sweet  old  song. 
It  flutters  and  murmurs  still : 
"  A  boy's  will  is  the  wind's  will, 
And  the  thoughts  of  youth  are  long,  long  thoughts.' 

I  remember  the  gleams  and  glooms  that  dart 

Across  the  schoolboy's  brain ; 
The  song  and  the  silence  in  the  heart. 
That  in  part  are  prophecies,  and  in  part 
Arc  longings  wild  and  vain. 

And  the  voice  of  that  fitful  song 
Sings  on,  and  is  never  still : 
"  A  boy's  Avill  is  the  wind's  will. 
And  the  thoughts  of  youth  are  long,  long  thoughts.'' 


MY    LOST   YOUTH.  175 

There  are  things  of  which  I  may  not  speak ; 

There  are  dreams  that  cannot  die ; 
There   are   thoughts   that   make  the    strong  heart 

weak, 
And  bring  a  pallor  into  the  cheek, 
And  a  mist  before  the  eye. 

And  the  words  of  that  fatal  song 
Come  over  me  like  a  chill : 
"  A  boy's  will  is  the  mnd's  will. 
And  the  thoughts  of  youth  are  long,  long  thoughts." 


Strange  to  me  now  are  the  forms  I  meet 

When  I  visit  the  dear  old  town ; 
But  the  native  air  is  pui-e  and  sweet. 
And  the   trees   that   o'ershadow   each  well-known 
street. 

As  they  balance  up  and  down, 


176  MY    LOST    YOl'TII. 

Arc  singing  tbe  beautiful  song, 
Are  sighing  and  whispering  still : 
"  A  boy's  will  is  the  wind's  will, 
And  the  thoughts  of  youth  are  long,  long  thoughts." 

And  Deering's  Woods  are  fresh  and  fair. 

And  with  joy  that  is  almost  pain 
]My  heart  goes  back  to  wander  there, 
And  among  the  dreams  of  the  days  that  were, 
I  find  my  lost  youth  again. 

And  the  strange  and  beautiful  song. 
The  groves  are  repeating  it  still : 
''  A  boy's  will  is  the  wind's  will, 
And  the  thoughts  of  youth  are  long,  long  thoughts." 


177 


THE  PvOPEAVALK. 


In  that  buildiDg,  long  and  low, 
"With  its  windows  all  a-row, 

Like  the  port-holes  of  a  hulk, 
Human  spiders  spin  and  spin. 
Backward  down  their  thread  so  thin 

Dropping,  each  a  hempen  bulk. 

At  the  end,  an  open  door ; 
Squares  of  sunshine  on  the  floor 
Light  the  long  and  dusky  lane ; 

N 


178  THE    ROPEWALK. 

And  the  whirring  of  a  wheel. 
Dull  and  drowsy,  makes  me  feel 

All  its  spokes  are  in  my  brain. 

As  the  spinners  to  the  end 
Downward  go  and  re-ascend. 

Gleam  the  long  threads  in  the  sun  ; 
"V^Tiile  within  this  brain  of  mine 
Cobwebs  brighter  and  more  tine 

By  the  busy  wheel  are  spun. 

Two  fair  maidens  in  a  swing. 
Like  white  doves  upon  the  wing, 

First  before  my  vision  pass ; 
Laughing,  as  their  gentle  hands 
Closely  clasp  the  twisted  strands. 

At  their  shadow  on  the  grass. 


THE    ROPEWALK.  179 

Then  a  booth  of  mountebanks, 
"With  its  smell  of  tan  and  planks, 

And  a  girl  poised  high  in  air 
On  a  cord,  in  spangled  dress, 
With  a  faded  loveliness. 

And  a  weary  look  of  care. 

Then  a  homestead  among  farms. 
And  a  woman  with  bare  arms 

Drawing  water  from  a  well ; 
As  the  bucket  mounts  apace. 
With  it  mounts  her  own  fair  face. 

As  at  some  magician's  spell. 

Then  an  old  man  in  a  tower. 
Hinging  loud  the  noontide  hour. 

While  the  rope  coils  round  and  round 


l80  THE    ROPE  WALK. 

Like  a  serpent  at  his  feet, 
And  again,  in  swift  retreat. 

Nearly  lifts  liim  from  the  ground. 

Then  within  a  prison-yard, 
Faces  fLxed,  and  stern,  and  hard, 

Lraighter  and  indecent  mirth  ; 
Ah  !   it  is  the  gallows-tree  ! 
Breath  of  Christian  charity, 

Blov*',  and  sweep  it  from  the  earth  ! 

Then  a  schoolboy,  with  his  kite 
Gleaming  in  a  sky  of  light. 

And  an  eager,  upward  look; 
Steeds  pui'sued  through  lane  and  field; 
Fowlers  with  their  snares  concealed  ; 

And  an  angler  by  a  brook. 


TIIi:    ROPliWALK.  181 

Ships  rejoicing  in  tbc  breeze. 
Wrecks  that  float  o'er  unknown  seas. 

Anchors  dragged  through  faithless  saa J ; 
Sea-fog  drifting  overhead. 
And,  with  lessening  line  and  lead, 

Sailors  feelinp;  for  the  land. 


All  these  scenes  do  I  behold. 
These,  and  manj'  left  untold. 

In  that  building  long  and  low ; 
"While  the  wheel  goes  round  and  round, 
With  a  drowsy  dreamy  sound, 

And  the  spinners  backward  go. 


182 


THE  GOLDEN  MILE-STOXE. 


Leafless  are  the  trees ;  their  purple  branches 
Spread  themselves  abroad,  like  reefs  of  coral. 

Rising  silent 
Li  the  Red  Sea  of  the  Winter  sunset. 

From  the  hundred  chimneys  of  the  village. 
Like  the  Afreet  in  the  Arabian  story, 

Smoky  columns 
Tower  aloft  into  the  air  of  amber. 

At  the  window  winks  the  flickering  fire-light ; 
Here  and  there  the  lamps  of  evening  glimmer. 

Social  watch-fires 
Answering  one  another  through  the  darkness. 


THE    GOLDEN    MILE-STONE.  183 

Ou  the  hearth  the  lighted  logs  are  glowing, 
And  like  Ariel  in  the  cloven  pine-tree 

For  its  freedom 
Groans  and  sighs  the  air  imprisoned  in  them. 

By  the  fireside  there  are  old  men  seated, 
Seeing  ruined  cities  in  the  ashes, 

Asking  sadly 
Of  the  Past  what  it  can  ne'er  restore  them. 

By  the  fireside  there  are  youthful  dreamers. 
Building  castles  fair,  with  stately  stairways. 

Asking  blindly 
Of  the  Future  what  it  cannot  give  them. 

By  the  fireside  tragedies  are  acted 

In  whose  scenes  appear  two  actors  only. 

Wife  and  husband, 
And  above  them  God  the  sole  spectator. 


18A  THE    GOLDEX    SIILE-STOXE. 

By  the  fireside  there  are  peace  aud  comfort, 
"Wives  and  children,  M'ith  fair,  thoughtful  faces, 

"Waiting,  watching 
For  a  well-known  footstep  in  the  passage. 

Each  man's  chimney  is  his  Golden  Mile-stone ; 
I.S  the  central  point,  from  which  he  measures 

Every  distance 
Through  the  gateways  of  the  world  around  him. 

In  his  farthest  wanderings  still  he  sees  it ; 

Hears  the  talking  flame,  the  answering  night-wind. 

As  he  heard  them 
"When  he  sat  with  those  who  were,  but  are  not. 

Happy  he  whom  neither  wealth  nor  fashion. 
Nor  the  march  of  the  encroaching  city. 

Drives  an  exile 
From  the  hearth  of  his  ancestral  homestead. 


THE    GOLDEN    MILE-STONE.  ]  85 

AVe  may  build  more  splendid  habitations. 

Fill  our  rooms  with  paintings  and  with  sculptures. 

But  we  cannot 
Buy  with  gold  the  old  associations  ! 


186 


CATA^^TBA  TTIXE. 


This  song  of  mine 
Is  a  Song  of  the  Vine, 

To  be  sung  by  the  glowing  embers 
Of  wayside  inns, 
When  the  rain  begins 

To  darken  the  drear  Novembers. 

It  is  not  a  song 

Of  the  Scuppernong, 
From  warm  Carohnian  valleys, 

Nor  the  Isabel 

And  the  IMuscadel 
That  bask  in  our  garden  alleys. 


CATAWRA    WINE.  \S7 


Nor  the  red  Mustang, 
"Whose  clusters  hang 


O'ei'  the  waves  of  the  Colorado, 
And  the  fieiy  flood 
Of  whose  purple  blood 

lias  a  dash  of  Spanish  bravado. 

For  richest  and  best 

Is  the  wine  of  the  West, 
That  grows  by  the  Beautiful  River  ; 

Whose  sweet  perfume 

Fills  all  the  room 
With  a  benison  on  the  giver. 

And  as  hollow  trees 
Ai*e  the  haunts  of  bees. 
For  ever  going  and  coming ; 


188  CATAWBA    WINE. 

So  this  crystal  hive 
Is  all  alive 
With  a  swarming  and  })uzzing  and  hummin: 

Very  good  in  its  way 

Is  the  Yerzenay^ 
Or  the  Sillery  soft  and  creamy; 

13ut  Catawha  wine 

Has  a  taste  more  divine, 
More  dulcet,  delicious,  and  dreamy. 

There  grows  no  vine 

By  the  haunted  Rhine, 
By  Danube  or  Guadalquivir, 

j\or  on  island  or  cape. 

That  bears  such  a  grape 
As  grows  by  the  Beautiful  River. 


CATA^VBA    WINE.  189 

Drugged  is  their  juice 

For  foreign  use, 
When  shipped  o'er  the  reeling  Atlantic, 

To  rack  our  brains 

With  the  fever  pains. 
That  have  driven  the  Old  World  frantic. 

To  the  sewers  and  sinks 

With  all  such  drinks, 
And  after  them  tumble  the  mixer ; 

For  a  poison  malign 

Is  such  Borgia  wine, 
Or  at  best  but  a  Devil's  Elixir. 

While  pure  as  a  spring 
Is  the  wine  I  sing, 
And  to  praise  it,  one  needs  but  name  it ; 


190  CATAWBA    WIXE. 

For  Catawba  wine 
Has  need  of  no  sign, 
No  tavern-bush  to  proclaim  it. 

And  this  Song  of  the  Vine, 
This  greeting  of  mine. 

The  winds  and  the  birds  shall  deliver 
To  the  Queen  of  the  West, 
In  her  garlands  dressed. 

On  the  banks  of  the  Beautiful  River. 


191 


SANTA  FILOMEXA. 


Whene'er  a  noble  deed  is  wrought, 
Whene'er  is  spoken  a  noble  thought. 

Our  hearts,  in  glad  surprise, 

To  higher  levels  rise. 


'D' 


The  tidal  wave  of  deeper  souls 
Into  our  inmost  being  rolls. 
And  lifts  us  unawares 
Out  of  all  meaner  cares. 


192  SANTA    FILOME.VA. 

Honor  to  those  whose  words  or  deeds 
Thus  help  us  in  our  daily  needs, 
And  by  their  overflow 
Raise  us  from  what  is  low  ! 

Thus  thought  1,  as  by  night  I  read 
Of  the  great  army  of  the  dead, 
The  trenches  cold  and  damp, 
The  starved  and  frozen  camp, — 

The  wounded  from  the  battle-plain, 

In  dreary  hospitals  of  pain, 
The  cheerless  corridors. 
The  cold  and  stony  floors. 

Lo  !  in  that  house  of  misery 

A  lady  with  a  lamp  I  see 

Pass  through  the  glimmering  gloom, 
And  flit  from  room  to  room. 


SAXTA    FILOMEXA.  193 

And  slow,  as  in  a  dream  of  bliss, 
The  speechless  sufferer  turns  to  kiss 

Her  shadow,  as  it  falls 

Upon  the  darkening  walls. 

As  if  a  door  in  heaven  should  be 
Opened  and  then  closed  suddenly. 
The  vision  came  and  went. 
The  light  shone  and  was  spent. 

On  England's  annals,  through  the  long 
Hereafter  of  her  speech  and  song, 

That  light  its  rays  shall  cast 

From  portals  of  the  past. 

A  Lady  with  a  Lamp  shall  stand 
In  the  great  history  of  the  land, 

A  noble  type  of  good. 

Heroic  womanhood. 

o 


194  SANTA    IILOMK.VA. 

Nor  even  shall  be  wanting  here 
The  palm,  the  lily,  and  the  sjjcar. 
The  symbols  that  of  yore 
Saint  Filomena  bore. 


i 


195 


THE  DISCOYEEEK  OF  THE  XORTH  CAPE. 


A   LEAr    FBOil    KI>"a   ALFRED  S    OROSIUS. 


Otiiere,  the  old  sea-captain, 

"Who  dwelt  in  Helgoland, 
To  King  Alfred,  the  Lover  of  Truth, 
Brought  a  snow-Avhitc  walrus-tooth, 

Which  he  held  in  his  brown  right  hand. 


His  figure  was  tall  and  stately, 

Like  a  boy^s  his  eye  appeared ; 
His  hair  was  yellow  as  hay, 
But  threads  of  a  silvery  gray 
Gleamed  in  his  tawny  beard. 


196     THE    DISCOVERER    OF    THE    NORTH    CAPE. 

Hearty  and  hale  was  Othere, 

His  check  had  the  color  of  oak; 

With  a  kuid  of  laugh  in  his  speech, 

Like  the  sea-tide  on  a  beach, 
As  unto  the  King  he  spoke. 

And  Alfred,  King  of  the  Saxons, 
Had  a  book  upon  his  knees, 

And  wrote  down  the  wondrous  tale 

Of  him  who  was  first  to  sail 
Into  the  Arctic  seas. 

"  So  far  I  live  to  the  northward, 

No  man  lives  north  of  nie; 
To  the  east  arc  wild  mountain-chains. 
And  beyond  them  meres  and  plains ; 
To  the  westward  all  is  sea. 


thf:  discoverer  or  the  xokth  cape.    197 

"  So  far  I  live  to  the  northward, 
From  the  harbor  of  Skeringes-hale, 

If  you  only  sailed  by  day, 

With  a  fair  wind  all  the  way, 

More  than  a  month  would  you  sail. 

"  I  own  six  hundi'cd  reindeer. 

With  sheep  and  swine  beside; 
I  have  tribute  from  the  Finns, 
Whalebone  and  reindeer-skins. 

And  ropes  of  walrus-hide. 

"  I  ploughed  the  land  w  ith  horses. 

But  my  heart  was  ill  at  ease. 
For  the  old  seafaring  men 
Came  to  me  now  and  then. 

With  their  sagas  of  the  seas;  — 


198      THE    DISCOVEUER    OF    THE    NORTH    CAPE. 

''  Of  Iceland  and  of  Greenland, 

And  the  stormy  Hebrides, 
And  the  undiscovered  deep ; — 
I  could  not  eat  nor  sleep 

For  thinkins:  of  those  seas. 


"To  the  northward  stretched  the  desert. 

How  far  I  fain  woidd  know ; 
So  at  last  I  sallied  forth. 
And  three  days  sailed  due  north, 
As  fur  as  the  whale-ships  go. 

"  To  the  west  of  me  was  the  ocean. 
To  the  right  the  desolate  shore. 

But  I  did  not  slacken  sail 

For  the  walrus  or  the  whale. 
Till  after  three  days  more. 


THE    DISCOVKREll    OF    TUE    XORTII    CAPE.      199 

"  The  days  grew  louger  and  longer, 

Till  they  became  as  one, 
And  southward  through  the  haze 
I  saw  the  sullen  blaze 

Of  the  red  midnight  sun. 


"  And  then  uprose  before  mc, 

Upon  the  water's  edge, 
The  huge  and  haggard  shape 
Of  that  unknown  North  Cape, 
"Whose  form  is  like  a  wedge. 


"  The  sea  was  rough  and  stormy, 

The  tempest  howled  and  wailed, 
And  the  sea-fog,  like  a  ghost. 
Haunted  that  dreary  coast. 
But  onward  still  I  sailed. 


200       THE    DISCOVERER    OF   THE    NORTH    CAPE. 

"Four  da}'s  I  steered  to  eastward. 

Four  days  without  a  uight : 
Round  in  a  fiery  ring 
Went  the  great  sun,  0  King, 

With  red  and  lurid  li^ht." 


Here  Alfred,  King  of  the  Saxons, 

Ceased  writing  for  a  while; 
And  raised  his  eyes  from  his  book, 
With  a  strange  and  puzzled  look, 
And  an  incredulous  smile. 


But  Othere,  the  old  sea-captain. 
He  neither  paused  nor  stirred. 
Till  the  King  listened,  and  then 
Once  more  took  up  his  pen. 
And  wrote  down  every  word. 


THE    DISCOVERER    OF    THE    NORTH    CAPi:.       201 

'SVncl  now  the  land/'  said  Othere, 

"Bent  southward  suddenly. 
And  I  followed  the  curving  shore 
And  ever  southward  bore 

Into  a  nameless  sea. 


"  And  there  we  hunted  the  walrus. 
The  narwhalc,  and  the  seal ; 

lla  !  't  was  a  noble  game  ! 

And  like  the  lightning's  flame 
Flew  our  harpoons  of  steel. 

"  There  were  six  of  us  all  together, 

Norsemen  of  Helgoland; 
In  two  days  and  no  more 
We  killed  of  them  threescore, 

And  dragged  them  to  the  strand  !  " 


202       THE    DISCOVERLR    OF   THE    XOllTH    CAPE. 

Here  Alfred  the  Truth-Teller 

Suddenly  closed  his  book, 
And  lifted  his  blue  ej'cs, 
'With  doubt  and  strange  surmise 

Depicted  in  their  look. 

And  Othere  the  old  sea-captain 
Stared  at  him  wild  and  weird, 
Then  smiled,  till  his  shining  teeth 
Gleamed  white  from  underneath 
His  tawny,  quivering  beard. 

And  to  the  King  of  the  Saxons, 

In  witness  of  the  truth, 
liaising  his  noble  head, 
lie  stretched  his  brown  hand,  and  said, 

"  Behold  this  walrus-tooth  !  " 


20.: 


DATBEEAK. 


A  wiXD  came  up  out  of  the  sea, 

And  said,  "  0  mists,  make  room  for  mc." 

It  hailed  the  ships,  and  cried,  "  Sail  on. 
Ye  mariners,  the  night  is  gone." 

And  hurried  landward  far  away. 
Crying,  "  Awake  !  it  is  the  day." 

It  said  unto  the  forest,  "  Shout ! 
Hang  all  your  leafy  banners  out !  " 

It  touched  the  wood-bird's  folded  wing, 
And  said,  "  0  bird,  awake  and  sing." 


204  DAYBREAK. 

And  o'er  the  farms,  "  O  clianticlcer, 
Your  clarion  blow ;  the  day  is  near." 

It  \vhispcred  to  the  fields  of  corn, 

"  Bow  down,  and  hail  the  coming  morn." 

It  shouted  through  the  belfry-tower, 
''Awake,  0  bell !  proclaim  the  hour." 

It  crossed  the  churchyard  with  a  sigh. 
And  said,  "  Not  yet !  in  quiet  lie," 


205 


THE  FIFTIETH  BIETHDAT  OF  AGASSIZ. 

May  28,  1857. 


It  was  fifty  years  ago 

In  the  pleasant  month  of  May, 
In  the  beautiful  Pays  de  Vaud, 

A  child  in  its  cradle  lay. 

And  Nature,  the  old  nurse,  took 
The  child  upon  her  knee, 

Saying  :  "  Here  is  a  story-book 
Thv  Father  has  written  for  thee." 


20G  THE    FIFTICTII    UIRTIIDAY    OF    AGASSIZ. 

"  Come,  wander  witli  me/^  she  said, 

"  Into  regions  yet  untrod ; 
And  read  what  is  still  unread 

In  the  manuscripts  of  God/^ 

And  he  wandered  away  and  away 
With  Nature,  the  dear  old  nurse, 

^Mio  sang  to  him  night  and  day 
The  rhymes  of  the  universe. 

And  whenever  the  way  seemed  long. 

Or  his  heart  began  to  fail, 
She  would  sing  a  more  wonderful  song. 

Or  tell  a  more  marvellous  tale. 

So  she  keeps  him  still  a  child, 

And  will  not  let  him  go. 
Though  at  times  his  heart  beats  wild 

For  the  beautiful  Pavs  de  Vaud  ; 


THE    FII'TIETII    BIRTHDAY    OF    AGASSIZ.  207 

Though  at  times  he  hears  in  his  dreauis 

The  Ranz  des  Vaches  of  old. 
And  the  rush  of  mountain  streams 

From  glaciers  clear  and  cold; 

And  the  mother  at  home  says,  "  Hark  ! 

For  his  voice  I  listen  and  yearn ; 
It  is  growing  late  and  dark, 

And  my  hoy  does  not  return  !" 


208 


CHILDEE^^ 


Come  to  me^  0  ye  cbildren  ! 

For  I  hear  you  at  your  play, 
And  the  questions  that  perplexed  mc 

Have  vanished  quite  away. 

Ye  open  the  eastern  windows, 

That  look  towards  the  sun, 
Adhere  thoughts  are  singin'g  swallows 

And  the  brooks  of  morning  run. 

In  your  hearts  are  the  birds  and  the  sunshine, 
In  your  thoughts  the  brooklet's  flow, 

But  in  mine  is  the  wind  of  Autumn, 
And  the  fii'st  fall  of  the  snow. 


CHILDREN.  209 

All !  what  would  the  world  be  to  us 

If  the  children  were  no  more  ? 
We  should  dread  the  desert  behind  us 

Worse  than  the  dark  before. 

What  the  leaves  are  to  the  forest, 

With  light  and  air  for  food, 
Ere  their  sweet  and  tender  juices 

Have  been  hardened  into  wood, — 

That  to  the  world  are  children ; 

Through  them  it  feels  the  glow 
Of  a  brighter  and  sunnier  climate 

Than  reaches  the  trunks  below. 

Come  to  me,  0  ye  childi'en  ! 

And  whisper  in  my  ear 
What  the  birds  and  the  winds  are  singing 

In  your  sunny  atmosphere. 


210  CHILDREN. 

For  what  are  all  our  contrivings. 
And  the  wisdom  of  our  books, 

l\Tien  compared  with  your  caresses. 
And  the  gladness  of  your  looks  : 

Ye  are  better  than  all  the  ballads 
Tliat  ever  were  sung  or  said  j 

For  ye  are  living  poems. 
And  all  the  rest  are  dead. 


211 


SANDALPHOX, 


Have  you  read  in  the  Talmud  of  old^ 
In  the  Legends  the  Rabbins  have  told 

Of  the  limitless  realms  of  the  air, — 
Have  you  read  it, — the  marvellous  story 
Of  Saudalphon,  the  Angel  of  Glory, 

Sandalphon,  the  Angel  of  Prayer  ? 

TIow,  erect,  at  the  outermost  gates 
Of  the  City  Celestial  he  waits, 

With  his  feet  on  the  ladder  of  light. 
That,  crowded  with  angels  nnnumbercd, 
By  Jacob  uas  seen,  as  he  slumbered 

Alone  in  the  desert  at  niirht  ? 


il'i  SANDALPIIOX. 

The  Angels  of  "Wind  and  of  Fire 
Chaunt  only  one  hymn,  and  expire 

AVitli  the  song's  irresistible  stress; 
Expire  ill  their  rapture  and  wonder, 
As  harp-strings  are  broken  asunder 

By  music  they  throb  to  express. 


But  serene  in  the  rapturous  throng, 
Unmoved  by  the  rush  of  the  song, 

With  eyes  unimpassioned  and  slow. 
Among  the  dead  angels,  the  deathless 
Saudalphon  stands  listening  breathless 

To  sounds  that  aseend  from  below  ; — 

From  the  spirits  on  earth  that  adore, 
From  the  souls  that  entreat  and  im])lorc 
In  the  fervor  and  passion  of  ])rayer  ; 


SANUALPHOX.  2V 

From  the  hearts  that  arc  broken  with  losses^ 
And  weary  with  dragging  the  crosses 
Too  heavy  for  mortals  to  bear. 

And  he  gathers  the  prayers  as  he  stands, 
And  they  change  into  flowers  in  his  hands, 

Into  garlands  of  purple  and  red ; 
And  beneath  the  great  arch  of  the  portal, 
Tln-ough  the  streets  of  the  City  Immortal 

Is  wafted  the  fragrance  they  shed. 

It  is  but  a  legend,  I  know, — 
A  fable,  a  phantom,  a  show^. 

Of  the  ancient  Rabbinical  lore  ; 
Yet  the  old  medieval  tradition, 
The  beautiful,  strange  superstition. 

But  haunts  me  and  holds  me  the  more. 


214  SAXDALPIIO.V. 

"When  I  look  from  my  window  at  night, 
xVud  the  welkin  above  is  all  white, 

All  throbbing  and  panting  with  stars. 
Among  them  majestic  is  standing 
Sandalphon  the  angel,  expanding 

His  pinions  iu  nebulous  bars. 

And  the  legend,  I  feel,  is  a  part 

Of  the  hunger  and  thirst  of  the  heart, 

The  frenzy  and  fire  of  the  brain. 
That  grasps  at  the  fruitage  forbidden. 
The  golden  pomegranates  of  Eden, 

To  quiet  its  fever  and  pain. 


215 


EPIMETHEUS, 

or.   THE    poet's   AFTERTHOUGnT. 


Have  I  dreamed  ?  or  was  it  real. 

What  I  saw  as  in  a  \'ision, 
"When  to  marches  hymeneal, 
In  the  land  of  the  ideal, 

jMoved  my  thought  o'er  fields  Elysian  ? 

"What !  are  these  the  guests  whose  glances 
Seemed  like  sunshine  gleaming  round  me ; 

These  the  wild,  bewildered  fancies. 

That  with  dithyrambic  dances. 
As  with  magic  circles,  bound  me  ? 


216  EPIMETIIEUS. 

All  !  how  cold  are  their  caresses  ! 

Pallid  cheeks  and  haggard  bosoms ! 
Spectral  gleam  their  snow-white  dresses, 
And  from  loose,  dishevelled  tresses 

Fall  the  hyacinthine  blossoms  ! 


0  my  songs  !  whose  winsome  measures 
Filled  my  heart  with  secret  rapture ! 

Children  of  my  golden  leisures  ! 

]\Iust  even  your  delights  and  pleasures 
Fade  and  perish  with  the  capture  ? 

Fair  they  seemed,  those  songs  sonorous, 

^^Tien  they  came  to  me  unbidden ; 
Voices  single,  and  in  chorus, 
Like  the  wild  birds  singing  o'er  us 
In  the  dark  of  branches  hidden. 


EFIMETHEUS.  217 

Disenchantment !  Dis-illusion ! 

Must  each  noble  aspiration 
Come  at  last  to  this  conclusion, 
Jarring  discord,  wild  confusion, 

Lassitude,  renunciation  ? 

Not  with  steeper  fall  nor  faster, 
From'  the  sun's  serene  dominions. 

Not  through  brighter  realms  nor  vaster. 

In  swift  ruin  and  disaster 

Icarus  fell  with  shattered  pinions  ! 

Sweet  Pandora  !  dear  Pandora  ! 

Why  did  mighty  Jove  create  thee 
Coy  as  Thetis,  fair  as  Flora, 
Beautiful  as  young  Aurora, 

If  to  win  thee  is  to  hate  thee  ? 


218  EPIMETHEUS. 

NOj  not  hate  thee  !  for  this  feeling 

Of  unrest  and  long  resistance 
Is  but  passionate  appealing, 
A  prophetic  whisper  stealing 

O'er  the  chords  of  our  existence. 

Him  whom  thou  dost  once  enamour, 

Thou,  beloved,  never  leavest ;    • 
In  life's  discord,  strife,  and  clamor. 
Still  he  feels  thy  spell  of  glamour ; 
Him  of  Hope  thou  ne'er  bereavcst. 

^Vcary  hearts  by  thee  are  lifted. 

Struggling  souls  by  thee  are  strengthened, 
Clouds  of  fear  asunder  rifted. 
Truth  from  falsehood  cleansed  and  sifted. 

Lives,  like  days  in  summer,  lengthened. 


EPIMETHEUS.  219 

Therefore  art  tliou  ever  dearer, 

0  my  Sibyl,  my  deceiver  ! 
For  thou  makest  each  mystery  clearer, 
And  the  unattained  seems  nearer 

When  thou  fillest  my  heart  with  fever  ! 

Muse  of  all  the  Gifts  and  Graces  ! 

Though  the  fields  around  us  wither, 
There  are  ampler  realms  and  spaces, 
Where  no  foot  has  left  its  traces ; 

Let  us  turn  and  wander  thither. 


NOTES. 


NOTES. 


Page  4.     The  sword  of  Damascus. 

Standisii's  sword  is  still  preserved  at  Plymouth,  with  an 
Arabic  inscription  on  the  back,  showing  it  to  be  a  "  Da- 
mascus blade."  His  coat  of  mail,  when  taken  out  of  an 
old  box  and  touched,  crumbled  to  dust. 


Page  8.     Lies  buried  Hose  Standish. 

The  first  winter's  mortality  among  the  settlers  was  very 
great.  Among  the  victims  "  died  Rose  Standish,  wife  of 
Captain  Standish,  on  January  29th." 


Page  40.     Why  don't  jjoio  spealcfor  yourself,  John  ? 

Olivia.    0  by  your  leave,  I  pray  you  ; 
I  bade  you  never  speak  again  of  him  ; 
But  would  you  undertake  another  suit, 
I  liad  rather  hear  you  to  solicit  that 
Than  music  from  the  spheres. 

Twelfth  Night,  Act  III.  Scene  1. 


224  NOTES. 

Page  58.     The  sailing  of  the  May  Flower. 

After  remaining  one  hundred  and  ten  days  in  Plymouth 
Ilarhor,  this  historical  and  gallant  little  ship  returned  to 
England  in  the  month  of  April,  1G21  ;  and  notwithstanding 
their  great  sufferings,  all  the  Pilgrims  remained  at  their 
posts,  not  one  asked  to  re-embark. 


Page  1i.     The  Field  of  the  First  Encounter. 

This  name  was  given  to  the  scene  of  the  skirmish,  in 
which  the  intrepidity  of  Standish  and  his  little  band 
proved  more  than  a  match  for  an  assault  of  the  Indians. 


Page  96.      But  their  sachem,  the  hrave   Wattaicamat, 
Fled  not ;  he  v:as  dead. 

"  But  it  is  incredible  how  many  wounds  these  two  prinses 
(braves),  Pecksuot  and  Wattawamat,  received  before  they 
died,  not  making  any  fearful  noise,  but  catching  at  their 
weapons,  and  striving  to  the  last." — Jourmxl  of  tlte 
Colonists. 


Page  108.     Yes;  Miles  Standish  icas  dead. 

Standish  had  a  very  narrow  escape  from  an  assassin.    A 
wily  Indian,  "a  notable  insulting  villain,"  persuaded  the 


NOTES.  225 

Captain  and  his  party  to  land  at  his  village,  with  the 
intent  to  murder  them,  but  a  contrary  wind  prevented 
their  touching  at  the  place. 


Page  130.     That  of  our  vices  we  can  frame 
A  ladder. 

The  words  of  St.  Augustine  are,  "De  vitiis  nostris  scalam 
nobis  facimus,  si  vitia  ipsa  calcamus." 

Sermon  III.  De  Asceyidone. 


Page  134.    The  Phantom  Ship. 

A  detailed  account  of  this  "  apparition  of  a  Ship  in  the 
Air ''  is  given  by  Cotton  Mather  in  his  Magnalia  Christi, 
Book  I.  Chap.  VI.  It  is  contained  in  a  letter  from  the 
Rev.  James  Pierpont,  Pastor  of  New  Haven.  To  this  ac- 
count Mather  adds  these  words  : — 

"  Reader,  there  being  yet  living  so  many  credible  gen- 
tlemen, that  were  eyewitnesses  of  this  wonderful  thing,  I 
venture  to  publish  it  for  a  thing  as  undoubted  as  't  is 
wonderful." 


Page  148.    And  the  Emperor  but  a  Maxiho. 

Macho,  in  Spanish,  signifies  a  mule.  Golondrina  is  the 
feminine  form  of  Golondrino,  a  swallow,  and  also  a  cant 
name  for  a  deserter. 

Q 


226  NOTES. 

Page  162.    Oliver  Basselin. 

Oliver  Basselin,  the  "  P^re  joyeux  du  Vaudeville," 
flourished  in  the  fifteenth  century,  and  gave  to  his  con- 
vivial songs  the  name  of  his  native  valleys,  in  which  he 
sang  them,  Vaux-de-Vire.  This  name  was  afterwards 
corrupted  into  the  modem  Vaudeville. 


Page  167.    Victor  Galbraith. 

This  poem  is  founded  on  fact.  Victor  Galbraith  was  a 
bugler  in  a  company  of  volunteer  cavalry ;  and  was  shot 
in  Mexico  for  some  breach  of  discipline.  It  is  a  common 
superstition  among  soldiers,  that  no  balls  will  kill  them 
unless  their  names  are  written  on  them.  The  old  proverb 
says,  "  Every  bullet  has  its  billet." 


Page  173.    I  remember  the  sea-fight  far  away. 

This  was  the  engagement  between  the  Enterprise  and 
Boxer,  off  the  harbor  of  Portland,  in  which  both  captains 
were  slain.  They  were  buried  side  by  side,  in  the  cemetery 
on  Mountjoy. 


Page  191.    Santa  Filomena. 

'■  At  Pisa  the  church  of  San  Francisco  contains  a  chapel 
dedicated  lately  to  Santa  Filomena  ;  over  the  altar  is  a 


NOTES.  227 

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in  the  foreground  the  sick  and  maimed,  who  are  healed  by 
her  intercession.'' — Mrs.  Jamesons  Sacred  avd  Legendary 
Art,  ii.  298. 


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INDEX. 


TAQB 

Acting  Charades 10 

Algebra  (Cassell's) 31 

Architectural  Works 7 

Ai'ithmclic  (Casscli's) 31 

for  the  Youiii?  ....  31 

Arnold's  (Kdwin)  Tocms    ....  9 

ABtronography 32 

Balance  of  Beauty 3G 

Ball  Room  Polk:i 11 

Preceptor 11 

Beattie  and  Collins 5 

Bertie's  Indtsiruciible  Boolis     .    .  22 

Bible  Gallery 4 

Women  of  the 4 

Binglcy's  Tales 21 

Biographical  Dictionary    ....  33 

Boat  (The)  and  the  Caravan  ...  19 

Book  and  its  Story 36 

of  the  Months 24 

Boswell's  Johnson 24 

Botany,  The  Outlines  of     ....  32 

Boyhood  of  Great  Men C 

Boy  Princes 6 

Boy's  Own  Book 19 

Treasury .  20 

Brandon's  Architectural  Works      .  7 

British  Empire,  Greatness  of  the    .  34 

Bunyan's  Pilgrim's  Progress      .    .  3 

Byi'on  Beauties 3 

Illustrated      ......  3 

Capern's  Poems 10 

Cassell's  Kducational  Works  ...  26 

Cheever's  Whaleman's  Adventures,  20 

Childs'  Drawing  Books 23 

Child's  First  Lesson  Book  ....  20 

Christian  Graces  in  Olden  Time     .  3 

Christmas  with  the  Poets  ....  1 

Classical  Library 30 

CoUing's  Gothic  Architecture     .    .  8 

Ornament     ...  8 

Comic  Works 14 

Almanack 14 

Comical  Creatures  from  Wurtem- 

burg •    ...  15 

^— — ^  People 15 

Story  Books 22 

Cottage  Gardener's  Dictionary  .     .  25 

Cowper's  Poems 5 

Cracker  Bon-Bon  for  Christmas  .     .  10 

Crosland's  Memorable  Women   .     .  19 

Cruikshank's  (Geo.)  Works    ...  14 

. Fairy  Library.  21 

Curiosities  of  Modern  Travel ...  7 

Dale's  Poems 10 

De  Lolme's  French  Manual    ...  27 

Dibdin-s  Water  Colours      ....  23 

Easy  Drawing  Book     .     .  23 

Dictionaries 13 


Domestic  Architecture 8 

Hints 24 


Drawing  Books 23 

Edgar's  Boyhood  of  Great  Men  .     .  18 

Footprints  of  Famous  Men  18 

Boy  Princes 18 

History  for  Boys  ....  18 

Educator,  The  Popular      ....  26 
Biblical      ....  26 

Historical  ....  26 


The  Child's 81 

F.mma  de  Lissau 20 

England,  Cassell's  Histoid  of     .     .  82 

-  History  of 33 

English  without  a  Master  ....  88 
Cassell's  Legsons  in  . 


30 

(The)  Language,  its  Ele- 
ments and  Foi-m 32 

Etiquette  for  the  Ladies     ....    11 
Gentlemen    ....    11 


of  Courtship U 

Euclid,  Symbolical 24 


Cassell's 


Fables  of  JEfop  

Footprints  of  Famous  Men      .     .     , 
Footprints  of  Travellers    .     .     .     , 
Ford's  Easy  Lessons  in  Landscape 
French,  Cassell's  Lessons  in  .     .     , 

Dictionary,  Cassell's  .     .     , 

——^ Miniature    .     , 


without  a  Master 

France,  The  History  of 

Games  for  Christmas 10 

Geography,  Cassell's  Elmentary  .    31 
German,  Cassell's  Lessons  in      .     .    28 

Dictionary  (Cassell)      .     .     28 

without  a  Master      ...    38 

Glennys  Handbook  to  Flower-garden  25 

Catechism  of  GardeninK   .     25 

Garden  Almanac 

Glossary  of  Architecture  . 
Goldsmith's  Works  .  .  . 
Graces,  Gallery  of  the  .  . 
Greek,  Cassell's  Lessons  in 
Grimm's  Household  Stories 
Guizot's  Young  Student  . 
Gutch'8  Scientific  Pocket  Book 
Handbook  of  Pencil  Drawing 
Harding's  Drawing  Books 

Portfolio '23 

Harry's  Ladder  to  Learning  ...    21 


25 

8 

24 

4 

30 

19 

20 

12 

23 

8,23 


Book  of  Poctrv 21 

Health  for  the  Million 37 

Heath's  Keepsake 3 

Waverley  Gallery      ...  4 


Heroes  of  Asgard 19 

of  England 6 

Heroines  of  Shakspeare     ....      3 


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Index — ContinueJ.^ 

Hervey's  Meditations    .     .     . 

History  for  Boys 

Home  Lesson  Books .... 

Story  Books     .... 

How  to  make  Uome  Happy    . 
Hewitts  Library  for  the  Young 
Humphreys'  British  Coins.    . 
Indestructible  Lesson  Books  . 

Pleasure  Books 

Introd.  to  Gothic  Architecture 
Ireland,  the  History  of.  .  . 
Italian,  Cassell's  Lessons  iu    . 

Without  a  Master    .     . 

Julien's  (Mons.)  Studies  of  Hca^ 
Johnson's  Lives  of  the  Poets  . 

Human  Figure 

Keepsake  (The) 

King's  Interest  Tables  .  .  . 
Knight's  Store  of  Knowledge 
Ladies'  Drawing-Koom  Book 
Language  of  Flowers  .  .  . 
Latin,  Cassell's  Lessons  in 

Dictionary  (Cassell's)  . 

"Without  a  Master    .     . 

Lectures  on  the  Great  Exhibition 
Lionel  Fitzgibbon      .... 
Little  Boy's  Own  Book  •    .    . 

Marys  Books .... 

Treasury  .     .     . 

Lesson  Book 

Longfellow's  Poems  .... 

Hyperion  .    .     . 

Golden  Legend  . 

Kavanagh     .     . 

Prose  Works 

i^ong  of  Hiawatha 

Loves  of  the  Poets     .... 
Mackay's  (Charles)  Egeria 
Town  Lvrics 


Man,  The  Natural  History  of 
Manuals  of  Instruction .  .  . 
Masseys  (G.)  Babe  Christabel 

Craigcrook  Castle    . 

Mathematical  Scienee  .  .  . 
Mayhew's  Acting  Charades    . 

PeasantlBoy  Philosopher 

Sandboys'  Adventures   , 

Wonders  of  Science    .     . 


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Memoirs  of  the  Queens  of  Prussia  .  37 

Men  of  the  Time 5 

Merry  Pictures 2 

Mia  and  Charlie 19 


Miller's  Uaushter 

Miller's  (T.)  Poems  for  Children  . 
Milton's  Poetical  Works  .... 
L'Allegro  and  II  Penseroso 


Museum  of  Painting  and  Sculpture 

Musgrave's  Ramble  in  Normandy  .  7 

Ogleby'g  Adventures 15 

Oldbuck's  Adventures lo 

Painters  (The)  of  All  Nations,  His- 
tory of 35 


.  PAOB 

Panoramic  View  of  Palestine      .    .    2* 

Parlour  Ma^ic 20 

Pellatt  on  Ulags>making  ....  4 
!  Phillips's  Etchings  of  Familiar  Life    23 

Playmate  (The) 20 

Poetry  of  tne  Year 3 

Political  Economy 32 

Proufs  (Sam.)  Elementary  Drawing  23 
Queens  of  Prussia,  Memoirs  of  the  .    37 

Raffaelles  Cartoons 3 

Reids  {Capt.  M.)  UesertHome  .    .    17 

Boy  Hunters  .    .     17 

Young  Vovageurs     17 

Forest  Esiles  .     .     17 

Bush-Boys  ...    17 

Young  Yiigers     .     17 

Reynard  the  Fox 20 

Uliymes  and  Roundelayes      ...      2 

Rival  (The)  Kings 19 

Robinson  Crusoe       11 

Romance  of  Modern  'Travel    ...      7 

Round  Games 10 

Sailings  over  the  Globe      ....    34 

St.  Leonard 35 

Science  Popularly  Explained  ...  32 
Scotland,  The  History  of  ....     33 

Scott's  Poems 5 

Shadows 11,  15 

Shakspeare,  Concordance  to  .     .    .    37 

Heroines 3 

Sharpe's  Diamond  Dictionary  .  .  13 
Shilling's  Worth  of  Sense  .     .     .     .11 

Sidney  Grey 19 

Smith's  (Alex.)  Poems ;  9 

Sonnets  on  the  War      9 

Southey's  Life  of  Nelson  ...  6, 19 
Spanish  without  a  Master  ....  38 
Spelling  Book  (Cissell's)  ....  30 
Steam  Engine,  The  History  of  the  .     34 

Store  of  Knowledge 37 

Suggestions  in  Design 12 

Sutcliffe's  Drawing  Book  of  Horses  23 
Taylor's  (Jeff.)  Young  Islanders  .  20 
Tennyson's  Miller's  Daughter     .     .      1 

Thomson's  Seasons 5 

Timbs's  Curiosities  of  London     .    .     16 

Curiosities  of  England     .     .     16 

Popular  Errors 16 

School  Days  of  Eminent  Men    16 

Things  Not  Generally  Known  16 

Waverley  Gallery      ..."...      4 

Weather' Book,  the 11 

Webster  (Daniel)  Orations  ...  36 
Webster's  Quarto  Dictionaries   .     .     13 

Smaller  Dictionary    .         13 

Winkles's  English  Cathedrals     .     .      8 

Women  of  the  Bible 1 

Wonders  of  Travel 7 

of  the  Heavens    ....     34 

Worsley's  Little  Drawing  Book  .  .     23 

Year  Book  of  Facta 12 

Young  Lady's  Oracle 11 


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