III.

A CALM AFTER A GALE.

THE mountain mists now roll on sultry airs;
Unheard and slow the huge waves heave around,
That lately roared in wrath. The storm-fiend, bound
Within his unseen cave, no longer tears

The vexed and wearied main. The moon appears,
Uncurtaining wide her azure realms profound
To cheer the sullen night. Though not a sound
Reposing Nature breathes, my rapt soul hears
The far-off murmur of my native streams,

Like music from the stars.
Is memory's lingering echo.

The silver tone

Ocean's zone

This small bark seems

an island lone;

And love's dear forms are like departed dreams.

IV.

EVENING AT SEA.

How calm and beautiful! The broad sun now
Behind its rosy curtain lingering stays;

Yet, downward and above, the glorious rays

Pierce the blue flood, and in the warm air glow, While clouds from either side, like pillars, throw Their long gigantic shadows o'er the main ;Between their dusky bounds, like golden rain, Though still the sunbeams on the waves below A shower of radiance shed, the misty veil

Of twilight spreads around; the orient sky Is mingling with the sea; the distant sail Hangs like a dim-discovered cloud on high, And faintly bears the cold, unearthly ray, Of yon pale moon, that seems the ghost of day.

END OF VOL. I.

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IV.

EVENING AT SEA

How can and beauti! The broad sun now Read us rosy curtain lingering stays; 12 downward and above, the glorious rays Perse the blue food, and in the warm air glow, Whe clouds from either side, like pillars, throw The long gigantic shadows o'er the main ;— Between their dusky bounds like golden rain, The de sunbeams on the waves below A shower of radiance shed, the misty veil

Of on ght spreads around; the orient sky Is mingling with the sea; the distant sail Hangs like a dim-discovered cloud on high, And faintly bears the cold, unearthly ray, Of yon pale moon, that seems the ghost of day.