Over the dark brown furrows. All at once A fresher wind sweeps by, and breaks my dream, And I am in the wilderness alone. SONG OF MARION'S MEN. OUR band is few but true and tried, When Marion's name is told. As seamen know the sea. Its safe and silent islands Within the dark morass. Woe to the English soldiery They grasp their arms in vain, And they who stand to face us And they who fly in terror deem A mighty host behind, And hear the tramp of thousands 152 Then sweet the hour that brings release From danger and from toil: We talk the battle over, And share the battle's spoil. The woodland rings with laugh and shout, As if a hunt were up, And woodland flowers are gathered To crown the soldier's cup. On beds of oaken leaves. Well knows the fair and friendly moon The band that Marion leads The glitter of their rifles, The scampering of their steeds. A moment in the British camp- Before the peep of day. Grave men there are by broad Santee, Their hearts are all with Marion, And tears like those of spring. For them we wear these trusty arms, THE ARCTIC LOVER. GONE is the long, long winter night; How glorious, through his depths of light, The willows, waked from winter's death, Give out a fragrance like thy breath The summer is begun! Ay, 'tis the long bright summer day: Seaward the glittering mountain rides, While, down its green translucent sides, The foamy torrents dash. See, love, my boat is moored for thee, By ocean's weedy floor The petrel does not skim the sea More swiftly than my oar. We'll go, where, on the rocky isles, 154 Or, bide thou where the poppy blows, Seek and defy the bear. Fierce though he be, and huge of frame, This arm his savage strength shall tame, When crimson sky and flamy cloud And the dead valleys wear a shroud The white fox by thy couch shall play; And, from the frozen skies, The meteors of a mimic day Shall flash upon thine eyes. And I-for such thy vow-meanwhile THE JOURNEY OF LIFE. BENEATH the waning moon I walk at night, The trampled earth returns a sound of fear- And I, with faltering footsteps, journey on, |