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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (June 1, 1887)
7 THE WES t tl UtU . hraten tmn to ting. Tlf. t l-r lo they go 7, U.nvr i D t the rnti- ring; TV Intv i(hh to Ihrif oxh rrjir, r. lrk in Un' rm)KT, IV mttir tII H ir,l Vrj 'm-j r-t!y oVr tVrn tVre, 1 l rritifTn'r.nif U an rn )ell. IVi . to him it wa a dreamU-e tleep. !il Vr a rx4 Vr inU lej f rarlh V , her lumVr waa not lr j V . rtr l,.gU i)m himng oun had err 4. ii, l,.r.r drrad' In what Urange plar ihe! V Ml iiUp rtit'l't (lm.l bright, I'.nt Vr ml.rfv IfDi'ht lut (rarflll terror I, With iitri'. and ghatly, horrid t"tn I. V tit k ii t ! and Mtirig lnr, In 1 hrm-Jol ftcjr lying ererywliere, U liiJr, lo l.rr fr y, ne the dying groan i H (,.m- j.. Mil alio V in ilrrxT tlwre ; ll-t l.ittliiw rt by her ide there lie, kelr'i, who, t her, turn hi fa, With l-ti I. fnnriir, teeth, and hollow eye; Id l4i anna arerll aUxit her walt. In trrr wil I, he W-(-l and n-reamed, n I fll il l-r horrf I gh.u iirued. Till -jrn air and light ui lrr dreamed, nl arrlv tunved t V wrHihed plai-e to V It 1 litirTv-l 1. 1 the nrrr he, n I Un. aWe, V Urted o'er the tide, t l ! fmd I rr friends 4arth ortre more, That V hat Ird. to V a iiirit Krvlc 1. 41 l,t l h, rn m4i tho tvl I ;iiwl lrr Inrn U l rJlin Iwr iy, A ImtvI. rnxiMcrinf krWt to in. With t n l 1it .h'l rrlin(C ma to tsi I l.rf t).t )w 4nU irrp kit iUy, n .r-l. kixl tlwn rtrw fih at T.i l.W rrrr. kn I irurr ' II y. " ! 'I. " t;!l frrnitij'k h.U lt1 4kr.( to inmir'i rlhn lors, if K..' tnkr.fr ttmi ml hat t rt nrt yu Urtrr. HKnil-Wrin . T.l fc l.t, 0.r nt nx. ka-l tna.U .! T.kt ti r. iU m.irnin KtxUifl r SHORE. Tl (rirl khouM rom with haKt, waUicirrom mand, And with hrr niwu among the deal abile. Tlwy wrnt ; tli iriu rn-t tJirin on the ,hon And in the lover arm they gave the irirt, And m k titey -nt tie (rirml, Uie waUT o'er, And kejit tle maid to live in pirit wrld. Arin the lorern dncel and "ang all night, With Joy and feanting, till the morning call, And then they lept through all the unny light. Tlie hri'le wkk not till dark'ning hadow (all. And ever after that, he dreamleM lejt, To wake and find henx-lf in heav'n Forgot the teani of woe he oft haI wept, And all the anguinh that her wxil had riv'n ; lie now no longer mourned an aheent hride, And heaven no more rould lonely n-em to U-; Ta Mi to him w hen khe tu by hi ide, Willi her an 'I heaven, he ww npremely Met. Tln ir time, unrw kiHwxl, pvd in hliM away, SJter than the filmy rplendom of a dream, A year or more flit by, and then one day, A new-Uirn child in ppirit land i een ; No nowy marble frutn the .Kgean ea Wa erer rut in cherub form o fair, No Houri' orl, of t rient drvam, rould ! Srtphir a the ba)a?' that neotled there. Ah, wlioran tell the deh of mother' love, A fond he gaie.1 ujion her treasure fair? No lily that in garland e'er w a wove, Nor M4iolel, with it could half romre ; A Uouanl KoliinaT with rkling glow, With all the brightest p-arl lneath the wa, And yellow , gleaming gold of Idaho, Compaml to it, would JruM and nothing be. How iweetly tender wa the gentle awell (K firt deep father'a lore and yearning jiride, Wlen ItelpleM innonen he firnt beheld, There, koWy kleeping, by iU mother'! nilo ; And m lie fondly watrhel the infant' mile. There came a tnem'ry of hi mother' faoe, He UingeJ that die might re tlie Uby'a wiU-, lu little, cherub form, and angel grace. " k). iwiftly, kptrit meMwngrr," naid he, " Iw, je-l tliee.to the land where mortal A meMage carry o'er lle Wtliean aea, And bi-1 our fhetvl to come without delay ; to tell my mother U may take our child," AaJ. with its mother, lar it to her home, Thea all th tpinU of the .Ira-1, erewhile. flo. U lltr ill. lurti otj earth, shall nur."