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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (June 1, 1887)
170 THE WEST SHORE, tt- a U isrU 4 heaven lpn to (inc. Trt.ir l-T cine, lo sWf they fa sway, U.nirf i the sir the tnr rings; T1- Wrrrrs liM!y to iheir rx b repair, rl, Vl in Une's emUirr, Um mystic .-tl t i (nl sWp swwdy o'er tlem 1 1 XT', 4t a murm'nnjf rf n en sliell. Tl.y j4 . lo him it was a lremU iW, !ii ht t r4 a cher spirit slej rnh si. . Iir slumW iuM d "I , ere high ix shining nun had Ctrl. ii. lrno drd? In what strange place is she! Ik Ml tUrp nn ll sj4nds lrighi, I'.tit hrf iH"ii,-lil fr-arful temirs I, Uiih J.tl..w n.rl'.i and ghastly, horrid rfm I. li tii skulls and Mting !, nl hmll os-jrs lying everywhere, U hil. to lrr fsmy, nrne llw dying groans i H i who lie in silence there; llrf tx trw i-yrt by lirr ila tliere Ii, krl.'.in, who, Ik Iwr, turn hi lt, V iOi htt I, grinning teeth, and hollow eyes; Hi Uiy arm srr rUs aUit ber waist. In lrrr wil I. sh W-"-l and rrainol, In I IV-1 it by horrid glwU pursued. Till t-n sir snd light nio hr streamed, tvl vanrly lurrl 1 1 wrHihed to IK-I . if t J hurtled to !! nvrf !, n I ilwn. U'0, fx- Uricd or I he tide, t I Micly mn. Ur fnrnd. dearth onoe more, ,0 lily that in garland e'er tu wove, TV ftirt should come with haste, m their com mand, And with her joiu among th deal ahiile. Tliry wrnt; th pymUt nw-t them on the shore. Anl In tle lorer'n ann they gave the girl. An-I l k tliey wnt tiie (n-nln, liie waU-rn o'er, An4 krjH tlie mail to live in spirit world. A rain the lover danoM and aang all night, With Joy and (easting, till the morning rail, And then they slept through all the sunny light, Die hri'le wakea nt till darkening shadows fall. And ever after that, she dreamless slept, To wake and find herself in heav'n Forgot the team of woe she oft had wept, And all the anguish that her soul had riv'n ; He now no longer mourned an absent bride, And heaven no more could lonely wem to U ; Twm blios to him when she was by his side, With lier and heaven, he was supremely blest. Thrir time, unrekonel, sp-l in bliss away, Softer than the filmy splendors of a dream. A year or more flit by, and tlien one day, A new-horn child in spirit land is seen ; No snowy marble from the .Kgean sea Was ever rut in cherub form so lair, No llouris' orl, of ihient dreams, could lie Seraphir as the liabe's that nestlel there. Ah, who ran tell the depth of mother's love, A fond she, gated upon her treasure fair? Thai bad W-fl. to 1 a pirit bnde. ) i4 I ht ) ha-l sm-n ammit the lead, tft l l !nxl lrr frvn U (. srlling her away, A IhD I, neil Irring krlel to Wed. Wih Ii4in arxl dut and crawling wccmalo ia . T--y 1,1 l,rf It.st tlie nU slrrp all day, Knvt the and tlien rotne frth at ifhl. T.t I.W rrrtrwr.!. Bn I M-aurr Icight and gay, Vi h rr l .lrrm tlwtr lotnhmi ever fright. " If ) " till evrnlrg-s shade ba-l Kr w akl U mnatr's riling Umea, nui h..'y tixurf tn ynq wouVI hat kept. Nor aholel, with it could half com re ; A thousand Kohinours with sparkling glow, With all tlie brightest -arls Is-neath the sea, Anl yellow, gleaming gold of Idaho, Compared to it, would drusa and nothing be. How sweetly tender was the gentle swell (K first deep fatlter's love and yearning jiride, Wlien lielplesw innorem-e he first beheld, There, sofUy sleeping, by its mother's side ; And as he fondly watched the infant's smile, There rame a tnetn'ry of his mother's fao-, He longed that she might see Ue baby'a wiles, lu little, cherub form, and angel grace. " io. swiftly, spirit mesenger," said he, " l Jo, sje. tU, to the laml where mortals sUv. AbJ M oar fnen-ls to come without delay ; Tt.st 6t.t. ihr .jnu cam ad ma-U le- (m my mother she may Uke our child, tv .tlH1 . And. ' mother, w it to her liome, Thst Ihr .rd iU wvim.fighft.Un.i s Then afl the spirits of the ,led. erewhile, U W ' A-am. U lit w ith mm ui earth, siiall rum-."