Drifting Boat Poem by Frances Brown
A battered boat drifts from the bay as night falls and winds persist. The poem reflects on lost mates and lifeless hope as ships go down and empty boats drift on through a cold sea.
09 Jul 1859
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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1859
Page
1
A battered boat drifts from the bay as night falls and winds persist. The poem reflects on lost mates and lifeless hope as ships go down and empty boats drift on through a cold sea.
A continued tale of revolutionary brutality as the Turies burn and plunder defenceless homes until Major Paulding leads a counterattack. Mrs Fisher's courage shields her husband and a hidden prisoner, while a close-knit rescue reveals Charley Winfield’s reunion with his father after a prison pardon and family reconciliation.
A Paris and Lyons dispatch describes a brutal farewell at the Lyons railway station where troops depart with bare kit and hunger. A sister clings to her brother in a bitter kiss as a crowd pushes into the cars and the crowd endures tears and vivid farewells amid the marching troops and a grim mood.
A vivid meditation on inner apartments of the soul, contrasting lofty spiritual realms with earthward windows. The essay notes neglect in lower chambers and the coldness of faith, followed by a comic tale in which Commodore Beecher and a firing deacon clash during a church service when a servant disrupts the hymn.
The article advises against ice water due to stomach and bowel inflammation and possible death, recommending controlled sipping and limited ice. it notes benefits of ice in certain fevers and conditions, plus a Niagara River rope-walk feat by Blondini and a moral on labor and idleness.
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