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TIm Rartal 1 Ur Mm«.BY B. T- CMIY“Once more—oh, yet once moreLet me look forth upon the netting »uu!*Tis the last time—end now, while ihue I gazeUpon hi* gorgeous dine 1 too ahaH pm away Even an the Jay*beatn fadeth into night!I remember—ob, how* well—the gentle eveI looked inv las', apon my native land,How, u I sat and saw the bui go dowa,A monitory sadness—a prophetic fearStole o'er my heart—and now—the sslf-samej boar, m ,la tilt* dread forest 1 am doomed to die!Oh, what a vain, wild dream iny life hath been !Wnat mocking phantom hath my step# alluredOnly to had, in the** lone wilds, a grave!Yet ’tie a noble one, yon mighty stream— Nor prouder doth it* builder find beneath tHie*lately pyramid!—Here will I rest—Here, 'neath the w aters of this giant stream. And my dirge shall be the solemn murmurOf it- ceaaejex-i W*Ve.”It was a strange, wild spot Whert uu tii* :»iave Lie Soto dying lay.From out the leafy canopy o’erhead Spring’s sweetest birds were singing—and theWKKHB ^ '1Whispered sad music through the long, green** “ * ** *** 9* ® s*'’That with a nidMrkslv notion wavedThe little ramp around. And close at hand, As it it iaiu wooid overtop the trees, |Kosr a huge mound, and from its base there ij crept ... z « . ■ |A noiseless rill, whose dark and sullen waveSo sportive zephyr ever woke to smilss!The woods i shrouded for the hero’s•_ death, ^ f . ' . .. it \The long, gray moss from svery bough was hung, IAnd slowly swan*: a th every titful gust,Like lhe tall plumes upon some stately bier.he . tree*tops were gilded as the raysClimbed lengthening from the earth into the’ - ‘And as they wsut—m.th one long, gaspingbreath, . »--v* - ' JSpam’s bravest warrior died! * ,«■ 1f '* Ah, bitter tearsWere abed for him—ano stern, strong hearts. were be wed _ ^ v IThat dreary night among those shrouded trees,A» tiiey looked back to ail the buoyant hopes That he and they had fell—how sau their end!And a ueu the sun again into the wasteOf w ilderness bevoud the river sank!f ]His requiem was chanted! One by oneThe iiiiilsrisolithin joined the luicmu strainUntil tae notes of i .mentation filledThe depths of the dar* forest Not a soundBeside wras heard except the fearful hoot lt;f the scared owl among the cypraas boughs, And the deep rushiug of the turbid stream!The noon was up, sun huge, grun shadowsbjr,Like s.umbering Titans of the early world,Across their pain—and myriad tire-dies glowed, « ILike faery lights, around their drooping headsWhile thus they bore him on Their muffledoars ' i jGave forth no sound, and all was still as death Save tike wild chant that doated far awayThro’ the dim woods and o’er the lu emnstream; ”,A ia»t, sad prayer, and with* suiien plungeHe aank to rest beneath tnat mighty wave —The tirst who slept where thousands since
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Louisville Examiner
Louisville, Kentucky, US
Sat, Dec 11, 1847
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