"The winds and the waves of the ocean, They rested quietly; But I heard on the gale a sound of wail, "And sawest thou on the turrets "Led they not forth, in rapture, "Well saw I the ancient parents, They were moving slow, in weeds of woe; Longfellow. UHLAND. THE SAILOR RETURNED TO HIS FAMILY. MUCH would it please you sometimes to explore THE MARINER. 287 And others crowding near, that none may lose When tempests raved, and horrors veiled the sky; mayed, When the strong fainted, and the wicked prayed; Soft sleep awhile his torpid touch delays, CRABBE. THE MARINER. RUDDERLESS, my shattered bark, Hurries through the tempest dark, O'er the immeasurable sea. Yet one star the clouds shines through; Gloomy mists the horizon bound, Frightful gulfs are yawning round, Through the dark, the maddened waves, Lo! I was in safety led, By the unseen guardian hand;— Everlasting fount of love! Now will I confide in Thee: Kneeling, 'midst the joys above, Thy resplendent face I see : Who can paint thee, fair and bright, Thy soul-gladdening beauty tell, 'Midst heaven's music and heaven's light, Purity ineffable? O, unutterable joy! In Thy light to breathe, to be; INVITATION TO SEAMEN. Strength, and heart, and soul employ, Though my path were dark and drear, Stars of hope are smiling there, Bowring. 289 ZHUKOOSKY. INVITATION TO SEAMEN. "THOU rulest the raging of the sea; when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them." -(Ps. lxxxix. 9.) WHY, Seamen, should you idly gaze, Have Landmen better right to try What though not rigg'd in fine attire- What words employed the latest breath T 290 But that the error of their way Come, Seamen, come and taste the rest Seamen, astern no longer lag, But bear up for the BETHEL FLAG: J. LONGMUIR. THE MARINER'S THANKSGIVING PSALM, BEING THE CVII., VERSE 23. THEY that toil upon the deep, And in vessels light and frail O'er the mighty waters sweep, With the billow and the gale, Mark what wonders God performs, Rush to battle all His storms In the chariots of the wind. Up to heaven their bark is whirled |