On such a night, the twelve Disciples cried In fear, and roused the Saviour from his sleep! Jesus arose, the elements to chide; 'Silence, ye angry winds! and peace, thou troubled deep!' (11) So spake the Son of God! and thus allay'd The storm which howl'd upon the Assyrian shore. The winds were hush'd, the waters ceased to roar ! Forbade the sea to dare to lave the land, The wild waves rose in sport, and roll'd all heedless by ! Or son of man, in mockery of sense, Oh, man! would'st learn to know thy impotence, Thy littleness and inferiority? Come, hie thee to these regions of the storm, And worship in the gale his dread Almighty form! The sea-boy wet, rude nursling of the blast, And behold there arose a (11) St. Matthew, chap. viii. v. 24, et seq. great tempest in the sea; but he was asleep. and awoke him, saying, Lord save us, or we perish. rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.' ་ (12) He ordered a chair to be brought, and, as the waves approached, he said, in an imperious tone, "Thou, sea, art under my dominion, I charge thee approach no farther, nor dare to wet the feet of thy sovereign." He even sat some time in seeming expectation of submission; but, as the sea still advanced towards him, and at last began to wash him with its billows, he turned to his courtiers and observed, that every creature in the universe is feeble and impotent, and that power resides only with one Being, in whose hands are the elements of nature, and who can say to the "Thus far shalt thou go, and no farther."-Anglia Sacra, vol. i. (13) Paradise Lost,' book iii. ocean, Oh! for one spark of that celestial flame, Now pierces through the tempest-troubled sky, And seizes, as by storm, at once on all the skies! Like that Leviathan, whom once, asleep, The mariner, (as on through Norway's foam' (15) When morning's dawn upon the mighty monster beam'd! Of old, that God in mercy sent to save The prophet Jonah (16) from the foamy yeast Of him (17) who sweeps, cloud-cleaving, from the height So nobly doth he soar aloft, so bold his flight! The aspirations of this bird arise Above those eagles, that are seen afar O'er Chimborazo, (19) loftiest in the skies (14) Paradise Lost,' book vi. (16) Jonah, chap. i. ii. (18) The largest description of eagle known. (15) Ibid., book i. (17) The Albatross. (19) Chimborazo, the most majestic and lofty of the Andes. It has From mountain on to mountain let them urge All heaven his eyrie, (20) and immensity his range! 6 E'en such a bird it was, that hovering flew A When Swedish Charles, with soul of fire,' (25) went forth, To plant his standard, on the steeple (27) of the north. a circular summit 22,000 feet, or above four miles, high. The bulk of Chimborazo is so enormous, that the part which the eye embraces at once, near the limit of the snows, is 22,968 feet. With the exception of the Himalaya Mountains, Chimborazo is the highest known mountain in the world. (20) The place where birds of prey build their nests, and hatch. (21) Augustus and Antony. (22-24) You know that I held Epicurus strong, And his opinion,-now, I change my mind, and kites, (28) Scarcely any victory was ever attended with more important consequences than that which Peter the Great obtained at Pultowa, The King of Sweden lost in one day the fruits of nine years' successful On daring pinion borne-'twas such that o'er Above St. Bernard's Alpine snows, to soar (29) At Friedland, (36) Jena, (37) Berlin, (38) Ulm, (39) once more All splendid did he re-appear again! On Moscow's conflagration,-where the sun Turn'd ghastly pale, and sicken'd at the sight, The Eagle saw his race of glory run, He tried in vain to soar-then shriek'd and sunk in night! Oh haste! and look upon yon glorious zone, Of tints most beautiful-th' Immortal's span, The great Creator's covenant (41) with man, That whelming waters should o'er land prevail no more! To man below in consolation sent! More splendid than before-till all thy hues Proclaim thee God at once, like Him thy form divine! warfare. He had pressed forward, after a variety of obstructions and delays, occasioned by one of the most intense frosts ever known in those northern regions. (29-39) See the Annals of Posterity,' written by the conquering sword of a hero. Motto of the work, Mille succès contre un revers.' (40-41) Genesis, chap. ix., v. 12. et seq. I do set my bow in the cloud; and it shall be for a token for a covenant between me and the earth, and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy.' ་ (42) Genesis, chap. ix., v. 16. And the bow shall be in the cloud, And, if on earth thy beauty be extreme, Like lovers each beloved--both gazing with delight. By those (43) alone who track the dark-blue main, Of soul expands not, riding o'er the deep Whose mental aspirations soar not higher, With the wild waves, ere night behold him laid in sleep. For me! whatever dangers yet may lower Upon my life, or errors be my fate; So shall it soothe me in my latest hour, Uplift a suppliant's voice to heav'n, 'twould be, That God in mercy might accord my prayer, To die a hero's death, in planting (44) Freedom's tree. I little reck what soil it be upon, So Danger lead, and point to Glory's star; Or 'neath thy banners, noble Bolivar ! and I will look upon it that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God, and every living thing of all flesh that is upon the carth.' (43) Psalms-Psalm cvii. They that go down to the sea in ships, and occupy their business in great waters. These men see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.' (44) And England sent her men, of men the chief, Who taught those sires of empire yet to be To plant the tree of life-to plant fair Freedom's tree.' Gertrude of Wyoming. |