Felicia Hemans

“ Seems through their gloom to send a silvery tone!
He told of One, the grave's dark bands who broke,
And our hearts burned within us as he spoke!
"He told of far and sunny lands which lie
Beyond the dust wherein our fathers dwell,
Bright must they be! for there are none that die,
And none that weep, and none that say, 'Farewell!'
He came to guide us thither,—but away
The happy called him, and he might not stay. ”

“ BY MRS. HEMANS.
"But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves, for the wind was contrary."
St. Matthew, Chap. xiv. Ver. 24.
Fear was within the tossing bark,
When stormy winds grew loud,
And waves came rolling high and dark,
And the tall mast was bowed.
And men stood breathless in their dread,
And baffled in their skill—
But One was there, who rose and said
To the wild sea, Be still! ”

“ Sunshine hath not leave to dwell;
Sailor, on the darkening sea;—
Lift the heart and bend the knee!
Warrior, that from battle won,
Breathest now at set of sun;
Woman, o'er the lowly slain,
Weeping on his burial-plain ”

“ THE FOUNTAIN OF MARAH.
BY MRS. HEMANS.
"And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter.
"And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?
"And he cried unto the Lord; and the Lord showed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet."—Exod. xv. 23—25.
Where is the tree the prophet threw
Into the bitter wave?
Left it no scion where it grew,
The thirsting soul to save?
Hath Nature lost the hidden power
Its precious foliage shed? ”

“ The dangerous islet called the Bell Rock, on the coast of Fife, used formerly to be marked only by a Bell, which was so placed as to be swung by the motion of the waves, when the tide rose above the rock. ”