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A lid are there brothers o ' er that watery . .- Wfcjtg— ¦;¦ ' . - , Our Dew-found kindred ? Oh ! to carry there The peaceful Olive-branch , and bid them haste Our Arts to learn—our wondrous tales to Lear !
Oh ! to commingle joys—with them to share , Ip sweet and sacred fellowship , the store Of blended good which each to each may bear ! And , more than all , together forth to
pour The mingled breath of praise—together to adore !" Pp . 10 , 11 . The first voyage of Las Casas to America is described in lines of true
poetry : "He ' went :- —the dangers of the deep , though fraught In those dark days with terrors long
gone by , In vain assail'd him , in his lonely thought—Perhaps they came to terrify , to try : "Whom will they not ?—even when the steady eye Is fix'd on Him who rules the winds and
waves , ( And they obey Him 1 ) yet the sea , the sky , The threatening murmurs of the ocean caves , Smite with a chilling awe , which scarce one spirit braves .
And even when winds are hush'd , the soft air balm , , And the light bark rests gently on the deep , There is oppression in that awful calm , — The deatli of Nature rather than her sleep ;
The eye looks round for help , —we cannot keep Its glance from wandering o ' er that
vacancy ; And , if a speck appear , the soul will leap , Fill'd with the spirit of society , Over the watery bound , its loneliness to fly . No ! there is nothing lonely like the sea :
Though thousand thousand sails be speeding o ' , And the mind knows the friendly wave to be Medium of blessings to the farthest shore , Si ill ' tis a changeful and capricious po wer ,
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Too iickte for B ^ iii ' ptqitt * t < NNttW £ tipw < In its most smiling times * hfe * ifears the roar ' ¦ ¦ * ¦ - ¦ ' ** ~ i ^ :: M £ & * . '
Of distant thunder , and he feels Kke one Who dreads to wear a smile , lest cause of smile be gone . In such a time , well pleased , the eye will turn From the deep waves below to Heaven above , —
Beautiful regiou ! where the night-fires burn , And seem to breathe benignity and lov £ . What though beyond the burning line we rove , Where , cue by one , each light must disappear , - . ¦ ¦ We knew in childhood ; never can we
move Beyond the glories of the starry sphere , Or feel the Almighty arm less manifestly near 1 And there are feelings which the voyager Can well remember—when upon his
eye , Ranging beneath another hemisphere , First came the vision of the Southern sky . Yes , there they shine ! those stranger lights on high—The dream of childish years ! Yes , there they are I Bright Southern Cross , so dear to
memory , The Wolf , the Ship of Heaven , the Phoenix—there Pouring their mingled lights—how beautiful , how fair !" Pp . 15—17 . Miss Taylor celebrates the virtuous labours of the philanthropists who have devoted themselves to the abolition of Negro-slavery : " Then , starting into life , Las Casas sees A holy band , their fathers' faults retrieving ;
With pious hands they hasten to appease Nature ' s long anguish , o ' er her children grieving , And gently , duteously , then- task a * - chieving , Like him who clears defacing stairis away From the pale marble , all its glory
leaving ;—So toil'd they on , for many a weary day , Even from their morn of youth to ag <;' s
evening grey . And from the snares of wealth , from pleasure ' s maze , Fioni all that cheers and soothes the heart of mati—From case , from leisure , earthly ft ? ace and praise ,
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686 Review . —Kites Taplw \ Pftion ofLm = € m 44 >
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1825, page 686, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2542/page/46/
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