To-day my gay and happy heart,
Was lost in pleasant dreaming;
And I had won a loving part
In all the by-gone’s seeming.
I saw that most renowned maid,
Before her father falling,
Those savage hearts, within the shade
Of antique trees, appalling.
I saw the deep and gushing love,
That fearful moment started,
That murmur’d like a turtle dove,
To cheating hope departed.
I saw the kind and gentle deeds,
That gemm’d her after being
That little camp, from sorest needs,
And frequent slaughter, freeing.
I thought that she was kindly sent,
In gracious God’s foreknowing,
To save from fatal detriment,
This infant nation growing.
I saw the savage maiden’s form
With Culture’s graces, glowing;
In virgin beauty, bright and warm,
Like vernal roses blowing.
I saw her sweetly, deeply smile
On Rolfe beside her sitting,
As o’er the neighboring stream the while
The shades of eve were flitting.
I saw her wed in love beneath
The forest’s lofty awning;
While white and dusk maids bring a wreath,
Like night commixt with morning.
I saw the strange and novel fame,
She left to song and story,
Which down the future’s track of flame,
Beams forth with deathless glory.
(James Avis Bartley)
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