Losses

Upon the white sea-sand Tliero it a pllgrlra bami, Telling tlie losses thelr lives had known ; Whlle ey.enlag waned away Ftom breezy cllff and bay, And the strong tidc-s wen out with weary motto. One. spoke with qniverlng lip, Of a fine Imiglited ship, With all his household to the deep goue down Rut one had wilder woe- For a fair face long ago Lost in the darker deplhs of a great to'.vn. There were who monnied thelr yonth : "With a most loving truth, For its brave hopes and memories evergreen j ad tlie onc u pon the West ïunied nu eye tliat would nol rrst, For far-off hllls whereon ils joy liad beeu. Soine talked of vanlehed .gold, Borne of proud houo.rs toM, Some talk offrleuda t'iat were their trust do more ; And one of a green grave, Besido :i forelgn wave, That made kim s;t so toucly on tlie shore. Bat when thelr tales were done, Therc spuke among them one, A stranger, secnrlng; Irom all sorrow frec ; : loSsea bave ye met, But mine is heavier yet ; ur a bellevlDg beurt has gonc irom me." " Alas '." these pllgrlms sald, " For the living and the dead - :'or fortune's cruelty, for love's gure cross, Vt,r the wrecks of land and scaJ. Bat, nou ever it canie to cnee, Thine, stranger, s llfe's last ana Dcsnest loss.