The Two Travelers

Twas evening, and before my eyen There ïav :t landaoaM gray a ml dim ; ricldn fainUy scon and twüight torn And clondB that liid the horizon's britn. I saw - or was it that I drcained ? - II wllny. dreun? - I cannot say ; Por every shajM M ival woomed As ïhosc that meet my eye, to-day. Yhrough léanos shrubn the cold wind bisaed ; TIn1 air was thiok wiüi falling ruow ; And on waru, througu the troEtM inist, I saw a woaxy trivel( r go. Priven o't r that landscape 1 ure and bleak, Bef ore the whirling gueta of air, The Ruow-flake BXUOte hia ithircd clwek, Aud galhercd on his KUrer htür. Yet on hc farod tln-ough hiinfling pno-H, a ml munnurlng to nimself he eaid ; 41 The nipht is near. the darkneea grows, And higher riso tíio drifta I trcud. " Dedp, Öeep cnch autumn flower thoy hld ; Eaohtuft of rtcD Üusy whelm from sight ; And tJioy who jcrarned ly my riid Aro lost in the siu-rouudiiig ïüght. "I loved them: oh, no wOfSa can teÖ The lovc thnt to my frk'uda I bore ; We parted witli the ad farcwtll üi' those who part to uicet no more. " And I, who face thLs bitter wind, And p'ör these snowy hülotka cteep, Must ouñ my jooraey Boon and nnd A froety couch, a frozon sleep." As thue bo epoke, a üiríll of pain Shot to niy hea'rt ; I cloued my fyos, And whon I oponed them again T storted with a Riad surprise. Twas ewning still, and in the west, A flash of glowmg crimeon lay ; I saw the morrow tuere, and bleBt That promiue of a glorlona day. The v;aters, in their glassy Bleep, Shone with tho hue that tinged the sky, And rugged cliö" and barren steep Gleanied mth a brightnesa from on high. And ono was there whose jonrncy l&y Into the slowly gatheriug night ; With fiteady step he held hls way O'er shadowy vale and glcaniing height. I marked hiH finn though ypeory tread, The lifted eye and l)rov serene, And Baw no hade of doubt or divad Paan o'er thaí traveler'a jilacid míen. And others canio, their Jdtirney o'er, And bade good-nifíht with word of cheer ; To-morrow, we Bhall moet onco Qoorfl ; Tis but the night that parta na here." And I," ho eaid, " ehall aleep ore long - These fading gleamn will oon be gonQ - Shall nleop, to riso, refreahod aud Ktrong, In tho bright duy that yi-t -111 dawn.'' I heard ; I wafcehed hini as he "went, A lessening fonn, until the llht Of evening from the finnnment Had pasBed, aud he waa loet to eight. -Atlantic or Ftbruury.