In Memoriam

ITln (■■■ linvf been ïw more boauütul poema thaq thN wriUcn. 11 v;i nn rcüfUnjí it that Qeprge 1. [■.■ni u-c said: "Om in - hl uxnost wiah fc aïe, if be kurw ütnt eo t';nitii ni i tribute u Uiíh irotüd bo u ritten to J'iH im.'uiory."J Ou the boeozn of a rtver, "Whi-rc Hu' Min lUÜOOWd )u 'p'ivfl' And Um statiilit gleaxned fnrever, S;iiii.i i resBel liliL and free. MoruüQt tlew-drojw bung tike tauaañ Od lar brigbt fdldH of herb&nnsr, And the aephyra rose to Can her, SofÜy to the radiiint se, AL her prow a nüot beaming in thr flusb af .mmiIM stood dreuafang, Anü he mu ui ïloriouB seemiog l.ikv jui angbl f min abovt . Thsough Iiík luiir tbc breeeefl iportöa, And sa on tin1 wave he Soated, Olt Ihat pilot, ttogel-throated, Wiirbiuii laya of hope and {ore. Thrqngh those toka hu bdithel? flowing, Bada of laurel bloom were blowiog, And his hands anon were Ibrnu Ing, Muaic from ;i ïyre of gold, Swii'tty ildivu tlir utrcain he glidedj Soft (lir juirjilt' waTC dtidcd, Aiul i rsmbow arch ablded On hia eanTMs1 snowy FdRL AuxioiiH hcaH-R wilh fond derotlon Watohed hJm nnJifng to the ooeui, ]'r,iyiii thiit nevar wild oonuootlon ■Jüd the elementa might tiao. And he Beemod like boxuq Apollo Charnüng stuumer wibcU lo faUow, Ulule the water flag's caroll Trenibled tu liis iiiuííío Bt;LF. Hui thoie ]iu-]tr ;ivfl euchafited, BbUfid bedde n Ity !i;iuiitrd i;. :m awfttl Bpell ihat dauntod Every odiner to Uxe shore. Kight ehades ranfe the ais ( noumb red, And tin' pak omrbfte Btatile oumbered Wbêre the Lotus eatera Blumbersd, Aml awoke to Ufa no more. Thon thoro ruwliod ivith Hghtning qnickucss O'ef liin face a mortal siobness, And tho dew in fcarful tbickneps GftfheTdd o'rr his toinplce fair. And there swepi a dyins tnnnnnr Throuph the Iorely Bonthern s timmer, Af the boiiutoous pilot corner lVrishrd by tbat city there, Still rollK on that radlant rfwr And the eun onbindBhla quiver, And the BQ&Bght streuót forerer On itn boBoni ;ih before ihit thé veèeePs fnlnboM bamirr Greeti ao more tic gay savakuta, And that pilot'n lutc drops manua Un the purpln wavea no more.