On Board The Narragansett

[june íi, i-so.; llarkt TMrlst hear that wUd, soiil-thrilllng shout ■ Cpon the tog cnshromleii night ringout- ■ A cry lor belp - a ld ilespniring cry, Asif from lip of mortal doomed tu lie? Again ït riaes, feiirlul In Us mlght Borne laiaml Me upon the wings of night. "IIclp! for the lovc oi' GJ! a hand lo savel I.pave na not herc to llnd a watcry gravel Qnlck to the llfo-boaU, ere it bc tno latei Tli wmeiflr V. And If it be uur fttt To meet Ueath, then like met let's n:cet hirn herel" A voice coiiimancling rings out, flrm and rlear. Biit all nnliecdecl are Iho bolil coinimuuls: Ahiindvel forma dash forward ; cager hanils ynlooae ilie boatt; a moiueut more, and then. 'Mid tho ories of woinon and the sliouts of men, The boais are lowcred to the water wlierc ■ak, UolploM wKiiicn, in tlieir uiad eapaiif, Are BlriiKitiing, praj ing with fast faüing breath, Anti Bink ímin llghi to silene-e mul to deatii. Hul teol a tlglit illiime.s the wild scène now; The sA p' itjln-ablatie fnimtlc nl prove! A tliouann l flfinic-toiigues lcap tow&rd the sk - They mount tho maats, and lick the (pari on hiïh ; Tlie 11 'nies loap onwnrrt in tlioir cnvliless ire, And wrapthe lirnve ship in rlouil of liro; AbüTe, helow, lUte Rrantpacon-light, Tlie llames lisht up tlie fogcnvelopeil nigllt. Rcvcaliiis unto each wllrt-watchlns eyo l)Hrk icene of orrow tint all words defy. Biit now, as if In pity. overall 1 he darkuess gnthers Hke a pall, As the Narragansclt plungiiig doHnward goes, ■Wliile tlie parted waters 'bovo her charied huil close. Bntwhotrill loar a message for theilead, Or to teil to loved ones the UÏst wonls they sail, js struggllng 'mid a heil of Elninc rtnd wave, They aknk nnknown In toa aln-ou.llpss eravc? Aye who will oomfort tlie sad liearts that yt'.irn For those who sailed away neer to return? ili.iuijiJcct, June l(i, ISSii