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Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register 2 2 Browse Search
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The writings of John Greenleaf Whittier, Volume 4. (ed. John Greenleaf Whittier), Appendix (search)
ranquil now— Thy wrathful spirits sleep, And gentle billows, calm and slow, Across thy bosom sweep. Yet where the dim horizon's bound Rests on thy sparkling bed, The tempest-cloud, in gloom profound, Prepares its wrath to shed. Thus, mild and calm in youth's bright hour The tide of life appears, When fancy paints, with magic spell, The bliss of coming years; But clouds will rise, and darkness bring O'er life's deceitful way, And cruel disappointment fling Its shade on hope's dim ray. 1st mo., 1827. The Sicilian Vespers. Silence o'er sea and earth With the veil of evening fell, Till the convent-tower sent deeply forth The chime of its vesper bell. One moment—and that solemn sound Fell heavy on the ear; But a sterner echo passed around, And the boldest shook to hear. The startled monks thronged up, In the torchlight cold and dim; And the priest let fall his incense-cup, And the virgin hushed her hymn, For a boding clash, and a clanging tramp, And a summoning voice were heard,