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Mazelli�察�and Other Poems
Mazelli�察�and Other
Poems
By George W。 Sands
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Canto I。
I。
;Stay�察 �traveller�察 �stay thy weary steed�察 �The sultry hour of noon is
near�察�Of rest thy way´worn limbs have need�察 �Stay�察�then�察�and�察�taste its
sweetness here。 The mountain path which thou hast sped Is steep�察 �and
difficult to tread�察�And many a farther step 'twill cost�察 �Ere thou wilt find
another host�察 �But if thou scorn'st not humble fare�察 �Such as the pilgrim
loves to share�察 �Not luxury's enfeebling spoil�察 �But bread secured by
patient toil Then lend thine ear to my request�察 �And be the old man's
welcome guest。 Thou seest yon aged willow tree�察 �In all its summer
pomp arrayed�察 �'Tis near�察 �wend thither�察 �then�察 �with me�察 �My cot is built
beneath its shade�察�And from its roots clear waters burst To cool thy lip�察�and
quench thy thirst�此�I love it�察�and if harm should�察�come To it�察�I think that
I should weep�察 �'Tis as a guardian of my home�察 �So faithfully it seems to
keep Its watch above the spot where I Have lived so long�察�and mean to die。
Come�察�pardon me for prating thus�察�But age�察�you know�察�is garrulous�察�And in
life's dim decline�察 �we hold Thrice dear whate'er we loved of old�察 �The
stream upon whose banks we played�察�The forest through whose shades we
strayed�察�The spot to which from sober truth We stole to dream the dreams
of youth�察�The single star of all Night's zone�察�Which we have chosen as our
own�察�Each has its haunting memory Of things which never more may be。;
II。
Thus spake an aged man to one Who manhood's race had just begun。
His form of manhood's noblest length Was strung with manhood's stoutest
strength�察�And burned within his eagle eye The blaze of tameless energy
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Not tameless but untamedfor life Soon breaks the spirit with its strife
And they who in their souls have nursed The brightest visions�察�are the first
To learn how Disappointment's blight Strips life of its illusive light�察�How
dreams the heart has dearest held Are ever first to be dispelled�察�How hope�察�
and power�察 �and love�察 �and fame�察 �Are each an idly sounding name�察 �A
phantom�察�a deceit�察�a wile�察�That woos and dazzles to beguile。 But time had
not yet tutored him�察�The youth of hardy heart and limb�察�Who quickly drew
his courser's bit�察�For though too haughty to submit�察�In strife for mastery
with men�察 �Yet to a prayer�察 �or a caress�察 �His soul became all
gentleness�察�An infant's hand might lead him then�此�So answered he�察�In
sooth the way My steed and I have passed to´day�察 �Is of such weary�察�
winding length�察�As sorely to have tried our strength�察�And I will bless the
bread and salt Of him who kindly bids me halt。; Then springing lightly to
the ground�察�His girth and saddle he unbound�察�And turning from the path
aside�察�The steed and guest�察�the host and guide�察�Sought where the old man's
friendly door Stood ever open to the poor�此�The poorfor seldom came the
great�察�Or rich�察�the apers of their state�察�That simple�察�rude abode to see�察�Or
claim its hospitality。
III。
From where the hermit's cottage stood�察 �Beneath its huge old
guardian tree�察 �The gazer's wand'ring eye might see�察�Where�察�in its maze
of field and wood�察 �And stretching many a league away�察 �A broad and
smiling valley lay�此�Lay stilly calm�察�and sweetly fair�察�As if Death had not
entered there�察�As if its flowers�察�so bright of bloom�察 �Its birds�察�so gay of
song and wing�察 �Would never lose their soft perfume�察 �Would never�察�
never cease to sing。 Fat flocks were in its glens at rest�察 �Pure waters
wandered o'er its breast�察 �The sky was clear�察 �the winds were still�察 �Rich
harvests grew on every hill�察�The sun in mid´day glory smiled�察�And nature
slumbered as a child。
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IV。
And now�察�their rustic banquet done�察�And sheltered from the noontide
sun By the old willow's pleasant shade�察 �The guest and host the scene
surveyed�察 �Marked how the mountain's mighty base The valley's course
was seen to trace�察�Marked how its graceful azure crest Against the sky's
blue arch was pressed�察 �And how its long and rocky chain Was parted
suddenly in twain�察 �Where through a chasm�察 �wide and deep�察 �Potomac's
rapid waters sweep�察�While rocks that press the mountain's brow�察�Nod o'er
his waves far�察�far below�撮�1�� Marked how those waves�察�in one broad blaze�察�
Threw back the sun's meridian rays�察�And�察 �flashing as they rolled along�察�
Seemed all alive with light and song�察 �Marked how green bower and
garden showed Where rose the husbandman's abode�察�And how the village
walls were seen To glimmer with a silvery sheen�察 �Such as the Spaniard
saw�察�of yore�察 �Hang over Tenuchtitlan's walls�察�When maddened with the
lust of gore�察 �He came to desecrate her halls�察�To fire her temples�察�towers�察�
and thrones�察�And turn her songs of peace to groans。 They gazed�察�till from
the hermit's eye A tear stole slow and silently�察�A tear�察 �which Memory's
hand had taken From a deep fountain long congealed�察�A tear�察 �which
showed how strongly shaken The heart must be�察�which thus revealed�察�
Through time's dim shadows�察�gathering fast�察�Its recollections of the past�察�
Then�察�as a sigh escaped his breast�察�Thus spake the hermit to his guest。
V。
;Thou seest how fair a scene is here�察 �It seems as if 'twere planned
above�察�And fashioned from some happier sphere�察 �To be the home of
peace and love。 Yet man�察 �too fond of strife�察 �to dwell In meek
contentment's calm repose�察�Will turn an Eden to a hell�察 �And triumph in
his brother's woes� �And passion's lewd and lawless host�察�Delight to rave
and revel most Where generous Nature stamps and strews Her fairest
forms�察 �and brightest hues�此 �And Discord here has lit her brand�察 �And
Hatred nursed her savage brood�察�And stern Revenge�察�with crimson hand�察�
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Has written his foul deeds in blood。 But those who loved and suffered then�察�
Have given place to other men�此�Of all who live�察�to me alone The story�察�of
their fate is known�察�Give heed�察�and I will tell it thee�察�Tho' mournful must
the story be。
VI。
I mind as if 'twere yesterday�察 �The hour when first I stood beside
The margin of yon rushing tide�察�And watched its wild waves in their play�察�
These locks that now are thin and gray�察�Then clustered thick and dark as
thine�察�And few had strength of arm like mine。 Thou seest how many a
furrow now Time's hand hath ploughed athwart my brow�此�Well�察�then it was
without a line�察�And I had other treasures too�察 �Of which 'tis useless
now to vaunt�察 �Friends�察 �who were kind�察 �and warm�察 �and true�察 �A heart�察�
that danger could not daunt�察�A soul�察�with wild dreams wildly stirred�察�And
hope that had not been deferred。 I cannot count how many years Have
since gone by�察�but toil and tears�察�And the lone heart's deep agony�察�I feel
have sadly altered me�察�Yet mourn I not the change�察�for those I loved or
scorned�察 �my friends or foes�察 �Have fallen and faded�察 �one by one�察 �As
time's swift current hurried by�察�Till I�察�of all my kith alone�察 �Am left to
wait�察�and wish to die。
VII。
How strong a hand hath Time� �Man rears�察 �And names his work
immortal�察�years Go by。 Behold� �where dwelt his pride�察�Stern Desolation's
brood abide�察 �The owl within his bower sits�察 �The lone bat through his
chamber flits�察�Where bounded by the buoyant throng�察�With measured step�察�
and choral song�察 �The wily serpent winds along�察 �While the Destroyer
stalketh by�察�And smiles�察�as if in mockery。 How strong a band hath Time� �
Love weaves His wreath of flowers and myrtle leaves�察 。�Methinks his
fittest crown would be A chaplet from the cypress tree�撮� With hope his
breast is swelling high�察�And brightly beams his laughing eye�察�But soon his
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hopes are mixed with fears�察�And soon his smiles are quenched in tears�此�
Then Disappointment's blight
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