The Arethusa

A pearly boat am I,
From Silver Crag I hail,
Wrought of the sea and sky,
Freighted with moonbeams pale.

I hoist my purple sails
To catch the starbeam's gold,
And furl them in the gales
The sun blows overbold.

Rainbows and flying tints,
The sunset's crimson glow,
A thousand gleams and glints
All day do come and go.

But as the silver moon
Rolls up the breathless blue,
And all the stars in swoon
Are hidden from my view,

I ope my hatches wide
And lade with pearl and sheen,
To deck my home-bound bride,
The Basin's peerless queen.

DIAN AND FUNDY.

(DESIGNS FOR A TIME-PIECE.)

I.

The Enchantress.

In silver shoon, on sapphire pavement clear,
Fair Dian walks the overarching night;
Her spell she lays--great Fundy leaps with cheer!
She breaks--he flees in elemental might!

II.

The Lovers.

Dian, pale Dian, sailing the upper sea,
Searching for lover lost on earth's lone beach;
And Fundy, forward, backward, ceaselessly,
By love's impulsions borne to utmost reach.

III.

Art and Science.

Dian, with silver robe from her shoulders flung,
And Fundy, with his tidal arc and gauge,
Beating as a great pendulum forth-swung,
The seconds of the geologic age.