The Granite monthly, a New Hampshire magazine, devoted to literature, history, and state progress . ary from its pain-pressed pillow AVent drifting seaward with the ebbing tideTo find a home beyond the rolling billow Where restless souls at last are satisfied. By L. J. H. Frost I wandered in the forest hoary, In love with Natures form,And folded round me summers glory. Nor dreamed of cloud or storm. I heard the brooklets gentle The wild bees soft, sweet hum;And wished that life had sounds no sterner For either old or young. ^ Idling awhile in Natures palace, I heard a wild birds song;
The Granite monthly, a New Hampshire magazine, devoted to literature, history, and state progress . ary from its pain-pressed pillow AVent drifting seaward with the ebbing tideTo find a home beyond the rolling billow Where restless souls at last are satisfied. By L. J. H. Frost I wandered in the forest hoary, In love with Natures form,And folded round me summers glory. Nor dreamed of cloud or storm. I heard the brooklets gentle The wild bees soft, sweet hum;And wished that life had sounds no sterner For either old or young. ^ Idling awhile in Natures palace, I heard a wild birds song;Twas—Drink ye now from loves pure chalice. For summer lasts not long. To Nature then I told loves story. Kneeling before her shrine;Her face all veiled with summer glory, Her hand close clasped in mine. She smiled, and from my heart was banishedEach shade of woe, all sense of pain; She spoke and sin itself then vanished,Leaving my soul without a stain. Ah! then my heart seemed pure and holy. My spirit all baptized in peace;Would God that in that sunnner glory. My happy soul had found Capt. CAMERON McR. W^INSLOWCommanding Battleship New Hampshire Till® laMEesIhiip M©w Mampslhiaffc By Howard H. Brown 99 New Hampshires interest in navalmatters has never been a passive oneand from the day when the gallantJohn Paul Jones sailed away fromPortsmouth in the Ranger, flyingafloat the first American flag everhoisted aboard a United States war-ship, New Hampshire built ships andNew Hampshire bred sailors have ad-ded much to the glory and renownwhich our country has achieved onthe high seas. mounted on three separate decks. Norecords are at hand to show how longit took to build the ship or what hertotal cost was, but from the state ofship-building at that time it is prob-able that she was built inside ofninety days and it is doubtful if hercost exceeded $100,000, which is lit-tle more than the price of a single 12-inch gun such as is used in the navytoday. For her time the New
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