. Book of the Royal blue . THE OCEAN. BY LOUIS M. GRICE. VTAST Ocean! as upon thy realm I gaze, Beholding all thy greatness, nature-born,Wrapped in the boundaries of an azure haze,Nursed in the lap of centuries out-worn: My throbbing heart with silent wonder fills; My spirit with thy beauty is beguiled;My startled soul with deep emotion thrills, Before thy rugged grandeur, fierce and wild. Thy billows dash foam-crested in the sun,In mad career contending for the way, Till bursting as they meet, forthwith is spunAn iridescent cloud of falling What mighty storms have oer thy surface swep


. Book of the Royal blue . THE OCEAN. BY LOUIS M. GRICE. VTAST Ocean! as upon thy realm I gaze, Beholding all thy greatness, nature-born,Wrapped in the boundaries of an azure haze,Nursed in the lap of centuries out-worn: My throbbing heart with silent wonder fills; My spirit with thy beauty is beguiled;My startled soul with deep emotion thrills, Before thy rugged grandeur, fierce and wild. Thy billows dash foam-crested in the sun,In mad career contending for the way, Till bursting as they meet, forthwith is spunAn iridescent cloud of falling What mighty storms have oer thy surface swept; Fresh from the passioned deeps of Natures heart;When thy great billows fiercely, madly leapt, Thus to the gale their grandeur to impart. How many countless vessels thou hast borneUpon thy bosom, heaving as with might; How often hast thou hurled them crushed and torn,To perish on the rocks in awful plight. How short is mortal life compared to thine; How many generations from their goalHave reached their growth and suffered their decline, Since first thy waves began their ceaseless roll. Roll on with rumbling roar, O mighty deep! In all your majesty and power great;While to eternity the ages sweep, Still thou shalt roll in all thy boundless state. DIPLOMATIC CONSERVATISM AT THE CAPITAL. BY W. E. LOWES. A T a time like the present when the-*■ pulse of a nation is throbbing fastand the entire population is eager forany scrap of news which conies fromWashington, a sketch of diplomatic lifeat the Capital will be most interesting. A stranger c


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