. Ballads of bravery. BALLADS OF BRAVERY. 21 dN W. A Young Wero. N Labrador, like coils of flame1/^^^ That clasp the walls of blazing town,ft^^ The long, resistless billows came, And swept the craggy headlands down; Till ploughing in strong agoniesTheir furrows deep into the carried rocks, and bars of sand Past farthest margin of old seas, And in their giant fury bore Full thirty crowded craft ashore. That night they pushed the darkness through, Oer rocks where slippery lichens grew, And swamps of slime and melted snow, And torrents filled to overflow, Through pathless wilds, in show
. Ballads of bravery. BALLADS OF BRAVERY. 21 dN W. A Young Wero. N Labrador, like coils of flame1/^^^ That clasp the walls of blazing town,ft^^ The long, resistless billows came, And swept the craggy headlands down; Till ploughing in strong agoniesTheir furrows deep into the carried rocks, and bars of sand Past farthest margin of old seas, And in their giant fury bore Full thirty crowded craft ashore. That night they pushed the darkness through, Oer rocks where slippery lichens grew, And swamps of slime and melted snow, And torrents filled to overflow, Through pathless wilds, in showers and wind, Where woe to him who lags behind ! Where children slipped in ooze, and lay Half frozen, buried half in clay; Young mothers, with their babes at breast. In chilly stupor dropped to rest. m 22 BALLADS OF BRAVERY. A sailor lad of years fourteen Had chanced, as by the waters thrown, On four that made sad cry and moanFor parents they had lost between The wreck and shore, or haply missed. Cheerly and kind thei
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