While (he p*'ii. idly Hailed in niv Land,
Writes <>n, “Hr.d i v.' r<l- to compute it,
Who *1 lend it, or w Lo <1 i mlerrinnd
But the little Laic f*:ei on the stairway,
Ami th*- faiiil, sna thcicd l.iuyli in the hall.
Ami the eerie-low ln-p on the silence,
< ry up tu me over it all.
- Jana s Whitcomb Riley.
THE SEMMES .’MONUMENT.
From tho Mobile R< gist* r
What shall ye build to him oi; i.nd*
His life wan on the sees,
Hi‘i place wbe: or o*ir buttle th j
•(n firiic ! high ii|«on lie brec/e;
His vol*n wn- the lou I *nnnoii s peal
Flout ng the waters o'er.
And all the nations ouaked lo Lear
The thumler of its tour.
What shall vc build to him on land?
Wiio j»w?| t the ocean w file'.’
In glory wh*w: know n annuls Hirill
'i Im Southern heart with pride”
In ten, or twelve, or eighteen Let,
<an ye curio? r i i him-- ’
Ot < !uve in on*" ; inaU epit iph
The gr*. athc ■ ■ of h;-» name.’
Let <wran roar hi* re ttji- ni!
lx»l Hie grjml billows roll -
L' ( tii -■•)'(i:r %•*•!« the knightly deeds
O! thi hcroi Boni
Tl o i a’-li* i wroe./ht. t;r head that ruled.
Ti <■ genius that »"om < iv»»<l.
Lament, o wev * (hat *»i ?urh worth
The w >i Id Miuu! I t>c boteaved.
