860 NOTES AND TESTIMONIES.

 The shame, and hate, which liken well
 Earth's garden to th, nether bell, -
 Had found in Nature's sell' a tongue,
 On which the gathered horror hung;
 As if, from clitT and stream and glen,
 Burst on the startled cars of men
 That voice which ri4es unto God,
 Solemn and stern, -the cry of blood I
 It ceased; and all was still once more,
 Save ocran chafing on his shore,
 The sighing of the wind between
 The broad banana'"s leaves of green,
 Or bough by restless plumage shook,
 Or murmuring roic:e of mountain brook.

 Brief was thesilente. Once again
 Pealed to the skires that 'ranfei yell, -
 Glowed on the heaven. a tiery stain,
 And flashe. ro.e and fll;;
 And, painted on the bl':od-red sky,
 Dark, naked arms were to: ,ed on high;
 And, round the tihite manu's lordly hall
 Trode, fierce and I' 1, t/... btr, t nmade;
 And thnse who I rept along tlhe all,
 And an.were-d to his highest i:all,
 With more than spaniel dread, -
 The creature~, of his lawklit beck,-
 Were trampling on his very neck I
 And on the night-air, wild and clear,
 Rose woman's shriek of more than fear;
 For bloodied arms were round her thrown
 And dark cheeks pressed against her own I
 Then, injured Atfrie! lb'r the shame
 Of thy own daughters. vengeance came
 Full on the scornful hearts of those
 Who mockei thee in thy nameless woes,