338 SEPTEMBER. 



There, with its waving blade of green, 



The sea-flag streams through the silent water, 

 And the crimson leaf of the dulse is seen 



To blush like a banner bathed in slaughter ; 

 There with a light and easy motion 



The fan-coral sweeps through the clear deep sea, 

 And the yellow and scarlet tufts of ocean 



Are bending like corn on the upland lea ; 

 And life in rare and beautiful forms 



Is sporting amid those bowers of stone, 

 And is safe when the wrathful spirit of storms 



Has made the top of the waves his own : 

 And when the ship from his fury flies 



Where the myriad voices of ocean roar, 

 When the wind-god frowns in the murky skies, 



And demons are waiting the wreck on shore, 

 Then far below in the peaceful sea 



The purple mullet and gold-fish rove, 

 Where the waters murmur tranquilly 



Through the bending twigs of the coral-grove. 



PERCIVAI, 



RURAL OCCUPATIONS. 



Finishing corn harvest and thatching ricks ; 

 laying in winter fuel, as coals, wood, etc., 

 ploughing and sowing wheat upon the fallows, 

 also after crops of tares, clover, early peas, etc. ; 

 gathering in orchard-fruit for sale, and for 

 cider-making, and gathering the hop-harvest 

 are the chief employments of this month. 



