I08 FROM A NEW ENGLAND HILLSIDE. 



who did not, and whom now so few remem 

 ber. Some things that he wrote they can 

 not escape knowing : the 



Say not, the struggle naught availeth, 

 and 



As ships, becalmed at eve, that lay 

 With canvas drooping, side by side, 



Two towers of sail at dawn of day 

 Are scarce, long leagues apart descried ; 



and 



Come back, come back! behold with strain 

 ing mast 



And swelling sail, behold her steaming 

 fast; 



ending with the fine 



Come back, come back ! 



Back flics the foam ; the hoisted flag streams 



back; 

 The long smoke wavers on the homeward 



track ; 

 Back fly with winds things which the winds 



obey : 

 The strong ship follows its appointed way. 



And some of these things the scribe read 

 aloud to his companion. But there are 

 many more that they ought to know, others 

 of the minor poems, and the &quot; Bothie,&quot; and 



