"Si Je Te Perds, Je Suis Perdu"

These Stanzas were suggested by an impress on a Seal, representing a boat at sea, and a man at the helm looking up at a solitary star, with a motto — "Si Je te perds, Je suis perdu."

Shine on thou bright beacon

Unclouded and free,

From thy high place of calmness

O'er life's troubled sea ;

It's morning of promise,

Its smooth waves are gone,

And the billows rave wildly,

Then bright one shine on.

The wings of the tempest

May rush o'erthy ray;

But tranquil thou smilest,

Undimm'd by its sway ;

High ,high o'er the worlds

Where storms are unknown,

Thou dwellest allbeauteous,

All glorious, alone.

From the deep womb of darkness

The lightning-flash leaps,

O'er the bark of m y fortunes

Each mad billow sweeps ;

From the port of her safety,

By warring winds driven,

And no light o'er her course :

But yon lone one of Heaven .

Yet fear not thou frail one,

The hour may be near,

When our own sunny head-land

Far off shall appear ;

When the voiceof the storm

Shall be silent and past,

In some island of Heaven

We may anchor at last.

But bark of Eternity,

Where art thou now,

The wild waters shriek

O'er each plunge of thy prow ;

On the worlds dreary Ocean,

Thus shattered and tost ; —

Then lone one shine on,

"IF I LOSE THEE I'M LOST."