Poems (Davidson)/Reflections on crossing Lake Champlain in the Steamship "Phoenix"

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by Lucretia Maria Davidson
Reflections on crossing Lake Champlain in the Steamship "Phoenix"
4596812Poems — Reflections on crossing Lake Champlain in the Steamship "Phoenix"Lucretia Maria Davidson
REFLECTIONS, ON CROSSING LAKE CHAMPLAIN IN THE STEAMBOAT "PHŒNIX."
Islet[1] on the lake's calm bosom,
In thy breast rich treasures lie;
Heroes! there your bones shall moulder,
But your fame shall never die.

Islet on the lake's calm bosom,
Sleep serenely in thy bed;
Brightest gem our waves can boast,
Guardian angel of the dead!

Calm upon the waves recline,
Till great Nature's reign is o'er;
Until old and swift-winged time
Sinks, and order is no more.

Then thy guardianship shall cease,
Then shall rock thy aged bed;
And when Heaven's last trump shall sound,
Thou shalt yield thy noble dead!

  1. Crab Island, on which were buried the remains of the sailors who fell in the action of September 11th, 1814.