The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-10-26 00:00:00

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THE SUN TO THE EARTH, ON THE DAWN OF

MORNING.

BY THOMAS RAGG.

Rejoice! rejoice! let the valleys laugh,
Let the maintains sm►le, and the hills look gay,
And flowers lift their heads as they fondly quaff
The beams of the bright returning day,
I come! I come in my splendor now,

I come ! I come with my gladdening ray,
Driving the shades of the uight away.
Rejoice! rejoice! let the rolling streams
Put forth their song to the morning breeze,
Reflecting abroad my brilliant beams
In forms like the dreamer's phantasies.
I come! I come on the wings of love,
Let all to meet my embraces move ;
I come, I come on the wings of day,
To chase the shades of the night away.

Rejoice ! rejoice! let the woodlands ring
With music's sweetest, gladdest sound;
Let the ►ark ascend on delighted wing,
And tells his joy to the heavens around.
I come! I come! let the glad sound spread,
And wake the drone from his drowsy bed,
As my pioneer, the twilight gray,
Scatters the shades of the night away.

Rejoice! rejoice! let each waking eye
Be gladly turned to the Eastern sphere,
And every heart be filled with joy,
To see my beams of brilliance near.
I come! I come! let all rejoice,
And wake the song with a cheerful voice;
I come! I come with a flood of day.
To sweep the shades of the night away.

CONTEMPORARY PRESS.

ANNIVERSARY DINNER

OF THE
TRADESMEN'S CONSERVATIVE SOCIETY AT LIVERPOOL.
(Front the Dublin Evening Mail.)
In our last page will be found an ample report of
the proceedings on the forementioned glorious occa-
sion. They were truly spirited, and present to the
persecuted Protestants of Ireland a refuge and pledge
of protection in the strong hands and warm hearts of
their British brethren—their brethren by descent of
blood as well as in community of civil and religious
principles. The terms in which the eloquent and Rev.
Rector Campbell described the Church of England
and her institutions go direct to the heart. She is, in
truth, "the democratic element of the old British con-
stitution—the connecting link between the cottage and
the throne." What unhallowed hand shall dare to se-
ver bonds so holy ? 'rhe speeches of Lord Sandon and
his conservative colleague, Mr. Cresswell Cresswell,
are animated by the noblest spirit of national liberty
and pure religion : nor will our fellow-citizens of Dub-
lin, or the conservatives of Ireland in general, consi-
der as the least gratifying part of this entertainment
the compliment paid to themselves, their country, and
their cause, by the invitation given to our late esti-
mable representative, Mr. West, to partake in the pro-
ceedings of this important anniversary. The speech
of Mr. West in returning thanks for that and the high
honour with which the announcement of his health was
received, is marked with the good taste, high feeling,
polished eloquence, and energetic sentiment which
characterise his oratory.
Altogether the meeting was as consolatory to Irish
Protestants, as it is honourable to the spirit and prin-
ciples of the honest, industrious, and intelligent arti-
ficers of the great emporium of British commerce.
The eloquence of the chairman presents a most fa-
vourable and gratifying specimen of what that class of
persons is in England—men who are not ashamed of
being in trade, and are resolved to protect that pro-
perty acquired by honest industry.