Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1803-12-05


Commission given, the warrant sign'd, made
Up and seal'd nor does the shifting angel
Aught, bat execute the great, eternal
Wise decree ofhl;n, who spake, and 10, tie vast,
The countless multitades of citcl1ng worlds
Arose, from uadigcssed mass arose.
He who all things orders right and just, his
Dispensalions deals around at viii, nor
One will leave this earthly scene uncall'd. What
Grateful Sounds 10 the descending mind
Bat Oh this nlournful repetition still
Stupidity Itself must wake for sure
When iife's thin, Ainlsy textur'd curtain drops,
Decisive round the man whose shield bears faith
Impfest, and wan Despaifs' !ora baggard seen
Alone, can calmly SIT AMID the awful
Scene. Another, and another victim
Falls, in long oblivion wrapt--norfex, nor
Age, nor opuent, nor poor, nor mf'ry's
Clan, nor yer gay plcafufe's train, the lubtle
Foe eIudes who goes his round unleeD
With talchion backward benz TO rive alas
The vitiiIn Of his pow,r. The tumbril
Lo, this morn, the beautious Catharinc
To the grave conveyed! Youthful, lcye'y
Fair, late blooming as rofc, the fairea
Roie by natures hand e'er wove; On downy
And efeemcd he grew, yet died alas!
Far from her friends, fave him, whole name OBJ
lcnre
She bore, aad as Granger buried.
Cold, lkewife cold the poor Sophia lies
At ref whole iands were we'll nigh worn, yet
toild
From fummer's morn, Till evening tide COM
rnenced,
Content, 70 lies bare fuaenance wascarn'd.
Lo, 10 again, youth cut down! deltroycd
In hopes fweet hour. All why this csllous
fence
Continued fill. Seems death less awful fay,
Than when the heart fhrank terrified at his
Announced approach tits not from hope be-
you'd
The gave, thatcomfortcr celeaial
All no All, all is darkness there--no ray
Divine appears, 70 light the darkfome hour.
Yet he, who hait declal'd, mercy his frif,
His deareG attribute above refdes.
All ne, deaths aw ful hearie again! Yon
Solitary vehicle this way moving
On, the ls,e gay, be2uiiouS maid
"a the cold, icy tomb conveys, nor rights
Funereal now difplayed. The gloomy
f
Is borne along, and lower'd doWn--tse new
Rais'd piieappears, We friends, companions
OF the dead ye gay ye fpfightly fair! Al
Where fay nov detained No pail Imported,
No loft INQUIRER there, whoEe rpiDglipg tears
might
Damp The lude, unfeeling olod refoaoding
& On the lonely tenement Of deathl The heaFt
l.ate wrapt in apathy to fYmpathy
Awakcs, nor for lbs dead il feels, all no!
The fa,iiing maid, whcie ii!yer tuned voice
No more is heard, TO better worlds has Rej,
Bur, ch her friends, her relatives whom deep
piHfefs, The conllaon lconrge, kespsnow aioof
Mul feel, yes, anliAbic OF heart, they
Feel he pang corspdirg OF woe exquiiite
Denied a plr5ing look, alaG enlbta>e
Nor ienters heard rom her cold dying Fps
Thar menl'ry nlghr record, affection dwell
On With a zeal her owa, extracting thence
A bsimy antidote to. wee extreme.
Tine pahes okecrlefs On, day fpeeds as wort,
The gloomy eve arrives, and whit brings
A holt Of fears, for tie iuecteding day.
Thrice happy shey, who feel but for tbenfeIves,
If fnch on esTtt exit. vet thofe who ge prov'd
lbe exqn6te glow, OF Sympathy divine,
Viii envy. not iilch poor, iach abjca eais.
Death dwelling arm, alas continues
/ Still uPIitieihiab! The lately widowed
/ 4r, grown fck Of life, twould fceul, fnqe he,
her
AiIhsd gone, her loy'd Oslaodo's Glaae
Pagfnes, impatient Of the temporary
Clay that fubdiyded love astuned
Souls, torcse moon, a tfanfent moon