Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1804-01-27
SKETCHES o rnE TiMEs.

Relurnes the fading fame nfsmtp,
I'd deafness numbers sings THEFT story,
And rears their pyramid Of glory.
Without the aid Of Homer's song,
Where would have been the Greeian
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Who would Achilles, name have know,
Or who old Priams god-like SOM -
Who bore his venerable Sire, q it
sale thro, The midst Of Ilium's fre, 81
On Iatium's shores that flag unfurpd,
! JvkfSi. way ID in triumph DER the world :
Ask Mastua's Bard. .ss.,, 49,
8 And shall the great Of modern days
Fail of,hc need of future praise
|. Shall not remotest ages see 5.sT
SThe lights Of EIGHTTEN zuspRkD
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Shall Jefferson, grown old and spleeny.
In dudgeon quit his =. red arena, =
From fame SECLUDED dark and dreary,
Plunge beadlong Into death . !" vast prai-
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Shall Johnny Randolph cease to bloom.
I Shall Paine reel silent 70 the tombi &
7 Shall Gallatin nnheeded stray y. ~ Z
Adown Time,s dark and cherries way,
Without one friendly tongue totsll,
4 Who ..sfotti d of gsverpmsnt dc ueef :" 4
Or Farmer Lincoln drag his name, n
Thro' . ebpEgnatio,p up to fame t7-
Shall naight Of Granger be rehearsd,
But, tha,th Bag ofzoi,ad is burst ss
= Shall Fate . recorder only say {.
.Caesthaai and Dun mere haag' to-day p
Justice forbid Their nanesk shallr:dI.
Fill the last Poets cease 20 sing d = :.
3 And tho old Homer spirits he'd
mo yirEil's number'd with the dead {
Some genius hr'd for humber lays,
Shall register their claim to praise, %s
To unborn Homers transmit down,
Their memoranda of renown. 81
But, as the weather grows severe,
We'll just survey the country here,
Pick up the patriots few that stray, sss
And drag their merits into day.
Marx how the Rights Of Han are fur
thsr'd, =
Then spend the winter atthe Southwark.
And here, in erring reasons spite, =
Mid storms oftruth, and foods ofiight,
The threeNew. EnglandS States are found,
Finn on the Washingtonian ground.
See MASSACHUSETTS free, and bold,
Too proud TOO STRONG to be eontroRd -
She, who first spurn,d Britania's sway,
: Aadto fair Freedom led the way, .
Prepare to re.asseft her claim, (
The frstin numbers, wealth, and fame.
notwithstanding at her nothern side,
BY party teaz'd, in danger tried, ~.
Throws ey'ry wave Of Faction back,
And gains new strength from each at
80 q tack. s.. -
While on the south, undaunted, free,
'Gainst every foe arm eap-a-pie, -a
Unmosd by threats, lmaw'd by fears,
CosStcTIcurhe her front nprears. .
On Demoeratiek frontiers PLACID, q
BY spirits baseAnd foul disgracd,
Ann6y'd with Jacobinick engines,
And doom dtoG ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS,
Strait on her course she firmly steers,
Nor gihs, nor taeks, nor scnds, nor yeers.
Not the whole force they all can Yield,
Can driveth veterans from the field.
i The same pure, patriotic 6res, s.
Which warm d the bosoms Of their Sires,
That generous, that effalgrne fame, 81
. Which slow'd in Winthrop's deafness
+ Unsuiiied thfo' their bosoms runs, - ~:
Inspires,and animates their Sons.
Last spring, the atmosphere was hazy,
The tempest lower'd, the path was may;
Ailhearts prognosticated evil,
And all seem d running 10 the devil!
F But luckily, the means were taken,
And Just in time. 70 save our bacon.
The Democrats for conquest striving,
The trumpet sounded for Thanksgiving.
By Deacona and w h.--cm-s---ersssi gn'd,
The luminous call'd on deaf and blind,