Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-07-08

W ttn HTin rellaGcS drank TAG rdftltlSS Dfe4ths
KGed the pale lips, and sIofsd tie eyes in dta;h,
THO brighter realms the Embodied cFesub .orshr
Realms pure ia bills beyoad the foar of thought.
Slow ,hto' the narrow path, by miary worn,
Paasi the veAea coipie, in thrcuded Ieaes
borne;
Ne vain parade, no courtly pageant fpread
Their Gckly bonors roupd the virgin dead !;
Strewed DER tie bier fone yernal flowers were
lcen, ~.
And here aud there fwrcs brar fell between,
The father came in sifor,ow's holiett gloom, 4
His RATED eye Fixed on-hepes keyotd The scmb,
Stiil, as The tenipett, hufhcd in dread fufqeolc,
Yet mild, as twilight grsrts the wakcnlng leDle;
No mutterd groans, fitted -nsuiih fhook =
His met K repole,, his calm, ulalte,'d look,
Save, when the ritaal clofed its tainted ftrain,
And o., tie coffin rolled the earth again. >.
One lingering teaE, that fesned the aan 20
;. -, fpeak, =;
With briny luare tricki,9 down his cheek, "
One lingering tear was all his fpirir gave,
Then bowed lat farewell, and lett the.grave
The tale Of St. Aubin contains SO many
traits of delicate description, and breashes
such spirit Of tenderness, tina, another ex-
tract will not prove unacceptable. It relates
TO the conduct Of the iholy parent after Tie
decease OF his daughter.
Yet had not memory loft her ioo,hing art,
Nor fancy clofed her empire 10 the heart;
When up tie groves unciouded moonlight Grcam.
A: tie lone hour, to COLLINS f'cred deemed,
Waen lober day mid vaPouTy gloom deferred,
Shos IT'S faint crilnion round at eveniide,
OH would he rove Fome mountains brow along,
And pour in ihsttercd tones his pla;ntive lpng.
Kits the fray flowers, which drets the .,ream-
let's marge,
Or row ashwau the lake his aged barge;
And when ione fpos, where JASa was won't TO
roam,
Som- fav'nte ;paamc called his iprit home,
If once Ggh his haevng bofom prefied,
His truf 10 heaven was all that agh exprefed.,
OFT wouldhe trim Eis wintry hearth, and court,
Remembered lcenes Of pleafantry and fporl,
Mark, where the lutte 1ecuted its duffy place,
The needed landfcape on the wainscot trace,
The quaint remark, the evening talk review,
And chafc the Aeeting thades, and dream anew.
Nor faile. we proud. If thoughts like thefs
eng2ge .
The frcndieis foul in melancholy age,
More ,fweet, than all the hymns Ct active Joy,
One moment iacTed to this chaRe employ,
One pious hour, TO moral mnGng given,
It's relilh truth its harmones from heaven!
And, as the hsplels wretch, by Gorms o'ercaa,
Clings, auddering ciings him, TO the fatal rnaR,
So hope and love, yet buoyant on tie wave,
Shall match their relics from the ravenous grave,
And .aof, as life recfdeS, with fond alarms
Fold the dear types immortal in their arms.
" hallowed fcsis, where oft in elder time,
Retiring fcience poured her araips fu5lirne,
Still fhail the cIafEc gsniu:, wandering near,
crop DER your Fad remains the grateful tear;
Sill pay religious rites, as holy ground,
Where learning b,esihcs myRerious virtue round.
Soft float, ye gales, the vocal groves along,
Where lngers yet the pure, socRA1Ic fong, /
Mid clrciing plains, ere while with muilc fraugs,
When Athens acted, what her fages taught;
Soft float, ye gacs, were thro' I.yceum's ihadc
With tuDcful murmnrs charmed Ilyssrs lrayed,
When the bold aagyrige, by love refined,
To moral grandeur rsiled rhe daring miad: !,
Soft float, ye gales, around MS ruined home,
WheTc 1ULLY'S tphlt io3eS e eve 20 roam,
Or paule with f6dious look, sdown the itieam
As paid moonlight deals with Aickeiiog Beam,
For there iniruttion blett ambitious youth,
And freedom bIea!hcd the fame OF yeal truth.
It may be made question here whether
the author does not ascrlbe too much :othe
influence of solitude. Ia the life OF ST. Au-
bin, this appears to have been merefy CIR
cun,o,ance, nor is it easy to perceive why
the same character might not have existed,
and the same virtues ltsve been displayed
in the midst offural society, without ret'r-
ing to the solitary glea or the sequestessu
valley, go :.
In the second Canto as in the first, the
reader meets with the same force and melo.
dy Of Ianguagc, butsPerhaps with more va
rietv of dipression and historical allusion.