Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1807-10-14

Ne present NTH great pleasure % RTE rcaiefs AZ
the ArSHs, che follOzgisY Poe1N, ggritte, b. a.S
taught Genius q oi0 nGtiee S are. TIE ucTsss
are unpublished, bHt The Thoughts remarkably os
GGrisinaAtr, and some Gtis''s Possess eon4idsral
Die Saolinlity' ri,
ApoET1chL DESCRIPTION or kHzx's 'cAvs
Hail Muse within those awful walks wfern
shade
or blacklist night her sable ririahs spread
where darkness reigns a. DER the lofty scenei
And aiding tapers family intervene.
EApeh, 'us tfuey the horrors that s,irro,,ntlI
And shew the tract that winds beneath th.
ground $40. -, 49,
A"ord aview, tho Yapours martle DER,
20 aud the mind in thilosophic lore -,
rs here, Oh Muse within this dread retrapt,
II sing thoSs scenes the. eager eye must meet,
0alIope thy friendly aid pray iend;
, Innc up thy i,re, and with Thy graces blend
IN enchanting song assisting Stanton b0a,t
superior SEvESf amidst whose strains Pm oct,
E r, melting echo seems my soul Z Inspire,
w ith bright conceptions OF the heav'niv choir.
Inc towering rocks wake TO The liiihrr sound -
That undulating winds beneath the 2,tpund
ana as you move with graceful mcin along Is,
e., En- statue seems to.3rin you in your songi
The Cascades stop Ssupeiior strainsto hear
MOI murmur more, but lend listening gar
NO winds modest nor can your strains aside:
lneY noat amidst and on the Ether ride.
Whlie polsh'd walls reflect your rosy sin;los,
And sweet-toned echoes talk along tie aisics
mo from your notes rcdoublc,l cciues ring.
And add new beauties to the strains YOU SING:
ct stlIi the eye fed Il ON kind natures store.
Giloes round the walls, < on each object pores;
DWehs here and there new beauties to review.
The walls of marbles variegated hue /; -
Armies are seen, T Statues OF everv q, b..
see, mere, Dwarf, sec there, Giant rise -
Beware, We travellers, ofthat mighty ARM
with guards ou;stretch'd'+ as if desigr,;oo.
harm.
Here ON the right gapes an abyss below.
And on the LETT crae erects. lis broN,,
WHth cautious steps inclining on to stray.
Still greater scenes curtail the windint. y,av,
STRIKE but the wall its peal Is like a bell.
Or sounds Ike trumretS or the Winding she'll
IS now we enter If where the scche suhlin,a
Expands around and steals upon our time.
me varitcd rocf with myriad s1iges is clad.
Eenectihg light soft mixing with The shade
'ln growing festoons : e@cl co nice hung,
or ParI3n busts without due order strtmn
Supporting pillars rear their towering bead
VI prostrate strew the uneven path VIC tread.
bN some CTcad shock, IN ages long before -
The sage Columbus trod SaIvador's shore.
IN ciDVen heaps the amazing mass lies hurl'd.
INH0 aces majestic horrors 70 this world -
a waste shut out far from the food ofdayt
''N'N iiNNSNS hGN CT SI.Ot = CHEERING
TOT MOON nor Star hath walk "a gonter lipht
Bnt darkness reigns in everlasting kirht
Nhere weeping rocks distil the peariy tear
and frozen columns grow from wear To vear
Where initiative banks of Ice SIS withstand
Revolving seasons on Zcmbla's land
AND mounts OF snow which fear their boarvo
head
No search can reach yyhe, Iavers &C.,. -,
a spread
Songeaiing drops upon The low laid bed
trace back the time, and date the mighty plan,
1ou'li place it with the origin of man
Eat stoo not here; my Muse Oh what am II
Beneath a mass that's rcar'd ten score feethiebt
HedEed in by rocks, fcreve barr'd its sides:
Ger mead IN arch, on which mouhteih rides I
CONSIDER - II the narrow Pess should fill 81
by earthquakes, Thunder, Oh the Almighty's
wilI
Inc tapers teebly glimmering soon decay;
In VAN we'd groFe amid the cloyen wav
rent up tor e'erby adamantine strength
IN b'stiie dungeons of exceeding length;
4 tyrant's prison boasts not 4 greater, aloom.
NOR Egypts wonders q subliIDcr tomb {.
This remarkable eayeyn IL in Rock6rilqs
eonnty, Virginia.
T 4AnqiHg to ladies zuh0ns The amL6y eero,,.a4
MED IN ViSitiag the Cave
4Apearaaces very frequent. Pillars Of beIe,.
taLs q oil si&e', which Htte ancy can targtSyrs
3Hf0 GUSTS ana StdtEeS
) Ihe 90qter, IN gradually dyitpiax on he gyall;,
ting a. froseh cnScah
See the preceding 81. aotS Ca},nie. fstatrs
., 1he visitpHf IS .tieu reniiaae4 # he.e BY
fhefr Gaming IN cortdef 9th hiS heat
It I4t2 the netu discovery.
= some CONCESSIONS haze thrown dsua SasI
heaps Of titl.rys and rocls.
" 1hi' ab5eGrance ejien occays, as in tie dias
mani roora, &c. anti shining noun.
ISL The kott9,s Aoi sysuLi oeiae n,. ir6e<;r6
0GnEf near hat a mile III esfest, ptfer a mann.
tam 'eithom light, sgouI sufficiently e2ac.gte tIis
piece 9(tauey IIt PyamiI