Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1814-08-20


What thoash NO rnournfui bella nor mafaed druns,
Nor mixed procession roBedi IN funeral black.
To thy remains sepulersi homage psy,i
What tho notomb In monuuentaI grandeur mark
Among Madttieutfs OF distinguished Dead.
Aud moisy sepslebres Of many an ago:
The shrine where Stewards Numbering boncsre
posef
Whit though upon thonsand Fills thy dast,
Nov sis,ptceA. unawaked by the rude tread
or pas,i,y feet, ansousSiens wher tbpn sleepst,
Whst hoe = aa f1ls, since Angels noornsd tbyfa
Siuse the II, sToRIc Genius has inscribed ?
On Fame impcrishabIe rosls thy name!
Since Gods own viusying voice viii lit
Agsihtiy ssattea'd ashes from the ground;
Aud iron his Holy Bosom send thy soul !.
The renovated tenant once more
To ecsppy; when spiri,.wing'd, 1t shall, :.
To join the sain,ed Hosts Of Heaven ascend!
,Andsvith Philanthropy serapho sous. !.
Who'bicd conflicting with embattled bands
OF fen Barbarians In the bloody West,
Forever hssk in brilliant beams Of BIssy
The views of Boone are cIes rly developed,
and his character is exalted to high sta
ton by the Poets description. His address
| to his brother is beautiful display of MIR
bryanes powers, though IL is little more than
an elegant versiheationof the Advsnturer's
owR language used in conversation, as ap-
pears 10 Filsop's history of Kentucky.
My Bro,hers now we see what a rich font
OF pure felicity the mind Of man
| Within it.eIf contains, if not de6ied
By tue scwupsions Of soai.blackenins Vice.
|, How sttIuun the gew-saw glare OF Wealth,
os Powers psgeant porup, aud vain parade,
| Thrhuman heart for happiness depends.
| The Fashionable Worlds Masquerade,
In Which the real eharaoter's eoncssl'ds
Il has ten thousand lures to snare the soul,
And is With FaIsetood. Fiattery and Deceit,
With cssamny and Disappointment fi'd.
It's Smiles are like the fablsti Syren's songs;
| Its pleasures ara the painted pills oil Death;
Aud when 10 Us ia tempting hand il gives,
It's isithless, cold, tecetiul hears's withheld.
With the address of ,ie Shawanese chief
] 70 Ma<n'ss *he Sarhem, who had Just & les Z
cd his eyesia death. these extracts shah be
concluded
"Lamsnted Chiefta,n. We thy children msnrn /.
Although that form of majesty and grace
Most soon be bedJed with thy Fathers bones,
Thy spirit shall forever live shall live
Forever in the Iaad where lie is bliss;
Where tempest-mantled Winters freezing frown,
And fame-eny, Hoped Summers whitening blaze,
Thy springs eternal bloom shah never change:
Where aower-perfum'd parterres and purple hilIs
In various fruitase rich, shall ever spread
Their gane-aboundins bosons TO the eye.
'yhereifoit no more the nerves shall psralse,
Nor aoga;sA battle in bitter tears the cheek
But where thy disemb 5died Ancestors
Shall bail thee with the shout Of Love,
Aud thy participation in their joys
Solicit. 20 then, Spirit of Moatour!
And on that mighty mountsin, where in light
And grandeur clothed, the worlds great Father
dwelis;
Associate with the blythe sos.sty'
OF kindred bsuds beatifed, 20, Sire,
Ard for thy robes Of perishabIe clay,
The radiant yesiments Of intending. youth
Receive. No ha,ehets there with human blood
Shall reek. But the red Nations III shall smoke
In that fair land The Pipe OF Amity,
And in tie p.eaty furnst'J tents of Peace
Together banquet pleasure aud repose"
The narrative of ~Boone's journey to the
Mississippi, and the battle between the set
tiers and the Indians are in Mr.. Bryan 5 best
manner: and IL may be presumed, that the
western females cannot be dispieased with
the close Of the POEM.
The apostrophe to the meuaory Of James
3aote, Page 7 80 : 15;, Is an energetic abs
| peal 20 every man who duly estimates his
righ's as IN American citizen.
The closing SIX pages of Boone's Adsen.
torres force their wayto the heart IN spite Of
all attempts TO criticize: and Il may be de.
clarsd, that a person who can examine wnt
care. the Mountain Mxse," and can de !.
| nounce ir As embarrassing; hssfno spark az
that IRE which 10 rnkinded by the diyinis
ties Of Heiicon.
But il must also be admitted, that Mr..
Bryan's volume Is imperfect. Many of his
sentences are too long and complicated his
strict adherance TO historical facts has
cramped bis exertionsg abdlby combining hin
within narrower limits, has rendered the |
poem less tsBcifni than otherwise it might |
have been * in attempting to preserve the |
soDorousness Of Lis verse, hebas by unusual |
words and compound epithets, in many pia.
ces given an apparent imitation to bis style |
Which certainly admits Of Amendment.
1t has been complained as defect in the
yolurae. that many readers cannot Tn err. I
stand the Author - This is really az imposi-
ton upon a writer. IL certainly is sufficient.
that the Poet writes an excellent book / |
cannot Conceive the propriety Il calling up
on him likewise to forniSh brains by winch |
his work may be compreIended. Ere long
WE should be involved IN gothic darkness, ii 4