The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1816-10-09

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ofdeeds dane were once was the Iodians abode,
/ sing Of Mac p,nough the brave.
The lowering clouds grew dark on high
and spread their curtains round the shy,
And caught the Aosd oflight,
which poured from s,srs, which now above
1he clouds, that dark and silent move,
Break not the gloom Of night
10 ,hunders roar in this still scene.
Along the heavens, no reteor's CLEAN
To light the dark some hour;
The forest, lake aud wave is hushe1,
hnd nov the wind which by them rushed
supends its mighty power,
Upon yon lake the pillows glow,
sparkIess around. no rushing prov,
Bu. all is smooth and calm
And warriors too, who soon may die
Row slumterng on heir harnmocks lie.
Nor dream approaching harm.
The orb Of day, at morrow's dawn,
will light the holy Sundays murn,
The Sabbath Of the Lord
The labor Of the week Ia done,
And all will at the rising sun
Sing snthems 10 their Cop.
but now. DER rock, vale. delve and steep.
AL nature, silent, seems to slecp,
80 Enveoped close in gloom;
And save yon breeze. that drives away.
A cloud before the face Of day;
Nature appears in dark array,
An universal tomb.
Morn now the Orient gates have riven,
Ard far and wide the purple heaven
Fore,ells bloody day.
Each cloud appears n bloody screen
Rejecting on each lower scene,
Save where the mountains intervene
~ fr The glorious 'norning ray.
From yonder ship the signal gun
Arouses with the rising sun
~ The seAmen from their slumber;
Come shall with wrcaths Rdorn their head,
ts Some shall be counted with the dead,
Aud proudly swell their number.
IA. 7 ne cannons echo far and wide
Along The shore and mountain side
Aud wakes the tuncful lark;
The wild birds raise their ustin notes,
And thro' the barges, ships and boats
The slumbering scamen start
svhx mu.tering sound 10 that which strikes the ear
What sails seem floating thro'y 'yon misty air
And with the breese are now advancing fast.
With flags FAR waving from each lofty mast
See them Mac Dososc cries, there strca ming high
ny heavens the cross, the British pendants Ay,
They hy above your foe, who now prepare
To taint this Holy Morn with deeds Of war,
Display our Eagle, place eur guns for fight,
And they are ours, or else We die ere night;
Now DER the lake, tue royal vessels sweep
And swiftly move along the misty deep
they comc--more near, and now abreast they iay,
:" The wnd o. heaven too, quietly dies away"
Our men ON vaour place their strong reliance
A nd forthwith raise shout of loud defiance
= Then rs the suns resplendant car
.ssssr Throws back the twilight cloud afar.
And DER the gloomy realms Of air,
Scattcrs abroad bis silent glare
40 from each gallant vessels sdc
With dreadful portfolios gaping wide,
Through fire and smoke - FV
The Thunders broke,
And mut,cring spoke
By every stroke
Destruction to the foe.
Mid blood and FIRE each vessel rides,
And down their smoke enyelopd sides,
A torrent red Of life blood glidcs
Into the lake below:
The shroud, mast, yards, while falling crack,
And every vessel seems a wreck,
As death and ruin crowds each deck
With trophies Of their decds
Ours wslrk and Gght as nothing fearing.
They now another hsg rearing,
And yonder vessel disappearing.
Their FIRE and valor feeds. etae
One ship is sunk one flag is down
And adverse thanders rarely sound
Opposing scamon bleed around,
X And fall among their guns
Each ship moving hearse goes on,
Crowded with men, whose souls are gone.
Who nnw above tho billows borne, /
Eomore are Albions soma.
The strife has ceas'd Champlain no more
j. troubled with the cannen's roar, /
no thundcrs break from yoader shore,
TIE victor is Mac Donough,
Tbe louds dispcrse--the sky serene,
Has not cloud TO intervene,
! And silence rcgns through every scene
The forests aud the billow.
As the Spartan OF old. when he travelled aiar
Der where his forefathers bled in The war
AT Thermoryir's Straits. where I.eonidas' band.
Could the millions of Persia. with glory withs,ard,
On the sccnc as he gascd and rousd by the siEh
Aud 'onged to enceun,er some foe in the Gsht
30 the American Youth, when he wanders along
The scene ofthose deeds that you've heard in ms soog
VIII gaze at Chsmpisin and 10 n thought 4
i'he eeeds Of that day ~hcn his countrymen fought
VIII cry ss the wave, tie Lake he ma, follow
There fought the brave aud gallant Mae n, sorcu 4