Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-07-22
IRON MooRg's poBM OF LALLa Rooku.

NOH hVOhG fObh Of LALl Il kOOhN.
An EASTERN TALE.
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Ia thet delightful province Of the sun,
Tn, first ot PeTsia's lands he shines upon
NIer. an thelove'iesi children Of his beam.
tlow'h;S and irnits. burst ger ey'ry stream;
Anh 'a,test OF all streams the Muiga Ioy.s,
Ani"ng Meron's bright palaces and groves
THERE on mat th,one, to which the blind belief
ca millions rdis'd him, sat the Prophet Chest
ne great Mokcna Ger bis features hang
me trii-t5c silver veil which be had hupg
Ia mercy there &C. h,de nom mortal sight
HI tn,trs brow TIL men could bcar IT'S Light;
ta' tan s'ss l'.miaoas his vciaries saL
We're even t,c seams u,ifacu,ously Shed
Ger h0H.s's CAGES, when dora the mount hc
tod,
All CLOWN. fICm The presence OF has God.
onei,her side. with ready hearts and hands
Ills chosen guard ui bOid belt ytrs STANDS,
Young h!e'". Z ispTtdnls who deem their swords
On points ut faish, mole eloquent lhan words;
AnG s"ch 'heii zeal, there's not youth v,tI brand
Cpincd there Bat, ii the chiefs command
World ihake his own devoted = art it's sheath
sud hless the lips that dooni'd 50 year sealh
Vi hatred 10 he Caiphs hue OF uight
!heir Nsstu'e, helms and all, in snowy white
lfeir WEAPONS yat,Ius-some euuipp'd for speed
" al ia Inns of the light Kathaian reed;
orrowS of bni'aic hori, and shining quivers
tuId nan tue stems that bloom on WIS rivers
Nuiie some, Tor wars more ;ciritieatacks
Weld the huge mace ard poaderous ha,tle axe,
And. as ,liey wave aloit IN mornings beam
re IniS "tie plu'l'aSe Of .heir helms they seem
ger ali us thrilled head hiS featuring SHOWS.
Re'Vceu the porphyry pillars tina, uphold
the rich uofesgre work of the root at gold,
Al0d The laranfs cngtam'd galleries rise,
Where, thrnngh The silken net work glarcing eyes,
PROM tuie to time, like sudden CLEANS that gisw
'EiNush An'unih's clouds, shine DER the rOmp be-
What impi@us tongue, ye blushing saints. would
10 hin' 'ha avght bat heavn hath piac'd yOu
there
On that the loves Of This ligh, world could bind,
IN ihe.I gross chain our Prophets soaring ,uld
N'-Mohg'ul thought !-conrliSsion'd from 4.
TIE people Edcn's bowers with shapes oflove.
GESTURES so bright that The same lips ana eyes
hvj wear on earthwill serve in Paradise
There tn decline among heaN'n's native maids
Ahu crown tn Elect with bliss that never aides -
wen nam the Prophet Chief rs bidding done;
Ana ev'ry bennteous face beneath the SUI,
tF"m those vho knee; at BTahma's burning iuunts
10 Tue fresh nymLhs bounding DER lsmen's
mounts
from Persia's eyes Of fiili md fawn.l'keray,
40 me snai half shut slaWces OF Kathay
A"t GtorSa bloom, aud AzabS darker smiles,
Ana me Soid iingle,s OF The Western Isles;
AT al are there each land lis Hover has Civ
TO form that Fair Young Nursery for Heaveni
But there was one among the chosen maids
VINO blasL'd behind the gallery's siiken shades
Que TO whose soul lie pageant OF to-day
fas heen like death ,--,U u saw her pale dis,nay
IL woad'ting sisteIhood and heard The hurst
ot exclamation lrcIa her lips when first
She 81" that youth, too we'll too dearly known
S1iehiiy kneeiing atthS Prophets throne.
All Zelica there Wds a time when bliss
Shonc oer Thy heart from every look OH
whcn MT To see him, hear him, breathe The air
ia winch be dwelt, was thysoul's fontle.t Yrtyer
wren I0nnd hun hung such pcrpctualspell
ntate tT he did, none ever did so well.
100 happ5 GAYS when,il he touob'd flower
VI gem OF thine, twas sacred from that hour
Whth thou didst stndy him, 'uli ev'ry tone
hlu Gesture, ana dear look. became thy own
ny voice IKE has, the changes of his face
"a Tune reflected with still iovcer grace,
ilkt echo. sending back sweet music fTanqlt
NlSh TWICE III aerial sweetness II had broEggtl
ie' now he comes-brigher than even he
ger beam'd bstore-but sh NOT bright for
ttce.
Twas from brilliant banquet, where the sonpd
81 poeSy and music hrcath'd around,
n"tiher p!c.uring to her mind and ear
i"e Rpr;ts VI 'hAt hrat'n her desun'd sphere,
Nhrre aii WIS pure, where eY'ry stain thar lev
cpon uir sr'rits light, should pass away,
Ahd Tell,2ing more than youthful love
" CT "ish.d 81 drcau'd she shouidfrr'ver rove
through hrlds nj fragrance by her ARMS side
flspwn blesS'd, pHrihd eternal brute -
y was fTora scene, wi,chirg ;rauce Ike his
t,e nWfrd her away, YET breathing hiss.
To the dim chaTnei house. through n, us etrearu
Oi camp aud death, led only by those CLEANS
winch fciii corruption lights as with DIES an
o show the gay ana proud she too can shinel
ana, passing on ;hi oueh uprightranss of dead
NMch 20 the maiden, donhy crazed by drrad,
Seem'd through the bluesh death li,ht ro,,d the,n
cast.
IL move thetI lips in mutterngs AZ she uass,d-
mere inihat awful place, when each had onaR'd
ana pledg'd IN silence such a fearful ,raurht
5Ich-oh the loek and taste of that red bow
j! haunt hei Till she dies-he bound her soul
~ dark o0th, III TELLS dark language ira,n'd.
lever, while earth his mystic presence claim'd
While the biue arch On day hung or them both
Never by that all imprecatiEg oath.
~ JOY or sorrow from hie eide 10 sever
'AAe a"crs, snd the vide cllarnel echo'd Never
never ,"