The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1817-01-08
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fe (oiOsvlng sOas eonmvr'eafed az me "Sw-
YEARs ADDRESS of ghe Carrier Y me
Rhode Leland Reha6Hear II soas hoEever
reeeiped zoo late for haf fnrh0se.
ONES the NEw.YsAn with pleasure IN her train
all Wealth and Plenty bless this land again
r'- c aud again the jocund sailors sing,
'- .. Il Commerce spreads her nevertainting wing,
,aidthe plough the teeming earth unfold.
,d Agriculture strew tie fields with goldi
l-chsnc Arts their busy tolls pursue,
awe on their native soil, and bless u too'
- all these things be, thou fower Supreme, whose
might,
-es scep,re wielIs of Justice and of Right
$40 yet in blessing, did delight to bless
''pr Fathers, and the Land we now possess
- yet in Mercy, let thy hard appear,
I'd added blessings Crown the future Year.
let not the past disturb the present Joy.
-,ach season has Is change, each bliss alloy
I'D was tha. hour, when all his Summer fe!de,
o,wintry blasts the sorrowing Farmer yields,
'"iie wsving corn now waves for him in vain,
.,ad Famine treads DER all the blasted plain
iae tender grass, M the cold whirwind fies,
rives its Joy blades. and dropping dies
=. was that hour--yet the rsnt gale 70 ~ eset
I. ,it from its wings, and mildews as i' Fl..,
;}e to the city HeAIih's revving glow,
at be't. most perfect sitt' to man belo"
coLunsrA~-since that years eventful close,
: hcn Thy jenignant Star Of Empire rose.
-'e'er was the days Rock, on which Thy greatness
STANDS
Guerded by sobler hearts, on purer hsnds;
Seer since tie days OF godlike WAsHIscTos,
More stropg the Chair which binds thy states ono;
Ne'er tiy CHARTERED rights more firm mainland,
Thy flag unsullied and thy faith unsiain'd.
20, thy canals, whence wealth internal spreads,
Aich MS the sands OF Peru's golden beds.
.cience behold her temples rear'd by taste
Vhcr, cnce the savage roam'd the lonely vseio,
end Education shows the path which eads
70 Fame, to Virtue, and TO nobiest deeds
Religion here IS mild as Hcavsn above,
sts iuceEse holy, and its worship Love.
Where the Ohio rolls his mighty 6ood.
Or 20 Esntvrky's banks and far,hest ~eoI.
Vo2t Dusnbcrk from the throrged city hy
To 8 more genial cline and kinder aky,
The Aueptic seas from her extended shore,
Ter sop3 departing, to return no more
Yet whe rssoe'er they go--whereyer roam,
lis Freedom most endesrs their much loy'd Home.
Rests The vide world in pence with him awhile,
The Chief, once fear'd Of ST iIelena's Isle
Nc--thv before hlgiers the bonds accurst
N slavery fell and crumbled into dust;
Tho iko a star from Heaven. the I<csoent falls,
And Christian banners floats before her walls.
Tho the poor captive is TO life resiord,
And sli the blessings which this life afford
Ne wsr her blood stand banners lifts again,
And savery follows in the tr.ek es Spain.
where south.nmerica, at Fs-eIom's call.
Swc ,rs to Avenge her Wfongs-or nobiy fall;
Arms wen females for the holy fight.
And claims, above her sex, martyrs right.
There Freedom has, again the Flgh' begun.
Nor sheathes her sword--tili Liberty is won.
2 n scenes of war and hlooo shed--tu'n sn3 GO.
That duty ask Humanity from thee,
7s culcnt and We ,lthy, who are given
To sl The stewards Of indulgcnl 9eavsr.
Yours IS the bosptabIe fire tbat wa u,s,
And yourst HONE chat shie,s fgora Vntry storms
Aemcpbss then, the iriendess and the poor,
And Heavcn, With Blessings absl Increase your
store.
-e-ar7bcr si--t6e fsd who bstugs TO yon
The yts.'s frst Wscone, and iSs last Adieu
Tesky a. was his care with uevs 30 cheer
Zach }pOs ard every SEASON of The year.
7ewefS ms ebors, and eToect 70 End,
SeRsone se boun.eovs yourselves .vd kind