Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-06-03

The awful SHADOW OF some unseen Power
Floats, tho nAseen, among uS--visitins
This various world withas inconsian wing
As summer winds taG. creep from flower To flower
LiAs mooh beams that heh nd some piny nVna.a
1t sisits aith irronsisntg 'suce
Each hlcnsn hea'i aia soHHtcnance
he hines and haJi4oaas of cvciliug--
tse c.u0ds "a sisi,igL; widely spread
Lise inesloIy Afha-icfiei--
Like ausht iaat !ci lis gsace may he
hs-r, and !et oSsEes iur Is N, slert.
sp;rit re Beauty 'hat dom eonsecTate
mii tiae o,n. oGes a, ,hoa ,ost shine opon
o. human thought OF ioria--W Le,e AIT ghoa gous9
Way oost tto-, pass a@ay Gnu leave oar state
This din vast yalS oittgrs, vacant desV!aie
ASK VIII the sunlight not forever
Neaves t@iabowS wtT you ilnus tain river
Why aught sion.,l fa aud fade .hat once is sheWn
Why fear n't cream ana death and Aiilh
Cast on lie Daylight II ti.!s earth
soch yloori, shy ,iah has such ! scope,
Tea issednd hate, ecspoaoency aud hope5
NJ voice from some snhiigior world bath ever
i'o sase al paet ihyss respoHsi,es gwen;
tRere;cre the names u Demon. Ghost and Heaven
Remain the RECORDS ci iseir vain cpdeasor
ilaii speis"hosv uttered Charm might not avail 10
from ~ We hryr AID all Ne see,
p"aAt. chai,ce and IimsHiity,
Fh. iight alo.c-.ke mist oeI mountains driven
Sr music by the nightw.ii sent,
lhro' strings OF ssnIs sui ,ustrHnenr,
Or moonlight on midnight stream,
Gives sraeeand truth 10 life. cnIaiet dream.
Love, hope anu Sclt-VetFr ~ Ike CioucS depart
Aud come, ioi some uncertain mojticuis lent.
Man were immortal and Otnnipotsnt
D'd'st thou, unSnoNE aud awful rs isau art,
X, ep with thy glorious iIm Within his heart
thou ilesSengero of sympatles,
That wax and wane ia lovers eyes
ybon--ihai 10 human ihought ant nourishment,
Like darkness TO dying game -
Depart not thy shadow came
De- ant hottest the grave shodld he,
lAe life aud fear, DARK reality.
Htileyet BOY soaeh, for ghosts aud spcd
n q ii.fgr in chs lu4s rave md fs-,
And ctaTiisltW'oG f'.r fearful steps pursuing
Hopes OF hish TAX viil are dcparted dead.
called poisonous asmcs with which orr youth fed
was not heard saNt .,ein not
Wen thus musing deeply or The lot
Ol life, az that sw Get tine when w.dS wOoing
All vital things that wake 70 bring
News OF birds aud biossonling-
Sudden, thy shadow fell upon me;
shrithed, and clasped my hands in extacy
~.
vowed that wonld dedicsts my powers
To thee and ihine--hGve nOt kept the vow,
With beating heart and streaming eyes even now
Ica.l the phanpons OF a lhoEsand hours
zach itom bis Voceess grave; they nave in visionary
bywerS,
OF studious zeal OF Ioye's delight
out-watchd me With the euyious night;
They Know that never 10! n6nled my brow
Sniinsed with hope hat thou weGld'stnce
his world FROM It's dsrE slavery,
That thou--o aSful LCEetiAeSs
Wouldstg!ve w2a!e'ertbese words cannot express.
IN
The day becomes more solemn ana serene
When noon is pasi-there harmony
In autumn, aid psire in the sly,
Which tlrohghtie Summer isnot heardc seen,
IS l. 4 ;tcOnd not he, as it,, hao not been;
Thus iet thy power, shick lis lie truth
Cnt"ie. on my PASSIVE youth
Supplied, "a my onward lite supply
is callE--to every one who wOTshps thee
AA0 every form containing thee,
Whom Spirit fair, thy spells did bind
To fear hinssif, and loge all human kind.
PERCY Il. SHELLY.