Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-01-15

MENcEMBNr OF TaE NEW YEAR, isis.
at this glad season, ,hru TIE Joyous heart
roitlan Gifts feelings @oud mpart;
WEI w. roinJ 'as blazing mo, the happy throng
Ise free horts Of social mil IN prninng;
When the eay veseFau 20 his eager son
Reeoan;s, IN times long past bow Washington
TIE Hesds * ifcrlOn and OF Princeton won;
Nor, when The hoard with pcuieons cheer is cfown'd
AsdSong. and jest, and merry tales GO rouud /;
~ ms che bsppy birth ofthe New Year.
Permit vour f,ithfai nows-man to appear
Wiihol; frown his duties LEI him paw
And bear with graciousness his humble lay -
When the uotss cfwar spread DER the land,
When the drum aud trumpet call'd to arms,
While ~ ev'rs path trnuIp'd an armd Band,
And ev'ry bfecze broasht fresh alarms
oh was il not glorious then 20 know
How OUT gallant vessels met the foe
Aud CONQUERED the main7
And hor onr banners brav'd the breeze
AUD The enemy tamd Oh our inland seas,
on Erie and Chanplaiu =,
And glorious too, oh was itnot
Tie tate how Jackson, Brown and Scott
Where hoarse Niagara roais,
or the yast Mississippi gldes,
Gave their foemeus blood swell the tides
That wasi'd the fatal shores2
But Peace appear'd-her radiant form afar
shone like glorious star,
With healing on her wings the goddess came,
Madness and Hate TO tame
And with her came another form oflight,
More glorious and more bright,
Twice von twice decentralization prest the plain.
And in her heauteous train
Brot Plenty back TO bless the iabouring swain.
The Briton anl the Alserme quelld,
And warlike triumph ceas'd TO grace thy name
But still, America the world beheld
Each day add splsndour to thy growing fame.
From hap'ess Europe, who has bent the neck
To lie base yoke Of despots hither come
Those nohle spirits whom the fatal wreck
ofiheir poor country left no other home.
From these, new arts America SERVES;
Their added labour ills the vacant soil;
And soon her wilds will lee N with human hives,
Blest with the product ofther useful toll.
IN the depths of the forest vine shall he growing
The grain shall waive high V here the rank weed was
And soon shat each sow'r Of the rardenbe blowing,
Ard the orchard hang nli, where the barren had
been.
Where the panther and wolf thro' the ,hicket were
The flock and the herd shall stray safe DER the
ptini
Where the savage, fell than ale panther, was
howiIsg,
The reed Ola shepherd shall breathe his soft strain
Amomcnt turning the enraptur'd eye
From these bright scenes, all I who can check the
sigh.
To view in europe man ali PROSTATE lye,
While usants, higois, kuaves hold soveregnty9
Or, WHO cas- think, without a tear OF Him
Reside whose star al other stars were dim;
0ihim who, save himself had master'd al,
Whom less than aiin arms could ne'er enihrai;
OF him, whose giant grasp once held world
Nov rom bis seatof empire rudely huri'd,
BeiraSG--een ny his parasites aud tools
The scorn OF towards, and the jest OF fools
DTIv'a from the w0fld-tbe tenant OF a rock
His life blank, and his great aame a mock?
Nay, come il must, when those who could repay
With chains the crowns he gave them-cond betray
The noblest heart to b0ndags--yes when they
Shall from the thrones they shame be tOppled down
Aud cen the world forget they crown;
While his usTiOus deeds shall fll the page
Admird aud wOAderd at hrO' ey'Ty age,
Their recreant names shall be remembered not, l
And their base memories with their bodies rot
Unless his fate forbids the sooHndrels be forgot.
But beardy e not The din OF war,
Where battles gaan; Bolivar;
Oh, nerve the arm that strikes for thee,
Thou heaven descended LiheUyl
Chase nom the land the bcrde OF slaves,
And bid them seek bej end the waves
Their proper den ii misery
This continent AZ iaast be free
Columbia still to thee ea=h thought must tnrn,
For thee each patriot bosom proudly burn
Behold obedient TO thy fate's decree,
o guide thee towards thy glorious destiny
sage follows sage-nor oanst thou e'er decline
whiie Washingtcns and Jeffersons thine
Anu madisons and donr0es trace them in the line. !
And thou great keystone Of the Union thou
VINE never yet to Factions hest couidst bow
hou faithful Pennsy lvania o reoiceI
Again the man Of Thy unbiasd choice
Ihy fihd.ay trnmphs-while in vain oppose
All thy new taitoTs-ali thy ancient foesl
Forgive your minstrel, that the pow'r OF song,
Has hurried him, perhaps, too far along
He came but to prefer his earnest pray'r
That the New Year might find YOU free from care
The themes his Muse has dwell on ell he knows
Hes bro't you better dress'd in simple prose,
But theresa charm in verse he's heard that brings
Equal delight 10 him who hears aud sings;
And certain as, that the poor mRstrePs stain
Was by the generous never heard in VAIN
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