Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-04-27
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I1entpk. W 'HS'ni1s thS |.
tbs Christmas Ode we Rad the honor OF
pses.rting to the pubic a few Sseks
since. IF se can snticipets the feelings
Of ru- P,'rSns from any analogy Of or
own. fsey will Be glad 10 escape for lev
moments from the tarhulent s'mnsphrr
of political controversy, to ENJOY am
thi. {. Arcsiiaa Nymph," the Hgaan
Fields Of Poetic Inspiration.
~Larsior hie eaupos 9'hsr. ct iHn'Hs
rest II purpsrea."
Ina letter TO her Uncle in kentuck1'
VINO has pnliteiy favored Is With cepI
of tn. Ode. the fair Anthores, makes the
fs,,oxing modest and appropriate preface
"a this RELAXATION of her leisure ho"rs.
"Tbe s7'jeet ~hich l have selected.
has already EMPLOYED the talents Il an
euinent poet. (.8ksrs;ds) and a. he ha'
adhered ia the rich harvest which It pre-
se,,.d TO the sickle OF his genius, nus
I;k. Rat, of old, be content to collect me
scatte. ed ears, not however cxPectlhg
TIE same result to my emPlrynrnf as ta'
which attended the lsbors Of nv fair =
med p,ed-ee.s'r." hsH '7rsas
ODE TO rMaGIyaTIoy.
Oh thoa ~hs-e sower inspires the nin-
And roar. the tide 81 'uuefuI verse a'ong.
Who's. rapid wings through ether speed
their fight, sight,
While earth extended lies beneath thy
Send one bright beam OF thai esles'ia'
blaze. p'.ys,
That roand thy bow ib dazzling lus,
On, raw. t, gid the gloom 1t mental
Aod bu %,sG 4. .Arood with thy refaissni
By the. each scene, that meets the g,
Ting view, hue:
Il clothed IN besutv's bright Attractive
IT'S thine to wake the bold exalted
,hou,ht, ffraught;
With sple,jar graced, with mental srdor
The IoftT strain Of eloqIenee is thine,
By thee it, torrent rolls, It's beauties
shine:
Thy power directs the minds sd'ehtu-
rous nignt, height
And guides its course to grandeur lofty
IT'S thine fair beauty's brightest forms to
trace. grace,
Adorned with charms and rich in every
By thee the painters mimic canvass
shows, glow;
A Youthful form where each attraction
b. thee tn. eye its eeming lustre sheds.
By thee the rose the snowy cheek DER.
srea1s, seems
Till to the SIGHT the lovely semblance
A living goddess, sung in faoled themes
Nor does the strain whose hesdloog tyr
rent falls, walls,
While sounding echoes strike the loft
Nor Venus ro5ed IN heavenly charms
alone,
The potent magic Of thine influence own.
Or have thy visions cheered the dropping
breast, prest,
By anguish pierced, by gloomy cares op.
A while suppressed the deep eonplain.
ing Sigh, ling eve.
And wipe the tear from sorrows stream
The lonely exile, forced afar TO roam,
And leave tor s'er his loy'd, Ian. tied
home, arise.
Though foreign scenes to meet his view
By thee transported, sees his native skies,
Each scene, that gave his youthful heart
delight.
Again s-iu,e. his fond enrap'ured sigh,
And friend-hip's voice, shieh once he
loved TO hear.
In tender accents meets his listening ear.
But .bo can tell how wide thine inau.
ence reignsS cnair.s,
The weary captive. bound in CALLING
Cheer-d BY Thy light, iOrge's hi. dun
geoo's gloom. bio n.
And seems 20 gaze on Nature. Sernai
The ieafy grove, the bIua ethereal sky.
The howery field, delights hiss wondering
eye. ing notes
While natures music breathes it. thrill
And on his ca, in melting Stiffness fiosis
Fair queen Of visions I invoke thire aid
Whose wondrpus force, what strain has
e'er display'df course
For pho can trace thy Wild eccentric
Or paint Of mental light the lovely source;
As we'll might art with feeble SKILL essay
To paint ii. warm enlivening orb OF day
With mimic hues its sparkling beams to
light
And pour its radiance on the aching sight
Fen though l gained that mountains "a
bled height delight
Where music brea,hes the soul Of warm
I'd ask not power thy wopd'rous might to
sing, spring
So far beyond my thought sabiimest
But send eae beam Of that celestial blaze,
That round thy brow in dazzling lustr,