Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-07-18
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ps-sf-g wf.5, hiis fsvorie q CslG<" Sreyer,
gwen cut he whole r.a to ne feelings
waach hare % hug carried hia away, end
% hzTs en,pt5ed hinseEf Of greater share
ct melancholy taza n any o. as foraler
predictions. There s 70 c5uesa9r1ent at
tempted Re throws aside almost az DIS
z7Iise. and dssc5ssrs to yos tie va.tIre
grief, u the>sery act ct praying upon rs
vIcsIs.
~Oa, that he desert were ny Dwelling
riaGs,
VITA one ftir spT-it ior ny nli1isser,
Thst I :, sgat al iorget the human race,
a1t, hating no che, icve Tot oniJ her
Ys elements. ~ whose snn69i1ng sur
] ie~i r7rself exa!ssd-raa ye not
lcccrJ! re sUch 5eIlg Do eT
n Geeuing snch InbsbR nary spot!
IL1,yza with ITEM % converse can rzrs-y
&c cur yot-"
A nr-rd hborirg cnder detection and
trapfag Is al reIIef from contenPia-
,ioa Of The uncertainty Of human felicity
and tie fagscicy OF human snJoynear,
eouid Eot pitch upon more advantageous
spct to stand IN ian Italy, where nan, and
the works Of nan had Tor ages reached me
very highest suranit Ct human gtory-and
where Frustrated IN rims orouly stzHdIsg
bali Gecayed, the fragments OF those WORKS
barely serve to announce 10 lie glowing
Imagination, faint intInlation of what
Rome ence was
.: Cypress znd w, weed and asI-fover
grown
Mated and nassed together, hiIlocks hEaP'i
On what were chambers, arch c-usa't, Co
lsir.E strosa
IN fragments, chok'd Up vaults, and res
cas s,eep'd
In sabterrsbesn daups, where he owl
pesp'd
Deenaing I; s.;inight temples, ts:hs Or
halls ,
Pronounce WHO can ior al that learning
reap't
From ker research hath besn, that these
Behold the imperial Nouat - is thus Ii.
mighty Alis-
100.
:. There g the neral Of all human tzle.;
Us bat the sane rehearsal OF the past
First freedom, and then giory--"hen hat
Wealth, vice, eprgption.-bsrbs-isn al
last.
And hislor7, with al Der volumes vast.
Hath bot me page better within
here,
Where gprgeoys tyranny had thus smsssed
All treasures, al delights, that eye On ear,
Heart soVi c0gH seek, tsngBe ask--agsy
with words DRAW near,
100.
Admire, emit, despise--laugh, weep
Tor mere
There Il such matter tof al feeling Man!
r h1sJ pendgi8aa betgTxt smile and tear,
Ages and realms are crowded IN this span,
This nnog1tsin, whose obifersie5 plan
The pyramid 81 empires p,bnscje6,
Of y!ories, zewZaws 'aisng ~ ne van,
Till the sro's rays WITH added Sahas we're
Where are jts galden .onts Where those
who dared 10 bDiid
10.
g Tally VS. aGt 40 eloquent "a thoy,
ThOD 5sseless column wJti, the buried base.
WnS. are me js6rsis "a he C8ssr's brow ;
Crown ne With ryy from his dReilIng-pisce.
Whose s;cn Or pillar meets me m the isce,
Titus Gr rojan : No rs that Of time
TriiB71yh, arch pillar, 81 HI doth dIspiace (
SeoainZ AMI apostolic statues climb
To crash he imperial urn, whose ashes
sleep sublime.
Tbs IS in the Ioftjes, strain Of meal elo-
qU.nse, and yet Is eqssIIed BY much Of
wat precedes and much Of what follows
il. And more usef9i lessen never Was
presented 10 such nation as this republic
itran is contained IN the next 'tanzss. u
Rome ieIl from the pinnacle OF power and
perfect freedom, mo slavery and debsse-
ment, what nation can hope to escape
liz.
" Where ia the rock Of triumph, tie high
pIace
Where Rome embraced her heroes Where
the steep
Tsrpeian 6ttest jail Of treason's race,
The pronontory whence the traitors leap
Cured all ambition. Did The cohgUerors
heap
Their spoils here Yes, and in yon field
below,
A thousand year. OF silenced faction sleep
The forum where the immortal accents
glow.
And still the e,oquen; air bresthes-burns
WI Cicero.
1IS
" The field Of freedom, faction, fame and
blood: