The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1821-03-07
isCN Az X.
From the Nla.iooal In.eIIigencer.
PROGRESS OF LIBERTY.

4 HE PROGRtSS Of Liberty.
.1nniversary of Washingfon's Birth Day, FEB.
~uary %, 1921.
Jam redt ct virgo, redeaat ssturna regns. ylrgir
q, could strike the sweet resounding Tyre
With Virgil juig nent, or Homsrs hie;
Could on my nuse equal Pindars daring height,
D. with Milton IN his heavenly flight
o Liberty Thy triumphs to proclaim,
With the loud trumpet of eternal fame
And. swifter thsD the vivid lightning. dart
A voice OF terror TO the tyrunts heart
Whence this presumptuous race Of titled things,
/, Tbs gorgeous train of Princes ard Of Kings
Uslrpers--who have filed the world with crimes,
Aud sent their doctrine to succeeding times:
= In the dark age Of reasons infancy,
The Judgment fetter'd and the fancy free
Were fisst devised those mad, ambitious schemes.
Those wretched dog mas, those distemperd dreams,
Imposed upon mankind fot right and law.
BY whca proud tyranls kept the world in awe.
Thea did 'despo tic kings and prests unite
The iiorrid spectres Of that gloomy night:
Der PROSTATE nations swiy'd with dread costrol,
Oppressed the body, AID conde nned the soul.
Hence they have tyranniz d in ages past,
Usufp'd The psessnt, and would claim the last,
But 10 |! a bright saturnsn age rolls on,
In ~ the glory the midday sun ,as Hi
Dspe,ing, with its potent influence, ss-
Those mists OF error that obscure the senses
whe tited pomp the pride OF little mnds.
Who's iinsei glitter the weak judgmen blinds
Its gaudy trappings, and ats vain parade,
Before regenerat0ns radiance fade. -
For, now, eternal Liberty no more
Confines her rumphs 10 Colu mbias shore
,T,b Europes cnss the conquefing goddess flies,
And claims again her long deserted skies;
lnvades the realms of Italy and spsin,
Add proud Geman,a sends her hosts in vain.
And may Brttannii's sons reverse the scene,
Aud hail in triumph the immortal Queen.
No longer yield to arbitrary laws.
But Use undaunted, and assert their cause
AMI will not 0aa 'ift her droopiug head
Must all her glory in ,hs dust be laid
Forbid IT, Heaven! May that detested clan
OF Oftyraots, leagu'd a,aips, the rights OF man--
That vic conspiracy OF Kings combined
To forge new letters, and enslsve mankind,
Sopn yield to Liberty resistless sway.
And her swift vcngesnce'swcep them all away!
y To Aslas climes, triumphant goddess, haste!
To fertile countries, now \ savage waste:
Where naughty Turks maintsn despot'c sway
Der shose fair regions OF the rising day;
To western Aires rude barbarian shore,
where The proul Ottoman, and cruel Moor.
Still unmolestcd hold their borrd reign,
Aud cApives doom 10 seryitude and pain.
With the swift wings of vct'ry hasten on,
Till realms are free, and tygsnts are undone
Hail honored name 20 freedom ever dear,
Wboh aIl succeeding ages win revere
To whosc .uperior greatness titlos bow,
Anh moOarchs blush 20 fad themselves so low
O, NAsHIEoroa! the muse inscribes her ley
In sweet remembrance 70 thy natal day.
AIS now vain the tssH! her humble lays
Caa add no ray to thst effts gent blaze
OF CORY that rradistes hy name
IN tle bright annals OF immortal fame. N. IL.