Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1821-03-27
a THEME Eoa A POET.


s'ho, saaii do 10 i< for ever kiiuwn .--trsrlev;
The srrow that shall lay me low.
Has s',at from Fatc's unerrips bow,
'rhe b ,ur tirs, drew breath;
Aud very toats'ep proceed,
il tracks me with invr.iSi,ig speed
turii it meets me. Death
Has gwen sneh impulse TO that dart,
l, I"''ns forever at my heart.
All soon of me il u,ust be said.
That 1 have i,ed--ils,t aiu dead u,
or all leave b hind,
4 few may weep little while,
Then hless my ineh,ory with smile:
What nionur,ent of miid
Can bsT'eath 20 de.ithhss fame,
That af,rr. t,Inrs ,nay io,e my name
Let Somhfy sing OF war. aiarm.,
The pride nf bif,ie, din of arms.
The glory ailj the guilt
Ofnatiuns trenehrronsiy en,isvvd,
a, realms by patriot martyr, savcds
OF hi,od insansly split,
md millions sacrihe,Si 20 fate. =.
To maze one little mortal great.
LIT Scot: in wiLier strains, delight
10 chant the lady and :: knight,
The tournament, the chase,
f'hr wiIsrd s decd, without q name
per,ls ny ambush. GOOD and iiane.
or.pic,uresilue!y trace
The hills thar form world 70 high
The s,>e that seems n downward shy.
Ia Wordt'renh weave in mystic rhyme.
Feelings n,e.thly sublime
And Ompsthies unknown;
Yst ~ our Yielding breasts enthrai,
4is Soul snail transmif,fate through all
His thoughts become cur own
And strangely ptaseh, we smile TO 6ns,
Such hhldea treasures In 0ur mind.
IL; Canplbeirs suee,er numbers flaw
throuvh every change Ut Joy ar NO,
Hopes dreaming dresirs display
The Pennsylvania cottage Wild
T;,e frenzy 81 o. onnors child,
Or Iiniisns dreadful taysi
And sti!i In zach tleine airDenr
70 every Maze and Grace MORE dear.
Z, L pu;-cr with nntrpmbi,np ham,
aprttlous lot and fiery brand, =;
LIT at tle iames ofh,ii,
90 J,iwn, an1 search the human heart
Till Eeuts from every corner start,
Their crimes and piaynes 20 tell
Then let him fling his torch away,
Anc sun his soil in 'iea,rns pure tlar.
Trnrscrniaut Masters Of the Lyre
Nor to ydr,r h1nors aspire,
Bnnhier, YET higher views
lave 'omehrd my spirit into flames
The punp of Faction disclaim;
Fair truth! he thou my Nurse
Reveal in sp'endJr deed, obscure
Above the proud, exaft the po.r.
siny the men who le II tlieir honv,
Aniist barbarian clans TO rosm
who land and OCEAN crossed,
I'D hy star discrrnei on high
I'y faih's unseen, all seeing eye
10 stk and save the lost
Wherc'er the ctrse Adam spread.
To call his chill lreii from tire dead.
Strong is the Grea, RrtIeemer's name,
liiey O,re the cross, dctpised the shane:
Aud, like their mnstcv here,
Wresticd With danger, pain. distress,
Hunger ana, cold, aud hakediress,
And 4very form OF far:
To taste his love their only jov,
70 Tell that love theirbe,t employ
. thou of old nPetJiehem born,
n min of sorrows ard of scorn,
sjesus the Sinners Friend
On Ihov epthroneJ, in filiaI rii.ht,
Ac,ve all creature power aud height
Whose kingdom Shall EXTEND
TIL earth like hes, en-, thy name shall fiji,
And men like angels, do thy will:
Thou, whom 1--we, but cannot see:
My Lord My God, look down on inca
Ny low affections rise:
Thy spirit of lie and light mparr,
Cniarge, i,Ispiit, ipiisIne my heart<.
:, And while spread Thy praise,
S,ine ON MY pkh, in mere, shine,
feoSpsr IN! w,tk and make il thine.
written in Tie gear leI. In contemplation Of A r
ich has htser beep puhls4hsJ.