Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1821-11-13


TIE following lines iron, the pen of nnser Wa.
reeollect TO have any thing in the same
-, " " ei" tLsSer1o't Mercury.
Anu '99n hast walked about, chow strange soryY
IN ihe',es streets three thousand years ago
When the Memnonum in all its glory:
And time had not begun o overthrow
Ihc>e temples, palaces and piles st,Ipcndous
'twhch the very ruins tremendous
Slsak! for thou enough hast acted pNmmv
3iourt s,anan" so ,hv es ,e. us hear us ore
,sn nGIi ita ,t ,he gilmpsss of the moon,
but with thy bones and ncsli, and limbs ana rc,,,
1"i ns.tor doubtless thou canst rerolect
v T wh"m should we assign The sphinx's fame
T. PomPey's Pillar really " r,isnomerS
Had Thebcs a hundred gates, as sung bv yr,,o,
Perhaps thou n Mason and G,rh;dd
,,, 10y oati to tell the mysteries OF thy trade:
1 ia M say What secret melody hidden
sssrhaps thou Mere n Priest fso my s,rnyelcs
n'e 'ai"' Tor pr,e>ieraft never owns its juseics
frrchance that very hand now rin;opd IN,
n. iias hob-a-nobd with Pbnraoh glass to ri,
vi uropnd9 halfpenny in IIomer's hat
!ir held by Solonon's own invitation pass
~ 'orch nj the great Temples dedication
l n ws mot ak thee II tia, hand when orm.s
',as any Roman soldier niau,'d and tnn.ti,
~ Is .'on vert dead and buried. and dmhan,s'
ant;,,;,y na,us anu itc'nus had been sucked:
ssN"uq"i.s appears tn have heguu.
long alter thy pri,rcrai race wac ~,
ws toI M st deselope, ,hot with wi,bcru ,cn
Ir,, t. Us whct those siehtlcss orhs have 500,
~ ,ns WORD look'i when il was fres, mn, ,,o,
n ana me great dcluge which had lon i, ap, s""s
,r wa. Il then so oll that Hisiorys nae. s'ee"'
N"h'aina no record OF its cariy aorS
SUI silent, uncomu,unirnive elf,
an sworn Ia secrecy, ,bnr
p@, pryth"e tell us something OF ,b,.Nir N''S''
reveal The secret OF thv prise, Lon,
Since In Tho worli of spirits tboi b,st s,ii,...,,
A '"'' n'u Scrn-what strange adventure, number,J,
Hc,-c iir>t tSv form was in this boy extended
rr, Nn above ground. some str,noa mutation;
II woman empire has hesun and ended ''
New worlds have riscn--yvc bay los, All matt:
NheS nave into dust been hu,,i,icJ
"hre not fragment Of thy flesh has crumJcd -
Hm.i thou not hear the pother Der Inv head
,, Mh.n ,hr great Persian cnngneror Cambv.cs
~, "r'niPs my tomb with thundcrin,, ,rc,s
O'rrthrew Osiris, Ortis, Apis Isis ''''E "c'o,
Sod shook the Pyramids viii fc,r a., 49,
Nhcn the gigantic Memnop fell asundcr
~ inc torlb's secrets may not he confessed
/. ne nature 81 thy private life unfold.
-A"r"rt mas tlrnhhh beneath that lc,tlcrn b-c,..
>, ..nu ,e,rs aonwn that dusky cheek have rojl,,
No.. chhnreh ci'mb'd those knees and kiSs'd ,i' c.
INV was eny name and station, age and race 90
SiatuH OF hesh-ImmoI1al OF the dead,
- hnpcrishable type Of eyunesrcnre
'vs'hu'nnus man. who qu 81 thy narrow hos
~, ana s,anhest lr'rnycd within our nr,sc,rc
In, nnu VIII hear nrthng till the judgement morn;,
He inc great trump shall shr thee with n, ySsrn;,
WV should this worthless tegu ment endurr
II us nndytng guest he lost f,r ever
- ,et us Keep the soul embalmrd and miro
IN hVng virtue that when both m,st scSc- y
,y ~ corruption may oar frame consume
Az immortal spirit in the skies bloom