Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1821-08-21
Iron the Washington City Gazette, Aug. @
TIE OPENING OF THE NEW THEATRE.

"ror useiul mirtk and salusry wo.n
lhotto OreT the stage.
avery select audience had the pleasure of Witnessing thu
penioy ofth theatre night On the curtain Len,
aa'ied style, an OCCASIONAL Address, which was well re
erred by the auditors:
RISING in flames, from, Tibcr's troubled tide
VOW Mui IFS zephyr gratitude its guide
oar n1mic grandeur wing'd its flight through air,
sIorning the perils, il encountered there
aiin suar-ng through &c high empyreal way,
Tie charms OF art and nature TO survey
NO" paused awhile then, Jeff the heavenly splere.
Us site selected and descended here.
So Beauty once, the poets say arose
ron OCEANS angry Hood, and ioarning throes,
4 reign immortal, fx'd upon the earth.
, ,.i' i"as we nope, the same protecting hand,
len shall our humble efforts still pursue
,ae path oil DUTY FIRST desgn'd bv YOU;
noid up Tue faithful mirror, and display
'he ages virtues and its faults pouriray.
Yet will net ths memorial stand n,ons
ut taste and ant, nc once the future throne
an hundred affairs shall surrounding rise
hncir grateful incense. smoking To the skies
t, 10y the brave, an'i guarie'! hy the free,
tshd consccrate,l--rOunt,y's lo-t--.to thee
s,y"te'ted ih,is, these monuments shall show
" lnt, oar fu'ier>, unborn ages owe:
~ T,,h 's..' sow wsd"ln arts, and arms combind
i ID i,',cdont once att',in'd, shall always last,
auorn the present time, aud gid ,li. mast
hese towers too, shall truulnt-iopy uroclnjm
hro' MI III astonisl''d world deed Of shame /
Now Po'shd nations, with fury worse
i]n orlaTs zeal. or Atiiias fell curse
lighted thr torch, with than Vaninl rape
nht ar the scup,urd roof. the historic ragc
asarh'ilg best records TO destruction ,looin,j
n.ic painful trophies of the arts, consun,d
Ihcn proudly bodstrd OF their ruthless trade
10 "hehded angels, and mankind dsmayd
Ii'nsr whe commerce spreads her broadest SiiJs.
2nn, o'cS' wiih freedom, every art prcvnils
Nhiic plenty springs from prolific soil
i.nu wealth. and honor GRO. with varied toll
ne world shall own its best eran,Ie h-y,
ueFe, science cultivate, and worth revere;
r!.'e, shali the sage, will, phosuphic gnze
thsuS
'c elncrprisc, which ancient Carthage knew,
"a more than modern Tyre, shall here renew
Dut last, and best, forever here shall bloom
me stern integrity of virtuous Rome;
ere yet ambition tampCrd with tho cato
.And made her vicious. while IL mad. b.r o,ro,,,
w men herJust conSu.-, strong in virtue reisn'I
ntir hearts untarnish'd and their hands unstuinJ.
" men the knd iatlIer, his country neeJ
s'.'e, aud hehcd his darling offspring bleed,
VT, when the good CnmilluS, cxil'd shone
tt,'sn'r IMAM BgcnnuS on his Gallic throne
~; Mhen us country. dcRrcr than his friend
me second Brutus, did his arm extend
Emu M contcmnrI%, save the nations veal
ii"hS" an n brothers heart, tlc crimson stool
ne tii'ie D'tT come, many years shall To,,.
nhcn THESE bright gioties shall Ice all DISPLAYED
1r'vi anu "onie, and Carthage shall combine
-" i"ahe, prond city, all their honors fhint
mug oe Tue boast 10 wear HERO'S NAME
'A'1 ''''"e' tue exalted hope, 10 initiate his fame
ONE AND TWO
he Thought IN the following enienatical lines
ps) Is 'ey old The neat application Of them is hi
rms dry Of all hath surely seen
Its worst for and Won;
iis NV SIX wears since we were ONE
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