The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1822-12-18

All that m Heaven can hope eu,hrais
Or He'll alright wbsi!
The last was Of pen.pe AR,
With sable eyes, and jetty hgir,
And dark brow ,--dari:sr ling d with care
e1hst neitherjoy n0r hope could share
And, to the world she seenl'd 10 quit,
With ever swift reiresiing feet,
sDas notice could she spsrs;
Yet now and then glance size sent
~ mark he steps, which way they bent,
Of her young sister, Gallo To-Day,
Dut as ihogc steps would Constant stray.
And reckless take the doa inward pslh,
Then, more in sorrow than IN wrath,
she turnd her sead away,
Slow che receded from my sgln,
TO distant domes Of shsdoay ltgh,,
10 reach the spot where shrouded stood,
J hs family " beyond the Hood ;"
Nor TO my ASKING voice, o, eye,
ar looG'd regard, or deign'd reply;
But sul! tbat saiD,ed form andHeIn,
Solemn, tho mid, tho sad, serene,
seem'd an embodied voice ~ say,
/" Mortal my name 10 fEsrgEDAy!
The second OF the kindre', race,
Received from Heaven a iivei.r grace,
WIKI heaihs own rose her cheek was dyed,
Large was her hazeleye,
Add gracei1i sc,sehess supplied
The place ol majesty.
but truly active tho she seem'd.
Mat weteher AIMS no soul could guess
For still in VISIONS view twas deen'd
Hut busy ldieaess.
In careless guise she socm'd around,
And pick'd her pebbles from the ground,
And when obtan'd, the worthless store.
She hung them by, an! gsther'd more,
And all her actions and her thought,
Lies sunny surface only sought,
Nor ever sesrch'd d the secret springs
That move beneath The face OF things
Tho latent pc rls beneath the sand
Awaited but her searching hand,
And sleeping diamond's seem'd To- say
GIVE ~ the Guns auxkeumB ray"
Thus careless though size seem'd, yet near
Alcthought traced the fequent tssr;
Ano that she noted not the Gaze,
And sorrows OF ,be e'dsr fair,
Was not that caplious or severe,
She seem'd to deem thai sister dear,
But ,hat hsr fond and eager sight,
(Which else its glance had backward ,nrnI
And taught il ,here toisssy
Fever d with ecstncy now burnd,
And darted onward all its hight,
where seeming jos, from ldas' height
As tiebe young, ~ Venus bright,
fo.noRR0w stood contest!
Twas in vista thro' the shade,
Uer whose green arch tle sun,bessss pay
yhat fairest iorm that .'er was seen,
Was sporiog on the de~y green.
feep,ng each rielry walk between
And often wiiiul'y would scSsee,
That dazzling hag and angel men,
An,il The boughs tina, n,ervere,
Those amber ringlets lar behnd.
Way'l wAh the sportive western WIND,
Andever mid the green leaves seen,
Spsriied hike fairy Isht between
but with her rsniie hues SC iair .
WHIT tinls of nasure can compare l
Eought half SO rarlO,is or SO gay,
Coudskics, or earth, or seas dispiay, 5.
Ciwas hptils once. 30 po,S say,
Blt rro,eus stole The robe Tor May
Aud iis ,ng'd il wnh her rs,.)
And Hope had borrow'd from the skies, b..
The color tor those azure eyes.
Whose temper'd ra,.,once, soitend dyes,
Aha,'d bu, no, fsliSued The s'Sh,,
And 'eeu,'d sunny orS To view,
Mres,hd by a cloud o; sainiea blue,
Tha, swan in liquid hight
Oh uasch,ess nail, forever hail,
Forever thus thy power prevail!
Each former mspirsisn Ger,
I'm other FORMS gsSs no more,
Noe wonder that Tic @ors3%Seee
10 sigbt thy sis,crs-wor,hp thee.
Eor sure wahoat llNnpsNnE power.
Mans frss wousd bshis snal hour;
w.. M1,1 sas. saa Esa,. nc " SG%a 'ss., i'es
IL o,oG ,,iS scene o'srcsst.
or merSfD>pSS he buried past,
The fctusss ~ eby thee appears.
ofe,d'ess joyss9 end-ss years.
Ihcu bstn's, ~ lNrist,an's aching eve,
With deas from se,es,ial sky .
lrhpu eiim'st the eu,'s troubled mind,
Whispering. the weld will yet he kn,J.
Reic,s Nbe indignsa Pe,riot's soul q
Visions o' civic gic,y ro,l; -
When ranscm'd realms shall give to fame,
ii,s i.areii'd 1ust. his pa~U'd name.
fsirest sud best accep4 the song
To thce my 'ays-my s,i belong
An Corner thoughts | bid to he
And consscrste nly soul to thee
All 'ormsr cherish Il lu,rs depstt,
Tbon. only thea, sh,,l rule my heart,
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