Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1822-01-15
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tN.Yl hECoRpER--JANUAKY 1. Ils2

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(N.Y9 RECoRDER--JANUARY 1, lgSa
Triumphant Time thy wnyw ard course began
Ire young, crcati,ii's hllsom Mns fresh and New
When TO illuln. the heritage OF Man
Ihc hght W Eden >rarkled On the view
When earth MAS fair, and every breeze that blew
Across her bosom muriuured gently 10y
f"ilfraughi with FRA grsner ; ere the tempest few
IA fearful goomiuess to veil the Sky,
10 STROUD ats beams and hide its goldendye.
ih.n Man was happy innocent and young
5iis hope unclouded as the heaven above;
.hth angel woman TO his tsssom chung
And wahened all her wiichcry oil 1--we
she came tom heayeu like the Almighty dove
10 Win his soul with s-riii'h tenderness
Her 1oNery bonds OF bliss Sire iuterwoye
10 bti his spirit in her fond carcsS
AMI life was blessed, bright and ssorrowless
hen, then, oh Ilne thy wingwus waving light
=" IAN the ho"crs that benuii6ed thy way
ii'f' nss existence tV.mi. with delight,
and Sparkling in gay and glorious day-
lhen was tiic Sl'irt, in its mortal rlay,
breathing rs viii pure celestial GLOW;
put SIN and sorrow came la dread array
o Dhght The bads and lay the blossoms lou.
anu eaf1h beeanc u hermitage OF Voc.
On mourniul clamgc--tlIat paradise so fair,
90 beautiful and bonny in It's bloom,
and glorious spring, and primal frcshness-,hcrc
s"ne Nieiauchoiy IN her sbroud OF gloom,
;end Care 70 waste TO Mlther, aud consume
Inc aching spirit in unincly blight
4 hen bent 'he soul OF Man beneath its doom,
u hea Innocence and Virtue took their GiyI,t
f"o ici' me world involved in Sorrows night
~
The garden OF Iii, life hath stu - i,ne-
;', ,,,T shlUes ms morning, in its hour ofmirb,
-, ,oeosess a"h i,e, and roic,l yet in blue
hu germ of paradise, so fair 10 view
- iond Affections first aud pur,.st sprin,,
'. iltn each emotion of the heart is true
ere hope hpth lost her buuyaucy OF wing
VT Tue cold world hath brought its with,riny
On ever dear aud hallowed be- the bour
when angel 1"Vc ,lrscen,ls on ,osy vim,
20 rnli the blossoms in lf's ynum., May-Iow.r
ndlnu We anguish of \ .llictionss sting
f-l1l fsSNe az Ia t,..l..
whence How the streams OF lot,. and c,;,hh,Irosx
~ flrcst waves ot gentle murInuring
.nhrdding balm IA every rl,fie distress
|ouhiniis "f bliss in the worlds wilderness
oh, every dear and halIowrd he the hour
i:0 YOUTH enjoy il ere lis swc.ts are fled
arc Sr'd '''e dark storms of destiny shall Jour
, ,,,,u break m rude cumuIoiion DER tb. heat.
" Ien Inc fierce shaft Oi mscr, hath sv,i
;l'o the breast, and grieIs are gathering ,;i
nc memory oft blessings shall he she'd.
= ueaihoi giadlIcss 'n ;he world of strife
= faihoow on the sLrouded sky Of life
s'ibduer Time stern conqurror ofalI
hVen@er ni tue fnllirs of mnnkini
AnJ ar h' power "i grandeur own thy tI,rall
, iSio are ny thee To nu;hingncss consigned =
nu' cHns tiinu master The immortal minJ ,,
snere, All IN vain dss thou thy fury ,nur.
rs MARCH IS onward-frcc and uncopiiued
.uch IS tue Romna annals showed ofyorc
an" s"c7 as giorihcd thr Grecian shore
~ ~; thtre was giory's consecratcd cline
r MheIe Shppho hr"atbet and where Anncreop spp,
WheIe g,'n'us houri>licd IN the hldan t;,,,s wa sung
ana dweit upon the Nhcnan'. ,riCi,,i ,,m,,
iiIs, who the thunderbolts nj PL1n n,m'
NJ w ~ hIN c"unlry'nrn the fight to dare
Wnere heavrn Itself a Iomer's Iyr. lad. $50,
nm CHORDS that echoed swcetly on the air
hsi the melody OF heaven was there '
3 1nu mere was Valeis spirit. proud aud bi,,I,
mnch slune resplenlrnt on the clnnd orsn,
s ue,c vars himself poured forth his hotIcrr,
1,iu iaSned The coursers to his blood4Ived cav
~: ~ snone the ray Ofconquest from afnr '
ne beacon OF each hero, ON whose evc
A. peamed guiding and n natal star
i,'hS isTteis merry pillar, streaming high
~ '"A."s o'lshi aih"art the Egyptian sky,
afiere tell The SplTan-fearl,,sl> he cu
ana snlhed IN the red agony ofdeofb
stNtnere was triumph IN his atile knoll
S.tu victory III every ebb of breath :.
Uuaying glory twined the laurel wrca,b
EDend lhe lone cypress that o',rsl,ai,. IJ,. 49,
~ HSniN"h OF the one who silent beneath $3.50
~ nm whose life-blcod poured forth like the ~
~ Vu"s-'ne proud-tbe geucrous-the brav,.i
tiniysng glory MAN may nas<au,
IKE me night bubble hu:,tiiig ON the s,,o.
Ike ihc expiring blossom of a dav e'"
w. III - .ail u'w drop IN the sunny bean-
-, suuIt ana trdnsitOTy is his dream,
~ i"unlui lote,juy's evanescent hour
n, "ope ; oeguilinS and bewitcllipg theme.
81 mI ~ Tue storms OF fate and ages low,
NioiS uenes ana Knocks their baleftii powrr
T,nis, an Time hath halluwed the b;,b r.,,
-! heie cheitain, and Of those wLo FL '''"e
.r nc Doid ten thousand Of inImnrt,I f,n,
And oI tta1 -, 'ieIs, Ger heaps of Persian dead
l:Ncn rs a lion from the forest lair f>
o hasten " here wars banner was ou,so...,
ana waving like silver cloud in air P''""
4otry Tue bloody strife, to fiebt--Io ,r;p,,t ,,,.
40 OF IN ilns, tue unidmg light Of glurv sn,;,os
tn tie nlue ilar'iauellcs, anu on tie Law
W WnGIe ~ their beauty spread Ionis', isIes
MRhed and enwrcalled around i,v n.an,s, -,
a. inhS; eternal summer sheds her raw 'F'''
, ~ nish fhrnassus, and that IIrlicon
W mere tie Muse rlinted her beui,.I.;r,
Inu"ifS VI yore--that mSiOdy is aone '
ana those loved bowers are dcsolate and lopc
Tss' hcre-oh. here the scy the of Time ba,, s,,.
t,J t to,cn OF Time hath gone abroad TO hnrn.
ill.,, ~, 49,, ,oI inany an age, hath genius slept
t 1ui not unhonore,l, in the noiseless ,,rnP'
sSthi doih the eye with kind eyprcs,inn ,,,r
ir 'iiat uiustrious and all bnlIowed cline.
ne hght oi former ages TO discern
Whcn genius GcurislI'd in lis loCtv nri,,.
anu 'le inind' sprung triumphant over Time
and thus IT is-KingGoms may fall in dust
III, rne cOronhls OF empire may decay
me Sceptre perish, and the helmet rt,st
qua power and proud dominion I,e,.s a,,,,.
aHese are the TRANSIENT baubles az 6av
out Tue mind glows in its Immortal blo1n,
ana genius sheds uncxtinemishcf raw
,upOl mes scenes Of drcariilcss and plnom
RIGOROUS oYer Tine-yictorious DER the tomb!