The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1822-12-11
THE FOUNT.

THE address which ve copied into
our last from the Democratic Press, Of
Philadelphia, was nos tho one delivered
on the opening Of the new theatre in ,ha,
place. II was one efthe rejected address.
es, which the editor Of that paper recei-
we'd through mistake. The following is
the correct eopy-
ADDRESS.
When learning slumber'd in the converts shade
And holy craft the CROPPING nations swsyed,
Dy dullness banned, the muses. wandered long,
Each Tyre neglected, and forgot each song,
Iil heaven's bright halo wreath'd the drama s
dome,
And greatApollo ealId the pilgrims home.
Then their glad karps, that charmed old Greece
they swept, 3g,s,s
Their affairs throng'd, and Joys high sabbath
Young Genius there his glorious banners rear.
ed, ~
To float fov ever loved, for ever feared.
The mystic legends the cloister known,
Old Superstition tumbled from his throne;
Back 20 his cell the king Of gloom retird,
The buskin triamph'd, and the world admired |!
Since that proud hour, through each unfcttcred
age, '.ft
The sons of light have clustered round the stage.
From hctions realms her richest spoils they
bring,
And pleasures walls with ap,ure's echoes ring,
Here hermit wisdom lays his mantle down,
TOWN with smiles the heart that fears his frown;
In mirth's gay robe he talks to wandering youth,
And grandeur listens to the stranger, Truth.
Here beauty's daughters bend with tingiing ear,
when love repeats the tale Glove so dear;
Their sacred bowers the sons of learning quit,
10 rove with fancy and TO feast with wit.
All come to gaze, the valiant and the vain,
virtues bright troop, and fashions elittertng
train. s
Here labor rests, pale grief forgets her wo,
And vice, that prints his slime on all below,
Even vice looks on!--For this the stage was
rear'd,
To scourge the fend, so scorn'd and vet so faar'd
The halls of Judgment, as the moral school,
his foot dehies, the bronzed and reckless fool {:
Gods lovely temple shall behold him there, Il
With eye upturned and aspect false as fair.
Then hither let the unbushing villain roam,
Satire shall knot its whip and strike him home.
The stage one groan from his dark soul shall
draw,
That moeks religion, and that laughs at law,
To grace the stage, the bards tareering mind
Seeks other worlds, and leaves his own behind /:
lie lures from air its bright, Imprisoned forms,
breaks through the tomb and deaths dull re-
{, gions storms.
Ger ruined realms he pours creative day.
aud slumbering kings his mighty voice obey.
FROM its damp shroudt the long-laid spirit walks
And round the murderer's bed in vengeance
stalks.
foor mamie beauty brings her cypress wreath,
Her smile moon-beam Ger a blasted heath :.
Mound some cold grave sweet flowers she comes
to strew, se
And lost to reason, still 10 love is true (peads {;
Hate shuts his soul when dove-cyed mercy
rover lifts the axe, and truths bold servant
bleeds
Heinorse drops anguish from his burning ewes,
"H's hells eternal worm, aud shudderng
wars trophicd minion, too, forsakes the dust.
1rasps his worn shield, and waves his sword Of
rust,
Springs to the slaughter at the trumpet's call,
sSain 70 conquer, or again to fall.
with heads to cens,re, vet with souls to feel,
friends to the stage. receive our frank appeal
Mo suppiiant lay we frame acquit your trust :;
Inc drama guard be gentle, but be lust
MnhIn her courts,unbribed, un slumbering stand;
scourSe iawiess wit; and leaden duluess brand,
1ash pert Pretence, but bashfal merit spare
his hrstlings hail, and speakt he trembier fnir
Yet shall he cast his cloud, and proudly claim
4 inc ioftiest station and the brightest fame,
% rom MS mountain perch, through seas of
light, - = :. : /.
our untamed eagle takes his glorious flight:
ieheaven the monarch-bird exulting springs,
anu shakes the night fog from his mighty wings.
naras all our own shall yet enchaunt their age,
Anu pour redeemiug spendop DER the stage.
FOR them, foryou, truth boards q nobler theme,
nan ever blcst young fancy's sweetest dream.
Bold hearts shall kindle, and bright ewes shall.
gaze, -
when genius wakes the tale Of other DAYS,
Sheds hfes own lustre Ger each holy deed
VI nm who planted; and Of him who freed
And now, fair pile, thou chaste and glorious
shrine,
, our iondest wish, our warme.t smile be thine,
me nome OF genius and the court of taste,
~, IN beauty ras'd, be thou by beauty rracd
y. within thy walls may wits gay bevy ti,rong,
! o. drink the magic Of the poets song.
within thy walls may youth and goodness draw
trom every scene lecture or a law.
90 bright thy fame, he priest and offering pure,
And friends shall bless, and bigot foes en-.
dure I'N
long, iong,be spared to echo truths sublime,
ana lii thy pillars through the storms of time.
LOVE AND LUST,
tt BY sELLEcE OSBORN.
Lust, Ike rav'nous tiger, springs
1Ith L.