The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1822-10-23
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Written OF tho bland u Prudence.
PRUDENCE, as yet unknow5 in sonS'
Nhat iuxurits to thee belong
What upward landscapes please the sights
Where Bristol's palaces delight.
Rich spectacle tho once tits said,
Tie savage warrior fought and bled,
Beneath that mountains gradual slope,
fc'e p'd by al the mount oi Hope;
A,tsin d The prize Of glory's goal,
And grosb'd away bis mighty soul
Then Indian chief;ains roam'd The ~i'a,
No foreign vegetation smiPd,
With bow and rafting quiyer Im'd.
Tney went uninjur'd snd unhar,nd,
1hro' the dsik forests tangled wood.
The bird and branching deer their iood'
Ere a more stern, relcntless race,
Had shoy'd them from teir right end place;
Osurp'd their ancient seats, and built
Fabrics, tle fruits Of vice and quit,
And iemtLss consscrate with piide,
On spots, where innocence bad d!ed.
And man TO bea1'n for vengeance erred. }
Bul, Prudence What 10 this TO thee,
Thy picturesque variety
From thy bold points, each guest surveys,
Tie Nsrragansei's running maze,
Six low0, and cities on her wave,
Her smooth, rejecting waters lave;
Faintiy sage Williams'1 spires appear,
Wexford AMI Warwick glinmer near,
Spread Hobe3 and Pahsneet and Despairs
(such cnr,susn terms prcvsii'd ofyOrej
Dur fathers many trial bore
These from rough rocks, the fisher views,
As he his tosome task pursues,
And marks the countless hnny brood,
That rise and sparkle on the flood
How grand The prospect from below,
And The calm .er's placid fow;
Woodlands that sweep, extended wide,
Green Islands that bcgem the tide
But chiefly ons hish.isvor'd isle,
Fssor'd by NeDus' sweetest smile,
When on lisr golden car Of even.
She lights the hemisphere OF heavenS
The boast Of ey'fy earthly scene,
And Theta, sllver-footed queen,
Brightest Of Nepfune's lov'd abodes,
Nam Il from the beauteous Isle OF Rhodes "
Ei thence drew my vital breath,
And there psrcllance, may rest ~ denlh
My nnly, patriotic Sigh,
Both there to live. and there to de.
There bloom fine forms. 20 wake the heart,
And melting ianguishment impart,
And bsrds attune The vocal Tyre,
To gcnic love and gay dss,rc.--
Meantime, breath the rural ale,
And other nymphs psrtake my cares
Emira, with the eyes OF blue,
And chsrraing Carolina too,
Tho Mary, whom VIC fondy mourn,
From our society has gone
Here, here. my friends. we idly stay,
AS Carlos II tricks consume the day,
Or seek some shady chrystsI stream,
The iiclicon DER which dream,
Happy IFS ,litude infuse.
Sof, inspiration OF The Muse,
(Who ny celestisl rsdisnce won,
Worships her parent god, the sun,
As bFibAnt IIe!iantbus q tGwets,
Now facing dsy.--tiie king or flowers,
AaA deer kv
Msgnifcen, in splendor shows.)
The Muse, enamogd eve anil morn,
III yonder wa,ing fields Of corn,
Melons, that guench The noOn.,idc heals
o. summer fruits mature and sweet
o. boats or passing vessels sees.
That buoyaDt sail upon HE breeze.
Each tint OF nature, and each gtscc,
Osiani. rs eye, or sense can trace,
High Tiverton, IN vcidsnt pride,
And white Fall Riyer's smoking tide.
Thus leizurely, we Iced the while,
Our nome nts ,--and devoid OF guile,
Aud in ibis mtloient resort,
hvotcd all, To harmless sport,
W i,h pleasure, unalloy'd by pain,
And laughing tiebc in our train,
Far from the cares that mortals teaze,
Rude peris ef the land OF seas,
The tedious ills oi life fyr.go,
And bid farewell 10 evry WOO.
King Philip, who was killed By an uncertain
nd when besicr d. and endesvoring 10 escape. al
e to Nr,l,. ,,aup or Hope.
I Fom very high point of this Island, Providence
unded by the a,aiahle Roger Williams Pawtuxet
reenwich and WEXFORD on The western side o
srraganset Bay. aud Warren, and Bristol on the
stern side, are distinctly discerusb'e,
@nmes Of islands in the Narrsgsnset Bay.
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the water.
80 Rhode island.
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u The sun aower. growing in great plenty there,