Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1823-05-23
THE AGE OF BRONZE.
By LORD BYRON.

" The" good old mes"-ail times when old ore good
Are gone the present might he il they would;
Want lille of n'rr- MORALS bu, their Viii;
s wider space, grsener feld Is given
70 t'nse who play their tricks before high heaven
know not II tbe angels weep bu, men
Aa'e wept enough-!or what ITO weep again.
All j, eSplcdcti-be 1t good or bad.
hew'er! remember when thou vert n lad
Then Pitt was all; or, il not all, 50 much
It's very riyaG alTnOs; trenir,l him SUCH
We've have seen the intellectual race
az rian,s sian'i, like 'rirans face to faee-
Alho' snd la. with da,hing sen
OF etoguens. between, which flowed ,l free
- ihr deep pillows nfhe .reenn runr
~, va me Hellenic aud The Plryrnn shore.
Ul snli' . earth divide each winding sheet
low peneefai and how powe rful is the grave
Ai'ich bushes all n calm. unsturmv wave
Which o,ersweeps the world. The theme is old
VI !" D"s, 10 dust = but half its tale untold,
Time 'emper> not It's terrurs-St the worm
mus u. cold folds tue tomb preserves its form
Varied above. bat still alike be;ow
IN urn may shir. The ashes will not rlov.
Lhou2h Cieopa'ras mummy cross the sea
yer which from en- lire she lured Anibnry;
Though Alexander n .huw I've pr,ar
Us sh yain ne ~er to conquer though unknown
rue mnannn wish, the Macedoninn's tear.
ne Wcpl ior worlds To cunquer-half the earth
Knows not bis name, or but his death and tdr,h
i'm ,a u r., , while bis native Greece
Ian al OF desontion, save Its peace.
i re" %,rpt ',r worlds TO conquer ~ he who nee.
vSnsei re-. the globe he panied spare
"'e" Noius ms urn aud never knew his throne.
MT where is be, the mo.lern mrh,ier far.
n.y. born no king, made drive his Gar
sell
Freed from the Tit believe themselves viii winps
hnin I ~ t , aus, Ger which they crawled of late,
le>; where is he, the Champion and the Child
- all that's great or little, wise or Wild
nose game WAS empires, WHOSE were thrones
" no. .ah'e ear'-whose dice human bones
n An 10 10; ,. grand result in yon lone isle
m "a my nature urges. weep or smtlc.
Sign 10 behold the eagles lofty r,"e
Hsigrea to nibblc at his marrow cage;
Smlc 10 survey the Queler OF the Natioa,
Nv ua'y Squaboing DER disputed raiions
Yer 10 perceive him mourning, he dincS,
SuT'ait 81 dishes and DER Stinted "
Yer Peuy quhrreS upon petty things
BEHOLD she scale. III which his fortune hangs,
A"ua deilN ed, n book refused, cnn shake
!. , i-ep OF him who KEEP, ihs world awake.
now slave Of all could or irritaie-
Ihe patty jIiler and the prying spy,
rtvnged ~ " dungeon, he bad still been great,
nov low, how LITTLE this middle stale
Nv, wS Gss . prison e and r.nee, here
Ills n ".i e ,, lord presents his bill
SO free ro'n homicide-t" ,oub,'s a :" ef Tin"t
ana the siG Surgeon, WIN ,raintnine,i hi, cause
b." Bat" ,, ms rass H1 gained the worlds applause
Dsd,in I .i%I l MI ihe pangs OF brain and heart
6hhuge save The few fond friends and inagcd face
Some . s,r y y H h lire o shall n,er
S Sr Wavrr.g, which long awet and mankind >
An" higher worlds than this his again.
How, IL that soaring spirit siili retain
n cnnseious twilight OF his blazing reign
~ ",. .,,' ne SI''iei on looking down, see
~, ~ n. ht',e mat he vas and sought to he
Wy, "at 'hHuch his name wider empire fonni
nan ms amhiiun, though with scarce a bound
,h,u1uSh nrtt ~ glory, deepest in reverse,
~ tSlrd empires blessings md lis curse
though kihss, rejoicing in their Lite pscnpe
'''' CHAINS, would gladly be t6sir tyrrnts ape;
-. -" ih"N ne SMILE ind turn lnue grave
me me pr1uiest ssa'mnrh that oeriops the wave!
W nlt hough his Jaiior. dutepu> q the last
o'roee Nerhl'H The co1lns lead could keep him fast
refusing one poor line along the lid
10 date the birth aud d. af all IL hid,
nat name shah baliow the ignobIe shore
n talis.nan tn all save him who Lire:
re rsciS That sweep before he eastern blast
spn'1 near their sea boys hail il from the mat
Hhen Ntrtory's Gallo column shall but rise
Ike Fompet' pill1r, in a deSarI's skies
Inc rorkT Isle that hol's held his dust
SIiaI' crown The Atlantic like the hero's bust
Ana mighty Nature DER his obse0uicS
DO more Than niggard Envy sill derirs
1.ui Whit are these to him ! Can glory's lus,
Touch The freed spirit the fet,ersd dust!
hihaIl care hath he of what his tomb consists
snuSht 81 he seepS-nOr nInre II he rIisi,;
Alike the hetter-seeing Shade will smile
On NE rude cavern of the rocky isle
as ~ ms ashes found their inteSt home
an ho'nS'S Pantheon or ilul's mimic dome
ne wants not this hut France shall feel tue want
~ ih's last consolation, though so scant;
LifT h"uour tame, aud faith, demand his homes
"a rehr nhuTe pyramid uf thrones;
tT carried onward in the battles van
10 FORM Ike iIuestnsf dust, her fslisuan
Dnt Ire IL rs is, the time may come
MS Gine stall beat the alarm like Ziska's drum
10 DC coHfiHuedl
hncscln died durnc the siege Of city, IL surrendered
AMI The keys were brought laid upon his birr n
anne.