The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1823-01-08
POETRY.
soR the snoDsisLAsD sEpupLicAN.
Carriers Neqo. Tears address.

Cf him, who passes, ard they pass away
Gone sro tie spIrndors OF Egyptian day;
The Classic shades Of Athens are unknowni
And desoation ats on CscTop's throne
Rome---,hy impsriL banner was unfurpd.
And cgs,ar's Eagle, avid subje world
The vsndsi wore ,hy chains, bat Vsndal might,
Whelmd Thy vast Empire, IN etsraai night.
Columbia, thy ascendant star appears
bright, through the gloom of long departed yeafsj
Thou World. oeyond The limits OF the 0d5
Shall mortal hand Thy desthies untold,
Disclose the volume Of thy future fate,
Or count the millions. tina, support ny state
IL to the good. the great, the wise, the brave,
Is given the power 10 shelter and TO save;
While stands thy mounians. or while rolls NY 's''
Freedoms last, only hone. thou shalt be rec
Thy Soangled Banner, 10 the Pilgrims eye.
Reveals a better ,snd, a brighter sky;
Oh tavord land, forever ioy'd and blest,
lie comes, welcome. and willing guest
shares in your tr;uppbs, blends with yours thc as
And free. with .fcensn. hails The Happy year,
Eternal Providence, thy ways are just,
Thou iiftest, and thou cruBbles, into dust;
Creator. light and lie, and power OF all
Empires that rise. that h0urish, and mat ia'i'
Bespesk The glory of the One Supreme
Ye living Lights, Sc are the work OF HIM
Who was before your thousand years began:
before ye spake instruction un'o man
Lifting his soul, his thought. to yoDder sphere
Nor time, nor sessoas Oh Eternal Mind,
thou knowest the years TO come, the years hehindi
Bless with thy blessing, th, ihy iavor'd land
Guard with thy might, and with thine argbt hand,
LIS freedom, and its safety, de'gn,o he
Protector, and the praise shall end IN Thee.
With glad acclsim, created m,n adore,
Hin. who destroys, AMI Him who restore,
Regret rot yainy, let no tear he shed.
FOR Ihose WHO steep, the not jerSsfen dendf
Transplai,ted. by Ills care, again shall bloom
The flower of hope. tle tenant of tie tomb
Weep If you will, foe man beyond The wave.
For Rting nan in Enrope's mighty grave.
Abject, debas'd he feels ihe mgiOriOus chans
The years depart, the years are come agami
They bring no Joy, no healing in their ~ings
There is sabbath, no revitng spring
Wh.re power despolc ms its cruel roi,
And man, usGrps. the attributes 0fGod,
Crushes besesth its overwhelming weight,
The victim Of The Church and Ut The Siate
Where sleeps your vengeance Gyv, where u your
trown,
Where are the myrials that support your crown,
Sr poienistes who wear the splsnthf rohe
Rich with the spoils, and treasures OF the g'ooei
IN yoCi, aif0nss Hohy--Iet the s,Fn
Reach from the polar, 10 the burning lne 4;
l,,i ,ch all your tnunders on the ocean "svet
Save ifyc can, Tor ye have power 20 save
The triendiess mariner the Pirate Den
Sweep from the path VI na,ons and OF sen
Crush the destroyer shall they vnfIy plead
win iel,, .ni yet snsn other victims bleed;
Oae common cause. one nat and hoy right,
Shall nerve the arm of majesty and mph'.
Americs, unto Thy flag belongs
Vengeance for blood, and unre..res.ed TrorBe;
ALLsN has fallen, but not iDg.orioDs tell
1hc tlcro-gailsnt yoNth, long farewell,
1hy deeds were noble. and Thy country gives
Fame that with her unsuliet honoc iives'
More ;siH she do, the avsgging sto,t stah pour,
Aoi wratl, descend On cubs's blooc.stan'd shores
The Eagle comes. his faith ai.h man to seep,
And side by side the Lon 1t the deep;
A righteo-s s.r they wage, sog 8" nsnkmds
And blast Ilie miscreants wnh " roc Sihd,
Fierce, as the vsr OF elements, that meet
And tear tho mountains, freis thcr ancient scat.
Lives there, or does Il sleep foreyet more,
The spirit, that rcdeen'd in days Of yore,
Ths, like the lightning came, and u re'iord'
And ancient G ecce behelG H. ard .1Urd
NO, on those pl sips, where Liberty upSeard
Her standard hated hut forever fesvd'
She Crescent, casts its dim and siok,y hght,
AID mental darkness, sheds one lasting n'ghtI
Byzsmium trer,btes, n, Mehorhe,s wo;d, t.
And Russia shestbes again, The a,enS,ns sW0rJ;
So porcy decrees, and u'eusseSs bend
To sanction, not the motive. but the end.
Who can bot weep, OF crimes infernal stain,
AID sbu idcrog turn, 30 wbe,e smiina plain
Entch'd with tuns, onto the ia''crer yrc'us
1he golden harvest, of his summer fieid''
Content aud p.e,ty, crown the tatmers store'
Heaven gives abundance, and he asks no more. >
Oh home of my affections. roonJ YOU roll
The best, the nohics, feelings Of the sodi
The love Of country. that warm patriot gov,
I,,rns no, with pyrsr Gupe, ON earth below,
Than underneath your heavens unclouded b'ue
There rs domestic biss--in pledge IS truc:
The husbands love, with We is iHtcrtwu,ds
The child is tender, aud the father kind
The socis, feelings round toe social hearth,
Give all the Joys We e'er can know on Earth;
Aud happy they who the Yeas dcpar'.
Fee. new affections growing round ,he heart.
C,ngmg TO Earth. yet reaching 20 that cN'ne'
Where one Eternal year succeeds to lime,
The san III glory OF the fading west
Emblem of lite and hies perpetual rest