The Wilmingtonian., 1823-09-25


Hath lost bis place and gained the worlds ap b
plause.
But smile--though all the pangs of brain and e
heart
Disdain, defy, the tardy aid of art;
Though, save the few fond friends, and imaged I
lace
|of tina. lair boy his sire shall ne'er embrace, 7
None stand BY his low bed-,hough even the mind
IBe wavering, which long awed and awes man
|smile--or the fettered Eagle breaks his chain,
And higher worlds than this are his again.
lHow, if that soaring spirit still retain '
A conscious twilight Of his blazing reign, (
How must he smile, on looking down, to sec
|The little that he was and sought to be
What though his name wider empire found
Than his ambition, though with scarce bound;
Through first in glory, deepest in reverse,
Hestasted empires blessings and It's curse;
THOUGH kings, rejoicing in their late escape
From chains, would gladly be tdcir tyrant's ape
How must he smile and turn TO yon lone grave,
The proudest sea.lnark that o'ertops the wave /
What though his jailor, duteous to the last,
Scarce deemed the cofEin's lead could keep him
i fast,
Refusing one poor line along the lid
4 10 date the birth and death of all it hid,
That name shall hallow the ignoble shore,
i , talisman to all save him who bore
The fleets that sweep before the eastern blast
Shall hear their sea.boys hail it from the mast;
|When Vctory's Gallo column shall but rise,
Ii Ila.. .,o 1ar Irtt.c
The rocky Isle that holds or held his dust
Shall crown the Atlantic like the hero's bust,
: And mighty Nature Der his obsequics
Do more than nisgard Envy still denies.
;, But what are these to him Can glory's lust
;, ITouch the freed spirit or the fettered dust
iSmal care hath he Of what his tomb consists,
thought il he seeps--nor more ifhe exists
lAike the better-seeing Shade will smile
Ion the rude cavern Of the rocky isle,
las if his ashes found their latest home
lin Romes pantheon, or Gaul's mimic dome.
He wants not this, but France shall feelt want
OF this last consolation, though 50 scant;
ltIer honour, fame, and faith, demand his bones,
;n|To rear above pyramid of thrones;
lOr carried onward in the battles van
lTo form like Guescn's3 dust, her tasman.
,IBut be it US it is, the time may come
His name shall beat the alarm like Zisca's drum
v.
lOh heaven of which he was in power feature
|Ob earth of which he was noble creature;
Thou Isle ? to be remembered long and well,
That sawst the unAedged eagle clip his shell!
Ye Alps, which viewed him IN his dawning flight
Hover, the victor ofan hundred fights
Thou Rome, whosawstthy Cesar's deeds outdone
Alas why past he too the Rublcon
The Rubicon of mans awakened rights,
10 herd with vulgar kings and parasites
E,rypt from whose all dateess tombs arose
Forgotten Pharoahs from their long repose,
And shook within their pyramids to hear
new Cambyses laundering in their ear;
IWhle the dark shades of forty ages stood
o'' Like startled giants by Niles famous Hood;
Or from the pyramids tall pinnacle
,eheld the desart peopled, as from hell
q with claslng hosts, who strewed the barren san
10 re-manure the uncultivated land
Spain which, moment mindless OF the Cid,
Beheld his banner houting by Madrid
Austria which saw thy twce-ta'en capital
lrwce spared, TO be the tratress OF his fall
n Ye race of Fredric !---Fredrcs but in name
'sr And observation-disclosures to all except his fame;
Who, crushed at Jena, crouched at Berlin, fell
II First, and but rose to follow; ye who dwell
Where Kosciusco dwelt, remembering yet
The unpaid amount of Catharine's bloody debt
Poland o'er which the avenging angel past,
CT But left thee as he found thee, still waste;
Forgetting all thy still enduring claim,
Thy lotted people and extnguished name;
me- Thy sigh for freedom, thy long-Aowing tear,
That sound that crashes iii the tyrant's ear;
Kosciuscoi on-.on.-.on--.th thirst OF war
,ar ;Gasps for the gore OF serfs and of their Czar
The half barbarc Moscow's minarets
ngs,l lGeam in the sun, but 'ts sun that sets!
d Of Moscow thou limit of his long career,
For which rude Charles had wept his frozen tee
= ITO see in vain---uE saw thee---how with sp.re
Id And palace fuel to one common fire.
'ro this the soldier lent his kindling match,
,ere ITO this the peasant gave his cottage thatch,
To this the merchant flung his boarded store,
man The prince his hall---and Moscow was no more
subimest of VOLCANOES Etna's fame
paes before thine, and quenchless Hecla's tam
Vesuvius shows his blaze, an usual sight
For gaspng tourists, from his hacknied height
Thou stand'st alone unrivalled, till the fire
To come, in which all empires shall expire.
Thou other element as strong and stern
!, To taacb Lesson conuuerors will not learn.