Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1824-09-21
POETRY.
From the Ae4v. Fork .Stase.man.

La FAYE1TE
HAIL, Patriot, statesman, hero, sage
Hail, Freedoms friend hail, Gallia's SON
Whose laurcis greener grow in age,
Pluckea by the side OF WASHINGTON.
Hail, champion in a holy cause,
When hostile bands our shores beset;
Whose valor babe tn oppressor oause--
Hail, hoary warrior--I.A FAYErrs
Forever welcome to the shore,
youthful chief, thy footsteps pressed,
And dauntless want and peril bore,
Till "YENI vICI."' decked thy crest
Forever welcome, great and GOOD
Till freedoms sun on earth shall set;
The still small voice Of gratitude
Shall bless the name OLA FArETTB.
What monarch of despotic power,
Who fain would crush the freeborn brave;
Whose glory gilds tottering tower,
Himself subject and slave;
Would not, to view a nations eyes
With joyous drops unbidden wet,
The pageantry of pride despise,
And grasp the hand ola FAYgrrs.
Whene'er the lips of youth inquire
The path to virtue, honor, fame
To glory's temple proud aspire,
While warmly CLOVIS the ardent fame:
The voice ofage shall fearless tell
What perils oft its path beset,
And prompt them onward BY the spell
That urged the soul OLA FArsrrE.
And when the shades Of death shall close
Forever round the hallowed head,
Wen seek the place of thy repose,
BY filial love and duty lead;
And hears that beat in bosoms free.
(Gems by unerring wisdom set,)
The living monument shall be
ofFreedom's champon-LA FAYrrrH.
BOSTON BARD.
" came and conquered,
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