Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1824-12-11
POETRY.
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rRon THE srAsssR.
q happy, happyhel who mes
Far from the noisy world away,
who. with the worthy and che wise,
Hath CHOSEN the narrow way
The silence of the secret road,
That.lead the soul to virtue and to God.
No passioas in his breast arise:
Calm in his own unaltered state,
He smiles superior as he eyes
The splendor of the great;
And mis- undazzlsd gaze is proof
Against tho glittsring hall and gilded roof.
siIs needs not, though the trump of fame
Pour forth the loudest of its strains,
TIE spread the glory of his name;
And his high soul dIsdains
That fiattsry's voice should varnish Ger
The deed that truth or virtue would abhor.
Such lot be mine, what boots to me
Thscambrous pageantry of powsrs
TO court the gaze Of crowds, and be
The idol of the hour;
To chase an empty shape OF air
a'hat leaves me weak with toll aud worn with
carer
oh! streams, and shades, and hills on high,
Unto the stiffness of your breast
My wouaded spirit longs to by
To fly, and be at rest
Thus fro m the worlds tsmPe,tuous scar
o gentle nature, turn to thseI
Be mine the holy calm OF night,
Soft sleep and dreams serenely gay,
Is kha E0h
The fullneSs ofthe day;
Far from the sternly frowning eye
That pride and riches turn on poverty.
The warbling birds shall bid me wake
With their untutored melodies:
No fearful dream my sleep shall break,
No gefll cares arse,
Like the sad shapes that hover still
Round him that hangs upon aaethsr's will.
BE NINE my hopes to heaven to give,
To taste the bliss that deaven bsstows
Alone, and for myself TO near,
And scapes the many woes
That human hearts are doomed to bear
The pangs OF love and nate and fear.
A garden by the mountain side
:Shews even IN spring. iuxuriant prides
Hnat autamn's sun shall bring;
And from the mountains lofty crown
A clear and sparkling rill comes trembling
down.
Then pausiag in its downward force
The venerable trees among,
1t gurgles on It's winding course;
And a IL glides along
Gives freshness to the day, and pranks
With ever changing flowers its messy banks.
The whisper of the balmly breeze
Scatters 9 thousand sweets around,
And sweeps in music through the trees
With an enchanting sound,
That laps the soul In calm delight,
Where crowns and kingdoms are forgotten
\ quite
Theirs let the dear bsught treasure be-
Who in treachersus bark conhds,
] stand aloof, and changeIess see
The changes Of The tide.
Nor fear the wall of those that weep.
Whea angry winds are warning with the dssp.
Day turns to night-the timbers rend,
More fierce the ruthless tempest blows;
Confused the varying cries ascsnd,
As the sad merchant throws
His boards, to join the stores that lie
In the deep seas uncounted treasury.
Nine be the peaceful board of old,
From want as from profusion free;
His let the massey cup of gold,
And glittering baubies be,
Who builds his baselsss hope of gain
Upon brittle bark and stormy main.
While others. thoughtless of the pain
OF hope delayed and long suspense,
Still struggle on to guard or gain
A sad pre-smiaencs,
May I, ln woody covert laid,
Be gaily chanting in the sseret shade.
Atease within the shades rsclined,
With laurel and with ivy crown's.
And my attentive ear inclined
To catch the heavenly sound
CfharPor Tyre, when DER the strings
Some mastsr.hand its practised finger filings.
MISCELLANY.
Forcibls erpulsions Of q Debtor from
the Fleet Prison, London.
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