The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1824-06-29
POETRY.


AND thou hast walked about, th0w strange a story ,
Ia Thebss streets three Thousand years age.
When the Msmnouiam was IN al is glory.
And tine had aof begun 70 oseTshro~
Those lemples, palaces aad piles stupendous,
Of which The seo NUNS Tremendous.
spenk Coz thou long enough hat aeied Dummy
Thou hafi tongue come, ~ % hear It's tone
Thou "a standing Ga Inv legs above ground. NANNY
Revising Gle glini aea 81 the moon,
Nos like ihin ghosts o. disrmbodied creatures,
Bot aiIh Thy bones, and fssh, aud limbs, ADD Tea
turea
Tel o. Cor doubtless ihou canst rcoect.
To whom We stead assign ihe sphinx fame
Wa Chrcps Or ceghfeues afehiiect
o. sifhef pyramid ihai beans his n4ne
Il pompey's Pillar really a misnomef'
Had Thebes a hundred gates As sHue BY Homer
Perhaps fhon vast mason. and forbiddsn
b. oath - tel the mysteries Of Thy trade
Thee So what secret melody y A. hidden
n Memmon's statue which a. snnrise pay I'd
Perhaps thnu vast pYiesi-n 90, ry struggles
Are yaia for pIieslcraft never owns Us iuggies.
Perchsnce thar verv hand. nov siuion'd Gar,
Has bob neh'd With Pharaoh glass 10 glass,
Q drerp'd haltpsnny 10 Homers haf,
Or dnff z thine own % lei Queen DIDO pass.
A iofrh a. ihe gteat Trmnle dedication.
Tnaed DOT 49, thep n thar hani. when am'd,
Has anv Roman soldier 'raufd ard knuckled-
Fos fhau vast dead and hnried and rmhalm'd,
Fre Romulus and re'nus hsd heen sucked
Attou'v appeafs 70 have legun.
Iare after the primevsl race vas run.
Thou eoula's develope. II tbai wiihered tongue
Might tel Us wha fi0se .ighhess orbs Rave seen,
How ne vrrla lool'd when s. was fresh and young
And he rren' deluge sin hid leii y green
o, was i shru So Old that his'orvs wages
Contained 40 record Of ~ carly ages
slill silent. incoumunica'ive elf'
AIT sworn to seafesv then keen thv vows;
But nriihse tell Us something cfthvsef,
Reveal the secrets Of The prison house;
Since in Tire world Of spirits thon hast slumherd,
What hast thou seen-what strsnge adventures
number'd
Since first thy form was 10 this box extended,
We have above ground seen some strange muta
tons;
The Roman empire has begun. and ended
New worlds have risen--we have lost old nations
And countless kings have into dust been humhed,
While not fragment Of thy flesh has crumbed.
Didst thou no, hear the po'her DER thy bead
When the great Persian conqnerer Csmhvses
Marched armies DER thy tomb with Numbering tread
O'erthrew Osiris Orus aDis Isis,
And shook the Pyramids with fear and wonder,
When the gigantic Memnon fell asunder
III the tonhs secrets NAV not he confessed,
The nature Of thy private life unfold
A heart has ihrnh d beneath that leaiheru breast,
And teprs adown that duskg cheek have rlFd;
Have children climb'd those knees, and kissd that
face
What was thy name and station. ago and race
Statue Of flesh immortal of he dead
ImDeri, liable type of evauescfnce
Pesthumous man who Quits. INV narrow he'd.
Ard standest undecas'd within our nre.ence
r. on wilt hear MORNING 'iill The iudsmen' morning.
When the great trump shall thrill thee with its warn
ing.
Why should this worthless tegumrnt endure,
II iis undying guess Ne lot fo.ever'
Iet then keer the soul euhalmed and pure,
In living irtua. that when hn'h must sever,
A hough corruption NAV orr fame consume,
IT, immortal spirit in the skies MAJ bloom.