The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-08-08
POETRY.

Fre,a DC y 5 siftrarr Gassas
THE BEsesATE cI1Y-pY Dn. frRervAh
had vision
A CITY ssy t-.fore we, desoi~ic.
aud ytss nj I'll decnsed srHner sun
5hane on II With feesi ETHEREAL ky.
Aud ihs SUI a,ngs nireN n'et q suuh = balm.
One wnasia have thought Il was sernlehre,
All Ibis me incease offered TO the naaes
II Inc lepa-sed
L, Tie lisln Hay
yeaocfn'iy, as il AT is tbons"ndsiopk
Their afternoons repesc, aud soon would
p44-e
r. tic tonf joy IT eyrning. There il lay,
a city OF lrasaifceH palaces,
All churches, towering more Ike things OF
Hesrsfrs
re gloriaas lsbric, faaey bniid. n clond.,
AID shapes GA loiiesi nlosn,Eins@ bright their
dlwes
TArru back fhr living rhy, and paHliy stood
May 2 slniae ioukine Ike the forms
o. si.iiits isasefing III mid air. 1BIi Trees.
espress ar lldn. wased over many hifi
Sniphered wiih ancieis fein trolen ARCHES,
And toftring columns vaults, where never
rame
The blessed beam o. day. ba, ouy lamps
shielding tie funernl light, were kiadlsd
and gave 10 tha brieii ffpscnes on The walls,
And the pele statues IL th-ir taf frcesses,
lin religious awe RudeIy they lay,
Scarce king out 10 the uq0istiYc ego
Jteir earliest pRfltpe fni rs desa'sle
sint,ibereS the n,,r,er CITY. Though Is walls
ifsre sci anbi,-t ~.i, md - towering doues
ii I'd hcvhe stopped 10 rsip. All NasstiII.
Hardly fire lainiesi saHHa Of living thing
Moved thraaeh the mishfy solilHde--apd yet
III wore the lacn vt haaiiy Nai clond
lung 10 the teny SKY thai seemed 10 rise
Itt-eoGola m.desiy, 70 bright nHl par'3
Il seemed indeed crystalline sfbere-nnd
there
The SUI rode ouWard in his conqaerinF march
s,erenciv glorious Prom fhr uoanfain heights
Hinged nith tie blne ot hragen. 10 the vide
siia,seJ wiz .. pure blue, one deson,e
plain
Spread ont, and DER Il the fairesI sky
bent round and blessed II. Life WIS ieeming
thcfe
IN all rs lower forms, wilderness
III rank laxnrsuoe; aoners, aud pnrping
vines
Matted wiv'i deerest fsiiszel hid the ruins,
a ID gave the seinbanee Of TAGGED wood !
!. piirs, thatonoe were loudly eloquent
Viii the glad cry OF thousands. Ihere wero /
gardens
Round s'sieiiesi villps fall Of graceful statues,
Aud temples reared 10 woodland driiies
aud tiiey we're ovcforow3nd with the excess
81 hearty. All that most Is coveted
Jenrath colder SKY, grew wantonly
al richly ihef.. Myrtles aud ciirons filed
ihe air with fragrance. From the tuited
elm,
Bent with lis own too massy foliage hung
1aslers N sunny grapes IN frosted purple,
Drinking ~ spirit from the sunny nir.
nd Dropping generous deWs. he very wind |
Seemed there lover, and hiscasy wings
fanned the gay howera, a. II in fond delay |
RE bent o er lnveiicsf things. too beautiful
liver 10 know decay The silent air
! 'oatiug as sefiiy RS cloud OF roses,
Dropped from Italia IN dewy shower
Z he ar Itself seemed like the hreall, ol lunven |
Filling thc groves Of Eden Yet these walis
are ilesolhie--ilsl "A trace Of living man
!. fanni amidst these glorious works of man,
Aud natures iiirei rlores Why should lie
l3e absent from the festival of lie,
+ nc boil lay Fl nature WY mol come
70 add 90 tho sweet sounds Of winds aud wa
o. winds uttefing .Ealian melo lies
10 thehgighf, listening flowers, and waters
falling
Most musical from II afllle fountains wrcathed !
With clustering ivy like y poets htow~-
WHY comes he not 10 add his higher strains,
And be tue interpreter II bower things,
In iDiellnctual worship, a. The throne
~ the Berefse Il Power. that gave 10 them
J ieir pride aud beauty -" iu these palaces,
! iiese awful temples THESE religious caves,
sese iioafs raigs aud htese twilight groves |
Trrmiag with iight md love--n secret plague +
pTell>, aud tho unwary foot that ventures
here,
Returns not Fly! II finger here is death" I
GOO
EFT ApU
On fle Stone Of Tomb ,rtich enclosed ihrft /
hfie Children.
Beneath this Stone tharu infants ashes lie
Say gre they lnsi OF saved
II deaths by SD they sinn'd, because there
here
u Heavens by works. in Heaven they cant |
APPEAR
All reason how depravcdi
Revere the sacred page The knot's united
They died for Adam snn'd,