Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1825-12-10

And in his hes,ing bosom hides her virgin
face.
Rising from their weary cells,
Trtons sport upon the tide,
And gaiy blow their trumpet shells,
In honor of the bride.
Sea-nymphs leave their coral caves,
Deep beneath the ocean waves,
Whore they string, with tasteful care,
Pearls upon their sea-green hair.
Thets' virgin train advances,
Mngling in the bridal dances;
Jove himself, with raptured eye,
Throw his forked thunders by,
And bids Apollo seize his golden Tyre,
A strain of joy to wake'
While Fame procaims that Oceans Sire
Is welded to the goddess of the Lutte.
The smiling god of song obeys,
And heaven re-echoes with bis sounding
lays.
"All hail to the ART which unshackles the
soul,
And fires it with love of glory!
And causes the victor, who reaches the goal,
To live in deathless story
Which teaches young genius to rise from
earth,
On Fancy airy pinion,
To assert the claims of its heavenly birth,
And seize on its blcst dominion.
" The Art which the banner Of Truth unfurPd,
when darkness yelled each nation,
And prompted Columbus to seek new world
On the unexplored map Of creation.
(Which lighted the path Of the pilgrim band,
Who braved the storms of Ocean,
To seek in a wild and distant land,
The freedom of pure deuotion.
(which kinded on Freedou's shrine fame
That will glow through future ages.
And cover with glory and endless iane,
Columbia's immortal sages.
"T'he Art which enabled her Franklin to
And ,ive each mystic wonder!
TO arrest the forked shafts of Jove,
And play with his Jolts of thunder.
"The Art which enables her sons to to as
pire,
Beyond all the wonders in story,
For an unshackled PRESS is the pillar of fire
Which lights them to Freedom and Glory.
e" IT'S this which called forth the immortal de-
And gave the great work lis first motion;
IT'S done by the hands OF the brave and free,
And Erie is link'd to the Ocean.
" Then hail to the ART which unshackles the
soul,
And fresit with love of glory,
And causes the victor who reaches the goal,
To live in deafness story"
Such strains--if earthly strains may be
Compared to his who tunes heavenly lre-1
Are warbled by the bright haired deity,
While listening orb's admire.
Such strains shall unborn millions yet awake,
While, with her golden trumpet, smiling
Fame
Proclams the union of the Main and Lake,
And on her scroll efnbazons CLlNTON'S
name.
The Book binders had large volume
bound in red morocco and gilt, labelled
IS Erie Canal Statistics"
The Booksellers AMI Stationers with
an elegant banner painted by InmaD, re-
female holding the "Torch
Of knowledge" on her lef, a pile of vol
umes, one Of which,a "Work on Ca.
nails" at a distance is view Of the lakes,
with the canal passing to a city in the
or stream emptymg into
the canal is seen paper mill. on the
other side OF the banner the motto
$ Know ledge is Power"
After full band ofmusicians, in dress
es of scarlet and gold, came the mem.
bers of Columbia College, dressed in
their Academic gowns, followed by the
Society Of Ereemasons Officers Of the
Medical Society OF the State, Trustees
Of the College Of Physicians, and Pro-
fessors OF the College Of Physicians and
Surgeons; the Medical Society; the
Rev. the Clergy; the Bar; the Histori.
cal, Philosophical, Pathological and other
Literary Societies; the Members of tho