The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-12-05
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The following lines from the Connroi'en'
Mirror. are eAeuisney fine W. bHNr sffh
no eI.vsltou ai the human ihisi'cct eH"si ~
Ina ts which thee ltuss RAISE me t'aa u
zSs~ton an.l fka fear lasi ate ven ealtaia'
ted 10 give " tbal Illuminating view OF our
o,.n. tsnc,ed e,eelleaoe, which We all ought
a. passess. -,
u.a h,,oteou. aud inonHslsnt Thou wbo
rsF1
TAv dyer car around the realm Ut night,
oaae, ,t ,olt hours hnW taucitul art ihon
In "a ,jtsge aud testurc.--No ibou CON 81
Win slender horn piercing the western
ei,ud,
L.. on Jndah's hills, when Joyous thr5ngs
rYpb trump mad + stival salaied thcr
A. "a the waxing crescent mid the host
ot consultations Ike salne larry boat
Gndcs Ger the nayeless sra then as
bride
Tb,n bow'st thy cheek behind aeeoy veil
Timid and fair %. bright in regd robes
Dasi bid thy ul-orb d chariot proudly roll
Sweeping with sienl rein the starry path
Ep Ia The high 81 noAr, then PLUGGING low
10 seek dim NHdir IN his misty cell
--Lo, st thou our earth, that thou dost hold
thy iHmp
10 guide aud cheer her. when The wearled
rorsakes her p sometimes, rowing on, thou
sdrddst
The eelipsiug bln nngrairful, on that Sire
VINO feeds Thy urn with light, -bul sinking
drep
,Nenih he dark shadew of the earth, dost
mou,n
AID 6nd thy reiribpion.
--Dos lhon hold
Dalliance with Ocean, thal his mighty heart
1e,ses At thine approach, and his mad tides
Dnnkiug my tavur,ng glance, more rudely
lash
Their rocky bulwark DoAg children trace
Through crystal tube our eoHtser ieHiurd orb
Even rs we gaze on tiee VIII Euciids art
perehaaoe, from pole 10 pole, her sphere they
span
Her SUI lovd iropicks--and her spreading
Rich with thy myriad ISLES ferohaucc they
Where midas cIirs The trembling cloud in.
vaie
Or Asaes with his fiery banner floats
Tie enpyrean, where old Atlas towers,--
Or nat ruugh cnain whence hun OF Carthage
pourd
1errors on Rpme.--Thou, too ,porChance hast
nafsd
some huih iopFrnlcuA=-sf tpn0ly can
a Calico iOrth, those snn-ilkr souls
When show 10 darkness, Though our darkness
f,iIJ
To ca nprehend them -Can'st thou boast
Ike earth
A kepier sl,lul pioneer aud wise -
tze 10 Wrtle lbs aatnh among the stars
likr glorious Hrr~ciel 2--pr dynasty
L,kr great Ca,slan's which from s,fe to sou
] Transmitted ScIence a. a birihrigbt seal'd
---Rass there some lunar Horros--to whose
glance
Resp,endent Venus her adventurous course
Reveal d even in his boyhood '--some La
Place
Luminon. as the skies he sought 10 read
Thou jelgn ST no answor,---or ! fam would
askt
II since thy bright creation, thou hndsl ,een
Aught like NeWton,-whoss admitted eye
1se arcsna of the universe ekplor'd p
lisht's subtle ray III mechanism disclosed.
The impetuous council his mysterious lore
InIolded, syslem after system rose.
Eternal wheeling through the immense OF
spHre,
And taught him OF their laws. Even angels
stood
Amaz'd, AS when in ancient times they saw
o. sinai top, mortal walk with God.
--Bnl he to whom the secrets OF the skies
WIRE whtsprr 'd--in hnmii,, ador'd,
Breathing with chldlike reverence the prav'r,
" Wpen ou yon heavens, with all their oibs
eazrd.
JeborHh bel rchaf :, MN p"
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