Literary cadet, and Saturday evening bulletin. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1826-1827, 1826-04-29
sat retired

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"--s sat retired
And from a solemn, stately seat,
Where pomp and praycr-books shaded his retreat
obtained, by the free will Of a great nation, the first Of
fee In its gift. As the blanks in the parody may not be
understood, we have taken the liberty to explain them at
the soot Of the ciIus.on. We select it for its ingenuity
and poctical mort.
Uhen .llaIic, Heavenly Maid. &c.
Gle sung of Toby welch and Sawney Scott,
LllleLuiiero and the Irish Trot."
When Freedom. Heavenly maid, was young,
| 4 motley race of mortals sprung
Who broke the faith. and bow d the knee
In blind and gross Idolatry Il
The strutting game cocks Of the day,
They lived in hubbub and affray,
Forever snarling, raging, yelling,
Possessed beyond the power OF telling
Till they, at length, by heaven inspired,
Confessed their SINS, and all eXpr'd.-
| But they, their Idols, wrapt with rage
TO see their Heralds quit the stage,
From the funeral willows round
Seiz'd on Instruments of sound,
| And each, for madness rul'd the hour,
Would try his own heraldic power.
| M-n,() his hand, its skill to try,
Amidst the chords ~bewildcr'd laid,
But back recoil'd, he knew not why,
Fen AT the sound himself had made.
Next Cai-(2) rush'd, his eyes on fire,
ln.uriate by ambitions stings, E
In one rude clash he struck the Tyre
Then turn'd despairing from the strings.
j.. P-(3) rose in wan despair;
A ft3ul sound his gief begu,lcd--
a solemn, strange and mingled air,
Twas sad by fits; by starts twas wild.
| But thou, o. co with hopes so fair
What was thy delighted measured
Still it whispered promised pleasure,
And babe the scenes of Client at distance hail,
| And rom its current through the vale
He called on Mississippi, still through all his strain:
And when this magic theme he chose,
| Backwoodsmen gave a loud hu,Ta at every close;
And echo bore the boist'rous notes far OH the western
main.
And longer had he rlryed. but with a irown
impatient --(i) rose,
lie thew his blood stand sword IN thunder down;
And with a whitening look
The war-denounoihg trumpet took,
And blew "A blast so loud and dread
That from their graves, in terror, burst the dead:
A-r(6) howld a fearful yell
To hear the voice to him SO fell:
And rs his notes still thunder'd on the gale,
The ghost oCA--t(D was heard to shrek a piteous wall
And though sometimes each dreary pause between,
Cat-(S) detected at his side
His suppllant voice applied
The higbsoul'd clicltain fcrcely frown'd
And spuEn'd the speaker the ground
But still kept OH his wild unaltcr'd mein.
Thy numbers, G-,(9) to nausht were fx'd-
Sad proof of Jealousy's distracting sway;
OF different themes the veering song was mix'd-
Now storming at Monroe; now raving wild at Clay.
With eyes uprais'd as if inspir'd,
J. y. Il o. sat retired,
! And from a solemn, stately scat.
Where ponp and prayer-books shaded his retreat,
Pour'd through the organs note his proud and piou:
soul:
From halls of Greek and Lore profound
Pale study echo'd back a rueful sound
And each New England church in chorus chimed
solemn toll,
ONo'er some spot ia fond dclay,
Where still abode in lordly tower,
Some champion Of imperial power--.
Mid hollow groans il died away.
But o.! how alter'd was its s~prightlier tune,
When Cr-(iD to the Tyre Addressed
The laurel DER his temple hung
His brow with honor's stamp inpress'd-
He struck an air, that all the nation sung.
He waited back the soul 20 gaze
On mighty deeds of other DAYS,
When dauntless patriots dar'd to brave
The mistress Of the mountain wave,
And made Britannia trcmhle TO the throne.
The veteran sons of lberty,t
Though standing on eternity,
Reiolcd TO hear the sound again
That chccr'd them IN the times that tried the souls of men
The Patriot south in rapture smll'd.
And Freedom haiPd him as her farorife child.
M*****s**%+g.
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~ Macon.
(2) Calhoun.