Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1826-10-31
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FROM he Charleston City Gazette.

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From llie Charleston City Gazette.
WOMAN.
"D7HSf.er IF Cfod Gac, .Naa. '-ll;lJou.
There is language of the heat
That mocks at earuns'S studied AIT,
There is an uttcruuce of the soul
Iha, laughs at scholarships controu,.
Breaiies forth in verse living thought,
with ceiling, love, and nature traush';
Womaos the theme; aud who would Ger require
one borrowed strins 10 animate has Tyre.
There is wiioaery that lies
Within the sunshine other eyes,
More potent than tie magic spell
OF talism0n, fairy dell.
Who has not felt her very name
Inspire his Heart and thrill his irame:
idolaiTy. the f.owuirg world may cty;
But who has loved non felt the ccstacy.
who has ever in .hat hour
When VI onam's love aud WoaiauS power
Have twned their Influence round his heart,
reli not that Woman can impart
But smile-or glance Smoti!ered sigh,
world Of bliss and constancy:
Pfies,oss OF Love, now oft thou'f left 20 r,,ou.n
Mans pcrfidy-iHrsakcn and forlura.
There is vigil in the SKY
That marks the villains pcgiurr;
How eau he hope he forgiven
W no BREAKS on GaTtn iS J!cUCcNS
Ic welded in this world may be,
But Hell, like his Inconsistency,
VIII echoug yell the oath that fires his breath,
Aud brand ii in the registry ofdca,h.
Pleasures poor aud gaudy toy,
4 forgery on solid joy,
gilded chain that drags the slave
Helpless and chidlrss to the grave:
The haunted Libertine who lies
Without one hand to close his eyes,
Nrtrl.c m ln acei,, -
Ioinpanioa!css -unwe;lded and alone.
Man has wandering heaIt-Lis so,l
SPuns fctters, slavery and ccntroul -
To-day he ciimbs the snnu-cl,:i steep,
Tomorrow ploughs the loamy deep
i'i now he roami by mountain sla,
Without friend, without guide,
IN Woman bids hiss maynard steps to cease,
Aud turns his Arab thoughts To home and peace
Woman! companion OF my lie,
Less loved when maiden ;!Iau whcn wife;
How ian,liy do sing TO thee.
OF welded love and cOnstlLcv
Dear mother oftny child, / trace
Thy emblem in her artless face
clasp the lisin5 babe, receive Il Hiss,
-ind feel q fathers ioye-a father bliss
It's Womau's voice in accents low,
That hushes first the infants VICE;
lis Woman's fond maternal arms
That shield her boy from vain alarms;
CPrcac MIN in 4 world of cares,
And save him ftom its countless cares,
Muse ofmauhinG. l9udly lien in thee
The watchfu! guardian u. our iHisucS.
Now would Womaus friendship sing
q lis pure uniying thing
The dew that gems the bossnmed tnoln
ShiueS brightest ~ the sunny morn;
But faithful! Woman can hes;uw
light to Gid the nigh; OF $50:
Her love- Ike maoi:-bean Il stormy sea-
- ,fsf-, ,,sr 1s .,-s,r. :.-, at..,t
I've found tie world a faith!ess thing:
Mans friendship weak aud ,eli,hi,,g
Mans friendship'-'is the oceans spa. ":
The froth that rude wias sweep away!
You ask where cnns;ancy rest;
90, find it in a woman's breast,
! would not sivr one tai,, loved lIiend boast,
For al! uie wealth o: Iadas golden coast.
VIXEN pale disease, with II! he's train.
levers the blood AND fires the hsE;u, .
lis Wnman's sympathetic at
Que!!s the wild throbbings of the ica.i.
The mortal pang, the burning sigh,
Innature's latest agony!
O iair ply stefan! thou art ever near
Wi'a oil and zine thu dropping frame 70 c.cer.
asl: not, on the bed Of death,
Proud Nan to watch my Gccjiug hreata;
LIT Uomas'S prayer em5alm i.e .iou..
For OH il has soothing power,
10 calm the awful struggle here,
70 brighten hope aud Danish fear;
To raise new prospects of "a land on ::,.h
}YHcre Death is swa"ow'd UP in Victory,
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