Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1826-07-14

a. through piiIaTcd CluiSterS but the dead
Sleep not beneath; nor doth the sunbeam pass
To maj bic shiucs through rainbow tinted CLASS;
Yet thou by iuunt and lurest-murwur led
10 worship, tlHu art blrst.--to thee is shewn
Earth in her holy pomp, deckCd for her God alone.
When painting the sorrows of his carly life the chic
character thus beautifully describes prison work
the magjndiion:--
"Gnce my soul died within What had thrown
That sickness Ger it:-Even passing though,
O.: clear sp'ing, whose side, with flowers ocrgrown,
Fou!ly and Oft my hoyish steps had sought.
Pegchnrce the damp roaf's water-drops, that fell
Just then, low tiuk!ing through isy yauIted cell,
Intensely heard anis the Stiffness caught
Some tone from memory, OF the music. yelling
Ever with that fresh iii from its deep rocky dwelling.
"But my spirits levcrcd longirss wrought
Weakening, it might be, 10 tie faint sad sound,
Tia from the darkHcss Of tho walls they brought
loved scene rouu! me, viStIy around.
Yes! kndlIng, Spreading, brishteming hue hv hue,
Like stars iiom midnight through the gloom it grew
That haunt ~ youth hope :nanhond! till the bound
OF M slrui seemed dissolved, a!d
Gnt by the solemn hills and burning pomp OF sly.
81 lookcd--and 10! the clear broad rirer Howine
Past the old Moorish ruin the steep,
The lone tower dark against a ven all glowing.
Like seas Of glass and fret the sweep
Ofglorious woods far down the mountain side,
And their still shadows in the cleaning tide,
And the red even.iS on its asleep;
And midst the scehe-oh! more than a-there smiled
My child tair race, amt hers, the mother Of my ch
'W iIh their eyes loye and .ladncSs raised
Up TO the flushing sky when Sto0i
Last by that river, ui il silence gazed
On the lich world of suIset-bui a food
OF sudden tenderness my snul oppressed,
And rushed forward with ycarming breast,
10 riasP--nlas! q visjnn!--- Wave and wood,
And gentle faces, lifted IN the light
on day 5 last hectic blush, all melted urH my sish-.
Then darkpess!-oh! me unutterable gloom
THAT seemed narrowing round me, ma king less
And less my dungeon, when. with all its bloom,
That bright dream vanished from my LONELINESS.
1t foated eff, the beautiful! yet left
SUCH deep thirst in my soul, that thus 5ereii,
lay dawn, sick with passions vain excess,
And prayed to die. How oft would sorrow weeT,
Her WEAKNESS to death j! lie might like slcc, :"
Wien he escapes from his dungeon
"'Ihat hour to send lis fadeless trace
n~"m lies far sweeping ide!-A dim, Wild night,
Like sorrow hung upon the soft moons face,
fet how my heart leapcd in hor blessed light.
he shepherd light--the sailors the sea
The hunters h0meward from the mountains free
mere its lone smile makes TREMENDOUSLY bright
The thousand streams! could but gaze through tears
On what sight is heaven! thus first bceld years:
"Ihe rolling c!ouAs,-ibey have the whole blac space
Above to sail in--aIl the dome rs .sv.
My soul shot with them in their breezy race
@ er star and gOom,-but had yet To fly,
~ flies the huHcd wolf 4 secret spot,
And strange, knsw--ihe sunbeam knew IT NIT
Widest OF all the savage glcus that lie
IN far sioSiaS, hiding their ,eep springs,
AHd f'HYs'scd but by storms or ousdng eagles wings
Gay, and net the storm 'nerc!-I had gained
Tie coveF;'s heart with swift au1 steadily tread:
moan wcrt pastu.c, Dnl the dark trees raircd
Their Gutumr oijaze rust.iug NY head;
a rs0aE-a hollow gust--anl there stood
o'ri with majestic nigh', anil ancient wood.
Aid icauius water. Thithcr might nave fled
The mountJin Christian with his filth of yorc,
Wbeu Aries ambour shnok the rjsging western shore.
BIT through ils black rogine the storm me swelling
Mis"'y tIoE at amidst iht bills, thou hIaSti
In ny lone course tic krc'v cadars friiiug,
Like i''u"s upon tie path 81 battle cast!
rent o1h uluu.jerrd dow beside my cave
Booming - rushed, as boons a deep sea wave;
, falcon srn:"I: stdttlcl wiI3-deec passed;
a far On bell tnl.ed iairiiy through tic foar--
How my Glad spirit swept forth with the winds more
"Atd with tie anowy Hgh,ruz-,- for they flashed,
Smiling the urauohcs tGeir i':ul pley,
And brightly shivt,ius where inc tolrcuts dashed
Up. even so rtag and ca les acs', their spray!
And ihc'c 10 stand ami ~ tine pcaliug stil",
The strong iInrs croauiag with tempestuous i!e,
A"G all toe mountain voices their way
Was 1t not joy.--'twas Joy in rushing might
hirrose yeas that bot one inag dead Of night"
III" Jcgarprc from hs native land is in the sam
dohSi aud pathetic susiD,-
'i' was 'eo TO sav--'Farcweu, NY Spain,
i'' suurF and the vintage luud fafcweilE -
."".+ ia'e Died upon the hottir plain
Io. fHr", 2. = r.nrtry. bat might 1901 dvell
~ tnt s." e" va,cs, dt peace. Inc voice of song
E'eaiFes " it1 tie myrtle Srcui, thy Bills alara;
it'''ion'- -i'" is caught ON shad, and deli;
bit what are tfcs,,--upcn Ivy Gowcfy sod
"5h' nol Snee ana pour my fec thoughts cut 10 God!
'Ocr 'oe hl"e deep fed, the shaioles. drsr.
oiratGc 'f"-t ri maui tba: c'cn md.; swclls zig
Wtcu through toe foam he lis proud barb sweep,
th"a"s o"I 1cvous elcarHs 20 w5ga and ,fy:
-. rsN'.s h'sn- ~n"ie e.: i'c leaves behind;
I HIS sc'rit uses witb Use rising rinl;
+ EoT. y-5 'r,i ~ the tlr iufuritv,
On,vn it bears bins ever, and lie main
seems h'z, S" bis hope, enrc happier shore gain
The ''aih OF his beloved feono7 and her funeral
sea- 81" 'uli Of tender AID natural passages. bu. W
~ '"i- them fem eiions '41zas.