Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1826-11-17
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From the Athcn~um Magazine
CONNECTICUT.

CONNECTICUT.
From NE Minute Hsn.' an unpublished POem.
Aud still her gray rocks tower above the sea
That murmurs At their feet, a conquered
las a rough lapd of EARTH and stone, and tree,
Where breathes no castled lorl nor cabincd slaves
Thoughts and tongues, aud hands are ooo ana Iee'
And friends will fnd welcome, foes grave;
And where kuee save when to Heaven they pray,
Nor even then, unless in their way
Theirs a pure republc, wild yet strong,
y fierce dc,nocracie," where all are true
To what themselves have voted, right or wrong,
And 10 their laws denummacd blue;
ar red, they might Draco's Ode belong:)
\ vcstaI state, which power could not subduc,
Nor promise win, like her own eagles nest,
Sacred, the San Marine of the
a justice of the peace, for the time being,
They bow TO, but may turn him out next yea;
They reverence their priest, but disagrecing
In price or creed, dsmiss him without fear;
They have natural talent for forescciuS
And knowing all things; and should Park appear
From his long tour in Africa, to show
The Myers source, they d meet him with, eve hnov,'
They love their laud because it is their own
And scorh 20 give aught other reason Why;
Would shake hands with King upon his throne
And think it kindness To his majesty;
a stubborn race, fearing and lattcrins none,
Such are they nurtured, such they live and die;
All, but Il few apostates, who medtling
With merchandise, pounds, shllnss, pence, peldng
Or wandering through the southern counties teaching
The A, b, G, from WebsIer's spelling boos;
Gallant and godly, making love aud preacl,iur
And gaining, by what they call ''honS aud crook'
And what the moralists call overre achiu-
\ decent living. The Virguians look
Upon them with as favorable eyes
AS Gabriel on the devil in paradise.
But these are but their oucas,s. View them near
At home, where all their worth and pride is placed;
And there their hospi;able fires burn clear,
And there the lowest farmhouse hearth is craced
With manly hearts, in pety sincere
Faithful III love, in honor stern and chastc.
In friendship warm and true, in danger brave
Beloved in life, aud santcd in the grave.
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IS felt cvenn their nations destiny,
Men VINO s%ayed senates with a statesman's soul,
Ana Looked on armies with leaders eve;
Names that adurn nd dignity the scroll,
Whose leaves contain their countiy s history
And tales OF l0Ic and war, listen To- one
vi ''fe ufeenmountainecr, the Stark of Bennington
When on that fc,.ihis baud the Iiessi4ns fought.
Briefly he spoke before the fight BEGAN
'Soldiers. those German gentlemen are bounb,
For four pounds ten aud seven pence per man
by England kinS--a bargain, It's thought
Are we worth more? Letsprove it ,iSyv we car
For we must beat them, boys, ere set of sun
or Mary Starts widor.'f 1t was done.
Hers are not Temples nor Arcadias sorpo
" or the long summer of Cathayan wales,
Inc vines, the flowers, the air. the skies thar fin,
ouch Wild emchantment DER Boccacco's tales
vi Florence aud the Arnu-yet the wing
OF LIES best angel Health, is on her gales
I through sun aud Snow--and in the a autumn t,oo
1-iFth has no purcr and no lovcler cline.
Her clear, warm Heaven at noon-tbe mis-, cha, n,,
- hcI twilight hhlS-her cool aud starry ewes,
he glorious Splcndour of in,r sunset couds
The rainbow beauty of her forest leaves
Come o'cr the eye, i'll solitude aud crowds
Wierc'er his web of song her poet weave.
And his minds brightest vision but DISPLAYS
lhe autumn Sceuery of his boyhoods DAYS
And when you dean Of woman md her 1oyo
'ier truth, her tenderness her gentle power.
l ne maiden listening in the moonlight grove
ne mother smiling in her infant, bove,.
Forms features, worshipped while we breathe or ro
lie by some spirit of your dreaming hour
Borne' like I.oret'o's chapel through the air
me gree" land sing--then Il nl then, there
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+lhcse were Staik identical expressions ,o bi e, inc;
n'v'oS to their barge Upon the Isssans, whom .hev ,out