Literary cadet, and Saturday evening bulletin. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1826-1827, 1826-12-02

In the ecstatc endearments of wedlock's sweet
band
United with low eliness, beauty, and " orth;
4 favourite of Gallias magnificent court,
And entwined with his infancy 5 tenderest ties,
lie heard with bosom I'll flame, the report
OF the ravagins storm that enyeloped our skies.
As though by spirit prophetic inspired,
His soul made flight through the orbit of Time,
In the vast of the future her pinions, uutred,
She expanded, contemplating vsionssnblime;
The prospects effulgent thut burst on her eye,
An Elysium of glory and freedom evolved,
Harmonious and grand as the systems OH high,
Nor destined to vanish 'till these dissolved! !
But the country which thus to his Fancy's rapt
In the luminous flow of pure happiness shone
Had her mountains and valleys in blood to imtrue,
And grapple in with the hosts of n throne
Ere those scenes of delight could around her un.
fold;
But the vantage in armament numbers and slkll,
Her opponent combined with the a!uremeuts Of
gold,
Gave him means at discretion to ravage and kill.
Inexperienced and young-her resources but few
Like lsraels brave youth with the giant OF
Gath
Her cause on its justice and Heaven she threw,
And unshrinkinsly met her antagonists wrath
With ardor that none but the generous can feel,
And purpose too pure tor the selfish to know,
A. the contest its terrors began to reveal
Lafayette proclaimed himself Tyranny foe
From his temples their peace-woven cl.lplets he
tore,
And consigned the loved tokens to heauty's soft
hand
lie cast from his limbs the rich ve.tmens they wore,
And, transformed as If touched by q magical
wand,
The courtly young noble, in armour arrayed,
The glItering pageants OF ,ionarchy spurned,
And to wiel Tor Colombia his vrg.nal blade
His magnanimous spirit impatently burned
Gallant soldier Of Freedom while here we survey,
With this remnant OF veterans who shared in thy
tolls
The happy results Of that perilovs day
When the vaunting narauder relinquish'd his
spoils
We behold in thy features the Fittings of gloom,
Which pass like SUGGESTIONS OF rack DER the sky ;
They tell that thy thoughts then are down IN the
tomb,
Where the halowed remains of our Washington
lie -
Is it not, noble chieftan thy souls dearest thought
That the veterans OF Freedom who bled nj thy
Shall be happy and free where no battles are fought;
And that thou shalt be with them, aud with them
abide,
Partaking for ever their freedom and bliss
Where the venom of Tyranny's fang is unknown;
Where his serpents at virtues, like thine cah ne'er
hiss
And no dungeons can echo with misery's groan
Great apostle o: Freedom though brilliant the
beam
Which plays on our hearts in this moment of joy
Yet cloud dlms the light OF the beautiful stream
And Its shade Tor time must our transports
annoy
Soon, too soon, we must part and the eyes that
now gaze
On tny venerable form with ecsatc delight,
Will behold thee no more and the grandeur and
OF our greetings will vanish, with thee, from our
sight.
This mighty assemblage must break and diverge,
Aud thousands here met on this consecrate ground,
Snail neer meet again till their bodies emerge
From the darkness that reIgns In the graves mar
row bound.
Bu--ali brethren-they live il the land they loee
best
Under laws and gov ernment too, of their own
Yes, Lafayette ! IN thy beloved land of the West
Uusoed by the reptile, that crawl round a
throne
II thou from thy less favoured France couldst re-
turn
And dwell here with spirits consenial to thine
What new-what inefabe-raptures would burn,
la bosoms that distance more could disjoin
70 know that with thee we inhaled the same air
That with thine, too, footsteps impressed the
same land
And that, hencelorth, thy life should our happi-
ness share,
Would yield It's more pleasure than monarehs
command.
In behalf of thy darling Columbia we plead,
That when to thy vision the scenes of mortality
close,
And thy .oul from its bonds Of probation is freed,
On her bosom thy mantle may fall and repose -
As pilgrims their sanctifed relics adore,
So the holy deposit our hearts would revere
And the lovers Of Freedom from every shore,
Would bedew and embam it with many tear.
But, oh there are feelings we would not invade
Pardon our zeal, most exalted, most sensitive
mind
Our ardent our anxious petition we've made
Its issue to thee-and our Gods consigned
We must part for season. at least we must part
But, where'er from our country thy destiny
lead
o, remember the pulse of a Nations great heart
For thy welfare will throb-ior thy welfare
would bleed!
The" Valeiictory' follows the Greeting from
which We proceed to extract a few stanzas. 1t
49, if we understand il Alright, intended to por-
tray the scene between General LAFAYETTE,
MIR. ADAMS, aud the constituted authorities Of the