The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1826-10-05
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commcndB itsolf 70 tie notice VI VIC SSr''
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LINES,
T. answer TO the foul aspersion that al the e
wills which have desolated the world nave
arisen from woman.
o fairest Of creation! last and best
Ofall Gods works. creature, Ia whofn ehceis
Whatever can to sight or thought DO io'i1 "
Holy, divine, good, amiabIe or sweet
We should be brutes without you.
Milton.
YES brandt the recreant with eternal shame
Whose perjur'dtongu Proian d blest woman
name
Let every voice on earth the charge repsl,
Broathd against heaven itself, and iorg q ~
hell
Let every arm be rais'd to hurl from high
The caitif wretch 10 scorn and iniamy
Base as the eenseless clod from whence he
sprung,
Loves finer chords his savage heart ne'eT
strung
Loves heavenly power his grove!ling soul
neer drew,
To honour, faith, and virtues empire true.
BE it forever his unpitied lot
To be by woman sighted and forgot
Be it his cheerless, isolated fate
To meot thro life with woman's scorn and
Unblest TO liye--unmourn'd 10 die alone,
To love stranger-and to hope unknown!
70 sacred MUSES.! tune the heaven strung
Tyre
To lofty strains Of more than mortal fire!
Ger all the earth your song nccordant raise,
And let the witching theme be woman praise!
That theme 30 dear shall find e'cr long 1t part,
A chord responsive in each human heart.
Is there a man at womans very name
Whose bosom does not glow with kindlng
flame?
whoe'er thou art, whatc'er thy state may be,
Still gentle woman must be dear to thee,
Had she not nurs'd thy wants and stilld thy
fears,
What cold neglect had child thy infant years!
How joyless and unblest thy youth would prove
If funendear'd by her devoted love!
What could the cherries gloom Of age be-
guilo
Cnbrightened by the sunshine her smile'
IN grief:-where would thy dropping spirit
rest,
-funsustain'd by woman's plying breast?
How dear in every tie of social lite,
As mother, daughter, sister, friend, and wife
IT'S man she lives To bless, or dies to save,
Hls solace frop. the cradle TO the grave;
IN hun she lives, she moves, she bEeashes a.
For him she loves-shs sccs1s L zszra-s.ss a
thrane
She, like the silver crescant 1f lia ng'rr,
FROM u1an, her alz rscriraa lug. nIiltar ig'it.
Shines BY ressctIur u laa lrrifer 1sva.
And triumpha IN is pruld iluHI7ur niaze;
Constant her rnuud ~ nut 20 1HI-hrtu.-
Dispe.s the rnom unsI aur,'tH nyav iIB 'urrn'
Shines, when al eisc q taF;;--soicsoiessing
given,
Ehedding Ger sartEi, the lg'it.1rnugtrt do'7n
from heaven.
o aISilld by natur. with cndentne 1rt,.
To bless with happiness saoh nauv 1satt..
Thy angel power thrnurliI lite attends M sill
To hegktsu every good nId soo,lir saci, ~
O thou who nv st our morn Oflite ts charm.
Or youth TIA transport md our AZ, ia oH.'u,
Whose witching powsr tho proudest caIi con.
trol,
Whose very glance spsata % the nraost soN
Woman! on whom our h"pes-our flte depei3,
Our trust, our blessing, comf9rter and ffIsnd
IN sickness or n sorrows saGdealpr h0ut,
The heart best feels thy soft consolng po0Ssr
In vain for wealth Jr power from thee we rove,
Earth has nAgem 40 rich a. womsns love,
Without thee, blessings want tho power 70
bless,
The world would be barren wilderness,
Should tyranny inact the drcarost doom,
That man could suffer on this eide the tomb,
'TwOuld be--cOHdemRd 10 reycl in delight,
Where laughter wing d the day and sport the
night;
Where Fortune hcapd her store OF golden
treasures
Aud Fancy pour d her inexhaustless pleasures
To livc--a monarch on the brghtest shore,
Where woman's smile should bless his hear,
no more
Shades fresh as spring, and bowers like Eden
fair,
Could boast no charm ifwoman were not there
f'or man there blooms bonoath the upper skies
No paradise, unblest by womans Dyes.
Then hail cNIrr ooopl To man in mercy given
The last and dearest of the gifts OF heaven.
Sen; down 10 soothe, 90 suecor, and To save,
To smooth life's drsary pathway to the grave
y dearer far than aught on earth beside,
BE still my cherishd bliss my hopc-m'
pride.
Should unpropitious Fate in vengeance shed
Her blacklist vials o'cr my suffering head,
And tar from me each earthly hope bo fled;
Al othor joys my heart could well resign,
And smile nj poverty if thou vert mine;
Nc grief should blast my unembi,tcr'd d lot,
Wealth, power, and splcndor be at once forgot
Safe from tho wreck I'd clasp thy angel form
Secure from ill--nor heed the raging Storm
And bending low to heavens supreme deere,
dc rich in all--posscssing only thee!
--oA~....
AUTUMN.