Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1826-09-22
IFron the Bos,or CeatinsI,i
Storm on the White Mountains

The day was olos'd; the hour come for ,..,.
Gnu ,y'es response came warm from every breast;
ntiu Mountain siicnce rose the HYMN T. Heaven
LOT 70 whose me,e music sin had beeu forgiven.
~, nhe,r iaiher's blessing on the children head,
lnekss maternal spoke them Ia their bed.
Thus had the N0.cA-Ho,Ge tenants sought rcpo,e
Aha ssptin peace TO wake 10 desthfulwoes.
TIT ,E. Tue Mount the massive cloud. owroli,
ueaven's teeminS tides terrific torrents pour
IN earth the onset can sustain no more;
frees, rocks, whole forest bend before the surge
Ana, driven downward, DIRE destruction urve
swift toward the Notch descend. the eurren,,.,,,-.
, Inc Numbering rocks roll heavily along;
WIN ,h''is heard the waters wielmins rush;
And then at Intervals the tgbers crush,
Nous'd by the roar the Notch House tenant, rise
waves to,s, earth remhes, hlackness blot, the skies,
NJ "a Father Mother! Children" Is the cry;
inei chnE together aud rush forth TO fy.
- S'ay, Wiley, stay the cslmer Allen cried
!teie Is your only refuge from the tiLe.n
Down from the mountain came a de.p.r swell
ltrolrd with awful roar; the stable fell
Gut rush q the father, mad with Wild alarms.
HS youngest child halfcrushd within his arms;
nE w'Ie mstinotively behind him ran,
with her the children; last each It'll 10th man;
10. NscselSoa and -iHsn both declare
Us,,h ne. before theni yet this 10, they shares
WIN these theirreason still prevail'd DER fear
they went, but death bound with the ie,r,.nn., H.,
o. else, Perehance they thought their toll strung arm
risht snatch some dear one from Impending harm.
Twas rash, hut generous; twas nobly done:
Aad proves the warmth of hearts by kindnr,. won
on swept dfk RUIN wide and lar IL spre,d
Aud danger deepen'd wheresoe'er they drd
Twas but moments flight, destruction, Tide
,.nn r'sn, twas full twas deep twas far twas wide
a's 'ntoes are hea'ins now each anguish'd breast!
1ne moment more each hear, in death will rest.
i:orr1r what thunder breaks the car of night
oh from one star for one faint Iay OF lirhti
San tiai be thunder from lightning dash
NO, It's the deep riv'd mountains down.we,t rr.,bt
Earth, trees, aud rocks thems Ives are roI,.j -.
Before tbs cloud tall'n torrent dark swift stfon-o
nIv'her aud children, early borne away,
Diink The black dTaught, entomb'd alive !, cI,r
me two men, graphing with a rolling rock
E S perse, ernsh.d with instantaneous shock
where with ms child th.sp.eehIe-s father fie.
Aud uPturHd wood in de athful IN. he. Ie,
Down DER the Iuin comes the forest, pridr
Floating terrific on the tossing tide:
Caught in us wide spread arms the father f,u..
"SeiEe ON the iopnost bouyh my chill,'' he can,
Forth from his gasp he frantic fling, the child
anu %, IN ,he .oPmo't branch Il 'eiaei, Wild.
Mothsr IN Mother" loud the child then cried.
No mother sooth'd that haf-distracted erv
No So ''',eI, brother, friend, nor help was nigh:
Save thine, lone child and that OF some .maIl h;s
The tree rolls over: IN a da kness d.ep
IL whens the yoyager in ORGANIZES ,le.p
The child Jude terrors fade IA sudden rloon
Leaves and the winter gras. its wave-wove -
The first COIL whelming ofthat fatal flow
Chlrd the hearts current, quench'd the vital GLOW.
ALI all are psrished awful Is the roar -
But no one d. eads, or heeds, or hears II more
The sun rose eIoudless from that stygian NIGHT.
The might brightly that appalling sight
More golden glory never rubed the morn
Earth never vIew'd her vesture moi forlorn
Such gay wild grandeur never met tn. eve
Commizi wheFv heart-sppslling ruins lie
Bright drops of ram GU every |. at were IsiI
Each 'an-n wood IN silver seen'd array'd
upT1oung forest glea"d like 'prOutins s,u,,
Aud bright cascades like mountain di,J,S.
And When the travellers asioni,h'd 90
The fate ofbiiiey aud his hou.e TO know
Bare blaleess plains where late we're ,.ihle- woods.
On eorn-hcds ponds, an road they find deep aood..
Aud there, sad sight, the Notoh-House ,leut stood;
Unrnoy'd, unharm'd by that tremendou. 1ood:
The rolling rocks had Pas''d either side,
And left tsandng midst stony tide
The doors were opCn and the beds