The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1826-11-06
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Il, nc Ola ,la.. A,Len sthaa. wafe her orepa.
And temples sa.ls;s bsaest, lsrr elassie ff""ts
\, hen Gois 10 ieasc trrir istrs THRONES hoe an,
Aud sionped - tdess The sufsnryef nah,
Apollo eiaiacd u eiuFsrc nj tif' m,nd'
An, fsrni,i figr 5.ame - .ebdue mankind
Y ude ar Al ersi hervlr1 his fifcf are,
lIis Hope. ihc Muse, = oeeart'y his sisfn
Severe ia grace, sith anatshia.s naleSi1
Cnrl'd his proud lp, and glanerd ms eafie 'tst
On man h. drsW The -aasiefIaod bow
And laid the Python O. 81 TIE spirh low
Then ithsae glories ofhis hafds nnlarfh,
III haFst 10 radiance . Msisng world
Aad "a ,,a hrsaty Of andying ron,h,
TnseiFd ilr nrtsr Of rternm truth
H,a atrht came dawn Athen--~and red wHf
itr'd The fieh 9isar u fhr uengnerer
The esHr IN husfsf hod tho quis'tinF wite,
Ana Mar s5trse tramprt drownd Apfdio's l3fc
tihlhinu afaf'd Ger Urircia'- desert seaa
And the wind nvand shronghori her palaces.
Bsfhatisa hinds imreld the doom 81 ssars
tIcfes gone, ash genius stoos ~ teafs
Itaia thru grew beaniifal-ths wave
Tks Wkfhnd al 6ffear IN one implying grave
Roilil ~ rsinAe~ hFoko upon II g'ooih
Aaa spsHadthe arches III Immortal R"in'
LD rte tn God unlnds he golden haif,
ARd Ais yanng presence Ills a. snahahisd nir
Wild pisslonrd -ssuds the listcainr -pft thrill,
And nnsio nosis round eneh mcu,iaous hi''
Bat al thg pil1ces. md halis and wnees,
Land u bright souf, iap heaHf,a fgr gfafrss -
hwas nH thine IN win with ficw-ln ho"ofs
Tlr usgr mud IN daH5 ashy bo"ors
'Tfnh, like tlsy marble, WHs cold ahd drsd-
Ttr heart was wKdiar, aud the hrhuia fod
lr=--f amzhai land of Heaven. enkirdled hffs
Where Marc tnnd his harp, ASl1a'' siae'' mn 'sis
"a Sotsiatg she tafrird sift The trnnhadopr,
MD ssol. ~ sparkling y TIN rnes wcre puro.
Not yet her usion'd hanrs had cofne--not yet
A. IN bof drcnfns had ART and natHre met
Reason stl ross aNr. ftlions paiptet ieurA,
And Faye but sadnc-s whore she askd ior tears
At last hoi,r, brivla ssndalid hope, went vs.,
a hipL bfais'd miestrti .tnrlled ON her rye
HarHri ilroiph Hsntan the slsasr sunapa'f run,
She calls Shakespeare, aud her throne u "an
Aud oags h Shakespeare thcsr sponid walls
liz aad II. anten .ani hnng tho,f enronal.
Here rretlc- tastr her wreath NJ bnds stll i"ine,
Ana besaiy bind II ragnd her tragfgm shrin"
Hofa musit bend sh~,e her ynrndng wires,
Wherr genius guards hrs hnowd -hr's,
Whilst wizard tlt,iuence shall triumph here
And l,oetr, hefrelf7n top sef light appear
Here bold -hrowd gai shai cnwar IN Kindred shame
And nrrof'd virtue point the trnck 10 hiine
Here pousiya Won shiil eoaft her soothing whcs,
And here tadt mirth b. hasiond into sfnlos
Here dew -eyd youth with kindly urt shall stray
And wolnln'p grace throw aaeio ronnd'hr singo.
Aad mrtesr VIII heap lightly round th'ir way
Hetr aian, portrayed, .l1I yer iisnr the arr,
And .tlr the sun of freedom hrlits nnr elime,
Through ~ thu smiles, mud al the storms ot time,
jIore Ia the last, shnll iiuriot prihr command,
Tue 1otto sill, Om Rierg md oar land 2"
~ Theesrly Chorus
q "psrhon ofthe Spirit" Perhaps THIS may br NJ
soi figure he nsod to express The rurly nifn
nce Of rho drama IN r,icninsnr many of the Python
" mpo1iers OF ignorance,
"a Not iaHr slit tnrrind with iht trouhHloirn RE-
'qring Ia fhr drmna Of Franoe morn particularly