Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1827-10-05
a FRAGMENT.


a,a;i't The fervef of the MONDAY .src.
v "7t eea;eiess hoois OF wivy vapour. ri-c.
s'5pn a, tue sna s'nks westward ftun our yi-.y
hey wrap the Nsi-. 10 robe, OF milky hue.
tssN'" We see thru, IN the niornir.'. iirhi,
!" dew collected, rs the diamond height.
or eisc in hpar frost, frozen, white tx. wool,
Ot hoine on high, ia masss, iense and full,
.hry roll IN ciouds 10 Sub the golden SUI,
~. ~ e,'m,"" v.,iurr, or hiue, Or dun,
With silver fringe. o. the oriiiitr GLOW,
Through their wide veto veiinil OF of ross
Thence, INTO drJvs ooUd,p,,l they fall IA RAIN.
of frozen ia f,!i,ns, hurry 10 the plain
IL rafting hsil; NJ Muscles. soft sud .l,,-
1'e,cen'i IN starred lakes Of chr ysisi snow.
lighted nv solar or the lunar beam.
~ tir % moc k-sn. els. not X II, IN. .la- .tc,
O. nnek csr,hs 'Pl-ndOr in the vivid how
,lr H""i ~ Citing forms, with feeble glow
: som either Pole; or elsc they ar, H. Al n;-h,
Our hrni'phcre, with strange u,,wont.,i i;vLt
S''snse, but not wonderful, Unw"n,-d too,
nut ,oot hence ,;.utlrng PA.iYsophic y.e,,
Coyu les I up u incubus II night
kisei,e i''e, I" vau-, the Northern L.gh;
. tnst long ting ln11'r OF The tube ~ink'd eyes,
seeking ~ Hes .chcl what 10 Mercury Lies
STUFFED at uini"s by igni.-lstuus ray
Hhtle counting stars within the niixy.,v,,
see. while the du-ky vspors dim tlt. p,,ic
see Their iiiumn'I edges arch the whole
swift, th,,, trsusrh.ht az the veil nT night
hr.ush h'see 4 realms ihey.Pccd un.vonteI aisht
N heights .ublimr, cUntlens'i IN kr-n,,, coli 90
Nh-te, s-iio'n forming, sedotn va;,ors h,Id
hrir htlni n;.hti where never cloud. s.r.n,I
n"n wh. ,,, eD"J.n,d 'he vHPors swift, descond;
Iccnitis the arr and hence eng, ntle, i,- .t,,-,n
IN r"usi tracts where c'dy currents f,Tp,:
san, IN Their highest paths, rejecting Ia nj
Nhsngttri "a form as rapid their hcht:
ItesrmbliuS waycs IN oitce5 as they lpy
Nh.n an some purple pol stoue we thr,,-v
'or tunes wsSn gushing forth from furnace J,rno,
Or lance. iNt.d IN sou.e martial gam. y;
vi new HrIS ~ comets, restless, risen 70. roam.
or silver pillars propping heavens b!uc dome;
W, a, 81 late, combining arch aud b,,i,
The pal. pia,s, Of the moon they stem
W'th SILVER shafts the Tnean column. ro.-
thc,r base y oronH. with capital that glow.
an tnrtsu whuenc.s; through the sparLiin~ skie,
IN 'ntsbieiure III gold unbu, nisl,'d lie.
Iis irchitravc beneath Of palcr hue
y w." &c enricPd with brilliant stars we view.
As c"rnic", where the light family sI,iu,.
pr.l'.n' it"m shade to shade IA lepytliTay lines.
VINO dt.sn,| the pageant an iliu,ivr cloud
Mnos. dusky form those heavens sitl soon r,r,.,s
S1hI'ne the sPeoi,rle Fair Moon, to thee
MUTT only i"vers "Ger tribute free
Sh'H each wrapt hard the pJn,pous p-,n nv
AZ eessees' u'bntr TO the Source Of Day
~ mning ITS rising, aud is setting hour
with all the pHgeanuy OF Poets power.
h|-we, IN Fancy vision wrart bebulI
The glorious Of l.. IN purple, blue and odd
T"'ari At tnoih las banner Cd field
W lux IT eve beneath his dtilnsv ON shield
Mh'Ie MT " harp shall tune triuup bsl lay,
10 tell tie tribute due thy transient raw
itfmu'ng the niounrise or the mooIset hon
The Zenith curculi, the Polar bower
.vheh thou prrPates, Empress %. the n;-t,
Tue silver ti'sIoi robe OF polar night
4" chcet the bn'0ms hrsasine hor cal sno.v-
WI Ghsre the neither Pole its irost-h.ke throw,
a:eHy hH7e Tie Schools 10 fire electric given
IA ~ mine robe which enwrapS the Polar heaven
ii'ncetorth 10 thee tlIs mantle ve res,orc
90 oe"ni IT. bo'der brighter than Before. oRoLIO