Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1827-06-13
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! --" He, above The rest,
| In shape and gesture proudly eminent,
Stood like tower. His form had not yet lost
All her original brightness. nor appear'd
| Less than archangel ruin'd and the excess
| Ofglory obscur'd. As when the risen
J Looks through the horizontal misty air
Shorn ofits beams, from behind the moon
| In dim eclipse disastrous twilight sheds
| On half the nations, and with fear OF change
| Perplexes monarchs Darken'd so, vet shone
| Above them all tn archangel'-
As Edmund was running the beau
lifuI passage over in his mind, the In
dian threw aside his elf locks that sha-
ded his brow, and turning to his guest,
addressed him as follows:
Stranger you see before you the
wreck of sixty winters, of which thirty
have been spen, in the alternate par
oxysms of hope and despair. Often
during that period has the once pow
erful Alquina been forced to eIude the
fury of your countrymcn by the noe
turnal flight to the secret cave" and
as he spoke his eye flashed with ter
ible animation. eyes, often has this
powerful arm drained the life blood
of the ruthless intruder. In the
morning of my days. when thousand
warriors drew the bow at my COM
mand, and sought the ranks of death
at my bidding; when after the toll of
| the chase, or the defeat Of the foe, ]
retired to my home and the black
eyed daughter Of Odewandi smiled at
my coming, then was Alquina happy.
But the sons of Europe, aIlured by its
fertility settled in my county, re-
ceived them as brothers and confdcd
in their honor. But let the perSeru-
ted remnant of once powerful nation
attest their perfdy have lived to
to see the ruin of my country, my
home and my happiness-all has fall
len before the whitening breath Of tie
destroyers, and to fix the deadliness
of my hate, the wife of my bosom was
sent by their hand bloody sacrifice
from the field of death as an accepta-
BILE offering to the God Of Christians.
But she went not alone-the ghosts
of thousands Of your countrymen were
disengaged from their earthly cum
brance by my avenging arm, and as
cended on the wings of the wild tor
nado, to appease her spirit in the land
of souls. Yes, often have ! met the
paIld despoilers of my country in the
field of battle, and then every thing
but my wrongs were forgotten in the
deadly strife. The axe of war was
never raised by the hand of Alquina,
but its descent fastened some spirits
to the regions beyond the Clouds
But never, although the deadly strife
has reduced the number Of my war
riors aud sent famine, desolation and
death where before was peace and
plenty, has Alquina violated the rights
Of hospitality, and though you are
now in the power of one whose name |
strikes terror to the bosom Of your
countrymen, yet sleep in peace, pro-
tected by the ruler Of the winds, ill |
the gladdening beams of morning |
shall have scattered the shades of
night, and then with the blessings Of
the Indian depart in peace.
The savage then prepared rustic |
couch of skins, and side by side the
toiworn traveller and his rugged host
sunk into the arms Of Morpheus
But as the first rays Of morning cast
brilliant gleam in the eastern hori-
zon and adorned the tops Of the dis
tant mountains with his kinding rays,
Edmond sprung from his slumber, J
and having received the benediction
of the Indian, and the directions for (
the remainder of his journey, proceed {
ed on his pedestrian tour.
The sun was rising in majestic
splendour over the boundless forest,
and the morning breeze, purified by
the evening shower, carried on its
downy wings the sweetness Of May. 1
Light as the bounding deer, Edmond
pursued his way-bis feelings, buoy
ant with the sweet expectation Of soon
embracing the object of his early af-
fections, the blooming Emily, he re-
garded not the distance, and ere the
sun had measured half the distance to
his meridian, he emerged from the for
est and reached the nourishing planta-
ton of Mr.. Seymour. But who can
describe his feelings when arriving at
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