Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1827-07-11

EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRG INIA-to wit:
, II remembered, that on the thirty first dav Of
-RD May, in the fifty first year Of the Independence
OF the United States of America, James Cove Price,
OF the said district, hath deposited In this office the title
OF a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor,
IN the words following, TO wit:
''The lgnis Fatuus, or a Voice from tie Clouds
Fitam innpeuderc zero.
4 transient spark cntorab'l in nigiit,
! shed a faint ard feeble light;
My form shall soon elude the eye,
Bat Truth, OH, Truth can never die.
comprising the Climax OF iniqlity, an opera; the Quin-
clad, and other poems"
In conformity TO the act of the Congress of the u
nited States, entitled, IAN act for the encouragement
OF learning, by securing the copies OF maps, charts
and books to the authors and proprietors OF such copies,
during the times therein mentioned"
RD. J~EFTRIES,
C!e,k Of the Eastern District of Virginia.
" The proprietor has the pleasure to announce TO
subscribers and others, that the above work is ready.
copies OF which may be had of AIessrs. J. II. s. T
Nash, iiicbmond; OF AIessrs. Jennings s. Jones, Car
tersyille; OF Messrs. Thornton l. Darlington, Ca Ira;
and OF Messrs. Seth & Brown, Buckingham c. H..
o. The SECOND NUMBER is on hand, and will
appear some time in the course Of twelve months, if
sufficient encouragement be given, embracing
LIBGRTIC!DE.
Sill! fellow where suspicious fates invite;
Cares Tie happy, and tine wrctcned slight.
Sooner shall jafring elements unite,
IMAM truth with gain, ,!.an interest with right.
LUcAN.
THE REIGN OF ANTICHRIST.
The gates of he'll are open night and day;
Smooth the tescen: and easy is the way.
TIE I OF sERPENTS.
To view Il race so riIe and 20 re frain,
What hoops Of iron could my spleen contain?
" OTHER POEMS.
These disposed to subscribe will find su5scrip-
ton papess at the places above mentioned.
Exrnicrs rEoa L1HERrIc!DE.
Ii5o.tc;de a threatnirg aspect wore,
But in II there was not Il shade of harm;
For AvaTice true courage never bore,
AND hence should not excite the least alarm,
Except 10 those upon the debet score;-
The leger hoads a p!enituda Of pow'r,
More fearful than the ruiian's thirsty blade,
1t holds the keys of s!avTy and lhe tow',
Of dungeons hofrid, where LIES tapcr2 fade,
From which,. a TUX or AIame!yae would turn away DIS
mayd.
Re angels bright! why wasi il &c. Gcc.ccd,
Ton! doiSn M inpious supplicant to shriyr.J
mat human Mature should be docm'd 20 bicri;
That cannibals Of sorrow might survive
On human spons;-asps in creations hive.
Oh! deign some soul superior to the rs,.
Go siani forth Mattress champion 10 rive.
And our degsmfate age Il, least be blesi,
With Virtues golden reign; On! gram, the s,eat bt1esf,
I!isf life IKE many others. was enploy'f,
IN the most slayish Of all siavish arts;
BY litt!e tnayish tricks his purse was clnrI.
hih gold. Well spake the sage g heavily uarr,
When he rematb'd that gold all crime impar;s.
Otevil, the prolific root supreme,
Hcars her b!ack crest,-hels gfsly monarch starts
Her iocsiI sounds. -fends rise with inrrid scream.
And snatch their iirnai harps;-a sharpe, is the theme.
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RutslintiHg cowarijco pToclaims NE rash,
To threw my sentiments AZ Stated ua.H'r:
Since truth and viilliny whcn"'er they clash,
Provoke q dreadful pugiigtic shcv'j
But genius Is Il Kind Of rebel Gow-r.
That prejudice can ucgcr tranp!c ta'.n:
Martyrs have died on L;bcuyts watch fuw'r.
Whose principles, thej, blood could never d1cwu.
More durable than marble o. the warriors rerswr.
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Raleish's and 5iducy's ghosts iucitc M strains.
The victims OF IA yrsnts ruthless sway;
OF ROmes stern patriots, AT what renains,-
No more tnau what ifail Ilist'fy can display
Tiny Sc long Stree mingled with their native clav:
And where, Oh AtacmI is tiny RAGE divine!
VITA times wingd moments have they pussG away.
AMERICA! Jefferson IS ~ more thine,
And tire i%cralhymn oflIcrry has been caantrd a. ihv shrine.
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an. Jet fair freedom weeping genius tel,
q. m ambitions ear she dare ~ svcak.l
low Rome, Sparta, Macedonia, III,