Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1827-06-01
ODE TO THE MEMORY OF BURNS

H~AO-h-NS - VA - bb1s
Soul Of the poet when,os'er
Reciaini'd from earth thy seni,, plume
Her wings of Immortality;
Suspend Thy harp IN happier sphere.
And with thy influence Hume
The slaGness 81 our jubilee.
And ny like iieuds from secret spell.
ll'scOrd and strife stB'rri,s's name.
Exorcis'd ny his memory;
to- he WI, chief OF hardI that swell
The heart with songs of social fame,
9nd high delicious rsveiry.
onLove'- own strain 10 him was given
10 warhle all it, ox,tacieg,
With Pythian words unsOuc nj, unwilled,
Low, the surviving sit OF Heaven
The choicest sweet Uf Paradise,
In lie'' else bitter cup distilled.
Who that has melted Ger his law
To m,ry's soul an Heaven above,
But pictured sees in fancy ,trong,
The landscape and the liyelony day
That smiled p1n their mutual love
Whp tina; has ielt forget, the song.
Nor skilled one nane alone 10 fan
W, cc-ntrys high souled psa,sntry
What patriot Pride he taught how mich
10 veigh the inborn heart of man
And rustic life and poverty
Grow beautiful beneath his touch.
Him, in his cl,y-huilt cot, the muse
Entrenced, and showed him all the forms
OF fairy light aud wiz1rd gloon,
That Ouly gifted Poet views)
The GenIIof the foods aud storms,
And martial shades from Slory's tomb.
On Bannoek field what thoughts arouse
ne SWAN WHOM 8arnS'S 'ous inspires
D-st not his Csledonian veins,
As Ger the heroic tut he plnug rs,
with all the spirit Of his sires,
and ither scoTn Of death aud chains
Ana see the Scottish exile, tanned
ny many far aud foreign cline,
Bend over his aomeborn verse aud weep,
In memory of his native land,
With love that Scorn. the lapse of lime,
Aud tiRs that stretch beyon The i-rp.
Eneamp'd by Indian river. wild
fae soldier resting on his arms,
In B-trr's carroll sweet recalls
The scenes that h!est him when 4 child,
Md glJws aud glaideni ~ the charm.
VI 6eotia's woods and waterfalls.
y deem MOI ar.ii't this worldly strife,
An Idle art the Poet brings
Let high phiiospphy control
md sages GAVIN the stream of life
Sis he reiines Il, fountain sprung.
The nobltr passions Ut the soul.
IL isthe muse that c concentrates
5he native banner Of the bfays
Unimliag at the trump-t's breath,
Jose, thistle, barpi his she ela',s
10 sweep the field or ride the wave
Il Vin hurt IN the storm at death.
sA'"i Alphf NN"is nero, wnfn INV bali
l. crossed with mournful sword aud plume.
When puniIc grief h,..ius to fade,
Md ouly tears of kindrei tall,
Who hu, the hard ran dress thy tomb,
And greet with fame thy gallant shade
Such was the SOLDIER Burns! forgive
Fat sorrows such As mine inlrude,
In strains 20 thy great memory due
IN vers. ike thine, IN could h- live,
NE friend moufnrd the brave, the 20 od--
Edward that died at Waterloo!
Tlre''ell high chief Of Scottish song.
Ih't conii'st alternately impsd
Wisdom and rapture III thy page,
Ant brand -ach wee with satire strong,
Whose lines gro mottpe, on tue heat
Whose truths electtify the ssge.
Farewell, and never may Euvv dare
70 wrins one baleful poison drop
From tbe crushed liureis pC thy bur
bat ~hile the lark sings sweet IN SIR
5iill may the grateful pilgrim stop,
To bless the spot that hollis thy duet.