Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1827-02-24

Tks u S. Repssp and Literary Gazette. I'VE isv lately
.ll.ny and h.v- perused with uneh 'si'seon We cannot
avoid iadulsng degree OF rI;ds that wek 80 erea.ss to
Ter 81 til. un,ed States Asa prcmeo Of 1t. poetic depart
.n' we p,e:en, the foilgwns n.' from well known pen
''a will be Instantly esS;&,.sS y cur readers
Dies ;. IA Nature n's beau julie
pour Claire, pour 81, Pr.ux les ehsrshs
%" su.qsehsun sIs SIDE faiy WysminsS
Image Of many dream in hours long past,
When life wac in its bud aud biossouing,
And waters gushing fion. the fountain spring
ofpute .n'fu.sst though, damned my young eyes,
a: by tue Poet borne, unseen wing.
,. tseathed in fancy, meath Thy clsnlis;. .ke'
then bu, dreamed, Thou art before
IL life vision of the hrsin
I've stood upon the wooded mounsiu's brow
AMI now, where wind, Thy river. sreene., shore.
Within bower'of sycanures are Laird,
Aud winds soft anu e as bore
The fragrance OF wild ,w'rs through AMI shade
are singing IN the trees whose low bouss head
Nature hath n ,d- thee ioveliei than the power
Even OF oaanPieli's pen hath ririn,edihe
Had woven, had he yazei sunny hour
lynh more Of truth, ana made each rock enl tree
k S,., like old itiena., and greeted from aiar,
Ia ths dark legends Of thy border war,
VITA woes Of deeper tintth,n his owu 0es!rude'sare
llu' where are they, the bens, of the mind,
me batd's Creations. moulded ne; OF clay,
ttea.'' % s'ranSe bliss aai Suffering assigned,
We heed not ask The people efs,.'lay y '''
!a.p.ar good, houesi, quiet enough
wish usnnets Ike then roads, III IDLE rough,
AID aiai' wsIe gasp warm, and welcoming, tho tough
Judge Hs!lentack, who keeps the toll bridge gate
Rnl The town-secoids, Is the Albert
On Wyoming LII. hin, in church and Stale
The DoIic column, and upon i brow
The thin hairs. white with seventy winters snow,
Look Pairiarchal. Waldegrave 'iwcre Ia vain
~ seek for here, unless IN yon
- ihAi stands fnii unioimed upon the Flsin
10 hshen hoe1 o! crow. AMI baekbnd, from The sran.
For he would look p,rcuiarl, ,lreli
Ia his & iberian bootn aud Spanish Rune"
y id De the wonder OF each Cha i.tian soul,
80 OF the birds that seatv-crow aud his broom.
but Gertrude, IN hes invr,ines and b.oou,
Iiath many model here, fJ Woman's eye,
La hall orcot, wherever be her home,
lta,i heat spell too holy ami tou hish,
Io st Ger praised by Ler we.shrreI, Vye,y.
rhsr.s one in the next 6vi--of sweet .ixeen,--
Singing aud summonius 'iohs hts Of beauty born
La Heaven, with her jacket Of hight green,
" Lose-diitiss eyes, and tIesses like the nivtn,''
without shoe az blocking, hosing
Whetler, ike Gertrude, sls Oft Wander. there
with ShaksPcare's volume in her bosom bciuc,
thlnk is doubtful. Oftae poct-p,a,er
The maiden aavws tina C,tb q or yo.ta.e.
:ere Is a woman, widowed, gray, anJ,o!i,
Who tell, yni where che foot oi Battle SLEPT
Upon their y OF massacre she told
Is tale, and pointed I" the spot, aud wsti
Wnerron her father aud five brotlefs slcp,
shrSul-ss the brig Li-.r-ame slunbers OF the b ave.
tfaen all The land iulei al III ing kept,
Aud there wild iarre., planted on he grave
ny Natures hind, 10 AT thea pale red bisou,
And en- the margin Of yon orcharJhiiI
Axe marks wnere time ba, lem nj, have been
and Ia the tall grass traces huge still
VI "arTowy frieze and wedg I'd ravc!in,"
rive hundi ed OF her brave tina; Valley green.
ifoi OH the .norn, IN soldier .puit gay,
But twenty lived TO tell the nou,-dty scene,
aud where are now tue twenty. rastaway
las Death no triumph hours the battle day?
jane, 1921 .rf Il a. H.