Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1828-01-16
POETRY.
FAMILY WORSHIP.

We sgaiu avail Ourselves Of the pages Of AcK-
srpsu's Forget Mo Not, and extract rom them
the suhjoinsd ~stsnse., the poru'al Of which can
not fail to plea,e the norsiist. the feiisi'ni't and
the lover ofcha,,cned poesy.
FAMILY WORSHIP IN A COTTAGE.
Listen.I heard a voice. a solemn vsicc.
Butswsst and fsrvsot too. !. Ike that OF prayer;
Such as would make angelic breasts rejo.ee,
aad call to hsarken from their starry sphere;
From wonder col it eoma,-Tii draw me nsxr,-
s lis lish, shines like a star upon the n'Snt'
AuI To NV wandering foo'slsp, FAR more dear;
A batter rude psr,hanco, n holisi Light,
Lsadi.y more near to hsavoo, than that above
my hight.
Oh, 'tis lovely .c,a,! Tbs gray haircfsirs.
with lifted hands, imploring on each child
All thst The lip csn breathe, tbs soulds'ns'
70 guide their footsteps thro' the worlds deep
ees how the g~li,tArin: ears his warn chssk gall.
How rushe, through tho wnus OF years the
siow! -,
Nov beams III. look. with sll the father filed!
IA. srJcncy %inleuss, hshts eye, lip brow.
Which all hs beso,n's thoughts, hope','tsars and
wishes show.
Th.re knssl, the mother by hor p~ariner's side;
Silent her tongue but oh. how full her sIe'.
Look at those sacred tosrs, who're gentle TIDE
The ioudost Of the lip supplies.
Or! what eau equal her besesching sigh
n IT'S not heard IN heaven, then never came
Th,ther the ,orpi of suprlcations high:
Vainly have o.fious piied the affairs nans'
Tn i~u,su,es, OF them all ns'sr reached q other
claim,
Beside her, rising in,o msnhoo1'' form,
Uss son, her secret priia and s'ory, bows
r, ;rh, i, r., choes, with labor's cellar warm,
Tho honor,ble TINT his forehead shows;
His eyes'dark glrncs.is v%S'lsl, as II would close
vilhe 10 all on earth his heart deems fair,
Hi, lip. self moving. till rs'Pen,ive VOWS,
Ara rising, 10 hi. hoary fathers prayer.
Pleading with the high Heavens-" VI, Su'ds
FROM every snars.'
And yonder there's " group in hsrpie't being
The fairy tenants ofthe cottage dome,
Knseling before the eye of Hin, all-'ee'ns,
Who watch MS il their their thou ehts or glan-
ces roam;
The doll. untouched !, laid beside the drum;
That treasured instrument Of loudsst sound
StaaJs close 5csils its master, but AS dumo
As IL forgotten. oa tie iarksome gronnd' ,
While like nights '!c - closed flowers, they oenu
and cluster round.
Look at the little hand upan each brow,
Covering The face, before 'hc uusee" 49,
Listen. We might have heard the l,spei VOW
Like cherub-echoes seeking his abole;
Reyile i, not, despise il not, ye proud!
Nor say il i. the jargon learned by note
II,elc.,. meaningless those words allowed
Upon this youthful memory to npat,
Shall be the wax n, chord, OF many a heavenly
note!
Oh lovely scene; most lovely. would mat 'hou
+. -. -, h.lacr i'o cntlnvp DO w er alone,
Rut beneath every roof in beauty glow,
From tie low haml ( 10 the lofty throne,
Then England, were the smiles Of Heaven thine
own
The bright patcrnal smiles Of Deity;
Then. my loved country would Thy SOIL be Known
The hnllowed and the hlsst the truly tree.
And every eva.iuF. h"r . milton ~prshlp see