Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1828-05-24

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MoSrsoNERr. We never did adni'e the poetry off,
Osaeca Is, wai, but fcw EXCEPTIONS exceedingly com
vaacc, and dull lie has probably written more tame po
shaa any man that ever existed and yet he has offered
n the world that Is positively bad. From the close II
0hk poems, recently Published IN Lo,d,n, the Suhjo
wos coped and piay be ranked among tho abcst o
sbrs. They too, quite common place and insipd
- usoy Contain correct sentiment and excellent
we think besi To preserve them. The best Of Monigs
gs productions, Is his" WAsDEREs IN swirzERLAs
aPossn, which the time II was first published, had
sxcrve un because Of It's being connected with the
cal hhsmy Of people whse existing misforines elei
ths sympathy Of The world Ills West ndIcs," Is no
90 se the pigs and much may be said of nine lenis
hk performances.
THE END OF ALI THINGS.
Ages as awful Time been travelling on,
And al bis children tomb lave gone A;
Tho varied wonders oftle peopIei earth,
In equni tuu,, have gloried in their birth
We live, and fou-we triumph, and decay
Ttss aee aye rolls unprceivrd away;
Add thus twill be, I'LL heavens last thunder rour,
And Time aud Nature shall exs, no more
o.! say, what Fancy, though endow'd sublime,
CaD picture truly that tremendous time,
When the last sun shall blaze upon the sea,
And earth be dasl'd i.ito e;crnhy
n cloudy mantle will eDwfap that sun
Wbse face many worlds have eazed upon
Tho placid iso,n, beneath wloee pensve beam
We all have loved To wander and To drean,
Dyed into blood, shall! glare from pole to pole,
And light the airy iempests they roll.
And those sweet stars, that, like familiar eyes,
Are wont to smile welcome from the SKIES
Thick as tie lai drops from their depths will hound,
And far terrific meteors fash around -
Bot while the skies SHATTERED by tie war
ofpaanct, moon, rent eirud and down shot star,-
Asprndous wreck below "a barnng world
~ u the flames Of he'll were on the winds un6irid!
Asosind the horizon wheels one furnace blaze,
etscsking The black heavens with gigantic rays:
NOw bursting into wizard plsntons bright,
And now inminpIoi in a of light!
11 rmpins hurricanes unroled on high,
And witr the fire clouds giiycring through tho sky;
Lake sea foam dasli'd upon maintain side,
Wlen the mad winds upon lie slrees ride.
And, IN. the sca, along her nind shore
Tho white waves gllop with dsrious roar.
TIM Ocean, in her agoDizng three,
3osnds, swells and sinks like leapns hlls of SNOW
While downward tnmbng craes and torrents sweep,
And wildly mipgle with the hllze lii deep.
And now, while shadow worlds career around,
Wits mountains cuble, and while earthquakes sound,
While waves and winds rush roaiug to the fray,
Who slall abide the horrors of the day.
How shall we turn our terror stricken eye
To gnse upon the fre troneL Deay7
nark from the deep Of heaven. a trumpet sound.
Thunders the dizz, universe around.
From north to sonilI, from 10 Yves, II rolls,
A blast that summons ali created souls
And swif, NJ rppes rise upon tie dee?
Tie dead awakened frcn their dismal sleep;
Ihe rea has heard u !-collins up with droad,
Myrtads of mmtals fash from o,n her bed.
The graves fly open, and, with awful strife,
The dust Of ages starlles into life!
All who have heailI'd or Moved or seen, or felt
All they around whose cradles kingdoms kneit
Tyrans aud warriors, who e,rccrd In blood
Tie great and mean, the Curious and the good,
Are puckI from every se, aud land and t,mb,
To hear The clr,nselcsu and eternal doom!
Now, while the universe Is wrapped in fire,
Ere yet the splendid ruin shall EXPIRE
hc'eafh n canopy of a,ne belioli
with gln'rig banners 1T his feet unrolrd
fArshs Judge :-aro,lnd serphic m,stroIs throns,
Breathing "'cr golden har;r' celestial song;
"hiIe melodies nrial and sublime
Weave Wild dcati.dirge ocr departing Tine.
Imagination! fuh thy wings of FIRE,
And on Eterniy's dread brink expire;
Vain would thy red and raging eye behold
Visions of immortality unrol'd.
The last, the fiery chaos hath bcsun,
Qucnehd Is The moon and blackcn'd thc sun!
The stnrs have bounded nid the airy roar;
Inisid lie the rocks, and mountains arc no more;
The deep unbtson,'d, with tremendous gloom
Yaww on the ruin, like creiion's tomb!
And 10 the living harvest of the earth,
Reapd from the grave Ia share second birth
Millions Of EYES, with one deep dreadful stare
Gaze upward through the burning realms of air;
ivle shapes, and shrouds, and ghasy features CLEAN,
Like Iurid SHOW flakes in the moonlight beam.
And sco {! amid the skies terrific glare,
Like wild planet wheeling through the air,
Tie Eternal Spirit on fiery car,
Gloves through the clouds and blazes from afar!
And like an vol,i d from Ills throne,
Roars tho deep thunder Of Ills judgment lone -
Wingd ON i'e wind, and wariling hyms Of love,
Iseboid the blessed soar 10 realms above;
Tie cursed with hell uncovered to their eye,
shake, shrink, and vanish in n whirlwnd cry!
Cronou shudders with sublime dsuiay,
And In blazing tempest whirls saway!'
THE FALLING star.