Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1828-06-18

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POETRY. s
- TIE BRIDAL DAY.-sr MAS. nrnAs:.
!. , Noun,nent in Venetian Church, Is an eph1,pb,H
s,s~s thai the remains s'nsan aio ~ h,ids a, the
dy, WHO expired ssddcnly whae standing o'ao ''
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We hear he, Home we hear her Home!
Over Ib. nurmurng saf seas foam
Ono who has hed from the War OF Lme,
= = P,on sorrt,v .pains and the fever strife o.
~ BARRv CoHswALL.
Bride upon thy marriage day,
When Thy gems in rich array
Made the glistenins mirror seem
A. a ssar. rejecting stream,
When ihe clustering pearls lay fair,
-',aIbsf thy braids Of sunny hair
And l,e white veil e'er thee streaming,
Liks slvery halo cleaning,
Mellow'd all that pomp an light
Into something meeky bright;
Did the auitering Of thy breath,
speak OF Joy woe beneath!
And the hue that went and came
Oer thy check, like wavcring flame .
P,oy'd thai criuson from tn unrest,
Or the gladness oi Thy breast'
WHO shn, tell US from Thy bowcf
Brightly didst thou pass that hour;
With the many ganeimg oar,
Andthe cheer niong the shore,
And Tie wealth of sumner flowers
On thy fair head east In showers,
And the breath of song and fnte,
= And the caron's glad salute,
Swiftly DER the Adrian tide
wer thou horne in pomp, young Bride
Minh and music, sun and sky,
Welcomed thee triumphntly!
Yet perchnnce Christening thought
In some deeper spirit wrought,
Whispering, untold il blent
With tie s,unds Of mcrrimenf,
-" From the Home Of Childhood's giee,
Fr,an the Days Of Laughter free,
From the Love cfmnny Years,
Thou ar gone To cares and fears,
TO another path aud guide,
Toa bosom yer nntried
Bright one ! oh these well In1y he
'Tremblng midst our joy fW thee 20
Bride when through the stately fame,
Circled with Thy nnTaial tmin,
'Mida tie banners hung on high
BY Thy warke ancestry,
Midst thy mighty fathers dead,
IL scll beauty thou wer, led
WHEN before tl,e shrine thy form
Quivered 10 bSson storm,
Whom like harm strings with sigh,
Breaking in mid harmony,
on thy lip the murinurs low
=. Died wa, Loves unfinished vow,
When like scattered ro-e leaves fed
From thy cheek each tint Of red;
And the light fors,ok thine eye,
And tl,v head sank heavily
Was that dropping but tn excess
OF Thy spirits blessedness!
On did some deep feelings might,
Folded in thy heart from sight,
With sudden tempest shower
.Eathward bear Thy life's young fower'
w bo shall tell us on that tongue
sikcnce had forever hung
Never to thy lip and cheek
Rlsl,'d ag,in the crimson streak,
Never tc thine eye returned
Tlm, which there had beam'd and burned,
M whh the secrel might know,
Wnh Thy rapture or thy woe,
With thy marriage robe an,i wroath
Thou wen aei-young Bride Of Death
One, one lightning moment there,
Struck down Triumph 10 Desair,
Beauty splendour, Hope and Trust,
Into Darkness, Tcrror-Dust.
There sounds Of weeping DER thee,
Bride! as forth thy kindred bore thee,
shrouded in Thy cleaning veil,
Deaf Ia that wild funeral wall.
.. Yet prchance Christening thought
In sone deeper spirit wrought,
Whispering while the stern sad knel
On TIE airs bright 5.ilinoss FELL
-" From the power OF chill and change,
Souls to and estrange;
From Loves wane--a death in life,
But 10 watch mortal strife;
From the secre: ievers, known
10 the burden'd heart alone;
Tilm art led-afar-away,
Where those bghts more have sway!
Bright one oh there well may he
Comfort midst tears for tllce."