Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1828-12-10

COR ~, TIE MfDoN.
m&ihs p ,ishf! how nddy doa ulsm 20
ever lixAc i1nly esssaSs snysusiy Nd!
An siun tl~s ilaahe~ Nh .sdvcs fow
fnbA~a " sadf ct nunes dAs& lhci trsad
1tns~ ckpudy san,ritH tsssscs IA vazs betsSs
Lac TIE VIM 'iaa"'os AZ, hef Alpa''e s"o~,
Whcsr iusuiss ievor climbed --eeus- fnnss drendf
A tinHlsand ~scsrnl anes1s I have road
Ofsirl tar pservisor, and u tis0usand wrought
Woaifous AID bright,
Upu' tbs silver lsght,
TssrtDg ssc~s figures with use arta 'ho~ghx.
whss nn thvu like. .nne,imes { 500 l,se nds
a Tar tHssod sniic, on " pnrMOsss way,
Whist bSeczy WIVES irs ny 'hsoif slivosy spray
Sous-p,nc- h~issd urc glide
C1urtes'i b, MI Thy iaipiiy al san,
Lac y h,ns widow irouen,he woiktn vida.
Wirns pniisd ,scok ti' niidnisin ~sfow mars;
eksssus .Ms~s ! W aiei, ihoe Oh irnn sts~p Ia stscp,
Tumsdiy lighted ny NY vssai tscs,
TIM IN ssn~ Lsinif,n crve r-r tbee eF~op,
To catch tho you. x %Eidyinnn astcp,
Leaving ty ~sp'''ioar At tic Jagged poseh-
q uau MT bcsuiiui, lowe'er nbs!
Huuffes~ ~ ibiai, " wirievsf natnrd
And ne. tie verns-, I ,glI, VINO INIT i'ansod
a silver idi, aui meier woship u tbes!
bt n tad iaio, 90 iisou sir al Vt lave my knoo-
1p' late nay III Tie Old / pL'-r,n Vows,
nj ma diyi,e ihc c'ercrat an Thy bows;
Yet, call thee ndhins hu' the p'e'r mid Moon
Brinpi ihi~e rhe,Iut lopyhs,
Coating their ,iapplcd shadows nj NY feet,
] win ie griteiu. fH ifai sinpie irnp,
In many a ~ilsig'iful s-,se and anthem sweet,
And Dser thy dainty face wi'one'er We meet.
In nights fr gone -ny, iar away and dead,
Bciosr Care llei,sd wlii "a lilie-s eye,
] WAS thy " -ss az my ii,ts- he'd,
Aud watcii'd thy .iiysT advent IN the sky
Letting The d.w 0y inuIs Of rest Y" by,
To zee uce NJ ssl IN. ibrayeDs with milky light,
And feed thy snowy sw ans beiore sicp.
Fos thou wrri lheu puryr, ~ Of my dreams
rnou weu the fa'ries' mm"irer, tha, kept
Their buri~h'd helms, AMI en'wns, and corsicu BRIGHT
Their spears aud glaisfing m,iisN -
And over tisai dhdst ppuT ~ wandering streams,
SirirkIcs and midnight giean,s,
Fos fishes Ia rev rioss iisrit argent scales.
Why sielsi why creeping tsi~' why ciasped hands
IN " 10 count the lOy's ~"xI~adeL Il swT!
That Fair:rs since hive 'n'ka their gifted wa d.,
That yo1ag Delight like any n'rrbluwn iowrr,
Gave, use ny enc, ia sweet leaves la tho E<Jundl
Why thei, tai Moa, e. Al tlLu inark'a no hour,
Thou ART y sad IL, dial Ia did inps
Than ever have iolsi
I'm sunny CART ~ p'A, ar ino-s-grown tnw'r,
Mo,o'd win 81 m AMI mo,incholy rhyrns!
why should gtieve for lhist Oh, | mus years,
svhiia Time, conspira'or with M~nsMy,
Keetp his coid ashses IN al antique urn,
Hrhiy emlSp~'d with chill fish RIVALRY
With leaves, aud oi,sler'd fruits, and nowem e,erne,
Etrrpal tr the world, i,aouyii not tn mo
~, there VIII 'I'sss ,ohng sI"Its nnd b'oS~'ms DO,
Tho dcaih,ess wreath, and u,'docay'd fosLon,
When avn frarsed within,
LsS fhan Jon pI,r NJ pfiinfn~s 10 tho moon,
whnm INV sl'o ws,ches through her vApours hin.
Po let IL i@: BEFORE lived t. sigh,
riru vert In AVN and q l,ausand nils
Dssniiful thb AID ~ ~isene'ar l lo
Trdden, thru wit be gazing from thy hllh-
''~s be Thy loving light whrte'nr Il spnh.
And btr-seI Thy fair f.oe, % Muaher mild
Stai put a soni ~ rivers rs thay run
Stir lsnd MY lovely lamp 10 Invrrs fnnd,
And liead their pi lgtici shadows intj One,
still smile ut even M the IHesidcd child,
And ch~s hr ~yr-l'ds with Thy silver wand!