Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-07-18
EOl, Y,rE ENDfIIRER
FOX TIE ENQUIRER.
A POEM,
Deferred a., .No:to,rGy county, 4M July, 1928.
ny yos. s. lake.. .

TS sos. s. BAKER.
TIE form. of our fstbcr,, .h.,e are they:
S'u u, were they wont to hail this LAY;
Like :" wet. they went to bow the tusp,
Fore the ,hsllowsd shIire Of Liberty
Here ave the field, which they fought,
hnd here stethr dome, their blood hath bought,
Dut we Meet them not IN the field hail,
Ihsy answer 80, g. query OF call.
Not -t'i we ak-and, spirit of rses soy,
The ioi ~, Of cur fathers, where are thels
voice r.spond, from the hollow tomb
. Here te>y tcpo'e cntuttatn'd with gloom.
nose before whom trst opp essofs did crouch,
A.. 'n.i'onic's laid cold msrblc couch;
nhj tie worm and corruption exulungiy prey
on the forms that stood fa'rest IN MARTIAL array
All smiowfuteud - aud the deed, that ,h ey wrought
aie they too TO per,:h he buried forget,
oh no! they shall live in the memory long,
uc uens OF History, he sutjects,oi Song.
Their virtue, sh,il stand and t.ir huur. shall bloom
When 'u",moon stars, have aocompi,.!j t5eir doom
10 picture more fully their Ultimate fate,
We seer nav course, aud s,siUn relate.
Msthcu5hi we iook'd forth, aud n spot appcar'd,
Where neve, the sound Of the iut. wa. heard;
The howl OF Oh. proving beas; cf prev,
Ihr savsge's yei.. and tine notes from, the spray,
Were the ony sounds, md that forest OF trees,
ms, were won 10 he borne the wings Of tie breeze
No buildings we're there, no fair tc of AIT,
10 cheer or attract, OF the eye or tue heart
.Iwass desaI,-,ye, and dreery place.
Where then ,evel' ut held the british race.
The are had not been lard Ia the tree,
Tor ulid was the sori by Industry.
Natures were ell the field, that were there.
find scoius aud nut, were the huas ibey bare.
Year, roil'd away. and we l,ok'd sSaip-
The spot no more was a bartsn PLAIN.
u he hand cf Art had oheguer ed the scene
With russell heiJ, aud with eadows Of efeenS
The cattle fed on a thousand hills,
And The Cocks by side Of the bahblnc tiiis;
Where the wild beasts once wont c. repose,
ahe dwelling neat Ut the cotter arose;
And the harp and The violin heard ip the hall
And the uirpiSS of steps NJ the hour OF nish-fsil
ne huihsndiaau met, al csc, with his hand,
hnd pattook IN peace of the fruits OF has had
.hs hspP,ues, knew but little alloy,
And Plenty inspired his bosom WITH 10Y.
Again we lookd, after the lapse Of years:--
How chang u was the spot! -'twas vale oil tears,
Tyranny rcgnd with run hand,
aud Or e:siou stake like L hend FER the land;
The husountman sowd not his Geld. with gram,
They were :owD with The bones OF the slaughtered end
tisin;
ih.y were mingled -weIe tainted were crimson
with gore;
dis co, &c II smell hesp of cirders va. chansh,
And h, sons DER the rnte rock, hcu,ee.s now rapsd
Their hedwn'the swaTd Of the barren heath.
ahcir con:sHi companions the grim forms of death.
Ho more they woke at the coming OF morn,
Or the sound OF Lutte, the sound OF hutn;
The roll Of ia. drum and the clsrion's hla.,,
Were The sound. now heard in the wind. they pa.sd
mingled, off, with the groan, OF men,
who tell M the .ljs, were slain IN the s,en,
With the shouts that hi oke the iniant.' fepose,
The shouts OF friends, the shout, of foes,
With the msidens shrek., aud the widows cries,
IhN daily were wont 10 reDd the skies.
Ilnt troop was there seen, chosen few,
WHO their sheaths threw OF ttsir swords they drew
1eeble their force, hut they boldly .wore
40 chase Oppression Ridr from their shore
Jndeunted they stood Twas patriot band
Ssso!'ed 10 dic, or TO rescue their land.
lhey rose III their strength, their hope ~ the Lord,
ihey w'eiied'nc welded they vsiny, The sword.
10 L. CONTINUED