Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-09-11


They iwcu IA n valley of Sni>fne Tim g brothers
Grren yr,c ue Pai trees thai shsdowcttheir dwelling;
rss, rll I5m the rorts ,ouuc ,hcir nenmiinl ionc.
There the oes ann;e buShe like tie check Of the maiden
when .Hc i'cafs ~ tre disa"oe 'lc step OF her ovo
Aud FLASHES to know II lrta'c her young friends
They dwell, tire valcy-thc.r the coruGcld
Heavy with g,hi, aud in a't;inn they gathered
s,@ssr was lmodlsa lie,c wiia hes roses,
aud the rim; doves hlci every grove with their song.
Bu, those bnslgsrs weary for hope, ao glory,
Lived IL each bos7;htiat hope OF the future
Which turns where it kindlcs, the heart a altar,
. Aud urges honor aud noble achievemeoe
TO this fine spin, earth owes her greatest;
10, the future purchased by scoring the preseut,
Aud io is rctoonned iloa, it, clay snil by fame
shey can' m the shades OF Tho palntrc a, evening,
Glorious IN powes and terrible beauty,
Tie spirit that dwel, in the star of their birth
Parted tbs clouds and stood raisn, before ,ncn,;-
Zach ie his destiny hung on that moment;
Zach from his band took iliuri,ys synh"l-
Bu' a liuc lutte isll to the share OF the youngest,
And hiss brothers turned from him Mughcd han
nod the king said. "Thc shall be filled with my sory
Nnd nc built him ,,cmple,,eaeh porphy'y column
hundred gates opened the way his palace,
(Too few for the crowds tina, there knel, as his Saves
The banks Of the river were covered with gardens
! And even when san set was pale in the ocean,
Whioh hled the ngh,wind as passed hem with olours
Tue angel OF death came and summoned the monarch
But hc looked on his city, the fair aud the mighty
And said, "fe proud tes'pes, leave We my fame"
The conqueror went forth, like the storm ocean,
His chariot wheels red with the blood ,anQushe!:
Nations grew pale AT the sound of his trumpet,
thousands rose up at the of his banhc.s,
AMI tue valleys white with the bones the slain.
We stood or a-monnuiu, no f1eman him,
Heavy ant crimson his banner
Ger the plain where MS victories written in blood
And he welcomed the wound whence LIES
FOR death Is the seal 20 the ccuquctors fame.
But the younscs, u,e-and the valleys
We're hied with the sweetness that sighed from Strings;
niaidcns, whose dark eyes but opened on palaces,
Nept as al twilight they muTrured his words.
iiesans 10 the exile the songs of his country,
III lao dreamed for n of hope and of hong;
lie sang TO the victor who 'oosened his capiivcs
While the tears Of his childhood spung into has rvcs
lie .'tcd-nnd his lutte was hequcaed to the cypress,
And his tones 10 the hearts that loved music aud song
Long ages past, from the dim world Of shadows
These brothers rcturni visit she earth;
They came 90 visit the place Of their glory,
To hear and rejoice in the sound of their fame.
they ook'd tor tire palacethe temple of uia.l,e--
The rose haunted gliens--a desert was t!;cre;
The sand, like the in lis wrath had swept DER them,
Aud tradition had even forgotten their names.
The conqucror stood on the place of his battles,
And bis triumph had passed away like a vaponr
And the waving its growth Of Wild tJwcrs,
And they, not his banner gave TO the place.
They past kings garden, aud there sat his daug
Singing sweet song remembered OF Old
Aud the was caught up aud sent back like echo,
From young voice that came from a cottage bes3e.
Then smiled the MINSTREL "You hear il my hroineIs,
My songs yet the lutte and tl: lip,''
King, not A vestge remains of your palaces;
tonqieror, forgotten the fame of battles:
Bu; the poet vet lives in the sweetness of music
lie apPeald to the heart and that oEgeis T.. l. L.