Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1829-02-05
Emtemtperauce.
Genuine poetry, and solemn warn
ing, are contained 10 the following lines


ISEExPsRhScE.
BY the .9aihor Of ".Hsrat Pssccs in Prose and
Ferse"
saw, mid towering shades. a cottage home
Where elegance with sweet simplicity,
Had blent her shArms.--- Around its graceful
porch
Tvined the gay woodbiue. while the velvet
lawn
Fresh roses spriokled, and hose snowy walls
seem'd through their ieafy canopy to smile
A welcome 10 the guest.--My heart was light,
As toward this bower Of Bliss drew, to greet
A friend, who 10 my careless boyhood shared
Zach heaithful spofs each hour Of studlous
toll.
With kindred emula,ion. And thought,
After my wsnderings in foreign cline,
How sweet to rest IS he bath, pleasantly,
In such purr paradise, and watch The bloom
OF young affections. Near that open door
Two ehsrcD children g1nbol'I. One dyoIay'd,
in sach strong miniature, The manly charms
OF ny long parted friend, th4' IN nv saul
Woke the warm pulses of retnembef'd Joy.
Ibege Vas tie same bod forehead, where dis.
gHise
Might never lnrk-the same full hazel eye,
Melting get ardent.
On, with wiling smile,
He led his fairy sister m1rmu,mg low.
In varied tones Of dove Ike tenderness.
And sometimes o'er her lily form would bend
In infentine protection, With such g-scs,
That in my srns clssp'd him, and excisim'd,
"Show me thy father
On couch he 'ay.-
Fho iay9 dared not call him .ffieaat--
That wreck
Ofnature's nobienessl-~Hsd dire d,sease.
OF ruthless poverty. thus changed brow
Where beam q bEigh; fancy intellectual light,
And soaring dignity OF SOUP An 40!
For then would have jaad my tsee 10 his,
Aud spoke ofheaven Bat vice her hideous
seal
Had stamr'G upon those features, and the
mind,
The etherai mind dsbased--
SHE, too, was near,
Who at Coda altar gsve her hohes, vow,
In all the trusting confidence OF lcve,
40 this her chosen friend. On her young
There rAs cankering grie',-sGd the pale
ct beautys rosebud nipp'd.-
-Some binEI said,
But faint and brokeny, Of former days,
When in ,he rsths Of science snd of hope,
We walk ID tyin.hearsed. Then there came a
peal
Ofvscan, laughter from these hloated lips,
And the swotl'n haRd with tGeubling haste was
strech'd
Eos frendshlp's grasp
- Twas but q transient rurh
OfgenePous feetIag. At the shouting voice
OF dis youas chiidi en-, sporting near hts bed.
His fiery eye-ba flashed. and hoarse threat
Appal'd those tnnocents, and tha' fair ptri.
From whom intempessnce had teft the guide
Which nature gave In terror hid he's .aee
Deep In her mothers robe
- would have cursed
The poisonous bowl, but then in the meek eye
Of her wio loy him, shone such pleading
tear
OFsiIent deep endurance, that all thought
OF sternnsss bres,hed itself away in sigks.---
] went my way,--for how could | sustain
Such change in one 10 oVed!-and as went
| mourn'd that widow had an osPhrnsge,
Which hata nor hope mes PITY. Sod rosm'd
Far down the violet bsoi1ered vale. end when
No eye beheid me, to the earth boyd
nv head, and said, in anguish, ''Oh my Cod
What is the beauty and the strength OF man,
His fairies, promise, and hrs proudest powers
Without thine ad} ~ keep US from the sns
Which IN rs Turk, hat we at last may rise
Where IS no hur,tul impulse, ersiug choice,
Or dark temptation working balefui deeds
For pen'tence 10 puTge,--hut Virtue dwels
-Eas. By her S..e,--anl finds deathless ioy."