Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-08-17
ALEX a IyDRIN,
MONDAY MORNING. AUGUST =,
AMERICAN POETRY.

and Of our desire to foster the exer,;o,, :, II
citizens in their praisewor,hy endeavo,, ;,
tend their own fame, and elevate the ,,.r
Of their country. We always record Fl
pleasure, the achievements Of America
no matter in what field that gena, NAV b.
played In the same spirit, we offer FEM
or two, this morning, on American poe,,,
There is no reason that we can diseo,...,
the MUSES. should not be wooed as ss,il;,.,
and as successfully too, in this Country =.
any other. Indeed, there is here much >, =,
the soul OF the Poet with the subiine., L,..
Our land teens with inspiring subjects n,
ro-r Of our cataracts-ihe majestic How H..
mighty rivers-the wide expanse Of our i,r,
seas--thc deep solemni,y Of our intern. 4,
forests n hound!ess prairics Of orr W,,..
rrRion-thc lefty elevation Of our moun,,i,,
all, all speak TO the heart in NATURES ow,
pressise language. Then TOO, where an.
all the nations that have been swept from
Y
earth, or that still exist upon lis surface
we look for greater subjects for the insnir...
of Poetry, than are to be found 10 those Il,
have peopled this con'inenr? The misrQ
remnant Of race yet fingers round The Ion,
of their gallant fa'hers-a race with Us b.
not Of s,or for US claiming our sympa,h, 4,
our tears, and almost seeming to gei,t 4,
Muse to melancholy sadness Our heroic q,
cestors, too! What strains Nigh, mol be DOL,
ed forth in their praise! Our battle feId,-,,I
dismantled forrresscs of Teedom-Ihe g,,
haired veterans Of past times, and the chiy.s:
youth Of our own day! l. appears as even
thought and Imagination calculated to nth
minds eye" can here be gathered, and rors
Grated in undyiog numbers. The Pa!
other lands have come here TO collect m,,riisI
for lacir art. CAMPBELL could find no ,s. b.g
so swee, as Wyoming; could sing Of no ae
so pure as Geltrude's; could portray no lqf,
character than Ou,allissa's. The paroir
Of our WASHINGTON has inspired the mus
Byron.
1t may be inquired, then, why have no. T.
Poets made bolder flights? Why has moth,
yet been done, at which an American Can aaI
with conscious pride, as trophy Of his nr
genius? We answer, much has been dM.-
many records are even now among US, wa
will descend 10 after ages, and which ", BIZ
reason to be proud Of But il is not in then
ture Of things, that ffty-four years, in al.
where battles have been fought, freedom ggs
government organized, and the necess1Ti.
life securec-we say, il is impossible la'ls
zion 10 effect all 'hIs,'aud people almost tn
tinent, and at the same time TO raise up Pa,-
poets who are to rival those Of Europe 10 "
Thing that constitutes poetry. We have
fervid brea,hings Of HALLEcK, the sweet sr1
Of BRYANT, The imaginative muse Of Pucgl
the moral lays Of our own BRYAN, and lhs NJ
lody Of others fsmiliar to US. VIII I.@|
names, then, wemay repeat, we hars done H'r
When The young tree bring, forth sub siA|
what may we not expect when it reaches NH
rity, and its blossoms ripen to perlec'ioH 81
sun Of our poe,ical fame is just risirg-Nn|
ye' hardly advanced from the horzon-bs VI
brilliancy Oh its appearance is sure '0A'i
its MONDAY splendor.
We are glad that the pride Of COUNT z
ambition Of fame, and the fascination Ofao"i
appear to have but little cffec. in drawing @S
on whom our hopes must rest, from The COM
which they have judiciously marked oa' y
themselves. I, is better 10 remain ph'tE
are, than to subject ourselves to the m''u''
ton, after an effort, of failing. The Y''t
eagle mus, fly around his eyry before he "-
scars into mid air. We have no doVV :"
the short but splendid poem o!H'LIi".
the Death Of Marco Bozzaris," has a'D'
more 10 nis solid fame, than il he had S'i.N''
longer and more labored one. Lei our f"'
now be content to scatter pearl'dro2' ~.
after they may fash the beams oil Insp''O ?
sy-wield the thunder of passion" c0n'".'