Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1829-09-11

They dwell, IN valley of sunshinc, sho.e brothers;
Green were palm thar Swallowed their dwellings
= yec, like low music, the sound oi the fountains
fell from the rocks honno their beauiui ho',e
When she hears tire distance the step OF her over
Aud brushes 10 know II beioc her yonns t.irnns.
They t,vct III the valeyt'e': mine was me cnrnheh
! ,navy with gold aud in a"r"n" they gathered
y ne grapes that hung c"s'ct.'.s 'nse'nef IKE "o'S
Snn,t,er p.otisal there Win hef roses,
Aud the rim, loves i!!ev every grove "'h Their song
Bn, those ,,oi.rrs were weary; for hope like glory,
Lived il, each boson--tiiat hope III the future
which turns, where i; kinles, the heart altar,
and urges tn honor and noble achievements
To this fine sIir', earth owes her greatest;
Ton the f,tur. is purchased by scoring present,
Aud life is redeemed from ITS clay soil 10y fame
When crimson haze cp down the side OF the mountain:
Glorious pow or and terrible beauty,
The spirit that dwell i'll the star OF their birth
Parted the clouds aud stood radiant before them
Each felt his destiny hung on tina, ionen!'
Zach from his hand TOOK fitur,y's symbol
ohc took sccplre, and one took sword;
iiut Il little lutte fell 10 the share OF the youngest,
his brothers turned from him aud laughed him
Add the king soid The earth shall be filed with my glory
Nnd he s e %a o ;s 3 b. s RGpy s e%""
a hundred gates opened the way 10 ms palace,
And the highes, tower saw not exen, of the walls
The banks Of the river were covered with gardens;
And even wtc" sam SET was pale in the oceai'
Which filed the ns.; Wind as tasssd he"l with oonFs-
Ent hc looked on his city, the fair aud the mighty,
And said, aye proud temples, leave we my fame"
His Chariot Wheels red with the bloc Of the van@ahe
nstio'is grew pale at the sound OF his trumpet,
And the valleys white with the bones the slain.
He stood on mountain, no f0cniau him,
Heavy and crimson his banner waving
Ger the plain where Victories in blood,
lad he welcomed tie wound whence his LIES tide flowing
For death is the seal 10 tive cCuGucIors fame
But the youngest forth with his lue-amd valleys
Were le with the that sighed oni strings;
hlaidens, whose dark eyes but opened on palaces,
Ncpt as ri flight they murriurcd his words.
He the exile the SONGS of his country
iii he dreamed tor a moment of hope aud of hCmc;
lie sang the victor who lnDscned his capiiycs,
While the tears Of his childhood sprang into his
lie dicd-1ud his lutte beQueacd To the cypress,
And his the heats that loved music and song
Long agos past, from the dim world Of shadows
These brothers retuGnd visit the carir;
They visit the place OF their glory,
To hear and rejoice in the sound of their a,rc.
They look'd Ny the placethe temple of n,aIl.lr--
The haunted garticns--a desert there's
The sand Ike tho wrath, had swept them,
Aud tradition had even forgotten their names.
The lueror STOOD on the place of his battles,
And his triumph had passed away like vapour,
And the grass waving lis growth Of wild nowers
And they not his banner. gave to the place
They past kings garden, and there his daughter,
Singing sweet soIg remembered Of old
Mad the song caught up and sent back Ike eclo
From rouna voice that came from cottage beside
Then smiled the minstrel, '.You hear i; my brothers,
My songs yet the lutte and the lip
Nin2, not a vcsge remains of your palaces;
tnnQieror, forgotten the fame of battles
i'm the poet lives III the of music
He appeaid 10 the heart and that ogets. L. L. L.