The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1829-01-05
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z EAIhAGI :
af.rnd ~ NV fathers grayes iaaa Of nv birth.
rsanc tho dearest. IoFoliesI -pst eaftb
greet thee again, 70 long tslrangcl.
Much in my self aud nurh IN thee /. changei.
Here shall my wandering steps awhile delay
IRE business press, and call me henee aaayi
Awhile thy sircanly plains aud hills explore.
For they porlay's shall NEST my ave no MORE
Dear streams. and hwna, aud .otudes profound
Where first my infant footsteps marked tho gfnnnd.
whsn on Liie's blooming morn your beaniias shene
Aud cares, aud Gears, aud sorrows were unknown,
Beam out anew, whue nrsn ry's touch supplies
Your former charms, to faney's Thousand DIS
Soothc Tho snd thopghts of all nv past
Aud make me feel, a. when parted last,
Before ihsss~ae ihusids disappears,
Changed INTO common life, with 81 ls eares.'-S
" boar. long regretted luomers Time hn, drawn
Thsr piciu,s lovely nov, ha' all nee gapn..
Whore yon disointed fragments strew tic Geld
Nv clustering branb,es navy almost eoncauloh
Our dwaliSg stood--a su,pie-rural reat
With every sorai, hind endoarmout lcst4
Here grassy soe,s, and siady trees around
They fell the arc, aud tln narc BIO fsuIds
Our little garden plat 9 oil forgot,
Aud scarce u sestIge desiynhtuR tho spot.
The willow dropped IN lnany Hraueiai braid
Where now, the rugged thorn eFtand. HE shadet
And whore the lily broathod hof sweets sroaah
The russot wild.bfisr traits along the ground,
Where You RINK waving grass and tangled bfako
| Shelter The reptile IN put rid bake.
Wa. a trim meadow, md ~ pnfp stream
A. ever gllttored 10 the morning bean.
Lamentsd changei These ruins seem TO say,
They, hks HiiscT have known hotter day..
| In fancy ear, their tales nf suffering tell,
And stand Ia ne, ~ Inourutul parallel.
In simple, quiet beauty once they smiled,
| was sport1ea, anu happy child
| The hand frus,le ,obnr M sappled
| NayaEed their mo1oat ehar,as and hamhle fv,ie,
| And spread IN rank Insurance DER The plan
| The noxous pidst, Nirgiuia's hoast and baao;
tiiisd the soil vt ayariee'a stern behesf
Aud all.desuoying umn has done the vst
I Nuw dessert desolate and Iong dsoayed
Like me they honrisbad--i ka them mHst iade.
The rocks and pines that crown Thy fay rite hui
| Alone retain their former mpoct still
| Thosa honrS cllis, around whose submits COLD
The cloud. OF summer noon Often rued
| Whose shattered orags in introwed lines display
When broodng showers ossayad thoir infant force
| Ere tempest winged them their destined COURSE
| Those pines, whosr solemn murmurs seldom sleep
Tho zephyr scarcely breaths along the steep
| This shady grot, irregular and wild, .sr
Whose native bcautios, ert h MS neynr spoiled
All seem TO recognise mo, aud appear
Lovely 10 when u child rnmhied hero.
beloved retreats Secluded FROM the Jar
Ofbasy multiludes, mol heard 50 far.
From boisterons mirth. and lOlly's laughter LOUD
Pomps of the rich aud insults OF the proud
Remola from aysriee and auihition's strife,
That actuntes aud ombiuors coa,inna hfa.
Tho axe aud dame have never ihuiidGrod iiefo
Nor sturdy tillage urged lha gtttefias share
Nor TO the merry shouts OF ruaporB nigh
Have these Wild oshoes uvsr dsiRned reply.
Hut prov ling ioxes barb secure from icafi
Here undist,rbcd repose tho tinlid dsar,
| Aud croallng ravens tend thor humorous brogd
| Sole isoauIo Of IT,. usclless .oliildn