Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1829-07-10
"3vcn Yrr RENArSs ussvsG.'


[Etoss ,se vec iork Hoeatag POSI-
MAS FOR THE FOURTH OF JULY.
Tho harp. tho harp. the hour il mine,
But whore commence tho SONG;
What subject glorious, bright, divine.
Shall peal tho chords along
With freedom, with Coiumbie's bes.t.
Awake tho kindling strain,
whose banners wave fiom coast,
The shorcs of either main.
Next Of her Coa-Ike heroes siay,
Heroes who dared be- FREQ
Nay dca,hless memory round them aiS,
Her Immortality.
Heroes, who on the ocean wave
Or on the tented fold,
Fought with the bravest of tho brays
And made cen Bitons yield.
An honor noblor, greater far
Than Grecisn prowess won,
When Freedoms sword ciea Persla'I STAB
On saintee Marathon.
Rivais with Greece in glorious fame
Colunbia's sons shall bs,
While Britain's solf records their nain--e.
Her nyal, on the sea.
Britain, whose lion-cros,ed si.,ied
Won gallant wreathcs of yofc,
As witness Crcssy's conquering fids,
Or field of Agincourt:
But brighter beams of Ii sht illimc
Hor ocean giI Sled isles,
do. Reason oyerpowers nlisruie
And chartered Freedom smiles.
Rdigion, long in shackle, bouad,
10 free, is free, IL fec.
With glowing heart thou hail'st the soUnar
Bright Emerald OF the Sea.
Sehovah made man free TO range
Plain, mountain, wild or wood,
crtakihg more delight in change,
Tocitixen tho nooi.
The winds are frec--thc tides Of Heaven
Can human power restrain.
fiaply Il may by frenzy driven
Lake kerxcs chain the mainl
Who curbs tho cloui-convoying breeze,
Or breathcs the human soul,
Orcaim, the dangcr-thrcatenng seas
May human minds controul:--
God curb5 the cloud conveying breeze,
The danger -threa tening sea,
Ccaiers on man living soul,
And bids that soul M FREE!
Freedom, blest Freedom, Holy power,
Thy all-protcctins arr
Shields equal rights in dangers HOT,
tfom dark Opprcssion's harm.
Tothce the Poet tunes tho Tyre
With rapturo's burning zeal,
Enchanting loud in words of iife
What poet spirits feet,
AM aangcr-daring Chiefs for thee
Have bravely fought or fell,
Witness renowned fHERsorrrr.
OT Alpine WILLIAM Tell;
IN WA'HiEoToH, dcathloss name;
AL generous, just and brave,
W hose magic memory wakes a FAINT
ihat never warns The slave;
Or alor's son, whose dauntlcss sword
Had deeds OF daring done,
Inns MONTGOMERY, slain deplored,
10 conquest sweeping on;
et He, whom for q sphere of gold
My Harp would not f.-got,
4 he good, the &c .orous, and the bold
Abe gallant LAFAYETTE;
And where the biazo of battle shone,
Behold thy moteor-5tar,
pulaski, Poland'5 valiant son,
The thunder-bolt of WARP
Or Lee, whose passion breathing soul,
Like Heavens concenterod fIs,
1lapaticnt bursting from coniroui,
Pursued its own desire.
4Sa.on dc Cab, Lora Stirling too,
Getes, Sumpter, Greene and Way,e,
40 Freedoms cause were trmly true,
And brave, as brave have been.
Btt there one--erase his name
Forget the decd undone,
Gsceco at Thormopyie-O shanie,-,
Had such another son.
/ name him not, but point with soon;
And mark him TO your chili;-
beacon sat on high to warn
From Treason's gloomy wild.
TO, teach your son at Freedoms shine,
That GOD has mado him free,
And never but with life resign
HIS BIRTH -RIGHT-LIBERTy.
l.. SHERRY
gny, Juno 30tb. 1900