Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1830-01-29
20 THE MEMORY OF
ROBERT BURNS.


Meath the green turf, dear natures c6ilib
Sublime, pathetic, artless, wild,
OF all thy Q1ips and cranks despoilh.
Cold dost thou LIE,
And many youth and maiden MIDI
Shall DER thee nigh
Ynose powers that eagle-wingd could soar,
That heart which ne'er was cold before.
hhat tongue Which caused the tables roth
Are now laid low
And Scotia's sous shall hear no moro
Ply rapturous flow.
Varna'd with spark of natures fire.
From the rough plough thou didst aspire.
10 make sordid world admire,
And few like thee
On Burns! have swept the minstra's yre
With ecsiacy.
Ere winters icy vapours foil,
The violet in tn uncultur'd jats
So sweetly scents the passing gaIe,
That shepherd boys,
Led by the fragrance they inhale,
Soon find their prize;
So, when to lites chill glcns confn'd,
Yhy rich, tho rough, uncultur'd mind, I.
Four'd on the sense of each rude hind
Such dulcct laws,
That TO thy brow was soon assiend.
The wreath ofpraise.
Anon, with nobler daring blest,
ihe wild notes throbbiDg at thy breast.
vi friends, wealth, fortune, unpossess'd,
Thy fervid mind
Forwards fane's proud turrets boldly uresh'H
And pleas'd mankind.
But what avaiPd thy powers to please,
When want epproach'd, and pale dIseases
Gould these thy infant brood appease.
That valid for bzead,
Or could they for moment ease
Ply woe-worn heads
applause, poor child of ninstrelsev.
Was Was all the world eer gave 70 ther,
Unmoved, by pinching penury
Phey saw thee to,n
And now, Gsind souls) with synpatfrv
a'hy loss they mouth,
0h how lothe the bloated train.
VINO Oft had heard thy witchinp strain
Yet when thy frame was rack'd with pain.
Could keep aloof,
And eye with opulent disdain.
Ply lovly roof
MS 4ss, PROUD Dumfries, oh! would to heaven
Thou hadst from that cold spot been driven
Thou mght'st have found some shelterino br,oan
On this side Tweed:
Yet oh! cen here poor bards have striv.sn
And died in need
prue genius scorns to fiatter knayes.
or crouch amidst race of Slaves,
LIS SOUL "hhe nerce the tempest raves,
No tremor knows
Aud with unshaken nerve he braves
Life's pelting woes
NO wonder then that thou sbouldst fiud
In averted ginnce of half mankind,
ohooidst see the sly slow, supple mind
70 wealth aspire,
While scorn, neglect. and want oombln'd
20 quench thy FIRE.
While wintry winds pipe loud and strono
1 ne hugh perchd storm-cock pours his srJnr,
30 thy Eolian Tyre was strung,
Midst chilling times,
Yet cheerly didst thou roll alone
my 'routh ofrhymes.'
and oh! that routh Of rhymes shall rms,
isor thee lasting pile of praise.
Haply some wing IN these our DAYS,
Has higher soar'd,
But from the heart more melting laws
Were never pour'd.
Where Gauges rolls bis yelloy tide,
here blest Columbia s waters glide,
oId Scotia's Sous, spread far and wide,
Shall oft rehearse
Witn sorrow some, but all with pride,
Thy witching verse.
In carly spring thy earthly bed,
Shall be with many a wild flower sprpsd
Phe violet there its sweets shall she'd
In humble ruise.
Ano tnere The mountain dasy's head
shall duly rise.
While darkness Teigns, should bi0otrv.
with boiling blood and Bonded knee.
Scatter the weeds of infany
nj, Ger thy cold clay,
Fhose weeds, at lights first blush, shall no
soon swept away
And when thy scorner are no more.
me lonely 5iens, and sea beat shore
Where thou bust Groom d thy fanries o'et
With soul elate,
0tt stall the bard at eve explore
And ITouLn thy fsta.