Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-10-05

PaoEM
Though sclic are the true supports,
The material allies of Courts.
We TO tho ho,Htch, who depeuls
Too much on his red coated friends;
For soidicfs sometimes thnk-
Nay, Co'oaei- have been known to redson,-
Aud rsasoners. whether c,d in pink,
Or red, or blue, are on the brink
Nine cases out OF trol OF treason.
Not many .,lliers. believe, arc
As fond Of liberty SiinI
Els,-wo to Kings, when Freedoms fever
Oncc turn into a ScGris;hI
For then wi'hhoid-'ti. hes, to veil
My mcanin; in tho following too;
EfBLE.
I.orl of Persia. rich and grcat,
Just come into a large estate,
w, Wa, shocked 10 dnd he had. Tor cishbors.
Clos" To his gate. some rascal Ghebsrsf
Whose fires, beneath his very nose,
In hereto combustion rose.
But Lords OF Persia can, no doubt,
Do what they wili--so, fine morning,
He turn'd tho rascal Ghebars out,
First giving few kicks for warning.
Then, thanking heaven most piousy,
iie knocked their Temple to tho ground,
Blessing hYself for joy To see
Such Pagan ruins strew'd around.
But much il vexd my I.,rd to find
That, while all ese obcycd his will,
The fro these tshcbers left behind
do what he woud kept burni,g still.
Fiorcciy no storm as ii his ffowu
Coud scare the bright n.urgent down;
But, nc--such fires are head strong things,
And caro- not much for lords or Kings,
Scarce could his Loriship we'll con,rivs
The flashes in ono place TO smother,
Beforo-hey, presto-all alive,
Fhcy sprung up freshly in another.
a, ,c:ns,h when, spite Of prayers and d,mn'.
His stewards came with low srla,n,.
Offering, hv contract, to provide him
some large Eytingushsrs "a plan,
Much us'd they said, at Isphahan,
Vienna, Petershnreh-in short,
Wherever Lights forbid nj canrt)
Machines no Lord should DO without,
Which would, mt once, put promptly out
Fires ofnl kinds staring, stark
Nolcanoos To the 'inesi spark
Till all things slept az dull sni dark,
As, IN n srsnt I.ori's neighborlIoo3,
Twas night aud fitting all things should.
Accordingly, some largs supplies
Ofthrse EStinsuishcrs furnished,
IAll OF the true Imperial sze
and there, IN rows, stood black and burnishd,
Ready, whoro'cra CLEAN hut shons
or light or fro to bc clspp'd on.
But. ah. how Iordy wisdom orrs
IN trusting to eXtinguishsrs!
Ono day, when he hail left all sure,
ut least, Oe'ierd so dark sccuro--
Tho flame, at all its exits, ostrios
Obstructcd to his hearts con,ont.
Aud black cStinguishers like senTics
PLACID mon every dangerous vent
f"Gods, imnsne his amaze,
HIS wrath, hs rasn> when returning,
He found not only tho old hlszn,
. Brisk as before, cracking aud hurnins,--
Not only new, young CONGREGATIONS,
porpinc mp round ~ various stations
But, skill more awful strange anil dire
III Extinguishcr- themselves on lira.s
They, they those trusty, blind machines
His IorlshiP had so long boon ptaising,
rs, under Providence, the mans
or keeping down all lawlcss blazing,
We're now thrms.yos,-a too true
Tho shameful Gact-tun'd blazors too
And, by change ~ odd crual
Instead OF dampers, snry'd for flcl!
Thus, of his only hope bcreh
What, said tho great man. must DO dose,,-
Ailthat, IN scrarcs like this, is LEFT
To great men is-to cut anil run.
30 run lac did while to their grounds,
Tho banish'd Ghsbcrs hest rotnrnh
And though their fro hal hrollo iis bounds
And all abroad now wildly bnrnd,
Vet wcilconld they, who lov'd the n,mo
Its wandering, its excess reclaim,
And soon another, larer Dome
Arose to br its sacred home,
Whore cherished guarded. not confined
Tho living glory dwet inshrin'd,
And, shedding usrc strong, but cvnn,
Though born of earth, grew worthy hoav'r
MORAL.
Tho moral hcncn my muse i-f,rs
ls-thnt such Lords simple elves
In trusting to EStin-nisheTs,
That are combusiblc themselves
10 idea nf this Fable caught from ono OF tboz, he'll,
which abound in the nv fiond ,he ,uto
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