Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-01-26
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THE MOTHER AND rue DAUGurER-LAND.
lELnnl the n. Y. York MirroI.l

ALEXANDRIA ID. G.. Dec. 1890
pxAa Tho bera,y aud oacss by which the
Fsloal as original poem muse Samuel a. Colsse,
eharastsred give claim to ,o peus and M author 10 tho
'est aud affection rf tho American people Hence,
for place paper together with tho subon
cd production of my humble in reply to it,
Apprenticeship tina, had consulted her ecacy nigh,
havo eonavenod my wishes the subject transmit the
publication without havn: solicited Miss Basbous permission
To do trusting that her Madness aud suitable appreciation Of
y motives wlinducs her pardon tho liberty have akea
Very respectfully, your obolien, servant,
CEoEop Z. MoRRis, ESQ.
Lines written ia tho book of Miss Barbour Daush
ter of our late Minister to England.
Child Of my n,use in Barbour's gentle hand
IS Go cross tho nam: thou sock st no foreign land;
"a not the cold beneath our feet we name =,
Laws, manners, language, faith, ancestral blood,
Domestic honor, awe OF wOmannoot
Britain cIbow-roou, aud donby Gso.
Sun iIf "s ,y Of TG& lai taIcia war
Look TO tho maid who brios. thee hon afiri
Aud soy. greet thee with bIohcrs love-
Grvre Rs1sats, August, 1879.
RESPONSE TO THE FOREGOING.
Offspring OF genius! welcome to our cline!
We hail thec-messengcr OF truth subl,@c
In countioss l,osou,s here thy generous. tone
Shall dnd high thoughts eouscn,l to thy own;
Shall gladden. hearts whose free born current. glow
Go lonh wLoIeer columbia's skies extend,
And thou shalt find her greet thee as feod;-
And n, thou shalt hear our hills aud plains rejoiee
No lohicr commands deep regards
Than his whose spirit in Thy numbers breathcs,
AND m'ns from these green shore, thor iasrn, wroo's
Have fel, his power in that blood chilling taIe
The "Mariuecr,'' whose wild and wizard s'rlymo"
Assures the heart that cruelty Is crime!
s"SorSoS ssa. .%od Sds . proud height
hn S .a sG,e o SSG on iS pile
Behold its peaks of everlasting snow,
Its torrents freezing in their headlong low,
its seS,hed and scattered cliffs begi.i will, gloom,
Its wales OF verue and perennial bloom
Mud, burning with his adoring fro,
Invoke with him the strains of na,uro's Iyro,
To sound the applause of that Almighty hand
Which formed world so beautiful aud grand.
m, But whether soaring on hionian wing
Its raiuIows aud its unaran,hs nterweavss
in visnotics o adorn her ''Syb Icaves,,,-
At,nnes her harp where stars and seraphs shine,
ooSs ca sS SS p T. pae of ds"
Aa sings the charm. OF landscapes, Ond streams,
And ,oo Saiip aSl S smyt 'S% l% %o PORTRAY,
In simple, glowing and Harmonious lays;-
stiil thousands here around her pages t6rons,
TO feast thought, and drink her ne ctarinc sos,
Henee, shsouicd bard Tho task was 6iiy ,I,iSc.
pledge the S olive G S1iS@ to b ,S%o'
In proof that Albion is Colum.a's frcnd
Is still IN feeling as she ISM uamo
n mS.ssEPs9ud to own da1shgr's claim.
, broad the floods their shores that lave ~I,
May oil their contests DO for ,irtuo's prize!
Ford Of exalted a, heart, and claaIes. mind!
stiIl send abroad the Offspring OF Thy muse
Bid her thy souls rich treasures suIl explore
Bring forth olay aud spread tho precious
May bigos learn To love and live as friends:
May Britons all parlake her generous glow
Mud leam,-whut tyrant power shall know
That here their brethren, happy, proud and fino'
Are lambs in peace,
knd thou, Columbia. in thy growing might,
Think on hosc names enshrinci in slorons Ii,Lt
OF Martyrs, sagcs, bards, aud patriot banI.
Briannas sons! whose fame unwasns stands
in pillarcd GRANDEUR beaming to the skies
And deaths and tme's oblivious power dehos.-
Remember how, with pure nd pious zeal,
Through all The varying ~ wo and goaJ
Their noble charities, and works sublime.
Have soothod alliction's pangs and battleJ crime
And should the faults that Ensland's splcndors mar
Or lingering trace of "fratricidul war;
One hostile passion in thy breast rcvivs-
DO great-and thence vengelul demon, drivos
Bid hoiier feelings in thy bosom wake
Forgive her nailtics for hor virtua5' sake;
And, while thou hol'st thy honor free fiom stain
Be neither selfish, arrogant, q vain.
In proof of friendship, the lowery band
by Albion's bard consigned to beauty hand;
And 'l advancing 10 thy high
May st thou, by nations ovel,-o minstrel. icnr
In glorys star-onciTclcd zenith slime
The light of eanh-thc theme of songs divine,