Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-08-26
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From tho London Metropolitan
LINES ON POLAND BY rHoMAs CAMPBELL.

LINES ON POLAND BY rHoMAs CAMPBELL
10 be lHset.d an tho He'c edition n The Pleasures Of
And havo wed to the sword in hand
upiise again, Immortal pVsh land -
Whose nag brings more tian chivalry to mind,
Aud leaves tho ui colour IN shade bchind-
a theme iot uninspircd lips TOO strong
1ba; swols my heart beyond the power Of song;
Mojestic men. whose doods have daEzlcd faith,
~ yet your fa,o's suspense arrests my breath;
Whilst enVying bOsoms barred to shot aud stool,
] feel the that huitlessly iCoL
Poles with what indignation endure
TIL Multiplying scrvile mouths that call you poor;
foor! " II England mOoks you with her grief
That hates but darcs ehide, ;h' Lsperial 7Aicff
Franco with her soul beneath Bourbon hTall,
And Germany that has no soul at ALL
States ruoiling At the giant oycrgrown,
Whom dduntless Poland gtapples with alone'
No, We axe rich in fame e'en whilst ya bleed,
We cannot aid YOU acc arc poor indeed
in Tatc's defiance -i in the worlds great Oys,
Poland has won kor immortality
The Butcher, should lac reach her bosom now,
could tear not Glory's garland from her brow;
Wrea,hed, fllotod, tho victim fails renownd,
And all her ashes would DO holy ground
But turn, my soul rom pfes5ses dark;
Sioe, Poionds spu, Is quenehless spark,
That's iannd by Heaven IL mock tho lyiants raSs
She, like the eagle, wit ronow her age,
And fresh heroic plumes # Fame put on
Another Athens amer Marathon
Nhero eoquouce shall fulpine, arts refine,
Bright as h0r arms that now IA battle shine.
Come should the heavenly shoe my life destroy,
And shut its Zoo gates with excess Of joys
Como but the day when Poland fight Is won
Tho day that Warsaw's cathedral glow
With endless ensigns tavish'd tom the foe
Her women lifting their fair hands with thanks.
Hor pious warriors kneehng in tho ranks,
The scutchcond walls Of high heraldic boast,
The odoTous altats' elevated host,
Tho organ 50 nding through tho asles long ooms,
The mighty dead seen sculptuted o'e! their ,ombs-
John, Europo's Saviour onatowski's fair
Kosemblancc- kosciusko's shall be ihere)
Tho taperd pomP tho hnilolujahs swell,
Shall DER the sou = devotion cast spell,
TIL visions cross the rapt enthusiasts glance,
And al! the scene becomes waking trance
hon1 y, F,,- e. t,,,g
and gulis Of havoc interpOsc between,
Imagine not, yo og ascry clmo,
who act or by your suiIeroncc share tho crime
Your brother Abel's blood sha ! vainly plead
AGAINST the 'doeP da,nndti0H' of the deed
Germans yo view lis horror and disgrace
With cold phosphorie eyes and phlegm Of face.
u Allemagne profound in SCIENCE lore,
And minstrel arG-hoT shame is but the moro
To dozo and dream 10y governments oppressed,
The spirit Of a book-w in each breast
Well can ye mouth fair Ffeodoms classic line,
And talk of Constitutions a or your wine
But all your VOWS 10 break the yTant's yoke
Expire Ia Bacchana ian and smoke
Heavens! cun ray Of foresight pierce the leads
Aud mystic metaphysics Of Jour heads,
TO show the selCsamo grave, Oppressive deIves
For Polaud's rights, spawning for yourselve's
SEQ, whilst the Poc, tho vanguard aid of Frauco,-
Hos yaulted on his barb and couchd the lance,
France turns from her abaudon'd friends afesh,
Aud 'oo,hos the Bear that prowls for patriot aeshi
Buys, ignominious purchase short Teposo
With dying ses, and the groans of those
That served and loved, and put IN her their trust
Fronchmon the dead accuse You from the dust -
Blows laurolpd- bosoms markd with many scar
For Fnnco-that wore her legion's noblest star,
Cast dumb reproachcs from the fed OF death
On Gallo honour and this broken faith
Hath robbed you moro of fame the life of life
Than twenty battles lost IN glorious strife
And what of England -Is she stoep'd so low
IN poverty, crest fan and palsiod so,
That we must sit much wTOih, but timorous more,
With murder knocking aoiGhhOurs door?
Not murder maskd and cloakh, with hidden knife,
Whose owner owes the gallows life for lifei
And roya scorn OF justice walks aBSf6Rqd faud'
To wiring tears and blood than eor wrunz
Bv all the culpritN Justice ever hung
We read the diademid assassins vaunt,
And vince, and wish had not hearts to pant
WIN useless indignation sigh and ffown,
But have not hearts TO throw the gauntlet down.
If but doubt hung DER the grounds OF Fray
or uivial rapino slopp'd the worlds highway
Were this some common siT q of states embroild;
britannia on the spOi or aud tho spoild
Might calmly look, and asking time to breathe,
sun honouTably wear her olive wre0th
but this IS darkness combating with light:
Earth's adverse principles for empire tight;
Oppression, that has betod hsf the globe,
Far as bis Snout could reach dagger probe,
Holds Toeking DER our brother fteemen slain
That dagger shakes 1t az US IN disdani
Talks big 10 ifeedoms sta of Poand's thrall,
Aud, iFamPng one, conemns them one audal
My country colours thy onco proud brow
At this aiITont?-Ilast thou rot fleets enon
With glory's stTenmer, lofty the lark,
Gay huttering DER each Misunderstanding bark,
10 warm the insulle[s seas with barb Ious b God,
An inteTdict his flag from oceans hoodl
Zen now far off tho sea-cif, where | sing,
see my country and my patriot King
Your ensign glads the deep. Becaimd and slow
a Ner ship rides, while Heavens prismatic bow
Uprsn behind her on tn horizons base,
Shines flushing through the tackle shrOuds, and STAYS
And wraps her giant Tm 10 majestic blaze.
My soul accepts the omen; Fnncy's ego
Has sometimes a veTacious nugsry:
The Rainbow types Heavens promise my sight
The snip BHtannias nteTpOsing might
But II there should DO mono TO aid you Poles,
YEN but TO proudor pitch wind up your souls,
Above example, pity, praise, or blame,
To SOW aud reap deathess held of Fame.
Ask aid no more from Nations that forget
chAmplOnshin-Ol "a milo dor
Though Poland ;l,szarus-like) has burst the gloom
She rises not a beggar from the tomb:
~ fortunes fOwn, on Dangers giddiest brink,
Despair and Poland Is name must never link.
Al Ills have bOunts plague, whiTlHind fire. nnd Rood
Zen Power can spill bat bounded Of blood
states caring not what Freedoms price may DO,
May late or soon, but must at last be frees
For bodybuilding tyrant5 cannot kill
The public soul tn hereditary will
That downward az from sifo to son il zoos
BY shifting bosoms more intensely g olys
It's heirloom u tho heart aud slaughtered mon
Fight feTcer in their orphans DER again.
Poland rocasis- though rich in heroes DID,
Her men in more and moro heroic mou d;
Her eagle ensign bost among mankind
Becomes, and typos her engle-stTength of mind
Her praise upon my iaering lips expires -
Resume il, younger bards, and nobler yTos
Tho fact ought to bs universally known, that Franco
moment indebted to Pc and for being invaded BY
when The Duke Constantine hed from Warsaw no lef NJ
hd MN proving that the Russians, after the Partisan
Juy meant to have marched towards Paris if tho Polish