Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-09-06
From the HarerhM Iris.
STANZAS.

-" Holding the principle that citizen, a
long as a single pulsation remains, is under al
obligation to exert his utmost energies IN the ser
vice Of his country, whether in private or pub
lie station, my friends may rest assured that il
either condition I shall stand erect, with spiri
while life endnres. ready to sec
ond their exertions in the cause of Union ant
Liberty. Henry Clay.
til have doubtless committed many er
rors and indiscrrtions, over whichyou have thrown
the broad mantle OF your charity. But I cal
say, aud in the presence Of my God, and of th
assembled multitude, will say, that have no
nesty and faithfully served my country;-that
nave never wronged it; and, that, however un
prepared lament that am to appear in the Di
vine Presence on other accounts, | invoke the
Justice of His judgment upon my official conduc
without the smallest apprehension of His dis
pleasure. '-SPeeeh of Henry Clay, at Lering
ION Ky. 1899.
Ay-stand erect!-the cloud is broken
Above thee bends the rainbow's token!--
The shadow Of thy onward way
Is blending into perfect day;
The ISLANDERS OF the venal train
Assa,l thy honest name in vain;-
For thou art still, as thou hast been,
The hope of free and patriot men!
Still boasts thy lip its fiery zeal
Thy heart its joy in human veal
Still free thy tongue. to soothe, or warn,-
Still keen its fiery shaft of scorn-
Still scars thy soul untamed and strong,
The loitier for its sense Of wrong
Still first in Freedum's cause to stand,
The champion of her favorite land.
Oh-what to thee were pomp and show
Ausht that thy country can bestow?-
Her highest gifts could only take
New hOnOrs for their wearer's sake
They could not add a wreath to thine,
Nor brighter make thy glory shne:-
No-neaner ones may borrow fame,
Thine lives through every change the same
The Grecian as he feeds his hocks,
In fempe's vale, on Morea's rocks
Or where the CLEAN Of bright blue waters
Is caught by SciO's white armed daughters,
While dwelling on the dubious strife
Which ushered in his nations life,
Shall miusle In his grateful lay
BoZzARIs with the name of CLAY.
Where blush the warm skies of the South
Ger Cotopaxi's fiery mouth;
And round the fallen Inca's graves,
The pampas rolls its breezy waves,
The patriot in his council hall
The soldier at his fortress. WALL
The brave-the lovely-and the free,
Shall offer up their prayers for thee.
And where our own rude vallies smile.
And temple spire-and lofty pieyA
Crown, like the fashion of a dream,
The slope of every mountain stream
Where Industry and Plenty meet,
Twin brothers in the crowded street
Each spire and mansion upward sent
Shall be thy fitting monument
Still stand erect!-our hope and trust
When law is trampled in the dust,
When DER our fathers yet green graves
The war-cry of Disunion raves
And, sons Of those who, side by side,
Smote down the Lion-banner's pride,
Are girdng for fraternal strife
For blow for blUw-and life for life!
Let others rob the public store
10 ooy their iI-used power once more
Shrink back from truth-an1 open wide
i"e hooo gates OF Sorrupuoh ioe
Thou standest in thy country's eye
Unshrinking from its scrutiny,
And, asking nothing but to show
How far patriots zeal can 60.
And those whose trust is fixed on thee
Unbousht-unpledged- truly free,
They bow not to an Idol down;
They scorn alike the bribe and frown;
And, asking no reward of gold
For bartered faith-for honor sold,
Seek, faithful to their hearths and home,
Nor C.EsAR's wEAL-BuT THAT OF ROME!
d. E ID,
At Oak Hill, Fauquier County, Va, on Fri
lay last, ]. A. w. SMITH, Esq, Clerk Of the
County Of Fauquier. in the 55th year Of his age
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