Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1832-06-05
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A MEniT NriON ON RfInnN lal I'm 20
"MUou YET uuNAtN5 uSsuNa."

tF,om W. {. Br,on,'s FoyuI.l
a MEDirNrioS ON RHODE ISLAND COAL.
Docolor, o5scUris Willis, ucn IN, icpcyau
tcsndcm rcsWn, mon candida virgins o,iat,
Cola, nee ia'ieni s.'lonl't per oingulA tiorsu.
Sod nova siui.gi yi'!c0s miracult ssNi,
Tune supirtt pulshroi Cultus e. iuirGuit Eois
Indus hofibs ru5cA scGutituf ii Sl;S. ClaaS.c,
sat beside the glowing CRATE. 1csh heaprl
With Newport coal, AMI as The H.,a, crow bright
The many eo'orGd a'''o -a'd play Ga an lsopoj,
Mooro's Laah IooSl,, tho Treasury EeroG,
And other Brilliant matters pft.c sort
Aud last thought ortltat r,it islo which son,
The mineral iic on summer day
saw 1t one, with heat aud travel spent,
Mad scratched 10y dwarf o1e' ia thC hollow wav;
Now dragged through sand no.y ioltod ovot ,to,,,-
rugged road Though rugsud N,crtoa.
And hotter grow The air, aud follower grew
The deep wom path, 0lI hoIror-struck, thought
ware MlI ms dren,y passage lead me TOP
~ ms iinaS, dri road, 80 nauo", deep and hoG
ilooNcd-but saw q fat more welcome lgL
Like . soft mist upon tho evening shore
Al once lovely isls before nc Law;
Smooth, and with tcudcr vrr,usc covered o'cr
AS II Just risen ltou It's calm iniaud bay;
SloPcd zach way gently TO tho grassy edge,
Ani the small waves that ddilicl with the ncJ-e.
The barley Just rcapcj--its heavy shcavcs
Lay ou the subjlu dcid-,he tall maize stool
p',h ~ ',' 'umnirr growth, aud shook It's leaves
Mad bright the sunlight played the young wood
For fihy years ago, the Uli men say
The Bnt1h hewcd their oncic.t groves away.
saw whore fountains ftoshcpcd tho green land,
And where tho pleasant road, from door TO door
WIN rows ot cltorry.trCcs either hand,
Went wandering an that fertile rcrion der
Koguc's leland oucc-but when the rogucs were dead
khodc Island was the name it took instead.
Beautiful Island! then II only seemed
Alovcly stTangcr-it has grown u friend
gnzed on its smooth slopes, but never drccmed
How soon that bright bcneGcent isle would ,onJ
Tho treasures of its womb across the sea
10 warm a poets room and boil his tea.
Dark anihrocitc thot reddcncst on n,y hearth
- Ihou IN those island mines didst sumbcr long;
Du, now thou art como forth To move the earth,
ana nut To shame the that mean thee ,yfon-
ihph shilt bo Goals oil fire To those that hatc thee
Aud warm Tia, Sims OF all that un,cr-rate thee
Yea, they did wrong thee louy-thcy WHO mockeI
Thy honest face, and said thou wouldslnot bum;
vi hrwlnS ttco TO chimney pieces talked
.r Aoi grew polme- and sworc, in bitter scorn
That men irigh; to thy inner caves retire,
AM there, unSingcd, abide tho day OF ic.
fSrs ny greatness nigh pause to state,
-, mat too have seen grcatue-s-eycn l.
Shook hands with Adim-starcdat Lafayette
- When bare head, in the hot noon Of July,
,t' would not Jet the umbrella be hold DER him.
Wh'ch three cheers burst from the mob before him
And | have sccn-not many months ago
IN eastern governor IN chopcou bras
And military coat, glorious show!
Ride forth To visit ihe roviovs AMI all!
yiow OF he smiled and bowed TO Jonathan.
ho'- 'dany hands were shook and votes were won
Twas gra,' sovcrpor-thou too shall, 30
Great IN thy tu-',--and wide shall sprcrd thv f,rno
Nni swI1Iy; hrIh,'' Maine shall hear ofthuc,
And cD, New ,rnnn rs :',Iden at Thy n9no
That sends the Boston folks their col 5Na., -nilo.
For thou shalt forge vast railways ani-s.! L,,,
Tho Kissing rivers iHto stcam, aud dr,o
Hinge masses from lily mines on lion foot
Walking their steady way, a. il alive,
NoIthwort TIL everlasting leo bcsots thee,
Ana south as far as the grim s;paniard lets taco
Thou shalt make mighty cagnes swim tho sea,
Lake ITS own mopstnrs--houts that for quinn,
WIN tlhca man 10 I.tvrc-;iud shalt DO
inc moving soul OF mnny spinning jenny,
And ply the -hurlcs. tili bard can wear
~ su'i 49,. of Oroodcoth the mayor.
Then will we laugh at winter when we hear
The grim old clurl about our dwelling. rave:
Thou, from that "runr OF the inveGte "a year,
shall pluck tho kuotty sccptrc Cowpcr savo
Aud pull him from hi' slodre, AID drag him in,
And melt the icclcs from OF his chin.