The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1831-1858, 1832-10-03
THE ADIFU

he Adieu," written by Lord Byron in 1908,
der the impression that he should soon die.
Adieu thou Hia! schere early joy
Spread roses DER my broto
Where science seeks each lettering boV
With knowledge TO endotr.
Adieu. my youthful friends or foes,
Partners Of former bliss or tpoes
NO more through Ida's path ps stray;
soon must 4 share the gloomy ceH,
whose ece, -sinn1bering inmates doc"
Unconscious Of the day.
Adieu, ye hoGry Regal fanes,
1e spires Of GrGntd's rGle,
Where Learning roSed in Sable reigns,
And Melancholy pGie
re comrades of the joridl hour,
Ne tenants Of the classic 6oiDer,
On Canals rerdant margin placed,
Adieu trhile memory still is mine,
For, offerings on O5liuions shrine,
Those scenes must be efdced-
Adteu, ue mountains Of the cline
Where gretc nv youthful years:
Where Loeb ma Carr in snotcs sublime
Her giant summit redrs.
JVhv did Snv childhood tcdnder forth
From you, ye regions Of The North,
VTth sons of pride to rOam'
Why did gut my Highland CAGE,
AdrT'S dllSkp heQm, ana Zee CteQF tCdte,
To seek SouthrOn home?
Home of nly sires a long fdrepeu-
Yet ichy 10 thee adieu
Thy Uaulis piI echo back my kneR,
Thy fotcers my tomb iciH rietc;
The fdltering tongue ,chich sung thy fan
ARd former glories Of thy hall,
Forgets It's tconted, simple note
But yet the 1--we retains the strings,
And sometimes on -EOiidn teiRgs,
In dying strains may float.
Fields iohieh surround yon rustic cot,
While yet linger here.
Adieu! you are not noio forgot,
To retrospection dear :
Shedmlet along irhose ripping surge
My youthful limbs icere mont to mge
At Hoontide heat their ;piia'a course,
Pluslging tcih GrdOr from the shore,
Thy springs tciH lace these limbs no more,
Deprived Of Octipe force.
dad shall There forget the scene
St'u nearest TO my breast
Rocks rise and ripers roll bet,ceen
The spot tphich passion bIest;
Yet, Mary, all thy beauties seem
Fresh as in Lope's bettcitching dream,
To me in smiles display'd;
TIL slo,c disease resigns his prev
TO death, the parent Of decay
Thine image cannot fade
And thou my friend, tchose gentle Iove
Yet thrills my bosoms chords,
Holc much thy friendship iras GboUe
Descriptions potcer Of tcords
STU near my breast thy gift Iirsar,
Which spGrkled once rith Feelings tear,
OF lore The pure, the sacred gem
Our souls trere equal, and our lot
IN that dear moment quite forgot
Let Pride alone condemn,
All, all. is dark and cherries no,c
No smile Of loueS deceit
Can lcdrm ing reins ipith iconted glo,r,
Con bid lJfe's pulses beat:
Not cen the hope Of future fame
Can irake my faint, exhausted frame,
Or cro,cn iciih tanc,ed ,creatas my head.
Nine is a short inglori0,:s race
To humble in the dust nay face.
And mingis Nth the dead
0, Fame thou goddess of my heart,
On him 1cho gains thy praise
PointleSs must fall the spectre's dart,
Consumed in glors's blaze;
But me she beckons from the earth.
Ny name obscure, UNMARKED my birth,
My life a short and rulgdr dream
Lost in The dull igno6ie cro,cd,
Ny hopes recline tcithin shrOttd
Ny fate in Lethe's stream
When Irepose beneath the sod,
Unheeded in the clay,
Where once my playful footsteps trod,
Where no,c my head must lay;
The need Of Pity tciH be shed
In detc-drops Ger my ndrrotr bed.
By nightly skies and storms alone
No mortal eye tciH deign to steep
With tears the dark septiLchral de.p
Which hides q name itnknotca.
Forget this tcorId, my restless sprite,
Turn, turn thy thoughts 10 Heapen
There must thou soon direct thy flight,
TsTors are forgiven.
To bisots and 10 secfs unknotrn,
BotD d0tcn beneath the AImighty's throne;
10 Him address thy trembling proyer;
He, acho IS merciftl and Just,
HtH not reject chiid of dust
Although his meanest care.
Father Of light! TO Thee / call.
My soul is dark tcithin;
Thou trhO cdnSt mark the spGrrotp's fall
Auert the death of sin.
Thou, ioho cGnst guide the tccndering star,
Who cdlm'st the elemental par,
Whose mantle is yoa boundless ski,
My thoughts, my zSOrds, my crimes forgiu.;
And, since sooR must cease TO lire,
Instruct me hotc 10 die"