Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1832-11-02
POETRY.
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FOR TIE E.NQUIhIER

FOR 1UE E.N'QUiREI
The EWING has made his flight:
How drcOty l. this darksomn night
The fitting songstcrs of the dale,
Have ceds'd to tell their mOcnirg ilci
and social HicndshiU biis them 20,
AGd rest together yet once more.
The beasts that were 10y iicav'n dcsisnd
10 BE- subservient to mankind,
AZ NatUio's call, the sound obey,
And lay ASIDE the works of day;
ln social order, seek the spot,
Whep toll nnJ duty forgot.
The lltr ui Gay, with many (ticnds,
Had uunc, IN fact, tho each ptctund.
l. stin to social life inclu'd,
Aud not ioi solitude desisn'd.
The sndrling Cur, 10y duty led,
10 watch th" .oputihc bci,
Hows for the lucid Orb OF day,
To Dive his solitude away
His social temper bids him 20,
Whetc othors lud relief itOm NO
The Reptiles, some, with tatdy march,
Through scOrchiug sands, their members patch,
1e search desigu'd to form
Companions, in the calm OF storm,
The Horse that tIcads with heavy stride,
With no associate 10y hts side,
When whip and spur are usd in vain,
Or, other means Ot causing pain;
To social influence yields assent,
The Gnu,, that nutters ia the breeze,
The Fly, in embryo, on the trees,
j. liu&'d, 10y Natures stcOdtast chain,
To social joy or social pam.
Fernandez Isle affords "a case,
Which will depict the human
a SRLKtK there, by tcmpests drv'n,
The punishment OF angry Heavn;
In solitude doom'd TO spend
Ills days, without human friend.
Pm monarch, now, OF all see,
But ausht that's here, is uought to me;
oh solitude where the charnsT
(Or rather, where those dread alarms,)
Tho sage have seen adorn thy face,
When SELKIRK there, can SEQ no trace
lie begs the winds to linn convey
Some tdings thTo the ionming spray,
From that dear l0nd-his homa-his friends,
ga whom his happiness depends
But, hopeless is his Indeed,
When neither time, nor winds, nor speed,
Can aught couduce To his relief,
But multiply the sum OF grief.
If SELKIRK then, could feel uublcs,
Not by the loss of friends distressed;
II he could there unhappy prove,
Esuung'd to ties of nuptial love-
Dnusd To chlihood's planiiNo notes,
10 parents icclngs-pareuts' thoughts
UnveIsd IN that peculiar bliss,
Which IIcav'n oulains as hers or his,
Who, Iuin'd IN matrimonial band,
Gives plightcd heart, with plightcd hand:
How then, with him whose fate presents
n case OF deeper consequence:
The wife, by Fato's profound command,
Iorc'd on eternal shores to stand
Cocrc'd to break the nuptul chain
Dosgn'd by Hcay'n to lessen pam,
Tosooth the ills of human strife,
and smooth the rugged paths of life.
The children near unconscious still,
That Death, his crrand did fuhl
With feeble accents whispering breath,
Ask, II her eyos are clos'd in death;
Yes, little babes. sf tender years,
With eyes sullus'd with limpid tears,
She just now LETT this mortal shore,
10 see her offspring here no moro.-
Your little frames, that distant are,
on claim the tribute of a tear,
From him, whose thrilling bosom CLOVIS,
With iuterchangng hopes aud woes.
But, richer gems these bodies hold,
Than all of Pcru's glitt'ring gold:
Which, when all Nature feels decay,
Aud, when the stars shall fade away,
~ TT for that important change,
That shall all Natures works dcrangc,
Shall leave these loathsOme shades vi night,
And fit away to worlds of Light
Lord lYrrLEroN, his fate bewaipd,
When Hoav'n his social bliss assuild
His Monody, his feelings spoke
But Fate still offers revoke.
bereavement j. the lot OF man,
Think what lie may--do what no con-
10 Heavens decisions no must Yield
IL wife, or child, or friend or field.
but ieav'n a remedy has giv'n,
For all the owls under llcav'n
The grievances oil Job Icdrossd,
ly loss 81 goods and fiieuds disiToss'd.
Present to all, lucid case,
OF goods return'd, and friends replaced.
Then Hope, bright anchor of the soul,
Extend thy views from Pole To Pole,
Destroy tho sting which Fate has giv'n
Aud help ~ bear the will of IIeay'n.
CIrIzLN OF LANcas1ER. NLanI ~ A.