Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-01-04

Rouse thee my muse and stand as thou hast stood,
Firm before all, the parasite OF none,
Eschewing vice, espousins what IS good,
Thy sweetest theme. the light from Mercy's
throne;
Rouse thee. NV muse. and in the cause Of man.
Whate'er peculiar Circumstance OF birth,
Sing thou the song of Truth-of Wisdom's plan
Byequity 10 bless the sons OF earth;
Sing thou Of Rights, the same in every CLINE,
On which, nor King nor Priest can trample
void Of crime.
What, if the day be distant that shall dawn
In all the clearness OF celestial lisht3
What, if the Tyrant frowns-the fatterers fawn
A little longer in their dreams of might!
What, if the lands of genius aud OF fame,
Of worth and chIvalry, and peasant pride,
Lands which can boast of many classic name,
And bosom where the virtues all reside;
What il these lands be vet, in part, untree!
A Spirit is abroad, and spreads from sea to sea.
Through Europe's various Kingdoms, cities, plains,
The SPIRIT OF lNaUiRY sweeps along!
Mocks at restraint and laughs at petty chains
By which the weak would strive to bind the
Strong
The spirit is awake!-ln Italy,
Spain. France aud Austria, and the German
States,
She is at work, and ,ciH be, till decree
of general European freedom CRATES
Upon the diving ear Of that control,
Which hath for ages. bound the body and the
soul.
L.! in the Garden Isle where Hampton bled,
And Rushton, Mersey's high toned minstrel
sung,
One warming theme engrosses heart and head,
The sase's pen and Elocu,ion's tongue:
One theme-REFoRM! tolng peoples right,
Pressed on BY talent and bv Lords DER thrown,
Those titled relics of feudal night
To stand between the people and the throne.
Reform may linger. but twill triumph still,
pies will.
POLAND! heroic, brave, unfortunate;
Praised and admired. but left BY all to feel
The deadly pressure and the ponderous weight
of an Imperial vampires clasp of steel
Land Of devotion! passing Greece and Rome,
Look up! aud trust beyond the present hour:
Thy realm shall yet be term'd the freeman's home;
rhyself vet rank az. independent Power:
The womb of Time shall yet bring forth for thee.
The conquering arm to saue-the soul to keep
thee free.
Far from the tainting airs of regal courts,
And oft abused hereditary sway,
A fabric stands. around whose summit scars
The bird Of Freedom. plumed in bright array.
And thine, Columbia! tits to boast OF rule
Derived from legitimate, true source,
The Sovereign Peopie!-thine it Is to school
Thine elders in the best and wisest course
By which nation may be really great,
And slightly burthened bear its Home and
Foreign state.
True. the elective system may exalt
Some man less worthy than at first believed,
Nav rest pow'r IN one whose li4htest fault
Is that he is too easily deceived;
Nav raise to highest Office one whose eve
Looks more TO party than the common veal,
And whose proscriptive lash Of enuity
Strikes at the honest. capable and leal;
True degrading dynasty may reign
But in little while, the people meet again.
warn'd BY the past, they will not lightly grace
Their hiyhes, seat with withered laurel leaves;
But with ripper, happier judgment, place
Thereon the flower which richest fragrance
gives.
True to their interest, honor, growing fame,
All that to public character 10 dear,
Their choice will surely be the man whose aim
Is but to serve the Country they revere;
And such an one now stands in open day
The Statesman deeply read--the Patriot
HENRY CLAY!
At the commencement Of another year
Which may, or not, be brighter than the past,
The PHxNrx to its Patrons would draw near,
With hearty health'-and to declare its fast
And full determination. to uphold
Truth, honor, justice and morality,