Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-08-11
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ORIGINAL PoxTRyf following
OF 70 student, in OF literary ina,ons The,
The The reader viii bs,s.
crsta the Argument of The appreciate the ai
Scotland ebides auJ is accounted one Of s
'o,st natural entoss in Europe, If in the world the whole
uhwsst eni bong supported by pia
owe % feet high and four feet ia thickness The MA
i'd. $50 feet in length Its arch So feet wide
bis from which the eavctn lighted iar,hsss
by the fragments that have been broke
~ forming IT, The bottom Of the Cave Is ed ~ the rarh
TO the extremity ani in calm boat NAV
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I've gazcd on Nature in the sleenv lake
Tho green clothed field and wildly tangled brake;
s so ne,In h n whisper IN the lni;ering trees,
,,ntil her quiet music, TO my heart
Aud every he,in feeling die awsy i'-''
Like lovers fowns before his loved ones lay.
And S then ive ,s,nd wilder brood
Have seen the cloud euvclop'd mountain ride,
, me ira tranquil .9 forest sleeping on its side.
As srurA's rugged isle, where Nature az AIT.
49, Here, on the bosom of shc dark blue sea-
That loags TO tresPass on carth's boundary,
Hss ;avS lowering Skies amid whose twilight gray
a glorious pile rcposes the lido
From oceans depths the giant columns rise,
AID liz tbs seifborn structure the skies
No chiseId shsn, no work ofmor,ai haods
ess. % ss isS o ssnS il , sSssss woods awo
And scarcely sought fsiss~ s -" i IL strife,
Ere cities grew, or Panan marble sione
ihoso columns Stood and stand while they are gone
Yetmans broken pillar ssrewed aroaad,
and many visits lcycll'd to the ground,
rtacaim, that not cen Natures works IRE frec
an conquerng Time, fun thy sore mastery
Then, mer'as blush, to the selfish Grief
Which prompts q muTmnr fthy days DC brief
When Natures brightest glories disappesx
Shall thy mortality demand tear
R Marx where The portal yawning DER TIE wavs
Majestic columns rise either side
The arched canopy above the tide
', men, muddy giittcring with sparry light,
Shines like the spanglod armament ofnight
us Natures palace. Scoring 10 abide
IN temples less an reverence reared than pride-
The snrgc's roar more grateful % her car
and tempest hynn than hollow voice ofprascr-
she Ned, disdsinfui ofa Doric fame.
Aud built her chapel on the Atlantic main
Still as gazc, ceiling more intense
Gsows with each look aud steals every sense;
The fowning arch above, the sea below
The tme-cemented pillars serried row,
The ocean wrestling with tlie pile in vain
That huris its breakers hack in calm disdais
Blend IA scene solemn, yet SO fair
That man seems almost Intruder there.
Each hollow blast that slowls dies awav
sounds Ike some SPIRITS melancholy Law;
And as tue harmonious sends forth ire sang
gu scarce would start an amy throng
OF mermaids fitting DER the nnrufHcd wave
And breathing low, soft dirgcs throueht the cove:
lhcre Is sulncss-hut not ofthe grave
a broatIless life within that wondfous cavc--
a deep conenment, harmony.
a holy presence that W
but yet can feel; for Ocean murmus on
AS u IN prayer, his deep toned orison
ana WINGS without, that rage in lawless din
Are hushod to music as they in
oh lei the skeptc on W hose doussn r ewes
~ VAN the beauties of creation rise
" no, whiic he views the loveliness of earth,
Han y OF disownthe power tina, gave it bir7h,
here let him gaze and soy twas chance alone
That rcard the pile and nicely carved the stone
That lent each shan snch noble symmetry
Ans AZ mocks his poor philosophy,
Tells him truth he iittae dFeam'd before
ma" ras not made 10 question: but adore.