Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-04-26
POETRY.
SAvcu .ci REMAINS G>>' M.

,r,., 90, ,,s, If -nn.l and beauty the foi'o.ms -
rom the New York American, which & niu.,ec hi: owl
s PsssAGEs FR6M The nAEY or Fi a. ss,
Kept during has acc "i'7'"S AZ ss. August I9'h l5-.
The air is s,ians-,,ii but not fcGme 6rt mug. CONC
From such foul peace, Some s' .nro
Tho 6cbt of cementssn ian:ns ss. h,o nm. il dumb
Where God speo&s louasa', ann nv,
Fin, off tho clouds consolidated " ,,o,,
" r,,s, hipetucss, b.aS the lowering "e'''
Quick, uo,sle.s lsh'nnss thread IN" inSy mass
Ike vein. Of sol w.hi" "ITSy n,'"''
, tHn ,,rn,nr vsro;s in Il skr Of brass
ana ma ,e" M, ,hs sun who's beams but dinly shu"
IT,; NV mir this bloody s'ohe On ':;:h,
Tnrcisii some coming ;umu't OF tia ssY.
MI N bs rhund.r.trnmpct. sgnai ro,c!
And N on alarming silence that succeeds
And see tho storn,'s black standard 10 ui!"a
All nature sloons, ii IN mourning wecI:--
The banded clouds, with all their wnrrirs iIGi",
Wheel out TO battle III The heaEchIy PLAN.
How the hugh pile upon the SLY!
Towering and struggling for The top most height
Till, overhead, ike whirins ro7ka they N.Y.
BY giants lung, 10 some rrl'nevn iiShl:
Convolvuy thick ming silent as deslh,
Without Grop-aimost without orchth'
One mighty curtain bangs along the air,
Ragged and dark-it fowns upon The deep
Backcr defiance it encounters theirs
Cenvcs, like a sword, the cloud--and through l"; sur
With rain, and roar and foam the storm break" i'o'e'
Winds, waters lish,ains, darkness cla:h an! howl
Skies, md the hill sides Of each Pecfios %aSo'
Ring with redoubliug lhuaders-ii!l n" soul
Staggered with terror, is no longer brave,
Bot turns, my Maker. - ii, need TO i.se-
Oh. il the bolt must fall, DO thou with me -
Again and yc: again! with LASH Of lire
The lurid sh;nn;s suc TIL oppu@inS gloom
Anain. the rendins thun!e. -Is;ek- aspire
Cracking, and stunning rs the ;.un'? "t DOOM
Till, rolling far along the oceans hrim,
Solemn, aud sweet they mrranr like hynn-
Celestial genius! thoI whose daring hand
Disarm'd the .naky lish,nnss Of ,hs ianSs,
franklin the magic Of whose pointed wand
DiycI,s the bolt, as On the stroke it hangs,
Whenever tho tcmpcs;'t nash'iS Eyes see,
Next TO lhy Col, my spirit bends TO thee.
Tho war i. done-bue hcav' again aI2safs-
The broken clouds in .truy.ln: troops depart
Tho sun, new siLcd, spark!rs through his tcnis'
And throws, with all Il h"avc'lS hii'def u'''
With 6sma, and Gold and azure circiing VICE
A bridge OF beauty oc. the ioanin: t'ic
From you,I I've wa,chE hccf.ide OF lovely '"inSS
And hailed tho storm, whose close ihin Image gave )
Ron of the crystal water drops, II springs
With more than Pnphian beauty rom the waFe-
soon. that cty's gateway To trhC!I, -,
Whose walls Jewels and whose streets arc S"ii!
Tho drowning sun j.. struggling in the deep.
Far in the East tho weary vnporS crowd,
And there, young gh,nings arc nj play, and leap
In chase, and raniiiy nlon: tho cloud
There is a calm, uauarthy and divine,
In natures breast, which finds lis way to NINE
Az IarsoMrrr-and COOL by nrcler-a ooc' ooserf
on Of voyage than volumes couki be
Two thin.s break the moanloay
OF an At!antic TIP;
Sometimes, alas, "shp q sea,
And sometimes Ship