Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1837-01-14
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TIE WREuK ~ THE DELAWARE.
Core f..uw vcyuyeI, st ,id We here aad lux
On that iorsuaen hulk. Its iiInhers lie
HALF 6 yr!rd here and tieir with plank :, dccaycd
And sl:iued, anl mulI.d DER with uSc Ike thtn-
SwaycI hrr,.ess BIZ the tides. Eu,, cummon tho it be,
That rollea wreck br,liInS the eye with tears.
The sailor sees it-nud he - TO thiak
or what il has 5eel. His sea i;nined nina
PoTirays sw,it-wiIsrd baiIue, catrerIns Ike
A bird the Deep lie peoples Il
With men us generous ard brave Is lac,
Along the deck he walks, in midnight wSieh
Fro:a OF, the dark, familiar lurccas'le
i.e summons notes sl:elui rs his ownj
And 10 the n:GOn lit top, or stnt'Gins SSH,
Or mast head truck, he turns his rye-to c"tch 80,
The changes Of the wind. The ''yo! hcuvr 10 y
OF staiwari tn:n, bacng the yardsHronnI,
Or hcuvia. aa1ho.s up, or aost!"g sails,
Falls welcome on Lis car. And The rough tones -,
OF rou.her no ,swaiu', pipe call lands on deck ::
Henri 'lnd The lhuud,rs Of the sweeping gale,
And c:.cs Of ''breHkcrs! breukcrs dead uE'eh'
Fill up he cadence OF the cf>uAinS ship.
The Ocean. passenger bel olas The wreck,
And he, 200, 'Seops. He think HIM OF M M. n1u'
Oacc spent in other lrnas-when that OLD Luh
Mny DER the wniers OF The Port he saw
Have loateh prou lily. From lar distant clnes
she may have har5uTcd there, Miih 'n"eie's
As curious ~ himself we'll freishicd t''"hce.
The merchant cazes ihrn' u hidden tear
On visions Of the Past, which that wrecked !faiae
Calls from tho tombins waters Ut bs soul
Ho srects her, deeper sden-t'urns home
From ,ropc shores, rich, fragrant ffuIts-ufEacs
OF span: led fabrics from fur lGds's looms
Or hills Of boIe-or he ms Of rory
Or seas Of oil-hy Trades v.si cTucitlo
To be Unchanged 10 gold.
The Statesman locks
Along her riLos and even he, whose eyes
the films oil party huvc half sealed from iears,
Weeps silently. lie pictures on Tie Strand
Where Wonder roll ny 'he ruinS now,
A !or.i.n court kin.-u throne ana he
Am!assaaiUg his county. N the stfre!l
a gallant lies, her stars AMI STRIPS
Flung freely on the brerze-awains h!G.
The soldier turns h!,.co glance toward
Her brow, bent 10 the sand, AM tbinGs NOW clst
il plunged against the en"myi or how.
Like life, il rode the wave, bringing :'nh news
Or pence. The ra,IIiug mu"kr;ry-'he crash
or filling s1iTs-the BARRED rci": shout
Tho victim srntn-thr lee wurd cun-the nag
Descendins-and the LACED prize; all Hash,
Like rising hight DER mountains, on his eye
The lover sazes. Al: who wceps If .te
Does no, !: Nhat .crs she but n to"crlns sh'p
,o:ar galy on the ride; AMI o.! how fixed,
How f,nl he. gaze. She watches every shiR
or wiai-cach cuI.cn: rrn-nad wishes = Chs
Could watt or tcurs could tio1, her love 20 her.
The stricken pare locks; an nj his aldo
The widow stands, whose rIsard kin'!r'6 10
Caurncd-saye in tho 50 flat scpn'chre
OF Gods erecting. OLce on honri that wreck,
Beside ftvcreh s!o:n, The sio' cave
ils spirit up wrap, III his country! ahS-
Or slid, perchancs, hi' only 5ie' plank,
To find berth, ha-css AM i'd! u: deep,
In some green, vacant carc.
The man Of God
Bcholds that hulk; and while the res, piss on
II. atop! TO weep afFesh Oh! what II tide
OF ftcishscd thought rushes within and fills
The secret channel, OF his soul. lie looks
To priy; 10 .cai in every timber there
What God would have hin, ever !eirn 10 tench
To all-,ha SOLEMN story Of LIES itsul voyage
The tar, the traveller, the chill! Of Trade
Tie who directs the State, and he who guides
The field CT war-;he lever Ga! tho sir2-
May each AMI all, Will" scanning yoadcT wreck,
Read as Il volume Whit i! tccch"s them.
What :ot' il that She once flew around
The olobe? Thu in ID harvest Of the seas
She WIS d sickle thrust by mar? That DER
All oceans, and all streams she sped: That on
Each shore Of every cline size placed her pTowf
That safe she bo-c the ca1Eon.des of death:
TIA, to the fleathcn size has home the bread
OF life ir1mortai-1nd the streams OF hiss:
Th.t they wko built and arnishcd hcr-who turned
Her courses where they willcd, have cndci theirs!
Az, tell me, if thou caast, what ho1tI all this!
And tell me ,--,rW il not be tsas 10Th thee? T. W.