Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1838-08-22
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The Dead Eagle.
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Fallen Is he is, this king 81 birds sill seems
Lac ROYALTY in ruias. Though his eyes
Are shut, that lock uadazIed on The sun,
He was the sultan Of the shy, sna ear.h
Paid tribute 70 kis eyre. IL was perceeo
Ma ssnrersd fort where Atlas top lssks Ger
Yahnrah's desert 10 the equat0r's line,
Fron thence the winged dsspot marked his prey,
Above tn .ncampmeSu OF the Becouns, ere
M ,sLs ,seir loads or horsemes ssou ed the plan
And there he dried his feathers In the dawn
While yet III awakened world was dark below.
There's such charm in natural strength and power,
Poetic homage 10 the bird e. 0ve.
Hence, 'nralh his image, Rome arrayed her turns
Ans figuring his fight, INC mind rs flied
With thoush that mock the pride of wingless man
True, the CARED RrOnaut can mount as hgn
But what's the triumph Of bis volantsr'
Mis- helmless vehicle, silken toy,
a bubble bursting in The thunsercioud;
His course has voitlen, and hc dris
The passive psy,hng ofthe wind MOI ss s,or,
Was this proud bird /; he Glove the adverse storm,
And cufed il with his wings. He stopped his fight
AS easily as the Arab reins his steed,, ,,.,..
And stoed at pleasure meath heavens Lehin' NE
a lamp suspended from IFS azure dome;
While underneath him the worlds mountains lay
Like mole hills and her streams IKE lucid threads,
Then downward faster than falling star,
He neared the earth, until his shape distinct
Was blackly Swallowed on the sunny ground,
And deeper terro, hushed the wilderness,
To hear him nearer whoop. Then up again
10 ali his movements, whether he threw round
His \. crested he sd to look behind him, or
Lay vertical and sportively displayed
The inside wilderness of his wing declined,
Ia gyres and undulatons full OF grace,
An object beauiiiying Heaven ITSELF
He reckless who was victor, and above
The hearing OF their guns-saw fleets engaged
In flaming combst II was nought 10 him
what carnage Moor Christian srewed their decks
Bat II his in ieect had matched his wings,
Methn ks he would lave scorned ARMS Wanted power
To plough The deep; his pinions bore aim down
To Agiers the warlike, or the coral groves
.luehh aue nh he OrPP a konaf
And traversed in an hour wider space
Than yonder gallant ship, with all her sails
Wooing the Winds cross from morn till eve,
His bright eyes were his compass earth his chart,
His talons anchored or the sormiest cliff;
And on the very t.house reck he perched
when winds churned white the waves.
The earthquake'ssef
Disturbed not him that memorabled day,
When, DER yoa table. and, where Spain had built
Catnedrals, cannoaed forts, ard palaces,
A palsy-s,roke of Natur- shook OraH,
Turning her city 10 sepnlehre,
And sire wing into rubbish all her homes
Amidst whose uaceable foundations now,
6fstreels and squares, the by ena hides himself,
That hour beheld him fly as careless DER
The stifed shrieks OF thousands buried quick,
As lately when he poure sd The specslsa snake
That mantle DER The dead old Spanish town
Strange is the imaginable rs dread delight
in objects linked with danger. death, andpain.
Fresh from the luxuries OF polished lie.
And my heart beat with JOY whes first beard
A lions come down tx Lybian wind,
Across yon long, wide, lonely inland lake,
where boat Meier sails from homeless shore IL shore.
Aua vet Numiais's landscape has its spots
OF pastoral p~ssantsess-though Tar between
The village planted near the Maraboops
Round reof las aye its ieaihery palm trees
Paired, for in solitude they bear no fruits.
Here natures hues all harmonic; field white
With alasuu, or blue , itli bxgioss-bsBks
OF glossy fennel, blent with tulips " ID
And sunf wers, like garHent prankt with gold;
A res and miles of opal asphcdei, .
Where sports ana couches the black-eyed gazeile,
Mere, too the airs barmonous-aeep.senea doves
Coo 10 ME ffe-like carol OF the lark
And when they cease, the holy nightingale
winds up his long long shakes OF ecs,acy,
With notes that but the protracied sound
or CLASSY ruanels bubbing over rocks