The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1838-12-20
POETRY.
From The Neto York Commercial Advertiser.
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THE TALIsMAN.
Some six or eight weeks ago a correspondence
peared In the New York Mirror between that
LIBERATED philanthropist, MIR. WILLIAM WooD, OF
ana Mr.. MERRfrT, of England, the
innate friend and correspondent OF Sir Walter
ott. BY that correspondence IL will have been
en- that Mr.. Merritt had transmitted TO Mr.. Wood
lock of the hair Of Sir Walter-for small por-
N Of which precious relic We were indebted 10 the
ndness Of Mr.. w. Meeting, a few days alter
lrd, al Auburn the son Of friend Of cur youth,
whom we discovered an enthusiastic admirer OF
2 genius OF Scolt--himself votary Of the muses.
we divided the little treasure between us. The
u mail from the West brings US the following stir
lg ballad from our friend, furnishing the most
atifying evidences thai the gin was not unworhily
stowedl
There's magic in each silver thread
That DER the soul-lit brow has cuIled,
OF him, whose lofty genius shed
Its light upon dazzled world.
Whose thoughts were pearls in gold enshrined,
And who in rich profuson flung
The rainbow colors OF his mind
Ger every thing he said or sung
At midnight-by my lamps pale ray
The outward world awhile forgot
Thus musing long gazed where lay
relic Of Sir Walter Scott.
And soon my dimy lighted room,
As memory's COMPUTATIONS wrought
Teemed with the fairy forms with whom
His fancy filled the world Of thought
Here pranced proud Marmion's fiery steed,
Frowned meath his cowl the Palmer here,
And fearful, by the banks Of Tweed,
Sat the deserted Lady Glare.
Here flashed the sword of Snowdons knight
Defiance to hundred foes
There Scotand's king restored to right
The Douglass and his mountain rose.
Here, in her yestal robes arrayed,
Upon the lofty parapet
Undauntec stood the Jewish maid,
And scorned the craven Templar's threat.
There passed in gttering pomp and pride
The royal train to Kenworth, #.+
And Leicester's young and hapless bride
Wept by her hope-deserted hearth.
Here lowered the Tolbooth-fraught with scenes
OF terror and Of midnight strife
There Jeanne Dcans-sweet Jeanne Deans
knet for all erring sisters life.
Young Waverly-hs perils DER &c.,.
Pressed to his heart his gentle bride
And dauntless STILL Vich Ian Vohr
Shouted Long live King James ~ and died.
Hector and Lowell fought again,
The gaberlunzie lingering nigh; .a"
Monkbarns and Caxon in his train,
And Dousterswivel, hurried by.
Glendnning here, with mystic rite,
Invoked the maid OF Avenel,
And meath his sword in single fight,
Wanting Piercie Shaiton fell.
Fair Edith Belenden in vain
For her unoyal lover walled
And hapless Headrgg here again
The tower Of Tilletudlem scaled.
Meg Merries, the gpsey there;
The Dominic and Dinmott too, 49,"
And Bertram here--the long lost heir
Of Elangowan-rose to view .....
Here passed Rob Roy in tartan plaid, =.
The bravest OF his own brave band; ..
I'd There with drawn sword proud Helen babe
The bailie, Nichol Jarvie, stand
Again, meath Syra's burning skies,
The Seldom and Sir Kenneth fought
Again. in Nuban disguise,
His camp the exiled warrior sought.
Once more upon the sacred plain
At sound Of trump, the mailed knights met,
Ard Scotand's noble prince again
Knet to the fair Plantagenet.
Now on Lochleven's midnight wave
The royal barge in silence sped;
Now from the walls the warders gave
Alarms that might have raised the dead.
Rang the wild watch-bell long and loud,
Ratified the musketry again,
And round the Queen the mobiles crowd,
To shield her from the leaden rain
Here highland chiefs and lowland lords
And Christian knights of Palestine
There Saracens with jeweled swords, ~.
And maids with love-lit eyes, were seen.
They come-a bright but shadowy throng--
Summoned by tallsmanic spell
From lands of chivalry and song,
OF fairy green and haunted well.
Thank heaven! the charms are unconfned
With which the ideal world is fraught
No mountains bar the human mind,
No seas divide the world of thought