Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-12-14
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h hs charart rls,ics Of the ''modcrn Anacre"n ne nero
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have fund I M " n earaay i.gre Acpo leaves
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am Of consequences merely used ny Nr. Moor,
A. Of struggling together those rich oriental and most uAu
Ious descriptions which he Is 50 ceebratcd f i"7
A DESCRIPTION OF EGYPT
And whereof. where's the heart that could withstand
TN unnumb-rcd wtcheries OF this sun-hnrn land,
Where tirs, Young PLEASURES banner was unt,r d,
Whsre mystery like the vel by R"snty worn,
Hides hui 10 height, n, shades but u adorn;
And thai luxurious melancholy, born
or passion and Of seuius, sheds gloom
MAKING Inv holy-whcre the bower and tomb
Stand Sid; by side, aud Pleasure learns from Death
The instant value OF each nom breath
Couldst thou bu, how like poets dream
This lovely land now LOOKS tile glorious stream,
That late between ii, banks was seen 70 glide
'aiong shrnes and marble cities On each side
Gl,ierine like jewel. strung along cham
Hath now semi forth II. WATTS, and and, Ger r'A"
Rising " ih cha limbs hath erandly spread.
Whiis far as sigh, reach, beneath a clear
And blue heaven a ever bless,d oar sphsTs'
Gardens and pillar streets, and p,rPhSr! aohies,
And high-hut temples, I'll 10 be The hons
or mighty Gods, aud pyramids whose hour
Ou,lasts all time, above the waters tower!
h following passage is much better, and is perhaps still
Nemphis-s,l grand, though not the same
Cnrival'd Memphis, that could sclle
FROM ancient Theh,s the crown Of Fame
Aud il bright through centuries
Now liz the moonsiinc that came down
Like a last smile upon that crown,
Memphis still grand aaJ3g her lakes,
Her D, ran,ils and shrIIes Q: fire,
Rose like 4 vIsiou that halt breaks
On une who dreaming still awakes
70 from some midnight choir:
Will. u the west where gradual SINKS
In the red sands, from ybm roPd
Some mighty culnian, or tar SPHINX,
That stood in knCy courts. nf old
Il seea'd as mid th= ppmps that shone
Thus saly round him. Tune lookd on,
Waiting Till all, now bright ana olcst'
Should fall beneath him like the resi-
No sooner had the setting sun
Procllmd fesia rite begun,
And mid their idols fullest beams,
The Egyptian world was all ahoat,
Than |, who live upon these streams
Like young Niltb bird, turn'd my boat
To the far island whose shores,
Through leay palms and sycanores
Already shone the moving lights
OF pls grim. hat-nIng = the rites.
Whie far around Ike ruby sparks
Upon the r. lighted larks,
OF every form and knd-from those
That down SycHcS cataract shoots,
To the grand. gIlicd barge, that rows
To sound OF taubours and o flutes,
And night, in words 81 tame.
the rich Prov, IL masters name
All alive, and mad. tins sea
OF cities busy a n hill
OF ants, caught suddenly
In the Overlooking "f a rili
Landed upon isle,
Through marble alleys and small groves
or thai my >terious palm SHE loves,
Reachd The Temple Of the Moon;
And there as slowly through the last
plmllslited vestihne PasS'd--
Between the porphyry pillar, tw'nd
With palm and ivy, could see
A band ii Youthful Giad"ns wind,
In mcuSur'd walk, half dancincly,
Round 4 small shrine, which was PLACID
That bird whose piumcs of black and White
Wear in their hue, 10y Nature traced,
4 type Of the Moons shadow d light
The Ibis.