State rights and democratic union. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1839-18??, 1839-09-24
HYMN : TO rHp GODS.
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AS the dim wind, dost sleep in thy dark cave
| With poppirs at the mouth. which night winda wave
Sending their hreathings downward-on thy bed
Time only throne, with darkness oversp.ead.
And Curtains black as are the eyes of nights,
Thou, who dost come al time Of waning light
AND sleep among the woods, whefe nigh. doth hide
And tre.nble at the sun. and shadows glide
mong the wav ng trpe-too<: il now there
Thou sleepest in a cnrrent OF cool air,
Within some nook, amid ok flowers and moss,
GTey-colnuF'd rs thine ewes, while thy dreams toss
Their fantasies about the silent earth,
In waywardness of ninth
oh, come! and hear the HYMN that we are chanting
Amid the star-shl through tie thick leaves slantng
Thou lover OF the hanks Of idle streams
Oershaded by broad oaks, with scatter'd CLEANS
From the fc" stars upon Them; of the shore
of the broad sea. with silence lowering DER:
The great moon hanging out her lamp TO gid
The murmuring waves with hues all pure aud mild,
Where thou dost lie upan the sounding sands,
While wintls come dancing on frop, sou hern lants
With dreams upon their b. ks, and unseen waves
OF colours in their hands: thon, in the caves
Of the sar-Fighted clouds, on summer ewes
Reclining lazly. while Silence leaves
Her influence about thee: in the sea
That Hest, hearing the monotony
OF waves far above thee like the wings
OF passing dreams, while the gIeat ocean swings
His bulk above thy sand.suppOrled head
(As chain'd upon his bed
Some giant with an idleness of motion,
So swings the still and seep-enthralled ocean,
Thou who dost bless the weary with thy touch,
And nakest Agon- relax his clutch
Upon the bleeding fbres ofthe heart:
Pale Disappointment lose her constant smart,
And Sorrow dry her tears, and cease to weep
Tier life away. and gaiT new cheer in sleep:
Thou who dost blns~ the bir,', IN every place
Nhne hav hair aoara with Vv0n rcu
grace
Throughout the dav, and now, with dropping wing,
Amid The leaves receive thy wecomng:-
Come with thy crowd OF dreams, oh thou! to whom
All no Sc j. most abhorr'd, and in this gloom,
Beneath the shaded brightness ofthe skt,
Where are m sounds but as the winds go by
Here touch our ewes, great Snmnus! with thy wand
n. here thou art with touch most mild and bland,
And we forget our hymn, and sink away;
Aud here, until broad day
Come up into the sky, with hre-s'eeds leaping,
VIII we necine, henearh the vine leaves sleeping.
No. VIII.-To ceres.
Goddess of bounty! at whose spring-time call,
When on the iews earth thy hFst tones iaiI,
Pierces the ground each Young aud tender blade,
And wonders NJ tie SIM: each dul grey glade
IL shining with new grass; from each chill hoie.
Where they had lain enchan'd and dui of soul,
The birds come forth, and sing for los to thee
Among the springing leaves; and, fast and free, ~
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And through their grassy banks ieapIngy run
When thou hast touch'd them: thou Who ever art
The Goddess of all Beauty: thou whose heat
IL ever in the sunny Tnesds and helds;
To whom the laughing Earth looks up and yields
Her waving treasures: thou that in Inv car.
With winged dragons, when the morning STAR
sheds his cold light, TOUGHEST the morning trees
Until they spread their blossoms TO the breezes;
Oh. pour thy light
Oftrntb and low upon our souls this night.
And grant TO US ell plenty and good ease:
Oh .hou. the Goddess ofthe rustling Corn:
srho,, IN Vrholn reareFs sing. and on the lawn
Pile mn their bast cts with the full-ear'd wheat
Wb;ls maidens come, with little dancing feet,
4 nj hr;.r thee ponpies, weaving thee crown
1f s;mple beauty, bending their heads down
IT. garland thy full baskets: At whose sidc,
Among the sheaves of wheat, doth 6accnus roe
1U.h bright and sparkling eyes, and feet ann NOUN
!. !, ..,;ne.sain'd from the warm and sunny South:
pa.nan Ne oue arm abou' thy neck ne twines,
!. =. .rr;.h the other hand he gathers up
~, IN full grares. aud holds the glowing cup
ne. nv tips-ard then he throws It BY,
~ GREENE thee with bright leaves % sna0e snlne
= !. ~ ~, yaze with richer love and light
- J. ~ ..;st .ss ming row: Ifthy swift flight
Pc on some hill .h;Ia n;0ht
Or y;ne.hung ThTace-oh, Gomez WINE p'sn'
is still, -,.aa.n,d .;oht.
Ara greet with heaping arms ouI elau's. s
!, s, -. .r,.l, stars. abeve The silver wave,
$50 -. - "snda,;nv up the sky, and kInsy iave
~. az; cIoda With their light, the noa1ng
of diamonds IN the air; or spiriL DaIa..
=. ~ .,.,.een riders. wheeling in the sKy'
I !. ! soff mist or light is rising hign'
+ he liver slinine through TN. O ssc,
III s the oueened moon her love VII sne0'
-, rasrl.ist, on the earth and on tne -,
.hon shalt cross, to view our mystery
have torches here for thee, and urns'
H. y. ;.,cense with floating odour burns
8 n;Iel III various fruits ana nO"s
= ears of corn, rather'd at early hours
an 9, an sn, s. i s., fFom India, with heap
81 O,a v.ccloaresl poppies:-- 10: We AssR
Or silent watch foT thee, sitting Os'oao
,rs. ,eadv affairs. till to our lone snO'o
Thy chariot wheels -. -e.ls
ch.lI come while Ocean g ene Ou'u0''
And rltters 70 the sky = stilled rOnI.
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-. August 18th 1888.
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