Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1840-04-18

,v,or>olNc CANDIDATES. lur Office viii be SiO No
name win be inserted unless are specially au'
tborized bv somcreSponsihlc person.
IN,GyrIcENr PoEM.-Ne know our readers
viii apree with US in deep admiration ~ tHe an
neyed splendid lyric. II = l0 ol NE ana ue'n,N
rre author is WurIAM PIrT PALMER, ESQ, oi n
york and the editor OF the Knickerboakgr. From
rI;rb we quote it. speaks Of him thus: Filling
,,3i,I and responsible situation in public oihce ne
aims leisure but seldom To embody his beautiful
sncepiions but when we find at onr desk Slna'
sr, of rclus, office paper, IN the hand wrllng Of var
p'rNER, unacCompanied by oslentanons, stii-eu'i-
rsm or solicitation Of any kind, we always an'cl-
maize rich intellectual treat, and are never diNaP-
ronted In this wise came the ioHaWinS WWcn
M aflueice of thought beauty oi imagery, anu
melody Of language, we have rarely seen surpassed
PhH Gd;.
A HYMN OF LIGHT.
,Brvht eFlnence Of bright essence 'ncreaie
Before the sun, before The heavens, thou werl
MuroS.
From the Quickened womb Of the primal gloom
The sun rolled black and bare,
'TUI wove him vest for his Ethop breast
OFthe threads ulmy golden hair;
And when the broad tent of the ornament
Arose on its airy sparS,
pencllled the hue OF It's matcheSs blue,
And splauged it round with stars.
n,iutrd the flowers OF the Eden bowers,
And their leaves Of living gtcen
And nine were the DIES III the sh'ess eyes
Of Edtl's virgin queen; ,a
And when the FItnds art on her trnstnI near
Had fastened its mortal SPELL
IN ,he slyrry sphere OF the hrst-born tear,
TO the trembling earth fell.
When the waves tina, burst Der word accursed
Ih,ir work of wrath had sped,
And the Ark's lone few, the tried and lrue
Came forth among the dead;
Wub the wondrous CLEANS ot my braided beams
babe their terrors cease
a As wrote on the roll % the storm dark S'to"
Gods covenant OF peace
Like pail at rest on puspIesS breast
NIGHTS funeral shadow slept,
Where shepherd SWANS on the Bethlehem plans
Their lonely vlgJls kept ,..-,.
When flashed on their sight the hera'dS oHs"'
Of heavens redeemng plan
A, they chanted the morn OF Saviour Dorm
sA Jov 10Y to the out-c0si Man
Equal favor show to the lofty ana low,
On the Just aud unjust descend
M Zen the blind whose VAIN spheres foH III aaT""c'
aud tears
+ Feel INV smile the best smile Of a friend:
E Nay, the flower othe waste by my love IS embrace
As the rose 10 the garden OF kings,
The cbrysaIis bier Of the worm sppear,
And 10 tie gay butterfly wings!
E# Tie desolare Morn ike mourner lorlorn
III Conceas all the pride of her charms,
.f Till | bid the bright Hours chase the Night fro
.8# her bowers,
.A# And lead the young Day to her arms
And when the gay rover seeks Eve for his lover
l## And sinks To her balmy repoSe,
s wrap their soft rest by The zephyr-lanned weSl,
Hill IN curtains of amber and rose.
From my sentinel steep, by the night-brooded dee
gaze with unsumberng eye
When the cynosure star Of The mariner
I# Is boiied from the sky,
And guided by me through the mercIeSs sea-
Though sped by the hurricanes wings,
HIS composites bark lone, weterng, dark,
To the haven-homc safely he brings.
lwaken the flowers in their dew spangled bowers
The birds in their chambers of green,
And mountain and pain glaw with beauty again
A they bask in my mailna sheen.
n q f such the glad worth ofmy presence TO earth
HI Though ftruI and fleeing the while,
What gories must rest on the home OF the best,
III Ever bright with the DEITY's smile ". ?. ?
A The Gazette SAYS it's Too bad" to reproi
Gen Harrison for not being great man.
/ think so too for the General can't help it
/ vas born so. But is it too bad TO reproac
nan for pretending TO be what he IS NOT o.
rldcule his friends for making the false preie
for bim-is there any thing wrong in III $!
can hardly think so-and if the wings will pei
IN claiming merits for their candidate which t
Anow be does not possess, they must expec
E see their claims oYerjErown---il taey make In
selves ridiculous they must expect to be ndcu
Stage Trickery-In a little town in Ger
M ny, the managers of theatre seeking to dra
ulI house, lately advertised that IN melo-dr
which was 10 be performed, they would ext
he head Of noted robber In order TO ei
inls, one Of the actors was placed IN such n
ner that hs head alone was exhibited on a ia
but merry wag wishing TO raise laugh a
expense OF the poor manager, silly placed 5
quantity Of snuff in such manner that il c
IN contact with the nose Of The Teplted rol
which threw him into a violent lit OF sneezin
the great astonishmeni Of the audience.
The Banner of ireemen floats over our head
Beneath lis fair f,lds our lorelaihers hled
And ong be il flung 10 the wild winds free.
Der our homes and our wales er mounta N and
And b'eathes there foe who shall dare 10 ass
Those stripes and those stars, beneath II shall {
A rather dull young fellow was asked
- knew the history of bis ancestors. lie rel
nothing Of his cunts sisters, except his mC
and she was dead. HIS apparent Serious
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