The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1841-05-18

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AVID on your hearts, may the patriots name
blaze like the sun, an unquenchabis fame.
ere the gay stripes and stars WOO the sofi SUNNI,
our own lovely land, or above the far seas,
hey folded in grief, for our glory u gone,
liberty moufns for the fall Of her son-
him shall the pairiot pour the deep vail,
a hoIieI name was ne'eI breath d 10 the gale,
aver ne er rushd To the baitie-6eld's clsDg,
d where The war cry Of sasages rang.
Night in solemn grandeur Iowcrd
Der the city's gilded spires,
And the spangled ether showed
Gorgeous Light from countless fires;
Cynthia gemm'J the vault Of heasen,
Queen Of all the shining throng,
In her car Of glory driven,
Empress Of the bow and song.
Silence DER Potomac's pillows
Spread her sable, slumb' ring shroud,
And, among the pensive willows,
Not zephyr breath'd aloud
Not ripple curled its wavelet
On the dark and silent river
Not an echo from the stleamlet,
IN ~hose pieAst tue moonDeams qulser
Such the hour, when eye prophetic
Saw, in midnight air advancing,
Crowds Of forms, Of shape seraphic,
Brightly in the moonbeams dancing;
Then the ear aitun'd by heaven,
Heard the voice Of angels holy,
Chanting hymns from glory given,
Sadly sweet and melancholy.
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From the portals Of Heaven,
To Earth we have come
To Us has been given
The key of the tomb
To its wide yawning arches
Alike we can summon
With funeral marches,
Both noble and common.
See, low on his pillow
A chieitain is lying,
Ebbs life's latest billUw,
The mighty isdying
From Columbus side
Her protector is taken,
The jewel Of pride
From her diadem shaken.
But see holy spirits,
Whoco from above2
Some one who inheriis
The mansions of love-
It's Abel whose wing
Spurns the W lid speed of thought,
From our glorious king
Some message is brought
ABEL.
| come | come from the God above,
Whose frown is death whose smile is love-
g To the earth, he says, and call away
To the peaceful realms of endless day
Columbus chief-ere the morning beam
Shall bathe her shores in amber CLEAN,
Let his noble soul meet the patriot throng,
And JOIN IN eternal praise and song"
Abel ceas'd, and on the stiffness
Came the song of invitation,
Thousand spirits SWELL It's fullness,
Sound of wo to freedoms nation
Thus, upon the midnigh; ringing,
From that bright ETHEREAL throng,
Sweet as dying cygnets singing,
On the air Was borne this 4sns
me INVITATION.
Come away from the earth,
lis too lonely for thee,
Though thy soul had its birth
In the home of the free
Leave the empire OF clay
For thy kingdom above,
Where no night dims the day,
And where all dwell in love
See the angels of glory
Invite thee TO come,
And chief great in story,
Are beck ming thee home
From Heavens bright portals
A radiance is beaming,
lis the smile of immortals
And earthward lis cleaning
Come away cvme away
To the mansions Of love
Let not earth bid thee STAY
From thy kingdom above.
Soft and faint the echo wander'd
On the cold and dewy air
Swil and still the stream meandcIid
Throwing back Diana's glare;
Scarce the music chorus ending,
Died within the ravish'J soul,
When, from Earth TO Heav'n ascending,
Sweeter strains of answer roll.
THE REPLY.
pirits Of glory, come at your call.
way through the azure in triumph, my soul
ugh systems unnumberd, IN freedom 10 roam
pirits of glory, come oh, come
mbia, my country +! bid thee adieu--
N peace, all in tears, from thy boundaries flow,
m the minions of despo,s thy eagle would chain
Thy sons with their blood purchasd freedom
again
heart lov'd thee still, and this arm drew tn
blade,
the gallan, defenders in battle arrayed;
yet though this heart shall be press'd BY the sod
soul shall look down from the dwelling Of God,
watch DER thee ever and of breathe prayer
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