Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1843-07-29

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ar When Professor Bartlett, of the Lexin
Ton Medical School, came to the West, we 81
ted that we knew him In his boylood as
brilliant poet. The following beautiful pt
duetion shows that the early fire, which bur
cd in his heart and upon his lips, is Tnexsi
guished .-boutstiM Journal
MIR. NAGLE's PORTRAIT Or HENRY
CLAY.
t,ofty, erect, beneath the senate's dome,
His bald high forehead eloquent with though
His clear eye kihdipd with d patriots fire,
Stands up. my country, here the noble form
OF one amongst the pfoudeBt and the best,
OF thy iliustfious sons, around him spread
Memorials Of the trophies he has won
Here are the ArvtI, and the sHtrTts; hero.
Hard by the rIoesH, which his own hand hat
held
While far upon the blue and booming sea,
Leans the tall ssiF before the fresh'ning gale
Fair symbols all, of that tri-sisterhood.
The bond of nations, and their imminent,
The strength and glory OF the common veal
Wide COMMENCE, ancient HusRAspRr, an,
Arr
Beside him hangs in broad and 1owin,
folds
or striped and starry blazonry, that aag,
Meier borne aloft by tyrant hands, nor strtek
In base dishonof 10 a conqhering foe
Young freedoms ensign 10 a waiting world,
q, well The artists cunning hand hath wrought
In shape and shade, the spirit OF the scene !
And missing here in still and thoughtful mood
In pensivc silence gazing on that brow.
My busy memory gathers UP the past,
T..a. y !. ~ Aa-.t - Az. as.l tlN,s
And marks the progress of his high career,
Whose form and features beam upon mo now
sec him first, an orphan boy his name
Unknown to greatness, borne upon no rage
orproud but empty heraldry; his lot
Cast not amidst the gay and gliItering seemed
or rank and riches his sole heritage,
A clear, strong head, a great aud fiery heart,
And, browning these, the" birthright Of the
While yet the fresh bloom of life's youthful
CLOVIS on his cheeks. that burning soul hath
found
Full utterance from his ELOQUENT lips-ato
sceurgc
The false fears Of oppression, and to claim.
Unshaekled, freedom for the pen and speech.
] see him next, ere thirty summer suns
Had she'd their radiance on his upward path,
Standing, a peer, amidst that choicest few.
The houored and the trusted Of the land,
The guardians of lis liberty and laws
Bearing upon his brow, and in his heart,
With the high hope and confidence Of youth,
The calm. clear wisdom Of experienced age.
Well hast thou placed him, artist, under
meath
That vaulted roof, whose archives have sent
back
"a. IN tla r.t,, xF HI, ali p.nt xAoirr
Uplifted, ever, for the right and true.
Here, when deep gloom vas brocding Ger
the realm,
When foreign despots tramplcd down our
And wavering sons within grew pale with
He reused the ancient spirit of our homes,
To guard again their fre-sides, and once more
To keep their affairs unprofaned aud free
And his strong words, like tcmpests Ger the
sea.
Bufc on that infant navy. whose young arm
Struck down. 10 many a wcll.contssted fight,
Her meteor aag, whose folds had proudly
swept,
In naughty triumph, over the red waves
Of Nile, the Baltic, and dread Trafalgar
Here when that cry for help fell on his ear,
From out the Andes Rocky Businesses,
From the green borders of the far Laplatc,
And from its broad savannas-how he hailed,
With answering voice, the suppiicating call,
And bade the struggling nations to be free
Here, in a prouder hour, with loftier post,
When his own country's sword had cloven
thro'
The sanctity Of private r%ight-he stood,
unawed, amidst the storm Of obioquy,
And kissing hate, that ratified round his head,
fy,,a rhine tho s,vse rrsv ne tbs Sfafs
Prom the rough onset Of usurping war +!
when Greece--fair land of liberty and
Long crushed, and bound, and h~ieeding-with
her neck
Beneath the Moslem's heel-tose up Mt length
Stirred by the genius of her glorious past,
Summoned BY voices from the sunny shores
Of S~alarais, and from the rocky pass
or terrible T~hermopylm, to shake
OF from her limbs the letters of the slave,
And from her soul the palsying lethargy
OF long, dark years, a new Demosthencs
Spoke hope and courage to her listening ear,
In tones and spirit worthy Of the old.
Hail |! Patriot, Sage and Statesman on thy
brow,
Though tickle Fortune may not set her seal,
A grecner garland blooms than any wreath
The hayward goddess for her minions binds /;
Aud in thy hands, though Office may not place
Its barren sccptre and its fieeting power,
A brighter, better destiny rs thine,
Than all these empty honors can bestow.
Thou hast thy country,s love with her re-
nown
Thy own is woven; with her name, thy namcs
In union iddestructihle, is bound
The pages Of history are thinet
And when thy setting sun shall ~scaeh the
verge
OF life's horizon, shall a nations eyes
Follow in sadness the departing light;
A nations heart ,hy memory sha,n. eulbalm ;
A nations tongue thy eulogy shall SPEAK;
Worthy amongst the worthiest of her sons,
Her dauntless champion, and her steadfast
friend.