New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-03-16
From the Knieksrboeher for Ma'eA
Ths 33iuc gree.


STERN dweiier of the mountain with 'hi ~
Crashing the crsg and lifting 10 the SKY -. f,,m
Thy naughty crest!-stern warrioralps ~, Mast,
Scarce degns TO shake, when cen the n.sas 3o,pn
Which the strong eagle fears 10 steIs s~coP'
And breaks upon thee. Der tne gs'.i''.ee
A, lean st thou with one giant iinio QUE = go
Thg sceplre, and scanned srin01 oH sIy 10
What is more grand. more ,ss s.oi =. o Inv base
Ee,ds for,b bn, yassal rumblings, when the seofni
Awakes tay thunder and the puny WOODS .h,.
Seer, like ben, saplings when tAy towering shape
Sp;ne. in its majesty The lightnipgs cart Ill
Hath streaked, but no- consumed thee; uP
s. the black chariot Of the fiend DER rolis
Upward still, warrior-king thy crest dol" t'O
And in sublime defiance dost thou nins b-..s,
THY emerald robe from off thy ssoandseu e.. y e1''
For other blows 20 fall, fierce Missing ~, ract
Thy scern as hies the tempest, va -, rs;oned
Thy throne impregnable, :nou h ads.. no.
During the lapse OF ages, Tor otast -,
~ -, y. q y, lightning shaft TO cleaVe
.rp.. Ind TO the earth. The hurricane
~ ~ rrbo,rs1, of blazing levin-bots alone
Can bnrl thee from thy post OF centuries
We, ar. thou gentle, monarch o. the crag
WHEN all is gentle round thee-when the SKY
I, .ofr with summer, and the sunsn'ne OASIS
:, love upon thy branches brig winged biFds
Flnuer within thy plumes and make thee gay
With their sweet songs; The doway.pinioned breeze
soo,hes thee, until thou murmurest in voice
on blsndess music, tina, upon the ear
Steals sad but on, how winning
''''''S 49, AS thy head
~. v,;ld tenoest when the rains are launched
In slanted phaianx, when from the west
The wind fans lightly, and the parted clouds
Let the fresh sunshine leap, thy branches nroP
Their sprioklings on the blossom hung beneath,
TIL its blue eye is deeper III is blue,
And floats lis sweet breath 6weeter; "niie Tue 's'
That plump and green o'ersPreads thy IRON f0o's'
Frneed delicate SANDALS seems some IT. sung Piaee'
Where fairy shapes of gold and ebony
Glance O CT in May dances. Winter stern
Howlinc through forests changed to skeletons
AT the FIRST rinlicking breath of Autumn, sent
AS the mere courier OF his dread approach.
Though hurting all his blasts. irem thee fecohs'
His fury speEt in valn: not enc shSht PiuHi7'
No, not the tiuiest fibre Of thy sprays,
Hlanches or falls bat thou stood st when earh'
Leaped living at the blue bird call OF Spring,
Unchanged wilt thou again her carol hail,
And tell where passed her umid steps from prints
OF violets and OF cowsilps.
Let us mark,
Proud pine !-thou of myriad Instruments
Through which mysterious, solemn Nature breathe5
The music Of her wisdom IN our souls
oh let us mark thy likeness IN the world,
The wondrous world ofinai, True Greatness towers
a glorious monarch throned on craggJ thought,
Dscked in it's proud regalia When the blast
OF Fortune bursts it bends not; Der the nero
1t spreads its sceptred arm and weaker SOULS
Bow when occasion wakes it's energies
Ia ali their native glory Earths wild storms
May sweep across it. and their cummings touch
It's lifted cres, but haughtily it dares
The scathing wrath, and caste It's deepest ecorn
AT the endeavor batfled. Glorious gifts
Are NOT bestowed for every passing cloud
or life TO lay them darkened in the dust
And it is gentle too, when gentle hearts
Are round it; love for love 1t freely gives;
And while it bears the upon lis mead.
+, yielt., cherishing care TO those that cling
Unto it for protection. In llie's change
Ii changes not but as i. smiled IN JOY,
So in the bleak waste of adversely
l, wears its customed look, and welcomes back
The sunshine of renewed prosperity.
ALFRED B. STREET.