The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1843-11-16
From he Ciizsn Solder.
THE MAN OF PAoLl AND OF STONY
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Pale vision, what arr thou1 10,
From iimes's dark deeps
Like a wind Il sweeps,
Like wind when the tenpesis blow;
A shadow ioTm--as a giant ghost
II stands IN the midst OF an armed host!
The dead mans shroud on is awful limbs;
And The gloon Of Is presence the daylight
dims,
And The trembling world looks on aghas;-
All hail 10 the sou or TIE NIaHIx PAST! IN
bilaisl lFROA RrESzAl
Hist Itisstill nirht, the clear say arches
above, the dim woodsare al around ne held.
and IN the ccnife Of the meadow. resiina on
gass erisped 81 ne aniumnal fIusl, sleep
he lone veterans of the war, dishcaieued
By wat, and weaTied down BY The dayi
march.
Il i siill night, and the lighi Of the scaniy
Ere falls on wan fees, hollow eyes add SUI
zen chceks; on uuercd apparel, mas-ois
unfit iof use, and broken anas. Il = sill
might, and they snaieha icseush sleep be-
SIDE The scaniy IRE, and lay them doan %
dream u q time, when the ripe loiesi sail
no more Be uotden down b. TIE blood stain
ed hool, when the valley shall no ulo1o Be
haunted BY the Tnilor-Keiugec, when Lib
lcuy aud Freedom shall walk ia broadcluih
liusicsd Of wandering about with the unsiod-
den feet. and the iatefed rags q wani.
Il . sin night, and mad Anthony Wayne
watches while his soldiers sleep.
He watches besides the camp FIRE. You
can mark BIS towering iofm, hs breadth Of
shoulders, and his face By the light Of the Gre
that marly 6co with the bload forehead,
tho marked eyebrows, oyerafclling tie deep
hazel eye, that hghtens and CLEANS as he
gaxes upon the mcn Of his band.
You csn note The unilorm II The rerolu-
tiou. TIE wide coat Of blue, yaned b. the
bucksSin sword beli, from which depends i1c
sword lhsl Wayne clone can vield--lao Ec-
ings uf nuii. tho buttons rusisd 81 Toe dews
81 ihc a'ghi, and the 'ane.i-wofn. iloopol's
boois, reaching shove BE knee, with ihc
stout iron spar standing ous rom each heel
hinl Toe night Is slill, the delenceless
Conlinentals sleep ia The cenfre q the mead
ow--all around is dark. TIE say above i
clear, bui The siers give iouh ~ lght TIE
wind rs.ecps armand tic mcadow--dim and
indisiinot. iisweeps aud al Is silent sill
can sec nothing. ...-.. ~ &.
Pace y0ur ear On lhe earth. Hear 700
nothinf. ~ - y
f--ANw--Ys@@ h.Al-,Ih1A.41usl-4las-u rnu..h-
lhng. Ihcfo a thnudor growing in the .bos-
en- Of the earth. boz IA. = siant Ia il Ike
ho mufmur on tbo ocean, ere the ierrible
white squall sweeps away tile commerce Of
nation but II - distant yery disiaut-
Wow look forth On abs night. Cas-, your
leye 70 tne thckcl-soe yoa uothiugl
fes--thcre is a flint glenn lac the light
lqf the iiro ay-Iial Il hghiensoa The nighi
= ihal guivenng Rleaml h Is Zoe fash Of
swOfds--ihe glilierng a amsl
Tue night - longer sui.
"Chule upon the-Reboisl Upon them
lover ihem--no quarieF--no quarter r.
Watcher of the nixhi, watca,na over The
! Ind IT the New-Wofld. walchlnq oser the
louunes Of The starved chiidleuol fsesdom-
. A band Of aimed men, moanied ON sloni
: stceds VITO swords niheif uphlied hands.-
'fhcy sweep the thickei. they encompass abe
Imeadow, they surround the Rohel Hos,.
The gallant Lold Gray rides Al their bead
liis voice rings out clear aua loud upon TIE
frosty ar.
"Rooi and bnnch hip ari thigh, cut Them
down. Spare neyor mln--heed never
! cry Tor quarter, Cut thea d0wn-Charge
: for Englansi and 81 Goo,Fer
And then there vas uplifting Of swords
aud buichory of dciencelfss meu, and then
= there was riding over Ce wounded, snd
jumping over ihe faces 81 he dying. And
then there was the csy e. quarter and The
= rcsponsc-''lo your tirofi AXE lbai--,ls 40
ed liobelin
ThoEo wls moment whose history was
/. afterwards wriuea 9Th gpod shafpe swords,
: on the visage Of DYING u'sn.
Il was momem Whsn The dclencelcss
! Continental sprangup rom his hasly sleep,
into the arms of merciess DEAN! ID was
l.he mQpagnf when Wsysr rloaocd aloud wnh
agony, - The sod oipaoli aas aooded with
: pool Of blood thai poaicd lfom tho corses III
y ilIe slaaghicrod solaiels "a his bend. n was
2 the moment when tlo CIV Or uuar.of was
mockod, when The rebel chung n ne iisp.ir
!, 10 tho stirup Of ihe Bnilhcr, aad clunR n
. whit vas ihe momonf whcn The calllut
: Lord Grey, commuulcani Of The True Ape
/; t0lic Church ofEnghnd, edncuediuths firth
/. Of Jesus, schooled h toe doctrines ofmetcy.
: hallood bis ual-dogs on 40 tive slsnehter. and
Z shouted % ,o,ho Starlight heasens, uniilthe
! angels OF tod grew sicA with toe sceue-
, ~OroF ihem-ovcf thetn-heed never a CIV
> -hced never a voicol Root and branch,
= cot them doWn--xo oUaRrrRm
Il = dirk and uoubled hight, and ihe
: Noice Of Blood goes up 70 God. shrieking
~ veagcancel Il Is mofning, and the lirsl
: sunbcams shine over the ieldwhich was yos-
Itnrniuhfa o~oan f.n.d.or---.sh.. sid th-s L.