Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-07-15
POETRY.
M n 0 d Y

r,,r ,,ruopy OF GENERAL JACKSON
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xyh,, means the sad and solemn souno .. WV
I'll, comes mon Us? What vindicliVe loe
Hath crushed peoples spirit, and repIessseu
THE ,hrob oi Joy within nations n'eaS'
IT'S Deaths dark angel! His inSa.,d'l a",'
n ,,b reached and quivers in noo'e hsa. ~.
n,,as, ,he honr !. come--tbe bolt has HOW'D,
And The Great Spirit hath reclaimed ms OVID
TIE 6rmest truest nobtcsl one that trou
The Garth. hath gone on high 10 meet ms Uoo.
,r,o, .,.s whose glance no focman dared TO brave,
T. a;mmrd f,r ever; and the Wondering grave
Has closed upon that slc,n and mnnlyiorm:
1Tha, never feared 10 breast the rafting storm
ar hattie. when twas fercest: cold and still
Ia thai true arm: tha, stern and IRON WILL
Whose adamanline nerve alike dehed
The soldiers STEEL and the civilians PRIDE,
When Albion Numbered, and intestine foes
Added THEIR TREAcHEsY TO his countfys woes
Is quelled-tha, mighty heart shall beat no more,
For Life's evenlful pilgrimage is o'er..
Well may Columbia bow the head and mourn,
The o-Sta,esman-Sage, is gone
Born Of sire who scorned expressions power,
And crossed The main ere Freedoms natal hour,
And reared BY one, within whose f agile breast
The STEINER virtues blended with The BEST
That live in woMAN's SocL, The impetuous youth
Burned for the hour 10 PROVE his zeal and truth.
Where freedoms banners courted first The air
OF fieedom's land the GALLANT BOY was there;
And when, in ripper years, The savage yell
And the loud war-whoop rang the dying knel
OF murdered wives and mothers, Jackson came
To turn the tide Of battle; and his name,
Like a TORNADO, swept the forest child,
Covering and crushed, back TO his native wild
But see again the tempest lowers The foe
Comes DER The main The las, and deadliesl blow
Must now be met and pa7vied; WHO shall stand
In the dark breach2 Whose firm and steady hand
Shall stay The tempes2 Who has power tosave
"Beautv and Body" from a common grave?
IT'S Jackson i-ay-he's ready al the call;
He comes TO win The battle or 10 fall
In The last ditch Hark harkl thar lannon's boom
Tells the dread tale the bloody strife is come;
The serried ranks of EngaDd's bravest sons
Are swept 10 death, while DER the braZen guns
His tall, majestic form is seen 10 tower,
Caharmed, untouched, in vctory's chosen hour;
Then swes the cry from mountain 10 the sea,
And thousands join The shout-ORLEANs is FREE!
Such was he in the ield:-the council board
Auests his wisdom; and the great re.ra,d
Columbia tenders TO her chosen sons
Was given 10 hm-none worthier While runs
Times everlasting course. shall surely stand
The seal his genus s,ampd upon the land.
But he is gone for ever. Earthly love
Stays not the mighty mandate from above;
And while the nation gathers round 10 weep
And Iatancn, and YDutd, and Manhood keep
Their visils at his tomb-if in me heart
The thought shall rise that lips may not impart-
That ,rords or actions in his high career
Were rashly SAID or poNE-the falling lear
Shall blot their record; for that heart will own
The LOVE OF COUNTRY prompted them alone;
And while that country's flag waves oerthe free,
The PEOPLES LOVE will guard his memory.