Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1845-06-23

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Thyssf ed III Thy rscs;
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Nor evne thy will betwees
Bat what win History say II thee
81 IL some not distant day.
Whsn broken 10 thy rod Of rule,
~ And ended IL Ing sway;
When thou hest known decline and fall
A. Rome before thee knew;
Whsa Time for thee hath spread the pail,
And Death hath pisrced thee through,
And reckoned y the great account
Where oil must have their duel
How hast thoa used the boundless power
That unto Thee Wa siveni
~ The reeds of good thou hsd'st TO SOW,
How have they grown and thriven1
I. The barren places Of the earth
.ss Hast thou like gardens msde1
Do arid ~ildemesses smile
With green bough and with bsde1
And doth the gospel sunlight shine
Where all before was shaded
Thou answercst. yea, the mental waste
II nov q waste no more;
My missionaries have gone forth
lr'i To every distant shore
My merchantShips have crossed the main
To civiltze mankind;
No more the savage 10 . brute,
The heather moro blind;
And broken are the chains which bind
The body or the mind.
sTss even sS-thou Asst done this,
And un.bsshed mighrst stand
Before the judgements seat, but there
Are red spots on Thy hand,
And Pride IL throned upon thy brow.
And Hatred in thy heart;
~, From many fair and fertile realm
Thou bsdest Peace depart;
And Oft with words Of brotherhood.
Didst act foemsn's part.
How will the Hindo testify,
And how the brave Afghan,
The dweller by the yellow Sea,
The red Canadiani
Will not thy sister Erin have
mournu tale to telll
Will not accusing voices rise
From Scottish height and dell;
And Cambria send list Of wrongs
The catalogue eweul
Oh. thou hast run mad career
OF conquest and Of blood;
A chequered record is thy past
OF evil mixed with good.
Too willing e'er TO take offence.
Too prompt TO draw the sword;
OF generous heart and open hand,
Yet smiling at q word;
a With evil thoughts, and passions wild,
Too readily upstirrcd.
Surrounding nations have looked on
In Jealousy and fear,
To see thy wide possessions still
Incre asing year by years
They wait until thy lions paw
Hath less nervous sweep,
Till languor or decrepiiude
Have laid his powers asleep,
For sighu and fancied injuries
To take 4 vengeance deep.
They watch and not msthinks in vain,
Disgraces to retrieve:
The times are big with bodeful signs,
Thy faithful sons to grieve;
Distress and Poverty combine
Thy limbs to parsiyze;
The voice of disoontent is heard
From all thy towns TO rise;
Where famine goaded mulutudes
With wild Shouts rend the skies.
Oh, let thine armies be recalled
That pillage nndl lay waste
Be just, be true, be mereiful,
Nor self-destruetion haste;
~ Let equal laws be felt by all
Who dwell thy sway beneath;
Unchain thy ports, let commerce be
Free rs the heavens breath;
Or il may hap. that, scorpion-like,
Thouit sting myself TO death.
Look back to other times, and learn
Deep wisdom from the past;
The reign Of fraud and violence
When knew We fhis TO LAST
Pride goeth Ger before fall,
God grant thine not be near.
people should be ruled by Love,
And not by ssvish FEARJ
A nation that but forgeth chains,
f.t- Perchsnes those chains may wear,