Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1845-04-18
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IT, Esss-slss E.ss-ths fer and ancient East,
How nv gore gloses rise upon the soul
Asssedias rkebas. brig the mighty ps''.
-. Thy uisnpA ssrgs on stormy Eara' ROLL
ur.ss rsfass. Of h. lone and weary heart!
TAos sufs teacher Of the dsrksome doom,
That .ssssi Aspss and joys alike await
Eternal morsi-univs"sl tomb!
Tnsioss end weary heart that still must weep
IT, biiss . Maynard destiny denied
Or only IN cares its sorrows steep,
Ths dsrk drear erave-where crush'd affections lie!
Ths lorn-the los-snd more than los TO see
Ths csrslsss. evld. sad svertcd eye
or kssrsa, that Islander sever'd far from thee
To feel the 6end, that fsnes interests call
The darker demon OF the temple gate
= Ths cure Of kin. when blood is turn'd TO gall.
=. Or Fnsodship chsns'd by Envy into Hate
Awsy-sway-far DER the "dark blue sea-
I'D shut the Wcrt forever from my sight
Yea, lie, The Earth unrolI her orb--for
Another hemisphere untold its light.
There would I hail the daw Of day-
Bee, Eos rise DER those holy hills
With rosy tints that lovely land array.
Whose song and story every region fills.
Who. cen would ask from lifelong tolls surceAse
Nor cross q world waste Of the stormy brine,
To look. st last, on ever glorious Greece.
And realize "the Tale Of Troy divine!
Oh. blind old bsrd!-in whose vast soul was set
u All that God e'er did grant;-Thou "Gorv giver'
Lske thine Helios ro'st unrivalrd vet,
And with thy rays, will light the world forever!
Tho lions site. unknown wander Ger
And Time, but mocks the memories il holds
Pslides tomb, stnnds fast beside the shore.
Where Homer's "deep. broad Hellespon," still rolls
10! holy Ida's pny tops below
Thai verdant vale the soft Enone prest,
10 yooder wood, the Dardan shepherd saw
lnosc matchess chaIfns, AnCnises only oiebs
That mound-was the Thymbrian's bright abode
In the cool calm OF yonder sacred grove,
Alike the fraudful, cold Cassandra irod,
And Leda's child, whose all OF life love!
There, fo~s simois to the hoary main
Here, the twin fountains OF Scamadder glide
What sceptic, doubt the battle plain,
Where stood the Scean Gate-or god-like Hector died
"Andromsehe. my souls far better part
How, in one line he all the husband draws!
Or In those words how speaks the hero-heart,
81 ask no omen. but my country's cause"
Hear. how asserts the Lycian OF love,
The dignity God gives. It's Kings To grace
"Lst greater acts, superior merit PROVE
BE hrst IN valour, as the INST IN place."
The Dorian King. his mighty soul out spoke,
A nobly stern. it simply great
When, on the crafty lthacan he broke
" He who can think and speak unlike. IS Hell hate"
The Pyiian ssge thus Virtues lesson taught
SANDER to scorn. in Courage vic
"Spesk out the Truth, my and hide ye naught,
Z" FoR TRUTH coNcEAL'D Is But CowARD's LIE :"
Tydides, there the Grecsn glory shoue,
pious Prince. and dsuntess warrior stands
Though all should fly. I'll wage the alone,
For God will give him strength, who wars at Gods
commands"
Zen stolid Ajax is sublmely great
eve see the soul fash from the Sworder's eyeD
When vslour lifts him DER the slough of Fate
IL AJAX not life, oh love but only light to die :"
Such the msIims OF Homeric wrii
To light the path Of Life, wherever uod-
Surprising oil devised by mortal wit,
They give guidance, only less than God
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