The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1846-02-03
From the Albany Argus.
ENGLAND.
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ENGLAND.
R. ORION.
o, England, mother, and ciost thou onnose
my strength to our progress, and us as foes;
Are thy great ships all arming, and red flag un.
The spirit of Freedom to drive from the world,
Beware! Look thou back through the realms %,
the past -
Thy kingdom is mighty it may be the last
Inc pale shores OF ages are numbered and strown
thine own. 80 P''"' %
Where is Romeo Where is Egypt1-and Babylon
where? o. 1870 y '''
Greece Carthage, Tyre Israel and Persia the "a
Like beishazzar, the finger of God made them nal,
"ni,S Iuo poits oil his wrath came upon them like
And the Ghosts of the Cnsars and Pha,aohs are
weeping " =
In the Pyramid halls where their ashes oro s,oo-
ing. P
When weighed in the balance, proud ENGLAND ILL
these, ' I'M
WILL thy girdIc ships and thy power on the seas,
Inc noise OF thy cannon aud flash of thv snc,rs
Gird thy loins for the battle, and stiac t6v Eenr,
Ihou hast borne myself boldly in Orient lands
nou cam ST but to conquer Afrc's dark sands
Inc GanSes Is thine, and the tribes of tho Rnodb
my namc chils with terror the Chinanan,s blno'.
INC isles of the ocean bow meekly before thee.
anu Mres'nS OF VIDE conqucsts hang round thee
But But say, in the midst of thy triumph and glory.
v what shall be writ in this part of thy story,
"t tra reused use from thy dreaming thou springst
AS thy millions at home call upon thee for bread
Ihy path on the mountain, thy path on the nlain
Irny pain In tho wids, and thy path on the main
n west, and for ages hath rocked in the sun,
ana Don hres of ruin have lighted thee on
lhou mast sacked and destroyed, plundered slain
and enslaved; w. ~
And the dead give thee thanks moro than those tbou
hast saved -' '''0'' ''io"
And nations before thy rapacitv dire
nave oecn eaten stubble is eaten by fire
49, 49, rngIand' england, thy oonqucsts abroad
Rnt U mn o snou mast ruled with cunninger rod
I wv no Tess oppression with subtle device
w, nv ith nand OF rare coolness and bosom of ice
Irhough spared from the quicker relief of the knife
"0H mast ground from thy masses all else save tho
LOOK on Ireland, thy sister, thy neghbor and peer
Dy 'hee ravagcd defilcd thee cast off with sncc,
Shon ~ tol ny pleasures, tormented and whipped
Tio' Vi her Drthrlght, dcfrauded and strippcd
beck, " "ihS "t tny
Like the thief as he ouakes with .ho 100. - :.
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And art thou alarmed for the balance of ouo -,
ana across the broad sea do the deep shadows low
Look at home-they deeper that brood DER the
Thou hast far more to fear from The 6. b.anccn of
Thou art weighed and found wanting"-thc
Is Is, moaning again, and its spirits arrayed;
"hen ~ comes 1t Will dash thee like glass in the
As the frail FAX is broken beneath the stont fail
LOOK at home-ease thy people and comfort their
IearS,
FOR gauh famine screams in their terrified ears
LOOK at home--feed thy million-restorc them their
right, ''' '''''
And perchance day may break on the gloom of Inv
night '''''' u wy
" England, our mother-Amerca p-ays
NO Ill on thy head no abridgement of davs.
Snc wishes the wiser, and prays thee well DER
"ltu 'hlhe obsolete throne, and the wrongs of thv
poor. '
But she NEEDLES not nor will submit to I'm, sceIas
my " balance of power" may be fit for Mu ais
III may keep the old thrones of the totterinp Fast
aet steady an hour for their monarchs to feast
nut keep 1t at home or the chain NAV be broke
mld the clashes of spears and the flashes of smoke
America claims no cole birthright of worth.
mer secret OF progress is free to the Garth
- Is hcr Jd,any compdct-in woe or In veal
we are stout hearted brothers, and banded with
steel. N" WV"
All born on level, together we march.
f,ach forming stone in the key of the arch
our wlde, fruitful country abundance affords
ana we thankfully eat it, all servants all lords.
England our mother, and does this ofTend9
n hS america rlses, must England descend?
II may be-but if with the eve of the seer
Thou piercest the future, cleanse vision and oar
lhou wouiust crush us-beware, naughty queen of
Lest thy destiny push thee where ships cannot
Lest thou urge on the battle, and hasten the dav
play. 40 'N'' game VIII
For when freedoms banner again ia unfprIod
~ VIII pTeak thee In atoms, and wave DER tho
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