New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-10-23
NEW-YORK TRIBUNE.
THE DAYS THAT ARE GONE.
By CHARLES nAcxAY. Ii. D.


sFor a, iess, thousand gears. The whoe eoee ~
seemed in a long ard sunry Grean Every nasn nea
Ids ltue plot, covld eaciose it FOR sdns4 ;s,,
srssoa and 10 esIesMWsza R,.sia, Dosi0s erro'di
abAttAg Magazine.
wxo Is I. .ha. rnourns for the dsys tia; are gone,
When Noble could 60 a. ne IEed ~ 1I -. ~ .h;
WheI hk serf viii their burdens well h!!eo or mex
Never dareS 70 complain of the weight OF a TAX
Vyhe,, M, word was a statute, ais nod wai law,
a. e. -. ngh. BUT his order ne cared DOT straw
IT, ssr5 had his dungeon and racks for the Poor,
And sib5e, to hang refractory booft
ry~v we're DAYS when WITH Thought IN DIS pete
Wa a man tina. born for the popular hate
And were thought that We good fo- MS kind
Tho man was 100 vie TO be left unconaned
The DAYS when obedience in night or in wrong
Was siwsys tne sermon and always Tho sonS
When the People ike cattle, were pounceo OF a!lTe
And 10 scourge them was thought hihs i-'''
Heaven.
TIE, ,rers ssv. when the sword settled questions Of
And fs,sshood wss first 20 moDopoiize ntgh;
When the sghter OF battles was aI"ays eooleo'
And ths greater the tyran: the dearer the lord
When the King, who by rnyriads' could number els
slain,
Was considered by far the most worthy 70 reign;
When the fate Of the multitude hung On MA breath
god In his life and q saint In mis- death
They were days when the headsrnsn was always pre-
Ths block ever ready-the az ever barred; .psrec-
When corpse on the gibbct aye swung 70 and fro,
And TIM Ere at the stake sLooudered TOO .oT,
When fannina and age made woman a wtch.
To be roasted alive, be drowned IN a ditch;
When difference Of creed was the West o! crime,
And martyrs were burned half score a. a tiIle
They were days when tho galow, stood black IN me
The larger the town the more plentiful they WAY
when Law never dreamed II was good 70 Teient,
Or thought il ,sss wisdom 10 xii! thaa prevent
When Justics herself taking Law for her guide,
Was never appeased I'LL a victim had died
And the stealer of sheep and the slaycr OF usn.
Were strung up together again and again.
Tbev were days when the Crowd had no freedom OF
And reading and writing were cut Of It's reach
when Ienorancc ssola and derse. was ;s doom.
And Bgotry sws;hed it from cradle 20 .onb them.
when the Few thought the Msny mere workers Tor
To use them and when they mad used, 10 contsrnn
And the Many, poor fools, thought the treatment thch
due,
And erawled In the dust at the feet OF the Few.
No-the Present, though clouds DER her countensuce
Has light In her eyes and hope In her soul ron.
And tcc are too wise. Ike the Bgots TO mourn,
For the darkness of days that shall never return
Worn out, and extinct may their history serve
As beacon 10 warn wheneer We would swcrTs
TO shun the Oppression. the Folly and Crime
Thet blacksn the page OF The Record o. limo
Their Chivalry Deh,encd the gloom j. Is true.
And Honor and Loyalty dwell with the Few
But small was the light and Of little avail
Compared with the blaze Of our Pres aud our Rnu
Success TO that blaze May ii shine over ALL
Til Ignorance learn with what grace she may fall.
And fy from the world with the sorrow she wrought
And leave 1t % Virtue and Freedom OF Thought