New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-11-03
NETWORK TRIBUNE.
From the Herald Of Tr3th
THE SKY.
~ WILLIAM rntRso

q WILLIAM thth,o>
Trov glorious ssy isons the dizzy blight
How .part ing plansts. emalous 70 rove
Wiuk At us feeble mortais wheo ne ~
Invites a. ont 70 wonder ano 10 love
There solemn Grandeur wslks serene above
And calls eseh f0sfief world q ifnt rs own
And her. Benevol~Bce, celestial cove
Ia boverios Ger the wstsrsi whore son-
The Alnishiy MAKER boiids HIS everlasting throns
window Of Heaven thro1sh which the ioyai sss
Smile. "a the earth. that 10 his glance then siovs
e,orn III. fair fr,uf what streams q Glory surs
had from hls eye what hshtnins FIRE be throw
That lnoles life. and into beauty grows
Ho~ bsaotsoos. then, thine own transparent blue
80 mild .se noces, not The violet shows
More u1odesty than thou, ~bsreef tby hoe
IL cain and el0udess brsnt-snc bo~ ms estics TOO
Ard thou srt Heavens laboratory, where
The elements are com pounded end the dread
Voice Of the thunder horres from their lair
The savage tempests-quiekenisg zen the dead
The battle loUos IN black array are spresd,
While rOsrs the trumpet Of the storm, and Zee
The srovy hghtsing. on from bed 70 bed
rnl'' sos,soslns IKE I'm Hsyvsa. artillery
AID see that venerabls oak, that bends
Not % the ~1ntry storm or h0ffcauei
How uepbles u before po~esf % a. \. fsn o.
1ts snassy troDs IN splinter and ne ram
DOS wster nov Il. broken limbs Ia vain
And oss great family IN rain lis.- ,,.,,
The srCsth ~ centuries; the iofsst pan
pess,5. ~ orfse carcass add the pfiee
OF one rs..tless fab. that dszzles while Il dies
Thou Ar, the same blue sky forever while
Th,Airni.h.y holds thee ~ MS unIsng hano.
No t~nvss, Issves Thy stately dome pie
OF eraDbiins rpins or Thy sacred 0'nc
or fa.hing siafs 70 gfim Decay command
Tl,e moon rides gsiy still her circuit round,
Ard ishfy watches Ger the sleeping land
The royug coulefs visiting thy bound
Dare disturb the scene, or raise one rebel sound
And yet thou changest cOunteDsnce, and now
see the safhering clouds that make thee pale
Then spger site upon thy dancing brow,
Add frowDs that make the sesmsus heart 70 gosll :
Then through thy realm each Wild oniettered gale.
Frssh from ~ prison pouTs if-emanls song
The ships that proudly walked the sea bewsil
Their shattered u . bs1hile waves IN snlss throns
And march, 70 music Die, the trembling shores along
Yet even when thy features severe,
How boobtsous thou upon the thiIsfy earth
Dee ends storm q blessings; Tar ana near
milton plants are barsiins into birth,
Where Yesterday had regDed the slckly desrfh
The nelds sunil- sWeetly, rOD-o IN gentle green
The hesLeDeo air - foil Of fong aud miribi
Aud urssrins wagons rouno That mount aIe seen
That looked upon the storm viii nsjes'y serene
Map Of the Universe who're rnsn may yiew
Those cline. he nsy not 'rsve which the heed
OF fancy reaches not 4 scattering lev
Paris " a drop on oceans boundless bed
There flows the milky riyer that ha. FED
Bpt All those tfsekiess high ssys who has trod
Tbose unworn paths that mock on angeis sight
And Guide from world 20 world the comets esge eight
Tbou art a brilliant canvas. where are spread
Auroraa golden unts Oh, wonder Art
L Don the gazing clouds are softly shed
Such lovely hues while rudy neralds starr
F,om the suns hnzy charoti row they part,
Bsanng from one red centre. each his way
over thine oVh aluIe plain earhs children start
N ecsfaay irDm sleep A. tnpn.h inf gay
Would brins the heas 70 dwell IN rehlnso' elias
And there is pictured Evening, pensiVe maid,
sitting upon he western c,ouds ~ spieedof
Tie warm sdiep OF Ph0bus-oh how tender
Those beams fhst dazz ed MONDAY he mustTende
His thsone unto the far, bot colder moon
Yet cen her robe of white the SUI doth lend her
And though he hides himself from earth ~ sOon,
He nds her cheering rays, and she reflects me boon
Thou lootest down from yonder lofty towers
Upon the earth with all thy million eyes;
Silent spectators guardian oi the hours
MarkiDs each scene A. Willingly IL flies;
field, forest, ocean, land, before thee hes
Hindoo or Grcenlander locss up 20 thee
Tho same blue Heaven untr0cden mountains rIT-
In vain 10 reach thy bOrdeTi how can Ne
search out thy wonders fhcTe--IOu of Eternity