New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-09-09
NETWORK TRIBUNE.
Tie Ttesne.
The GREEK SLAVE

For Tee TGosns.
The GREEK SLAVE.
Do DO human palses culver
In nose wrists that bear the gives
With noble sweet endurance
Such as fills heroic Ives
Is no xomans heart now beating
In thst bosoms patient swell ?
Do 10 thoughts oflcye or glory
10 that gaze Of msekLess dweAi
Some pent glow methinks, difase'
Oertnos limbs grace fs0al.
Warn With Nature and ye; chssien Cd
b. holy seifconuol--
Teaching bow the loyal ,piris
Ne'er can feel a. outward chain.
While its truth remains unconq1ered'
And the VII asserts 10 reign
Ligh, IS ar may be the fe'tsr
Tia, Earths tyranny doth weave
And her slaves BY ~isest courage
Shall their destiny retrieve.
~ the hand that grasps the column,
BIZ the TOOK 80 cam J picssS~
By the mien. sustained though vsnquished'
And the soft, relying breast
Half unconscious Of Thy bondage,
On the wings Of Faith elste,
Thou art gifted with being
High above thy seeming fate
What u thee herd Of gszers :
What TO thee noisy mart
Rspt 10 Tranquil, fond seclOsion.
Thou art m0sing far apart
As the twilight falls around thee.
And thy Matches form ! scan
Rising IN serene abstraction.
Though II wears misionune's ban -
With thy dimpled arm depending,
And thy pure. sverted brow.
Earne.. words hear thee breathing
70 thy distant lover now -
Words Of comfort not Of vsillng'
For the cheer Of Hope is thine,
And. immortal IN thy beauty
Sorrow grows with thee divine
The ark remained while on lone pinion
lowered lar the restless dove,
And though captive, ever Ger me
Spreads the ags Of thy love
II could not feel its shielding
To the frozen verge Of Time,
II my DAYS were not enliyened
Byssense Of Faith sublime
Vain tho try st that filed my being
Vain the hue that came and went
And the vainest Of decisions
Our unspeaksble content
Let the dream that we have cherished
Make more dear each hidden spell,
Quicken every true endeavor,
And each bsneful image quell
Give a tone Of soulful music
To the whisper Of the trees,
Fill the very air with comfort
So that common things shall please
Cover with divine inscriptions
Zen the lowly waving fern
Make the farthest star IN heaven
With prophetic radiance burn,
Draw a sympathetic echo
From the plainiive low Of kline,
From the cheerful hum OF insects.
And the dash Of roaring brine
Meet iall Oft responsive greetings
Ia the twinkle Of the grass.
And the flying clouds huge shadows.
a. along the hills they pass
When thy warm lips tremble softly
with emotions voiceless glow,
And q vague and tender longing
Makes toy eyelids overflow
When thy dark and clustered tresses
From the brow are cast away.
Aud thy zoneless robe is stirring
With the hearts unconscious play;
When a rich and dreamy languor
Holds thee in a grateful trance.
As through green ADD quivering foliage
Sky and water meet thy glance
Or toy voice spontaneous wanders
Through some olden poets song.
While the hush Of deepening twilight
All thy fondest moods prolong,
.~When each human accent irks thee
Like gossip's weary tale,
And the idle tricks Of Custom
Make the zest Of Nature stale;
When lapse Of Care invites thee
Momently 10 summon back.
One by one, the signs Of promise
That redeem thy memorys track
When stream or flower charms thee
By It's besnty's meek appeal
Or magic cadence quickly
|, Fancy's sweetest foants Gnseal
When the breeze thy cheek is flaming
With the jocand air Of health,
or before thy sight is waving
The fall harvests golden wealth
When 10 patient self reliance
Driven by ungenisl things,
AL thy lofty nature broodeth
Like bird with folded wings
When the depth Of this existence
Awes the aatier Of its glee,
In thy struggle and Thy quiet,
Know that sm near % thee p II. 7. I
DRY GOODS.