New-York daily tribune., 1849-09-01
NEW-YORK TRIBUNE.
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THE sryoE or ROME.
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Tv, mellow sunsets ,ha, with rapture Oh
CO.. ,ouD. di.ciyies on the PiDcisn Hlll o.
.o ,,o,e are watched with medisstive gsre,
A. melt, their gold In t~ihghia purple haze
D,o~ned 10 the Pinss iow whisper Dy the roar
Artillery peal. Ia. bilio~s on the shore
And toe ,oft chorus Of the ssrensde
Yields 70 II cheer that u.sps the barricaoe
tn. moon, beuis snant ray tast sweety tel
o, ,r.lase3 vine .na frsrs quiet cell,
Reveal. dead heroes whose cold faces stl
Wear the stern smile ths, proves unconeaered will
The lofty expresses 90 MsriO's blight
Like con.ciou. moorner., gree, the aching sight
For b.yones sleam from bulwsrks hesped below,
And in their shadow ovousc the foe
No organs tone or nuns rich voice besui.
The m1sins stranger In Saint Peters aisle,
But its vast concsve echoes back the sound
OF booming cannon from The plains around
Those hsllo~ed plains whose solitude the eye
OF wandering artist melted 70 descry;
Where frsgmeBtsry arch and orooding cloud
Porbid each tongue profsne 70 breathe aloud
Whsre. Sta passing football hovered nigh.
The frfght.ned lizard swiftly ghded by
Whers Natures bounty. in that fertile cline,
Paused. a. n ave struck At the wrecks Of Time
And spread for ruthless man a neutral ground
VIA solemn hills and holy silence round,
To check. With thought, the ~srriors cruel yea,
And bid him Life's departed spiris feel
Vain lesson for that sscnlegioUs race,
For whom the earth contains no sacred pisce
Who. 10 their r.csle., hour, with hendish care
Torture . woman and marble spare, O.
And now. ia Freedoms councils, may BE- seen
Cro~nips Napoleon scornipg Lanartine;
WIKI Free Republic" their banner wrought
Crusade sgain.t her though Tith vslor bought
Rome's peaceful hsgnts snd venerable air
MAKO waste and lund s.th the battles glare, ball
Through F.ith's o~n temple speed the crushing
And sbroud Arr. trophies with Ds'trucuons pail
Cbivslrc French the murderous bomb 70 hurl
And wound child or kill sleeping girl, 81
sb.se the Ion. p.iuter's easel, I'll no more
His eager hsnd the canvas may explore;
MAX. dresr the Villas paths Of odorou. gloom,
Where lex ivine, and oleanders bloom;
Bid your brave rides from their massive screen
snoo, pstriots down the instant they are seon.
And your base leader - bic master send
The mocking lie that Romans call him friend
The Summer hsrvests all neglected wave,
Waile peasants tbrong the country's name 70 save;
Nor thunder bolt nor hot sirocco's breath ~
Can keep those respers from the field Of death
Pale students haste their gentle lives 10 sell,
And DARK eyed women qaench the burning shell. %
While Lonbsrds exiled from their native plan,
There WELD the sword for Liberty again
Oh not alone the Dswns aerial grace
Bsouestned by Arts apostle b. his race, (o)
But the nrst rosy beams Of Freedoms morn
By the invaders battle smoke were shorn
When the suerrins troop in bnsh, array a.
Took through the gate their melancholy way
When the Tdumvr, fearless, calm and PROUD, (-J
Resigned b,s trust to that desPsiring crowd,
And over bfesstworks youthful cof.es made
The modern Goth. th'ir tsrnished has displayed
When through the breach In Rome's once sacrcd
Filed the bsttslions of the perjured Gsul, l~sii
Oh, why did no celestial sign sppesr, near
Like ,hst which besmed when Constantine va,
No sainted hero or immortal bard
By Heaven armed. that sacrifice retardf
And when achieved. how lise a funeral knell
Through outraged Rome indignant silence fen
Deserted balconies and streets forlorn
o'er~helmed the eaptors with voiceless scorn
From that vain triumph Besuiys pleading eyes ,9)
Were turned in sngui.h, to the tranquil ssie.
That sudden hush TO each invaders ear
Murmured reproaches that he quailed to hear,
They stole from every house that lined the way
Whose dnkened easements hid the light Of day
From Tssso's convent Rsphaers burning home, (i0)
The shattered cornice and the iven dome
From lonely shfines and famine stricken mart
And from the turf that covers shelley's heart
Isnoble snumpb History's faithful page
Records this shsmeiul wonder Of the age
prosperous Nation, Conquest's wreath TO gain,
Brands her own forehead With the mark OF Cain.
H.sten., with sword and Same the slow decay
OF molderng fresco. arch and column gray
Blasts the fair promise Of Rome's second birth,
And stains with blood her eonseerated earth
Awe" n, issa
Norss-I Claude lived on the Pinsisn mount, and his
u-e IS sni fsyonts residence OF students Of Art IN
In the French Revolution the same monsters who In.
ted With every conceivable degradation the impusoned
aeen scfupulnus 10 preserve the statues IN it
lilerles II I'm the violence Of the mob.
letter from No FREEMAN, the painter, which lstels
,peAred In the krss,Hg Poet mentions that beautiful
,anT rnyeruns was kiiled by = she'll while In bed
The letter mentions the prevalence OF thunder
orus ana sirocca winds during lhe negc
S Toe Roman women ekiiuguished manv Of the somns
they fll lSee Miss Falief's leliers In The Trtenej
o 0uioos Aurora was much injured
= 0snbaidis troop.
q Maxrini
. The easements were shut when the French entered
o Rsshsels house ~as consumed In sei-deiense oS
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