The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1849-07-19
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that celebrated Magazine, by the signature oi
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The poem 10 illustrative Of the privations and
sorsows that were endured BY the Scotch Cove
nanters in the earlier days Of their existence, as
. religious sect: when, hunted like wolves, they
fixed their homce, and their temples, in which,
they sought 10 worship the only living aud true
God, among the crags, and clias, Of Scotland.
Ho! plaided watcher Of tho hill,
What Of the night !-what Of the night!
The winds are low, the woods are still,
The countless stars are sparkling bright;
From out this heathery moorland glen,
By the shy wind.fowl only rod,
We raise our hymn, nnhcsrd Of men,
To Thce-sn omnipresent Con!
jehovah! though no sign appear,
Through earth our aimless path TO lead,
We know, we feel thee ever near,
A present help in time Of need
Near, - when pointing out the way,
Forever in thy peoples sight,
A pillared wreath Of smoke by day,
Which turned 10 fiery flame at night!
Whence came the summons forth to GO!
from thee 0WOke the warning sounu.
Out TO your tents, %, Israel! 10!
The heathcn's warfare gir,ls thee round!
Sons Of tho faithful, up--away.
The lambs must ut the wolves beware;
The falcon seeks the dove f6r prey,
The fowler spreads his cunning snare!
Day set in gold, twas peace around
Twas seeming pence BY field and Hood;
We woke, end ON our lintels found
The cross oil wrath, the mark Of blood.
Lord, in thy cause We Knocked nj fcn,s,
We scorned the ungodly's threatening words
Beat out our pruning hooks 10 spears,
And turned our pioUghshares into swords!
Degenerate Scotland! dnys have been,
Thy soil when only freemen irod-
When mountain, crog, md valley green,
Poured forth the loud acclaim TO Con-
The fire which Liberty imparts,
Rstulgent in each patriots eye;
And craven on n nations heart,
The WoRD-for which we stand or die!
unholy change! the scorncr's chair,
10 now the seat OF those who rule:
Torures, and honda, aud death the share.
OF oil except the tyrant's tool.
That faith in which our fathers brenthed,
And had their life, for which they died,
That priceless heirloom they bcqucathed
Their sons-0ur impious foes dcridc!
So We have left our homes behind,
And We have bclted on the sword,
And we in solemn league have joined,
Yea! covsnsntcd with the lord,
Never 10 seek those homes again,
Never to give the sword its sheath,
Until our rights Of faith remain
Unicitcrcd - the dir We breathe.
O Thou who ru,es above the sky,
BeRrt about with starry thrones,
Cost from the Heaven Of Hcavcn's thine eye,
Down On on, wives end liitlo ones-
From iinllelujah's surging sound.
oh! for . moment turn thine ear,
The widow PROSTATE on tho ground,
The fanshed orphsn's cries 10 hear!
And thou vii. hear! j, cannot be-,
That Thou, wilt list the ravens brood,
When from their nest they scream to Thee,
And in due season scnd them food.
u cannot be that thou wilt weave
The lily such superb array,
And yet, unfcd, unsheltered, leave
Thy children asking lees than they!
We have no hesr,h-,hs ashes lie
In hlackness where they brightly shone;
We hsve NO homes-thc desert sky
Our eovering-carth our couch alone;
We have no hcritagc-deprivcn
or these, we ssk not such on earth,
Our hearts are sealed, We seek In heaven
For heritage, end home, and hearth!
o Salem, city of shs saint
And holy men made perfect! We
Pant for thy gates, our spirts faint
Thy glorious golden streets 10 see.
To mark she rapture that inspires
The nnsomed and redeemed by grace.
10 listsa - the seraph's Tyres,
Asd meet the angels face 70 face!
Father in FIessen, W turn not back,
Though briess and thorns choke up the psth
Rather the torture Of the rack,
Then tread the wincpress Of Thy wrath.
Let whislwinds ehuvn the bowling Sos,
Let Aunders crash, let torrents shower,
Whss II The turmoil Of IN hour,
To On eternal calm with Thee?
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