New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-07-08
For The Nev-Yo'k Tribune
.v,.sr SONG or TABLE-RoCK.
sSernh ns l' stonea

ch,ll make the roaring torieh. Suuo'
oH- And BY the listening earth be neard'
MY 1 10 Ssiius grssp and trembling knee
ID The pressOre on my brow
Ano a. ~ S' gathering drops Of agony.
MI, angel waits, and must soon
1ne r,,sp lespng from tue rock
ca loud the Century 8 passing ooo1'
s'r'As with an earthquakes Keeling shock
t., hi. have in silence hung -
f% p p ase. waiting watching, here;
III. the cataract has sung
its syreR music in my ear
e., ~ nlunse Z" it ever said;
att. hold and beautiful, snd treei
Oh deep ans soft my ioemy oe1-
Come down, oh Rock and d@eu with me-
heart Of stone, to such asong
For aces bsrped, must yield az length;
A grasp Of fliut may grapple long.
But crumbling age will steal its strength
rrom Nature birth heard the sound
OF falling waters creeping near,
lsd trembled at the shock profound
OfrOcks tina. crashed from year to year.
last saw Niagsras face
Its bright srchang ell robe and Crowd
Ard felt the breath and wild embrace
or floods that strove TO drag me down.
sbn up stood-a steadfast wall,
And held my forehead proud and high
Andshook with laughter at the Fall,
Until 1t slowly passed me BY.
Hsl ha / echoed back its roar,
And shivered with stern delight
20 think that Time could never more,
So try again my rocky might.
Ard grew happy in the sound
That valnly poared Its tempting song,
ne while on wooded slopes around
A thousand Summers swept along.
And was proud to bear the weight
on Indian monarchs on my head,
And best to feel the loveler freight
OF maidens with their tender tread
itlast there came the iron heels
OF those who fought the forest sons;
And. later still, the grincing wheels
And angry roar of English guns.
A few yesrs more, and all the wild
Crew tame with shapes of mans device;
God. grsndest temple was dedled
With haunts Of Pride and Avarice.
And vet joyed that on my head
80 many thousa nds came and went;
,Tuss good to hear their godlike tread,
Who unused Of Love omnipotent.
And here they best could stoop and see
An emblem Of the rust Of Time
A symbol great Of Deity
An image Of the Soul sublime.
And I-ah who can boast with me
The pressure Of so many hands
The wise, the fair the great, the free,
And pilgrims from hundred lands.
But one there was, of lovely mold,
Nv willing brow of wresths would rob-
In vain for her, so sweet and bold,
NY pulse a moment ceased to throb.
Che heard the torrents witching words
"Wby fear to fall :" and with the spell,
Az shining serpents charm the birds,
The torrent charmed-she swooned a1d fell
And one there was who, in the night,
For grief and madness sought my brink,
And Ieapt adown the fearful hight
No one but beheld him sink.
obl could tell thousand tales
Ofhfe and death, Of woe and mirth,
That now must sleep till God unveils
The secrets Of the air and earth.
To-day, an angel FER me stood
A messenger TO cast me down;
TODAY the thunder Of the food
Took on fierce and taunting tone.
awhy fear to fall p it growled and Kissed,
sWMyOu endure my shaking hate,
The buffet Of my furious mist,
Yet fear 70 dash me with your weight.
Why fear 70 plunge THE strongest fall,
And conquerors and empires sink
The stars themselves shall perish all,
Lise falling leayes-an1 still you shrink
WHY fear TO drop lat latest. soon
You must in Earlhs destruction melt
oh strike 50 loud the century's noon,
IL shall from star 70 star be felt
| fear not, Oh thou roaring tide:
| dare the leap, the whirl, the shock;
And now-and NOW, to shame your pride,
/ come-a cataract Of rock
ca,sga Lake. July l, h0O H W. PARKER.