The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1850-01-25
Communication.
roa rAE CHARLOTTE JOURNAL.
The Poetry Of the Bible.

NO. II.
Ia sacred poetry. no metaphor 10 Of more
fisaaent occurrence. than that BY which h-a.
W and osss heIminy calsm'Ics are expressed
by the rushing ia of wsves and b,lo~s. When
The soysl pos, Of issssl ~ss driven from his
sh,ons, into eI:ls 10, ond mdsn. BY the un.
unssussI rebe;l,oa of his fsvorns son, he ven.
TED ,hs angul.h Of his hear, 10 that dvnr D 10,
kao~n a. the forty second P'a'm. Raining
smid ihe moun,sins on the ems. Of J"dan, he
b~hsia the torrents fran the mel,ed snr~s on
their summrs. dsshiu2 against 'ccks aud over
p.sc,p,ces aud h,,,eniny 10 setli the streams
bslo~, al,cady sncfoschirg upon rs b,nks-
fis sscms to have transferred 10 himself aud
he fo-,uues, tha, aspec, Of nature. ard Pou.
ed fo,,a the foil tide Of his griei IN the imre
tvs Of bold & .urc:
Dep esilr,h unto deep, thy waterfalls roar
ing around
Al ihv ssvrs aud bilsss have overwhelmed
NE
Il 10 800 obvious here 10 need remark, that
ths hp'Lnsss ard vieo' Of tho poetry sre un.
n,.llrd. Dep colieh un'e deep" The
tersen, ihs, 10 approaching iuvres that ~hch
10 iu the rec, TO h,s,en onssrd. ,ha, suh their
collected nigh, they may bear down my fee
Die h,ad, wh,o I am Stunned by the noise Of
surrounding ca,s'se,s.
-
dawn from the common tu'.ui's Of lie
TIE usa!si process Of ~z,',cs',ns the gram
from the sssas and chat on The ih,eshius O ,or,
svppl.es no smsl! snouu, Of striking .llusta
ticns.
Iience we have that sublime desc p,iou-
lssiah Mi, I5 l6-in which the ID vine Be
ing promises 10 the Jss,sh people the "o-'
urn.l DESTRUCTION OF their enemies. This
zee to be accomp,sh.d BY the pnsrr ard va.
los which should be Impaf,ed 10 ihrm:
sBehold I have made thee q ,hreshins vain
A nee co'n. drag. armed sith po'n'ed tee -
Thuv shA,, thresh the moun'sins, ard bc,i
them smsi
And reduce the hills to chsH
Thu shsi, w,ooow them. aud the wind shai
bear ,hem s~ay;
Ard the Tempest shall scatter the n sbfosd -
b., lh"u shai, ri .acsr Jthorah,-
Ia the toI, one Vi lsaei shat thou triumph.
With the ~s may coliare . passage tfon
Homer, The most m,gn 6c"n, tn conception .
all The psolsne poe,s Of antiquity. u occult
q, the closs OF the tscniwth book Of the lhsd
commsncing suh the four hundred aud n'n"
y.hfth line snd 10 thus beautifully exp esset
IN tho p,,sph,as,,c version and 1s~in. nun
bsts Of Pop:
AZ ~rh su,umnai harve.l- covered DER,
And thick bestfosn hc, Ceres ssc,ed t!on -
When round and iouud smh nevSt ~ear..'
ps,n,
The trsmpl,nk steers beat ou, the unnuDbetc'
gam:
So h-rc- the cou'scr', - the chariot rolls,
Tread do~ whole fauks, and crush out hctUe,
souIs;
D.shed from their hoofs while o'et tie dea
they hy.
Back bIoody d'ops the smoking char'o, dye
The sp,ky ehesIs through he.ps OF csrnss
tose,
And thick the g,osnrg axles dtop with gore
H,gh Ger the scene oi d.ulh Achilles stood,
Al aum eth dust, all hor',br IN blood;
Yet s,iii insstia,e. still nth rage on tl,me,
Such 10 tho lus, Of never dy,ug fame.
Tho eomear,sons OF ilImcs. or the hsuf
used by him IN these lines, is tcscfvedly cs
tssned mos, bcsu,,iul and grand bu, 10 Id
ness and sub'iruuy. II fails far short of the met
sphor,csI tlius,f atoms dawn from the s.,n
source, snd exhibited IN sacred poetry.
The a.lui. tbs grand, the terrible. III
march end mi ely Of . tremendou, dom'na
tion, ere Mingled and sshlb,ed in the follow
ing ceae,se Ole. TO degree lar r.cecd'n
say thing IN snceo, or modern poetry.
A eho'sl company Is introduced, addfes
ing tho Messh. si,sr some glorious victor
Who - this that c"u,s,h from Edom1
With gst,aen's deeply d, ed f,on Boz-al
Th,s ,hst ,s msgn'hcen, IN his spp,rei,
Marching m 10 the greatness Of his strength
MESSIAH.
!, Who publish righteousness, and am nigh
10 save.
CHORUS.
Wherefore 10 thine apparel red1
And thy gafmen's a. Of one that treadeth 1,
vine val!
MESSIAH.
have lsoddeo the vat alone
And of the peoples there vas not man vi
And tsod them 10 mine anger,
Aod .smpled them in nv indignation;