The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-02-27
DAILY CRESCENT.


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~ soAkEA nk1kIsk.
feEhlad with passengers 81 cvury son.
. lnqaieY tssear, lhop leas Il lie busy port.
NY long an4 etnpledcck, ware scatter d lie
Whffed9ss and Children though DE crowd arc strayins
aHdi On h,s bench al,srt, the Fiddler playing,
" MS rsA11qp d1tnes % tresselid seats repair
eeenf, o. tne eeHnly waves floating far.
lss dark ioaha eg the ny s pale azure east.
NY s ION s'as elnsl llng group thy piilard msst
!. 70 IN ali ncufiy polules sent,
n eo' It eesl'Ig, a.. ancoIling q te yiad,
Beneath, = each nsrg d wheel lis motion plies,
" either stae The willie ehun q waters fise,
md newly pqried from tho noiay fray,
Track with light fiiEy feura Thy recent way.
Angn iatdtrefEcd in many weed line
~ lnAiEes on the distant suTiace shine.
Ihen hold X fly ecdsse y independent pride;
No leave ask'a thou 81 either wind OF tide
~, wtalc ef point the ilseeze, inconsiani veer
Nv! dath thx easF'ess helinsman onward geeTs
Had lent Vice power thp ocean 10 command.
Miaf Il VT rowaEs which thus within thee lugs.
Es n al.gt which eeutle DANES al morning. Ten.
i tEqin Al,ef erli as.sssng Z, daily zee
ft ~, sfe.iy wge1thAas playing in the air.
Like ne loos' Iihsiels OF a iaa5 s HAIR
~ ~ 1sfsns rom the cnaniel d cup beneath,
~ IN 1iE SOFT ifasfance Of an infant y hrath;
Ihnt which within he peasants humble COZ
& k,ss Pom Y uncover 4 mouth q. say y pot
A. 20, knu Inale prepares hts MONDAY fare,
ny fac1 our and cat, and rosy plclns share:
uat winch ~ sllSeI.d with the moon srale beam,
What time, with Believing din exploded forth,
y decks the midnight Of the lrozen North,
Whle travellers from their sknsspread epuehes rise
10 gaze appn The sight with wond'fng eyes
Thou hast 10 thoue in popaIous city pent.
Slmpses9t Wild and beanieois nature leut;
bright lsmenstEapce Meier d BE- destroyed,
Which, proves % them treasure. hong enlcyeds
Ard iu thiA scope 70 beings erst conifn'd,
fam wouldhatth with grateful mind.
BusbF '' ersh s eloke VIII cSiworls sreee
Nos seated a tier ease may glide along,
ss,4n t.2inQHd IS tar and fairly ISLES amOsig
~ ntfc Du7h{ pfOtnuntores iondlg peep
Atfieir own beauty in the neither deep,
81 er dfpeplng birch and beFfied row'n that lave
Iheff sagfanf branches IN the CLASSY wave.
/ neys VINO q higher objects scarce have counted
May view. wfiintheif near, distinctive ken,
dne fes ~ san.miIs Of the lofty Bel;
Through the din lrapery Of summer shower
4i,ngles his waters with the hfiny tide,
A9ne The lesser Cunira s rocky shore.
n ~ 81 mess flld essea ieiegs eeser 4 Ger,
q tIum his euphoaFd chased hungry rat,
n shs rs ~. IVA, eees S., .he Tla sea new
% yaliantlg with fearful breathing shakes
l,!s lack and gssnsy head at Kittywakes,
The effs thai hath no larsr outline seen
Than Chimney q walls with slated roofs between,
Which hard and harshy edge the smokey Ky,
4ay Aaron softly vision, q peaks descry,
popIng with graceful state her sleepy sides.
Der winch the cloud broad shadow swiftly gliles
And Iniealnelng Slopes ifsi gently merge
Eyes who'll admir- d thai work q soriid kin,
lhs stored structure Of 4 ellon.anill,
q manhall'd pillars on fair Ireland c0a,f,.
PhalanA on phaiapx rang d with side-long bend,
" broken raliks that TO the main descend,
take fhagoah's army on the ked3sea shore,
Which deep and deeper went TO rise no more.
" I'll ne'efihsass, wlaie 'er we owe 10 thee,
keyer g VIZ On river, lahe, and sea
Aspnolit Il bait O. pleasure s inre engage,
Thou uifs94fng nf thai pil0sonhic sage x
" att-Rh0ln healdfy OF science raitks
Hith tllese 10 whom men owe high need Of thanks,
Ard shall not be forgotten, ev'n when Fame
Graves On her annals bayy 5 splendid name -
o lie 81 f. nj oraf fur
Are The light skiis tlft to The breezy air
luiuH their swelling sails Of snowy hue
!ponfhe moving lap Of ocean blue;
As plte proud swan on summer lake displays.
1vi1h plamage bright'ning ii the morning rays,
her lar pavilion Of erected wings
1ney change and veers and turn llkeliving things
So fairly hgg'd with shfoudag, sails and mast,
10 brave with manly ski the winter blast
" every clnie-.in vessels rigg q ike tlese
ihd great C9lun1bus cross the Western seas,
And 70 the atiniHd Thoughts of man reveal'd
What yet The course OF ages had conceal'd.
In such as these, high adventure bent
hound the vast world Mageian's comrades went
70 snch a. these are hardy senmen found
~ with the ties Of Kindred feeling bound.
b9uStlngs as cans Of cteering grog they sip,
The varied fortunes Of " our gallant ship
The offspring these Of bold sagaciOus man
IRE ret the reign o. etterd lore began.
In very ruth, compar'd 10 thesestho art
a daily lab Fer, d mechanic swart,
IN working weeds array d Of homey gray,
gpposod 10 gentle nymph OF lady gay,
70 whose free robes the graceful right is given
70 play and daily with the winds Of heaven.
beioldlhe thee, the great of other days
Ana modern men with all their alter d ways
,Aeipss ~ mind with hasty transit CLEAN,
llke Nesting shadows OF 4 few 'iisli dream:
fNlu gaze with adverse lialnours teased
half sad. hall proud, half angry, and hall peased