Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1850-12-26

By AIExANpER POPE

belong, - --ri
The messy fountains and the sylvan
shades, y lf
The dreams of Pindus and the Aonian
maids,
Delight no more-O Thou my voice in
spire s ,,-.I
Who touched Isaiah's hallow'd lips with
frel
Rapt into future times, the bard begun:
A Virgin shall conceive, Virgin bear
a Sonl aH
From Jesse's root behold q branch
arise, 81 '-sl 4t
Whose sacred flower with fragrance
fills the skies:
The ethereal spirit Ger its leaves shall
move, ..
And on its top descends the mystic
dove.
Ye heavens! from high the dewy nectar
pour,
And in soft silence shed the kindly
showerl
The sick and weak the healing plant
shall aid, ..f 1
From storm a shelter, and from heat
shade.
All crimes shall cease, and ancient
frauds shall fail; ~ |
Returning Justice lift aloft her scale;
Peace Ger the world her olive wand,
extend,
And white-robed Innocence from heaven
descend.
Swift fly the years, and rise the expected
morni
Oh spring to light, auspicious Babe, be
born!
See, nature hastes her earliest wreaths
-51 to bring, a. -', ,r .a-rat4
With all the incense Of the breathing
spring: . q. f...,. |,
See lofty Lebanon his head advance,
See nodding forests on the mountains
dance:
See spicy clouds from lowly saron
rise,
And CarmeI's fowery top perfume the
skiesl
HarkI glad voice the lonely desert
cheers; iH ....
Prepare the wayl A God, God appears!
A God, Godl the vocal hills reply;
The rocks proclaim the approaching 8
Deity. .rr
Lo, earth resolves him from the bending ,
skiesl
Sink down, ye mountains; and ye val
leys, risei
With heads declined, ye cedars, hom-
age pay;
Be smooth, ye rocks! ye rapid floods, !
give wayl u I
The saviour comes! by ancient bards I
foretold: .l4'.
Hear him, ye deafl and all ye blind, 1
behold! .-.4 rr-- I
lie from thick films shall purge the n
visual ray,
and on the sightless eye-baII pour the !,
day:
Tis he the obstructed paths Of sound !
shall clear, u
Ind bid new music charm the unfolding n
ear: '1 --.t-r rE a
The dumb shall sing, the lame his crutch I
forego, il
Ind leap exulting, like the bounding I
roe. f
70 sigh, no murmur, the wide world n
shall hear; 4
rom every face hewipes off every tear. r
n adaman;ine chains shall death be
bound, d
md hell's grim tyrant feel the eternal d
wound. a
Is the good shepherd tends his feecy 81
care, er
ieeks freshest pasture, and the purest
air;
Explores the lost, the wandering sheep 7
directs, gIa 9
|y day o'ersees them, and by night II
protects; |;
he tender lambs he raises in his arms, 8
'eeds from his hand, and in his bosom n
warns. :,
'hus shall mankind his guardian care ::
engage el
he promised father Of the future age 81
10 more shall nation against nation b.
rise, .a lG CT
Tor ardent warriors meet with hateful al
eyes, -sr.rE al
Tor fields with cleaning steel be cover'd oil
Ger, Il,
he brazen trumpets kindle rage no
more;
ut useless lances into scythes shall r
bend, B
nd the broad falchion in plough-share W
end. -a' 4,
hen palaces shall rise; the joyful son Il
hall finish what his short-liyed sire be- :,
gun; 7;
heir vines shadow to their race shall ~
yield. as al
nd the same hand that sow'd, shall re
reap the field. IL
he swain in barren deserts with sur oi
prise "'
ees lilies spring, and sudden verdure 10
rise; 't'-.its'' ''. re
nd starts, amidst the thirsty wilds to ii,
9i hear .1s o-.s sfH st a,
lew falls Of water murmuring in his :
ear. .d'3W ni sl4 sr1o5
N rified rocks, the dragons late abodes. sa
he green reed trembles, and the bui- 81
rush mods. v,
Vast sandy valleys, once perplex'd with Al