New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-05-17
MAY.DAY ODE.

BY W. NJ. THACkEkAH.
Bur yesterday q naked sod,
The dRudies sueeTed from Rotien-roW,
And csnteTed DER II TO and fro
And ses Ills done
Astboggh t were by u wizards rod
A blazing arch OF lucid glass
Leaps like fountain iro the grass
To meet the sun
A quiet green but few days since
With cattle browning 10 the shade.
And To- long lines OF bright arcade
10 order rsised;
Apslsce az for fairy Prince,
A rare pavilion. such 80 man
Saw never since mankind began
And butii and glazed
A peaceful place II was hut now,
And 10 within It's shining streets
A multitude Of nations meets
A countless lhroDg.
zee beneath the crystal how.
And Gsol and German, RUss and Turk,
Each with his native haRoiwOrk
Aud busy tongue.
felt thrill OF love aud awe
TO mbTh The different Rsfb OF each,
The changing tongue, the various speech
Together bleaL
A thrill, me thinks. lac HiS who'aw
AN people dwelling upon esrth,
PTAistDg our God with solemn mirth
And one consent"
High Sovereign In your Royal state
Captlins ano Chiefs and Councillors,
Before the lofty palace doors
Hush! ere you pass The shining gate;
Hush ere the heHviug cufIslr draws,
Ard let the Royal pageant pause
A mOmentyeL
People and Prince u silence keep.
Now coroDet and lingly crown:
Helmet and plume bow loWly down
The while The priest
before the splendid por1sls step.
While stit the wondTOus banquet Itays,
From Heaven supreme blessing pTsJs
Upon the feast.
Then onwArdt let the triumph march,
Then let the loud artillery roll,
And trumpels ring aud Joy Dells toll,
And psss the gaze;
Pass underneath the shlnioR arch.
'Nea,h which The leafy elms arc green
Ascend unto your throne, q Quesn,
And taAe your slate
Behold her 10 her Royal plsce
gentle lsdy-aDd The tsnd
Tbst swavs The scepter Of this land
How frsi aud weak
Hottls the voice and fair the face,
She bieathes amen TO prayer aud bymn
No wonder thai her eyes are din,
This moment round her empires shores
The winds of AusUsl wiuter sTeop,
Aud thousands lie ia miduigh sloop
At Testto Gay.
o awful 10 tha, Gro al OF yours,
Queen Of innumeTshle reaims,
Sitting beneath the budding s'@s
or Enghsh May
wordrous spectre l is 10 bear,
Strange nv sIery Of ID which SCI
Up)n her brow Won cOror a
The fore nos, crown.
or all the world on one 40 islr'
That chose her 10 Il ffom her birth,
Aud bsde the soma OF all ihe eT9a.
To her bos down.
The representatives. ~ au,
Here from the far Anupodes
And frum the subject lnotSn seas
Ia Congress "a eeti
From Attic ard from Hinoos'au,
From Western continent suo Isle,
The ENJOYS Of her empire pile
Gif,S Al her feet
Our brethren cross The Atlantic tides.
I,oaeing the R6llsng oecss which oaee
Rosred q defiance 10 our guns
With peScs'nl store
Symbol Of pesee 'heir vessel rlde' s-
Ger Enelish waves GOsl Star aad stripe,
Aud hrm their friendly anchors gipo
Tbs father shore
From Rhine and Dsnubs, Rhone aud Seine,
As riveqs from their urces gash
This swelling fOOGs Of natinIs rush,
Anc seAWsfc pour;
From e0ast 10 coast IN hienclS casln'
Wik countless SHIPS ne oi!eGe he susis,
Ano angry Ocean sspaia'es
Europe 10 more.
From Mississippi and fiom Nile
From Baltic Gsuges bcsph1rls,
In England Ara s'semh &C mus
Are friend Snd guest.
Leok down the mighty sunii aisle,
And Ne the sumptuous bsnq0ci SER
The brotherhood OF nations mot
Around me iessI.
Along the dazzling co onsde,
AsfN IS the slrsinlne eve can gas,
Clean cEOss and fJuaisio, 9sis. sAd NSae'
10 visiss ora ~
And .tktaes fair OF uymD pa ard maid,
And sleeds aud pads and AnAzo9s,
WdlAips aud graspins ia zoe bronze,
la endsss eght
To deck the glorious roof sod dome,
20 make TIE Queen canopy,
Tue Pescegal hOsu OF inidsTy
Ta=ir tisn1 ards bear.
Yon are tbs works OF Brshmin loon;
Ca such = web Of Perslsn thread
Tbs dessTt Arab bows hs head,
And cries hls prayer
Look yondef where the o. gi.es toll,
These kugisno's Ums Of 'oques1 are,
TIE trophies Of Der bloodless va;
Brave weapons these.
Victorious over wsve aud soil, M
VITA these she ssiis sae Wesves, she tl1s'
Pieyces The everlasuug bile,
Aud spans Tue seas.
The engine roars upon It's rec".
TIE shuttle whifTs sloag toe ~nooL
TIE people hum from door 10 root,
Win eahei tongue
The foubsAin In the ossia plays,
Tae chanting orgsn echoes cieh'
An AwtQl chorus 'tit 10 hear,
A woudrous song
Swell organ ,veli your trumpet blast.
Mach Queen and Royal pageant mTen
By splepcid ais . end Spriogine arch
or this fsiS asA:
And see. above lh@ fabric vss', -,
Gods boundless Hesveo IL seodlng oies'
Coos peaceful Sun 10 beAmlog .sI@oku
And shlsisg over al.
DO, Aprde.