The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-05-19

see beneath the crystal bow,
And Gaul and German, Russ and Turk.
Each with his native handiwork,
And busy tongue.
felt thrill of love and awe
To mark the different garb of each
Thechanging tongue, the various speech
Together blent;
A thrill, methinks, Ike His who saw
"All people dwelling upon earth
Prkising our God with solemn mirth
And ono consent"
High Sovereign in your Royal state!
Captains, and Chiefs, and Councillors.
Before the lofty palace doors
Are open set.
Hush! ere you pass tho shining gate;
Hush! ere the heaving curtain draws,
And let the Royal pageant pause
A moment yet.
People and Prince = silence keep!
Bow coronet and kingly crown.
Helmet and plume bow lowly down;
The while the priest
Before the splendid portal step,
While stiIl the wondrous banquet stays,
From Heaven supreme blessing prays
c8 Upon the feast!
Then onwsrds let the triumph march;
Then let the loud artillery roll,
And trumpets ring and joy-be toll,
And pass the gate;
Pass underneath the shining arch,
Meath which the lsafy elms are green
Ascend unto your throne, O Queen.
And take your state
Behold her in her royal place;
A gentle lady-and tho hand
That sways the sceptre Of this land
How frail and weak!
Soft is tho voice, and fair the face;
She breathes amen TO prayer and hymn
No wonder that her eyes are dim.
And pale her cheek.
This moment round her empires shores
Tho winds Of Austral winter sweep,
And Thousands lie in midnight sleep
At rest to-day.
o! awful IL that crown of yours,
Queen of innumsrable realms,
Sitting beneath the budding elms
OfEnglish May
wondrous sceptre 'tis 70 bear;
Strange mystery of God which set
Upon her brow yon coronet-
The foremost crown
OF all the world on ono 30 fair!
That chose her to it from her birth,
And bade tho sons of all the earth
To her bow down.
The representatives Of man,
Here from the far Antpodes,
Andrfrom the subject Indian seas,
In Congress meet;
From Afric and from Hindostan,
From western continent and isle,
The ENJOYS of her empire pile
Gifts at her feet.
Our brethren cross the Atlantic tides,
Loading the gallant decks, which once
Reared . defiance TO our guns,
With peaceful store;
Symbol Of peace, their weasel ridesi*
Der English waves float star and stripe,
And firm their friendly anchors grippe
The father shore!
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Az rivers from their sources gush,
The swelling foods Of nations rush,
And seaward pour:
From coast 70 coast, in friendly chain,
With countless ships we bridge the straits,
And angry ocean separates
Europe no moro.
From Mississippi and from Nile,
From Baltic, Gangos, Bosphorus,
In England's ark assembled thus
Arc friend and guest.
Look down the mighty sunlit aisle,
And see the surhptuous banquet set,
Tho brotherhood Of nations met
Around tho feast!
Along the dazzling colonnads,
Far ~ the straining oyo can gaze,
Clean cross and fountain, bell and vase,
In vistas bright.
And statues fair Of nymph and maid,
And steeds and pards and Amazons,
Winning o"u p sPf"6 - ss.o ~sSA~es
In endless fight.
To deck the glorious roof and dome,
To make the Queen canopy,
The peaceful hosts Of industry
Their standards bear.
Yon are the works of Brahmin loom;
On such q web Of Persian thread
The desert Arab bows his head,
And cries his prayer.
Look yonder where the engines toll;
These England's arms OF conquest are,
The trophies Of her bloodless war:
Brave weapons these.
Victorious over wavo and soil,
With those she sails, she weaves, she tills,
Pisrces tho everlasting hills,
And spans the seas.
The engine roars upon its race,
The shuttle whirls along the wool,
The people hum from floor TO roof,
With Babel tongue.
The fountain in the basin plays,
The chanting organ echoes clear,
An awful chorus tits to hear
A wondrous song!
Swell organ. swell your trumpet blast,
March, Queen, and royal pageant, march
BY splendid aisle, and springing arch,
OF this fair hall:
And see! above the fabric vast,
Gods boundlsss Heaven il bending blue,
Cod's peaceful Sun il banning through
And shining over all.
sTbe 81. lawrence.