The organ of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, O. [Ohio]) 1852-1853, 1852-04-16

WuEN lOwly Merit feels msfoitunes blow,
And seeks relief from pehury and WO-
How bounds with rapture every generous Heart,
To share its treasures, and lis hopes lmpart,
As, rising DER the sOrdid lust OF gold
IL shows the impress of a heavenly mould
And, IL a single sufferer thus may find
Each eve o'erfiOXing aud each bosom kind
How should we feel when NdtiOA rend the air
WIZ lsnaaa ah9N1s of Nietqry and Despair !
HOW f66i' tttail Eiofious OkEEoE Hef8cy appears,
Sublime o'er ruins Of thousand years
Recites the narrowing story of her woes,
Since first the Turkish crescent DER her rose,
And asksof free AMERICA, the aid
Which lies in euery FKEEMAN's heart and blade
Such is The land which now contends alone,
In proud defiance Of TyTanps thrones
Beneath whose sway for centuries she bore
The wrongs and suG'rings--ste shall feel more!
The long, dark night of stern oppression's
At last Is o'er-and Freedom smiles againi
Smiles to behold how all deiaCing Time
Has swept in vain O'er that delightful Cline,
Nor yet subdued the spirit which, of yore,
SHE'D glory's halo round her classic shorel
What though her Towers are taPn, her Arts de.
Gayed,
Not time alone the mourniul change hath made;
twas slavery's mlldew.breath, and Rapine's
sway,
THAT tore hor sculptured Monuments away
Till, ev'n within MINERvAs sacred Dome,
The MOSQUE has found desolated homel
And shall Columbia's Rulers coldly stand,
With listless gaze, and uuexlended hand, q
Tilt Greece Fegenerate, shall her freedom hndI -
or frmer letters Tyranny rebind?
Must Greece, the inspiring theme Of bard and
Thc pTfde OF every tettered cline and age,
Pressed by her impiOus fOemen vainly strive
TO keen the hall0wed flame of Hope alive
Without one friendly arm the sword to WELD,
In aae nj (nlnFVta
Forbid IT, Heaven!--Or be the tale unknown,
That twas not thus our Sires achieved their
olDRI
In vain her Poets sung her Heroes fought,
In vain her Sages stretched the pounds OF thoughts
And vainly, natchless Phidas t0iled for fame
Sh0atd now thankless world deny the elaiml
Aud yet, when in our Councils lately rose
The voice OF sympathy for Grecian woes,
The noblest efforts OF her Champions failed,--
And cold mistrust Oer eOquence prevailed
Yet-thouqh our cautious County may not send
Her Fleet, the cause of Freedom 10 deiend,-
Lest A llied jealousy the act should view
AS ffaight with danger to the ktngly crew.
Thouah, by our Statesmen, it Is deemed unsafe
The aAgry Lions In their lair to ohalei--
Lest we should rouse them to a nimbler leap,
O'er the rude surges OF g the vAsty deep,"
And find too late-by savage force OeTpowered,
We are not ev'n "the last to be devoured;'-
Though neither Turkish faith, nor MOslem laws,
Must be inVhueu--eVen III tue SdCleu GuuS6si
Which aims TO rescue from enthralling chains
Heroic Millions.--in whose ierVid veins
The swelling current OF the Patriot h0wss--
In whose proud hearts the Spartan's aTdOr glOws
Though nothing. now ,alssl She dares to give
TO her who nobly scoTRs in chains to livel--
Still may each Kindred Spirit plead her cause,
Nor walt the lingering sanction Of our Lawsi--
Still may our ThesPian band tho Tribute pay,
Which from the ruthless spoiler rends bis pIeyi-
And watt to that loved Land the Dramas aid,
Amid whose groves the y0usg THALIA strayed,
And all the Tunelul Nine their earliest power
displayedl
Nor shall the boon be lost;-thoUgh small tn
4 sum, tA
Twill nerve the warriors arm, enpeTtis come
To know Christian Peoples Prayers arise,
With hone. pirng ardor, TO the skies
That Heavens Almighty Arm may ihterpOse,
ARD GREECE Dc RESCUED FRoM HER bfRRsT POEa