Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1852-12-10
TIL E SAXONS.
BY Z. HEMPs1RAD.

All Kingdoms and all princes Of the earth
Flock 10 that light; the glory Of all lands
Flows into her; uubounied is her icy,
Aud endless her increase."--Ihe Task.
DER til. starles Of Darkness looking backward fs
whr-e dead worlds lamp burns dimy through the ivy
of decay
wherr realms and gorgeous Cities Wars Triumphant
surge hath rolled,
And the thick gram ru.t hath settled the altarsteps
of gold: ,
Gazing back ages vanished, Hs'orys deia land
Here, at twill ght soft and soenn with my soul and tod
Stand upon midway summit where the Past and Future
While mighty torrents rumble, foam, and glitter q.
my ftt.
Thus, while contemplation wanders DER each wide AID
coud.d strram,
,ale cy shrine, and column g.immcr in the doubtful
Tarni Ri 9ercs scattered spenlor< much Of o'e and
Of far.
AL that human heart hath yearned for, wastet broke
and trenbled here:
All that womaus soul hath bowed for waited wept,
watched, and wrought:
All That potcntatcs have toi.el for cities Lazed, and
arni's fought
behold the ,umblci fragments wreck wreck to ruin
hurled,
Of the imIc dust levc-d empires Of the vanquish-l
od-n world;
And from the urid vapors that above around roll
From thc Larkncs EUin the slInec, speaks voice unto
Sqss when from troubled sins in the Hebrews tr
Throw h the fash and through the Thunder, spoke JehO
Sals voice o: power
Not The men who s:eam in purple, not the men who
mtreS wear,
Fill thr erl with cracking cities aud with was the
startled air;
Are tie though all unlaure-, hh of rurI great
Of mid.
Who, through doubt distress aud dang have been bea
cons t. their kind
Then hear TIE clang fa,riic feel The fast Garth roens
TusIid.
empires crumtlins the trumpets battle
sound,
Hear sudden blast Of c'arions rushing the distant
gloom,
Streams nive :he graphing cgons, like storm, the
naughty plume;
Ger the thick ba.talos ringing and plain AFR
flashes - the fain, sabre, a-hes ikea falling star.
Till the sound faint and faiat-r, till In. folding
shadows fall
TIL silence deep Lchcan, settles mournful over all
Aid hear the ssart Egyptian Iossng that through
Ills religion language. arts shall shine ard rai5n oec
every 81 me-
Hear the plastic ohise falling the gray, sepulchral
And tie +, ramil and Idol glitter the siukIs
le!ol the naughty Persian from the Indus blooming
To hl brow Of white Olympus tliumphins ev,ly land
Looming the s;ned darkness the vine hung
Shouting flou Ia. bloody victory shining in the arts Of
behold her Arstote-, solons sag s. warriors serrs
Nauuting that III, il sro their iunrs, shall .u.as
the fight Of years
Making twilight through the temple behold the holy
lame, ......
And cath afar the shl utnG for the iaure!ed at the
game
Like black, ndis torrent bursting from its
tain home,
Bearing down the banded nations sweep the srrej ranks
Of Rome;
leho her reekng eagles, her disastrous shout hcar
Ger The crash Of tumbng ranparts, rolling and
more near.
behold the turbaued Tartar, fiery Goth, and rushing
Minsns in the red dcathgrsppe, rousing at the tru
pets tore:
Darker grows the storm battle louder rolls the roaring
Till the hills aud shrinking valleys quake beneath the
Till dark intense oblivion draws around its funeral pa
Till silence deep Lethean, settles mcurnful over all
Starting from tbs e-oblivon, from this vanished human
One there stands Of noble bearing, great Of heart and
proud Of mien,
And know the fArhaired ssSon-know him by the kim
Know him BY the fearless manner, by the soul which
dares to die.
Fade the roans and dies the battle slowly rolls the storm
Cleans the dawn upon the Orient burn the blushes OF
the day,
Golden and mountain far the living spendors
Light doomi in his dungeon, give the slave unto
his own:
ers from the deep fount Of knowledge, human rights
AMI laws sustained,
Planets weighed and measured thy splendid
Victories gained;
Blessings the lot Of triumphs Ger the foes Of
mind.
Realms cxpoe and deserts peop!ed love unto thy errng
kind,
Cites planted, wrong confronted Error claimed to her
ab,ss,
Tngs brea:hcd to savage bosoms of better world than
tAis;
Lauels for the brow of Genius gold from thoughts un
fathomei mime,
Deeds that link thy with ansels-are immortal tro
plies thine
Thus are Jrouder names than Caesar blended with thy
glorious line,
Thus the world becomes Thy debtor airhaired Saxon Of
the Rhine!
tl wellingons thy Nelson's, heroes Of the breach
and sword,
Not thy plains where hasgard Slaughter hath her s:no
king drluse poured,
Not thy Wateroos thy Crecys, Nnvarinos Trafalgars,
wreLtc thy brow with triple glory, write thy among
the stars,
But thy Millions and thy Luthers, Howards Penns, and
washingtoIs.
Sent from tod with glad evangels to earths sick and
weary ones;
Priests Truths most holy temple questioners Of fate
and time,
These are thine eternal honors these have male thy
sublime.