The weekly independent. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss) 1848-1853, 1853-04-16
Written fer the Weekly Independent.
Words are The only things that live FOL
Ever. ,-lIAzLITT.

IT paradox II exr'vngant,
sturt q, reck SIS, ianciiUl display
TO grace a pero,; aud make grtundiings stare
Void, are but breath, ar vapor, wasted
So thinks the pressing sage!
But lend NE nov thy Memory, Tor awhile,
To trace The pat; and let lnias ihalioi,
Picture the Hersailef, you WA hhd, perhaps,
Both POETRY and truth, in tins strange thought.
WHAT have we oi six Thousand crcllng suns
Since hrst l.igM sprung into lite, but the Words
In which The history OF Earth Is tod!
The temples paa rs, and monuments
OF power " hIei proudly slood-ihe Catacombs,
Together " in ,Ae ashes they enclosed,
Are scattered ,oine winds, long ages sncei
Aud those that are to Dc must cfuihDie 100
Tnoush ls ypt lroundly, points 10 her Pyramids,
And laughs at Time; yet let her wall The SnaWin8
Uf another cenmryi or irembIe lest
Tho Earthquuh,, swallow mighty Ghizeh, whole
The hammer IN an Idiot hand, may shiVer
Apollo Belyi,lcr:! and RAISE loud wal
Amongst her urefs, Tor the ruined venus!
Time is still loUnnS lnlo dust, thepiiuo
Wondering, ruis he has !eIi
And, reckless slollcr! revels III Decay
The Words oil prophets, poels, AZ historians,
Are imilor t.il--4 HIean not ali ana wen
Ii Is, All do not ast I ever-Oul pure,
Bright, ttuughls married 10 nciodious WORDS
shuil never ue. 80 -.
IT'S ready every W ere.
Moses though dead
Four thousand years, Is speaking now louder
Tnan wi,ea ne Jited-aud II DAVID, !eafned
For Fame, his Words aud not his battles, have,
Won hhn ieuuW II. before when all other
~plen Tor iah Is. rhinA OF ia" Psalms. resouHding
Through the Tabernacle, toating III liquid meIudJ
Vi, Tie iong ais OF Jutan's lie nple,or
Gushing in sorrow .wn, dark Babe.'s streams,
AMI chUfused By the SWIM winds, swelling
Thromgh Guu's own Temple 10 the sars-Iiermts
Have sung them III the desert-The mighty Alps
Have echoed them 10 the orlorn Wa'densesi-
ScotlauG's Gov ehahleis, i'll Their highland glens
Exu.tiugiy, hymned thrm IA ale cni,iinss
To rctnurseless Ciavernousei and the hoary
Forests OF Columbia, learned David psa.Iss,
FIRST, from the Pilgrim ialhers,-till now they arc
Tie matt s. aud the orsoas OF millions.
Or who dares
Limit the life of those fer Words-lhe prayer,
Christ taught his beloved ONES!
Sill you may object,
These are inspired, miraculous displays.
IT'S lrue--bui do you not remember once
In Rome how when the Plebs, and the Patricians
Fought Mrneniu. Asrppa, saved the State
BY a few WOrds-the web known tabled schism,
When the l.iiubs all Inutncd against the stomach,
That fable has oHtirtd the Empire, which
1t saved, and now speaks deaf iessly Tor ever
CR.ur, could spare all monumental pomp,
When .veli, vdi, vic,n rung through out
The Senate.
" The mighty dead live by their Words
Thus they Enb;tIm Tor ever, whom they will!
q, yes, 'tls true g. Words live for srer.n
Think, then,
That single phrase, uttered in levly,
In anger, in affection, mag Heuer die,
But in It's course, can b.ast "a human soul,
Or aid lis progress 10 higher lie
How neediui, III this age OF lhuughuessness,
Is that wise prayer 10 Lord Sci thou watch
Upon my mouth, Keep thou the door Of my Ups