Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1853-05-17
IProm the Baltimore Patriot
Written nj the Grave of Washiuuton. 81
BY OLIVER 1. TAYLOR. s-

BY OLIVER I. TAYLOR. "
The aut encountered, in trip the Potomac
oPeaR gentleman of rank and educaon who with the
niagluccncs Westminster doubtless before his
nd beholdng the simple, uhadorned aspect of Mount
Vernon, with unmxed irony,
''and is this all your docs for Woshngont"l
AHd Is this all? What woud'st thou have? Some vast
And colonnaded pile, whose mounting mont n
And adamantine walls, and pendant y, NJ ~
With oval banners deck'd, Ito guar tho Clay, ~
Fos @ ThesSe s eo and mo1Eses
T Ma S cunning Tyranny 10
Befit not HIM, whose life majestic was,
Yet firm, and FREQ from guile and empty boast
yS iea ss a his
Most SssS9 'pS that doe bs d eaF'h
The wall OF VOC, stern images OF shroud,
AMI pal, and asOinziIg telIs:s but This, T. yF3
Q. this, why hsia scene orjoy!i The blue -
Rejoicing stream, kissing each stawart rock,
As il to win the sternness from its ace,
Sst ndss e o
Tho hills have found pathway to the sun, 81. p
Catchingthe earliest smile blooming MORN
And thelast glory OF departing day. . So go 40 70
And ali tile air is musical with bids L SJTs 3HY
That fit from spray to spray.s3a "
sequcstered nook where trees OF dcalhleSs yerdu'e
Spt ing from out the mOuld-taki ing their root 1'-'!
From consecratcd dast-here sumbers ALL -5a
For methinlIs his sainied spirit bfoods IN ali Fl
The perLum'd an, and hallows every seenc
~ y, And 10 his AIR sf s.g.-
Back to thy lordy Isle, and say to them III Is Y
d. b DO
plrple robe ami blazon'd sepulchle, f4
That thou hast seen the grave OF him whose fame
Is welded to eternity, beneath Ess-{g
" WhSss eye their hsSshty lion qaaid. before
At their own littlehcss, and whose mighty sg,a
1t was that broke, as strnws the Calling yokes,
Ind dash't 10 earth the elankng chains they orm'd
For men OF iIee,born souls! u
,tsslsl lsi iAna is this alla a. IN .5st
And say, beside that grave thou saw'st one, who,
NurtuI'd In the free and fertile West, and taught " Al
by his own lofty hills and ohainess foods
To loathe tile very ntmc OF Tyranny, how'd .r-u ~
Such pride ulutteT fable, and such holy awe 49, -''
AS no Delphian vac, no Pilgrim shrine ---
oIbless ell Mecca, and no Wondering cross Fs--#
Or tower; clad inSS rdure rich with blood q
OF mlTtyled saint or warrior, ere could stir
Within his youthful veins Ard he but ono @
Of twice ten million hearts that throb like his,
That. turIi them to this grave, nation's shrine,
Aud gather here such nerve for noble deeds, as q 2
That should some rash, intrudiLg foe re dare
To wrest from them the red birth .right,von
BY him who slunlberS here or ever seek ~
With sac ilegons ham, to mar the deep sas. ~
Repose OF ths most coGsScratel spot, then,
As multitudinous as the ocean's waves,
Their swords would leap from ont their sheathes, and
In thst ayensng arms for freedom, home 40 Csttik0
AMI God, deemillg their lives paltry price 81 7l-
For the bare privilege to fight for such 7'.asa
a heritage! ta
..s5....7r. And cay, the grave that thus
Could fire the heart OF youth, could win the love ~
or matt OIL and OF maid, bore not trace
or bazun'd culcgy; funeral urn. -t'' ~ '.1.
No sculptnr'd Shaft OF Parian marble, q t
And no bristng arms oercanopied with gold. ~
But simple, grand, seIens as his own life,
II lies within the dim old wood she lov'tl al
So we'll; the broad blue heaven that smiles above
HIS epltnph;-the stream that by, no
fF..4,s.|-7 Back with thy thoughts
oflordly birth; bring not thy empty trappings g
Here. He needs them not. = :. 'ifaf tc (
t the custom vessels toto their while pas
sing Mount We rnon. 7 i.aef ~