Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1855-07-28
NORTHUMBERLAND.
WRITTEN TO ILLUSTRATE AN ENGRAVING IN AN
ALBUM.

WRITTEN TO ILLUSTRATE AN ENGRAVING IN AN
ALBUM
"On Susquehannas side, fair Wyoming"
Who has not heard delightful CAMPBELL sing?
And sure, by none, who once have seen the
spot,
Can that sweet valley ever be forgot!
Though years have passed since l have trod
its plain,
Which years may pass ere l shall tread again,
With fond emotion still my bosom burns,
When busy memory to that vale returns
see again each well remembered scene,
Viewed with the friends that uere, in days
haze been
Again visit each enchanting spot
Lake. Mountain, Waterfall. Rock, Dell and
Grot;
Or take. in dreams, by Susquehannas wa
tcrs,
Sweet moonlight strols with Wyoming's fair
daughters
Yet not alone (although Poetic toast,)
Is fair Wyoming Susquehanna's boasts
Far from where, North, she leaves "the En-
pire State'".
And still, from small, approximates the
great,
As, in her varying moods she downward
flows,
Fierce in her wrath, but lovely in repose,-
She bears mirror though Old Penns demes-
nes,
Studded with gems-strewn thick with sylvan
scenes
Till, where her Sisters waters kiss her
strand,
Nesting between them, lies Northumber-
land.
a pretty town, though small, and | regret
it,
So brief my sight of it, half forget it,
Though did see it, years since, passing
through,
(If ere that way you travel, so should you;)
1t lies Just at the point where come together
The North and West Branch Us they're cal
led, but whether
North emptes into West, or uice versa,
Are points which, if you ask, 81 cry you mcr-
cyl"
/ have forgotten, if ever knew,
Although. it's certain one streams formed
from two;
Behind the town some hills seem to connect
'em,
So says the picture-T don't recollect 'em;
But what ! do remember 'mongst the rest,
Is that, as you approach it from the West,
A bridge Of size leads over to the town
pray you, don't mistake it for that one,
"The Bridge of Sghs," Lord BYRON stood
upon;
They've no resembance--or, l don't see
any
The Venice structure and the Pennsylvania
That led to death--who crossed it well might
shiver-
This leads-across the Susquehanna River
| The town, as remember it, was pretty,
With rather more of Village air than City =
Yet much of wealth and true refinement
Neat dwellings, handsome Churches, snug
Hotels;
| 1t has Bank too, and for "Lions," one,
At least, in its Cashier, famed Priestly's son:
Priestly the Author, Patriot. and Sage
Priestly tho Chemist--greatest Of his age
Profound Philosopher, and learned Divine
| (Although his Dogmas form no creed Of
mine
Who, from high Calvinistic in opinion,
Became first Arian, and then Socinian
| Of you the difference betwiXt the tro know
That much at least, more than l know, dc
yOu know
Great US u writer, noble as man.
His faults, if faults he had, Jet others scan;
/ REVERENCE GENUS IF by those who have
Tis misapplied, be He the Judge who gave
it!
When, by oppression, from the Old World
driven,
He sought this spot, and meath yon blue-arch
ed Heaven,
With courage high, and will that would moi
falter,
Reared to his Faith, in these wild woods, al
Altar:
Say that his Faith was error, yet shall
That Faith, because It's not my own, decry
Grant he was honest, wanting the true light
| He DID HIS DUTY--TIIAT WHICH HE DEEMED
RIGHT!
Here passed his waning life, and here he died
And buried lies by Susquehanna's side.
| went to see his gravet-for much prize
These spots where rest the good, the great
the wise;
! | would have liked to see his son too, but
Twas after hours, and the "Bank" wa:
"shut "
had plan to make the Cashier me Sec
I'd Bank note and meant to draw the spe
Unless there designed to show my breed
He would oblige me with Check on Read
ing,
For the amount at sight--not one day later
| only wished to serve him in the matter!
But, as the Bank was closed to my veXation
And the stage started on, right after sup
per,
The note, perforce, remained in circulation,
And from the Bank never drew cop
per