Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1855-09-04

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ne eye of the savage, looked out upon Rome
hen, like hemed queen she sat clad in he
lrlke power, and which unninchingly crap
ed with her, ard finally placed its foot on he
ck, and sat down OIL her throne, still lives il
the race, soltened indeed by Christianity
ID enlightened by knowledge, but in no re
ect, apprehend, enfecbled as TO strength o
're near-sighlcd in laying its plans, OF les
ldaunted in executing them. Should Eng
nd grow old, and decay, and perish-shoult
e owl boot and the satyr dance where her pa
,es now stand the seedlings Of at leas
enty Englands are planted elsewhere, an'
long them will live her iron language, slow
d simple as her ox-and there will her arms
d laws and arts and literature. her religion
d language and glory live, as long as th'
rth shall endure. e."-Todd
Now gather all or Saxon bards,
Let harps and hearts be strung,
To celebrate the triumphs
OF our own good Saxon tongue;
For stronger far than hosts that march
With battle flags unfurPd.
Itgoes, with Freedom, Thought and Truth
TO rouse and rule the world.
Stout Albion learns its household lays.
On every surf-worn shore,
Aud Scotland hears it echoing far,
As Orkney's breakers roar:-
From Juna's crags, and Mona's hills,
1t floats on every gale,
And warns, with eloquence and song,
The homes Of Innislal.
On many wide and swarming deck,
1t scales the rough waves crest,
Seeking its peerless heritage,
The fresh and faithful West:
1t climbs New Englsnd's rocky sleeps,
As victor mounts throne;
Niagara knows and greets the voice,
Sill mightier than its own.
II spreads where winter piles deep SHOWS
On bleak Canadian plains,
And where, on Essexuibo's banks,
Eternal summer reigns:-
1t glads Acadia's misty coasts,
Jamaica's glowing isle,
And bides where, gay with early flowers,
Green Texan praries smile.
II lives by clear Itasca's lake,
Missouri's turbid stream,
Where cedars rise on wild Ozark,
And Kansas waters CLEAN:
II tracks the loud swift Oregon,
Through sunset vallies roll'd,
And scars where Californian brooks
Wash lown rir II cnuIc ,Or ynlI
Itsounds in Borneo's camphor groves,
On seas of fierce Malay,
In fields that curb old Ganges' food,
And towers of proud Bombay:
Itwakes up Aden's flashing eyes,
Dusk brows, and swarthy limbs -
The dark Liberian sooths her child
With English cradle hymns.
Tasmania S maids are wooed and won
In gentle Saxon speech;
Australian boys read Crusoe's life
BY Sydney's sheltered beach;
II dwels where Alrcs southmost capes
Meet oceans bright and blue,
And Nleuveld's rugged mountains grid
The wide and waste karrOO.
Il kiutlles relins so far apart,
That, while its praise you sing,
These may be clad with autumn's fruits,
Aud those with flowers of spring:
It auickens lands whose meteor lights
Flame in an Arctic sky.
And lands for which the Southern Cross
Hangs its orbed fires on high. Pa.
1t goes with all that prophets told,
And righteous kings desired,
With all that great apoitles taught,
And glorious Greeks admired, [vers
With Shakspear's deep and wondrous
And Milton's loftier mind.
With Alferd's laws and Newton's lore,
To cheer and blees mankind.
Mark, as it spreads, how deserts bloom,
And error flies away,
As vanshes the mist Of night
Before the star of day;
But grand as are the victories
Whose monuments we see,
These are but the dawn which speaks
or noontide yet 10 be.
Take heed, then, heirs of Saxon fame,
Take heed, not once disgrace
With deadly pen or spelling sword,
Our noble tongue and race.
Go forth. prepared in every cline
To love and help each other,
And judge that they who counsel strife
Would bid you smile brother.
Go forth, and jointly speed the time,
BY good men prayed for long, f.,
When christian states, grown Just and wi
Will scorn revenge and wrong.
When earth's oppressed or savage tribe
Shall cease to pine or roam,
All taught 10 prize these English words
FAITH, FREEDoM, HEAVEN and HoxE