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LORD BYRON.

LORD YRCN.
''Yet peace 10 their ashes-for by them,
II n,erjted the penalty is paid;
Itis not ours to iudge--far less condemn;
The hour must come when such things shall be madl
Knegn unto ai--or hope and dread aHayed
BY siumber, on one pillow--in the dust,
Which, thus much sure, must be decayed:
Aud when it shall revive, as is our trust
Twill be to be forgiven suffer what is just
CniLDR HAROLD CAHro III.
The veneraton which we owe TO the illustrions
dead and to those mighty minds which have, by
tleir lustre, delighted and illuminated the world
should at all times rise superior to that spirit ofper
secution and envy which has thrown shade upon
the records OF renown, and darkened the annals OF
modern ages. How noble, how sublime is the act
OF bending over the tomb of genius or virtue and OF
Offering that homage which, though unheard in the
silent city Of the dead yibraes on the bosoms of the
living ard urges aspiring youth Is deeds Of glory.
Nor. ellis an. Thcpous aud Fssereut;al act Of bow
ING the knee over grand and sublime characters who
have roue before us, wrests from The gloom of the
grave, the brilliant remnants ofimpershablerenown
ana rescaes from the sarcophagus and he seoiIer,
the gems if worth What must have been the feel
ings Of The scandinavian hero, and the SON Of the
mighty Moryen, wheu they roac from their deyotions
al the mausoleums Of their warrior sires. and saw
amid the empests Of the night, the spirits of those
immortal men2 And what were the emotions a. the
bosom Of Byron when he descended into lie cata-
combs Of oriental genius united the scroll Of fame,
and by the lamp OF glory still burning read the his
tory Of a nations ronown. What glowing thoughts
must have been engraven fine tablets of memory
when he stood over the aahes Of Socrates, Jsono ar
istotle and Plato, and fancy with enthusiasm,
presented TO his view the academy, the porch, and
the lyeoum. Aud did the immortal yron, when he
kneIt 1T the shrine Of Greean greatness dwell only
on the shades IL the character her illstrous sons,
and hold them up to censure and to scorn? Nay,
with poets feelings he gave their viFtuous deeds
10 song, and their errors to oblivion.
Thee chat men do, lives after them,
Whist the good Is often inferred with their bones;
So let it be with Caesars
But let it not be thus with Byrons- the noble poet,
aud Tie friend Of Liberty | am not blinded by the
olandishments Of wealth, the Fpleador Of BIRTH or
Inc pride Of nobility These, brought as proofs OF
human greatness, to are mockeres. Such extra
ueous qualities never can brighten The human intel
lect, OF constitute The essence of mighty soul |
veuegate the memory OF Byron not for the name or
the tile attached, but for that inherent greatness,
that all grasping power Of his mind, which not only
amused and delighted but astonisled and illumined
the world. In the language of the Grecian orator
over his dead body, he was the poet OF every age.
But By rapaeious hands his character has been
assailed and those who dared not meet his gigantic
intellect while living, have entered the sepuchre OF
his rcpose and with sacrilegous hands have attempt
ed 10 exingush the lamp Of his renown and hold up
lie remains of the martyr TO Grec;an liberty, 10
cold contempt and.scorn. How heartloss how void
Of humanity and mercy What, triumph over the
harmless dust of one, who while living could melt
in sympathy for the sorrows of his fellow men!
But his belief was not that of nine Alas and
shall we triumph on The tomb of brother, and sac
rideoall which held dearin life and which reuains
of him. because we consider oar Offering 70 heaven
more grateful than bis7 How much nobler to pity
deluson Than TO punish misfortune, when the object
is already a-raigned before the Eternal Judge Thi.
is the crime which partalles more Of deluson than
determination for which the world has cried out in
scorn, as though all other men were immaculate in
virtue, and eternal in exemption from error
And for This solitary error one of the most sublime
characters Of The age must he sunk in the mutations
able vortex Of zimmerman iLlauly. BAT lis fame i.
inmoria,--hs monument, in his works, can never
perish Posierity viii do honor to the renown of 6
man whose brow was encireled with the twofold lau
rels 81 learning and liberty. His niche is already
flled in the temple OF fame.
with one error, Byron was emphateally the man
Of many virtues. His colossal heart and brain could
iec or and sympaihize with the suffering individu
al or injured nation. Jarkenng storm from the
east bore 70 his youthful ears the clash Of resound
ing arIs-the genius Of liberty cried in his ears, thai
the savage foot of the oslem had polluted the land
OF song the land of his early dreams, and swift as
the lightning fash, be grasped his sword, and his
keel was seen from the silver sands Of otranto ap
preaching the shores Of Greece There, like anoth
er Lafayette he stood the champion OF liberty aad
humanity Animated 10y The example Of other illus
trous heroes, he gave his purse to feed sick and
starving army aud pledged his lfein the hour Of dark
ness and danger. Nor was this ALL BY his human.
example he moderated the horrors 1 war. at best sui
fc:ently horrible, and thus rescued from The hand.
Of the Turkish tyraat. ready to be inhrued in heii
blood, the Grecian mother and her daughters. When
The poet came to aid the land q. his youthful as
pratioas, all Greece reioiced; ard when the angel Of
death descended 70 blast their brilliant hopes, al
Greece then mournei over the yeae-ated corse d
the martyr to hbe ~ and bearing Thstesrs Of scr
row flowed from the eyes OF those who had seen car
aaye in every form, and death in every shape an
moved
How touching how sabine Anation OF magnsn
imous people in tears over the dead body Of theil
6enesoeter. beneiaeter, too who had sheue in al
tic courts Of Europe who had aiready aseended Tia
pinnacle OF fame, andreeeive the CALCULATIONS Of Al
asniriug age benesactor who had moved in the ias
natlng circles Of society and blest with ease ans
4Glaenee YET left them ali al the cry Of oppresss,
hunafv 10 svrestle fr liberty In an exterusinatint
war, and perhaps to fall beneath the sabre Of th'
.reacberous Turk. Aud when death came upon hin
in another form, the feelings Of his generous hear
appeared ~0h. my poor, dear ehildi my dear Ada
/ my God, could but have seen herr he exclaimed
in his last alness. Then spoke and burst The tende
aears Of q iAther And again he said, Il an no
afraid Of yings am more ii 10 die than many think
Read this, sc who have held hun up scorn and "a,
saeh language ever sell from he bps Of one aban
doned 10 skepticisn. Byron certainly enteftsine.