Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1860-01-06
ODE.
TO TNHIIAM II. SEW ARD,
On his return from Europe


On his return from Europe.
Sic te Diva potens Cyprl
Sic fratrrs Helena, lucida adera,
Veut0rumqus regat pateT
Districts Aliis, printer lapyga,
Navs uup tbi credum
Debes rgilium, hnibus Attleb
Reddas lneolumem preeor;
III serves animR dmldium mes
Hordtius, Lfbsr l. Cd'f1'en D.
Bsst be the ship that brought you safe TO shore.
LON, fated with the winds and waves to wrestle,
As that OF old which Virgil proudly bore; go,
NV motto's not, you must yourself confess, NJ
You never have been so much missed before
They want you upon another vessel
The ship o. state Is drifting fast TO leeWafd =,
And needs your master hand, oh ma,ehleSs seward
cannot tell, indeed, but shAllg go
To Davy Jones with such n Pahnurus,
There's been Of late 'dreile' heavy blow
From busting Auster anu desti ucuve kurus
And able seamanship alone know,
'Gainst ever threatening peril can secure US
Aud sure sml We should have 80 q oesh uluouei
Had you not happily come back from L'nuoh-
Butt forge,-you came direct from Fance,
Yoave been q CUES. az Compeigne otthe emperor
Methiaks see you ighsrst In the dance,
Like youthful innocence, % " SIC Se7npeF , or
Ogling with looks ~ tenderness zskance
Tbs fair Eugeuie In the sweet st temper, or
Apart With Louis, vi a cool edrontry,
Plotting the speedy downfall Of your country.
You've made Pilgrimage another "Chllde"
To Greece where stood the ancient Atheneum 40
And roamsd through "antres vast and desarts" wild
And heard ia minister's din the loud re Deum;
In galleries sr0lleu where khpuAtlh MARY hulitut
And seen the ruins Of the Coliseum -
And now return 90 an admiring nation,
To see the ruins OF our reputation.
Fnoush-you're wanted In this country now,
Por since you fingered by the fame OF isis,
Thsyy gone and made U such precious row
In Congress the "Impending Crhl5,
BY Hinton Helper not by DR.. Howe,
OF which but hity cents the present price q
They print u cheap % MAKE % more accessible,
Tue textbook Of your Conflict Irrepressble.
rh.,ir ham, lain R-,u,n the m artyr and the saint
To whom Sew England sings eNtrayagauzas-
The Devil himself would Wendell Phillips paint
SKY blue and Lowell write him tuneful stanEas;
But spite Of Black Republican complaint,
YouW hear no more think. Of bleeding kansas
Virginia stopped that terrible Phlebotomy,
Last month"; you know, In hanging Ossswaitomle
30 bloodlest picture in the book Of Time"
Perhaps You'll say. Twas stern sentence very;
But old browns ride slew (coniound the rhymeD
Some worthy citiIeus at HArper's Ferry:
Think OF the tool and victim Of your crime,
And Der lis righteous fate At home make merry,
Or quickly seek North Elba where they've laid him,
And there confess how yilely you betrayed HIM
We've heard bout your knowledge Of his scheme,
Andhow y,I said they never should have told you,
Bat kept the guilty secret did you deem
HE BLACK Republicans had only sold you?
Oh. no. you knew twas not hidrous dream
No doubts cOnscience-twinres eer controlled you
For this and other true and pleasing stories,
Yiis the brilliant speech OF Mr. voorhees,
Sweet Auburn oyelles village Of the plain
Well may thy sons In happy groups assemble,
To welcome 10 his long-lost nome again
The man whose voice makes listening senates remble-
As fashionable people thrill with pain
AT Lady Macbeth read by Fanny Kemble,-
And who atones at once for all his knayery
By eoquenty pitching into Slavery
There Is prison In that pleasant town,
That should have offered you It's hospltalies,
On landscapes peaceful lie grim walls look down.
Quite near the Central Railway and Canal Il L.
There you mil ht write the life OF Captain Brown,
The quiet 81 OF unlisturbed localities,
Aud there I trust that you may yet be resident,
Until the "colored gem'men' make you President.
oUELQUUS