Delaware State journal and statesman., 1864-11-24
1ournaI aap &tattsntHn
.,,.,. Mo,ninr, novtmber a., 1904,
rmn FALL or EMPIMEsI

,,,..r, a. ruv eovursrgMRsr or OEonutTows tolLt0i
lens %, lsGt NJ AHrubasr fReh pElA"AhA'
genofs,lets Time whoa eter rolling Good
Ainrkr bu. with ruin whore m empirs tluuui
A mr.. nd, hears n the wr0cka OF fallen power
Wh,eh axes bult 10 ctumhe in an huar'--
Hs.s lot US muse beside thy rushing stream
And Wow the Us that ones made ul9iy ui'im'
Thy tIde ,h, on ensAn Iulned In Its VI
While We stand loitriug, silent sapi below
We too shall ho thy fp'tt nupuyinB NNs' M
Anl Yield our trophies N nanel,si slato
MAY wears nay, ages cluster round our ut0"
Rre We b, views as W. view oth'ri nnw
Aud s'ill whtu men behold ,he "rees nSA' '''
May Justl.o "e.slm the tribute ~ = gu
As nisatnal halo OF celestial Ilght ,,t
Whsre lay ths nattyrA eotnv In llo-' might,
MAY Hyn0r'4 pure uuauled beacon y ~
Above the ruin time shall heir away. a., M 1in.
Then, let US ssuua thy depths DARK fGlins i'"0'
Abyss OF Stat " since maus h 'i,fli priinr no,,i
Ich with the spells Of kingdoms, THRONES anu pVN'i
.sho, 81 mir Frnys aud yetrnts. to be Ouri
.Sen.e wealth, ,hy current, Ike la-iplus' sands
sweeps on 10 hlsss the soil Of o'hsr l"als
No fared our 0iUH. whose psrly sases "Nel
WIN ,tIsut skili he wuot from thov feenlvtd
Yst, oit thoss depths by llsion's light illunsi
Aelray hat useless grandeurs there eutombsh.--
A. towrs that dueked the cities Of the PLATA,
Ian, Ath the Dead stA'H lucid wave remain
he ours VII, watch ny onward current pour,
10 snatch, o, Time, some lesson for The hnur.
Wisdom with thoughtful mlen, and radiant eye
Wears ia hcr crown tho gema thy deapa upp'F
Var In the annals Of past ayes sh,wa
Thy early 4 ofi,s quseily Babylon.
wiihin thy ample bounds arose on hish
Here whsro confusion smne the gathered horde.
And scattered tongara ptoei timed the aHgTy Lori,
iu after !ears thy sig'h bend lhglr eAis
where Night hsr hell' 0 starry lure dl'plays
Diseord might reign belue.-but there above,
heavens hr.t law those otellng obs Appin's.
Where are thy brazen gates. Thy lofty Salls,
Thy wonirous gst tdehs, aud Thy prineely hAiisl
Where uod's last m lge TO Be shazzu iasledi
A nd Juda'u aVrrOwing eapt,ss walked, abashed.-
Where Daniel spoke,-aud from the hery hanie
The Hebrew ch ldryn botasd dds holy nams,
No vsstlse lives OF all that crowned thy pride,
hut, where thy princes rsvellal Herpsnts hide
Thy coil Ia euraed,--mau's iOOslep comes not Ieui
Aud all Is barren. shApevss Silent, dr!ar
Thus tTunphs dod Oer mans uncertain day,
And thus TOO, perlshed stately NinVeh
llsr site was waste, her very naIne forgot,
Till her lOug terrst Testtss travellers sou ,ht.
There. day looks in where bIoodnE darkness resned
Aud views the affairs Nearoch q rites had salued.
Thence from their covert loom her mas ys piles,
Aud the dark past tpssks from her atoried tiles
fiO more ths Asryrlan monaiehs 'hore inferibs
The victories won DER nation, race And Tribe.
When, with his lsgions, Cyrus shock the earth,
Assyrla's doom was sealed by persla's birth,
And Perslas self when her last race was run
Yields TO the matchless youth Of Ma-sion.
Thou, lsrael, gulided by the Almighty hand
Whose children now are waifa In tvsri land,
What ehaagefa lot Thy saei ei rolls ploslAip-,
What grieis, what Joys,-what glory aud what ahAme'
Uh could not man by Gods own gnidaute blessed,
OleAye to the hand Whose favor he conissssd'
u Ills loved peopis fall beneath HIS rod
What hope then lives for them who know not uod'
From Canan's yerdAnt fields and happy do hsi
10 Rgypt's courts hnd hinArs awfal ioeks-
y
when David set thine a. k with festive l;e-
Hid all thy wand 'finss, aud through dvs8rts drear
1hy God o, Israel, was forever ne,r
Could Abrams simple faith Ills race approve,
Could JOSEF h "a holy lie and heart Of oTe.
Gouii Mose. z,al and Joshus's ftlvsni wlll.
lhne were glo ious lot, ., Israel, still,
No stronger hurtes had rurk their yeuEeid blow
80 haughty Kings had laid thy captains liw,
Nor baue thy princes and thy elders aht's
The heavy bonds thy captive people wear
No feet polluted pressed within thy shrine,
Nor hands unhlest snAtehed holi st things OF III no.
but, while Gods cloud by day and hAme by night
Displayed His mercy IN His peoples sight,
Low Aulan niurmufs from the fathleHa MTOng
Married the triuu phAnt siraln OF Noses slug
Nay, the thnaders Of the Losd wero silllsi,
When His dread pTatenee Sinals submits Oiled,
unto sttAnge god. they bowed within the vale
Whtss chiliren knet to Ashorelh aud Basl
va that had God Tor everlasting king,
Would htl 10 name unsteady seepirs cling,
lhouuh Dayids sword might seal h new made throne
And israelH glory shino In David's sun,
Amid their prucely lins what leAndsla rJse--
Nhnt erlmes betrayed thee IN the hands Of foes
In vain Thy wiie on,s wept thy prophets Walned-
TsArs were eonleInned aud oTaelrs ware seorned.
hut all thy measure could endure no more,
Thy cup OF bfmming gutlutss ran Ger
Whsn. ihronged In P.lAtcs hal ~ thy peOple cfiel
"AWay with Chris', let Him bs ernehed|
And liz, thy Ring gu CAlyary's mountain slain,
R,r Ills los ed Israel iied-and died in vain
rhsp.-by tho suudsrs1 veil before Thy shrlne.-
blghrst Il thou have marked ths hand Of wfAth divine
On Gsntlls hearts lie bids His promise hiw,
And leaves lost Zion 10 her conihg woe
Where TITUS tod. that wia'h whish long had slept.
lu lire aud hluul It's nhhl e"efts
bark land Of Asia, DER thy ny siis page
" hat phantom grtndsurs ath ~ ef ~ aSei
0Iave VI forgotten kings, oi empires hotr
Whose ahadoRy lines 10 earliest tEes alAIi -
Where shall We paus, and thy sl.t.rlns wre ks
To dwell ou eraues some nonltr hlem ~ deehsi
Mid thrones that rise ,-lhnh t''et 10 lher TALL
Ben,aih tne hands that once they held Ia lhrall-
Mid heds which, erilnsone WIN ~ ,ls hood Of m'n
lhan bloom In peace, and ia III grow ibi AgaiD.-
What bnt this lesson warns u, ,.'ui ny past,
That human graniear huds 's s'n' at iast.
Ail " no gsn'rOus deed rsmsln "" 'v shire,
II Its uupitied aud forgotten there
Egypt, weird dAuS litter VI tho eder time.
unused mid tue palms OF Afreas eryvni cline,
Thy Nile silt rolls Its lUtus bstrink wave,
Hui ruin l.aras tue shore It's waters lave.
rsmp!ss which once ulysisflons secrets knv~,
rombs which hid tny stately kipgs fron view
Snl lln to Heaven their dread anu avnlble fotas,
Dee time triumphant and Its wasting storms
hut Isis claims her my stie rites no more,
Aud Tuus sirow her tenpl's saasiiuS n1or
In vain thy pyram ds rise o. hlSh
10 tell where EgYpls NIGH y nunarrhs lis!
lha Arab rsbber's sscrl esiUus hHni,-
The greedy wAuderer VI evlry land
Hath sack thus3 frJwhinK hO nts Of royal elay,
AMI oped their portals To the 'usar day.
Yet age on age from fO III thy ple,ured walls
in long.ost Atcsnta to new cycles calls;
rnere, side BY slie with eeSues OF peace portrayed
kre Wild ambition barod her gliitrrlng blade,
kapine aud WI N nournful sequence trArs
The woes which hll ID thy lanl And suot, thy rae.
Por, where thy lsgions sped their bloody track,
rhsace, DER Thy soil the turnlns tide role back;
Aoie heavy grew tho ehHina eacn tyrant brought
Alh wy lttNNFH SVNtlholAhh thiaM HAohhhN
fAir GTesesi by Egyprs early lore inspired,
lkine was the dame each later century ntedi
Aud still thy sagss teach -thy poets sng,-
lhy Ar.s lnslrucl,--thy pitri0t accents rlng
Through every age, Ia every new :ouni 1,ine,
And lear thy trophies to rem0tsst time
Had SpArta's virus stlll inspired thy breast,
solt Athens had not lulled thes 70 thy resi-
NOT hoines ruds hand seen potent TO dispsl
Thy dream Of freedom when thy Cornilh fell.
Dread name Of wonder-srAnd, imperial ltome,--
Aislress of empires, --LeATnng'a sacred home.
Nhsn dteae had "paled her insn ctual lr's,"
And lost tue palm beqasAthed by attic aisos
Ear In the rugged Nor,h, the crumbliug R,at,
Thy Eagles gathered 10 tholr rgaly feast
Nay, over Britain's cliff aud AficAs I'll 'is
Alike thy STANDARD waves thy ls.ilns pVu-.
fhy eager hand Tsiohed firth to clutch III gains,
Drew to thy breast ths taint that fired thy vsius.
Aud tho bold pulse which martial decide had stirred
WSnlonA amid the glow by saBi conferred.
Thy manhood withere.i, aud thy reAlm too Iasi.-
Thy glory onee,-ptOrr1 but thy ia-e al last.
rhus Time has slrswn It's lessons at our FEET
Aud later days the said ming hoMs repeal;
ssw Pc lIles rs3. nsw conflicts hll the ene,
While wisdom waits Ii gullsn Ia -aves 10 glsAh'
So, where Columbus sped his ysnturOus keil,
thair varying lot our " ssern shores reveal,
The Ant is thine, ., land Of later hope,
he thine the skill lis tre isufed stores 10 ope,
l. wisdom guide thee, and thy ams be just
Not vAinly did they live who now arc ddsl-
Who sel Thy limits fair, aud buildod high
Ou elsons laT and Virtues strsDghenlng tie
plss,ved from the ., thy day Of sriel drtws near
Aat, ,Rsason,-Virtue,-ifth they still 10 dear
u Moyey guilds AMI Justice bsW the5 on
iqps yet Is thinsQ Q land Of Washington
----sset~ ---
The NewlS- Elected Congressman.
BY THE BARD or TowRR HALL
"Eiess my heat is that John 1wiggerf'
But no, il cannot be.
For it surely Is some bigger,
More pompOus man than he"
''Sir, tits the gentleman you name,
A p utn