The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1872-11-07

And here the buzz of eager nations ran.
IN murmurcd pity. OF loud-roared applause.
A. man was slaughtered by his fellow man.
And wherefore slaughtered: wherefore. but
because
such Were the bloody Circus genial laws,
Aud the imperial pleasure. Wherefore not :
W hat matters where we fail to till the maW>
ot worms, - on hatte-panS or listed spot:
Both are hut theatres where the chiet actors rot.
see before me The Gladiator lie:
He leans upon bis hand. - his manly brow
Consents 70 death. but eonquer> agony.
And his dropped head sinks gradually low
And through his side the last drops ebbng
From the red cash. fan heavy, one by one.
Like the first of 4 thunder-shower; and now
ihc arena >wims around hiin.-he is gons.
Ere ceased the mhumin shout which hailed the
wretch who won.
He he ard it. but he needed not his eyes
Wore with Nj, heart and chat was far AWAY.
liv rocked mol Of the Lille lie lost nor prize,
but where his rude hui by the Danube lay,
Ihr" were his Young harbarians All III play,
thrc was their Dacian moher.-he, their
Butehcrcd to make Roman holiday -
All TINS rushed With his blood. ~ Shall he
expire
and un.ncn4ed: Arise. yc Cloths, and gut
4onr ir
Bot herr. where Murder hrcathed her bloody
And hcre where buzzing nations choked the
ways.
And roarcl or murmurcd like mountain
stream
pt>hine ur winding ~ its tori nt >trays;
Here, where the Roman millions blame or
praise
was death or life, the playlhing> OF crowd,
My voice sounds much. and fall the stars
FAINT rays
ON the arena void. seat, crushed. wall, bowed,
Ana galleries. whore my step, seem echoes
Strangely loud.
4 ruin, yet what ruin from its mass
Walls. palaces, hait-citie>. have been reared !;
Yet oft the enormous skeleton We pass,
And marvel Whcr" the spoil could have APP
ptUc'i
llahit indeed been plundered. or but cleared:
Ala>. developed, opens the decay,
When the colossal fabrics form is nearel;
II VIII not bear the brightness of the day.
Which streams too mnch On all years. man,
have lcit away.
hut when the rising moon begins to climb
IL tupmo~t arch. and gently pauscs there;
When the stars twinkle through the loops OF
Tine.
And the low nighl-hreeze waves along the air
.
Like aurci> on the bald first Caesars head;
When he light shines serene. but doth not
glare
Then in this magic circle raise the dead;
Heroes have trod this spot i, on their dust
ye tread.
While stands the Coliseum, Rome shall
stand;
When fans the Coliseum. Rome shall fall;
And when Rome tal.> the World." From
our own land
Thus >pake the pilgrims DER this mighty wall
In saxon times. which we are wont to call
Ancient; and these three mortal things are
still
On their foundations, and unaitcrcd all
Itolnc and her ruin past Redemption'~ skill,
he World, the same wide dcn-of thieves. or
what We will.
simple. erect. severe, austere, sublime
shrine of all saints and temple of AL gods,
From Jove to Jesus, spared and bie>t by
Looking tranquility, while falls or mods
Arch. empire, each thing round thee, and
man pl0dS
Iii> WAY through thorn, 10 ashes, glorious
1t me-
shaft thou not a,ts Times scythc and ty-
rants rods
~hNer upon the, >anctualy and home
of art and pietN, Pantheon pride of Rome
Relic Of nobcr days and noblest arts!
De~poiled y,t perfect, with thy circle spreads
a holiness appealing To all hearts.
10 art a model; and to him who trcadS
Rome for The sake of ages Glory sheds
Her light through thy sole aperture to those
Who worship, here are affairs for their beads
And they who feel for genius may rcpose
lheW eyes ON honored forms. whose hu>tS
around Them close.