New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-09-14

Kind patron offspring Of a noble race
Thou who dOst give an humble poet place
Ia thy affections, make thee haste and come,
Enjoy the pleasures of my rural home.
have for thee q cask of mellow wine,
AS vet untouched by eager lips of mine.
of fragrance strong it is-both rich and rare
And sweet perfume have for thy dark hair.
@rom those things which may seek to detaln lhet
Snatch thyself of, and haste to muse with me.
Here we may contemplate the Ilber, ever
Moist, with its yellow understanding never
Here we may see Esulas sloping soil,
where peasants at their rustic labors toll
AND view Tuscorlum city OF the hills,
To think of whose foundation ones heart thrlIls
With sadness; built, you know, by him who slew
His father-a strange, horrd tale, but true.
leave for season that abundance which
so oft surfeits the tastes of the rich;
Lock I'D thy massiv manson, which doth tower
Above the clouds where thunder storms do lower;
Cease for a while to listen at the din,
And breathe the smoke that seems pent up in
The walls; cease to admire the wealth of Rome
So opuent with gems DER every foam
change of scene-Of modes-of life and diet;
Exchanging strife and noise for peace and quiet
Have oft been found to benefit the wealthy
To cure when sick make mind and body healthy
Yes frugal life beneath the humble roof
sof cottage brown, will serve to keep aloof
s)r smooth off wrinkles from the brow fcaues
And leave 40 trace OF in .eriny sorrow thsree
So~ Orphsus rises, and next Procyons
Then Leo's breastplate glistening follows orc
Last, Sol and Leo minge, and the heat
Upon the heads Of man and beast doth beat.
The tredshepherd when come these dry days
Seeks. with his lsnguid herd, the pleasant shades
-. 1.rttt ali
Are dorned uuruflled by meanderng winds.
Thou, in the meantime, anxious for the States
ct thinking how can she be made more great.
The city, Rome, being thy special pride,
She being thy first love what else betide;
Thou art endeav'ring to expose the plans
Against her safety made by barb'rous clans.
A deity wise enthrouds in gloomy night
The events Of the future; shuts from sight
Their workings vast, and stops and looks and
smiles
At all the efforts, tricks and cunning wiles
Conjured by mortal man to ope the seal
Offate, and read that future-woe or veal
Remember, friend, proper use to make
OF present time; what follows in it's wake
The gods but know. Mans futures like river
At one time calm, next, as if boisterous ever
Now, gliding down its channel to the sea
Calm serene, from the winds commotion free.
Now, when the deluge strong its waters swels,
1t rolls the polished rocks together-fells
The stately oaks that for long years have stood
Upon it's banks, the pride of all the wood:
Carries upon its seething bosom ruin
Beasts houses, farms, while through the distant
glen
Echoes the sound of desolations power
Work of day-aye, perhaps of an hour
That man alone lie master of himself
Who, spite of poverty or sordid pelf
Can cay each day: II have lived. Let God en-.
shr0ud
Tho morrow either with dark, black cloud,
Or lumine it with a Respondent sun;
Still, he will not call vain what once is done,
Nor what the feeting hours have wrought Will he
Change or undo. for whims of you or me-"
For time exalts much in her cruel task,
Though liberal; nor does sh 9 stop to ask
What want her subject and persisting still
Plays on her naughty game-now stops to fill
NV life with wealth, from yours to take away
Then gives yours back; takes mine perhaps next
day,
While she remains, praise her if she shakes
Her pinions swift, and from my presence takes
Her golden gifts, willingly resign
Them, wishing not to longer call them mine.
No idle tears shed l bid farewell
To fortune tickle, nor would deign to tell
Her come again; then don the cloak Of trus
Integrity, and seek love to renew
With poverty, esteemed for worth aioneo
Without dowry-to deceit unknown.
TITS not for me to blaspheme God with prayer
To strive to bargain by my vows, for fear
The merchandise Of Cypria or of Tyre
May be destroyed by Prometheus' fire,
Or on Its way to Rcmes great mart maybe
Given over to the avaricious sea.
At such time as this, trust in Gsd.
Not by false vows or hypocrtic nod
But live to do the right, and leave to fate
The future to disclose, for which we an Sus wait
Homer, Louisiana, August 5, 1873.