The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-11-12
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4IrYINnERS FEASI.
, p : TTT Tr',' POWER or HUsrc

ALExINDERS FEAST.
Or THE POWER or EUsTc
r,,,st the royal feast for PeniA won
Rv rhiiipls Warlike son;
Aloh. In aWfnl state,
The godllke hero safe,
ON his imperial throne.
uis valiant peefs were placed around
Their brows with foses anu WIN IN ur5,Sne
So should desert IN arms DC eroWheu
The lovely That's by his side
sat II4e a booming eastern bride,
In ao,Ser Of youth and beautys pride,
Happy happy, happy PAIR
None but the have,
None but the brave,
None hut the brave, deserve the fair
Timotheus, placed on high
Amid the tuneiul choir,
n With flying fingers touched - Tyre
TNe trembling notes ascend the SKY,
And heavenly Joys inspire l
The song beean from JOye.
Who len his blissful seats above
such Is the power Of mighty lovel
A dragons hery form belied the god
sublime on radiant spheres ne rode,
When he 10 fair Olympia pressed
And stampt an image of himself, a sovereign Of
rb ,,s1sriv1 s crowd admire the ioity sound;
"A nresent deity r. they shout around;
"A present deity p theVaulted roofs rebound
With ravished ears
The monarch hears,
Assumes the god,
Affects ton0i
And seems to sllako the spheres.
The praise Of Bacchus, then, the sweet musician
sung
OF Bacehls, ever fair and ever youngl
The Jolly God In triumph comesl
Sound the trumpet beat the drums
Flushed with purple grace,
He shows his purple face.
Now giye the hautboys BREATH hec comes he comes
BaeChus ever fair and young
Drinking Joys did first ordain
Baaehus blessings are treasurei
Drinking is tho soldiers 1leasurei
Rich the treasure,
Sweet the pleasure ..
Sweet Is pleasure after pain
soothed with the sound, the kinggreW vain;
Fought all his battles DER again
And thrice he routed all his foes, and thrioelh5
slew the slain.
The master saw the madness rise;
His glowing cheeks, his ardent eyes
And, while he heaven and earth dehedt . ..
Changed his hand and checked his price
He hhOse mOuFnful muse,
SoftPlty TO infuse;
He sung Darius, great and good,
By too severe a fate;
Falenl fallen fallen allenl-
Fallen from his high estate.
And Wetering In his blood
Deserted at his utmost need I
Nv those his former bounty fed,
on the bare earth exposed he lies,
with not friend 10 close his eyes,
With downcast look tue Joyous victor safe,
Revolving In his altered soul,
va The various turns of fate below
And now and then sigh ne stole,
And tears begans TO now
The mighty master smiled 10 see
That love was in the next degree:
'TgAs but a kindred strain 70 move;
For pity melts the mind 70 love ..
Softly sweet IN Lydian measures,
itl Soon he soOthed his sOnl TO pleasures;
war, he sung, is toll and troublei
Honor but an empty bubble
y Never ending, still beginning,
Fighting still and still destroying
1.-THE world be worth thy winning,
Think. oh. think Il worth enjoying
" Lovely 1hRs sits beside thee
Take the good the gods provide tnee
The many rend the SKIES with louo -.
80 love was crowned but music won me cause,
- And sighed and looked, sighed all1 lookep
Sighed and looked, and sighed again:
kt1ength. with wine and love At once Oppressed
The VSnquBhed victor sunk upon her oreaSA
ualHI8i 3Uii lUu- IlY7i- YTuf I}.'
Now strike the golden Tyre again
A louder yet and yet q louder suAln
Bresk his bands 6f sleep asunder,
Ard rouse him Iika rafting peal OF thunder.
UI. Harkl hArk 1.-The hOFrid sound DDS
Has raised up his head ,.sr...If..Iq.
tit.f As sawaked from the dead,
it And amazed, he stares around. u'. OII
RoEengel reyengel Timotheus erita7- lI...,uH
rf See the furies arise Iu.. l .rtH. ..fI
See the snakes that they rear,
Doh. How they his in the air l'-
And the sparkles that dash rom lheir eyes .~
..r Behold the ghastly band, ... .g.. .H
Eaph A torch In his hAndl
Tboae are Grecian ghosts, that In battle were lain
fi And unburied remain, ...
n Inglorious on the plain-a
Give the vengeance due ..
'l To the valiant crew
Behold how they toss their torches on hlgh
How they point tO the Persian abOdes,
And glittefing temples Of their hostile gods
The princes applaud with furious Joy;
And the king seized llambeau win 2eal W uehHpy
Thaisled the way ... ...
To light him 10 his prey;
And like another Helen, fred another Troy
Thus long ago.
. Ere heaving bellows learned TO blow,
While organs yet were mute d -
Timotheus 10 his breathing luIe
N. And sounding Tyre,
Could swell the soul 10 rage, or kndle bOl' aenIe
Atlast, divine Cecilia came, ...........
Inventress OF the vocal frame
The sweet enthusiast from hersaeTed store .'i I
ENLARGED the former narrow bounds .t
And added length " solemn SOUNDS
With NATURES mother wit, and arts unknown Do
fore. ..rO.Il .. ~. Ill. r.I....
Let Old Timotheus yield the prize
or both divide the crown
4H He raised u,ortsl 70 the skies HI-l
rr She drew an angel down. yG.tuiI u