The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1878-05-25
Ode do Liberty. q.
BY THOMAS 4. BADEAUX.

By THOMAS 4. BADEAUX.
Mid ~crumbling thrones and shattered
oyowns,
The miournful wrecks OF mighty States, /
Sits Father Time, whosoblighting irowns
Are certain as tn unfolding Fates.
What is that lan1e, whose radiance brisht
rhe cherries clouds Of woe has driven
As Darkness slr,t3gy veil 10 rivoB
BY Mornings golden orb o. Iisht?
Tis Liberty's.
Hers was the torch that long had burned
Mid classic shades OF Greece and Rome
But when she saw It's radiance pale;
Their once proud p8trioa ar4or fail,
Degenerate sink-tili IN their minds
Her voice no answering impulse fads,
IA grief she seized the torch, and turned,
To seek a more congeniai home.
The despot,s heel had sore opprest
A nation noble, great and brave,
Till Vengeance nervea each yaliantbreas5
Their home aud eouutry's rights 10 save.
Then Bruce, the flower OF chivalry
Inspired by radiant Liberty,
swore as he waved his sword on high;
To free his.country, or 10 die.
Hail. glorious day of Bannockburn,
That welcomed Freedom glad rcturni
Helvctm next received the flame.
And on her glowing shrine it biazed;
While Valor's manly Voice was raised
To break the t%yrant's bonds of shame.
hid rocky heights. aud hill and dale,
The welcome clarion notes rcseund.
And speeding swift along the vale.
Intrepid hearts responsive hound.
Thine was tho arm. immortal Tell,
That rang Expressions funeral knen!
Heroic Poland rushed to arms,
Alured By Hopes delnsive charms.
And as the radiant Queen OF night
Beams OH this neither world.
Sweet Liberty smiled oh the Right.
Hor'ringawhile with wings unturied.
Bat yictory'a waning STAR grew pale
Meath hostile deans of CosH4ct ,tel,
And thuad'riag e.taUons' awil' peal
Snothered the PATRIOTS mournfai vail.
Ya kingsof Earth, Of Freedom name
ie bo;asfea faiea;is, OH, blush .or |sIlasaet
One yoice alone ~as raised t. save
SafaiatLs from her de4tiu'd grave.
That voice, whose accents sweet bus fin.
Are heard above the raging storm.
Vas thine, 0 Holy Pontif, Zoe
OF wrong, d1d virtues friend in woe.
Then fair Columbia, radiant queen
Eatllroned upon the Western wave,
Received the torch that Freedom gave
Which wrapt her f;sae in glorious sheen.
And if, IN other lands, its CLEAN
Was as the last expiring ray
Sent by the sun at close of day.
1t here shone with a stoadier beam.
At Dutyls call, the patriot hosts
Were nlalshalled hy her bravest son,
And Liberty no champion boasts
Nobler than peerless Washington.
By murm'ring streams, and woodland
groves
Where dwoit the Muses. tunefuI choir,
And Phoebus swept her golden Tyre,
Once more the form OF Freedom moves.
Yes, Greece has risen in her power
To free her fair hut fettcred arm;
And Islam feels thatnow it's hour
Has come, yet sounds its vain alarm.
j For hearkeu to that p~iercirg cry
That rends til aiirighted midnight sky!
"ris from the tented Tarkish Zoe,
Falling beneath the freeman's blow.
That noble and m~ajestic form,
That voice heard loud above the storm,
Is Bozarris', wA4iu Victory
Expired, the friend OF Liberty,
> And may not Menlory's wand recall
The.strugsle of a sunny land,
: In Which a brave heroic band
For Liberty were doomed to fall
, Where wave the fields of golden grain,
Where bloom the violet and the rose,
Where mocking-birl their witehing straii
{ Pegr forth, they reapefuijy repOse.
!. o liberty, Who lilst ~iHs.aro
Oar heroes vita thy sa:re,i dre;
Thou whose name viii Ter he sung
BY poets harp, and patriots tongue,
Whose home is e'er among the brave,
: Do thou, our country bless and save
G. L. College. Nav 18th. 1863.
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