The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-04-27

RevoIyed a host OF gifted men; great I
lights
Were they, but his refulgeucg high, shone
DER
Them all, like too MONDAY sun!
Time lapsed
A Generations stretcu. and then produced
An iron will. one OF the mightlest stamp
\ compound strange Oh good and Ill De-
Rellouas son CROMWELL. Timely saver
of
His country, hut untimely its oppressor!
He grasped the sword and made MS ma
ton great,
And ieIreI abroad beyOnd all precedent;
But in the sunset OF his po@or, a Go "a
0! gloom Swallowed his restless mind: the
elSL
Victorious, but ruthless sword dropped
from "
His powell $ hand aud Cromwells star
shot from its sphere, dmmlng the pres
HIS wonderful career.
Anon appeared
4 giant in Philosophy, Great Newton;
Who earned the obeisance OF the human
He threw glorious light upon the past,
Which beacon like now lumes the stu
To science e. and unfold to him earths
Imprisoned secrets.
Onward rolled the years;
The man OF destiny, the COrSiCan,
Like a huge comet in the sky appeared!
He rlled mankind with awe! he seized
the sword
Made Europe, Asia, AIric red win D,OoG
And thTrateLo cd 10 DER run the world ms
fell
Ambitious conquerer stood all unpeer.
In arms, ca Histogy.s psge-siuce Caesars
time.
KINGS were his sport, and glittering
thrones mis- toys,
Crowns were HIS rusty currency Tor past
AID yuture favOrs. Maps Of nations were
10 nm no boundaries:-vague and un-
meauing
Wee they. He swiftly mapped new linn
its WIKI
His Keen victorious sword; lit was the
The poten. pen that marked The new
His pleasure. C,essr-Iike-he drenched
with blood
Three acknowledgements potentates turn
But could not boast the virtue that al
Redeemed the most ambitious stains on
'scutchson in his unbounded strides to
Napolton'S path an avenue was OF death!
Little rsck'd he for friend or foei-The
THAT becx'd him on was VICTORY! The
ofofhe.s needless iclI upon his ear
they were but lmpotent, ephemeral
sounds
or empty circumstance. This fatal split
By sudden Lu"n OF Fortunes Nolying
Fell from its evil eminerce with swift
And fearful swoOp. He lived the terror OF
The world yet died helpless captive!
Is ever yer the tate o, Genius when alleged
Win vice.
A vile ambition little recks
The means that gain the end-so that the
Be gained, Is fiery path is drenched
The " word Sr has been from age to age,
And cory amphithealre bcsmemed
Win blood of innocsnce,-shcd to up.
SOME ruthless conqucror's swift unsated
Unha!lowed purposes do oft impcl
Kings. potentates and chiefs to seize the
That never sleeping scoargo-to carve a
To dmimence vile. The wretched widows
or sisters tear,-or orphans cry, are
naught
In the flushed tyrant's ear. A fatal glory
Nerves MS VICTORIOUS arm Ills oA"d4"
cry -
IS .Oly ana empire DECK me on ~
those
Who DO abuse her gl!jSr GENUS brings sure
And s,virtcst Justice; but those who use
her largess
IN virtues noble caUSe,-She, IKE 4 goa
dysS
The grace
From out the CONSCIENTIOUS poets song,
HIS pen. II wisely uStu' presses lhdhhIuu'
And leaves pusteriry a rich and rare
Inheritance. Unlike the SwoId,-lt seeks !
TO bulld-aNG not uvNIOy' us Ln-sS1oH
here
is one o. peace; IT'S uOplleS 10 uPII,I
Mans better nature to an atmoI,pheie
ABOVE las glory tIhii Su'S. -
That constitutes the no6iy great IN NE.
Than M. prIUlt tame he gains by cham |