The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-12-16
n.ns,asni, Of RoaneIfe.

szs1sSsaE N6H0sSBVu DA 1sVuAsV
on. mother earth, apofl t5y lap
THY weary ones rscesslnss
And DER them. silent NJ drfan'
Thy grassy mantte Weassa
Fold softly }n thy long eInnrs ,ts,,
That heart so wora anu e roheo::
20 enrJ tts puise Of nr6 beueath
my shadows Old and 0aksn. -
.,,.,, as, from, tsu, the bitter. words ~
And serpcnt-hfss OF scornfnp,
Nor lei the Stdrms OF YESTERDAY
disturb bis quiet rnorning.
breathe over hfBa fof2etfumess
tT ali nave deeds OF kiDcnea9y
A Pres down bis Hips or bhndress.
Tbc,e where With living ear and eye,
ne neard Posomac's tRoanose'si towing
And through bis tall aDcestra trees
CAV an, urop's sunset glowing, .,
TIE slespa-stii ieok,ag 10 Sbs west
Itenea;h the dark Woo sosooW,
AS IL he stIiiwouid see the sun
Sink down ON wave ana meaoo"'
.,,ra GAGE. and tribune--fn himself
All moods OF mind contrasting. r."
The ourdened ws1i Of human ;ias M, p
The scorn Ike lightning bastine'
THE uathos which from r1ras eyes
unwilling tIars could sunnon.
The singing taunt. the aerS ourSs
or hatred scarcely human
Mir,h. snarkliua IKE diamond shower
FROM lips or lifelong sadness
(.Iegr p.cturiiR9 or IDa)tsilC loouS
Upon ground OF 5naoness.
And over al Romance AND song
a cissssc beauty throwing
And iaureIIed Clio at his sioe
Her sto1fed pages showing.
an nartIes feared him: each in turn
Blbe,d It's schemes dis1oiDied,
ka right or left his fatal glance
And spectral Guger poinfed.
Synrn Tor or cant, lie smote II Gown
with treuchant wit unbparing. ,,a
And knocking. rent With ruinisss nun"
The roDc PreIence was wearlhg. ...
THO honest or too rroul to fcign ,s..r,
love he never cberlshen,
Beyond yirginin's border hne
His patriotism perishtd. ~.. r
wife others ,,aiied In distant skies
Our Eagles dusEy plni0n. >.... =
He only raw The mountain nlru .....
Stoop over his Old Dominion.
gill through each change Of fortune strange
escke nerve and brain oil DnrnfnS'
Ills loving faith IN mother lana a'f
new never made OF turD1n2.
"a nv Britsin's lakes. by Neyn,s wave,
WhntFyer sHy was over blm'
= We heard her rive, s. rushing souho,
=. Her blue peaks rose before hlm'
$ He held his slaves. yet kept the whi'e
His re, GrtEce for the human,
Tn the dark yossals or MS VIII
He saw but MIN ana woman.
No hunter OF Gods outraged t.s poor
M trader in The souls or men
Across his threshold yentured.
And when the old aud wearfed man
Lay down for his last sleeping,
kuo at his side, u slave no more.
His broi her man stood Seepinx.
His latest thought his lntest Drealh,
To freedoms duty giving. ,,
with failing tongue and trembling hama
The dying blest the lVlnS.
o. never bore his ancient State
A truer son or brewer:
Nome trampliDg with a'calner scorn
On foreign hale and favor.
He knew her fanits. yet never stopped
His proud and manly feeling
TO pour excuses of the wrong
or mcanness or concealing.
But none behc1d with slearer eye
The plague spot over her spreading;
None heard more sure the Steps Oh doom
Along her future ircadinR.
For her as fax himself he spoke,
When his gauni frame upheaVlng,
He traced with dying hand " Remorse,"
And peri,hed In the tracing.
AS from tue grave where Henry sleeps,
From VernOn's weeping willow.
And from tbr grassy pail which hides
The Sage OF Monticello,
$50 from the ieaf-strewn hur1el-Stone
Uf Rand0lpbs Iowly dwelling.
.-vIrrinia. DER thy.lsnd Of slaves
warning v ice Is swelling.
And bark! from thy deserted fields
Arc sauder warnings spoken:
From quenched hearihs, where tiny exlted SONS
Their household gods are broken.
The curse is on thee--wovo5 for men,
And briars for corn. sbeaves giving;
, o. more than all thy dead renowh
We're low one hero living.