Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-05
suppress every sanguine hope of the fu-
ture energy and greatness OF America"

suppress every sanguine hope of the flu
lure energy and greatness OF America"
sample Poem.
In his poem addressed to the LORD Wis.,
count Forbes from the city OF Washington.
he has these lines:
While yet upon colambia's rising brow
H"r M'.'ss shiile 81 Young presumption PLAYS.
Even now; in dau-a of nfe Der si,kiy breath
,s Ml;h the faint Of empires near their death:
Shes od =, ,oe nsl'is az her own whitening cline.
Another extract is as follows;
.hirady In this free. this yirtnoIs state
IT, - rnsiehnci tell MS. WAS ordained hy fate
From rabblc senators and rner,s,en, li,e ~ ''sS
Taen nei s aif,ady patriots learn 10 steal
And gnari"n~ pr S rc,ni from pGnli, veal
Iio.. ,n.n, Priests let out the fame for hire.
rom Englands debtors 10 he Enrlsni,s sccs
"nS , sa,d Their Inonar,l in their pursc forget
IL "reak aiicgiancc hut to cancel debt
nave proved At length. the minerals tamr,ins
on Frcs'iom Freedom how / hate fhy nun, 1-n,. '"'
OF pprnlcd , "SIlihast not the savage rant
rIon, h"inan Nero down t. Russian psul
A. The ran. ' g my car 50 mean. base
Mho. poor OF he.it and proIlcal Of words
s,, 10 be slaves. yet struggling to i,o lords
ana shout for rights. with rapIne in their bcsrss
up.
me ,mssicy mass OF pride and nisery
or sla,in an" ~ charters mauaclcs and rights
IA S'aS ~, M bia' Ks and Democratic whites
~ I'M an the piehald polity that rcicns
~ i ,b,, roi,Ihsion DER Columbia's plansy
Siond stand before thee with a tr-an,.s -.
vsr Creatures like himself. with souls fnm ,p..
~ oafe I" boast of perfect liberty ''
away. away-Id rather hold nv mex
IT, g1uu"liu Tenure from sultan's beck
IN Chimes where liberty has scarce bccn nam,
I rhs any H., risht nlt that of ruling clainl'd
Her fnsian 70 aa Nv f. mhcrc bastard From waves
, nnere.hoiiey laws admitting M ,iecre.
AK, an, me ,s Willy slaTd aud madly free
INT "ru'e hnade ruler and the man made brute,
Unfit for Publication.
IN the poem addressed TO Thomas Hume
esq., NJ ID. from the city of Washington
are the ines In which are Included sucb
IL iuehdoes cast upon jefferson that they
VIII not bear publication. In order that
mere shall be no mistake about who is
Intended, post-note is adaea I'm which
10y, thing Is given but the official of the
ohited states who is intended ana mis-
iiinsy omission is heightened rather than
i.ssehed by stars. containing the same
HGnber as the letters in the word
lows: P0ei" are as ioi-
IN. In fancy now, beneath the twilight c,oom
wtnr ~ , me lead thee this second Rene,
"h,rt tripunes rule. where duskv l,vi now
AID ni,a what was Goose-Crc once is Tg,,er novv
= rms embryo capital. Win re- Fancy Sos
Slusres IN mpraSscs. ol,elskS in ir,S.
Mhlch se'ond-sighfed sacrs ey'n t.w oaor,
y Ma,n Shrnes nn,ult. and heroes yet ,nho.n'
un"ush houshf but woods and - tbey "a,
Where streets should run and ages ought 10 l..
IT,, owa was world so bright. IN; born to grace
, a. Nelk barharians. swarming o'er its breast
w w V n genier'd IN the lions CREST
M,re none but brutes To cali that soil III 49,.
wh re none hut dcmitt ts s,ouId dare To- 80. ''
ni, S S thou wonirous world, oh: dcuiv worse.
lprrIl.
E me bin ni.y dsess Of every distant cline
VII MI "h E,r o. anarchy and faint Il crime
III iui mallgnity 10 rankle here;
Now look. my friend. where faint the mo,n,,,,,,
ON wonder dome. and in those priu,.lv halls
N ti"" cahst nate rs sure THAI soul fnusf ;tata
+, hn low The yirtnons and r,.,eras ta. gr,at
III thon canst loathe and execrate with me
Inc poisonous drug of French phil.rs.I, ilv
I 1aat nanseous SLAYER Of these frantic times
II ~ IL WHEN h false liberty dufrs her crimes
II tE"u hast got. within thy ftcaborr bpaSt
Wiz u that beats more proudly than the rest
Mlih h"nest scorn for thar inelorious soui
Mhici creeps and winds beneath a In,l,'s ,,,nt-I
mo courts the rabhe's SMILE the IA ..nIc's mol
A a1a. makes like Egypt. every beast Its god;
ih're, IN those wals-but. burning tongue for
RANK mus, must be reverencd. even the rank that's
80 So here J panae.and NV. dear Hume we part;
nut or again. in frank exchange of heart.
Ii'is let us meet. and mnyir a-,nvers.. .,.,r
-! Ihaines AZ home. or 10y Potomac here
JET IKE ana marsh. through fsyers aud through
Midst bears and Yankees. democrats and fross.
NY NY i"ot siaii follow ne. thy heart and eyes
VIII me shall wonder. and with ne d1sni.s
While l. ns oft. in fancvs dream stan r.,,,.
Win Thee cnlversing. through TIA. land Howe
MheT.. Ike th- air that fans her fields of rrr,n
ner freedom spreads unfrver'1 and sefpne:
AND sove reign man condescend 20 500
ii'' '"i'he aid is"s more sovereign still than he"
Not Alone.
1t is not only i'm Moore's poetry that he
reviles the United States In some of his
letters, his diary and other writings. he is
as bitter i'm his invective. jefferson re-
ferred to him as the little Irish spitfire,
or words to that effect. and afterward tg-
nored the poet completely.
Moore was not alone. ii must b., remem-
bered, in the unfavorable opinion he saw
mt 10 express of this country. and his views
were likely not considered by the COM
mission. Nearly every writer of English
proclivities who visited this country in the
old days. was severe in remarks concerning
our people and our institutions. Both of
the TrollopeS and Dickens himself were not