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INTRODUCTION
Mt lot was est in the viciaitjr of thi. beautiful town about four yearn
^o-. I was then in the capacity of a travelling preacher on MUford
Crcmt. in that capacity I endoavoared to labour and live as a ^wor^
n.an that need not be ashamed." But. some parties, fro. «on.e r^^.
countable re«K,n. misrepresented me, and laboured to place me in
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mcnt hare not been unfruitful in this resoect ^. „i a
before you have testified. . ^ ' *' '"""^*"* ««^>^t»
It would appear that, Providence placed !»«{„«
^together. . « 'rae gift of the muse
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to Wmble them in personal disinterestedness. On«;"joarnal stateg
I hav^ "struck a vein of popular feeling calculated to reach the fym-
pathies^ I am sure I am accidentally fortunate in this respect, as I
never bdfore in life was placed in a position to need them so ii|uch.
I have Creqaently described geniuses and characters that were diamet-
rically opposed in religion *and general sympathies. This would be
likely to subject me to severe prejudice from their opponents. In this,
as a Toronto journal skys, I have " maintained a sturdy independence
ot the rules of inodein philology." While 'there is no great merit in
either of the productions, I excuse their impierfections on the gronnd
of ill-health, and the shortness of time in their composition. If clouds
have wedded clouds, and -ideepened in Egyptian darkness- on my head
In Pict9n, there have also clouds of light and love broke npoa my
flpirit with greater isweetness than the nectar of thetlgods ; and I shall
always recur to it witii pleasnreable memories.' Notwithstanding the
severity of the times, Ari'ends have been extremely liberal in aiding me
in the publication of this little memento of their town, which I hope
w.ill have a general circulation in the country.
I have pleasure in paying a tribute of public gratitude to our
worthy Mayor, with other gentry, who aided me ia^the publication of
this Poem. Thanking them for this mark of confidence and kindness,
and wishing them all eyeiy blessing from heaven and earth,
I remain your humble servant,
^ J. T. BREEZE.
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THE POET'S MEMENTO OF PICTOX.
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My weary harp of li^e in active songg.
Has moved the mass of Canadbs' vast throngs,
But latent fires still lingering in my breast,
Shall mdve again its stringi^ e're it bath rest.
To chant of Picton and her sceiiea of pride
That deck the land and breast Hdf surging tide,
'Twas she received the poet's humbl«!afeetk.
From foreign shore's and did liis spirit greet.
She listened eager to those strains of mind,
That graced his lips and left live thoughts behind.
And through their po#er they hand Us humble name,
Down through all time, crowned with the bliss of fame.
Some venomed foe would stain his brow of truth,
Marr the calm peace within his breast of youth,
A stranger here from Britain's happy shore.
His heart gained power these sorrows to ^ddte. *
Inj Jesus Strength he breasted every wave,
Thjat did in might against his spirit lave,
Arid when kind wedlock bless'd his brow o^ pain
He prints his feet on thy ^ir breast again.
And tnne'd the lyre from out his heart <^ love,
Till angels hear him from t^eir courts above,
Ojt thou wert cruel thinking ^at a spy,
come thy scenes and beauties to descry.
But nay 1 he came to shew his heart to thee.
And pour its fullness on thy spirit free ;
Soon thou beheld'st its native moral power;
Bask'st in its smiles that o'er thy scenes did lower,
Thy fidth did soon upon its power confide,
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Was Born my son mid deep and untold fear ,
Death seemed to linger round the favoured brow,.
Of blooming b<;auty bowing spirits low. / ^
Life travelled hard within my labouring breast,
Hopes seemed to fly, I longed for heavenly rest.
BehiiM those clouds lingered a ray of light,
Beaming in beauty on my spirit bright. .
its lustre fell in power to disperse.
The pending clouds that threat our lives to curse ?
No* mont^ hav^ fled I dandle on my knee,
Hope of my heart, joy of my years so froc.
Picton O hear! Twas on thy lovely shore.
My eon was bom, ^here I deep sorrow ix)re,
K« isa native of thy fertil^^il, ,
And to thy shores my memory will recdT,
Though distant years should find m«ul^r away,
From tlhue? mild cllma of thy r6maatio,4(ay.
If future yeim shall crown his brow with fame,
And bring rich lustre to his favoured name.
He'll turn in pride to own tbat on thy hearth,
His joyful mother gave him fortune's birth,
Nor will his name to thee unwQrchy prove.
Should his proud harp be dipped in changlesc love
And tune his lyre thy glories to declare,
When burns his breast with power^ of music ran).
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NATURAL SCENERY (THE BAY.)
Picton ! tben list, since thou hast deign'd to heM
The humble out-breaks of the poet's prayer,
Thy gen'roos pwrdon calmed the poet's breast,
Thine arms laid down, I go in peace to rest
And seise my lyre, thy beauties to portray,
As I design'd in song the other day.
Thy glorious scenes shall claim my fruitful pen
Once these display'd I'd move thy smiles jigain ;
Oh ! had I wings to soar with eagle view.
To sketch thy grandeur and deep beauty too,
I'd, dove-like, wnnder in thy (^almest sky,
And shade thy glories deep immortally.
Descei^my wings, I'd c«rnr my burning brewt
On Qiiinte's wave, nor give my Ij re i;eRt,
Thy Bay romantic, fall of scenes to charm
bhoBtd then Inspire, and move my bosom warm
And barn on Renins that lies hidden there, '
To talk with nature, and her beauties rare '
rd climb her Bay, and see, gracing lier side.
Majestic hallsas types of EneliBh pride v
Where English hearts do hrS^f English fir •
Nor waves of foreign »hore« doth it expire '
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Along thy . silver facrplougts, ev^iy dav, /
A monstrous steamer, furrowing deep th/bav
Ljke Neptune's wheels that did the ocean sweep
The enormous monsters rolling o'er the deep
Gambol around bim, on the wat'ry way
Did heavy whal,i. in awkward measured play ;
When going on to where there lay a cave
Between where Tenedos the surges lave
And rocky Timbrus broke the rolling wLre •
So thou bearVt on thy breast some tidings fclad.
To bless some homes though making others sad.
To seek their fortune of wealth or renown.
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THE CHURCHES.
My footeteps fall, I on thy shor9 do stamf,
I ope- my eye, two Churches gr»ce the land.
Mott ancient sisters I tho* their quarreto long
Have ch^ged their l.kenes, and discords their song.
They stand as wntinels keeping jealous gnard
Of laored Doctrine as they both regard
^ITul^l '^*'" ^*"**'" ^*'°'""' ^^y ''«'«" of years,
Thy "righteous crown" is worn with holy fears
Thou etand'st in honor, all unstained thy name '
Through many years increasing sacred fame ' ?
Appointed thou 1 dost stand the vefran gnard '
Of christian truth, given thee by Christ the Lord
Let icoffers mock I and liugh its ancient form
Wlien crash these worids. It will their souls alarm •
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01 wken thy mantle fiills by Jordan's strcatn,
Thy ^chariot" comes as ends life's transient dream,
Tbea let it fall on rhpulders like tby own,
To gface those doctrines and thy, sacred gown.
comM the bard give one poetic strain I
to cheer the heart of ancient Rome again,
The gem of troth that's sown in her must rise.
To harve|it spring, and ripen for the skies,
Whose chariot wheels no earthly power cafi stay,
Vor check its progress till the judgement day j
Then cheer at this thou sister Church of Borne
Whose aacient shade is yet this side the tomb.
Nor ^ay any lyre^ for tlioo bast many a string.
As yet WMwept, with melody to ring, ^
A massire Church doth greet thy 'ma zing eye.
In heaves above doth tower deep in the sky ;
The igaier' feels at home beside its walls,
Ai if tfaasported here were old Bt. Paul's,
AM ia his besom swells with similar powi
The «ig^'s thunder on the Sabbath hour ;
And wafts in liviuf^frf^rains the peasant's song.
To mingle heavenward with th' angelic throng ;
And on the detk tiie sacred herald stood.
And poux'd, without a form, his prayer to Ood ;
And turns to man, as coming from the throne,
And aims a message at his heart alone ;
With heavenly light the " human tace divine,"
Beams with the truth and lets it outward shine.
Till every conscience feels the word of light.
And owns the message comes from God aright ;
But where, God,, say where the wond'rous power ^;
Diiplay'd in man, in Wesley 'i( gracious hour; '
1 Mnd acain his equals U) the field,
Who -never Mw the iword he dared not wield.
Acrow from this, in line, as though to greet
Thia sister Oburch, another one would meet —
In object one to serve and praiks their Lord,
And hap'iy here they do in pjeaoe accord.
Her walls lest pompous, but within doth tower
Of nuuMive learning and of mental power ;
Thfl PMt the preacher holds to wond'rous view,
fiis aadieace charmed with wonders old and new ;
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Old Plato's depths are sounded by liis line,
Nor e'er turn up without gold from his mine,
If Scotia soul, and heart, and mental power
Need jet be seen, draw near on Sabbath hour.
And see their honors in full glory shine
In preacher, people, and worship divine.
THE CLERGY.
THE EEV. W. M4.CAULAY."
The bard may tune his harp strings in praise of one whose life
Abounds of Christian viitues through all earth's varied stri^fe ;
He witness'd Pictou's childhood, and grew op with its pride ;
His hornets still bedecking the shores of Quinte's tide.
The polished son of letters-«-the chaste— the wise^and good,
Whose acts of Christian virtue abound to man and Qod ; '
The grace of English manners, its honor and Its truth, .
Pall from his tongue, adorning his life since days of youth. *
His wealth is e'er conducive to th' interest of Christ's cause.
And builds to him a temple to expound God's holy laws ;
He, like his "Christian fathers," who wrench'd the truths of God
From superstition's power, and shed their light abroad ;
Doth h9pe yet through their power to raisq his soul on high.
And with the ransomM million join son|r eternally ;
This life has many a shadow, and thou hast seen them all ;
Thy land of life are dropping, the last will shortly fkll.
Oh ! what a glorious army from out the church hath gone
To join that halleluiah before the Eternal Throne,
Who shed the light of virtue through life, in word and deed,
And blesB'd God's humble poor— supplied their every need.
They guided them through darkness an(| through temptations's power.
And pointed them to Jesus through life's tempestuous hour ;
Their noblft powers were cultnred and strengthened from their youth,
And their strong hearts were richly imbued with gracd and truth.
Thou know'it their Christian virtues, and lov'st to practice, too.
The same sublime examples that J«sus taught them true ;
O 'twill be bliss to meet them on th« eternal shore f
T o h o ld divin e communion wh e n human life is o'e r .
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Thej graced the «uired office that thon art gracing gtill,
Whose lires were in /onjunctiou to God'a mo^t holy will ;
Yea, some whose blood was sprinkled in honour of the tnitb^
Are now in heaven a bloming in pure, imvortal youtb.
Twill yet be sweet to counsel with Butler from above, "'^ ■
Whow mighty mind did service to Jesqsy cause of loip;
And there meet Bishopi Heber, whose pute poetic soul
Doth yet in loving accents amid their number roll.
There 'mong that throng, Macaulay, yet robed in light and love
The bard doth trust. to m^et thee amid tbobe joys above ;
The shade ^f difference vanished that is between us now,
And 'fore that <9>rone of glorjr in harmony we'll bow.
BEV. R. C. SWINTON.
Hail, brothei' dear, by more than blood,
Thon heir to an eternal throne,
Who walk'ct by counsels of thy Ood,
To where our great forerunner's gone.
Thon drop'st as from a he&venly cloud,
The dews of doctrines all divine.
To bless the wondering Sabbath crowd.
With those most favored lips of thine.
The poet s«t enchained in thonght,, '^
And heard thy words of living light.
Which to his heart God's message brought,
Poured forth by thee in heavenly might.
Thy mental acnmen wm class
YfUh Doddridge, Watts, or Bowland Hill,
Who overawed the listening mass,
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Those won'drous powers within thy soul
Are stored with immense precious ore.
Which serve as handmaids to unroll
God's living words of truth e'er mora.
Ob, how thon lov'st to guard the truUif
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A«d M thoa walk'Bt in private honra,
ThoM glorioo? tnitlig each to survey
Thoa praaest with thy mighty powertl
Aroand the cross's hallowed ray.
And gmiest throagh that mirror bright <
To God's own heart of boundless love.N
As all its floodgates brake aright
I)own from those realm* of light above.
And as thou see'st love's river flow
Down from His heart to guilty man,
Pain would'st thou measure it to know
How great it's wide infinite span.
But feel««b allthy powers bend '
And qu^l beneath the mighty theme,
Yet thou inlofUest strainn would'st send^
Thjr loud hosannas up to Hin.
Who called thee to proclaim His word,
And gave thee unction trom above
To poinl the guilty to their Lord,
And the rich ocean of his love.
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The fulness of this love divine
And whilst thoa tread'st this vale below
.JUy all its happiness be thine. ,
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Thoa^t »|„ there to pere/nial joy.
And join the holy host in song,
Where nothing can tJiy bliss klloy.
BEV. J. HUNT.
Stem as ^e rocks on British hills
Fraitfnl •■ 'side the running rills
Were powers that from thy presence broke.
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A plaice to bloom in changeless vouth.
Proud lik^ tl^e mind;that pens the thought,
Descriptirii of thy nature deep,
It take'»jt Briton's powers high wrought,
Into a British heart to peep.
Yea none hut British minds can know,
What means the stiernness in his soul.
With love that in fine streamlets flow.
Like oceans tides that always roll.
Be bless'd then while thou here mayst room
Benealjh light of Canadian sky,
So far from triends in British home, ^
Till thou'rt^nsferred to bliss on high.
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DISTINGUISHED GENTLEMEN.
WALTER ROSS, ESQ., M. P. P.,
COLOKXI. or TBI BATTILIOM, ^NO I<An HAYOB.
The germs of truth that mured old 8cotift*s ti^e,
B^m in rich lustre in thy manly face,
The ethereal fire that buru'd* without control
In Scotia's sons, glares in thy lustrous soul ;
The powers that mored their hearts to noble deeds |
Dwells in tby breast in pure immortal seeds.
They guide thy powers and energies of mind,
To bravest acts of valour of all kind ;
Goodness and truth shall sway thy mental power,
To guard thy country in her trying hottr^ ;
To all thy deeds and virtues of all kind, , J ^
The country's eye has not been eve t blln^.
She sees the power that raised thy fikvonrad nMne
Among the great who covet seats of hm;
Nor is she slow to honour thy proud brow,
With wreath of pride that hang of beauteooi blow ;
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Thy Jiand was first to grasp tliy country's gopd,
T' obey the mandate of Victoria's word ;
Thou lovest the laurels that bloom ev§r green
Around the crown of our illustrious queen,
NoiKiOuldthe "King of Terror" with his sword,
Hepel the valour that thy heart '11 afford ;
Tjtty breast be starred with emblems of the brave,
Who fled their Country in dark hours to save.
/ The sons of Scotia, and of Britain, too, *
Would love to see them on thy bosom true,^
Heaven, too, bestowed her \emp*ral gifts of love,
, In geqerous stores free from her throne »bove,
Tjbybeai^teons home for countless yeartf '11 abide,
To grace the shores of Quinte's sullen tide; '"'
A few frail y«ars fbund thee in humble life.
Unrobed by power unarmed against its strife;
.One single aim ruled in thy youthful breast,
Nor gave thy spirit but few houis of rest.
Until it raised thy noble powers of soul.
With vast desires thy fellows to control.
Thy mind gained power to swAy an influence w^de,
To bow their powers and rule their breasts of pri,<le. j
^ Well did thine eye discern the source of power.
That gevemecl man through this life changing hour;
The worth of wealth, of knowledge, and of might, [
Was known and judged by thy young powers aright.:
Thy n^anly spirit sought them as a prey, i - [
Converted each, a power thee to obey, ! [
Till now thy name rings in vast halls of pride,
Sitting in power Earths great 'lone by thy aide. % '
I've heard thy name blessed by the humble popr,
Who claimed thy help, dependant at thy door ; [
Th» cause of G«d has kno^n thy liberal hari^d.
Believe her wants when strug'ling in the land!; I
God of thy fathers smile upon thy breast, i / !
And give thee here His peace and pious rest, i:
And when his throne in glory yet shall come.
To gather all his ransomed children home,
01 be it thine then by his side to shibe,
Bright in the glory of that throne divine.
And, wear a crown with royal robes of love.
Bright mid the throngs in gloriou* bllsi aboVe,
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CMting tby crotrn in honour at his throne,
Lost in the blase of glory all anknown,
Chanting the strains ot melody th^t &1I,
From saint and angel mid their glories all.
^. P. ROBLIN, ESQ., Ex-M P. P.
V Wtaeti our conntiy's woods were spreading beauteons foliage o'er the plain
. And her rirers wildly boandiog o'er the deep, enchanting main { \^
l|l her Toatb) 'fore art or science had scarce placed upon her browi
H >^'«U the Tarious beauteous laurels that do grace her tettjplei now.
When the ei^e spread her pinion, fiinning many a forest tree, '
Then through skies fearless atcending, kissing clouds with nature free y
Nature's hreast then bearing fully all the wealth of days of old, '
Twaa thy parents' right tu levy on Ihosotgifts of good untold.
Skud with all her glorious interest it was thine to share a part.
And thy country's honour trembled with th' pulsations of thy he
In her youth when strength and glory laboured hard to crownjhef brow-
In dark days when foe's would rob her of the crown she'sjir^itfing now.
It was thine to guide battalions to front foes in her^fense ; ' ' ''
NHeeplesB were thine eyes then often, till the^teet were driren hence.
Thuir thy sout grew with thy countr^«haring all its blesiingg pure,
.All thy manly powers were duly^^t her int'rest to secure.
whose won4!roM power moulds the planet 'neath her sway,
. glories on her own fidr breast away ;
Thas^khyhea^ was often'd centered, powerful 'mi^ ^Mt powers of soul,
Moulding all their deep affeotious, bearing on them wide oookol.
That their Toice lor'd oft to send thee, four times thou obeyit their call ;
Through sixteen long years thy footsteps graced their legislative hall ;
And the church of God has welcomed all the labours thoa hast giren,
And would loTe awhile retain thee, till thou'rt called to shine in heaven.
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Canadian souls awake I I sound the lyre.
Tour country's, B0n doth yet its strings inspire,
Proud Greece and Rome can boast of gems of Ught^
Casting their Inst^ o'er this ^rld so bright ;
Their powers of t h ohght a nd inw a rd life of foieei
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Out younger world cmbrwing every power
2f g!:.ln.!ihOugh, made rioh ^^^^^^^^^ ^
Ca& boMt of poweri to comprebend theij^o b •,
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And trwrel Wgb to bring to bijthiignin . ^
l^l^igbtl^ tboaghU^e^e deep, me^^
^Conntry'syo^^^^t^^ -"^^^^^
Whnt deeds o«^ tbe ancient laud, di^rw,
Bntno5i^iWrtbtomind.of^very^g'«l«.
^^dS tbe loom or wield tbe rugged .p.d..
OCabwInl from 'iidertby swelling lake,
Bom* port's songsin glowing rapture break,
Bedde thy bills, or 'Bide some lonely rock,
Th. -lowing words of manly wb^om broke.
^:^^: conntry witb tbeir matcM^J^
^o crept their way from many a mean tailidk
To Ionndln> power in classic balls of pnde, \
Thrt 0«ece a^dRome, yet listening from afcr.
Behold the iMtre of some ancient star, ^ ,
Ai^hameddraw. near tobear such tboniht..*^^^^
iJ;StCchedtheir lips and gmced\tbeir noble bmln.
S^moved ap«:e tby country to W ;
SoJofl^r «>ll I she's wedded to tby>nrt^
Sr^wsrdarebldberfromtbylo^eysp^ti
LTwlsd tby brow with •^onourW-nowp.
•«ilM In thy smiles nor breaks on the a frown.
SI ^Itmpnlse labouring in tby^br^M^
SJ WeM thy frisnd. and lulls thy foes to rest.
' iwrt6«oT.its.i|«tie power. apart
^ the* to rlse,lhat some proud poet's lyr.,
MaTha^e the bliss to pour on thee it. fire,
May nmw9 «» ,_^^_ ^sj^- ^voarednaai
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Th. rilvs^ brow doth wear an honoured croirn,
lyilolari for deeds that thon bast done;
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Its clreling light of justice and of truth,
Break round thy h3ad since early days of yooth« '
Justice, the law, the scope for all thy powers,
Thou studiest well throughout life's wearied boars;
And in its realm thy nohle soul refined,
Pours its effulgence 'neath a heart so kind,
Watching the intrigues of tbe human heart, >
▲s they do oft from laws or justice part ;
To 'thwart their ends, and from their grasp retire.
To do again their deeds of sinful hire ;
And in that hour when the dark fote of man /.
Did rest with thee on life's contracted span,— ;
These laws of right and principles of power .' .
Ne'er left thy breast in that important hoar ;
Thy tender eye may glance with conscious pain,
Upon the victim wrestling with his chain, '
And on that law that held him 'neath its power,
When all his soul did for its terror cower.
Truerto the feeling of the human soul,
To passions pure that in his bosom roll j
True, as a servant, to the human law,
Nor «milest in guise when conscious of its flaw :
The wondering crowd may weep « flood of tesn
At ttll the throes within his breast of fears : i
Yea, this may steal the tears ftom their sottiroe,
To move as stars that travel in their courte".
But justice labouring in the honest breast,
Shall rule the throng, and hush the crowd to rest.
Thine eye may roam beyond the bound of time.
Where glorions scenes may x^aim the poet's tliTne,
When stars will fikll, and Siturn Io8« her ooarM,
And Venus run 'neath some wild, frantic codria^-<»
W^en bows the throne, ani comes the Jndgt •Qjpr«me,
Thou at the bar, when endTs life's transient dMMi ;
When earth has fled, and temporal courts am o'ev,
And Justice reigns high there for evermore ;^«u'
And thou in awe stand 'fore the Judge diving
When all its light will on thy presence abiae j
May justice, pure in favour, kiss thy brow, >
For all thy love to her in realms below, ^ "
When friendless h^re pid darkness, death and woe.
And rais e th ee high upon a throne of lo v e,
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Thy briUiwi powen In gnweful tpkiidottr wotf,
To wm tlM «ow»tt7 *»»«** tt»y *»«^ *<**** ^•'^ *
Tby tovt ia we*l«dtoIU mOchlflM P«W«f
Thotfli th« or ftai with hei ia •verjr tid« i
Thy flwytothK* *»»««»«* ®'****^* «>%
Prid'itin the ho»o«r th»th«r raUw won •,
Thou •lMitf«t oonneotal with her Intetert high^
And tores* to nee her henmer iteinlest «X, ^
p in pride wad noble nw3««*rv
thy noW* ?«''«»•" "^^y* *'' **^' ***''•
In ereryVw «hoM po''«» <^ P*®^* **?•'*' .
KindaeM and troth hare knit the pnblio hewt, -^
To thy tonA ow» no power dwe bid them pert,
They trwt thy merit, end in thee confide, ,
Lett oi ihy honour e'er with Brltieh pride.
Keen to oheerre end clear thy powere of tbonght
Thy lirteJl*"* Wght» iewlth eound wi*Jom ficanght j
' A,||oal refin'd with generona motiry pwre^ .
Doat 6ft lAooMoioua noble hearta secore j
May niim'rona years of honour yet remain,
To crow^ft thf hrow and blesa thy glftedhraln,
Lire toidora thy country's rising fwne.
With Iwr'plKud hist'rj hand thine honour name ;
And when cold death will bow thy peaceful head
Low in the confines of earth's dusty bed,
Then kay thy country's manly son arise
To bless thy mem'ry gaaing to the skies 1
j;^J^H, MflJRONALP, BSQi, JAILOlfc
JnsUce hath placed thee at thy manly post.
And of tht^ deeds thy coaot^r »oves to boast ;
Thy noble brow doth wear * ghastly •c"i
Like thoMfhat grace the notaries of war;
#4Mtyk thy post ; true to thy sacred trust,
*W'P*^* blood once sacred kiss'd the dust,^
The^t«i oftice, of treachery, and wrong,
iSift^te*'"'' '*"*"* "P**^ the quiet throng,
PoWd rengeance wild upon thy placid head,
^nd threat to lay thee with the peaceful dead ;
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8tni no Tagne fean doth stain tiiy manly soql,
Tli(m*It lore to die aa noble retetana tell {
Mq toward lean rise in iby manly braaat
Tboogh death did threaten to pnt thee to nai.
We pride in thee, as raiiant soldiera pride
Upon thoir comTades who 6dl by their side.
Oar loTe entwiaei aronnd thy noUehtei^
Aa ttriae* the ity ronnd the oak apaat.
We oftdogiftse npon the Mar, and fcel •' < '
That thon wonld^at die to aare thy cimnUf»wM,
It moves onr breast with similar loyal fire,
Bnrna on tbe aoal ain4 duth onr heart! thiptittj ^
It learnt onr sotti to ^eTer yield to fear, ': "" '
When danger comes And foes ajB^ M > a dihgiiii iV ' > >
Mqr loy«l lore ne'er desert oip^^as^
But death if oeedW «11 oorlieacfsAoNd;. ''■
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I ttretch my eye lUong the « Lorei^a W^ilt," ;*
Wh«re yoQtii resort, theirli^rt-feltKhoa^tkr talk.
Where of^ pirchance, the Ibvet'S Vow WM fluM^
Or kept or broken I anawers saered shaAi^ ' 1, J
And as my Tiaion loUs, there' s&iic^ 1)el>ir«Mv^ '
Thi town and I deep ahroViy^yer i^^ '
To break the terrors of the winter^s %i(kkti '^^
And pnuitfM fprii^ aga^n in li^if bkaov, ^^' '
- j I change my Tiew,the prison grouts my^^y^^^j j
^' .it's gloeman emblem of its deep mis^iy^ ^ ^ , j ^,^
•^ ^ ^^IJRffaere nuusy breasts of dark despair may iuWr
t(^ xtuKoe, none to deep pity take.
lercy from the sky may Idl, i
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^^,^ ;waU9, calPSI&aipma t|c7ft ; ;; . lak . '
>.i.^x Kbr hol^i^tthaT9gnoe4 Adiu4ier,«»U|c ^ v-T
V y.^^indaagyii^feotstsps near them ofle». Ml j, ;,j
<* Bon84^ tde r9ck" ahaU sing 'load ia t^^lMI^
Tli«M a|(y. doth civir, e'en then, i^nfo#idff^^1iff#tr
Were 7^.wit|tin, again^yeabtesara WCJ^,,,r
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Slwed power of thy t»ioM Parent.' mind,
lh« ^tlvei that have thy strong he.rt wllnea.
kKWeWd tiose affection, that entwine atottnd the p«r^
•i::^«eni'ry hle« u., long a.aulnte wa.e. end«. I
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Free thy mental power toUn^rj^«^^ 8^^^^
-^oa^gretthatthoj^-toOe^ft^-^
Itdothpainmewelng *»»'"P*"*^",^^ joys of celestial birth.
WhUe their mental power, could easy win joys 01 c
- _i 4s-.ii«ri.«n4heBoniw«« opening wlo*,
lAih.^.#rd.yi <»;X'2^;'^e^nrat cle- often with th. tide |
"^thi.eelrea.ure. fromthe <«eantM
iir thSe Ireasntea from tiie ocean *u-v ." „^ thv mind.
pvr tnow WW" j^ yearnings 3»l thy mmo,
la «» rtot.hM« of th. »«»"/.»•" ,4 „, U„^M
storing thy ^,,^i„^thes^ti««ht.n»hthroaghhU«»^
Do»htheB«rd.ow •«, ^^^.^^^^i^^them freely Ml -. -^
Bnttheypte«nponm,sp«i^^«*U^^^
Should U.y^a».'W be W^^^^^
And the poet's soul h« «ear mm, " •»
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WM. OWEN, ESQ., MAYOR OF PICTOS.
*^hy yoo^ful days wew spei^t in gaialng power
O'v hearts whose aid did Mess toMigJife?thwi ^
The people chose tbeeiMjBe^rpMed one, ■ | /
To role as Ittyoro'cftWs illustrious town ; . .\
•TwUl^ofi^remaln i fiiCt on histoty's page, j
That thou^id'st once a desp'rate hattle wage, , ;
And gain the honor and the wreath that now .
In fiideless bloom doth hang upon thy brow.
Kindness controls thy attributes of heart.
Its genial worth^oth ne'er from it depart,-.
\ The poet felt its tend'rest dropping fall,
(jTan* on the tablets of his troubled soul,
And in return the happy muse '8 inspired.
To bless thy Ktame, whose deeds are e'er admired \
Mor I alone hare felt its blessed aid,
Its gifts benign by other doort were laid ; .
To bless thy name f^r all thy acts of lore,
The public Toice to honour thee doth move,
And *t the polls exultingly declare,
That Owens, now, is chosen Picton's Mayo^.
■ May heaT^n benign let on thy spirit fall
The blessing others from thy gift did call ;
4nd may thy sons, in yevs of youth and pride,
ground the shores of Qulnte long abide.
To hand tljy ijame • sample of the power,
That can be gained by deeds like thine each hour,
Live to retain for distant years to come.
The friendship Picton gives thy favoured home.
That others learning of thy source of strength.
Hay to the heights of honour soar at length.
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CAPT. DOWNS.
And Pioton, list I within thy favouisd bound.
The exquisite touch of a fine soul is found,
A mind endowed with eagle eye to guide.
The painter's brush ini happy grace and pride {
Whose powers can revel in the bliss of art,
Portraying llfelilie every touching part,
aenius creates the beauties that thy hand,
Jniprints in fame to dech this forest land j
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Jhy taite refined beyond the common height.
ThrJlJZ' *^u "^*°** ~*'^' ^» region,.bright;.
Thjb^ateou. home and .11 within its pale, ^
Seated w lorely in thi. pleawnt dale,
DoUi*e.t,fy of noble powers that reign,
Throwlngbright instre o'er thy fevonrid brain.'
To'lti" i"*^' ' 'P°'°* ''"^ »'"»^ pride.
To th* whose ray. illume, old Qainte's tide ;
MT^thon to smile upon onr farqtred town,
iTlr u t^^l ■'"" ''«^'*** '^Z** f*'«" down
U^nT ♦ M ?'"* *° ^^^^Tkifted name * .
Upon the tablets ofproud^efc fame. .
w!*!*"^'-^' ^" *°rri'»»'(o°l wonld bow,
And at thy eet hi. every lanrel'throw I
His mosio dte. to listen and to tlusb.
Befoh» the spleiilipor. ^f the artist's braih
O son of genin.i r Wiat thy^ '
Where «5enes snbli,/e will my^roud spirit greet i
My pen will fell and drop my h^lmble lyr" "
And Io«, p^elai^ ,^ ^^^^ ^J^^ ^^^^ .
The gift. «,d gr^e that reign r^nnd Picton'i shore,
BJEWAUD WILSOlt, ESQ
The poet's «.nl dott 2riy ti^^^^^^^^ ^-'*»»' *o "lit of day,
She bears it on her wW L ^ ^'^' *1" P*"*°"« <>»» *»>• Prer.
BidSTelVol'ryte . .
And hold them at Z own Tnt™ l\7'" ^"*^ "*'*'*'" *° «'«°'". "
Hi. canse was not4e Wry w?^.m "' T°""** '* '""^ *»«-^«» ^
To honour the Di4ineoornl'd,,t^^^^^ •
Did Hiram, king of Tyre, send iken^^ -
With goW and silrer witionrenT^ «"t?. ir*^ ""'^^^'^ •'*'
To bnlld the temple of the W i*H T I ^^' "«»We l^eart,
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Whea the wnmncr'B ifw«e i. Wowing, ?l?i|int o'er Outorio't lAe, .
O 'til mr to see thy yessel o'er those risingliinows bresk,
As ItjUys in treble f«*y, keeping Quinte's bosom warm.
And to he« the bogle sonnding 'mid the crowd npon the deck, V
A. its tone, do epho sweetly from the distant troobled^ Uke^
He«ts of lore are waiting eager, to cares, those We«ds «»^e
On it. bosom, that hare wandered from the joys of ^VPJ »»«»••
And the Captain's merr, spirit pours its music on the *»»«>°K.
•Mid the joys of those that listen to the charms of pleasure's song ,
Free. polite,-his generous nature offers each the "el*^"* •*°»^^
That entrust to him their subsWice when the passage fee is {laid.
I'll aw»y^thongh wares be tossing all their hiry at my feet,
To some disliit isle, awaiting any fortune me to greet;
Beiir me on thy bre«it, 8t. Lawrence, as St. Helen ploughs th)r ware-
Captain Smith, amid the fury; sares me from the wat ry grate.
Down Long Sault, and o'er the rapids, swift as dives the hjiary whale.
In her glory goes St. Helen, fish.like shakes heir keajT t^» i .
S.o«sands^gr^her,in the distance, w«ting ^^f ' *»*«P^^^
' Bidsherto their shores a welcome as she o'er the billows float.
Home again upon thy bosom, 'mid the Captain's merry glee,
BMk my smile in his to welcome Picton and her charms to me ;
Free as air the « mighty dollar," flies round Plcton's ^W7*^^^*
Blessing all the friends of commerce, then returns in search of more.
Lire a thousand years, dear Captain, enjoy them "J^^ * .■^°''» **«*•
Ne^er Irt thy name aild memory from the shores o( Picton part;
m^ iJe storms of life are 6rer, Jordan*, waves be tojsl^geren,
May the gospel bKk then guide us hotoe to our desired haren.
^ ■ JAR. MoCUAIO, ESQ.
Itahapt»riti»ain«Oponttr »?*»'«* *y~'» .
Move thou, tny harp, and thou, my busy <l«l«i
Fri«nd of my life, obedient to my will;
Thou rttler wide, y«a, sword and sdeptte, loO|^
Whose mighty power ran nations wide B«bd«e|
SUtesmen and bards of every land and age,
Know of the pawers thy energies can wage ;
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And oome in pride thjr happy ^iit, tb gwet.
OI then obey the motioni of my mitfd . ■'
Btwnp brightert geme that geniu. leari. behirk
^Jf-jnner'.Icare. fell froin the trooble«tr*e, "
Tom brthe wind, that ni.h in majerty. '^
8oW^ tt^h<2ght. that charm m/ra^redbhdn,
when inspiration rules the son! again. '
Aronnd the shores of Quinte's silrerr ^ ' ' ^*
A^d .neatt the „ntmnr Of her nijwed ware/'
•?!« ?!. '"P*«^ "'*'» "»»»htiest thoughts doth heare •
Theycham«y«,„,i„h.ppy,,^,^,^^
That my elyalan is half felt in this, ,
IjfcCu^ tty home imbued with light «»d W^,' 7
rorshade tho Tirtn«s of the land above r
T illume the moments of life'a^cheqoered houi» • •
Thy manly wl*lom, an* discretionsW ""*'
Ws|K«.inggood^mdcomft,rtthatstapply f ^
TJe««rthly hope Of erery spirit slgh"^"^ l
Old Oreeoe and Bbrte, and lands of briffht Min-rti
Hare worn their la««l..„d l,l„strio«frL7^'
^lr:lT ^'' "°* ''"*^''- «» "oaS^
Woi» not the glories of prodd learning', rtwT
Bcience ne'er plac«l upon her bnrtr go brigS' •
^. «^bled glories of our modem lighC^ ,
To chasa awmy the death of pagan night
But, happy now, the poet's pen can tracb
Th gloriousoutlinesotunboundedghuib'^
0«««» sons are bom beneath Itsftiy. V vr/
And know the Jfoys oti superior day ^ ^ <n
And hundnms revel ih the light dIVIhe: .~'
Which fjttm thy soul in *manrtrottssWn«y i
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We gwed in pride on her illuBtrlous eye,
Within whose depths iinmoital treasures He
The tight of troth shone O'er her brow in grace,
Ciwtiag its shadofr o'er her lustrous face ;
Nature and grace have laboured to supply
That comely spirit marching to the sky,
And may the bard in pure, immortal light, ^
Oase on her brow in worid of glory bright,
Thon by her side in all the bliss of love,
Walking 'mM glories of that worid above.
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Come, gentle muse, obedient tSo my win,
Awake again to bless my anxious quill,
•The mighty agents fore which nations bow,
Andqnail before its mighty powers low ;
O, do diffuse thy deep, inspiring power.
To bless the moments of an idle hour,
/ True to th' int'rei^t of thy arduous toil,
/ Portimy these beauties ii>und this fertile soil ;
' AbeMteoushomebesijBethehpuseofGod,
Should claim thy power to sw^l its praise abroad,
Its lovely form in hawtaony i^ith all
Th« varied beauties that 'round^Picton fall—
Ita noble inmates bleis the humble poor,
Th«* comelbr pity tojtheir gen^ous door ; •
Ye4, nature's God bestrews wi^ generous hand
The gills of life by hi^ diVine dommand.
And gave them poweiri to acquit earfti^s various good,
That makes them stewards of the gift ot God ;
And happy thou, if Jews' cause Wbove,
Attracts the sympathies of thy hieart of love ;
Thy happy home doth welcome Wnce thy youth «
The noble heralds of God's sacn d truth,
And ^any a gift dictated from tiy heart.
Did from thy home in gentle kijidness part,—
To bless that cause, for which dhrist's heart of love
Threw off his crown and left hi I throne above J
Love not the world-look through it to that God
From whence these gifts in gei 'rons streamlets flowed
A broken reed, if all thy powerl of faith,
Beat on it y«t in the dark hourii of death •,
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