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 OTHER POEMS. 
 
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 REV. JOSEPH I,. CI.INC1I, A. M. 
 
 BOSTON. 
 
 JAMES BURNS, 104 WASHINGTON STREET. 
 
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 CONTENTS. 
 
 THE CAPTIVITY IN BABYLON, 1 
 
 ami:rican antiquities, gj 
 
 BIKJIORY, «p 
 
 t.m: plav-ground revisited, 70 
 
 BY-(;ONE DAYS, ,yg 
 
 NIAGARA, ,y,y 
 
 ATHENS, r,t, 
 
 SPRING, ^^ 
 
 TO A CLOUD, j^g 
 
 RIZPAII, q,» 
 
 I-ETHE, (jg 
 
 THE PASSAGE OF THE JORDAN, IO5 
 
 THE KENNEBEC, iii 
 
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 TO 
 
 THE EROSOPIIIAN ADELPIII 
 
 OF 
 
 THIS POEM, 
 
 DELIVERED BEFORE TH 
 
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 AT THEIR RECENT ANNIVERSARY, 
 
 IS DEDICATED, 
 
 Bostcn, September, 1839. 
 
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THE 
 
 CAPTIYITY IN BABYL 
 
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 Not through llio maze of pliilosophic sonn- 
 Nor o'er llic wilds of mctnphysic lore, 
 Ahliough to these luinumbcrcd themes belono- 
 The muse lo-day on tiemhhng wing ^oukl soar ;— 
 In homely guise she seeks to wander o'er 
 The fiekls of simple Narrative aoriin 
 And, taught by voices from the Past, to pour 
 Her descant wikl, commingled with the strain 
 Which swept from Judah's liarps o'er IJabel's spacious plain. 
 
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 Croml is the plain of S],i„ar,i and as fair 
 Asitislmxulan.lA.rfil.; vineyards rise 
 And waving corn/ields glinunor here and il.cro 
 Through groves of spreading pahns : the cloudi.ss skies 
 i>^>nd in hiMc arch ahove-th,. South wind's si-d^s 
 Breathe perAnne round, and the Euphrates, slow 
 Deep and majestic, h'K-e a mirror h^es 
 CatcJ.i,)g nionils earliest glory, as still low 
 The orient sun springs up, bidding all nature glow. 
 
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 But not on tliee, Euphrates, his first snnle 
 
 Falls a, ,e looks on Ear,h;-,ong ere thy stream 
 Iveddens hcnealh his radiance, the tall ,)ile 
 
 Of Belus hails his coming, and a beam 
 Of hrightness wraps his towers in one rich .leam 
 Of ruby and of gold : then down the wall 
 Runs the rich glory, till, like fidry .Irearn, 
 Palace and arch and don.e and pillar tall ' 
 
 Burst brilliant on the eve fVnm Tvr; w^ 
 
 '"i> c}c Horn J\]ght's enclosing pall. 
 
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 THE CAPTIVITV J.\ BABYLON. 
 
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 IV. 
 
 There staiuleth Rahylon the mi-hiy : 2— o-nmd, 
 Lovely and lone amid the spreadino- plain, 
 E'en as an Eastern qucMi may j.n.iidly stand 
 With(jut a rival near: the eye in vain 
 Strives the stu])endons ohject to contain; 
 For by the river's hrink on either side 
 For many a mile (hy tall and gilded fane 
 And waving garden'* in exalted prich; 
 0'ertoi)ped) the giant wall outstrctclies hig], and wide, 
 
 And many a dark-browed gate, by massive shaft 
 Flanked, and surmounted by deep chiselled stone, 
 On which the handiwork of" skilful craft 
 Its eflbi-ts deemed exhausted, there hath shown 
 Serpents bright scaled in many a tortuous zone 
 Knotted and twined :— the valves of solid ore 
 Below fling back the splendors o'er tliem thrown 
 From the unclouded sun, while on the floor 
 Broadly the shadows sleep by niche and corridor. 
 
THE CAPTIVITY IN IJACVLON. 
 
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 Above, ]iigh up along- llio frownino- wall 
 Hang tho cnil)attlc(l ])arai)e(s, Mliicli sweep 
 In long porspcctivo onwar'l, milil all 
 I^r.-'ll in the distance, tliough the eye may keep 
 For many a mile beyond (until the deep 
 Dimness of space forbids) the towers which hide 
 Tiic archers and balistie ; bright they sleep, 
 Crowning tlie long defences, in the tide 
 Which morning pours around on all that home of Pride. 
 
 VII. 
 
 Within, along her streets of i)alaccs, 
 The mighty stream of human life rolls by,— 
 Sorrow and Joy, and Pain and careless Ease, 
 Youth and Old Age— Beauty— Deformity— 
 Health-Sickness— AVant and Splendor-on the eye 
 Press million after million, though the street 
 Hath yet uncrowdcd space : the l)usy cry 
 Of Labor, and the sounds of myriad feet 
 And Art's continual hum, in one wild murmur meet. 
 
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THE CAPTIVITY IN BADVLON. 
 
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 Nor from the streets alone the sounds of life 
 Rise in coinnn-nglfd tunes ;— the ])orticoes— 
 The temple ste].s— th(.' Avails— with noise are rife,— 
 The bridge aeross the river's deep repose 
 Swarms with its thousands, and the stairs'^ which close 
 The stream on citlier hand are tenanted ; 
 And music over all its softness throws 
 From many a pinnace, gilt and garlanded. 
 With flags and silken sails o'er broad .Eui)hrates spread. 
 
 IX. 
 
 And here and there along the level way 
 Pass menial bands, with robes of Tyrian dye, 
 Of guarding slaves, whose mistress goes to pay 
 Her early call of courtesy : — on high 
 O'er her gemmed litter sjjreads a canopy 
 Of silk whose crimson folds the morning gale 
 Plays gaily with, and flutters fitful by, 
 Lifting the fringe, whose silver bells their tale 
 Of tinkling music tell-a soft, rich, slumberous wail. 
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 THE CAPTIVITY IN EADYLON. 
 
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 High on tho echoing roa<] u l,i,,.l, iH-nds around 
 The lofty siiiniiiif of the broad-toj^pod wall, 
 Sweeps I,y, with ghtlcring poinp and llumdering sound, 
 The chariot of some noble, wlioni tlie call 
 Of duty or of i)lcasLire wakes to all 
 The glories of the sce.ic :— his prancing steeds 
 Fret on the golden bit, an<l toss their tall 
 Wliite phniies, and shake their breast-encircling beads, 
 And stamp with restless foot, if aught tiieir course impedes 
 
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 While stationed at each gemmed and studded rein 
 Attendants run in splendid dress arrayed, 
 Their turbans looped with jewels and their cane 
 Of office with bright rings of oold inkiid • 
 And low upon the dust each servile head 
 Bends in profound obeisance as that train 
 Of gorgeous state sweeps by ; too ^vell repaid 
 If the proud Satrap from his lieight but deign 
 To 'vavo his ivory wand, and bid them rise again. 
 
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 TII£ CAPTIVITY IN PABVLON. 
 
 XII. 
 
 But lo ! ho pauses o'er tlie AVcstcni gate, 
 And looks across the ])Iaia with ean;(.r gaze, 
 Aloiin- uiioso level margin (which hut laic 
 Slept still and silent in the day-god's hlaze, 
 Moving alone with morning's gauze-like liaze,) 
 Now sweeps a long, dark, slowlj moving train, 
 Which, as it iiears the Cily wall, displays 
 Steeds, camels, oxen with the groaning wain, 
 And footmen, dragging slow the weary ste]) of pain. 
 
 XIII. 
 
 Who may they he ?— Traders from foreign land 
 Laden with goodly merchandise ? — hrlght "old 
 From distant Ophir ? gems from Afric's strand ? 
 Linens from Egypt ? gums of price untold, 
 And rich Sahrcan odors, to be rolled 
 In smoking incense at the gleaming shrine 
 Of Bel us or of Ashtaroth ? or hold 
 Those heavy wains, the juice of Sibmah's vine, 
 Or that from fartiier liills where milder suns may shine ? 
 
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 THE CAPTIVITY IN DADYLON. 
 
 XTV. 
 
 Yet wliy Willi lance and banner come tlicy on ? 
 Tl.y noerl not these on i>cacefnl journey bent 
 O'er Shinar's ])lain to strong-armed Babylon. 
 ;| l^^ it some distant Satrap who hath sent 
 
 I His troops with long owed tribute, to prevent 
 
 i The monarch's rising anger ?— or ihe kin- 
 
 Perchance hath Immbled Judah, for lie went 
 i From Babylon so puqiosed,^ and doth bring 
 
 I The nation at Iiis feet tlieir lives and wealth to flln-. 
 
 XV. 
 
 Yes ! '/is rebellious Judali ;— gleaming there 
 In splendid heaps upon the wains beliold 
 Flagons and cups and goblets passing fair, 
 And rich chased chalices with lips of gold— 
 Tlie vessels of their worship— formed to hold 
 Incense and wine and blood of sacrifice ; 
 And golden lamps, and, wrapped in many a fold, 
 The rich, mysterious Veil ; and gems of price 
 Which decked her priests who stood in sacrificial guise. 
 
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 Ami altars il„.,Y. ;,rr. ,,il<.,] i„ Mou.lly show, 
 i'laN.la.Hln.M.Uviti, ,no|,|,anMi,MlMlK,so'ri 
 
 Kisc crmvn. of .ln.dlr,l o,v in many a row, 
 ^Viil, hr.iwn gratings for the ouivcring Wmb 
 Of lightr.,Isacrinco: ih,. o,,!,! is .lini 
 Still will, the sprinklr,! |,!o,mI wl.irlMM! around 
 As uitii llio suioke, to Heaven arose the Jn nni 
 Fn.in white stoled Leviles, chanting to the sound 
 Of psaltery and of harj. witliin the Tein].lc's bound. 
 
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 And there are silver rynd)als whieh gave out 
 Their eh.shing music in the battle's van, 
 And hamiercd trumj.ots which j.rolonged the shout 
 Which, through the land to hail the new-moon, ran 
 From Ilcersheba to oceim-girdled Dan ; 
 There in rich ])ilers the golden censers lie 
 Dark with tlic incense smoke which rose to fan 
 The sacrificial flame,— and, piled on high 
 Jewels and gems and vests and cloths of gorgeous dye. 
 
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 THE CAPTIVITV I.N HAHVLox. 
 
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 And ihon^ ^'TRiouuiin^ all tlio spl, ,.li.| ),pap, 
 ThogiNlo(l,aL,,.^f,,„K, ,,,, no,. Mvn-lai.l, ' 
 In goklcii baskets rieiuy carvecUui.l ,1..,.,,, 
 The cfikes a,„l Joavcs of consecrated bread ; 
 And there tl.c Cherubim with wings onfsprcad, 
 Ciuarding the Mercy Seat— the gohlen iid 
 Of the much treasured Ark,-whercin the drea.l 
 Sto,i(.. tabi,,.s of flu: Law arc closely hi<l, 
 And many a holy thing to toucli and sight forbid." 
 
 XIX. 
 
 The esc , ft to the gates their jadc'd stec.is 
 Urge in advance : wide at their coming flies 
 TJie brazen door, and he the band wlio leads 
 Springs througli tlie arch and to the palace hies, 
 To meet tlic Viceroy : there in lunnble guise 
 He si)caks the monarch's orders to admit 
 TJie cciptivc nation— furnisli due sup])lies— 
 Assign their quarters— and at season fit 
 Duties entrust to each wliich none might intermit. 
 
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 T1.C massy bolts f,v„n ovory -mo aro rlrawn 
 Along fl.o W'est.n, uall, ,-,n.l hvo I,y tuo 
 Tlio weary r,,,,m,.s luanh .Irspomlincr on 
 To o.xil.. .ui.l tn l„,n.lag,;: there were fow 
 E'en in tl.af homo of triiunpli who could vicxv 
 Wiih teurlf'ss eye the sad procession (urin ; 
 On every captive cheek th<- pallid hii.; 
 Of pain and sorrow sat, an<l though still warm, 
 Like Sun.n.er's rain, their tears, how bitter was that storm ! 
 
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 Tl.crc passed the sorrowing Afonarch, by decree 
 Of Ids stern toe lurbi<l to see the woes 
 Wldcb none but flemons could untroubled sec ; 
 A linen bandage winds its foldings close 
 Around bis orbless brow," which burns and glows 
 With smart of recent torture ;— whilst his mind 
 Revolves the double i)ro],hecy,*^ he knows 
 T. a-uth he doubted once, when douhli/ blind, 
 From other hands than God's, safety he sought to find. 
 
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 THE CAPTIVITY IN BABYLON. 
 
 Thorc passed ihc weeping Priest ;-]n, cpl.od rent, 
 His long, nhifo vestment deeply soiled with blood, 
 Partly from bleeding vielini wlien he bent 
 Before the nltar,-purtly from the Hood 
 Whi(di flowed around him as in arn.s he stood 
 Guarding the Temple froin the spoiler\s hand- 
 Buf all in vain! Jn melancholy ,nood 
 He treads tlic streets of exile 'niid the band 
 With bondage cursed for sin, slaves in a foreign land. 
 
 XXIII. 
 
 Tlierc passed the widowed Mother, at whose side 
 Two weeping orphans elung—their father lay 
 Lifeless amid the (h-solation wide 
 Of overthrown Jerusalem, and they 
 Following ihoir wretehed mother far away 
 From their dear home, now swelled the troubled stream 
 Of grief, wlmd. throngh the open gates, to-day, 
 Of J^abylon flowed in, o'er whieli no beam 
 Of hope or comfort foil, its darkness to redeem. 
 
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 THE CArXIVITV IN BABYLON. 
 
 XXIV. 
 
 Tl.crc passed the cl.ildlcss Fail.er, tliough liis arm 
 Bore wliut was Ial(> of nine the youngest born, 
 Fair scions wliicli, alas ! the ruthless storm 
 Had from th(> bhghted trunk too rudely torn ; 
 For days of pain and sorrow he had worn 
 Tliat faded flower upon his Jieart, too dear— 
 Too precious to relinquish ; and forlorn 
 His silent partner followed ever near, 
 Yet sorrow's founts were dry, for neither shed a tear. 
 
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 And there tlic nohh^ Voulh, whoso brow displayed 
 The lines of age by toil and iniserv traced. 
 And at his side a ])ale and weeping maid 
 Hangs on the arm wliicli clasps l,er fragile waist; 
 In happier days diat sinking form liad graced 
 Her childhood's hom(>, and that wan lover deemed, 
 With youth's impatience, Time too leadcn-paccd. 
 And oft „f coming liopes and joys he dreamed. 
 And that near marriage-feast which all too distant seemed ; 
 
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 XXVI. 
 
 Till, when that n.orning dawned, and .any a guest 
 ^-nod fb. the hndal halls his .hes of ,L 
 lie saw tJ)e trooj.s of Babylon invest 
 Tlio ancient City roun.I on every side •-. 
 
 And 1.11 and vale in „.on.'s reAdgent iide 
 • y^""' ''-'''' ^^- «-^^' -Kl an.our of ,he foe 
 
 And m tlie ]ion)e where Ph..,^,,,. i , , 
 
 ^"t-io i loasure should abide 
 
 ^ame, all unbidden jti„>c,c. n; . 
 
 ''^'» g^'^stS Distress and Woo 
 
 Ana 1 error, o'er the lim.-,! ♦>,•,. • 
 
 *aul t,en- !,,«„„,„ sigh, ,o ,l„.o,v. 
 
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 On-o„ they p„.,ed :_, ,„ola„choly .rain- 
 A conccntralio,, of all ca,c-„l| „oo- 
 AM hcart.subduu.g sorron- and „|| ,,„;„ 
 
 Tha,Ha,c. and W„,.,„dCo,„„os. can bestow; 
 
 Ih-e all the closest ties the heart can know 
 As.indc,. had hcen rent, and despot Mate 
 
 Had hade the c„p of bitterness o'ernow 
 
 And ye, i, was not full ! On their sad s'tato 
 
 txde an<l pinching want and degfada.ion wait 
 
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 CrusliccI and deserted Judali ! tliou liast left 
 No name a>nong tiie nations ; tor a race 
 Once hated-scorned and Jiun.bled, has bereft 
 'rheo of thy ancient Jicritage and phicc : 
 And slavery now, and toil and deep disgrace 
 Must be thy portion. Oiice thou wast a^juccn, 
 Virgin of Judah ! and thy haughty face 
 Was beautiful, but dreadful to be seen 
 By the fierce nations round who on thy aid would lean. 
 
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 But now thy sceptre is departed :— lone 
 Thou sittest by the streams of Babylon, 
 Waking in grief thy wild harp's saddest tone, 
 Wailing the former days and glories gone ; 
 For of thy greatness now remains not one 
 Poor remnant, but within a foreign land, 
 A stranger and a slave, thou toilest on, ' 
 Eating the bread of sorrow, and thy hand 
 Fulfils from day to day a n.aster's stern command. 
 
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 THE CAPTIVITY Ix\ BABYLON. 
 
 XXX. 
 
 No Temple sacred to Jehovah's name, 
 Arises near thee in its solemn state, 
 Echoing with hallelujahs' loud acclaim, 
 From countless numbers, who impatient wait 
 Admittance at its strong, majestic gate. 
 Or from its ample court in volumes vast 
 Rolling the smoke of sacrifice : stern Hate 
 Hath to the ground its lofty turrets cast, 
 And o'er its broken walls hath J3esolation passed. 
 
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 The holy fire^ in darkness hath gone out. 
 So long preserved with strict religious care, 
 No more in arms thy gathered people shout, 
 As white-robed priests the Ark to battle bear ; 
 The Urim and the Thunnnlm^o are not there, 
 Nor golden cup of manna undccaycd. 
 Nor Aaron's rod with budding blossoms fliir. 
 Nor those mysterious tablets which were made 
 On Sinai's awful top, when God his power displayed. 
 
THE CAPTIVITV IN BABYLON. 
 
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 XXXIf. 
 
 Thy sins have been thy curse, and God hath used 
 Bui as an instrument prou.l Babel's might, 
 To humble and to punish :— fl,at, accused 
 By thine own thoughts, and by the holy h'ght 
 Whicli prophecy shall shed, thy bondagelight 
 May in its dark and lonely hours display 
 Visions of mercy to thy spirit's sight, 
 To point to thee Hope's angel-trodden way, 
 And bid thee feel thy sins, and mourn, repent, and pray. 
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 Years liavc passed by :-to Dura's spacious plain 
 Millions are hurrying, not from thee alone. 
 Thou royal City, but they pour amain 
 
 From distant provinces and tribes miknown ; 
 
 The neighbor towns and cities, too, have thrown 
 
 Their streams of life thereon, and from the crowd 
 
 Voices of every dialect and tone 
 
 Rise mingled, as of old the discord loud 
 Eose from that very plain,n when God dispersed the proud 
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 THE CAPTIVITY IN BABYLON. 
 
 XXXIV. 
 
 Thitl.cr from Pcrsis camo they, and the lands 
 Of far Carniania—Syria also sent 
 Her rough barbarians, with Iho distant bands 
 Of Bactria and Armenia ;— others bent 
 Their ste,>s f^.^ ., Media, and from many a tent 
 Arabia poured lier tliousands ; and the men 
 Of Tadmor came : Elam and Susa lent 
 Their dwellers, with Ecbatana, for then 
 A sunniions called them there which none might hear again. 
 
 
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 XXXV. 
 
 Rising in splendor o'er each meaner thino- 
 Tall, lone and glorious, stands a god of gold,^^ 
 Whoso fe; aurcs in the sunlight glimmering 
 Smile warm and brighi__though all withi^is cold. 
 Ah ! many an idol since to man hath told 
 Its falsehood by such smiles. Then clear and high 
 Arise the voice of heralds, who unfold 
 The King's command, to worship there or die 
 In yonder sea of flame that roars and flashes nigh. 
 
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 THE CAPTIVITY IN I3ABYL0N. 
 
 XXXVI. 
 
 Fortlnvith harmonious tones iij)on tlio air 
 Of lliat. slill morning rise with thrilh'ng note, 
 Wild OS tlic sounds yI^:oliun liari)-strings bear, 
 Non- swelling near— now more and more remote, 
 Yet in such sweet aecordancy tl)ey float, 
 Tl)at magic liands appear to guide tiic strain ; 
 Tlie Juished and ravished muhitude devote 
 Attention so profound, that they remain 
 Forgetful of the god a moment on the plain. 
 
 XXXVII. 
 
 Sudden the music ceased ; to thought recalled, 
 The head of all, as one vast body, bowed ; 
 Prostrate upon the earth they fall, appalled 
 By the dark smoke which rose in sul])h'rous cloud 
 From the dread furnace near ; the mighty crowd 
 Sank— but erect, amid the suppliants there. 
 Three no: .0 forms remained— untrembling— proud- 
 Bold in a righteous cause, they scorned to share 
 The rites to idols paid— the foul, unholy prayer. 
 
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 THE CAPTIVITY IN BABYLON. 
 
 XXXVIII. 
 
 And from tlic fiery trial forth thoy came 
 Ui)blackcncd and unhurt ; no hair was singed— 
 No garment injured in liiat sea of flame ; 
 The fires had lost their energies, and tinged 
 Scarce with a ruddier glow those features fringed 
 With manhood's earliest down ; for God was there 
 Supporting those who honored him, nor crino-ed 
 Before a tyrant who would gold compare 
 With Ilim who rolls the orbs through boundless fields of air. 
 
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 XXXIX. 
 
 Awed into admiration of His power, 
 The King ascribes to God the honor due, 
 And loads with gifts the men who would not cower 
 Before those threats whose ruthless ire they knew, 
 Proving by faith that Judah's God was true ;— 
 Stations of trust he' delegates to those 
 Whom laie he doomed to ruin, and the Jew 
 Perceived his burdens lightened, and his woes 
 Vanish before the smiles the monarch now bestows. 
 
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 THE CAPTIVITY IN HABYLON. 
 
 21 
 
 XL. 
 
 Heavy the griefs tliat Judal.'s l.eart l.ad pressed : 
 For hhu-k had heen her sh.s, an.l long the seroll 
 Of ]ier abominations ; she had dressed 
 Her priests in Kaal's vestments, and the stole 
 Of those who fron. unhallouvd eensers roll 
 Tlie ineensc unto ])agon, and had hnilt 
 To unknoun gods and devils, and the whole 
 Bright host of rieaven rich altars, and in gudt, 
 E'en in Goi.\s house, the blood of saerifiee had spilt. 
 
 XLI. 
 
 She had profaned His Temple, and had given 
 The worship due to Him to tree and stone, 
 And thus ealled down the bitter wrath of Heaven 
 Long waked, but lor.g delayed .-her erimes had grown 
 Beyond the reach of j)ardon, and the throne 
 And sceptre passed away to other hands ; 
 Then in her long captivity her moan 
 Ascended to the Mercy Seat, her bands 
 Are one by one relaxed, her wakening heart expands. 
 
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 THE CAPTIVITY IN BAHYLON. 
 
 . !i 
 
 XLII. 
 
 Again tho proplicts of the Ili^rhost bear 
 Kind messages of n.orcy, J^olding out 
 Hope, ,)ardon, peace, to penitence and prayer 
 I^n bitterer woes to those who blin.lly scout 
 The o/Ters of His love ; doubt after doubt 
 
 Mchs like a cloud away; for grief had taught 
 UuimUty of heart, and whilst about 
 
 •i-heir boson^s played the ever cl^eering thought 
 
 Of freedom and of hon.e, their cares they balf forgot. 
 
 XLiir. 
 
 Among the messengers of God, who came 
 In mercy to his people, Daniel rose. 
 For wisdom honored much,-for holy flame 
 Of inspiration more ;-hc came with those 
 Sad exiles to the City of their foes 
 A child,-supported o'er the toilsome road 
 In that safe scat a mother's love bestows,- 
 Her tireless arm ; and well the precious load 
 Repaid Jier tender care and blessed her lone abode 
 
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THE CAPTIVITY IN BABYLON. 
 
 23 
 
 XLIV. 
 
 And former monnrclis to their jwlaco led 
 And loved the Hebrew Imy, .-.nd soon he knew 
 All lore by Eastern sages writ or read, 
 And anjrcds from the founts of wisdom (low, 
 And bathed his brow with inspiration's dew, 
 And touehed his lips with fire ; and when there camo 
 ricaven-messagcd visions on tlie monarch's view, 
 That youth put all Chaldea's seers to shame, 
 And thus to honors rose, to favor and to fame. 
 
 XLV. 
 
 The courts of Belus* temple flash with light 
 Gleaming from thousand lamj)s ; around arc spread 
 Banquets of royal luxury, which invito 
 The sated sense anew. His mighty head 
 High o'er the feast,^^ with costly incense fed, 
 The grim-eyed idol rears ; and wanton sonir. 
 And drunken revel, by Belshazzar led, 
 Rise round it as fit worship, and nrolonfr 
 E'en to the midnight hour the joys of that lewd throng. 
 
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 THE CAPTIVITY IN I5AUYL0N. 
 
 XLVI. 
 
 Dizzy with love and wino, and dccminrr nil 
 Thoso pleasures nungl.t, till sfon, cxc-itcnu-,,! throw 
 Her frenzied joys around Inni, at i.is call 
 Tlic slaves of proud HHshn/xar, br.n.lin- low, 
 Hear in ih^,. golden cups, whose burnished glow 
 Reflected once ihe altar of the Lord, 
 In Judah's ruined Temple ; they o'erflow 
 Now with unhallowed wine, where riles abhorred 
 And sensual pleasures reign around the madman's board. 
 
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 XLVII 
 
 And Nisroc, Aslitaroth and Bc\ behold 
 TJieir sin-polluted altars freely flow 
 With deep libations from those cu])S of gold 
 Used in Jehovah's worship long ago ; 
 The very flames that o'er their grimness throw 
 A flickering radiance, rise from golden stem 
 And polished branch, which caught its earliest glow 
 From thy shrined Sheckinah, Jerusalem, 
 Flashing reflected light on purple, ore and gem. 
 
 
THE CAPTIVi 
 
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 M'hat ,li.„s fl,c waning la.nps ^-Hath morning burst 
 Too soon ui)(,ii iho revol ?--N.) ! a liaht 
 
 As brilliant J>ut I..SS .,la,Ison.,, cutchc^ first 
 
 Tho trnnhlin.r n.onan-h's ,.y., ,.„, ,,i,^,t_, ,,.^ ^.^^^ 
 
 His check hath lost its nnsh, and wild alFright 
 Seizes on him and all his thoughtless crcw^ 
 Along the wall a visioned hand doth write ' 
 Strang., cliaractors of lln>, whos. threatening hue 
 Tlu-ows with a fearful glare each object on tlie view. 
 
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 XLIX. 
 
 Stiminoncd in haste with scrolls of mystic lore, 
 And potent rods and robes of sombre i]yc, 
 And ginlles, with strange letters painted o'er, 
 Swept by tlKMr snowy beards, the wise men hie, 
 And by the scat of splendor prostrate lie. 
 Waiting tlie King's behest ; his trembling liand 
 Points to the flashing letters, and with e>ye 
 Averted still, he birls the wondering band 
 Ecveal the wor<ls of fate that all might understand. 
 
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 THE CAPTIVITY IN BABYLON. 
 
 L. 
 
 Dismayed tlicy pause : their thoughtful eyes they strain 
 Long on the gleaming words, then seek the line 
 Of wisdom in their scrolls, but seek in vain ; 
 Each to the other makes some silent sicrn 
 To ask if there be hope the words divine 
 To read and to unravel, but reply 
 Receiveth none, and still the letters shine, 
 Glaring with awful brightness from on hi"-h, 
 Full on the battled seers and the pale company. 
 
 LI. 
 
 " What ! is there none whose magic skill can read 
 Those letters of astonishment and fear," 
 The King exclaimed, " and to their purport lead 
 My troubled thoughts ? Is there 710 prophet here .? 
 I will give glory to the godlike seer 
 Who leads my mind this hidden thing to know. 
 Wealth shall be his, and fame — he shall appear 
 Enrobed in regal scarlet, while below 
 The throne but three degrees his seat I will bestow." 
 
THE CAPTIVITY IN BABYLON. 
 
 27 
 
 '■ strain 
 
 LII. 
 
 Then, called in Imstc, Daniel before him stood, 
 Severe, yet modest, and unawcd, as one 
 Long conversant with courts ; the wall he viewed 
 A moment where the wondrous writing shone, 
 Then turned him to the King :i'' " to me be none 
 Such gifts, O Prince ! but hear from lip unpaid 
 The doom thou hast awaked and cannot shun, 
 The judgm(!nts now to burst upon thy head, 
 Traced by the hand of God, and soon to be displayed. 
 
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 LIIl. 
 
 " Thy sire by Sorrow's teaching learned to own 
 That God alone rules Earth : and that Mis will 
 Bestows on each the sceptre and the throne. 
 
 Till they their several destinies fulfd : 
 
 And this thou knew'st ; and yet, rebellious still, 
 Hath scorned Jehovah, daring to pollute 
 These holy vessels, and from them to spill 
 Libations at an imaged monster's foot. 
 Honoring above thy God the daemon or the brute. 
 
28 
 
 THE CAPTIVITY IN BABYLON. 
 
 LIV. 
 
 " Hear then the message He to thee conveys 
 By this mysterious writing, clear and bright : 
 Mene— thy kingdom hath fulfilled its days, 
 Thy reign shall end on this eventful ni<dit:— 
 Tekel— the balance hath declared thee lifdit 
 For thou by God's just judgments hast been weighed, 
 Perez, division cometh, and the micrht 
 Of Media and of Persia shall invade 
 This thy ancestral seat, and seize thy sccptre-bladc." 
 
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 I ;^ I ^ 
 
 LV. 
 
 The prophet's duty is fulfdlcd— the hand 
 Fades, like a fleeting shadow, from the view, 
 No longer in their withering brightness stand 
 Along the wall the mystic words which threw 
 
 So late around their doom-denouncing hue ; 
 
 Through heavy arch and brazen gateway passed ■ 
 The holy man, though oft as he withdrew, 
 Pausing, a sad and pitying glance hv cast 
 O'er the pale revellers there— that banquet was their last. 
 

 THE CAPTIVITY IN BABYLON.' 
 
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 ighcd, 
 
 Ic." 
 
 LVI. 
 
 But, with the hand and witli the words of fate 
 Passed to the winds the terrors which had thrown 
 Their cloud upon the festival ;— elate 
 Bolshazzar bids his guests in gayest tone 
 Drown graver thoughts, and leave the dim, unknown 
 Future to seers and dreamers .-—high in pride 
 He lifts a bowl, whose golden radiance shone 
 Bright through the purple stream which laves its side, 
 As on the ground he pours the full libation tide :— 
 
 sir last. 
 
 LVII. 
 
 Then to his lip .-—but why in startled haste 
 Doth his unsteady hand relax its hold. 
 Bathing the marble pavement with rich waste, 
 As rings upon its stones the empty gold ? 
 Why, springing to his feet, doth he unfold 
 The royal purple from his breast, and throw 
 His diadem to Earth ? A shout hath rolled 
 From broad Euphrates' banks, and cries of woe 
 Rise on the midnight air and fill the courts below. 
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 THE CAPTIVITY IN BABYLON. 
 
 LVIII. 
 
 The Median is upon thee ! He haih turned 
 Aside Euphrates' watersi-' from their bed, 
 And through its arch and empty eliannel learned 
 The pathway to thy palace, and hath sped 
 Up through the open gates, which should have spread 
 Their barriers rivcrward, his course to stay ; 
 Hopeless defence ! the infuriate foemen tread 
 O'er useless arms, and on the marble way 
 The wine enfeebled guards and silken menials slay. 
 
 LIX. 
 
 On, on like torrents from the mountains hurled, 
 Rush the invaders to their glorious prey ; 
 The joys of sense have all their lures unfm-led, 
 And beckon onward through the bloody way : 
 Riches more vast than in her wildest play 
 Fancy could paint or Avarice could require, 
 Doth Babel, in her regal affluence, lay 
 Before the astonished sonse, and that soft fire 
 By lewd Astarte lit, and fanned by wild Desire. 
 
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THE CAPTIVITY IN BABYLON. 
 
 LX. 
 
 And sliglit repulse from faint-soulcd troops they meet, 
 And soft, lux^;rious slaves ; Midc, wide they swarm 
 Tln-ough many a sculptnred arch and ],alaced street, 
 And Belus cuoes to the loud alarm ; 
 Around Ids feet the jewelled floor is warm 
 With blood of thousand worshippers, who lift 
 Their hands to him for safety,— but his arm 
 And glance alike are impotent, and swift 
 The Median's sabre sweeps ;— the tomb hath many a gift. 
 
 LXI. 
 
 The courts which echoed late with shout and song 
 And revelry and mirlh,— resound with wail 
 And shriek and lamentation, loud and lon<r • 
 The voice of Power can now no more avail. 
 Nor Beauty's mute appeal, as trembling, pale, 
 She spreads her hands and lifts her brow of light. 
 And those wild, lustrous eyes, whose eloquent talc 
 Then first no pity moved ;— the dsemon might 
 Of Fury baffled long, now gains its curblcss lieight. 
 
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 THE CAPTIVITY IN BABYLON. 
 
 LXII. 
 
 But of that coward herd which knelt before 
 The Persian's arm, one heart had thrown aside 
 His woman's softness, and stood forth no more 
 A pale-eycd Sybarite ; but kingly pride, 
 And stern resolve to meet the o'erwhelming tide, 
 And noble do'-ng, in his form and eye, 
 At length had found their home, and flashing wide 
 H]s dcath-bestowing scymetar on high, 
 Swept with the whirlwind's power, and^bade the bravest fly. 
 
 LXIII. 
 
 Behind a wall of slaughtered foes he stood, 
 Like lion turned to bay ; around him fell 
 Arrow and javelin, thirsting for his blood, 
 In frequent shower, ringing continuous knell 
 Upon his full orbed shield; and oft the swell 
 Of victory's shouting, premature, arose, 
 As near him flew some lance directed well, 
 Or grazing arrow point, for still his foes 
 Feared his excited ire, nor dared around him close. 
 
THE CAPTIVITY IN BABYLON. 
 
 33 
 
 rvide 
 )ravest fly. 
 
 LXIV. 
 
 Sudden a shout was Lcavd-a warrior sprang 
 Bcyoiid the blcedii,g nun.nd, and, luind to h.-md, 
 Long time tlicir clasliing hladcs and bucklers rang, 
 Wliilc breathless stillness falls on oither band ; 
 Invaders and invaded, on the grand 
 Yet awful scene, intensely looking on, 
 And leaning on their useless weapons, stand; 
 One falls— Belshazzar's fated life is gone— 
 Darius— tliine alone is u ■de-walled Babylon. 
 
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 LXV. 
 
 Babel hath fallen, but Judah is not free- 
 She hath but changed her master— yet her yoke 
 Doth daily press less heavily, and she 
 Dares to believe that Freedom's keen-edgcd stroke, 
 Which once in Egypt slavery's fetters broke. 
 Full soon may fall. Her sons to honors rise- 
 Jewels and gold adorn the purple cloak 
 Which vests her Daniel with authorities, 
 
 Andpowcrs,assignedtononebutthosewhommonarchsprize. 
 
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 THE CAPTIVITY IN BABYLON. 
 
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 LXVI. 
 
 O'er six score subject provinces preside 
 As many favored nobles, over whom 
 Is placed a high triumvirate, and wide 
 Its sway, and irreversible its doom ; 
 It holds the reins of empire, and the room 
 Wherein it sits, displays a thronging crew 
 Of summoned princes, doffing helm and plume 
 Before its power,— but chief is honor due 
 To him, first noble there,— a captive and a Jew ! 
 
 LXVII. 
 
 But in that chair of state doth Daniel meet 
 The meed that haunteth all of humble state, 
 By merit lifted to the dizzy seat 
 
 Of influence and honor : — Envy Hate 
 
 Assumed Contempt— yet inward Dread— await 
 Around his path ; his rivals, day by day. 
 Station their spies around his palace gate, 
 And seek to snare him, but his perfect way 
 Beams, like the virgin ore, more bright from the assay. 
 
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THE CAPTIVITY IN BABYLON. 
 
 35 
 
 LXVIII. 
 
 And therefore he must fall : his virtue shines 
 Too bright, too dazzling, for their clouded eyes, 
 And liis stern honor thwarts their base designs ; 
 He worsliips not their gods. The fact supplies 
 A ready path to vengeance. Then arise 
 Fawning and cunning voices round the throne : 
 " O King ! the good, the noble and the wise. 
 Have framed an edict, that to thee alone 
 For thirty days shall prayer or suppliant vow be known. 
 
 ssay. 
 
 LXIX. 
 
 " And if to any other, save to thee, 
 The voice of supj)lication shall ascend, 
 Then with the lions let his portion be, 
 Who dares the laws of Media to offend ; 
 That this be 'stablished, let thy hand append 
 Thy seal and signature, that every one 
 Where'er thy mighty empire shall extend, 
 May know the royal will." The deed is done,— 
 And Media's laws change not,—Daniel, thy race is run ! 
 
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 THE CAPTIVITV IN BABYLON. 
 
 LXX. 
 
 The edict has gone forth :--" behold how smiles 
 
 The stern triumvir as ho hears his doom ! 
 
 Let liim sneer on — ho shall not scape our wiles, 
 
 But sink accursed witlnn a living tomb : 
 
 The sun's descending glory lights the room 
 Where stands our victim, but its i)arting ray 
 Tomorroio shall that gorgeous hall illume, 
 And find no Daniel there !"— He kneels lu pray, 
 Turning witli hand and eye far to the VVest^o away : 
 
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 LXXI. 
 
 Sunrise is gilding Babylon : — agaiji 
 His foes assemble in the street below, 
 Watching M'ith eager eye and ear, to gain 
 More certain proof their victim to overthrow ; 
 Morn's balmy breathings through the casement flow, 
 And there again the holy prophet kneels 
 In calm yet deep devotion, and the glow 
 Of solemn rapture lights his cheek, and seals 
 His brow with impress bright, which Truth alone reveals. 
 
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THE CAPTIVITY IN BABYLON, 
 
 37 
 
 LXXII. 
 
 And noon n^riin beholds him with his hands 
 Expnndcd wide towards the bright \Vcst(>rn skies, 
 Where once in uorshij) from the distant lands, 
 The tribes went up \o oll'cr sacrifice ; 
 And as to Ifcaven his i)rayers, like incense, rise 
 From the heart's altar, warmed with sacred fire, 
 His dirmon foes behold, with raj)tiired eye.^. 
 The proof which seals his doom and gluts their ire, 
 And to the paJace-gates wilh hurried stc]) retire. 
 
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 LXXIII. 
 
 And Daniel's crime before the King is laid. 
 And judgment asked by laws which cannot fail, 
 And King Darius, by his haste betrayed. 
 Mourns with hot tears, which cannot now avail. 
 And sentence must go forth. Perplexed and pale, 
 He bids his slaves the gloomy cavern ope. 
 And whilst he strives his bitter grief to veil. 
 The fearless victim strains the gratinf^ rone 
 And to his prison sinks, dark, yet illumed wilh hope. 
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38 
 
 THE CAPTIVITY IN BAIIYLON. 
 
 LXXIV. 
 
 Morning had scarcely streaked the Eastern sky 
 With its first hlush, ore kneels the King hoforo 
 The hons' cavern with an anxious cry : 
 " Servant of God ! can He thou dost adore 
 Save thee indeed, and still the savage roar 
 Of these infuriate monsters ?" Then arose 
 The prophet's calm reply—" He can restore 
 His servants, and deliverance work for those 
 Who on His mercy trust, wiiose innocence He knows." 
 
 LXXV. 
 
 In haste tlie joyous Monarch bids his slaves 
 Remove the royal seal, and spread the gate 
 Wide, which gave entrance to the gloomy caves, 
 And brng the prophet forth,-— that baffled Hate 
 May meet the fearful doom it had so late 
 Planned for the innocent ; and forth they bore 
 The man of God unharmed :— the doors of fate 
 Close on his doomed accusers, and their gore 
 Flows ere their bodies touch the dark, sepulchral floor. 
 
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THE CAPTIVITY IN DABYLON. 
 
 39 
 
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 LXXVI. 
 
 But now from lionors, courts and cares, retires 
 Tho holy man, to studies and to prayer ; 
 Age had h(!gun to quench his early fires. 
 For seventy years had vanished, since, a ftiir, 
 A goodly child, his anxious mother hare 
 ITis wearied limhs tin-ough Babel's thronging street ; 
 And in these latter days 'twas his to share 
 High converse, in his calm and fliir retreat, 
 With angels spreading wide the Future's mystic sheet. 
 
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 LXXVII. 
 
 Yea, many a glorious sight of after things 
 Pell on his raptured eye — he sa\^ d 
 
 The Church's future glory, ?>n 1 . ,, win<Ts 
 Of angels and archangels (» i n.. ]iead 
 Flashed visible music, bearing news which bade 
 His aged heart expand ; from them he knew 
 That seventy annua! wecksi^ should rise and fade, 
 And then should wake on earth's adoring view 
 Messiah— Saviour— Cod of Gentile and of Jew; 
 
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 TAX VIII. 
 
 And thafil.o long captivity, which he 
 And exiled Jmlah l,or,« in that fhr lan.l 
 
 Forc.hadouod those dat-lc yea.., ere n.ln should see 
 li'alhn.h, and .nvatdelivemneeiVom the hand 
 Of b^atan and of Sin ; the high cunmmnd 
 
 Came r.on, the throne of (;iory, and he saw 
 Those (ypic years were nnmhered, and the" hand 
 
 or Jews oiuv n.ore their ancient lot should draw 
 And n. tlu.ir cherished J.on^e again restore ti.e Law! 
 
 LXXIX. 
 
 Darius slec>j,s where Media's nionarehs sleep, 
 111 n.o.uunental pomp, a.ul on his throne 
 TJie JVrsian Cyrus sits, his slate to keep, 
 
 And rule the suhjeet nations, now his own; 
 Isaiah's heaven-taught pages had tbr.^shown 
 That his shuMl.l he the glory to release 
 ^'onr .hulah iVoni hvv chains,''^ and bid her groan 
 Melt into su.iles-her long alllietion eease, 
 And all her clouds disperse before die sun of Teacc 
 
THE CAPTIVITY IN BABYLON. 
 
 41 
 
 I 
 
 see 
 
 LXXX. 
 
 And deeply in his heart had sunk the word 
 Of prophecy, and in his ardent mind 
 Deep thoughts, like voices of the tr.mipet, stirred 
 To nohle deeds his soul, and ho resijrnod 
 His will to that high destiny and sln-incd 
 Its mandates in his heart ; and, ere a year 
 Of regal sway had left its cares behind, 
 Tlie kingly proclamation, far and near, 
 Had bade the flirthest bounds of that wide En.pire hear. 
 
 LXXXI. 
 
 " Thus saith the King :_God hath on me bestowed 
 Power over all Earth's Kingdoms, and hath bade 
 My hand establish His beloved abode, 
 Where once it stood in goodly show displayed ; 
 Let all whose vows to Israel's God are paid— 
 The ordy God— to Judah's land return. 
 Where'er among the subject nations spread, 
 And build again the holy house, and burn 
 /license and victim there, and there His judgments learn "lo 
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 LXXXII. 
 
 Then was tliere joy and gladness once again 
 
 In lliat long oxilod nation :— Judali rose 
 
 Bright n-,.n the dust, where she so long had Iain, 
 
 In oil her virgin beauty, for the woes 
 Which pressed her down now left her to repose ; 
 Then fron, her long and troubled sleep she waked 
 To nil the light which rising Freedom throws 
 In genial streams to Karth, wherein she slaked 
 Those hopes so long deferred with which her heart had ached 
 
 LXXXIII. 
 
 Gladness and hope on every feainre glowed, 
 As batid by band, and tri!>e by tribe, they pres.ecl 
 To Habers walls, by many a distant road, 
 From town and province long their home of rest ; 
 And, IS obedient to the King's behest 
 And llu ;.. hearts' hc.ncvnrd yean.ing., vangd ,hcy s.ood 
 Oil Ihal wide plain, il.cii- faces to the \\'c.,t 
 They turned, and .troaniing tears their eheel« bcdcved. 
 Soft as tl..c April sl,„,ver, with notigh, ef grief imbued. 
 
THE CAPTIVITY IN BABYLON. 
 
 43 
 
 aclicd. 
 
 T.XXXIV. 
 
 And fortli tlicy v.eiit, a glad and goodly train ;— 
 How far nidikc the molaiiclioly crew 
 W]ii,.h sovonty years Urfmv, in toil and pain, 
 Along proud Babel's streets their wailing threw ; 
 That race had well-m-gh i)as8-.d, and these, a new 
 And i)roud assemblage, turned tlieir willing feet 
 To Judah's vine -clad hills, , ,d deemed they drew 
 iMore vigorous brealh, as balmy, soft and sweet. 
 The Western breeze fi-Mr, home their raptured senses greet. 
 
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 LXXXV. 
 
 Yet Mere there some among that joyous band. 
 Who thro' long years their treasured thoughts could throw 
 Back ^3 the scenes of childhood, and could stand, 
 Tn memory, on the mount, whereon tlie .rlow 
 Of the sun rested gorgeously, as low 
 lie wheeled his evening course, and bathed in li-ht 
 The Temple's pinnacles, and bade them show 
 Their golden outline, glittering, rich and bright, 
 Far o'er the lower lands till evening mixed with ni-ht. 
 
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 44 
 
 THE CAPTIVITY IN BABYLON. 
 
 LXXXVI. 
 
 And wlicn from gilded spire? the liglit had passed, 
 Leaving the solemn Temple all in shade, 
 It slept upon the waving column vast, 
 Which in the calm, still twilight, reared its head- 
 Smoke of the evening sacrifice— and played 
 Brightly around its top, like that of yore, 
 Whose moving course their fathers had obeyed, 
 When, toiling through the wilderness, they bore 
 From Egypt's Imted land tlieir tyrant's cherished store. 
 
 LXXXVII. 
 
 And oft upon that homeward march, they told 
 Strange tale;^ of all their childish eyes had viewed 
 Within that glorious house— jewels and gold. 
 And precious things, in brilliant order strewed— 
 And gilded beams of odorous cedar wood 
 Magnificently carved, and relics kept 
 Within the ark, which could not be renewed, so 
 Whose sad destruction Judah's sons had wept 
 Oft in their exile home, e'en whilst their children slept. 
 
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THE CAPTIVITY IW BABYLON. 
 
 45 
 
 
 LXXXVIII. 
 
 And wl.oa they told how all that glorious pile 
 In ruins lay, o'erthrown and desolate— 
 Mark for Samaria's jibe and Gentile's smile— 
 The home where bensts or fiercer robbers wait- 
 Their aged eyes o'erflowed ; and then they sate 
 On some rude stone, and gave the rein to grief, 
 Till rose the thought that they to reinstate 
 That holy house liad come, and soft relief 
 Fell on their troubled hearts, and made their mourning brief 
 
 LXXXIX. 
 
 And with renewed alacrity they sped 
 Across the stony plains which skirt the bound 
 Of Araby, and thence the deserts spread 
 
 Far by the Malls of Tadmor ; till they found 
 
 Their feet ii])on the pleasant vallies round 
 
 Far-famed Damascus, and the waters blue 
 
 Of Abana and Phai-par ; then the mound 
 
 Of Tabor glads their sid.t, and soon they knew 
 The ruined lieaps of home which rose upon their view. 
 
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 THE CAPTIVITY IN BABYLON. 
 
 If: 
 
 xc. 
 
 Nearer they came, till, by the gentle brook 
 Of Kcdron pausing, one,2i whose snowy hair 
 Waved brightly in the sun, his station took 
 Before the holy Mount, and kneeling there. 
 With outstretched hands, and revereLd forehead bare, 
 He communed with his God, as erst he prayed 
 In Babylon his fervent, fearless prayer, 
 Though envious foes in ambush near were laid. 
 And though the lions' den its yawning portals sprlad. 
 
 XCI. 
 
 Thus ran his supplication :— " O, our God, 
 Who with thy mighty hand didst hither lead 
 Thy people from iEgyptia's dark abode. 
 From woes and pains and cruel bondage freed,— 
 Hear us, O Lord,— bow down thine car, and heed 
 Thy people's supplications ;— for we know 
 That we have sinned, and urged, by many a deed 
 Of deadly hue, thy holy wrath to flow 
 On our deserving heads, with waves of bitter woe. 
 
THE CAPTIVITY IN BABYLON. 
 
 47 
 
 XCII. 
 
 " But let no more thy mighty anger burn, 
 O God of mercy ! From thy holy seat— 
 Thy chosen heritage— in pity turn 
 The fierceness of thy wrath. Behold we meet 
 Bitter reproach and enmity's fierce heat 
 From the surrounding nations, and the gust 
 Of fiery persecution ; but repeat 
 Thy favor as of yore, and from the dust 
 Restore thy holy hill, O Merciful and Just ! 
 
 XCIII. 
 
 " O, let thy servant's voice before thy throne 
 Meet blest acceptance ! For thy mercy's sake 
 Look with compassion on this City lone. 
 Which once thou deignd'st thy earthly home to make, 
 And from thy Temple and thy ahars take 
 The deep reproach by Heathen tyrants brought ; 
 Behold our desolations, Lord, and break 
 The heavy chains of sorrow, which have wrought 
 Anguish in every heart, and crushed each fondest'thought." 
 

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 ji ' 
 
 I I 
 
 V- 
 
 THE CAPTIVITY IN BABYLON. 
 
 XCIV. 
 
 The propliet ceased ; yet still he bent I.im there, 
 Perchance in silent worsliip ; bL.t he kneels 
 So long, so mute, so motionless in i)rayer, 
 That each a silent ap])rehcnsion feels, 
 And oft a glance of strange iiup.iry sieals, 
 Yet fears to interrupt him, ujilil 02ie, 
 At length, with Jiesitating step, reveals 
 Tiie half-suspected truth ;-]iis course is run- 
 Fit death for life of prayer-in worship sets his sun ! 
 
 xcv. 
 
 And there, amid the prophets' sepulchres, 
 Daniel reposes— and around him rise 
 The walls, rebuilt by sad artificers, 
 And hindered long by cruel enemies ; 
 And well the tears became those aged eyes,23 
 As, with the memories of the past, they view 
 The far diminished glory whicli sujjplies 
 Grace to that second Temple ;-y, they know 
 At least it was their own,— tiie Temjle of the Jew. 
 
 11 
 
THE CAPTIVITY IN BABYLON. 
 
 49 
 
 xcvr. 
 
 And after years beheld a glory24 fall 
 On that late building, which surpassed the gold 
 And gorgeous hangi.igs which adorned the wall, 
 The courts, the halls, the chambers of the old ;' 
 When the long lapse of centuries had rolled 
 Its destined course, and to the world revealed 
 The HOLY ONE, whom prophets had foretold, 
 The Saviour of the nations, who unsealed 
 Shadows and hidden types-, whose letter he repealed. 
 
 XCVII. 
 
 That second house no Shekinah could boast. 
 Lighting the Mercy Seat, and showing there' 
 The presence of Jehovah to the host^ 
 Who filled the courts with sacrifice and prayer; 
 Bat through its halls and sculptured gateways fair 
 Passed, veiled in flesh, revealed to human eye. 
 The mighty God Himself, who deigned to boar 
 The sorrows of His people, to apply 
 Balm to their wounds, and died that they might never die. 
 
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 THE CAPTIVITY IN BABVLON. 
 
 H 
 
 Pll 
 
 XCVIII. 
 
 And from that meaner Temple, to all lands, 
 Hath sped the word of life, o'er fertile plain, 
 Decp-tangled forest, hot and burning sands, 
 And o\>r the wild and solitary main; 
 Ilorno on by men of faith, through toil and pain 
 And persecution, e'en to life's last hour, 
 Au.l leaving, when their souls returned again 
 To Iliin who sent them forth, a richer dower 
 Than ever monarch owned in times of palmiest power. 
 
 xcrx. 
 
 And to these shores, unknown, when in their day 
 Christ's earliest heralds fought their holy fight. 
 That word of power hath made resistless way. 
 And changed the moral darkness into light ; 
 And in its train, refined, ennobled, brirrht 
 By rays reflected from its sacred flame. 
 Its Iiandmaid Science, like the moon at night. 
 Shedding her silvery glory, meekly came. 
 To aid that blessed power, which gave her strength and fame. 
 
 
THE CAPTIVITY IN BABYLON. 
 
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 ne. 
 
 C. 
 
 And here, where late the untutored Savage trod, 
 She halh a scat to humanize the mind, 
 And hring its nohlcst energies to God ; 
 To draw its vigor forth, and tlien to hind 
 That vigor, strengthened, sanctified, rcfin'd, 
 Down to the noblest task tliat man can know, 
 The task to hless and reconcile mankind 
 To God's olFended justice, and to show 
 What riches and what joys from Christ's atonement flow. 
 
 CI. 
 
 Go on and prosper ! From this classic seat 
 Let Truth, as from a centre, spread her rays, 
 Diverging and increasing, till they meet 
 And girdle earth in one wide, bright embrace ! 
 Onward their march, till error finds no place 
 Wherein to hide ; till every desert shore 
 Bloom with the rose of Sharon— until praise 
 Load the four winds with melody, and pour 
 One universal song, to peal for evermore ! 
 
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 THE CAPTIVITY IN EABVLON. 
 
 - 
 
 ru. 
 
 Go on and prosper ! fiW, to „,,th a voice 
 Of tru.,|H.t tono, till through ,he Eartli it sound 
 lis glono„s echoes, bidding man rejoice, 
 Sliakin. Sin's high-walled cities to the ground 
 And bidding bondage (nhere the mind is bound 
 By Sin and Error,) cease the Earth to tread ; 
 That man redeemed, of every race, be found 
 Like Judah, from tiic walls of Babel led, 
 Pressing to tliat blest home wJierc dwells their glorious Head ! 
 
 
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NOTES. 
 
 ad ! 
 
 Note 1. Stan/v If. I,,.ve |. 
 Plain of Skinar. 
 
 1. r°.r3o7ir'°"' i""-?- "' '"" "■•" •""■ "" '""'" '■ -I "■■' ■n.-i., 
 
 5Lt:::;^::L;;i::;r;:i;;f :;;:■--.--. ■■ ^ >■".■--> t 
 
 Note a. Stanza IV. L,ne 1. 
 Babijlon the mightij, 
 
 bra.. .4,, :: ;, u .-i"'^r [ ^ '""^' '' "" •^'"" ^""•' ■■" -'■-""'» 
 
 itj oast o„.i .too,l ,h„ o... I...,,..o an,l th. To.nplo of BoluT ^ v t o, .l'" 
 
 sauatc. the now Pa.ane, whi,-.. oc..pio.i nine o.Uiro ..u.uo.of the C tv a 1" 
 
 the nver affor.l.ul u secret .■o,n,nu,.i..,.tio„ between the two Palace.. The Tenn.Io 
 
 r:;:;;:;r::;;;:::;r:;e:r::'i:'^r^-^^^^ 
 
 $.0,000 000 There were .„ ,ho Temple, l.e.ides thi., two other Htatne, of 
 f. ale .le„K.,„ly inferior in n,a,ni,u,le or value, which, togo.hor wi h 'tho 
 golden vessels, table. „„„ „,ber .nrni.un, n.a.le the whole e-- .nate of it. e 
 
 m..nt o above S.OO.OOO.OOO. H„w are the n.i.hty .U„o„ - . l.abvh. , ho r, 
 of K., don,., the bean.y of the Chaidees- excellency, shall bo (a„"d truly i^) a. 
 When God overthrew .Sodom and Gomorrah." ^ 
 
 5* 
 
54 
 
 NOTES. 
 
 Note 3. Ft ,:,-,., iv. l.^^ g. 
 WaviniT garden, 
 
 p'lt:'" ;'":::,;;','::' : t""" ■'"•""'■ " "» '--s 
 
 of .1,,. „,,ii, ,„■ „„. c.„; ,'■''■ "- "'•■"■■ """"-'. """"I "1. ■" .1.. i»i.i 
 
 ^ ... ...... ,.,„ .™.^..:::'i';;: ,::rr:,;;x,::; -"-'• ■".•.« 
 
 Note 1. Stan/a Vllf. L.^^ 5. 
 
 Till- stdirs. 
 
 w-^";';:;::::;;:j;:;::;,;::;::';;---^"^ --"...-o.. .... .... ... ,,„ 
 
 steps to ..0 rivor.-/.,..,.!;,:;;!::;;'^^'^'^" '"'''' """ '"■" '"-" '^ "--- "^ 
 
 Note 5. St.«za XIV. Line, 7 .rvu 8. 
 
 for hr went 
 f^om Bubifim ,10 puriw.ird. 
 
 Jnsppluis. Anli.|. n.Hik X. rl,. viii „■,,< <c.i 
 
 --- - '^' -.....> .!;::;:":::":";;::-;;:;:'::' '^; •--'■•"; ^'"^^ -^ 
 
 sent froa. Bal,,lon wIk.u U,o cap.ivesar.ivCtlo. ' "'"' "" '^''"''^""•' ""- 
 
 Note (5. HrAr.A Will. L,^^ ,j. 
 
 Ma,nj a hnhj ,/,h,sr /„ ,„„,/, „„,; ^,,-^^, ^,,^.,^ . ^_ 
 ThcBO wore (he two tahh-n of (li,' l,„v il„. „ 1 1 
 
 ""•" '"• "' ^"- ■'" '-■ '° '- " ". «.:.:'..;;,::::.:;:',:,:';:■:::: 
 
 Note 7. Stanza XXI. Line 5. 
 //(.« orft/f.« hrow. 
 The oyo8 of Zodekiah, Kin.T of I,„i ,1, 1.,. 1 1 
 of Nc.hucl.„.lncz^,u, his chil.i;. h ', ■"" ""' ""' "' ""''"''' ''^ -"""""d 
 
NOTES. 
 
 55 
 
 Note 8. Stanza XXI. Line 7. 
 
 The double prophcnj, 
 
 _ '« Thou Hhnll not C8cnpo out „r his h.in.l, hut sh.ll .urHv h. mkon nn,l .Inlivorod 
 .nto h,s hnu.l ; nn.l thin,, njr. shall luM.I tho oy.s of th., K.n,^ oC H,.l,yh,„, ,„., ,,„ 
 shall sp.uk with th.o n.outh to ...outh, au.l thou shall ,r„ ,., Bahylon.^-JoromUh 
 xxxiv. I!. 
 
 " I will hri.,.. hiu, to Tlahyl.,.,, to tho lan,l of tho Chai.loans ; yet l,o shall not 
 BOO It, Ihouali ho shall ilio llicro."— li/.-kiul xii. J3. 
 
 Note 9. Stanza .\\\I. Line 1. 
 
 The hulii jire, 
 
 Tho Hncrod (Ire, which ,lo.,-on.l...l at tho .h.li.ation of ,l„. Tompio by Solomon 
 was preserved till ahoul tho heginniug of the Captivity i„ Dahylon. 
 
 Note 10. Stanza XXXL Line 5. 
 
 The Urim and the Thummim. 
 
 These words siffniPy Mr.,- mu,I p.rjWtun,,, avA ,irr .nentioned a. hcinff in tho 
 ll.Sh Priest's hieastplatoi hut h h.„ they were ea, ,, ■ with any eertainty l.„ do- 
 term.ue.l ; «ll that is known ahoul th, -a is, that they were eonsulled on occasions 
 ol great nu.u.eut, and hy soiuo u.euus, in.pus.ihle to he discovered, gave an oracti- 
 lar lejiiy. 
 
 Note II. Stanza XXXIM. Line 9. 
 
 That. I'cnj plain. 
 
 Tho plain of Dura .t otehed ,,w,.,y W. of the Kuphrute., „nd as the temple of 
 Bclu» lay on the E. side of tho river, strictly speaking, in tho plain of Shin,.r tho 
 expression " that very plain- is not literally corrocl ; yet as the two plains are orten 
 mentioned indiscriminately, when speakin;' of tho r.-.-ion aroun.l llnhylon, there 
 cannot he any great in,pr..priety in laying tho «cenc of the confusion of "tongues on 
 the western sido of tho river. 
 
 Note 1-2. Stanza XXXV. Line 2. 
 ^ god of gold, 
 
 Prohnhly tho same as that afterward, known a. tho Jupiter Uoiu., in tho Tcmplo 
 
 of Dahylon. 
 
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 NOTES. 
 
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 Note 13. Stanza XLV. Line 5. 
 The feast. 
 
 i. IV: :i'r;,:,;:::',:';":: ,:::;:::r ° "r""'^"°" -^ ■'"'■""""' '"■•■ •'^«' 
 
 Note 11. Stanzas LII. LIIl. LIV. 
 
 Sec Daniel v. 17—28. 
 
 Note 15 Stanza LVIII. LtNE 2. 
 
 llr hath turned 
 -Aside Euphrates' waters. 
 
 An enormous lake of nl)out (illy miloq i.. r;.... r 
 sovcnty-five foot .„,.op. ,.„, rorn-ori/, ^ J^ ' t::;*^;;^ ""^'>' - 
 
 duri„„i.., annn.I .>...h.t, causo.1 ,y tl.o n Iti . of t, V ^^' '"'" """''• 
 
 Note 1(5. Stanza LXX. Line 9. 
 Tu <Ae JVcst. 
 
 It was, and still is, custoniarv witli tiio T.wu ,..i,« «• • 
 tioa.s i„ „ f„..i„. ,a„:,. to ,..n, tow 1 '/-;::'' I'/f '7 "" J'""' -"P"- 
 cordaneo with the Hon.in.ont oxprc 1 itl r "''""'^""^ ''"»-- '" - 
 tion.-I Kings viii. ^-^3 ' " "" "'"*"' "' ''°'°'"°". " '»'0 dcdicu- 
 
 Note 17. Stanza LXXVIf. Line 7. 
 
 Seventy annual weeks. 
 
 p».. ... „„,„ « ,.„ .:;;::.:'r:rj:;v;:::rz::::;;:tr 
 
 
NOTES. 
 
 57 
 
 Note 18. Stanza LXXIX. Lines 5, G, 7. 
 
 Isaiah's hcavcn.taught pages had foreshown 
 That his should hr the nl„nj to release 
 Lone Judahfrum her chains. 
 
 Isuiali xliv. 28. 
 
 NoTK 19. SiA.vzA LXXXI. 
 
 E/ra. Chap. i. o, 3, 4. 
 
 Note 20. Htanza LXXXVII. Line 7. 
 
 Which could not he renewed. 
 
 Not only the l.oly things kept within tho Ark, hut tho Ark itself, and al! it, fur 
 mturo, had boon lost during the Captivity. The second Te.np.o w . a , o 1 ^e ; 
 u ...or thing, w.ch th. «r.,, possessed, viz. ,he .hekinah, or cloud of the D 
 rre.enco-tho holy tuo-tho Urin. and Thu.„„,i,„_„.a tho apirit of Prophecy. 
 
 Note 2L Stanza XC. Line 2. 
 
 One. 
 
 It is certain that Daniel lived till very near tho end of the Captivity and there ,, 
 notlnng to r.-nder his return to Jerusalem improbable. There can, t e'reT e „o 
 Jmpropric'ty in introducing him here. "'ereiore, Do no 
 
 Note 22. Stanzas XCL XCII. and XCIIL 
 
 Daniel ix. 4—19. 
 
 Note 23. Stanza XCV. Line 5. 
 
 Jind well the tears became those aged eyes. 
 
 E/ra iii. 12. 
 
 Note 24. Stanza XCVL Line J. 
 
 •/i glory, 
 
 Iliiggtti ii. 9. 
 

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POEMS. 
 
 AMERICAN AxVriQUITIES. 
 
 What though they toll thee thou hast nought, 
 Young land of beauty, to bear back, 
 
 Midst crumbling lower and fane, our thou-ht 
 To Time's long hallowed track,— 
 
 That thine antiquity ben-an 
 
 When other lands were growing old 
 
 Thy name unwon, till Spain's bold sou 
 Came to thy shores for gold ; 
 
62 
 
 POEMS. 
 
 IleofI 
 
 not (I 
 
 'f^ impnkiiioii i] 
 
 ii'own 
 
 So rashly on t\ 
 
 Each 
 
 'y i-lsilJ'r /hllK 
 
 giant coiio of th 
 
 Wiicii lloi 
 
 "10 was Jtnowii 
 
 '10 was hut u 
 
 name 
 
 E-h glorious stream, n ,ueh hoars its foam 
 
 1o the vast Ocean's cloopropose 
 Was known and nan.od hofuro a dome 
 On Tyhor's ha.dvs arose. 
 
 His how J.ath many a >.arrior bent 
 In duadly conflict - ,he cliaso 
 
 Whose long descent was closely hIo„t 
 ^V'lfh Judah's royal race ; 
 
 And many a sage had made :.s grave 
 ^>' ce^^soless Niagara's roar, 
 
 E'er Ccesar's legions crossed the wave 
 To Albion's chalky shore. 
 
 gi'ay, 
 
 What arc the castles' turrets 
 
 Clothed with the n.oss of centuries ten 
 Or what the scenes of fierce aifray ' 
 
 Between half-savage men? 
 
rOEMS. 
 
 63 
 
 Point to thy l.ills nnd rivers vast, 
 Rife with the deeds of rrlorv's day 
 
 Unknown hecausc no muse hath shrined 
 Their memories in hf-r lav. 
 
 What arc the pyramids which tower 
 High o'er old Ejrypt's sandy plain, 
 Those altars to Ohlivio.i'r? power, 
 
 Which Time has touched in vain > 
 Tliou too, if might of praise redounds 
 
 From homo of death and mourning stone. 
 May 'St boast thy mounds -thy bLn-ial\rrounds 
 Of heroes long uidcnown. 
 
 When Israel's tribes were captive led 
 
 To Gozan's deep and distant tide. 
 Far from the oppressor's hand they /led 
 
 O'er many a desert wide ; 
 And many a foamy stream tliey passed, 
 And many a forest wandered through, 
 And trod at last the barriers vast 
 By Bchring's waters blue. 
 
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 64 
 
 PQEMS. 
 
 
 But islands, since by fire, subch.ccl,* 
 In ceaseless chain heforc ,l,em I.v 
 
 Ami o'er tl.onoo,l on rafts of wood" 
 They took t},cir untried way, 
 
 And trod these shoros, bofon'nnt rod 
 % mortal foot since time heiran . 
 
 Alone — desertrd l.y their (,;od^-_ 
 Deserting tyrant man. 
 
 An.l though full n.any an ancient rite 
 Of saeriJicial laws thr.y (h.-c, 
 
 Treserved throu-rh Km.,', i 
 
 a" J'li"! s Joomy night. 
 
 To this untrodden sh,, re, 
 Tlioir end and spirit were forgot, 
 
 Their lifeless forms they hdd 'done 
 For they had brought no .VVV.VZ,, ,„,,,;, 
 ^Vith Inspiration's tone. 
 
 And thus they lost that artf which bids 
 I>'-'liance to the tooth of Tinier 
 
 * Tlio Fox Islands, gome degrees S 
 of Volcnnic action. 
 
 — The art of VVrilin". 
 
 outli of Dehri.ig'g Strait 
 
 tracts 
 
POKMS. 
 
 Wl.r.n mounds and cnnnhling pyramid. 
 
 Forget the tale snhlimc; 
 And tl.o exciting dcrd., which Tdiod 
 
 The space of full tu-<.tI,.H,.,unlv..ars, 
 Lie unn.u...,|.d. in. hrLucs scaled, 
 ^Vhen- never ray ajipeurs. 
 
 65 
 
 Long else had heen the scroll nt' n.mc 
 
 Thy storiedMu.se had l,M..!,d down; 
 
 Else should thy l,.uu-,l,<.,H.d annals daim 
 Antirjuify's renown. 
 
 Lament if not : j,, every age 
 
 Too long the lal. of WOPS and crimes- 
 
 Would that the sag. had /.^Mhe page 
 He traced in ancient tiint-^! 
 
 ^Lippy, iliistoiif'd, art thou, 
 
 Happy, n,t thought may soar away 
 
 ^^'^''''' "M' .V !f. her how 
 
 Transpired th. ,|;^. _ 
 
 Iniagination paints uith hues 
 
 Morr fair than Truth-old artist stern- 
 Cettcr the deeds of old to lose, 
 
 Tlian blush the tale to learn. 
 
 1 
 
G(> 
 
 Poems. 
 
 MEMORY 
 
 "Onorlonri,lo.w,.,l.ono,Ii„,|„ ,„„„,j 
 Ily rnoinory', ,„agi. lot. i„ „„ ,„„ ,,,^ „ 
 
 MOORI 
 
 I 
 
 If 
 
 How finely memory's cl.ords are strun.f 
 
 The slightest lo„H. will wake a strain 
 Which long ago our childhood sunrr, 
 But hath not wakened since again': 
 Some far-o<r music fuimly caught, 
 Rouses the energies of thought" 
 And hack upon the soul return 
 
 Scenes, forms and faces loi,g forgot, 
 Kind wonls that ha.le the hosom burn,' 
 And looks of Love which ehai.gefh'not, 
 Connected, how we know not well, 
 With that faint music's magic swell. 
 
POEMS. 
 
 I. sat .1 lazy ],iYK,k ]u's\,h-, 
 
 Markin.; ifs slou and mI,.,u u,],.. 
 it passnl ,1., ,,,,, „,,, ^,,^,„ ,,,^^ ^,^.^^j^,^ 
 
 «carco ri,,,,|,,Ml l,y tin, knottod limb 
 Which lay across its course, an.l ,na.l.. 
 A barrier to its waters .li|,,,__ 
 
 Tl.OMwitI, a l.M.n an.l i^rontlc sweep 
 TJn.Migj, level lieMs if lu.|,l its way, 
 
 Tili<l<.wnar|,asin.larkand .1. ep 
 I' \' nislied with a sudden lea]), 
 
 Studding the rucks with silver spray. 
 
 All, all was snanue, 1 soucr|,t i„ vain 
 i^'inhlancc to some fann'liar scene; 
 The link was gone iVoin nx'Hiory's ciiaiii, 
 Severed the aol.len thread between 
 Prese.u and I'ast, which shoubl convey 
 The electric flash ..f ih.,iia|„ ^^^y.^y 
 To distant points of joy or tears, 
 
 Made faint and fainter day by day 
 By the still thickening veil of years. 
 
 67 
 
 I sat beside that laxy brook, 
 Tracing tiie devious track it took, 
 
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 68 
 
 POEMS. 
 
 And fancied in my waking <lronm 
 I looked on Life's symbolic stream; 
 Gentle and weak, but |)ur(>, at first, 
 
 TiCaviniT with smiles the fosferinii breast. 
 Where hjng and fojully it was nursed, 
 Till, far beyond that home of rest, 
 It mingled with the grosser tide, 
 % numy a distant source supplied ; 
 Tn fidlcr strength and inHucnce wide, 
 
 But lower, level 'ban before. 
 Sweeping along in stately pride, 
 r>ut dcekiMl with purity no more; 
 
 Its surface wreatb(>d with smiles and Told. 
 Its breast beneath foul, dark and cold. 
 
 As thus I mused, beneath mine eye 
 A mimic vessel floated by ; 
 TIk; iuill, a chij) ; the inast, a rov^\ ; 
 A strip of bark sui)piied the sail; 
 The streaming flag, a water weed ; 
 The precious load, n rusty nail ; 
 
 That poor device of childhood's play. 
 To cheat the lagging hours away, 
 
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 POEMS. 
 
 Gave the lost link to IVfcMiinry's chain, 
 And when I raised mine eyes ntruiii 
 The scene had cluuigcd ; hcforo mo spivad 
 The fields in recognition smiled, 
 The Iroo ahovc nu; scf-nHMl to shed 
 Tho very leaves npon my head 
 It showered aronn<l me when a (diild ; 
 The twisted lind) which swept iIk^ tide, 
 
 Brought visions crowding on mv hrain 
 Of chip-huals caught hy ed.^ies wid(>, 
 Deprived of mast, sail, pennon, vane, 
 I5y hending twig or hanging hough ; 
 And so perchance the urehins now, 
 Who play around this grassy hriidv. 
 Behold their hoj)cs and vessels sink. 
 
 69 
 
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 i 
 
 So small the links that form the chain 
 
 Which hinds the Present to the Past; 
 So weh-like are the cIk.hIs we strain 
 hi iliought across the i.uMvnl vast 
 in' rolling years to scenes heyond, 
 A slender, hut a mighty hond. 
 Like frail AI Sirat, which snpi)lies 
 The Moslem's path to Paradise. 
 
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 POEMS. 
 
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 f 
 
 THE I^LAY-GROUND REVISITED. 
 
 Another troo, and yet tho snme, 
 
 RouikI which in hoylioofr.s hour I played, 
 Witness? of many an anxious game, 
 
 Contested in its giajit shade ; 
 Beneath /Ms branch tho ring was made, 
 
 ILrr wa. fho lino for " knuckhng down," 
 On yondor knarly root were laitl 
 
 Superfluous jackets, blue and brown, 
 And caps, that on each curly crown 
 
 Were seldom seen, save wIk .. uv went 
 Sworded and fcalhercd throuLrii tho town, 
 
 On deeds of desperate knighthood bent: 
 And when, with Plcasin-o's labor spent, 
 
 Brief rest we sought in Summer's heat, 
 Yon shady bench it^; re fi lire lent; 
 E en now uj»ijii us mouldcrinf' scat. 
 
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POEiMS. 
 
 71 
 
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 With feelings deep nn.l strnngoly sweet, 
 Full many a udl remembered humc 
 In rudest letters carved 1 greet.— 
 
 Wc yearn — how early! after Fame- 
 Alas! of all who joined our game 
 
 ^Vl.en those young names were graved, how few 
 Siiice have I seon, or i.ow may elaim 
 
 Our boyish friendsjiips to renew. 
 O'er some of that once merry crew 
 
 The grave has closed, o'er some the Sea, 
 Some to their hc^nes have ba.le adieu 
 
 For years, j)(,'rchance eternally ; 
 And'somo who stood around that tree 
 ^ Happy with childhood's careless play, 
 From vice and sensual iudumce free, 
 Have thrown tlwir innocence away, 
 I" vain pursuits grown early gray ; 
 
 In look deformed, in soul and mind 
 Degraded by the sins that prey 
 I'i>on the vitals of in.mkind. 
 O! nould they east a look bohind 
 To this old ,re.>, and think how fair, 
 
 From (Juilt's dark inlhtenccdisentwincd, 
 Tljeir liours of early boyliood M'ore, 
 
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 Pcrcl.anco they yet might breathe a prayer 
 
 To bo from Folly free again, 
 To fly from Plc-usurc's dangci .,s siiarc, 
 
 And break the links of Passion's chain. 
 
 O ! Joy is ever mixed with Pain 
 
 lii this strange world.— I cannot think 
 Of those who joined our merry train 
 In former years, but I must shrink 
 From following Memory's golden link 
 When to the Lost my mind it leads : 
 I came i„ this,, Id nell to drink 
 
 Refresiiing draughls,~and lo ! the seeds 
 Of bitter memories grow to weeds 
 Upon its waters. — 
 
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 ^ cf die spring 
 Is not a/l filled with slimy reeds ;— 
 
 Flowers of ricli Imes and odors cling 
 Around its marge, and they shall lling 
 
 Pleasure so sweet upoji my sense, 
 That the (ond thoughts and hopes they brin 
 
 Shall drive all painful memories thence. 
 
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 BY.CONE DAYS. 
 
 lhn\- ihj tlie mists of Memory dress 
 Our chiklhood's scenes in loveliness! 
 How through the vistus of the past 
 
 Our thoujrhts uill u;m(l(.r, and forgot 
 The clouds above the present cast, 
 AVhilo Fancy paints the fair vignette 
 ^Vliich staiids npon Life's title-page 
 ^Vith JHies which glad the eye of ago; 
 Hues which in truth it never won;, 
 
 Hut which to chddhood's joyous eye 
 ft sceajcd to wear in .lays of yore, 
 And after life woidd fain believe, 
 Despite of cold philosophy. 
 
 That Fancy fhcrr could not deceive. 
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 How oft before my mental siglit, 
 Dressed in such robes of fiiirv b'^rht 
 Comes up the rude and njcky sj.oro 
 My infant footsteps wandered o'er. 
 The crescent beacli along whose marge 
 
 The waters of tl»e ebbing tide 
 I'heir freight of weeds and foam discharcre. 
 Where tiny billows curl and broak, 
 Leaving a soft and snowy streak, 
 The limits of two Empires wide ; 
 The frowning clj/fs on cither side 
 With bases buried in the beach, 
 Like giant arms extended, reach 
 Far out where stormy billows ride 
 And btdfet with the wilder waves 
 That roar around their echoing caves. 
 W'hile the blue water sleeps between 
 Those rocky barriers all serene, 
 A little bay whose soft rejjose 
 Seldom and slight disturbance knows. 
 How oft across that placid bay 
 
 Hath danced my Lilliputian barque, 
 And as it swiftly sped away 
 
 Mine anxious eyes its course would mark, 
 
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 Now brirrht with joy to SCO it bniVG 
 
 Some rippio wl,icl, I deemed a wave ; 
 Now dim with terror as its mast 
 Bent to some overpowering blast, 
 Whicli soarco .listtirbed tlie thistle down, 
 Or shook the poppy's silken crown. 
 
 No mercliant marked with greater gleo 
 His gallant, gold tilled argosy 
 
 Press home, her voyage of peril done, 
 Tiian I, when o'er the mighty tide, 
 S:retching full fifty fathoms wide, 
 
 My-six inch ship lier course ha.l run. 
 
 And struck with leaden keol the sand 
 WJiich formed the "make believe" fur-iand. 
 
 Those flays have passed, and many a year 
 
 llath vanished since that beach [ prest. 
 But still in memory\s eye as clear. 
 As though but yesterday I drest, 
 Sweet sister ! aided well by thee,— 
 My ship in muslin sails, and made 
 My blocks of cork, my ropes of thread, 
 And sent her o'er the mimic sea. 
 
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 Each cavern there, each stock and stone 
 
 Th-ighfly on me.nory's vision ^rlow, 
 Like old ac(inai,„anco kindly known! 
 •All ! easier task Ihose rocks to know 
 Than face of fn.Mids seen lung ago. 
 The cavern and the rock are there, 
 The very same they over were, 
 But those who watched my infant play, 
 Oh,tell,ne7./.ov:and Wm/arctheyp' 
 
 Vanished or changed-and I should be 
 As changed to them as they to me. 
 
 
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 NJAG'AKA. 
 
 Describe Niagara f-Ah, who shall dare 
 Attempt th(. indcscrihahle, and train 
 Thoughfs fVa.ilo wing to skin, the heavy air, 
 Wet with tho cataract's incessant rain? 
 The glowing- muse onir,.;'i„voI<M in vain 
 
 By Shaksp,.an, who shall hu,H. fVom Heav..n to win? 
 And - hurning words" alone become the strain, 
 Which to the nnnd wonld hring the awful din 
 Where seas in thunder iall, and cddyit>g oceans spin. 
 
 Long hau the savage on thy glorious shroud 
 I^nngM with vast fban. wreaths, ga.M with stoic eye 
 And deemed that on thy rising rainbow eloud 
 The wings of the (Jreat Spirit hovered nigh. 
 And, as he marked the solemn woods repL 
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 Known. 
 
 iJiit ngr.s passed au'ny-~a„d to li,. W.-sf 
 
 Ca.uo K„rop.'« sons to sock for n.MH. or .old 
 And one, ,>orcd.n„,... , ^i.nn. ,1.,. .Ikmvs, 
 
 ^''"'•'^ ''''•'•'-'•""• '--....ones, old ' 
 
 %i".lMn.nn.l<.o,oc<.an.sdounu;.n| rolled 
 Felt on his .luold.ing ear fl.y ,:,,.„„• ,,,„. 
 
 Then sped ,h,.,n.g|,fy wonder to l-liold,' 
 , '^V voice around him ;,n,l,|,y,',ud h..,.,,., 
 
 Tillbrcaih.'ess—tp mlilui , i .. ' 
 
 "'"""o->aj,t-he trod thy foaniingshore. 
 
 Upward he gazed to where, with lu.L.us hi.s, 
 
 Tliy waters s,,,un the preeipicf , nud !enp 
 
 I"t..lhe ve.v,.dandin.h'stin.iahs. 
 
 Where Jiag.- and Tun.ult c-easeless battle keep, 
 Filling, with roar monotonous and deep. 
 The weaned eeho ;_,here he lixed his gaze, 
 hlkr. on. entranced who (^ars ,o h.vak L sleep 
 Lest the wild vision fade that sl...p doth rais. 
 
 All .houghtloekN,,.p..,,H.iuNlu. stern and strange amaze. 
 
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 Tii;, vIowIn rnllyiriL' from flir first surprize, 
 Thoiitihi fruiii it MiMgin prison bronks at last,— 
 The trazor from tlio foam-vvliirl litis his - v,.s 
 And scans tliv \vli..l.. .-in i \u|,| ,.,,„1 , 
 
 ^■''■'"" I'""" 1 ' '■ ^ t-agt:r glances cast, 
 
 Tukr l,\ degrees thy wide cireiimfereTice in, 
 And ;i liU speeclil. uuider slowly j)ass. d, 
 Delight succeed. . deep, intense and keen, 
 Heart, soul and sense ahsorhe.l in lh;il unrivalled scei 
 
 ''"!'"" ilin.ii-j, JiisM.ind Jik." li-hlning Hashed the thought, 
 
 <)ii-'<' .M ,• t|„. |»;,;,i;,ivlrs s(,ul iu llrth.'l thrown, 
 
 '"'■^^^ '•'"" i> \\iili Hi . and I knew it not," 
 
 1 1:!-^ power in yor uiaifsiic /one 
 
 Of iMJi", waicis, and its iliundf r iono 
 
 Ih'Uigs !(. nnnr car I lis voice— and deeply felt. 
 
 And alniosi seen His I'nscnce reigns alone. 
 
 'J'hcn meekly liy the rock the wanderer knelt. 
 Feeling in awe and lovt: his heart's full fountain melt. 
 
 And long with slwuled eye and hended liead 
 Ho prayed before that Temple's wond'rous veil. 
 Whilst from its foot, in ceaseless eddies spread, 
 The mist-cloud rose, hke incense, on th(; gale ; 
 
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 And half he deemed that on its pinions frail 
 His prayers, upborne, ^voald blessed acceptance know ; 
 He rose with gladdened eye and heart to hail 
 Mercy's fair type and seal, the rainbow's glow 
 Spanning with calm embrace the troubled scene below. 
 
 And when the westering day-beam warned him back, 
 Lingering he stood, as spell-bound by the strain, 
 And oft he started on his homeward track. 
 And oft returned one parting glance to gain ; 
 And twilight had usurped its fitful rei^^n 
 Ere to thy foam his last farewell he bade. 
 Then like an arrow, o'er the woody plain 
 Homeward he hurried through the deepening sliade, 
 Again in dreams to view thy wonders round him spread. 
 
 And oft alone, and oft with friends he came 
 To scan thy charms, and worship at thy shrine, 
 And feel again devotion's hallowed flame 
 Blaze in thy presence fanned with breath divine : 
 And oft from morning until day's decline 
 He sat and mused beside thee, for his eye 
 Saw nowhere majesty and grace like thine ; 
 And in his soul thy mighty minstrelsy 
 Woke stern and glorious thoughts, and visions wild and high. 
 
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 In silence long forgot the wanderer sleeps ; — 
 But still as when thou met'st his startled faze. 
 Thy glorious scene the heart in wonder steeps 
 Of him who seeks thee in these later days : — 
 Sublime in simple grandeur ! Art can raise 
 No rival to thy throne, nor words convey 
 Thine image to the mind, tliough noblest lays 
 Have vied in thy description. — Day by day 
 Thy roar shall si)cak of God till Nature fade away. 
 
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 ATHENS. 
 
 City of Gods and heroes ! In the dust 
 
 The foot of Time— the tyrant and the slave, 
 Have trodden down tliy glory, and the grave 
 Holds all thy greatness ;— the corroding rust 
 Of centuries has bid the record pass 
 From sculptured marble and memorial brass ; 
 The hundred columns of thy Parthenon 
 Were all too few the massive roof to bear 
 And undisturbed the birds and summer air 
 Find passage, where, disjointed one by one, 
 Pillar and portico the Earth have strewed, 
 Like ancient trees in forest solitude. 
 

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 The wingless Victory, ia thino hour of pride 
 
 Enshrined and chained, ,!:at she may never leave 
 Her seat, in the Acropolis, nor give 
 Her smiles to thine antagonist, has died :— 
 Unwinged and bound, Jike Lovo, her life must end, 
 She could not Hce, and thon couhlst not detbnd, 
 And o'er her grave, deserted by thy sons, 
 
 OA hath the fb.man's shout of triun.pb rolled, 
 And bondsmen's slaves have given f..r strangers' .old 
 The sculpture fron. her slnine, which barbarous H^ns, 
 Less classic, but therein more truly kiad. 
 Left in their desolating march behind. 
 
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 V/ell could thy Pericles design, and well 
 Thy Phidias execute ; but how the rush 
 Of Time and War ..nd Ignorance may crush 
 Genius and Taste, thy ruined towers may tell. 
 The torch of Attila,— the iron shower 
 Of Venice,-and the Moslen^s grinding power 
 Have cursed thee in their turn ; and from thy brow 
 Have crumbled one by one the ])recious things 
 Which Art designed to give thy glory wings '^ 
 Wherewith to fly o'er Earth ;_behold them now 
 Spurned by base feet, or borne across the sea 
 To lands unknown to fame when thou wort free. 
 
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 The works of man, erected for renown, 
 Arc fallen or falling,— but llie hills remain 
 Around thee, reared by (Jod, and shall retain 
 Those names, which wee the jewels of thy crown, 
 When time hath broken every chiselled stone, 
 And scarce their sites and stations shall be known. 
 The mount of Mars no mark of ruin shows— 
 Cithffiron is yet Ijeautiful- tlic liill 
 Of Pynx arises in its glory still — 
 Still on Ilyraettus evening's radiance ,<t1ows 
 And marks no change, though many a goodly wall. 
 Dug from its quarries, trembles to its fall. 
 
 Thou hast been long degraded, but thy night 
 At length beholds a dawn, and o'er the plains 
 Where late raged Anarchy, niild Order reigns, 
 
 And Law and Justice shed their equal lirrbt : 
 
 And a New World, whieh had received no name 
 Till many a century since thy day of fame. 
 Sends her enlightened heralds to unbind 
 
 The veil of Ignorance which wrai)s thy heart. 
 Thou once proud fount of Knowledge and of Art, 
 And to relight within thy darkened mind 
 The lamp of holy truth, that thou arain 
 May'st hold thy station in the ranks of men. 
 
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 SPRING. 
 
 Clouds of the mountain 
 And mist of the plain, 
 Spray of the fountain 
 
 And foam of the main. 
 Flee from yom- station 
 
 On pinions of air. 
 The face of creation 
 No shadow shall wear. 
 
 Bright from the Ocean, 
 
 O day-star, arise ! 
 Speed thy glad motion 
 
 Along the blue skies ! 
 Scatter thy glory 
 
 On valley and lea, 
 On mountain top hoary-, 
 
 On streamlet and tree. 
 
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 TO EMS. 
 
 Leap from your s!iim])er, 
 
 Yo flowrets, in mirth, 
 Deck without iiumhor 
 
 The bosom of Ejirtli ; 
 Give out your treasiu-o 
 
 Of odors and hues; 
 Stint not the measure 
 
 Of joy ye ililfuse. 
 
 Nature rejoic(\s ; 
 
 Ye birds of the grove, 
 Tour out your voices 
 
 Of music and love ; 
 Stretch forth your pinions, 
 
 iour i)himage renew 
 Air's broad dominions 
 
 Are open for you. 
 
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 Swift flowing rivers 
 Are open again ; 
 
 Soft Spring delivers 
 From fetters the main ; 
 
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 Glad fins arc lasliing 
 Tlio l)illo\vs in j>lay — 
 
 Brifrht scales arc flashing 
 
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 In Streamlet and Ijay. 
 
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 Forests arc sliowinj 
 Oi'Qon mantles again — 
 
 Verdun; is glowinnf 
 O'er valley and ])lain ; 
 
 Labor is uuidinf 
 
 The plough-share in toil, 
 Safely confidinn- 
 The seed to the soil. 
 
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 Soft brec7,es hreathinj 
 
 From climates serene 
 Where s])ice-flo\vers wroathin"- 
 
 Their tendrils are seen, 
 Float rich and balmy 
 
 O'er Nature's l)road breast, 
 And, whispering calmly, 
 
 Hush sorrow to rest. 
 
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 -Rejoice thoc, O mortal, 
 
 In spring's gentle noon, 
 death's gloomy portal 
 
 Shall open full soon— 
 And hallow lifo's mornin.T 
 
 To life's holy King, 
 And Death's wintry warning 
 
 No terrors shall brin.r. 
 
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 T(^ A CLOUD. 
 
 Fleecy cluud, 1 cmy llico, 
 
 Soft ;iii(l white-rohrd \v;iii.l..nji- there 
 O'er ;i pure aiid sil./u! .<.,..a, 
 
 Lonely, ])assi()iil(\<s and fair; 
 Wlio uii Earth wouhl pine imbk-st, 
 
 Mi\ with rage and strive witli care, 
 Coidd lie fly and be at rest 
 
 la thy hunie of boundless air? 
 
 On thy free and gentle course 
 
 What hast thou to fear or shun ? 
 
 Even though the l- u.pest hoarse 
 
 Howl when darkness has be«-un, 
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 Thou upofi his steeds can'st sit, 
 Safe as when the evening sun 
 Hath thy rjuiet pathway lit 
 To tlic coining twilight dun. 
 
 Though the kecn-cdged hghtning's spear 
 
 Through thy form a passage fiiid, 
 Soon the wound shall disappear, 
 
 Leaving not a pang hdiind. 
 Who the pains of Earth can hear, 
 
 Pains of hody and of niind, 
 Nor hetray the aching care 
 
 Whicli around his heart hath twined ? 
 
 Thou canst look on all below 
 
 From thy high and holy seat- 
 Smile at nations' overthrow. 
 
 Caused by man's unbridled heat— 
 Mark the tide of human thinirs 
 
 O'er their ancient barriers beat— 
 And expand unru/Ilcd winrrg 
 
 Where the storms of passion meet. 
 
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 Man their changes t(H> may rnnrk — 
 
 Man may hattic with th.'ir wave— 
 I^iit amid the tumiilf dark 
 
 Nought he finds that man should crave ; 
 He may mix anu'd the fray, 
 
 Now to cheer and tunv to save, 
 But he bears at best away 
 
 Broken heart or troubled "rave. 
 
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 Oh I to spend with thee on hi<rh. 
 
 Lovely cloud, a sinless day. 
 In the free and holy sky, 
 
 Far from care and strife away. 
 Hold ! the wish were imj)i,jus, vain ;- 
 
 Ratlier wliile on Ivinh we stay. 
 Strive its tumults to restrain 
 
 Strive its sorrows to allay. 
 
 Then when life\s brief sun hatli gone 
 Downward to its evening dose, 
 
 If Religion's Jiand hath drawn 
 (^lory round its soft repose, 
 
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 Far above tliy home sliall rise, 
 Free tlie soul from fears and foes 
 
 AiKi from j)urcr, holier skies, 
 Pitying look on Jiumaii woes. 
 
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 Then, than thou more highly blest, 
 
 Far its chainless M'ings shall sail, 
 Where no storm shall mar its rest, 
 
 No (lark shades its beauty veil ; 
 But arouud its sinless breast. 
 
 Light, whose glories eannot foil, 
 Still shall tloat a fodeless vest. 
 
 Where the Sun himself >vere pale. 
 
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 RIZPAII. 
 
 The love of woman ! what a deep 
 And fixed devotion marks h^- love ! 
 Billows may rage, and whirlwinds sweep, 
 But they are powerless to remove 
 That rooted principle — her breast 
 
 Seems with its influence all possest 
 
 In her it hath a mighty j)ower, 
 
 Force cannot quench nor terror tame 
 
 Slumber it may in joyous hour, 
 But blazes with redoubled flame 
 When foes invade or sorrows frown, 
 Or sufiering seeks its light to drown— 
 It trembles to the sligiitest breath, 
 But conquers agony and death. 
 
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 A female form, with hair unbound, 
 And Jiaggard eye with famine rlim, 
 And siuiken cheek and wasted h-nih, 
 
 Sits houseless on the chilly ground,' 
 Her tliin hands clasped upon },cr knee, 
 Her head the rock's hard pillow presse's, 
 Whoso points, despite her aniplc tresses,' 
 Her fair hrow lacerate--but she 
 Feels not the agony they bring. 
 For deeper woes her bosom wring— 
 The body's i^angs how light and v'lin, 
 Compared with that intenser pain 
 Wliich numbs the heart and burns tlie brain! 
 
 Who are the sleepers scattered round, 
 On whom her anxious looks repose ? 
 Her (pn'ek ear, quickened by her woes, 
 Hath caught from far the whirring sound 
 Of night birds' wings, and uj) she'springs 
 To scai-e them from the sleepers' bed— ° 
 The jackall's cry is sounding nigh. 
 The panther steals with silent tread- 
 He cannot shun that watchful eye, 
 W^iich through the long night slumbers never- 
 
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 The surly bc-or goes prowl in^r by, 
 But dierc k ; i. who guards the way 
 Between him and his destined prey, 
 Frail, faint and sad, but dauntless ever! 
 The savage monsters shrink away 
 From those wild eyes unearthly ray, 
 They Oee tiie gesture of that hand, 
 That hollow voice's stern command — 
 The majesty of love is there 
 The strength of weakness, and the power 
 To do, to suffer, and to dare, 
 The high soul, nerved l)y .lark despair, 
 Gives the frail arm in trial's hour. 
 
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 The sun upon her sleepless eye 
 Rises in cloudless brilliancy — 
 But rouses not that slumbering band, 
 
 The objects of her ceaseless care 
 
 Why wake they not to greet his rays ? 
 The breeze of morning, soft and bland, 
 Lifts their long hair, and fluttering plays 
 Among their vesture— doth it there 
 For them no joyous influence bear ? 
 
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 Nor summer's sun, nor summer's air 
 Shall glad their eye or warm their cheek- 
 Those livid features once were fair- 
 Fondly those blood-sealed lips could speak 
 Once to that lovely watcher— now 
 Death's signet is upon their brow, 
 The bloated worm and foul decay 
 Have banquet held for many a day 
 Within their long insensate clay- 
 But she, whose fond maternal breast 
 Once formed the pillow of their rest. 
 For weeks unwearied and alone 
 Hath sat beside their gibbet stone, 
 Her only care to watch and weep. 
 The guardian of their dreamless sleep. 
 The dews by nigiu, the heats by day 
 Have fallen on her defenceless head, 
 Nor chilled nor scorched her love aw'ay. 
 Nor sleep hath ciiarmed her eyeballs red 
 From their long watch, nor hunger driven 
 Her wasted body from the rock. 
 Love its most holy power hath given 
 To that lone heart, by sorrow riven. 
 At frailty, famine, death to mock— 
 
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 She hafh had strength to conquer all 
 That might tlie bravest breast ap])al. 
 
 Rizpah ! thy task is ended now— 
 Behold, o'er yc^ider mountain's l)ro\v 
 The men of Jinhdi come to bear 
 Tlie Ijodies to their father's tomb — 
 Bind up thy long dishevelled hair, 
 Chase from thy brow the cloud of gloom ;- 
 With j)omp thy dead they shall inhume, 
 Pomp that becomes the sons of Saul, 
 Fresh (lowers upo;i the bier shall bloom ; 
 And 'scutcheons deck the funeral pall. 
 Quit then thy solitary seat 
 For some serene and fair retreat, 
 "Where Oom the dismal scene removed, 
 Rife with the ftite of those beloved, 
 Thy days and thy subsiding woe 
 On to their close may gently flow. 
 And thou of mothers queen confessed, 
 Shalt sleep with those thou lov'dst the best. 
 
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 LETHE. 
 
 " Give mo," the sorrowing Roman cried, 
 " To drink of Lethe's blessed tide, 
 For woes loo great for man to bear 
 
 The Gods upon my heart liave thrown, 
 And the dark spectre of despair 
 Falls uj)on memory's eye alone. 
 
 Could I but taste that stream of Peace, 
 Hope might revive and sorrow cease— 
 The past, a blajik, the future free 
 
 For new pursuits, and j.icasures new, 
 Life may again move cheerily, 
 
 Unblasted by the shades which threw 
 Ill-omened colors, vaguely cast, 
 Far o'er the future from tlic past." 
 
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 The lip is mute which woke the word — 
 Long stilled the heart which si^tow stirred- 
 And Lethe's stream, that could assuan-e 
 
 The woes whicli curse the sons of clav. 
 Lives only in the classic i)afxe — 
 
 The school-hoy's dream, — the poet's lay. 
 
 But if that fahled stream could elide 
 Through earth, with all that power supplied 
 With whicli mythology once thou<dit 
 Its dark amd sluinhcrous waters fraught, 
 Still, still how ^vw would hend the lip, 
 That dim, ohlivious stream to sip, — 
 Save those, who rushing on their fate. 
 Weigh no results and count no cost. 
 Nor pause to think, or pause too late, 
 
 When thought recalled declares them lost. 
 What though along the path of life 
 Lie many a trace of bitter strife. 
 What though the whirlwind and the storm 
 At times across its course have driven, 
 Though rains too fierce and suns too warm 
 Waste and sterility have given, 
 
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 Iliivo tliorc not risen some liolior joys 
 Tliosc hours of gloom to coitatcr])oisc ? 
 Were there not lieights along the road 
 AVhieh tioods have never f)verl]osved ? 
 ^Vrrc. there no shady howers to meet 
 TJie scorehing sun's intensest lieat ? 
 No rock, on caverned arches hascd, 
 To slielter from tlie whirlwind's haste ? 
 
 Pause ere thine eager lij) is wet 
 
 With Letiie's tide, and ponder o'er 
 The days and hours thou wouldst forcret, 
 Days, liours, to be reviewed no more— • 
 Think that within tlieir circle rise 
 All boyhood's blessed memories, 
 When tin-uugh hope's many-colored glass 
 Thou look'dst on life, and saw it pass, 
 With hues of beauty round it thrown, 
 And gorgeous colors not its own, 
 When care was but a jiassing word. 
 
 Whose meaning was to thee unknown, 
 When thou couldst carol like the bird, 
 
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 And like tlio bird roam fur and free 
 By mossy rock or shady tree, 
 And deem tlicir hcautics thine alone— 
 
 When (rriof, if grief assailed those hours, 
 Was but a passing summer cloud. 
 Melting in brief and fitful showers, 
 
 With rays of sunshine glancing through, 
 Too bright for shadows long to shroud, 
 Or, if ihey shrouded, but to strew 
 Their dimness with the rainbow's hue. 
 
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 Think, ere thou taste the oblivious tide 
 
 Tliou wouldst from memory's tablet blot 
 The blessings ripening youth supplied— 
 
 Blessings which life reneweth not— 
 The generous warmth of liearts uncliilled 
 
 By contact with an icy world 
 
 The trusting confidence which filled 
 The breast of childhood, yet unstilled. 
 Though Doubt liad many a missile hurled 
 With bitter force and deadly aim- 
 Hours, when young Friendship's sacred flame, 
 Too briglit to die, too soft to harm, 
 Conferred on life a double charm— 
 
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 Hours, wlicn the thirst for lmi)])iiicss 
 
 Came o'er the heart in such excess, 
 
 Tiiat still the renovated sun 
 
 Saw the jjursuit a^'aiii hcirun, 
 
 And though condeirnied the ])ri/c to miss, 
 
 Tiio very chase itself was bliss — 
 
 lloin-s, when the light of " Love's young dream" 
 
 Danced ceaseless o'er life's onward stream. 
 
 Changeful indeed, hut ever hriglit, 
 
 Like streamers of the northern light. 
 
 Aye, and as many-liucd as tliey, 
 
 let tilled with warmth unknown to tliem, 
 
 The life springs glowed beneath its ray, 
 Flashing and sparkling like the gem 
 Filled with the strong electric spark 
 Within the artist's chamber dark. 
 
 Pause, if a wife have blessed thy side, 
 Pure, loving and beloved by thee. 
 
 Pause, ere thou drink that flattcriiifr tide 
 
 Pause, if a child have climbed thy knee— 
 Oh, canst thou in all after life 
 Recall that soft delicious strife 
 
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 Of doubt and joy and hope, which rolled 
 .>\vift tiirough ihv heart whvn tliuu didst hold 
 That hand resigned to dice alone, 
 
 And lirst didst feel its timid pressure 
 Crently responding to tiiinc own, 
 
 Proof diat thou hadst obtained tlie treasure 
 Much sought, and s(jun thy heart to cheer 
 For long, long days of doubt and fear ? 
 
 Say, can thine after years renew 
 That first strange thrilling joy which flew 
 O'er heart and brain when on thine ear 
 
 Came up thy lirst-borirs jjlaintive ciy, 
 Or when, beholding it, a tear 
 
 Produced by feelings new and dear, 
 A father's feelings — dimmed thine eye ? 
 
 Joys such as these, and many more, 
 Mortal, thou canst, wlujc'er thou art, 
 
 Draw out from Memory's hidden store, 
 To soften and to bless the heart. 
 
 The very retrospect of pain. 
 
 Of sorrow, danger, woe and care. 
 
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 Wore thttt 1 TK.thiDg, soft and i 
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 Bo Lotlie's gift-bc mine to clioose 
 
 Tlmt sweetest joy of solitdde, 
 The memory of the past, uiih all 
 
 Or dark, or bright her power ean bring;- 
 Aiid if tlie one may thouglit appal, 
 The other still a light shall fling, 
 So glorious that the shades of pain 
 Sliall sink to rise no more arrain. 
 
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 rUK PA8SA(;iO OF THE JORDAN. 
 
 The hosts of God, by Joshua led, 
 
 Ap|)roach thr Jordan's fddyiiig tide, 
 And priests, with veiled and bended head, 
 
 Bear to its grassy side 
 The Ark, beneath whose cherub wines 
 Are kept the {)ure and precious things ; — 
 Behind the morn its radiance flincs 
 
 On bannered lance and buckler bright, 
 And bra/en frumi), whose music rinf^s 
 
 To hail the dawnini; liffht. 
 
 The flood before them boils and leaps 
 Along its deep and rocky bed, 
 
 But still the moving column keeps 
 Onward its fearless tread, 
 
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 As tliough no foamy current flowed 
 Between it and the blest abode, 
 To which by many a thorny road 
 
 And desert plain its steps had i)ast, 
 And which in morning's glory glowed 
 
 Green, heautifid and vast. 
 
 And now the Levitcs' sandalled feet 
 Are moistened by the river's edge. 
 Which curls and breaks vs ith murmur sweet 
 
 Amid tjie bendincr sedfc 
 Yet pause they not ; with heart of prayer, 
 And faith su])portcd strength ihey bear 
 That which the torrent shall not dare 
 
 Submerge or mar with angry tide 
 
 They know not how— but kjiow that there 
 God will a way j)rovide. 
 
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 Their faith hath triumphed ;— with the sound 
 Of rushing thunder backward fly 
 
 The aflrighted billows, and the groujid 
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 Cleft in the midst the waters stand 
 Obedient Id their God's command, 
 Towering aloft on cither hand 
 
 A glassy and resplendent heap, 
 Where scenes which blessed the promised land 
 
 In mirrored beauty slec]). 
 
 And fearless down the dark defdc 
 
 The countless hosts of Israel "-o. 
 And loud from trump and Jiarp the while 
 
 The strains of gladness flow. 
 The depths that voices never gave, 
 But those of warring wind and wave. 
 Send from their dark and oozy grave 
 
 The echoing tread of joyous throngs, 
 And praise of Him whose hand can save, 
 
 In loud triumj)hant songs. 
 
 And now the farther shore thev £iain. 
 And kneeling kiss the j)romised spot, 
 
 Which through long years of toil and puin 
 Their anxious steps had sought. 
 
 Whilst wi!h a wild and maddeninir roar 
 
 Tiie tides, disjoined from shore to shore, 
 
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 Their long suspended waters pour 
 To fill the yawning gulf between, 
 
 Closed is the bright mysterious door 
 By which they entered in. 
 
 Christian, behold the typic shade 
 
 Of that dim path prepared for thee — 
 Behold in Jordan's tide displayed 
 
 Death's ever flowing sea. 
 Thou treadest still life's desert plain 
 In toil and sorrow, care and pain ; 
 Trials and doubts and fears maintain 
 
 With thee a fierce and bitter strife, 
 And ])ut for heavenly aid would gain 
 
 The conquest o'er thy life. 
 
 Yet soon that toilsome war shall cease, 
 And thou beside the Hood shalt stand. 
 
 Beyond whose waves are realms of peace, 
 A pure and holy land. 
 
 But if thou still hast kept the ark 
 
 Of God before thee as a mark. 
 
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 Fear not the troubled waters dark, 
 
 Ilowe'cr they rage and chafe and roar, 
 
 On that mysterious voyage embark, 
 And God will guide thee o'er. 
 
 Pass boldly on in foith and prayer. 
 
 And waves of doubt and floods of fear 
 Shall part and leave a passage there 
 
 To changeless glories near. 
 The dim obscurity shall fail 
 In Death's dark pass and shadowy vale, 
 And thou with gladdened eye shalt hail 
 
 Bright glimpses of the glorious things 
 Which lie beyond and render pale 
 
 The angels' flashing wings. 
 
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 And when thou'st gained that blessed shore 
 Forever freed from sin and pain. 
 
 Death's cheated waves shall hiss and roar, 
 Mingling their streams again. 
 
 Thence ever closed, that shadowy door 
 
 Shall entrance give to earth no more — 
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 But thou Shalt reach the golden floor 
 By Jesus lit and angels trod, 
 
 Ever and ever to adore 
 Thy Savior and thy God. 
 
 
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 He, ^\ho hath spetl the billows o'er, 
 Which break on Maine's rock-girdled shore. 
 Will marvel when those rocks arc passed. 
 Which seem like sturdy barriers cast 
 Against the tempest and the tide. 
 
 How calm within, how soft and fair, 
 How robed in glory and in j)ride 
 The smiles and hues of Nature arc. 
 
 There, Kennebec, like childhood's dream. 
 Flows on thy full and placid stream, 
 Now clasping in its soft embrace 
 
 Some islet with its woody crown, 
 Now hurrying on with swifter pace 
 Where rocky barriers sloping down 
 Give narrower egress to thy tide. 
 And press thy waves on either side. 
 
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 And thou dost yield where Nature tlu'ows 
 Her bars thy wide expanse to close ; 
 But where those puny efforts rise, 
 
 Tlirown up by man thy course to stay, 
 Thy waters free those bars despise, 
 And thou dost sweep them all away, 
 Thou wilt not let his arm restrain 
 Thy march to join the mighty main. 
 
 What lovely scenes, fair river, rise 
 
 Along thy banks, and in thy stream 
 Heflected each in beauty lies 
 Like paintings of a fairy dream. 
 
 Through tangled dell and forest deep 
 Thy new-born waves in gladness leap 
 Through groves once bright with council fire. 
 By fortress-rock and signal hill. 
 Where Indian warrior roamed at will. 
 And where, unworthy of their sire. 
 
 His wretched offspring wander still, — 
 
 His vigor and his spirit fled — 
 
 All but the name changed, lost or dead. 
 
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 But thou art sweeping on the same 
 As when that race bestowed thy name, 
 On by the rock which memory keeps 
 Of where good llalle in silence sleeps ; 
 On, by the vale and by the hill, 
 The classic spires of Waterville, 
 
 And many a town of lesser name. 
 
 Till, sweeping round the broken bar 
 Which man did make and thou didst mar, 
 
 Augusta, like some lovely dame, 
 
 Sits by thy flood and sees her grace 
 Reflected in thy glassy face. 
 
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 Thence on with calmer, deeper swell, 
 Thou lav'st the shores of Hallowcll ;— 
 Thence, onward still, thy streams divide, 
 Twin sisters of thy widening tide, 
 Gardiner and Pittston ; fair they spread, 
 'Mid verdant slope and forest shade ; 
 The gothic spire that crowns the hill, 
 In thought, before me rises still. 
 Such as it rose, ere hid from view, 
 By curving bank and wooded height, 
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 Homes of true kindness and delight. 
 
 Ah ! swiftly passed the light-winged hours, 
 Amid your hosj)itable bowers, 
 And soon arrived the destined day, 
 To bear us from those bowers away, 
 And soon upon her foamy path, 
 The steamer gained the sliores of Bath, 
 Where, pausing well-known forms to leave 
 
 And stranger voyagers to receive, 
 Soon to thy tide she bndo adieu 
 And slept on ocean's billows blue. 
 
 And oft in thought thy quiet scenes 
 Come o'er my mind, — O gentle river, 
 
 And through thy green and waving screens 
 I see the trembling sunlight quiver 
 Across thy face ; or, as at eve, 
 When sunset's beams a rose-robe weave. 
 So deep the smile of Heaven impressed 
 Along thy still and mirrored breast ; 
 I've seen extend from shore to shore 
 The ripple of the boatman's oar. 
 
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 Still calm be thou, and calm the days 
 
 Of those who on thy " banks and braes," 
 
 Have found a quiet, fair retreat ! 
 
 Far from thy vales bo War's red heat ! 
 
 Far, strife of arms and battle flood, 
 
 Staining thy Paradise with blood ! 
 
 Rather let Peace to ploughshares beat 
 
 The swords rash valour bade to shine 
 
 Erewhile along thy northern line, 
 
 And teach those nobler arts wliich spread, 
 
 Not mar, the gifts which God lias shed. 
 
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