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FIRST OF X&NtfARY. 1829.
Patrons? we greet you with our kindly cheer,
The early dawning of another Year,
Whose rosy morning liglits with genial joy
The oft trod pathway of your Carrier Bot;
Where passing Time has led him to your doors,
To offer for your use his weekly stores
Of News, of Politics, of Taste, and Art, .
,To foster Genius, and improve the heart:
There still he hopes his humble verse will gain
The kind indulgence due a worthier strain.
Since Gaffer Time has sped liis onward way, • •
Since last we met you on a New Year’s Dat,
The World, revolving in its annual round,
With joys and sorrows many h edits halts crown’d;
To Hymen’s shrine hath joyous bosoms led.
Left others slumbering with the mighty d'ead;
Blest many a Parent’s hcah witif cherub smiles/
And Lovers stung with Beauty’s treacherous wiles.
Thus true to Nature’s Laws, times ebb and flow,
Ljght gladsome dmiles, or start the tears of wo;
Let none then mourn if friends or kindred dear,
In gloomy record on our page appear;.
Life’s but the boon to mortals kindly given
To breathe'a moment in their way to Heaven. .
Our maiupT’Country 1 ! still may’f reedom's San
Illume the land our fathers nobly .won,
And may it be the Patriot Fnthe'r’A pride ,'
•The mind of Youth in Viitue’s path to guide;
. .AsMaiden’s hand directs the tendril vine ■ > •'
Around the bofrer in tasteful wreaths to twine,
Thus shall the budding mind of Youth expand
To .deck in stately pride our happy Land, ' ; '
Where modest Merit ne’er appeals in vain, •
The just applause, the meed of worth to gain; ■ •
Here, God-liko Virtho, b’o it still thy care
Mid Freedom’s Home thy attributes to share;
Prepare the Prize, the' grateful notes of praise,
And twine her crown in wreaths of fadeless bays.
Freemen rejoice, the noble work is done, . *
The battle manly fought, the victory won;
Twelve grateful millions hail, with loud acclaim,
. The Gallant. Hero-through our wide domain.
. , No more shall Bargain, Sale, and Signs of Times,
In ribald dress, orhackncyeddogg’rerrhyracs, -A
Your senses cloy, your chastened ears assail,
But Merit, Peace and .Harmony prevail.
The courtly Levee and unholy league
Already pays the price ofbase intrigue,
While Virtue decks Columbia’s Patriot Son
With "Civic Wreaths, her Second Washington.
Wliilo thus the Dove of Peace her pinions spreads,
And o'er our laud her gentle influence sheds,
In Eaitcrn climes the Trump of War resounds,
And clashing steel in deadly combat sounds.
The Moslem Hordes, the haughty Muscovite,
In stem array rush onward to tho fight,
'Neath Choumla’s Walls, the chosen battle field,
The Russian Eagles bid the Crescent yield,
What do wo hear ere yet the haughty Czar
Hath bid his legions sound the clang of War,
Before tho Turkish Infidel they fly,
The Eagle basely to her eyry hies.:
’Tis true, at Varna’s siege the Crescent wanes,
)H The Czar at last a signal triumph gains ;
Again hope fires the vot’ries of the Cross,
£ . . And Heaven smiles upon th’ invading Russ.
ll "Yet still, Ill-fated Greece, must vengeance pour
Her mortal vials on thy suffering shore,
yi And still thy trembling children be the prey
In every shape of ruin and dismay;
yc • Thy blooming vineyards rooted from the Eatth,
« Thy budding Olives broken in their birth,
Thy tumbling dwellings blazing to the night,
Mothers and Infants murdered by tho light.:
<:i All that can comfort, nourish add sustain,
JS *;• V Is swept away by War’s infernal train.”
O ■' Liberty JDivine! Blest attribute of God,
i;i Thou terror of the base born tyrant’s rod,
■S And still must Greece cnshackled ask in vain
S’* Thy aid to loose the fell oppressor’s chain 1
jg Must Erin, once the happyRmcrald Isle,’
IK "Ne’er"See again' thy gladsome joyouq smile;
And must her sons her deep ensanguined soil
X( In abject wretchedness and slavery toil."
|| ", The .land where'once the clarion's loud proclaim
" Resounded far the gallant Emmet’s name;
. 5.5 Still must It croucli beneath the oppressor's nod,
And British Lordlings chain it to the rod ?' •
IK No. Let the Spirit of her Patriot Son
i:i Accomplish what thus nobiy is begun;
• • O’Connell’s name yet bids her sons rejoice,
■* • And Britain's Senate owns'tis Freedom’s voice.
^ . OurpATntoT sire borne down with lengthened days
& '. . Retires amid,a.grateful Nation’s praise ;
|| *.. Long may odr tom perpetuate his name,
$ ■ And proudly cherish his immortal fame,
I* ' For none a heart more generous, true and brave,
At Virtue’s shrine a heartfelt tribute gave.
XI . So may due honor crown his .latter years,
^ His worth be hallowed by a Nation's cheers,
IK While in this spot may emulation raise
A wrejth to deck his brow with fadeless bays;
$K Arid here may. Plenty, Peace and Love abound,
g $ And Heaven-born Virtue shed her rays around,
w O’er each fair brow a smile of love be spread,
,5S. And with its blessings deck each infant head.
Then may qur striplings emulate their sires,,
IK Their bosoms proudly burn with patriot fires,
. And may fair Science, Art and Wealtli combined,
$ In classic taste improve the germing mind;
. * Thus shall proud Mas;on shed her light afar,
jjj sr <Be Virtue’s guide and.Freedom's Polar Star.
:«*. #" PATnoNS, this festive mom, ere yet-we part,
Sj! Accept the tribute of a grateful heart;
IS 'Tis true the classic taste'of,latter times
In neater form may offer fairer rhymes:
‘T0KEN8,’ ‘FoRbET-ME-NOTSt’ and'SouvENiRS’
IK In gilded leaves to please your taste appear;
For this our lay we claim no muse’s crown,
JS Nor hope in humble verse to gain renown;
Bo it our only hope, our wish that you
May on this mom your heartfelt joys renew,
IK ’Twill all our toil, our humblest cares repay,
^ • IfHeaven’s best blessing crownyourNeio Year's Day,
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