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Wild o ' er the tremulous deep the Tempest flies , On pinions , flashing with celeitial fires - y Refulgent as the bird of Paradise—Or * Phoenix-like , that ih a flarne expires .
In solemn peals , the voice of God invites The World , his sole dominion , to adore The peerless Father of eternal lights , Who quells the warring winds and Ocean ' s roar ; Beneath whose sway the storms of Discord cease ,
And nations hail the rising star of Peace-Park Wood , Sept . 17 , 1826 . W . EVANS .
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Sir , Brighton , Oct . II , 1826 . Although I cannot furnish you with any memorials of the American Patriots , Jefferson and Adams , the following lines , suggested by the perusal of your notice of their death in the last Repository and intended as a tribute to their memory , may perhaps not be unacceptable . A CONSTANT READER .
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How oft is Genius like the meteor ' s light , Flashing across the dusky brow of night , Which , e ' er the eye can track its rapid way , Involved in deepest shades , has passed away I How many mighty spirits , born to shed Immortal glory round the path they tread ,
Their dawning fame with envious mists o v ercast , Have fallen , like withered blossoms , in the blast ! But thou , Columbia , didst not watch the rise Of the bright stars that gemmed thy western skies , But to behold them mid their bright career , Plucked from the glories of their dazzling sphere . They hung undimmed amid thy beauteous Heaven ,
Through all the clouds o ' er its fair surface driven , And shed tJheir influence , serene and mild , Above the cradle where young Freedom smiled . They saw her from her childhood ' s feeble hour , Till clothed with majesty , and armed with power , She trod opposing force beneath her feet ,
Atid on its rums raised her glorious seat . They saw her , with a firm and steady hand , Sway her broad sceptre o ' er that mighty land , While all the hosts who dared her arm defy , Shrank from the glancing of her eagle eye .
It was not till the silent lapse of time , Strengthening the pillars of her throne sublime ,, Bade her exulting feel , no power below Its glorious fabric e ' er could overthrow , That sudden from their radiant spheres they fell , And left a void , oh I who could fill so well ?
Jefferson , Adams , names to freedom dear , Well may you claim Columbia ' s saddest tear , Well may her mourning Genius wander by Your lonely graves and heave the bitter sigh ;
* Clarum inter pennas insigne cst desuper , Iris Piugere ceu nubem desuper alta solet Phoenix .
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Poetry . —Lines on the Death of Adams and Jefferson . 625
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LINES ON THE DEATH OF ADAMS AND JEFFERSON .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1826, page 625, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2553/page/53/
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