378 ORIGINAL POETRY. To guard his much-lov'd country's weal Then gleam'd the watchful hero's steel, On Lutzen's plain, at break of day, And, Sweden, that brave band was thine. O Lutzen! thou didst drink full deep Where has that patriot spirit fled What dire effect from discord springs, On whose great deeds she lov'd to dwell; Her statesmen, sunk with servile fear, O grasp thy sword, thou hardy Swede! FOR THE PORT FOLIO. If the following original lines are worthy of insertion in the Port Folio, they are The peaceful, solitary grot, Or, watch around the silent tomb Oft at this season will I rove To grass-grown, mossy seat; Or, to some spreading, lonesome grove Or, on some wide extended plain And view the splendid, starry train That light the realms on high: What awful grandeur strikes the sight! What grace and order join, 'Midst heaven's immeasurable height! To speak a Power Divine. Oft, will I wander to the rock The fierce tornado's thund'ring shock And, often near the sandy shore Will I enraptur'd stray, To hear the distant surges' roar Or shipwreck'd mariner to save And oft attend the house of pain, To sooth the wretch, embracing death To cheer the sufferer's latest breath, Oft I unbar the felon's cell, And heave for him, the sigh; Where dark Despair and Anguish dwell, I love to ease the troubled breast That feels the wound of sin, And turn the mind, to seek the blest Great Comforter within; And while I thus my hours employ To light the gloomy mind, I catch a melancholy joy, A consolation find; To me more dear, congenial more While, Melancholy! scenes like these Hope shall unbar the gates of peace And joy, and endless light. Philadelphia, June 4, 1810. W. FOR THE PORT FOLIO. A MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTION TO PERPETUATE THE RE- STRANGER! if thou canst shed a tear Beneath this sod his manes slumber, Pause then, I pray, whoe'er thou art, His was a courteous spirit, free The nicest sense of honour gaged His strict fidelity and zeal Were known to all that saw him oft; His heart each slight repulse could feel, All too that knew him will allow How strong he felt the moral tie, |