The death-doom'd row. But see, a smile illumes The face of some; perhaps they're guiltless: Oh! And must high-minded honesty endure The ignominy of a felon's fate? No, 'tis not ignominious to be wrong'd; The mark which rashness (14) branded on their names Shall be effac'd;-when, wafted on life's storm, Of some green vale, there to enjoy new loves, RELENTLESS JUSTICE! with fate-furrow'd brow! Wherefore to various crimes, of various guilt, Of fears, of trembling hopes, of boding doubts? * “And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled."-Exod. xix. 16. Despis'd in deep concerns, where heav'nly guidance To the forgotten and forlorn, the hand "And thou shalt number seven Sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven years; and the space of the seven Sabbaths of years shall be unto thee forty and nine years. Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubilee to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month, in the day of atonement shall ye make the trumpet sound throughout all your land. And ye fhall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof it shall be a jubilee unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family."-LEV. xxv. 8. 9. 10. :: The freedom-freighted blast, through all the land At once, in ev'ry city, echoing rings, On his paternal vale, appears in sight: The summit gain'd, throbs hard his heart with joy And sorrow blent, to see that vale once more! Instant his eager eye darts to the roof Where first he saw the light; his youngest born He lifts, and, pointing to the much-lov'd spot, Says, "There thy fathers liv'd, and there they sleep." Onward he wends; near and more near he draws: "And these words which I command thee this day shall be in thine heart: And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest |