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Historic Sonnets.
HISTORIC SONNETS .
( No . 5 . ) XERXES . Proudly he sat upon the rocky shore That overhangs the Isle of Salamis
, And while he listened to the raging roar Of the broad sea from its high precipice , He saw around the millions that obeyed His e ' er-anticipated will—and wept . Why flow'd those tears ?—why has this saddening shade Over his lordlbrow in coldness crept ?
y " Of all those marshalled myriads , light and gay , Marching in glorious panoply to day—In firm and phalanxed tread , —say who shall tell To future ears where these young warriors fell !" Thus thought the Persian monarch—and tears stole Forth when their fate was imaged to his soul .
( No . 6 . ) SODOM AND GOMORRAH . Yes!—they have sunk within the peaceful lake
, Deep in whose calm ancl glassy sleeping bosom But yesterday they seemed enshrined to lie . The cry of vengeance ! vengeance ! reach'd to Heav'n ;—( Vengeance for deeds no mortal tongue may name ) , And the red right hand shower'd its fury down—The liquid torrent , undistinguishing , Swept over all . Where trace ye Sodom now ? where Gomorrah
Or ?—where the lordly cities , AYhose gorgeous palaces and proud domes look'd As they were made to outlast eternity ? Where shall ye seek them now ?—ancl where Their cursed dwellings ?—all have now become A wonder , and a warning to the world . EDWARD RALEIGII MORAN , P . M ., NO . 19
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Historic Sonnets.
HISTORIC SONNETS .
( No . 5 . ) XERXES . Proudly he sat upon the rocky shore That overhangs the Isle of Salamis
, And while he listened to the raging roar Of the broad sea from its high precipice , He saw around the millions that obeyed His e ' er-anticipated will—and wept . Why flow'd those tears ?—why has this saddening shade Over his lordlbrow in coldness crept ?
y " Of all those marshalled myriads , light and gay , Marching in glorious panoply to day—In firm and phalanxed tread , —say who shall tell To future ears where these young warriors fell !" Thus thought the Persian monarch—and tears stole Forth when their fate was imaged to his soul .
( No . 6 . ) SODOM AND GOMORRAH . Yes!—they have sunk within the peaceful lake
, Deep in whose calm ancl glassy sleeping bosom But yesterday they seemed enshrined to lie . The cry of vengeance ! vengeance ! reach'd to Heav'n ;—( Vengeance for deeds no mortal tongue may name ) , And the red right hand shower'd its fury down—The liquid torrent , undistinguishing , Swept over all . Where trace ye Sodom now ? where Gomorrah
Or ?—where the lordly cities , AYhose gorgeous palaces and proud domes look'd As they were made to outlast eternity ? Where shall ye seek them now ?—ancl where Their cursed dwellings ?—all have now become A wonder , and a warning to the world . EDWARD RALEIGII MORAN , P . M ., NO . 19