Graham's magazine . ot such, pale wooer of the solemn night,Not such thy fate. The far and dazzling light-That leads thee on, is that which Death nor TimeCan wholly quench—the towering light sublime,That burns in Fames high temple—the strong fireThat flashed when Milton struck his mighty lyre!The radiant Future dawns upon thy sight,And all thy being maddens with delight—The dust that forms thy fragile body now,May shrink and fade, as melts the early snow—And where the blue veins course throughout thy form,The things of death may revel with the worm—But oh ! wild vision—thought oer mastering de
Graham's magazine . ot such, pale wooer of the solemn night,Not such thy fate. The far and dazzling light-That leads thee on, is that which Death nor TimeCan wholly quench—the towering light sublime,That burns in Fames high temple—the strong fireThat flashed when Milton struck his mighty lyre!The radiant Future dawns upon thy sight,And all thy being maddens with delight—The dust that forms thy fragile body now,May shrink and fade, as melts the early snow—And where the blue veins course throughout thy form,The things of death may revel with the worm—But oh ! wild vision—thought oer mastering death,;Thy name shall brighten with thy parting breath-Beings as yet unborn shall give thee praise—And Glorys hand shall bind thy brow with bays !°For this—for this—thine hours are given tqjoilj vv For this alone thou burnst the midnight ^&-f>tj ^AJ Thou seest the Future radiant with thy name, -I And yieldst thy life in sacrifice forTame J*™* THE ZANONI GALLOP COMPOSED FOR GRAHAMS REVIEW OF NEW BOOKS. The Fountain and other Poems. By William C. New York: Wiley §• Putnam, 1842. It will give pleasure to the lovers of elegant literatureto learn that Mr. Bryant has prepared a second volume ofpoems. Many, if not all of them, have before appeared inthe magazines ; but the book will not be welcomed the lesswarmly for that reason. Indeed, no one reads a poem bythis author without desiring to possess it in the most agree-able and permanent form. His admirers will be gratified,therefore, that he has so far overcome his singular feelingof modesty as to make a collection of his scattered gems,and priseut them in a casket to the public. So much has been said of the character of Bryants ge-nius that we have no disposition to enter upon that subjectnow; his various and high excellencies have been prettygenerally recognized; indeed, more universally than thoseof any other living poet; and he himself—even if his lite-rary vanity is a tho
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