The Dramatic Authors of America

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1845. Excerpt: ... rrom the rest of the play, as it commences and ends with the battle of Bosworth Field. The.company was composed of the following ladies and gentlemen: --Mrs. Russel, Mrs. Rowe, Miss Placide, Mrs. Bloxton, Mrs. Johns, Mrs. Higgins, Miss Russell. Messrs. Caldwell, Wilson, Russell, Drummond, Gray, Jones, Sandford, Moore, Higgins, J. A. Still.t Duffy, Murray, Lowry, &c. THE ADDRESS. In climes of the East, when dark tyranny's form Rode in triumph aloft, on proud victory's storm, The Genius of Freedom in agony wept O'er the tomb where the Martyr of Liberty slept. Their relics in silent devotion she blest, Then sought an asylum in climes of the West; On the plains of Columbia her stripes were unfurl'd, And here she spoke thunders to Tyranny's world! The conflict o'er, the warring discords hush'd, The tyrant fall'n, and his minions crush'd, Oppression's requiem o'er his tomb is hung, And Freedom's triumph in hosannas sung! When the dread trumpet of the battle closed, And fair Columbia safe in peace reposed; The gleam of science in effulgence glowed, On the wild land of Liberty's abode. 'Twas here, that once the wandering Indian stray'd, Or slothful slumbered in the sylvan shade; Quaffed the clear streamlet as it pour'd along, Or sung the burden of his heathen song; His home--the valley--or the mountain cave, The dreary forest--or the restless wave. To bask unthoughtful in the morning's beam, Or trace the windings of the rolling stream, Or vie in swiftness with the fleetest hind, Was the rich glory of the savage mind., But see how changed the Alabama's plain, And how transformed are all its roving train; See learning rising from the sage's dome, And beams in brightness o'er the heathen's home: See mind emerging from its moral night, And claim its lineage from the ...