Select Poetry.

Lyttelton Times, Volume VI, Issue 352, 15 March 1856, Page 5

Select Poetry.

A MONUMENT FUR SCUTARI. The following beflurifnl poem appeared in the Lon'i»» Times of September 10th. The quotation of the fir«t vent and Hip initialx at the close lead to the inference tk«» Kichd. Monckton Milnes, AI.P. is tha author. " The cypresses of Sentari In Ktern magnificence look down On the bright lake and stream of sea And glittering theatre of town; Above the throng of rich kiosks, Above the towers in triple tire, Above the domes of loftiest mo-qoe*. Those pinnacles of death aspire.'"* Thti.-i, years ago, in grave descant. The traveller sang those ancient tree« That Eastern grace delights to plant Iv reverence of man's obsequies ; But Time ha* shed a golden haze Of memory round the cypress glooms, And gladly he review* the days He wandered 'mid those alien tombf. Now other pas-ion rules the soul : And Scutari's familiar name Arouses thoughts beyond control, A tangled web of pride aad shame : No more shall that fair web recall The Moslem and his Asian rest, Bat the dear brotheis of us ail Rent from their mother's bleedisig brea»t. Calmly our warriors inocWer there, Uncofilued, iv their sandy soil, Once festered in the s;;ltry dare. Or wasted in the wiutry toil. No verdure on those graves is seen, Xo shade obstructs ttie garish dar; The tender dews to ketp them green Are wept, alas ! too far away; Are wept in homes their smiles shall bien Xo more, beyond the deep serene, In coitaees now futherluss, Ou Highland moor and English green. In palaces, by comrnoa grief Made level with the meanest room, — One agony and one relicf — The conscience of a glorious doom! For there, too, is, Thermopylae: — As on the blank shore, By this bright por al of the sea, Stood the" Devoted, a.-- of yore ; When Greece herself was merged in night. The Spartan held hi* honour's meed— And shall no pharos shed the light To future times of England's ile.'d ? Muster- of form!—if such be now— On sense :uul powc.s of art latent, To match this mount of sorrow's brow Devise your seemliest monument: One that will ivnibolise the causi» For which this might of matihuud fell, Obedience to thvlr country's laws. Aud duty to God's truth as well. Let, too, the old Miltoaio Muse, That trumpeted " the scattered bones Of saints on Aipiue mountains," Heteiße of forgotten tones ; Let some one. worthy to be priest Of this high nltar of renown, Write in the tongue* of w*'--t and hast Who bore this cross, who wore tuis vrov*. Write that, as Britain's peaceful sonsLuxurious rich, well-t.-ndcd poorFronted the fm-mau's steel aud guv». As each would guard his household ile-ori So. iv t»ose «h:i*Uy halls <>f y.ii.i, Wln'ro thousand hero sufferers lav. Some smiK-tl in thought to lijiht »^i:i, Ami niivst uinuiirmuriu.il \m»--i'U uway. Write that, whoa prido of huiKati skill i-Vil prostrut.- with tlu- weight ot wtr. An.t men prayo.l out li>r sUDiig will. Some ri-usiMi 'mid the wild <Us;nur, The lovii)!.' heart of woman ro»iTo anide the luiud iu»i cicur t'.ie c..c, Guve iiojM- umi<i i«f truest «s. And saved whut (nan lu.vl Kit to «.).■■ Write every name-U-wlu-r the Lire;.. Lofsi.-r t\»e deuth !— »«d trust that whc» On lliis regi-iiftated e.-.rlh llise nu-es of ci.uobi.-.l men, Tlu-v will mm':; ber—ttv -c wero t,i-> Who strove to inuke the nations ire.-, Kot only t>oiu tt.o ,wor,i's brute --way. But from the spirit'- .-Kivery. • Palm Leaves. " Tu.. Greek at CouiWutiuv»i-U."