Identifier	scpc018
Title	Ode (translation) to Charles Carroll, of Carrollton, on his 90th birthday, written by C. Constantine Pise, translated into English and published by Neilson Poe, September 22, 1827
Transcript	Ode by C. Constantine Pise . To Charles Carroll, of Carrollton, on his 90th Birthday--Baltimore Gazette Sept 20[,] 1827 . translated by Neilson Poe, Sept 22, 1827 . Will we be asked by whose immortal hand Was wreathed the crown I offer now to thee ? Last Relic of that all unequalled band ! Was it thy guardian genius; Liberty ? Thy Country's Deity shall round thy brow A wreath of olive and of laurel bind And all the fairest flowers on earth that grow Shall be with them in harmony entwined . As Ivy clasps the aged elm around And breathes abroad a sweetly mild perfume So shall the chaplet on thy temples bound Flourish forever in perennial bloom Sublime thou lingerest still in this our sphere , Like some lone landmark on the deserts' waste And Oh! While yet thy spirit hovers here May'st thou of earth its purest pleasures taste Thy sun in setting, but the mellow light Of evening gilds the heavens from pole to pole : Thy day is passing into transient night , For moon shall dawn far brighter on thy Soul . N. P . Sept: 22, 1827
Creator	Pise, Charles Constantine, 1801-1866 Poe, Neilson, 1809-1884, translator
Subject	Carroll, Charles, 1737-1832 Pise, Charles Constantine, 1801-1866 Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849 Poe, Neilson, 1809-1884 Poetry
Description	This document is Neilson Poe's handwritten English translation of a poem written in Latin by Charles Constantine Pise, published in the Baltimore Gazette and Daily Advertiser on September 19, 1827, and dedicated to Charles Carroll of Carrollton on his ninetieth birthday. Pise, who was born in Annapolis, Maryland, was a Catholic priest, poet, and prose writer who, while later (1832) serving as assistant pastor at St. Patrick's in Washington, D.C., would be elected the first Roman Catholic chaplain to the United States Senate. Neilson Poe's translation was published September 22, 1927. (Editor's note: Although this document refers to September 20th as the date of publication of the original, the poem actually appeared in the September 19th edition of the Baltimore Gazette and Daily Advertiser.)
Publisher (Electronic Version)	Enoch Pratt Free Library
Holding Institution	Enoch Pratt Free Library
Date Original	1827-09-27;
Date Digital	2009-06-18;
Type	Text
Format	Digital reproduction of 1-page document, 27 x 17 cm.
Source	Special Collections Department, Edgar Allan Poe Collection
Relation	Is Part Of the Edgar Allan Poe Collection Is Part Of the Maryland Digital Cultural Heritage Program
Coverage	1821-1830
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