The Mirror — Concord, N.H., 1798-12-31 00:00:00, page 4

Could no Longer endure that men only
Should
- Revel in pleasures, and they but look
, on;
Round about horned Licina they swarm-
And quickly informed how minded
they were,
Each God and Goddess to take human
bodies,
As lords and ladies, & follow the Hare.
Chaste Dfo applauded the motion,
And pale ProJetyna fat down in her
place,
To guide the Welkin and govern the O
cean,
While Dian conduaed her nephews in
chace ;
By her example their Father to trample
The eartb old and ample, they leave
ber the air;
Napme the water, and wine Liber Pater,
And Man the daughter to follow the
Hare.
Young God Cupid was mounted on Pe-
Bflvoed of nymphs, with kisses and
pray'rs ;
Strong Akidir upon cloudy Caucasus
Mounted a Centaur which proudly
him bears ;
Poftillion of the sky, Iwift footed Mircur,
Makes his light feet to fly, fleet thro'
the air ;
While tuneful A,lk the kennel does fol
low .
With Whoop and holloo, 'I boys after
the Hare."
Toung Am,*tai thought the Gods came
to breathe,
(After this battle) themselves an the
ground;
Tb,rfa thought that the Gods came to
dwell beneath,,
And tbat hereafter the world would go
round,
Cer,da% aged with Pbillit engaged
Was greater enraged with jealous des
pair ;
Butfury was faded, and he was perfuad
- When he found they applauded the
hunting the Hare.,
Cunning Msfom sad fortunate L*%
*ffiby&r and,;ger and Harp rend
thelkies
With their roaring, while iforor lilt
Herod.
Windshis plentiful bora to their cries ;
I^W^@?•
FOR THE MIRROR.
Mr. Davis,
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.
A Word's enough, when spoken to the
/•different Poets, Gods and men def.
Tim—'' A FEDERALIST."
[The following was handed by a Friend,
and published at the request of many
Cuftomers.] ,
Ibe Heatben Mythology.
A FAVOURITE HUNTING SONO.
B, George Alexander Stevens.
SONGS of Shepherds, and ruftical
roundelays e
Form'd by fancy and whiffled on Reads,
Sung to folice young nymphs upon boli.
d ^ %
Are too unworthy for wonderful deeds ;
Sottish Sifrs to Pba& the genius
Was sent by Dame Pm:, a foog to
prepare; ,
In phrase nicely coin d, and in verse
quite refin'd,
How he stars divin'd the hunting the
Hare.
Stars enamour'd with pastimes olympical,
Stars and planets which beautiful
x(hone.
THE
SENTIMENTAL MEDLEY.
—
" TO RAISE THEGENIUS, AND TO MEND THE HEART."
THE Btbulet.
me;
Wherewith infufed, I piped and mused
In language unused, their Iports to
declare,'
Till the vast house of JOVE like the
bright spheres did move,
Here's a health to all those who love
hunting HARE.
FROM THE POLITICAL FOCUS.
nr,HE French Directory
seem to wish to con
quer and divide the world;
and, like the fucteffors,of Ab
exander, each take his part
and govern for himfelf ; but
the government of France,
; with its present administra
tion, like the kingdom of Sa
tan divided against itfelf, can
not stand.
Can the Diieaory believe
that to them all nations ihall
bow, to them every empire
become a colony and every
kingdom tributary to their
empty purles? Let them re
member the fate of Rome.
Having a (efficiency of terri
tory and inhabitants for fub
je&ion to one government,
and for its energetic support ;
the was proffeefoul and hap
py ; but when C^far crossed
the Alps and the British chan
nel, to add to the glory of
Rome, he plucked out the
noblest quills of the Roman
Eagle, while fucce^ding con
quests for the acquisition of
With their varieties, Glace the Deities ;
Whose wearied pieiets soon refrefh'd
were ;
We Shepherds were seated, while then we
repeated,
What we had conceited of hunting the
.Hare.'
he"^>'
Stars were but shadows, and joys were
but sorrow
These without Motion, those wanting
delight;
Joys are jovial, delight is the morrow,
Os life, of motion, the axis of might ;
Pleasure depends upon no other friends
But still freely lends to give virtue a
flhare
Alone in pleasure the measure of pleasure
The treafore of pleasure is hunting the
Hare.
Drown'd Narctfus, from his Metamor
phofis,
Rous'd by Echo, new manhood did
taker
Snoring Somnus upstarted from Chimera,
Who for these thousand years was not
awake;
To fee old lame club-footed Multihr
booted,
And Pau too, promoted on Corydon's
mare,
Edus shouted, with mirth Motus flouted,
While proud Pallas,yet follow'd the
Hare.
Grave H,mtn coher'd in lady Ajtrea,
The humor topk hold of Miners* the
old;
Com the brown too, with bright C,three
And Thais the wanton, Belta the
bold;
Shame fac'd Aurora, with witty Pondera,
And Main with Flora did company
bear ;
But ,m was stated too high to be mated,
Although file hated not hunting the
Hare;
Three broad bowls t' theOlympical Hec
tor; " ' #
The Troy^borp AEgL prefects on his
knee ;
fta to Pbabas carouses in nedar,
And Pbebus to Hiram, and Hirers to
MECHANICAL SOCIETY.|
TbIE Boston Mechanical Ajfl
foCT, held their aoniver
faty meeting in Boston, 00 Moo*
day, the 13th instant. After the
accuftomary bufinefi, the choice
of Officers, &c. was dispatched,
the Society repaired co the Greet
Dragon, where, after partaking of
a well provided Dinner, they
drank their wine with cheerful
hearti, to the following tosfti:
I. „I day, and the Mechanics
of the United States ;—may the
jkilfal io the ofe of " the Balance,
(he Lever, the Pulley, the Screw,
the Wedge ^d the Wheel" ever
employ their tgleDti in fopporting
and adorning *! thev have tn e
I raffing that Noble Edifice,-—-
A Boston piper fays," The cf
fca# of the triumph of the British
navy over the boasted French
"Invincible;" in the Mediterra
nean, cannot yet be rightly efti
mt!ed io America.—The world
is more interefled in it than
we imagine ; and the quarterings
of Nelien's new Armorial achieve
ment!, ought to bear flags of the
Four Qiarteri of the Globe, hi an
honorable efflimony of the bene
fit! he ha! rendered the commerce
of the world. One of our poeti
cal correspondent!, who, we hope,
it sifo a prophet, after dilating on
the event, anticipates its effect on
the glob- and exclaim# ;—
"Afrit shall thro' her wilds rejoice,
Exulting 4/fa, raise her voice,
Drived Empe smile again,
And o'er the wide Atlantic main
CdumbiPs Eagle fafely soar,
And droop her new Hedged wing no
more." %?:
territory, and for the purpose
of colonizing and making
tributary, at length, snatched
feather after feather, and left
the body bare. As the Goths
and Vandals poured in to the
deftruaion of civilized Rome,
so shall civilized nations, that
surround France, pour in, to
the overthrow of a horde of
robbers and a nest of barba
rians.
Let our readers peruse the
blasphemous Proclamation of
Buonaparte, and, if they are
pious, nay, if tliey are impious,
their fouls must recoil at
French degeneracy and pro*!
sanity. " God has no son or
associate in bis kingdom." —
“ The French adore the Su
preme Being, and honour the
Prophet and bis holy Koran."
“The French are true Muffel
men." (Mahometans are to
be pitied.) These extra&s
give us a' flketch of their re
ligion ; the religion of a
weathercock. This Procla
mation contains more low
fubtelty, more open profliga
cy, more Scandalous lies, than
Satan would dare advance,
through fear of losing his re
putation for cunning. In
short, it is all over French.
THE AMERICAN CONST!.
IUFION. [Reiterated dpplau/es }
2 . JOHN ADAMS.— The
true " Balance " which pteferve,
the Government of our choice host
the deftruaive vibrations of for
eign Influence and Demeflic FaHia#.
—(Three cheers, aid " Adams &
L)b<rty.")
3. Lit General GEORGE
WASHINGTON.-—The great
" Lever" whole fulerum iv the
confidence of the government,Red
love of the People. (Three plau
dits, and " Hail Columbia, bapp,
tad.";
4. The Congrefi of the Unit
ed S ites. May " the pulls," on
&tyralt those traitors, who would
''flop tie wheels of government."
5. Timothy Picketing. Secreta
ry of State— The 66 Screw ' which
preff?i into iffemficerre foreign
intrigue, " diplomatic Jkdl, and
Johnsonian impude: ce.
6. J.met M'Herry, Se r r,w«
at War—The froig " Wedge"
which wid ipltthe log of fadion,
and furnifh gun ftockt to annihi
late it.
9. The American People-Mi,
they never te.deceived by the
wiletof Apoftaie Talleyrands or
cats paw Logans ; nor be left to
believe the cry of " Peace, Peace±
üben there is no Peace."
10. The National Executive —
May it ttc^ with contempt those
fhtmelefs and deceptive profef
fions of moderation, with which
the inhmoui Tyrant! of France
are endeavoring to deceive the
America people.
11. The Legfotare of Mafe
chfois —May they be at tree
from prejudice agninft our inftitv
cion, as they are diftioguilhed for
federalifm and patriotic virtue.
12. The decayed Mechanic, the
widow and the Orphan. M#,
our funds be at extensive as their
wants are oreflbg, and our LIB
ERALITY exceed both.^
7. Benjamin Stoddart — The
Wb/,/,"which governs the"
belm of our Navy, and wili fleer it
to'glon,
JQ/HEN any sentence in a
&play happens to hit up
^RffAaor's peculiarity, the
effea is sometimes very ridi
eutou,. In a part which Mr.
Garrick vied to perform, and
in which he had to pronounce
a long speech tp the fair and
cruel obje& of his affeaions,
which ends with-—
" I fear I may seem little in yenr
eyes."
«D d odd ifyou don't,"
bawled a fellow fromthe up%
per Gallery.---Garrick never
repeated the lines after;
wa@7 .
8. His Excellency hcreife Sum
ner-May every Mechanic'# son ;
emulate those virtues which have
railed him to he prefect eminent
ffwon.
Banquet or Comus.