The American herald of liberty — Exeter, N.H., 1793-11-19 00:00:00, page 4

Or fay if sleep once fortunately fto!e> [glean?,
Whan life’s low lamp could icareely Hied a
Did not some Dimon harrow up the-fool.
And flab the ihort, the momentary dream ?
Did not wide fancy’s all-exploring clue.
Bid time’s deep womb be accurately shown.
And raifefuch .baneful images to view,
As fear’d thy coward confcioufnefsto I'lone ?
O Pynfent ! what had empires to bestow,
That e’er thy worth to character could raise,
Teach wond'ring worlds moregratetully to glow
Or add a Angle particle to praise ?
Did not whole Senates hang upon thy voice,
And fupplian: climes folicic thee for laws ?
-What greater proofs of tenderness and Jove
Can heaven’s high hand beneficently ihow,
Than dooming thole whodiead nojuege above.
To certain Ihame and wretchedness below ?
Tho’ the white cliffs of the deferred (hore,
No morefticidd silver on his hated eyes,[more
Should firikehis breatt with consciousness no
Nor ring hia foul di (honour thro’ the (kies ;
M™ then a kingdom's heart directed cries,
Like the drear tempest’s all dcflroying (weep,
O’ertake the iiluftrious caitiff as he flies,
And fink the recreant vcffel in the deep ?
Has the drear darkness of the midnight hour
E’er kindly bleft thy pillow wi h repose,
Or the foft balm of Heep’s refrefhing power
Once taught those lids in tendernels to dole ?
That basely (loops to prostitute its own ?
Yet tell us, Pynfent, is there ought in Rate,
In ermin’d pomp, or coronated glare,
To soothe the Iharp severity of fate,
Or shield the rankling bo.fom from dcfpair ?
Hence,when from virtue’s sacred courfc we fly,
The biufli in deep’ning errmfan will be drift,
The riling gulh will deluge all the eyd,
And more than adders gnaw along the breast.
And yet,if nought but conscience with her snakes,
The slave’s bale view is able to control;
If no bright (park of honor ever wakes
The cold dead fibres of his fltnty foul.
Stilt what bleftbalm from consolation caught.
In diflant worlds can Pynjent nopero find,
Unless he flies as rapidly from thought,
And leaves both fcnfe and memory behind.
Busheaven’s high will has graciously defijn’d.
That Rrong rcinorfe with infamy Ihauld dwell,
And piac d an cenfar in the mind,
That damns the traitor to an itiliani hell.
Can the poor joy that glit ers o’er a crest,
Or ail th* iiJuftrious baubles of a throne,
Bellow one peaceful honour on a bread:
Haft"thou (and tell usgeneroufly now)
Suite that cunt hour on infamous record.
When the green laurel,with’ring on’thy brow.
Beheld thee vilely dwindling to a Lord ?
No Pynfent, then need hesitate an hour.
To prop a finking villain or his cause.
Nor seek ro'fereen an avarice of povyer
Withuhcpoor veil of popular apphule.
Quite unappall’d beneath the rage of times,
He then might fpting with tranfpor: into place,
And lay a furs foundation oh his crime. l ?,
To build the future glories of his race.
H dl thou (nor dare with conscience in thy eye
To breathe a fauna or accent inlincere)
Onceieen the blessed morn without a sigh.
Or bail’d the saber eve without a tear ?
Should he bestride the fwifteft deeds of day,
Or mount on whirlwinds with unnumber’d
Triumphant slaves might then fecurdy reign.
Nor meanly (brink to look upon the morn,
Beheld the frown of kinqdo.ns with dlfdain
And treat th’ indignant univede with fcoin.
Still would one curft, one execrable word.
Unman his foul and agonize his frame,
And that cetefled epithet of Lord,
O’erwhelm the wrexh with misery & shame;
O why, when virtue, heaven descended heat,
Sinks, by ambition fatally oppreft,
Or high foul’d honor tottering from her fest,
Resigns the fpotiefs empire of the bread,
Why doth not teafold impudence Hand forth
To fhleid in brass the blush betraying face.
And when we’re dead to sentiment and worth,
Defl oy the dre^d of fcand&i and disgrace ?
wings,
Still guilt would seize the dastard on his way.
And coafcience dart unutterable Ilir gs ;
Seat of the Muses.
An ELEGY,
On the late Right Honourable
William Pitt, Esquire.
(concluded.)
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Nay, did not fame, obedient to thy choice,
Give thee the wreath as thou would ft gi>e ap'-
[plaufe ?
Say, could ambition’s molt exalted fire,
Misguided man, begratify’d with mere
Thar, awe flruck senates always to admire,
And echoing realms to wonder and adore ?
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What then, quite with’ring on the ftalkof age,
Difeaf’d, emaciate, finking in the grave,
Could drag thee now,thus tott’ringon the ttage,
To load the wretched (keleton with flaw ?
Trembling on life’s most miserable verge,
Nay,even more,juft numb’ring with the dead.
Why wouldit thou thus in infamy immerge,
And heap a kingdom’s curses on thy head ?
BENEATH this green hillock lies heneft
Dick Hall,
Whose ftrvicc was courted by fair, brown, nay
all ; , x
For his life was employ’d to keep, in foul
weather, , , '
All harm from your feet by the flrength of
his leather.
His wax was so smooth, his ends were fa
strong,
His workmanship good, and lo pleasing his
song, “
That the neighbours would oft at his Rall lift -
en hours,
To hear Derry down—Hearts of Oak—facial
Bow’rs ;
And though it seems flrange,for truth ’tis well
known.
He’d repair others* foies, but neglefied,his
oit n ;
Yet wishing the future might better the past,
He liv’d 60 years, & then, Death Hole his last.
Anecdote by Voltaire.
ct J KNEW ai London a pbyfician, of
the name of Brown, who had prafiifed
at Barbados. He bad a sugar work
and negroes, and having been robbed of
a cenGderable fum* be called together
his Jlaves. “ My. friends,” said he,
“ the great J, cipent appeared to me du
ring the night, and told me, that the
per fan who Ji ole my money fbould,at this
inJi ant have a panels feather at the
point of bis noje”
Lie thief immediately put his hand to
his nose, “It is you, 39 cried the mafier
^^hat robbed, me; the.great fopent told
me so.” By this method the pbyfician
recovered his money. Ibis Jcheme is
not to'.be condemned, but in order to
practice it, one must have to do with
negroes' *' ■
That kingdom too, whole ever grateful eyes,
Thy matchiefs worth so tenderly could fee,
Thatfcarce (he.breath’d an accent to the skies?
But what was wing’d with benizons for thee,
Oh 1 hapless Pyn^ent ! when the pitying Muse,
Secs thee supremely eminent and good,
In palsied age, relinqoifll all the views *
For which thro’ life you generously flood.
MUCH has been said about the Devil ;
Th? source and au hor of all evil ;
Source, did 1 fay ? but flop a minute/
If that be true, the Devil’s in it:
If he’s the source, we mud suppose,
Two Deities that each oppose ;
Becsufe ’ris always understood,
That there’s a God, the source of good :
And is there th< n two Dei ies,
Contending fierce beyond the (kies ?
Avaunt the thought—Ged (u’es the Devil;
He makes good and creates evtl.
He made the Devil full of pride ;
But flop a breath, that point’s deny’d.
How did he make him then pray tell ?
An holy Angel ’till he fell.
And was he happy, kin I’d knew,
UnYil he fell ? Yes, yes, ’twas so
Well then, contented fare he was,
Yes, or not hippy, a clear case.
Then in the name of this fame Devil,
Pray tell what tempted him to evil ?
Nay, flop, and of asking such quefticns be-
When the bright guardians of a free born land,
In life’s last age fink utterly deprav’d.
And in some minion’s cor.fecrated hand,
Destroy thole realms which formerly they fav’d,
Loft in the paflion’s widely raging tide,
An aftual type of chaos Ae appears,
Then throws the pen diftraflcdly aside
To give an ample fulnefs to her tears.
Down tumble the Prießs, if this thing fliould
take air :
Snppofe 1 fliould candidly fay, I cant tell,
Why the truth will be faid,&l think very well:
Why then I’ll e’en fay so, and own it is true,
For 1 cannot tell fir, and neither can vou.
Ware,
On a Country Cobler.
^^HEN Mr. Bligh was a Cap
tain in a marching regiment, as he
and his lady were travelling inYork-
Ihire, they put up at an inn^ where,
there happened to be only just as
much in the larder as would lerve
them for dinner, which was immedi
ately ordered. In the mean time/
fame Ipwing gentleman of the coun
try coming in/afked who they were ?
The landlord told them that he did
not rightly know ; but he believed
the gentleman was an Irilh Officer.
‘-‘Oh, d-n him, if he is Irifn, fays
one of the company, a potarce will
serve him ” Here, waiter, take up
this watch fpuHing out an elegant
gold watch) carry, this up flairs, and
ask the gentleman what’s o’clock.—
The waiter at firft remonstrated, but
the company inlifting upon his deli
vering the meflage,he was obliged io
comply. Mr. Bligh, as may well be
imagined, was surprised at such an
impudent meftage, but recollecting
himfelf a moment, took the watch
from the waiter, and lent his compli
ments to the company he would
tell them before he parted. This
meftage, however, procured his din
ner to be sent up to him in quiet ;
which after he had eat, he clapped a
couple of lage horse pistols under his
arm, and going down flairs, introdu
ced himfelf into the company who
had sent up such a meftage, by telling
them he was come to let them know
what o’clock it was ; but firft beg
ged to be informed, to which of the
gentlemen the watch belonged ?—
Here a dead silence ensued, Mr.
Bligh then began on his right-hand,
by afkingthem severally the question,
each of whom denied knowing any
thing of the circumstance. “ On,
then, gentlemen, (fays he) I find I
have mistaken the company ; the
waiter a while ago brought me an
impudent message from some people
in this house, which I came/ ay you
fee (pointing to his pistols) properly
to resent, but I find I have mistaken
the room.” Saying this, he willied
them a good evening, which ^hey as
politely returned, paid his bill, ftept
into his carriage and drove oft, with
the watch in his pocket, which he
kept to his death, and left it by will,
ANECDOTBc/'/2tfC^n^Dr.Mcnfey.
way of ridiculing family pride*
he used to confels that the firft of his
anceftors>of any note was a baker &
dealer in heps; a trade which enabled
him with some difficulty to support
a large family. To procure a pretent
sum, he robbed his feather beds of
their contents, and supplied the de
ficiency with unsaleable hops’ Ina
few years a severe blight univeiTally
prevailing, hops became very scarce
and enormously dear •, the hoarded
treasure was ripped out, and a good
sum procured for hops which, in a
plentiful season would not have been
faleable : “ And thus'” the dodor
used to add “ our family hopped from
obfeurity.”
He used to speak highly of the
present duke of Leeds for being
diverted cf this falfe family pride and
related the origin of the Ojeorn
family from the duke’s own mouth
at his table. “My family,” said the
duke, 44 deduces its origin from Jack
Osborn, the (hop-boy of a pin-maker
on London bridge, in the reign of the
Henry’s. The only daughter of his
mafier fell from a window into the
Thames : The lad saw her itvaticn,
and refeued her. Some years after the
young lady had many noble suitors :
But, 44 Jack won her,” laid the old
citizen, 41 and hejhall wear her.”
Anecdote of ihe laie Geth Bligh.
Blank Juffice’s Writs,
printed on the new plan.
Justice’s Executions,
Warrantee apd Quitclaim Deeds,
Apprentice Indentures, &c. &c.
c fhif day Pili (hid, by
Lanifon €> Odiorne,
And /or fede ai their Book-St’jre,
The Improvement of the Mind—-
By ISAAC WATTS, D. D.
THIS work, being composed in the ma
turity of his undemanding, is thought
fupeiior to any cf his prodedicns —but the
very mention of Wa'.te is a fafficient recoca
mendation.
Likiwife^
Grace Abounding to ,the Chief of
Sinners — By John Bunyan.
The very extraordinary powers of mind and
the eminent chriftian qualificat ons of the Au.
thor, joined with the many perfection? he
faffered, and, like the Apcftle Paul,£urmount»
ed, are too well known to need particular ob.
fervation 'here, and too diftinguiihed not to af
ford ample recommendation to all the works
of his inspired pen. It is ennough therefore
to obfefve—
Come and read t all ye that fed^ GA, and feth
nubat he nxnll dj for your louis.
Likewfe, lately received, and for fate.
The Merry Story-Teller.
Being a variety of flories, suited to enter
taina Winter Evening,or to add vivacity and
humour to the leifare interval in life.
R A G S7
Calh, Writingpaper,
or Books will be exchanged for clean
Cotton and Linen RAGS*
at H Ranlet’s Printing-Office, Main^
Street, Exeter,
to his brother the present Dean cf
Elphin,
PUBLIC Notice is hereby given,
T hat Andover BRIDGE will be open
for pafiengers on Tuefday nineteenth
of November inftanr.
JOHN HUSE, Prof rs Clerk,
Andover, yh Nov. 1793.
At bis pRiNTFNG-OFf ice, next door to
Mefirs. Gilman Buyer’s,
^OST, or taken from me the fubferiber,
on or about the 25th inflant, my D (charge
from the Army, dated the Bth of May, 1783,
signed by Georgs Reid, Commandant —
This is therefore to caution all persons againft'
purchasing said difeharge, as I have not (old
it. Any perfen having the said Discharge,
and will return it to the fubferiber, will great*
ly oblige an Old Soldier.
GOODS.
ALSO,
W'eft-India Goods,
Hollow- Ware, in general,
and Paper-Hangings.
All of which will be fold cheao for
Cassi.
Exeser, Oft. 28.
As^cheap as can be purchased in Bcfion,
or elsewhere,
A General Aflortment of
’ CEZAR BARNS.
Bedford, O&ober 30, 1793.
John Dean, jun.
I
INFORMS his Cufipmers and the
public, That he has just received
Fresh ^fortment of
Fall and Winter
Books & 1 Stationary;
HENRY RANLET,
Andover Bridge.
Take Notice.
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