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liu! f'ice alone the fubje<5t, not the voice
Of the grave ‘eicher, nor his learned flail
To cut and mince, divi !e and fubdivide,
Is mine by adaptation, I reftridt
To narrower bounds the poet’s tethered range.
And again :
The tenant of this marfion houfe, the world,
Received it from his Lord in <ueh fit cafe
A* needed no repair,—good, perfect, great.
H s tenure was in Soccape ; and he held
By light of fufferance. Feal y, alone,
Comprised the fervices he had to do *
A ie vice of the heart, V/hich, freely done,
Se u *d him the domain. His was the foil,
To d*efs and till.—the ufuftuft all his.
Fo him the harveft ripen’d in the field ;
And herbs and fl wera beneath his footfteps
fprang,
To cateh his roving eye, and on the biee e
Pout'd their rich odours to regale his fenfe,
Figer to mingle with his fpiiit, theirs.
For n the fruitage c’ufia’d on the bough,
Ir.vidng to be pluck’d ; and Earth’s broad lap
D fp'aycd her vaft fecundity tor him.
iN tute’s bright fide was next him ; for his Lord
Caft with his lmile a happinefs throughout,
A furif.nne of the foul ; that fmile withdrawn,
Lca/es Nature as flie is—dull, dreary, dark.
M,.n foon withheld that homage ^hich he owes
To his firperior, whereupon the fmile
Ofh'ppinef wa. pendant, broke his tenure*
An ! drew the fli.ure ot Nature o’er his f< u
Tie joys of Faradife are his no more,
And Kden decks not het parterre- for Lim.
Tr e following is somewhat in the
tone of Ur. Young :
Is this too much to fay of Earth’* frail worn.,
A mere Ephc.neron, which hu/2es round
Th s atom wor!.', & fpreacb hit mealy plumes
Vainly to gliften in tint luti'a bright Inani
Which fees, ere n >on. his garifh pinior.s fa't?
Hut while we find much to praise in
the .natur, we find some in iccuracies to
censure in the manner. There are se
veral words used, which can be found
only' in a Columbian vocabulary; and an
affectation of others tli it have "long been
obsolete : ns, /o mmeous ore, dross de
sjmmcl, theorick plans, glorious regent
ship, thunderous neck, Uc. from the Mil
tonic elevation of which, there is a great
descent to such exclamations as,
S > lohs of day (and feeing men a^-f* day,
H /W pat the chofen finrr e come in !)
Thou, 39 a bit of a pb ofrv>ner
That ?i.is no dxniceworkjjt> ibuo to perfottn.
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Men’s diet ought to jingle all in tune
Nor will {he grudge the /wealing ana fatigue.
I, as fige Reafon’s loyal advocate,
Though feeble in the way of argument,
Anil fei bier flill t*"* Jqurti.e it mo verfe
Every reader must be struck with the
tautology of
Tn’afhidtive bias, convi lu ive hint.
And,
Their fympathies, and their i/Iex^ous lurns%
Such lines as
M k>» Horror and Ru:n rule over all,
bid defiance to all m< a>ure ; and naugh
ty and naughtiness, which frequently oc
cur, are downright nursery language.
On the whole, however, we are pleas
ed v ith the performance, the first part
of which only we have seen, and exhort
the author to “persevere in the race” h
is running. He has read profitably,
thinks justly, and with some attention
to the melody of his versification, will
write ably.
C O N (J R E S S.
House of Representatives.
November 30.
Fortifications.
On motion of Mr. Blount, the house
went into committee of the whole on the
report of the committee of aggressions,
recommending the erection of fortifica
tions, and building of gun boats.
The first part of the report being un
der consideration,
Mr. Blount stated that 750,000 dol
lars, in addition to unexpended balances
ol former appropriations, was deemed
a sufficient sum for the purpose ; that
in time of peac. , more than 8 300,000
could not be expended in a year. Hr
said the fortifications now contemplated
were not to he of a fixed or exp nsivc
nature, but principally heavy artillery,
mounted on travelling carriages, that
might be moved from place to place.
Alter a few remarks from several
members,
JNIr. Gardening of New-York, spoke
at considerable length, warmly insisting
upon the necessity of effective fortifica
tions* lie considered 750,0rX) di liars
by no means adequate to the objn t.
After some observations from Mr.
Thomas and Mr. Alston,
Mr. Blount, to try the sense of the
committee as to the amount of the s m
to he applied, moved tint the blank i
the resolution be filled with 730,* .>
dollars.
Mr. Masters proposed S 1,500,000.
He afterwards addressed the chair, as
follows :
I am happy that this subject is before
the committee of the whole house,which
has been too often and too long neglect
ed. Though I moved that the blank be
filled with fifteen hundred thous md dol
lars, yet I think this sum too small, to
fortify, sufficiently, our extended sea
coast ; but it is as much as can be eco
nomically and advantageously expended
in one year.
{ beimve the policy this nation has
pursu i, ought to be abandoned. I do
not mean to criminate the administra
tion. I believe the government, and
those who have administered it, have
dealt justly with all nations, expecting
a atonal justice in return. I am con
vinced that national justice and national
friendship are iule as the wind that
blows, and that there is no such thing
as national justice to lie expected in
times like these. We must depend on
our own strength, and not on national
justice. Our gov« rnrm nt have calcu
lated on preserving peace by pursuing a
lair and impartial neutrality, and that
those difficulties which might arise be
tween us and ,^ny ol the European pow
ers, might be amicably settled and ad
justed by friendly negotiation. If we
turn our attention to the conduct of the
European powers, the stronger towards
the weaker, it will prove in contest! t!y
that national justice is at an cud. What
has been th«- national justice of Trance
towards Holland, Prussia, all the petty
states of Germany, Italy, and in short,
all the powers of the continent P It h,
conquest, dominion, and tearing up by
the roots every vestige of civil libciiy,
and annihilating the national rights oi
those powers.
The national justice of Great-Britain
in Indie, has extirpated every prince
and nation in that quarter; and what lias
been her national justice towards Den
mark ? History does not give an acc<'\ t
of such base conduct as the ; it;., k on
Copenhagen. America herself has not
kept a more fair and impartial neutrality
than Denmark. Such is the national
justice 1) tween the nations of Europe.
Notwithstanding the got eminent of
this nation has, with honest sincerity,
dealt justly towards all nations, who w ill
se ia vain to find a single act of ag
frre .ioT' on our part, let us si - what
1 nil . 1 national justice v.-e haw receiv
ed in return, Spain has violated he;