The Sun.
London, England, 1818-07-07 00:00:00

P G E•T a Y.

ELEVENTH EPISTLE to the EDINBURGI-I REVIEW ItS.

Sin liror tibtrt..ctare citrarn voltierit,
Nin Limo) triplet lau its conseiriitiatn.

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XIII Nl;tics no farther I totlare.e:
Bur hasten onwards to another eharze.
lielored o:Kroft tri, now to thee I turn,
And to avenge thee on the Traitor burn :
say beloved, tho' nu son of thine
Is he who writes the vindicating line •
For I have sojourn'd oft within thy walls,
Oft shar'd the social pie isires of thy halls,
Where discipline and classic order reign, •
44iach as 'tis meet for ',ruin, to maintain;
;et such es no ingenuous youths to be.tr
Need feel regret, whilst learning forms their care.
The Thant's, on which my ski:l I I:s'd to guide ;
Thy ItArcuree and BouLtAas, Learning's pride;
Thy di,mrs, thy lofty spires, thy spacious streets,
Thy shady gardens, and those calm retreats
Where, in vast piles of Greek or Gothic
by Students emulate the Bards of old;
All are oft cail'd, but CtialsTctittacit most, to view,
Which es a Brother's frequent guest I knew;
With whom I oft have pac'd the elm-arch'd walk
Whlch skirts thy mead, enjoying classic talk.
Hatt I the classic force by *Jact:sox taught
Attain'd; had I Horati,n stpitit caught;
Could I to mine hi, verse's strength impart,
I might a keener reprehension dart ;
But as I am, more feeidy ou the theme
My pen may but iupst less partial seem.

When Penn commended the Oxonian plan
Of classic study—then his frowns brgan.
The Doctor's learning, eiptall'd but by fell,
This candid statement of the facts he knew,
—, could not illnme your darken'd mind.
To all but your own groundless fancies blind,
You thought your heor.ralts, jests, and intuition,
Could put to silence facts and el udition.
But all your nonsense anout longs and shorts,
Your snrers—your first attack—your last retorts,
But serv'd, whilst i ,xfoi el was in fame a gainer,
To.ruaLe your ignorance and malica plainer
And prove your use (a far more black aspersion),
Nut of false quantities, hut false assertion.
Her learned sons you urg'd are drones—no Monk
'er seeni'd in listless apathy more suoL ;
All, bigotted to form and Atusronz,
reigns without a rival but the bottle
There infant science is suppos'el mature,
And each Professorship a sinecurr.
For all the works there printed, this drawcansie
Declat'd the University must answer:
And when sonic false Latinity appcar'd,
Oxonian Latin call'd its faults—and sncer'd;
Asserted Classics, scorning the alliance,
Had seiz'd all power and. hi-misled useful science.
All which assertions, made (ruin spite propeuse,
Have not to truth a shadow of pretence.

Let all those names for taste and learning known,
Who with fond pride their Alma Mater own,
The falsehood of his first foul charge detect,
Anil on himself the infamy reflect.
As to the forms with all old systems blended,
They are, as to efficierit mischief, ended,
Nor can we blame, with semblance of just cause,
That which now is, for that which long since wat.
As well, now Edinburgh from dirt is free,
Assert her filth front days of Wha wants me;"
Nay Antsroms.., that unhappy sage,
Whose very name aroused the critic's rage,
Is given up, or studied but in part,
Where he explains—and well—au useful art.
His physics, said, are Oxford's bane—
Nor read ; his Metaphysics—wrong again;
Then Logic only still renzaiti'a to shock,
And be to Oxford feet a stumbling bluets.
. Yet who would wish to see an art erased
1114 m both have
,prals'd Z
Which tlaithsnox awl CHA
Which forms a needful basis of instruction,
And is no.foe to BAcnN and induction;
Which had you, free from_syllogistic-terrors,
Beheld, you might'have spared yourself some errors, •
And known, without such piteous brain confusion,
False premises must lead to false conclusion..
As to the Works which issue brine its press,
.Oxford but gives their typographic dress;
And (Hr. their faults surd) blame is Oxford's due
As taijsAg.CoNsTA#LE iron) your Review;
Who, if be. print its pages clear arid slicing,
And does not make errata list too long,
Gains praise, and need not blush for doctrines there,
%t Lich are the writer's, not the printer's care.
-Would it be just Scotch healing art. to look on,
A, measured by Domestic Medicine BuCUAN ;
Or %yin), except snore prejudiced dull toai,
Would think S.Ancit reuse like that of PILLAN'S school ?
Or who, again, in Scotland fining slander,
Would judge by your's her learning, wit, and candour?
Your wit, which seems Vo4TAIRE !nit out of joint,
With all the pertness, hut without the point.;
Your candour, which, like Dame in School for Scandal,
You but employ as mischief's- help and handle
Your learniog, whiJi confounding road and gale,
Das uot quite strength sufficient to translate.
And COalpositiou you are still less pat in ;
When you attempted to mend FALeoNeitesLatin,
What- dog,grell stuff you wrote ! and as for Greek
Tour Lino weakness there was doubly ;
Committing, whilst at Leery step you tripp'd,
Mistakes for which a school-boy would he whipped;
Strangely miscalling voice, anfl mood, and tense,
Aour calculations 'rallied common sense;
First hinted all meant now ; but then unthrifty,
We semi find out that none with you ineansfiftp
Such are von, vain and ignorant pretender,
Who dar'd to aim at criticizing Prslnatt
PINDAte and OxroHD I this was lofty game,
And tooth alike were injured in their fame.
The hard is still admired for soaring. thought ;
And Oxford still as learning's seat is sought,
Where a!1 the gatheriug sciences surround
The classic Muss, with their chaplets.crowned;
Those Muses just pre-eminence obtain,
Yet, though supreme, do not like tyrants reign.,
For thence ;ire not the sciences expelled,
Though so you say, but are in reverence held.
There hand in hand they all in friendship meet,
And sti ire to make the future wan complete,
Imparting knowledge of each various kind,
Whilst classic studies form the taste and milli!.
By le-iru'd Professors all thesestoses a& spread,
sot of Bmutian but Athenian head;
Who do H.rt doze impute a sinecure,
But to their chairs by active worth allure,

Such now is Os FORD; such may she remain e
Tieating onir false aspersiouts with &sdaite ;
And persevernig in that elass:c course
Which hest promotes the h,ental growth and force.
Let Classics reign : tho' this m shock,
Whotleents they teach nought else lon hie, Wee, hoc;
And quite: o'erlooks, in isai lath of dietetic rage,
Historian, Poet, Orator, and Sage.
Tnist form tit knowledge an eNtraustless mine,
improve the reason, and the taste refine ;
In glowing strains the deeds of heroes slog,
The angry; wandering,,and the pious King;
These spew the progress of event and thought;
Tell all the old Philosophers have taught,
Who by their empty hut ingeniotis strite
Prove the full ra,ue of the Book of Life,
Wiwi,' glorious page by classic aid we note,
bl the smite language the Apostle's wrote.
' And do not these advantages surpass
Ali.we CAD learn from Alkali and GaS?
Not e'en szcepting that of Paradise,
Which learned 'Ladies steck'd, aucteall'd so nice
Du they nut give a higher satisfacton,
Than all that filo:ions teach us of attraction ?
Though we could trace all comtits in their coursell.'
And nicely calculate disturblng forces?
All t cults of science merit to be known,
Antl Oxford dues not their just claims disown.
But science self is inistroploy'd by you,
Our fait!: to weaken, and prov't CH RIS"' untrue.
May Oxford i‘onour, but prot.thus abuSe it!
Nor into Antichristian doubts infuse it 1,
But may the youths Wl3O at her fountains drink,
Mom iu the world 'snore justly act and think
Whither ;bey seek the Senate, Church, or Bar,
Practise the Healing .Art, or lead fhe War;
Ituy tbey with pride the.Cluistian doctrines own,
Aud ever rally round the Church and Throne!

CYRIL JACKSON, ore of the most learned atid zuzitthle
Pillars of our Ecclesiastical Establishment.