Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1801-11-19

WAY tIlC SOtIt!tlS OsTU/UVUIyy tuC
tronefs Of imag ination and inyention, ~
harmony and eloquence may The muhce.
KyI5en, with the nine tunefu Gopia
may the CULVER bearing God Cana, witt
the beautiful Ragnies mayyall the, power
OF love and poetry, and may the immorra
Brumma himleIf, iecond with their mott
aulpicious influences, our humble attempts
to compare the literature and poetry OF diff
tant and diiiimlar countries. remarked
in my lat epiale, that both the Gitago-
vinda and Soicmon's Song, have, in ali
probability, a mythical meaning this O.
pinion n i'll believe TO be correct, but with
this mythical meaning thou wilt perceive,
my dear friend, that have a, preient no
!. concern. My object is to glance at thu
two works in the character OF poems. AS
fuch | fhall conlider them, and leave the
mythical meaning to be explained and en-
forced by the holy Brahmins, to whom
this Office belongs.
There is certainly TO improperly in thus
confidering them; for the poetical garb in
which the writer's have thought proper to
convey their fentiments, may form, with
the highef proprie,y, fubjett OF critical
eulogium, whatever recendite meaning
may lie concealed beneath 70 fascinating
an exterior.
The following verfes are in my opinion
highly beautiful; they are taken from the
I'd Chap. of Solomon's Song -" am
the rofe of Sharon and the lilly of the val
ley. AS the lilly among thorns, 70 is my
love among the daughters. AS the apple
tree among the trees of the wood 70 is my
beloved among the ions. fat down un-
der his ihadow with great delight and his
fruit was (weet to my tate. He brought
me to the banqueting houle, and his BAN
tner over me was love. Stay me with
hagons, comfort me with apples, fer am
iick Of love. His LETT hand is under my
head, and his right hand doth embrace
me-
The following veries are diainguifhed
by a iingular animation of lentiment and
melody of numbers:
+" The voice of my beloved behold he
cometh leaping upon the mountains, kip
ping upon the hills. My beloved fpake
and faid unto me, rife up, nv love, my fai.
one, and come away"
What can be more beautiful than the
lines which foilowg?-" For, 10, the " n
ter is Paf, the rain is over and gone; the
flowers appear on the earth; the time OF
the fnging ef' birds is come, and the voice
of the turtle is heard in our lard; until
the day break and the fhadows flee away,
turn my beloved; and be thou like roe
or young hart upon the mountains Of
Bother" The mutual eulogium which
follows is in the higheit degree, rich and
glowing
Behold thou art fair, nay love; be-
hold thou arr far; thou haf doves eyes
within thy locks; thy lips are like
thread of fcarlet, and thy fpeech is comedy;
thy two breaGs are like two young Eoes
that are twins, which feed among the iii.
lies. Until the day break and the lha
dows fee away, will get me to til,
mountain of Myrrh, and to the hill OF
Frankincenfe. Thou art all fair, my love
Bsre is not fpor in thee. Come with me
from Lebanon, my fpoufe, with me from
Lebanon: look from the top OF Amena,
from the top Of Shenir and Hermon, from
the lions dens, from the mountains of the
Leopards.
Thou half ravilhed my heart, nay filter,
my fpoufe; thou hiatt ravifhed my heart
with one of thine eyes, thy lips. O, my
fpoufe, drop as the honey comb honey
and milk are under thy tongue; and the
fmeli of thy garments is like the fmell OF
Lebanon.
= Awake, Ooorth wind and come thou
fouth; blow upon my garden that the fpi-
ces thereof may flow out. Let my below
ed come into his garden, and eat his plea
e., fr.,tte