Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-03-08
From the VIRGINIA GAZETTE.

FROM tne VIRGINIA 6AZETTE.
THE LION AND THE TARAPIN.
[ BY y0aag gsnfeman sf No,tb Carolina. ]
BELLA HoRRIpA BELLA:i!
TIE race IS notts tbe G7vJi, aor 1Ss belte to TIE
arong.
A famed Hibcrnian in this curious age,
Confined the king Of beats within cages
Keeping his msjcfy in Gu,auel pjit,
From place to place he j9urneyed may mile,
TraveiI'd thro' Rhoan, Halifax and NAH,
And pocketed deviiith deal of cath.
Commenced gentleman, and taught play;
he grew IN grace with fortune every day; \
AS Tllly eloqoeat, as Stentor loud,
Thus he harraogued the ever wondering croud !;
ssCome gentlemen, behold the fwee1cf crea.
ture,
" That e'er was modelled by the hand Of ma
ture.
I" A fpeeacle to feat a curl lis eye on,
" Come gentlemen, 7vuA up and fee til. Lin.
" All beats confeG'd his tyranny complete,
/" And trembling creuch'd for mercy at his feet !,
I" No animal his pserlcfs power wlthaood;
+" He reigned the monarch of the Lyb wood !;
"Solc foyeseigu Of the pIain--no odd. he begs,
"Of any beat that walks upon fur ltgs."
Ali" faid planter sin our modern age,
" To lee the n,ighrieh monarch in cage,
" Il no new thing-but by the immortal Gods,
I" Ii yon declare this Lion AXIS nv odds,
(" An animal I'll bring hall make him roar,
g And bath that vifage with his royal gore.
Make you the wager"-and behold what fol.
lows.
:" Done," Jays the mater, I" for one hundred
dolars.''
OF went the Planter for his beat 70 keen,
Al wondering what the Devil he could mean.
Al length he brought, the Lion to oppefe
What emzd +" a fiddle that had feet and toss. ''*
Here, bosafui wretch, behold this hggerbea9,
Who never from his adveriary fca {:
Sole monarch of the iwarm, he lights hi. foe,
With certain skill, and corquers at 3 blow;
Shsw ham the royal Lion, and you'Illee,
He'll reverence kings, like prince Egalite."
Now tor the fight the combatarts prepare,
Now in tn. cage behold the adventurous pair!
The lcales OF vic'try hanging in the skies,
Were there difcovered by peetic eyes;
Wavering in doubt, upk wing TO iubiide,
For Cardinals bOaR or Afrie's pridt.
Wise Ta,abM beneath his coat of nalb
Took in fecufe his head, and iegs, and tail.
So, when the wind blows hard, aud thunders
roll
And tempeRs fake the world from pole to pole.
The cautious failor fees the sergng woe,
Fufls up his fails, and drops his yards below
Rides on the blllows tops fnblime and vaa,
And fcorns ferene, the elemeotal blaR.
Advancing frm-the monarch of the plain
Laird hts long tail, and reared his mighty
nane
Held out his princely paw and at one twack,
Extended Tarapin upon his back.
But free from pain, and without lois OF gore,
The Carolinian found his legs once more
LAUGHED at the Lion, trensth, and Inock'd his
lsown,
And role the ftronger for his knocking down.
pwas thus of old -postick hiltory lhews,
Aleides fought, and thus Antsas rofe.
Hark from the fixes a rafting peal of thun
der,
The Gods ard GoddetIes LOOKED down with won
der
IT'S Land Turtle with the Lion frives.
They never faw fnch fighting in their lives.
Now, krtbr CarsGniax a0in, JogE faid,
And fhook The reverend hanors OF his head.
Whom JUPITER betriends muff then prevail,
So (milins victory turns the dubious fcale.
Leo, unkncwiDg whom he had to fight,
STOPPED down his head TO take nearer fight 9
While Ta,ap;a, firm, watchtul, never fcai'd.
Ducdly leiz'd his highnefs by the beard i;
That is, 70 bic the lien BY the jswl,