Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-10-15

Sut yeI h.s horse vas not viii,
iIeiintd to tain th,Ie &c
and what is sill more sirikins,y similar the
two ho'ses have the very same motive for their
conduct.
for VIII, : his owner had u house
Fail ten miles OF at Ware"
MAJ eppa's horse had hitherto been aecns-
toned 10 lead flee and easy life, rather more
than ten mites OH IN the Uaraine-and thu
iher accordingly he set OF at score, making
play all the way, Pretty much after the FASH
ION OF stespic-hunt. Ii may perhaps be
worth while 10 quote for a particular reason
the following verse:
:" So like au attow swim he tlew
Shot 10y an archer strong
So did he ny, which brings me to
The middle OF my song"
Now, II very remarkabie-and we think
the coincidence cannot be accidental that
The corresponding passage in Mazeppa also
occurs Just about the middle OF the poen,
which satisfactorily shows, that the original
structures OF the two great works do in their
dimensions eAacti, coincide.
Tie termination OF Giipin excursion there.
tore, evidently suggested that of Mazeppa's.
But Byron has contrived to give quite "a new
turn 10 ms pocm-sO that I'D the final catas-
upPhe lie almost seems TO lose sight Of the
original. Al Ware Gilpn's horse stands stock
| SUI at the door of his masters house, which,
| ny Tue oy, proves that lac had not that unchan-
cy tr'Sk OF boiling into the stable, " suns ce-
remon,e, which has iDeommoded many a So
ber-headed Senileman. MaZeppa's horse in
IKE manner, falls down the instant he reaches
| home, so we observe that the transition from
MOTION 10 repose is in both eases equally
abrupt. :. Mszeppas sutierinss are now nj an
tnu-and being iusiantly pat into GOOD warm
| oeu, lie soon comes 10 northumberland
IN good time becomes the father of man,
children, aud Hetn,am Of the Cossacks. Gil
pm. on Tie other hard has scarcely had lei
sure to put on new hay and wiz than off he
sets again without ever drawing his bit-but
II is unnecessary 10 follow hin, further with a.
| ny minuteness. Conclude we cannot without
| recaiilnS TO Tue memory OF our readers one
Stauza which ever awakens in minds pro-
found sense of the depth of Mrs GiIpin's con-
Jngal affection, and OF the illimitable range of
the imagination when flying OH the wings of
| terrified love,
:, Now Mas. tiilpin, when sue saw
Her husband posting down
lato the country far away,
She pdild out halt ,rUwn."
| Ihat one line, =" into the country far away. -
| gives 10 us vaster idea of distance of lime
AKA space-ihan the whoie 100 liues of Mazep
| pa. Inc reader at once feels how little chance
there is OF tho post hoy overtakiny GiIpin-
ana owns tnat the worthy man ought TO be left
entirely 10 himself and his wild de- tiuies
| We need pnisue the parable. no further.
| bnt we may remark, that though we Ina We
! now proved John Gllpm to have been the pro
| totSPe OF MaLeppa, yet tue noble author has
| likewise had III hisIecolectlon the pu,is hment
| which used some lines TO be inflicted OH cri.
| mihais IN Russia. They were bound on the
| BACK 81 an elk, and sent into Siberia or else.
| where. we refer oar readers TO the SDoriiut-
| Magazine, where they will find yery affect
| 'ns picture OF a gentleman OH his elk In WAS
| always the prdcuce To- shave the criminal he
| tore he mounted, ana III tie picture we SNEAK
| OF, he has beard OF about six inches ionr
| which informs us that he had been on his fri
'e'S PROBABLY several weeks. u pictura poesis