Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1821-06-15
MISCELLANEOUS.

Lor1 Byon's Letter to .Mr. .ifurrau.
Ncanoai In every age will have its yotaries Every
n''''h VIII produce Z" host delighng to deprave."
Sut our own times afford instances not less SINGULAR
,nan odious. Not content with the vctim--tbe Inv, O.
t'cl9aits poisonous tooth has manged-itpr esprnes
10 violate the Sanctuary Of the grave and to trample
on inc Wondering ashes of the tomb-IVe have re-
Gently seen men highly gifted, rakinc the charue
house OF DEATH 10 hold up Swift 70 universal ahor
renee. twill not be pretended that his oborac,er
was vulnerable--certanly not but his genius
should rather inspire generous heart with sadness
and sorrow, that such fraGes could be connccted
with such powers. The grave should cover his in.
frnlifies with its awful veil
This appetite has not been gutted with our own
times has extended to far distant ages. and men
VINO have been canonized for pure and holy v;rtuc
they have attempted polute, by the imputation O
The West indccencies. Socrates himself has mo
been spared. Was it notenough that cold bemlocl
should have been his barbarous reward in life And
in his death may VIC rot repeat with the great Ro
man Satyrist-
Snvus ct Hum
Exitus eipu, quem miraban,ur Athena.
Una get the Edinburgh Reviewers, in the Goth No
o that work, have not scrupsd to dee his character
WIN the most unworthy suggestions. In their Re-
view oil Mtcheil's Aristophanes, they deride and
Jeer mitchell tor what they term his absurd tmi-
dty For Mitchell himself, who sounds the first
note, uembles as he raises it. Take their own
words " lie seems like the cxecutioner of AIarius
so struck by the dignity of his victm-so awed by
the splendid powers of Socrates and the sublimitv
81 some OF the doctrines he unfolds, thathe has no
heart to deal the final blow OF TO press his assault
SO closely as he might have done. We confess T'The
Reviewersl that nerves are more harEy. Ii is
impossible to repress the loathiDg that such senti
mcnts (couched they are in terms of great force
and beauty must forever excite
Inc vampire gratfcs horrid appetite-llis prey
is flesh But these men disturb the holy sabbath
of the tomb" to yilify genius and poIute virtue
They doindeedposscss a HARDrHooD OF ErRvr
equally singular, odious, and detestable. Amid a
crowd of Victims it was MOTTO be expected that
Pope would be sparcd.-His muse has been " he
devlled with such ungody ribaldry,' that the poet
who wrought TO its last perfection the classical vein
OF English poetry, is almost abandoned for the
9 trashy jingle of the herd of 70 Lake Poets" Jo
scrh Warton commenced, and Il pack Of vcnaI scrib-
biers continued TO asperse his moral character with
base and wanton calumny. At length the Reverend
w. H. Bowles, having we are told, possessed him
seiof ali the rawlings of all the ounces on their arch
enemy concluded the grand attack in the ins;d;ous
guise Of an Editor Of Pope's Works In this work
he has exhausted every article of malionity.-Tbc
work has been received with the Just indignation il
dcserved.-1homas Campbell devoted himself TO
tao vindication Of Pope. 1t was devotion equally
noble and sucecsslul--it was worthy the author OF
- Inc Pleasures of Hope" Lord Byron has fol-
lowed abs wake, and in this generous competition
ne has won for himself brighter laurel for his
wreath. The style of his Lordship will long remain
9n admired specimen of the curiosa feIicitas in
wn'iEs. Nothing can exceed the viyaeity of its
light and sportye character. Throughout il Is adj
mirnble for It's chase--its classic simplicity. In
some parts, especially towards the close OF the let
ter, it assumes tone of powerful eloquenee.-Tbis
letter as a specimen Of elegant criticism deserves
The closest attention. II abounds with the stores If
a mind Of the first order, richly fraueht with
tie treasures Of wisdom. Some of its effects Il il
easy to predict IL is exceedingly probable that
tits Lake SCHOOL, will have to limp of-at ali
events We shall never hear again CT Parsou Bowless
q Invuiabe principles Of Poetry"
May !; accompish.more May il direct and fas,en
public attention 20 the works q Mr. Pope.
LETTER To ssss .ss-.s
Or tie Ree. ~ L. Boioss' Structures nm n. liz s,1
Hra"ss q fclS--Eythe RigR Hon. LoSd BE-
- i.hpiay At Boris with the sun and NOON
Wy mi'hess a,dd, Sir, and she has rather for
r"is,n hcrsel 10 Speaking 10 my Lcadv f,at emma
bide fo be contrueiickt. ms ke, rasl,,,pS
,."r--;s q =. e Va help thcms.ls j'-Talss Of mn
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