Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1821-06-22
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MISCELLANEOUS.
LORD BYRoN's LETTER TO MR. MrRRAy
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LINZ bhoN > LEI TER TO MIR. MURRAY
TcovcLUDEp1
In speaking of artificial objects, have omitted N
todch upon one which will now mention. Cannon
may be presumed 10 he highly poc,ical as ort can
lalkc her objects Nj Bow!ss will, perhaps, tell
ne uilt t''ls IS because they resemble that urand
natuFal article oil sound in heaven and smile ,non
eGrth-thunder. shall be told rriumphantly. thar
milton made SID work of his artillery when he arm
uhcial object mus' have had much of the sublime to
attract has attention for such a conflict Ue has
made an absurd use oft; but the abs,irdity con-
S'sts nor IN using cannon against the angels Of God
bu. any mdferi1s weapon The thunder OF the clouds
would have been ridiculous and vain in tho ha,ds
at inc devils, ms the tilanous saltpctre :" the an
gelS were as inpervious 10 the one as TO the other
ne 'huhderbolts become sublime in the hands of
Me Aimighty not as such but because he dcigns to
use then as mcaus of rcpeing the rebel shirts !;
bnt 10 orc can attribute their defeat TO this Grand
Pecc OF natural electricity; the Almighty willcd
and t'cv fell ; his word would have hecn cronrb !,
anu union is as absurd land in fact, blasphenos
IN putting material Gghtnings into the hands OF The
uoohead, rs iii giving him hands at all
ne artillery of the demons was but the first stem
o' ms mistake, the thunder the next and il is a stem
lower. 1t would have been fit for love but mo, TO-
''ehoVah lie subject altogether was essentially
unpoencal he has made more oft than another
could, but II is beyond him and all men,
In portion OF his reply, Mr. Bowles asserts that
fopo enyIcd Phillips" because he auzzed his
pastorais IN the Guardian, in that most admirable
MODEL OF irony, his paper the subject IL there
III, hy 'iips en''apIe about Phillips, II could
ana Rope expressed his contempt. II Mr. 'Fizge-
raid published volume of sonnets or a Spirit of
discover, or g Missionary" and Mr.. Pc wles
wrote IN any periodical Journal an ironical papcr
upon them, would this be envy :" The authors
OF the g Rejected Addresses" have ridiculed the
sixteen or twenty I" first living poets" OF the day
But 90 they ENVY them Envy" wrirhes,, it
don tiaggh.. The authors of the Rejected Address
es may despIse some, but they can hardly " envy
any OF the persons whom they have parodied; and
rope could have no more enyied Phillips than he
did Weisted, or Theobalds, or SmedIcy. or any
nave envIcd him, even had he himself not been the
greatest poet of his age. Did Mr. Ings eppy'' Mr..
Philips when he asked him, Z" how came your Pyr-
rhus to drive oxen and say / am o,otosI ON Inv
love :" This question slenced poor Phillips but
Il no more proceeded from envy" than did Ponies
rliicue. Did he envy Swift? Did he envy Be-
llnghr9ke Did he envy Gay the unparalleled sue
sgered that these his friends-true but does
friendship prevent enpy Study the first woman YOU
meet with, or the first scIibblcr, let Mr. Bowlcs
himself iwhom acquu fully of such an odious qua
Lty,) study some of his poetcal intimates: the
most en'ious man ever heard of is a poet and n
hIgh one besides, it is an uluerSoi passion Gold
smith en'ied not only tho puppets Tor their dancing
anu DpoNe ms Sims IN the attempt at rivalry, hut
was seriously angry because pretty women re-
cclVcd more attention than he did. This is eRyy
but where docs Pope show Il sign of the passion
~ that case Dryden envied the hero of his Mac
nc can, Pope with Cowper (t6e same Co,vncr
whom III his edition Of Pope he laughs at for his at
tachment 10 an old woman, Mrs Irwin search
ana You viii lind 1t; remember the passage, though
not inc page y in particular he rcJuotes Cowper's
Dutch delineation of A wood Oh avn up Ikea seeds
mans catalogue, with affected imitation Of Mil
tons style, rs burlcsque the Splendid Shilling.
These two writer's for Cowpcr is no poet, come into
comparison IN one great work, the translation of Ho-
mer' Now, with all the great, and manifest and
"I'eW submit 10 M. Bopics's olon j0dlgo,c,a d
p1ss1Ge from another poem Of CorpcrS TO be co,apf-
en- "dh The same 'erher's Syhan Sampler. In He
Thy nseaics, once a shining store,
For my sake restless heretofore
Now rust disused and shine more,
contain simple, houseloh " indoor" g5tj6eiJ anil
Nrtlin1yy image Ircfer Mr.. Bomles to he st9nso
G7f ass y heSe TIRE lines about " needles are not
arorb III the botstcd tcadipg about trees SO j,,oob.
dry re-quoied md yet an fact iclrt do they con,e7,
II homey collection Of i0'ageS and iders Gssociafed
~Wt Inc dtrHiog If Stockings, md the helamiar of
|7uts, ond me DeRdtng NJ brecctcs but irM am one
eGy Hat fley are emiHenfy poeticoi aud pathetic as
addressed M Corper to his ,urseP The trash Of
fTcfs reat0aS me- ~ sayiRg Of .SherifL,ns Soon
ellertie hsjcctcd .iddress' scege IN 1912 I met
Sheridan. I1 the course Of dijiter he .aj1 % arb
Bgron, dill gon kRoc int, o1pongsf ue ,eriisrs 5fL
dresses, 'ras JphU5reui himself9" Iantoeyedb him
INJURY OF ctat eort OfdH u5dreSs he had mule q (yT
Mai, TcP'ied SheriAH, reAembcr Et,le erceDi
ut there trdS Phpnix ia it," "a pbpyjrf -
HeH hDto did he describe Il ~ " Like n z,,,b.r- .,
.
on,Fered Sheridla . IL ioas green, md gelotg. a4
zea enc bi,e ne dill not h rs OF fcr a sinqle 6a-
HNy, I" 4"a Just slci as his ponherer's account If
FhG@,r is C0Wpe''s siick- picker soetaa ala lond
7r'6 az H. Tttl nliHatid ofhs, that, amt Inc other
Oae mare Poetict instance Of e poteer Of art. an,
ers1 rs superiority nature, m Doe,ry and I6aye
@oqe TIN Gnd OF An;nous Is there ann tLisg 4,
EdfIfc IKE ms taarbis, ercSpfiag tie Veu,s Can
mere be more poetry gathered into eristeae mn, &,
Wa Tonas,lat ereotion Of perfect beanty Bnt Uie
poetry " mis- bnst IS ~ respect derived fco, M
to,e, noS ron aly association Of moral craheaess
Grtsldf - mere ia common iCih moral nature and
me mule H''ioa Of .4dri0tP The rery ececlaiou !,
hot ns"fa tm supernatural, or rather supcr-ariif-
ctai3 Jor nutbe itls pettr done 50 much
.Ifay, men, te'fhhis cunt ob2ha nature cyd i'm
rGr.a6fe Pritcip'es of poetry p n ereat rptis, rim
"Nfs 6Loek Of stone as sublime as mountain. at,d
eroa pat con ibe park If cards tchh Dtors noel
"'H 'Hhobii' ne iorcsts Of .7Hrrica II is me busi
"<'S ''a ne pyoQ n n Pol 10 gicc tie lie 10 The pro
t"b a'id so1ieiiAc' 70 make silken nurse o,t az
SOW car y aud 10 conclude icjtt oHolhey ho7et,
f11ef5,t' "agoo2 eortmaH NW net fad f,aH piA his