The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1821-09-04
POETRY.
FOR THE GAZETTE.

ron THE GAZETTE.
THE MAINIAD-A POEM.
rglauleHL PortsntOts oecllyreness-The eleetiops
ing eontrst in tie State Of Maine assumes a &c,
AXE aspect. The fishes near he coast, meet IN q
Centior and rssotse 20 en- force" their re,froEfy
AFFAIRS are tending 70 a change
IN haz1Td the prediction;
those, mo are wise In matters strange.
Affirm II IS no hction.
Astrolosers are govem'd By
Appearances celestial;
an which they clearly can Giscry
Occurrences terrestrial,
HoaLSe roaTd the wind. and dark the night
hideous catteryauling
Broke forth. IN terror and alright
II set Old towseT bowling
Each goose and gander twang'd is note
This Eolsy bawling crew
Woke chanucieer who strand his throat
With cccA-adoodle-doo.
TIE lonely owl. who through the day
Had snored. and slept most soundiy-
There seeEnd, the very ID to pay,
lie piPed away 50 roundly.
Some cen assert the parish clock
Was seized with trepfdation,
and fairly recognized the shock,
by supegerogation.
The puny tribes Of mice and rats.
That nightly 60 10 plumber
Ard beetles, lightning bugs and bats,
We're oVerwhelm'd with wonder.
50 Passd the night; This mighty fuss
Foretold of mischief brewing
On chaSte aurora rais'd A blush,
AT sight Of what was doing.
But Phoebus' ear at length dispeld
a night gloom and horror,
Inns baleiul scence Of tumult, quell'd
Portentous OF the morrow.
Near by the shores Of Elders Reach,s
Two friendly chiefs resided
Through thick and thin in war in peace,
They never were divided
Hamoniously, they iog'd their rout,
Through little, and through great woes
Until, quarrel rose, about
Some fishes and potatoes Il
Small things indeed-So Greece and Troy,
Most wolul troubles fell in,
BY quaneling about '"-s. toy,
The worthless strunpet, Helen
Small things indeed we find, do here,
Cause serious oppugnation-
Prompt friends, to pull each others ears,
And tend 10 tibulation.
To dudCeon high, these mighty ones.
xf.ha F,,I1,
Took different sides as parizans,'
And TO the contest brought up
Their scra,cherS" and their pampheteers,
Supported by =" tin pedlers:'
Iher sappers, miners, RonbardierS
Their busy bodies + medlers
In every thing bur what is right
Iheir" short hobs" and {" dough faces"
Aristocrats" and parasites"
All anxious TO get places.
Their Juniuses," their Brutuses"
Their" Currberlands," and soforth -
The old the young, the black, the white.
That would to battle 20 forth
Some platoons Of Y" remonstrancPs"
Some sections OF" slang whangers,"
Some files. with copper'd consciences,
Are anged beneath their banners
On, MARCHES and manGuvres new,
Their fortune more or less hangs
But with yet stronger hopes, they view
IN exertions of their press gangs
These pressing folks, sorely Cypress
Both little men and great men,
BY multiplying Arguses
And independent Statesmen;
By regiments they send them forth.
In smaller squads divide em,
And quarters, rations, tohtskeg too,
Compel you 10 provide EN-.
These sons Of Mars, at le myth, began
Their sorces TO concentrate
theirfs\ae. important points 10 man.
Ana aAaIous for tn event wait
With equal zeal. their cause 10 gain
Their myrmidons assemble,
Shake fearful Neumes wide domain,
Make tera6rma tremble.
Conch blew his shell TIL aquatic tribes
Assembled in convention,
SIade choice Of chairman. (a) and Of scribe,
Tho chairman clailn'd attention
lie SHINY, smelly, scaly bToOds,
Conven'd by summons greeting
Hear, gentle tenants of these floods
The object OF our meeting.
. Some pilgrim friends who, all the way
Have travel'd on car borders,
From Quoddy. 10 Rscataqua,
Bring news Of dire disorders.
I" Among the warlike sens Of Maines
Those mighty beili--senents-(1
Ills said. the adverse hosts contain,
Some thousands Of adherents--
sanguine conflict must ensue,
To save our fish and bacon.
What measures had we best pursue
What order shall be taken :"
Not thousand miles from Bath.
In this we hope the poet has no aliusion to any c
rences which took place a. Bermuda during the Ia
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a The whale on account OF his great bulk mis- Ia,