The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1822-11-18
: MISCELLANEOUS.

MISCELLANEOUS.
Mr.. PrrrMAa-The following 6eau.
iifai amalgum Of nonsense accidentally
came into my possession; and as l am
fond of genuine poetry l could no, repress
an irresistible inclination to endeavorr az
teosf, to expose to the votaries of the
muses. and the lovers Of the classics its
unexampled evidence of hyperbolical
rhythm. Your inserting the piece with
its concomitant remarks, win oblige
A FRIEND.
From the Raleigh Star
"Mr. Editor-This is the first poetical
effort OF Zero, and should he end ia.
vorable place in your paper, he will in
woke his muse more seriously hereafter,
for the edification of your readers.
On the uncertainty ofdrean,s !; then nav
hiease the fancy in one minute, and
annoy IL in another.
The vision of the mind transports us into
light,
Decorates the scene and 'meliorates the
sight; 81
She sports with us in sransi,iye play,
Warns our senses and makes it appear
F.. day. ~
But all at once false delusion flies.
Grating to our senses and opening our
eyes;
Then sorrow se;zeo liz ,,,L.al
10 know it was delusion while blind.
tie closes his eyes to renew the scene.
Blu: this sportive genius, false as mean,
Conveys him to the horrors of hell,
And tolls in his ears the ringing of the
bell.
The trembling mortal in his downy coach,
Goes to old "Pluto" to receive the harsh
sentence
There in his majestic presence he views
His fiery mien, and receives the news,
:------- ---------.----------departy e cursed.
Then - the river Sticks he stalks,
Quivering in his numerous balks;
Soon, over Sticks his passage he makes,
And quickly lands in the fiery lakes;
So, in the agonies Of his mind,
III wakes and sees he was bu, blind.
Warrenton, A7arch 90. ZERO"
LINE THE FIRsT.-How piston can
be TRANSPORTED, l have not mercantile
knowledge sufficient to say and into
light, l am still more at loss, unless a
second New Hollands were established in
the north and the dreaming conuicfs
were doomed to behold the splendours of
an Aurora Borealis.
LINE THE sEcoND.-strhe vision of
the mind, 'meliorates the sight" /
would certainly advise those who have
sore eyes to dream as much as possible.
LINE THE THrRp.-"She sports with
U.S." &c. BY what GRAMMATICAL rule he
places the verb mind in the feminine gen.
der am totally at a loss to say.
LINE THE FoURrH.-'rhe mind it
seems warns the sepses,and makes it an.
pear day. What is if that appears day !?
Not the mind certainly-for to say the
mind afifears day would be nonsense in
the extreme, and it he refers to the sen.
ses, | should suppose the substantive all
should have been used instead of the pro,
noun il.
LINES FIFTH AND sIxTH.--It seems
that because false deiusion aies from
him that it otens the eyes of the gen,le-
man and his senses are exceedingly dis.
turbed. In consequence thereof, L should
suppose his senses ought very calmly to
bear the departure of such an unwelcome
visi.ant.
LINES SEVENTH AND EIeurH.-hfter
his eyes are opened, it seems that he be.
comes very sorrowfuI-much troubled
in spirits,to know that he had been blind.
whilst his eyes were shut, and governed
by delusion, when asleep. What a
dreamer he was truly
LINES NINE TEN AND K1.EvEs.-fIe
goes TO sleep again, it seems-perhaps
turned over in his bed, and though in
great tribulation tries 10 ssrenew the
Il