The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1823-10-21

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II Toa Flea, or sufsriHg u 10 esrHPs
Thou .ightly-leaping. flung Plea VINO SHOWS "
I lhou at descendcd from that sire who irll
I into the boiling wster whes SIR Jnssph
Banks mainland il had lcrstrr's shell p
Here. Jenny Jumps, thou ulak n 40 stng 10 fy
\ shouidsi tiou rs-bite-ihy gEandsires ghost may
rise,
Peep through the blanket Of tls dark, and cry
hold, hold, 10 vain thou falIsi a sacrifice
The bard win weep yes. fe-gi he viii weep.
backbiter as thou at, 90 make tbs sleep
Eternal, thoa who skippest now 50 galy
Bot thou'rt already Old u tie amount
Oi thine intercaiafy DAYS We count.
For every year with tree Is Leap-year- Yale
The next unfolding Of our richly stored roper
tory DEVELOPS the most important eommunica-
tion We have hitherto received, BEN d .erio-
comic poem by Dir. schweItzkoheF, ts0n "a the
great sagar-bakeF who owns the acropoiis,) enti-
Ted " The ApotheOsis Of sup" is hero Is a
tailor, (thers's an rigina idea Dts unisy ia
preserved BY dividing ii into nine cantos tlIe su-
pernatural machinery Is conducted by AtrOpos,
who holds the fatal shears, and NeTtamnus, the
god OF cabbage and the victim OF Micheimas-
day, instead oi the bird Minerva, is invoked t0
shed quill from its pinion, and inspire the una
ginatlon OF the poet. Mr. SchweitzkOtCr ap-
pears to me destined TO assume rank superior
to Rabslais, and al least equal % Butler but,
as propose to make copious selections from bis
facetIous epic, leave your readers % decide
what niche be ought to occupy in the temple OF
Immortality. In the following description OF
morning IN London, he appears % have had
Marmion IN his eye but without any seryiie
imitation, he has contrived TO unite equal
grapmc hdelty OF delineatlOn, with more sus-
tanned illustration and impressive enthusiastically
than are 10 be found in the admired original 800
Day rose DER Norton Falgare high
Ana Sol like Tom Of Coventry,
On many a nude was pee ping -
The chimneys smokeess ard ereci.
And garrett windows paich'd and chsck't
the pFentice-rousng ray reflect,
While those within them sleeping
Refsct-that they must stretch their legs,
And bundle out, anu stir their pegs,
Or else as sure as eggs are eggs,
Their masters strict and wary
With rafting bells will overhaul EN-,
Or, may be. rise themselves 70 call en-
Up with a sesSeraTy go
Pendant on dyer's pole aaoai.
Loose pantslOon and petticoat
Seem on each otheEs charms 20 doat,
Like lovers fond and bland
Nov swelling as the hreezes rise.
They iout each other in the skies,
AS If cOnloin by marriage ties
They fought for 10 upper hand
Beneath with dirty face and fell.
Timing his footsteps 10 a bell,
The dustman saunte,d slowly.
Bawling, DustO :" with might and main.
Or hummng in lower strain,
"Hi-bo, says Rowley -
Now at shop windows near and far
The prentice boys alert
Fold gently hack the lointed bar,
Then Sink the shutter with jar
Upon the ground unhur
While some from perforated tin
Sprinkle the pavement with grin
or indolent delight.
As posing on extended toe.
Their circiing arm around they throw,
And on the stony page below
Their fFolic fancies write
What poems praised and puff q. have just
Like these kickd up a mighty dus',
But wanting the impressive power
To stamp name beyond the hour,
Have soon become forgotten. mute,
Efaced, and troLden under loot -
In future communications | shall send you
more tid-bits from our feasts of intellect but,
as we have a meeting this evening to ballot for
the admission Of Miss Caustc, the apothecarys
daughter, (whom mean to biackball,) | have
only time to add that | have discarded my bap-
tismal name of Harriet, as inappropriate and
unclassicsl and shall henceforth acknowledge
no other appellation than that Of Hebe Higgins.
II.