American watchman and Delaware advertiser., 1825-09-13
FoR TIE WA9cRMAN.

rism If his writings be deserving let the well earned
need Of praise be wthhed-fnot let censue be beso"
ed, fearless of the mpuation Of Enzy Jeons,, which
the Editors OF the Wningtonian have avishy ascri-
bed to those who made occasional remarks OF
their small poets This not fair: Indifference sceuains
ly NOR flying noble mind, than unas orable
criticism.
Such my reflections observing. in two Of
our papers, for some time past number OF eomlnulca-
tons prosac and poetical Go the latter shall conne
obseryations) over the signature Of "M,lard Bad.
lave wondered at seeing noce taken of those eit
sions Does eyince want of Judgment, entire in
difference TO the breatfngs OF the heavenly muse. For
the credit of the community hope neither is the He
that may, think of his etfusons deserving Of
tie highest enconums for instance, he Muse of Po.
es,, in the Gazette Of Aug. so, contains sublime i'm
agery ard really poetc sentiment, that wtid grace any
collection of fugitive poems 10 it refer the readers Of
this well the admirers Of Poerybnt thu piece head
ed "Comnodore Porter Fallen, in the Wmngtonian OF
g! ins peruscd with very different feelings, and must
dumped my admiration Of The other,
which changed into ridicule of his. concluded the
poet had muses. like orator Puff two Voices the
high n, the other don lO,,. The following is his ntloue
toll
"Enow'st thou the reason Why the hero fell.
Bv Ginning and The cruel dart
The sward Of discOrd IN the hand IF hth,
BY envy managd, stabb'd him TO the heart"
This is placing the s7pord edscord in very singular sit
uation. have before seen hell rs,goafed by any
poets who have described the sublime or the horfc bs
this bard modesty breaks the ice by introducing its hand.
leaving the rest Lord Mortimer says 10 the naginao
Milton, Think describes hell place of nnquenchable
whose
moth it is described rolling in waves Of liquid fire.
threatening enguph its unhappy victims Now gentle
reader" do not wish you to give the reins of your ir
agination me, but if you should have the gura-
tive idea as myself Of the regions Of the bottomes, pitt
what will you do with, or how will you connect the hand
Why, perhaps as dd-by thinking of the hand protrn-
ding from the bush you sgns-inagine the tol
age changed sheet Of fame and the bird in the hand
into sword and BY this metanorphose very TO the
mind, You will perhaps have tile "Barde's idea Ills
hyperboe perfect baideriasa; the mind form idea
,f u1 he a
(tloug, not cotemporary) poet, thlt
"iyperboles, +" aring and so bold.
Disdiining bounds, are yet by rule. controId
.s.q roariug lion has been late let loose
Ranging the fields of blest America,
Of'riAr erery honesf man abuse,
E'rowng at midnight for his destn'd prcy.
Only imagine the Eing of the Forest seven tho wss l.
on ranging over the fields "ef ring every Aonest
ab,se' in daytime, and then at midnight, eating i'm. Y"i
will be ready say (reversng the common position Of the
wors this is adding injury VERY serious too to issa
And then,
~ serpent floats upon old oceans wave,
Whose frn7s are moistend with the drof DESPAIR:
a ieng, lean lizard creeps DER honor's grave,
And stings the luckless foot tha' presses there"
O. matchless Bard what Other poet would have thought
of looking for despair in the form of dop, nosten'ng
the fngs ofa SERPENT Though it is but dro think 1t
ob TOO nlch and would induce to suppose the poet
capable of using the "belittlng metaphor" had DRIP
in his eue. (the real op Of epair) Wa, do you think
of the ong lean lizard? Let him creep on his way while
.sA demon rises thro' the realms oil gloom, &C.
Such the objects that Introduce one anohef' IKE me
rhymes in ,he house that Jack built, in successive
ses Of this poetry. ,
After some hackneyed rhymng he to Prognoa
catc the downfall of our glorious consu'ion-" Free
dom's Fabric;"
"Whle dscord waves her brand OF flaming fire.
And flashing furies below round the sky"
You will be ready excam, so, what fall will
he there NV cointrymen." But not TO tire your pa
cnce much longer, gentle reader. Will sum up the image
ry af this leecahe poetry We have roaring ION, fol-
lowed by serpen (wih ne do despair on ms fanss
han damon closes the while the Fabric Of FFseaeA.
is falling, co.c
And flashing. .tiries below round the SIX"
IN this awful scene, what will become of--"The Milford
Bard?" " SeiS'
Mr. soMEnvIIIn Charge d'Afaires to the Court o.
stockholm left Washington in the Steam boa' tat ae
parted Wednesday for the 8raaay7Nne, u, WINCH sh'F
he will proceed TO Europe, on his way TO sweden
ha C,reepehurr fpa Gazette states, that The Wheat