Literary cadet, and Saturday evening bulletin. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1826-1827, 1826-11-25

suetched her lair hand delighted pleasure LEERED
Here she exclaimed my temple shall be reared;
From this 1t appears. that tie Muse go' up early
N the morning, whilst the :" bats hriftered," aud
that there was mo sound heard" but the wild
deer bleated over the terdant flats. and, seating
herself on rugged rock, Z" in pensive, melancho-
" mood," near bubbng streams" shook from her
robes the dew, and thea winding them around her
phantom form, surveyed the scene whilst pleas.
ure hered; when she 0be Muse) her temple rear.
ed--saS then, it seems, Mistress Muse went home
10 breakfast. Thus she completed pretty
considerable job early in the morning. cen be.
fore the cock crew"
The Poet then proceeds to give minute descrip-
ton OF the spot where the Nashville Theatre is
erected.
Here on the rock where wild beasts prowl in might
And red men light their rude bark fires at night
a fame shall rise, with rivalry and strife,
10 hold, as 'twere, the mirror up to life.
Freedoms broad banner proudly waves on high
Now greets the the hum Of busy strife,
While rosy Ir smo"ths the tolls ofife:
The Penci here with Poetry combined,
And Music, sweete.t solace oil the mind,
Within these spacious walls (; to science rear'd;
Shall stand protected, cherished and reyer'd"
! he DESCRIPTION is certainly vivid one! Nash
VII Is built upon rock. and on the peak of that
rock II Theatre is located, and while the audience
are lisenng to some luckess talentless wight, who
having
"--stuiTed bis shoulder with King Richards bunch
Or wrapt himself in Hamet's lnky cloak
And struts aHd storms aud straddes stamps and stTes,
To show the world how Garrck aid rot act,
TIE wild beast. prov IN might. AL red men light
their rude made bark fires al night, whilst freedom
banner proudly waves on high, and the pencil COM
oined with music, within the spacious wails-to sci
ence reared-stands protected, cherished and re-
veIed.
But lest we should waste too much time, we viii
proceed 10 make extract or two, IRON the second
of these rejected addresses.
rhis, # possible, is worse than the other, and
% speak IA. we think, sets criticism at defiance,
and we shall make couple of extracts from
for he pcrusa of our readers, as the whole of it
comprises odd compound of the ridic culous and
he pre-enIinentiys upld The man that can read IT,
s. tthout having hls uslbilites put in notion must
indeed, posses II command over his feelings, to
perfectly unknown.
"To trace mankind along their may WALK,
The mimic actors Ger the stages STALK.
Our scenic mirror slews without disguise,
The worlds true traits, fresh, vivid as they rise,
The willy heart is here laid bare to view;
Its lab r'nths threaded by the poets clue.
The prowling Rake may view his haggard face,
And learn to live TO live without disgrace
The prim, pert DaDds, stiff with pride and STAYS
May and loathe Bob Logic S apIsh ways.
The harden'd Father, dca. TO nature S laws,
We soohe, by pleading his childrens cause
The wayward Child who spurns its parents rule,
We mould to duty IN rigId school
Religion too, in precrp's well refind,
is here presented 10 the pious mind
Not IN the gaudy pageaniry oi show
In the pure faith which marks the meek and low
The Soldier, brave, who for his country blecds,
The Drama honourS for his dauntless deeds
OF will this corps the gallant JACKSON laud,
And CARROLL too IN grateful strains applaud.
We shall not attempt TO offer any comment on
the merats Of this performance but think, that Mr.
Hunt, the Editor IF the Banner II he had partcu-
lar regard Tor the Teones eean Lterati or If he re
spected the writer's Of these essays because tbey
Nere natives oi Nashville, would have committed
hem To The danes, era he had given them place
IA ms cormu,. They are unworthy OF further no..
ace. and Thus we leave them to he perused by those
WHO are fond %! reading tEc ridiculous.