The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1827-02-27
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gRYAN5s PoETlCAL ADDnEso.

gRYAN's POLITICAL ADDnEso.
rTbe last number of the North American Re.
vic wcontsins the following notiec Of lhr Appeal
far suffering Genius. and " The l%nnmp1 81
Tvh"-Porms by DAME B'san, ksq. published
al ashinrtan by Way aud uldoon
10 the ~pootical pat OF this volume the au-
,hm has attached Ia Preface Of considerable
leuete IN which he explains lis purpose aud a
large part OF @bich Is takch up in apoloBizing
for his i~uven,ic efusion' published some years
ago under the title of the Mountain Muse, or
tue Adventures ii Danil Boone That work,
THE wild offspring q Jude undisc'pI'oed fan.
ey,' ms insurer knslkf eIls HIM contains m.
porieottons, and some persons have
sormcd a false estihata hls powers as a poet,
from an ignorance Of circumstances under
Shiei III earle genus S,anded itseit
MI. Bryan IS borrower hpprchenslve, that
CERTAIN readers aud editors. INTO whose hands
the Mountain Muse happened 10 fall, have
suffered the GINS OF prejudice 50 far TO gethef
around their viaon, as not TO he able 10 see clear
Z Nv tip merits OF his later productions. OF this
be gives some strong instances IN point. How
iar the authors impressions are IN reality well
founded, we know not, but he rs certainly right
In his position, that the aberrationslo a youthful
muse ouehi not 10 stamp = mans fame forever,
in deGaore OF the vigorous, and mature efforts
of mInhood. Among the great names at the
head Of Engiish poetry, he cited those of Sbaks-
,peare, Pope. 4 Byron, and Justly asks with what
.propriety their merits would he decided by then
ntsi productions. ihesc II would be idle TO call
up at The present ay tbey a. sfnfgotten. An
~ IN other cases iNa that of our poet, for in.
Nnc,, a generous criticism would throw "A veil
, over the inperfeciions Of youth, and rejoice that
better fruits have sprung from matnly Of
80. " 49, ALL. III. -
the %pottlcal numbers OF the author,
'shall golden orc be spurncd booausc it rnme
From mis,s wLeueo bascr metals once wefo drawn ,
Shall oycs 7 eicct the sun, uucloudcd aamo,
Because dark mlr,s obscfred IT, struggling dawn :"
No, va say, not 50, graSp the gold where YOU
Can mud IT, and cnJny Inc light when Il ONES.
Wcaglcc, therefore. VITA MIR Bryan, that lfany
one, ~ ether through prejudice 81 pervcrseness,
has passed judgment n his latter works, mere.
" from an opinion derive from a pcru,al ofthe
: Mountain Muse, written fourteen years ago.
ne mas donc essential injustice to the author.
The present volume contains two poems the
Grst IS az Appeal ~ Behaif Of the Boston bard
with The benevolent design of exciting the sym.
paty of the public Tor suffering genus tue Sc.
coai Is called : The Triumph of Truth and was
occasioned by the establishment Of the censor
sup oNc' ih' IlfNa ~ IRA ce.-ihe Appeal
touches on SIEVE al topic calculated 10 kindle n
stroug interest the q u e Of he SUFFERING Bard
a "a Tue iecp ,rlsiplhiy a d kind feelings of the
a1n T Dls md htm,eivts closely with his poetl
cal IN cery, aud give II melancholy, tone 10
the utt,liugs OF IN, muse. II is rather as a
poet OF feeling, than ot high descriptive powers,
that "e should ehardeterlzc our author. lie is
pairtoti', Too, rs Viii he seen by the following
extract!
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