Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1829-06-16
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THE VICAR.

AZ EVERY DAY CHARAcTEC.
Som. yesr, ago, ere Time aud Taste
Had tTn'd oor parish tcPsy.turyy, a.
when Dsru,l Park was Darnsi WsIr
Aud roads ., little known seurvy,
The man who ic.i hi, v,y tst~eeo
st. Mays Hill and ssedy Thiss.',
Wa, always .tc an across the Grsrp,
aai guided TO the Parsons wicket
Back Sew the bolt OF is,on is,h,
Fair Margaret, IN ber tidy kiTtie,
Led the lorn traveller ny the path,
Through ciean.ciin rows Of box AID mi.ie.
Ana Don aud Saneh", Tramp and Tray,
Upon the paTiour steps collected,
Wass'd all thrir tails, and seem'i to say,
Our master knows you; you're expected
up rose the Reverend Doctor Brown,
Up rose the Doctors s winsome narrow"
The Lady laid her knitting down,
,,. Her ha'b.ud elap.'J bis poediou, Barrow;
Puudn or Pspi, saint or sinner,
lie found stable for his steed,
And welcome for himself, and dinner.
-suhen he reaeh'd his Journeys end,
Ard warm'd h,m'eif in eouit or esIeks
He bad MT gsind an honest friend,
Andtweuty curious scraps Of ku1wledxes--
II he departed ~ he came,
With no new tight ON love or liquor
Good sooth, the traveller 10 blame,
And not the Viesrsss, nor the Vicar.
iii talk was like the stream which run,
With rspij change from rocks 10 roses:
i, ,iiPpj from politics to puus;
II psss'a from Mahomet 10 Mo,ry
beginning with the laws which keen
The planets in their radiant courses,
And ending win some rreeept deep
For dreniug eels, or shoeinE horsss.
lie wa, shrewd and sound Divine,
or loud Dissent the mortal terror;
aud when by dnt Of page and line,
He ,aabluhed Truth, or startled Error
The Dspiis, found him far too deep;
The Deist sigh'd with saving sorrow,
aud the lean Levite weot TO sleep,
Ecd dEs.m'd Of ts,sins pork to.morov.
Iii, sermon never said or show'd,
That Earth 10 foul, thst Heaven is gracious,
Without refreshment on the road
From Jerome, or from Athsna,iu.:
And sure sSighteous zeal inspired
The hand and head that penn'd and p,,nn'a u N.
For all who understood admired,
And some who did not understand them.
lie wrote too, in quiet way,
Small treatises and smaller yer,e,;
And ssse remarks on chalk aud clay,
Aud hints 10 noble Lords aud nursfy
True histories Of last years ghost,
Linss to a riuSlst, or g turhau;
Aud tribe, for the Morning Post,
AID nothing, for Sylvsnu. Urban.
lie did not think all mischief fair
Although he had kusck of iokipf
lie did not make himself bear,
Although he had taste for ,moking
And when religious sects ran mad,
lie held, in spite of all his Leaning
That il nsL's belief il bad,
twill not be improved by burning
AAd he was kind, aud loved 10 cit
In the low hut or gsrni.h'a cottage,
and prsise the farmers homely wit,
And share the widows homeiier po,lstsi-.
AT his apprcaeh complaint grew mild;
And when his hand unbarrs the shutter,
The clammy lips Of Fever smiled
The welcome, which they could no; utlsr
lie always had tale for me
OF Julius @ essr, or of Venus;
From him / iesrn'd the rule Of three,
Cats cradle, leap-frsg, and Que geuu,-
used 10 siuse his powdered wig
To steal the stad be put such trust IN;
And make the puppy dance jig,
When be began TO quote Auguiin.
Alsekthe chsnye! in vain look
For hauu,s 10 which my boyheod triaet-
This level lava, the trictIny brook,
The trees e!in,b'd, the beds riaed--
The Church is larger than before;
You reach il by a carriage entry;
II holds thrae hundred people more;
and Pews are fitted up for gentry.
sill 10 The Wears ssst--you'i hear
The doctrine Of gentle 5ohnisr,
Whose hand i, white, whose tone Is dear
Whose praise is very Cieercnsal.
Where is the old man fsid!---Iook down,
And eonstrus on the siab before you,
He jactt
GULIELMUS BROWN,
Vir nutfa non demands, ta,iya.