Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-02-04
SHEPHERD.

and abune religious, in isher respects, hand
u their hauds anG the WIRES o 'ne'r
cen whenever you sa ire ze Sstin-ano cry,
"Whish,, Whish,!" My mind never yet has
a. my days got rid O. ony early lmPressio"
and agaisst bath reason and revelation, Gamma
think q he Devil even yet, without seein
him WI grea. big google fiery cen, NOUN
like foumart trap. the horn o Lancashire
kylor, and 'ufted tail atwetn that o oi'!s'
a lions and ,eegser's. Let me see MIN
whe. wull, sllrepin' or waukin, he's aye the
vera levin image O. wood cut.
NORTH.
Mr.. Sou,hsy, in some of his inimitabls bal
lads, mas turned him into such rid,cule, thai
he has laid his tail entirely SIDE. sk'ewed on
his horns, and his no { in Wel!ing'"ns, and APP
peared, Of late years In shape and garb more
worthy orthe Prince Of Air have s,en such
people turn up the viii es If h'ir eyes at the
Laureat's proianity-forge'ti that wi and
humor are never better employed than against
superstition.
SHEPHERD
Aye, Mr.. Soo'hey'sa real witty nrsn, tnrbyr
being a great poet, But do you ken, tor q
that, my hair ands or cnd o It's ingi'n' roots,
and nv skin annals crawIs AFT my body, when
ever, by blink o the storm-driven moon, IN
mirk nichr chance 20 iorge'hsr WI auide
CIoo,ie, Ho, ME, and Tuit-'ail, in he middle o
some wide moor, amang bags, and pea mos
ses, and quagmires, nae house within monv
miles, and the unccrtais wea her- gseam, black
ened by some auld wood, swIngih' and sughin
20 the wind, as if hotchn' wi warlocks.
NORTH
Pool should at once take the the bull he
horns-or seizing him oy the tail, drive him
with my cructh into the nearest loch.
sHgrHERp.
It's easy speskin' Blu you see, Sir, ne never
appears 10 man that's no frrhtened afore-
haun out O. his seven senses ami imagination
| is The greatest cooard on earh, brfak out
| into a cauId sweat. his heart loup, loupi", IKE
| fsh in a cree, and he ratina . his re repre-,
sen,,n' a. things, mair especially them that's
| ouy way Internal, in gruesome features, dread
fully disordered; till reason is shaken ny me
same panic. judgmpn Mt lost. and the nail sowle
distracted in the Inssnity o Fear, till you're nae
better than stark Starring madman
| MONTH.
-James-good
| SHEPHERD.
In sic a mood could ony Christian cretur,
| even Mr. Soo,hey him,el,' ,ak' baud O the dell
either by The horns or alp mair likely tina; in
frenzied de- peration you loup wi spsng m
the pris,Iy back O. the Evil Ans, wha gollsps
aft wi YOU demenIed into some loch, where you
| are found foatin'in the morniu'a swollen corpse
| wi the mark o. claws on your hawse, your cen
hanein' GU. O. their socke's; your mead sealped
| WI something war ihan tammyhawk. and no
SINGLE banc in your body that's no grund 10
mash like m aIefac or's on the wheel, for hav-
in ours, the Holy Iuqu''i,ion.
| NORTH
Why, my dear Sprrberd, genius, feel, can
| render terrible even 'h- mean-st superstition.
| SHEPHERD
Mtannes. and majesty signify naethlng IN
The supernatural I've seen an expression IN the
cen o. a pyet. Wits head turned TO tie ae side,
| ard thou oh in general o shy bird, no carin' Tor
YOU though you present your rung at II Is u
| Won were eaun 10 shoot il wi gun. tina, has
mad. my vera h, ar, strings crurkle up WI
me thouch,r . some indefinite evil comm |
| kent no, fla VIVA, quarter o the lowerin heav-
ems. For pve,., a. certain times and PAGES,
are no amy, and their nebs look as II they
were psckin' At morclo'hs.
Cross him OUT, James-cross him out.
| SHEPHERD.
A raven Rigging At the booels o dead
hors- Is naething; but ane siltin' a by himself
on a rock. in s"me lsnely glen, and croak
croakin', nobody can think why, moo look'n'
savagely up at the sun. and moo earin', no IN
hunger, for his craps tu' O carrion, but IN an
ger and rage, the moss anea'h him WI. oeak or
,awlons; & Tough you shou' al him wi a your
micrt, neverslreerin a single Fl frae his stance
5u, absolutely lauehin' a, you wi an horrid
CUTLER in he soo,y thrst O him, in derision o
you, ane o. Gods removable cres'urs-l say,
!. sir, that sic bird, wi sic unaccoon'abe con
5 duct, in sic an inhuman solitude, is FRIGHT
. somr deamon; and hat when you see HIM hop
: hoppiu' AVA. wi great jumps in smang he
: region o. rocks, you ~udna follow him into hi
auncient lair for ony consideration wha,soms'
yer, but turn your face doom the glen, and thank
God at the sound O. SOM dis'anr bag pipe -
A. men are sugurs Ys sittin' here, what care
for raven mair than for how-towdy.
| NORTH.
The devil it, Scotland, during the days o
wi,chcra aft, was a most contemplate character
SHEPHERD
Sac muckle the be,er. 1t showed 'ha, SIT
maun be low base state. when a superstitloH'
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