Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-03-23
"Mucm var REMAIN, uNsvNon-Cowp,
rIiE DEVii.'S DRIVE.
(Erom ,Noore'S LJe Of ByrOa.)


(Froy .uoore's LIE of Byroa.)
he following sanzas part of wild poem which
by Lord Byron, who that ho took the notion from
s Devils Walk" They worth extracting as thor sh
strange alc", of this extraordinary We think, bowev
Lord Byron quito righ, publishing the poem, viii
'ns to go lines, many of which arc assurod vory
ionablc: -
Tho Devil rc,urn'd to hell Nv two,
Aud he stnid homo till tive;
When'hc dncd ON some homicidcs dono in rdgow
ana a tcbel or so m an irtsh stew,
Aud sausa.cs made OF a seil-slan Jew,
And be thoUght himself what next to do
"Anj,N 9unih he, "l'll tnko dive.
walkh IN the Ipraing, IN ride IN night;
Ia darkness my Children take mos, delight,
|Nd III see how my lavouIitcs thrive.
had what shall I rids iu:" quo,h I.ucic,r, then
III FOLLOWED my taste, indeed
should mount in Wagon of wounded mon,
Aud smile To them bleed.
hW ueso w'iI be furnished again and again,
-, Ana at present my purpose is speed;
i" see mS III much
Ana watch that no souls shall DO poochd away.
"l have n state coach at - House,
n chariot in Seymour place;
But They're lent To two friends, who mako mo amends
Nv diving ayoure pace;
Aud hcy handle thor roins with such n grace,
have something for both at the end of thoir race.
So now for tho earth take my chance"
Then u' to the earth spIung he;
Aud making jump from Moscow to France,
Icstsppd across tho sea,
And rested his hoor On turnpike road,
No vcry great way from bishops abode.
But hr't as he flow, forgot tn say,
That hc boverd moment upon his way
And so swcctto his eye its sulphury glare,
Aud so soft to his was the cry OF despair,
That ho porcbcd ON a mountain Of slain;
aud he ;azcd with delight from its growing height.
Nor onon on oartl had he such sight,
nor his work done half as wel
For the field ran red with the blood Of tho dead,
That IL bush'd like tho waves of Holl.
hon loudly, and wildly, and long laughd he.
Me'hnk' they have here little need of m.n'
Bu, tho sotcst note ,hN, soo,h'd his car
Was the sound of "A widow signing;
hnd tho sweetest sight wa, the icy
Nhlth Horror lroIe IN the blue eye clear
OF u ma III bv her lover lying
AS round her fell her long fair hair;
AMI she looS'd To Heaven with that ftonziod air
And, stretched by the wall OF a ruind hut,
With ITS hollow check aud eyes half shut,
child Of famine dyng
And the carnage begun when resistance is done,
And The fall OF tho vainy flying
But the Devil has rcach'd our cliff. so white,
And what did he thorc, pray?
II his oyOs were good but he saw by nigh,
What we every day;
But he made tour, aad kept journal
OF all the wondrous sights nocturnal,
And he sold 1t IN shares TO the .ifen of the Row
Who bid pretty wcll-but they cheated him though
Tho Devil first saw, ha thought, tho Mail,
Its eoochnlan aud his coat;
So instead of a-pisoI he cock'd his tail,
Aud seized him by the throat:
Aha, quoth he, ''what have wo here9
'Tis now barouche, and an ancient pscr."
so he sat him his box again.
And badG him have No fear,
But he tTuc To his club, aud staunch to his rom,
His brothel, and his beer;
Next to seeing lord at tho council board,
I would rather see him here"
The Devil got next to Westminster,
And he turn'd to tho Groom of tho Commons;"
But ho heard, as he purPoscd TO enter in there
That 'tho Lords" had received a summons
And no thought, ms "quonddm Aristocrat,n
lie might peep the peers though them were au
Aud ho walkd up tho house so like one of our own
That they say that he stood pretty tho hrono
Hc saw Lord II see mingly wise,
The Lord W--d certainly silly
And Johnny of Noriolk-n man of some sizc-
And Chatham, so like his friend Billy;
Aud he saw the tears in Lord Ems eyes
Because tho Catholics would not rise,
In spite of his prayers and his prophecies;
Aud he hoard (which set Satan himself a stsrins-
certain Chief Justice say something like ,rr.aTipy
And the Devil was shoe k'd-and quoth he, az 20,
For find we have much better manners below
" thus no haranguos whed ho passes my border,
shall hirt to friend Moloch call him 10 ORDERLY