Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1831-03-23
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TuEs MEss TWINS We been very much amused
aud may 'ay. delighted. with tho portion Of this poem
" hi have had read 1hs IN the Lite
AIRY Gazette from the sporive part Of IL, led form 90
deosa;ory to the genins Of the author who has
upon the whole. sustained himself oug fight, with great
power and handled subject many respects drcvl with
sres, ingenuity The world knew he had powerful imag
nation and great resources upon which draw de has
demonstrated, that he has command numbers
and can "buld" either the "ioy" the vcler rhyme We
po.es province Tie work wa, to b. and we suppose i. s
sued to the trade this day. by tile Mes hsrPen We selec
Sss re s 'S0s be ~S y
who have dozcdove the fluctuations CT that great usvele
and commanded. Com. Adv.
ITO CArra,s BASIL Hall, r. ~, &c &c.
Who justly has become ,hr rage
Are goods that have begun to tire
The hun'oirs Of the rpening age;
Whe-thanks In whiskered pee,s.-the clown
In print. a, least, can play the
Cross seas whose depths drown,
Aud shores unuod-in Truth discover;
While ermined 'laJlutSCs" half frsakcs
Her COCK to no conenn'd attacks
While Pelham for his boroushs Quakes,
And Jersey ircmbles for "Alnack'E"
While thus the old world-Captan Han
Writes foolish looks about the
WeoPs tears of ink when despos fall,
And danips poDs Nurray's last Review.
!, mo del OF the travelling trhc,
Though homage satire always pays i'll,
She musi, with great respect, 'nscrihe
This book to you, illustrious Basil
How well you scourse the Yankee
Their modes neouth, their CARDS uns'shi!y-
Should Yankees answer,-in their face
You smile your wise contempt politely.
How we'll you show, sap'en, bore
The curse from tn he fiee-
And prop the parsons with "one
Apt illustration from the sea"
IT ne be great who nobly dsTes
The greatest things with least resources,
Oh, who. mos, learned Hall compares
With you his courase-and his forccs?
You ridicule might state,
Without gain Of wit for satire
On knotiist points with debate.
Without one just Thought the matter.
WIN scarce the travellers to gazo,
lou ape the ssge's TO Distinguish
Aud while dear Eng lands laws you praise.
You quite forget the laws OF English
Ey'n nov, while Freedom through fie lands
Sweeps gathering on-beold in all
Ills might-On Muuays counter stands
And hires his popCun-Capain Hall
lis said, when famed Acires slew
The earth's dread son-that slunber bound ,Im.
The hero woke-auacked anew
And saw-he tribe OF round i'm
90 Truth some mighty victory gains
And To- the Dwark rush to - her
The Giant erushed-there stall remains
Some tribe Of Halls that but her
But from The taveller
One moment To address the reader;
To him ev'n Satire's self learn
10 SINK Jhe accuseT IN the pleader.
Forgive who long hath duelt
From ladies OF her tribe too distant,
Nor learn'd how ike thoughts were felt
TO things that never existent.
She is not privileged TO prose-
Let liner bards aspire to weary us;
Mort hunbly she resigns To those,
The misanlhropc and mysterious.
And " she breathe truth times,
She doth but rarely seeks to quarrel;
She strains ths reason through the rhymes,
And weaves the smile into the moral
4 friend To wisdom and o schools
Let dreamers into sects en- listen.
For me-ai times, If with the fools
lis mot tho folly ~ a system
&c min to hover round the heart,
10 warn-to warm by q word
and while mock tho leaders AIT,
o shin the livery OF the herd ~