The Arkansas advocate., 1832-12-19
Thou link of union between earth and

oo nm oi union between earth and Nurse ef our virtue, soiaoe of our wo, .,, Lore of the learned, wisdom of the wise: i'o'. rom whose fountain, streams peren-
 niai fow,
 ot prayer sincere. and praise and pc
 nance rise. Oh how caast thou behold such deeds of shame,
 Such crimes accurst, committed in thy
 name The lines on "Justloe" are a fit companion for those on Religion. And If there be ruler of tue skies, l Justice, eternal justice is his law And whatsoe'er of justice earth denies. Angelic hands in heaven shall mend the
 flaw
 hise, then, on Hopes seraphic piainns rise. rom worlds heyond the grave thy com
 fort draw, And deem the wrongs that virtue here sus- tains,
 Proofs that on high G God of justice reigns For selection of hero not homes: the writer thus apologizes: Among the critics 1t has been of wore, A question whether, when he forms his plan, fAn epic poet must, to say no more, Take for his hero right honest man, But for my part hold the rule bore; lwere well to make him honest if you can;
 Into another question it must fall l Where such hero can be found at all. Heroes are much the same fso Pope ay CTS ! fromMacedonia' s inadman to tleSw ede. i'ni this again, another qhestion stirs If after ages have improved the breed ]. And to my memory only one occurs Adapted to disturb the poets creed. Will any mortal asix-who is that one Name him! Ay. hold taper to the Sun lis said, the exception only proves the
 rule
 All other heroes from the days of Pope Compounds have been of madman, knaye
 and fool,
 And thus may be defn'd ,without trope, All servile followers ofthe selfsame school, Who hang themselves, whenever thsY have rope, Till time shall end, their merits you may Among tileln ere you find an honest man. 50 far then from improvement in the breed The scale has fallen since the poei;s
 days For Charles of.Sw cd en. .raving mad inde Deserves, at least, of honesty the praise. Taught Quintus Curtius, when boy, te
 read,
 It 6r'l his brain, and madcn'd all his
 days.
 Till his fate led him to the barren strand The petty fortress, and the dubious hand ;. on then who purpose to invoke the Mus. i, And in the cause ofyirtue point the pebs Need take no thought, your subjects whei
 you choose,
 To look for heroes among honest mea Stout hearts, fierce passions, lusts to shame the stews,
 And mercy, fitted for the tigers den These are your heroes of the last disclos
 tire, Who blood aud slaughter see with duo
 composure. But cen from these, the moral maxim Strip eff their lanrels and expose their
 iyes
 Bound by no tie of liberty or law, False to their country-traitors to their
 wives.
 Strip to the skin, and hold them not in Bare to the bone--with Iancets and with
 knives And teach the world, from Nimrod down
 10 Nero, What sort of skeleton can make hero. circumstance ttsssis; that ss1ta !. taffo1d was OfAibion's conquest the first destin'd prey, is fitly brought into view in connexlon with the fact of this tewn's glorious pro- minenee in the late struggle for Irish in- dependence:- First fruit of Erin's servitude accnrst Aud now to hail iieF ffrredon,, too the first. "f7yng azOoy anabition1 is good advice in Wolsey, referring to the ambition himself possessed. Yet that there is an ambition which deserves to be cher ished, the commencement of the fourth canto suggests: AMBITION Saith sage who far had kennd Into the willy vindings of the hcart,) Ambition, when she seeks certain end, Dcceives herself with bypoeritic art That end obtain'd, her purposes to bend Becomes means, another end to start Such Of the plumeless biped is the fashion Ambition is never ending passion. Ambition, therefore, virtue is. or vice; Ting'd by the object of the mans pur-
 suit;
 A jewel, richer than the ruby's price; A Bohun Upas, bearing deadly fruit. Etherial fire, impenetrahle ice
 The good supreme, of every ill the
 root
 guardian angel, leading to the skies A demon, with the worm that never dies