Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-01-06
From the New York Epeuiog .1our,,,

lnE BUcKwHEAr CAKE his is the title of Z
1,ock.hernic poem, originally Published in the !
Evening fost and now revised and beautifully RAJ
printed In pamphlet form, embeshed with an q
graved classical caricature The subject ia both "a
sonabie and savoury in this part of our county
Bariow's poem of Has'y pudding has immortli1ea
'nat new England dish-and as the theme CT tn..
neat and elegant production is of cong genial nature
we see no reason "hy it should not attain similar
envable station The author is supposed to be Hem
ry Pickering, Esq of Salem, Mass a voung gentle
man OF great promise, and fine literary taste,
whose polished writings have frequently added in
terest and reputation to some of our most celebra
ted ANIMALS and other periodicals of high charae-
ter we give an extract from the poem before u.s.
as sample ofthe author style. He has describ
ed the culture of the grain, the manufacture of
frWt into four, the compromising of the ingredi-
ents OF the cake, and thus dateth on the cooking
thereof
BE prudent now, nor let the appetite
Too keen, urge forward the last act of all
lime, 1T is true, may move with languid wing
And the impatient soul demand the cake
Delicious; yet would advise to bear
transient i'll, and wait the award of Fate,
The sluggish mass must be indug'd, till, yak,d
by the ethereal spirit, it shall mount
From It's dark cell, and court the upper air;
For bak'd too soon, the cake, compact and hard
10 the dissolving butter, entrance free
Denles' while disappointment and disgust
Frey on the heart. Much less do thou neglect
The n!sficious moment! Thee, nor business then
Must urgent claim, love the while engross:
For, ever to the skies aspiring still,
The fluid vvified anon ascends,
Disdains all bound, and DER the vases side
Flows awful! till, too late admenished thou
Shalt frantic see the miserable waste
And, in the arid draft within, perceive
ihy hopes all Illustrate Thus Vesuvus in
Some angry hour, mid flames and lackcnipg smoke
From his infuriate crater pours profnse
The fiery lava-deluging the plains
ana burying IN its course cities, and towns,
And fairest works of art. But, to avert
Catastrophe SO dire, the gridde smooth,
Like steey buckler of the heroic age,
ElliptIcal, or round, (and for not less
| liustrIous use design'd) make ready quick
Kub5'd- Der the surface hot, a little sand
Will not be useless; this each particle
Adhesive of the previous batch removes
And renders easy the important work.
10 gracefully reverse the haf-bak'd cake
With like intent, the porkers sailed rnd &
hloy'd to and fro, must lucubrate the whole;
And this periorm'd let the white batter stream
Upon the disk Opaque, still silver'd DER &
Like Cynthias, 1t enuhants the thoughtful soul.
impatient of restraint, the liquid spreads
And, as 1T spreads, thousand globules rise
GlIstenng, but like the bubble Joy, soon burst
And disappear. All, seize the occasion fair
Nor hesitate too long the cake to turn;
Which, OF n truth, unsightly else must look
And to the experienced, nicer palate, prove
Dstasteful. See! tits done: and now o now
Inc precious treat! spongy, and soft, and browns
Exhaling, as 1t comes, vapor bland
While, all embossed with flowers Ito be dissolved 4
Anon, as with the breath of the warm South,)
Upon the aluring board the butter CLEANS
Not rancid, fit for appetite alone
OF coarscst gust, but delicate and firm
And golden like the morn. Yet one thing rnora-
The liquid amber which untir'd the bee
From many bloom distils for thankess man.
For man, who, when her services are DER
The little glad purveyor of his board
Kemorseess kills. But to the glorious feast
fe gods! from your Olympian heights descend,
And share with me what ye, yourselves, shall own
Far dearer than ambrosia. That indeed, #
May happily give zest to social mrth,
And with the alternate cup, exharate
The sons of heaven: but my nepentbe rare
Not only cheers the heart, but from the breast 3
Care, grief, and every nameess iii dispels--
Yielding foretaste Of immortal Joys!