Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-07-03
POETRY.
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From the London NfW NOnfhu Gr ifry.1
APosrRoPnE TO rue ArPRoAGmiNG COMET.
may e q. 'os'sSy ss1,s ,hs the vii
s.s beginning OF September night Of the Sd
sSoe, about midnight viii pe1 in the East,
light star called CASTOR with the star called tire the
nd will the meridian London about
Edinburgh Rerisr, art. approaching coaei
Il that the period settled for your visiti
IL that indeed the time when ic's short crust
Must be consumed-baked-burnt to cinders Is
Then August's .iuttcr end" is ours, / think
Lfos your eiyen, you've received to fix it.
TO blot out the Reviewer ipse DIRT!
mediterranean rbiuc, or black,
Or grcou, each deep long will he a Rcd sea.
The very tide Of Life will b. i a .issd.sos.
For have several pages" brought us here
M, a piece a;s. Of news too heavy Sr porter
One quarter more, and show quarter.
Isitnot stated, to astound all earth.
TSa, men h" s .,sooS md Ts no IIS's n
That thou, o Comet, wilbeeomc parent!
Terrible ,idngs-wondcr full ofwoc.
,,Do these astronomers proclaim il rightly,
That thou't become a m
And will the prodigy be witnessed lightly!
litter Of young comets .-Literaturc
a. onse grows convert to the creed Mathusan,
Deems tho new birth o clear in,rusion
hut stay, letter from vicnna;-yvhats
~, Is said by iiersehc-scc the public papers
The comet seeks more sequestcred lot,
Aud all our fierce volcanoes m vapours
Its course quito changed-its orbit not the samo--
Yet, ah ! not much still shall feel its Hang
Dangers not safe because it is invisible.
All, no. thy ,idings, Hcrschei, event at frs,
fluh been Tor comfort wholly ailiny,
oi two bad tales men always the worst--
rs human natures virtue, its failing.
So. we're TO feel no fright, to ma ke no fuss
Because the foe we re 10 have a sight of:
Accomplished ignofnnce thus.
But comets are not creatures make light Of
Let US be miscrable yes, let ia Ieave
rh 10 ;o idle % boys and phiiosophie eodgeu
- would not, II i could, be gny,'' writes Rogers.
Anguish is easiest when past all
. Check not your sorrowl--cnll il uncomfortable:
Crlef be disagree able; vet endure
ltgrows more pleasant when rs nconsonblc.
Whocer is quite horror-stricken huns;
Let hir think only OF the
guaiter's misery tho comes
he thus, at least, Is certain of enjoying.
Mine be sweet wretchedness and dcnr despnr.
- Long for this weight of Pve been a waiter;
troubles we've had 'tis true and taisn TO spare
But none like thine, Celestial Asiiator.
TAX not OF fierce Lord Durham--ho BRAND uumo
Slvo each his tail, aud Fate msy from il;
what lock-o'-lnncrns make IN nme
vi Cobbott think not-think upon the comet
why, what's OConnclI We may DEFY
:, VAIN all his sjoints,'' TO shake us IN our beds;
TOT Ireland sell may now in canlour cry
- lie little tails, hide your diminished heads
Goat Enightencr bidding others ccase
WirrAxaS LII sit1rcf ire ore summer ceases:
1nsn VIII The House diride-then England's peace
W Ill end, in England split into pieces
care not what the Tories endure;
Nor what tho Wings have got, who have bought em;
foI whom tho Radicals will come n sure
who viii, ask, insure tho Thames next autumn
oh Press prodgious "organ,' cease O blow
your bcllows, while the foes about;
But rather, as mighty "engnc" show
How we're 10 put the coming out.
= No about the sMarch - on August preach =
feel its hcat-its glare 5 N M eve.
90 ends--"my taic''-anohers within reach;--
MY Pen--iS shrvelPd-and my inks dry!