Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-02-09

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| The dynasty ut chance ends not. Nc ,.,e.,x. an
the elder Tyler Ills son succeeds To write .,hs
ia,her reisns, 10y accident Into larger
OF holly. no young gentleman evs, ean,a. Enla,sin,
~ as ne has DONE 10y this prcdnelon, he n,ay Get
up separate donation a Lunee,lom al sowu
Aud reisn through all the ssles 81 Senss nss absolute
The suhjcc, which our m,nssiy ,os, ha, ,.L.,
cannot be said TO 10 less THAI vs,y ,la,,us e,. "
the birth OF oar Saviour. tho e,cat aoi et ,ha H.
dempuon OF Mankind, and tho Last Day. "a. on.
Ter, the lists with Milton, therefore; and come. GU,
OF them, wa think. with Sternhold and Honkin. =
For neveS since those pious jewellers did any LoIv
more successfully N'
Or boldly pllfcr from the Psniaicueh,
reise,t the Prophets. aud purloin tho P"an.
Than the reading OF such performance, We con.
sider cudgelbng (which we have moro than once
ueset'ed) of The being tossed IN n blanket (Which
we have severaltimes narrowly escaped) far moro
agreeable and refreshing. When we say that We
have perused H., we assert our claim to DO salu-
ted
"o bornio cad what can road awakei'
VI indomI'aolc zeal towards the publc-ofcheer.
iulness to encounter, in its service martvrdom IN
tsmost horrd forms, more arduous proof has yer
"een s'ven than that through which we hayo iu,t
passed. ueneciorh lot our name shine hish In ths
to'I OF indeislisabe students. Poppy seed is en-.
Wen'ng, oplaics eShilirating, and narcotics III TO
produce vigilance, IN comparison with the ver.s.J
dIowslness, through which We have lust toilcd VIC
confess not without many Jove- like nod The
SOFT creeping words on words without an idea. The
genie hum OF the versiheation; the Iabvrinth,ns
lapse with which tho thoughts mennder f.um ens
no-meaning 10 another more meaningless. .lil; ihs
drAwlirg dieiior. the ineongruous seIy hhe dark
enlns illustrations. tho deiotmns ornaments. and
the sort OF feeble fury aud small, .uhlms which
reign Though the entire composition, remind ons
rfes'suoiv' verse. OF what the authors great po
genitor has prepeiTated in prose. Ex,ent ind. al ,
very slight difference IN form. and a ve,y inms,
teraI diversity ofsuhlcct, the fathers hatansue. and
the sons epic nre much the same. Between Posse
that's always getting on hotse-baek and Poetry
that's always falling of II, there is an exact equal.
". This can't ride; that won't walk. Prose on
stills and verse lame IN both legs have lust the same
gait. The sensele.sness OF the father and the sound
lessness OF the son. are dead m,tch for each other
Inc Court paper, IN that dedicatory style in
which 1t celebrates the fathers politics has praised
the sons verses. IL finds genius IN every thought
and divine harmony in every line. Now, our ears
may not be ot the requisite length for catching the
melody OF such verses: but will the CRITIC of tho
.uddiionfan oblse the world with the proper scan
nins OF a few such distchs as the fol,owng2 The
measure, bc /. observed, is heroic or hendecasyla.
bic:
Hope that scars oriOnt wing. and mounts"
AMI i-srlessy siak into the Of Death
'Mouonless IN air, dark brooding DER the scene"
"Gnarled, eaness and barkiess on that last day"
Were esr,h's hidden nrcs aud Esrhqusses voice"
Idols, id'laor' temples and proud priests"
,i n,espins iowardsihe sea like racing steeis"
My Gallons limbs. Man has been foTeouen ions" xe
On The Poem ef"Ahaspsras"
Alas, Mr. Tylerl
Was there ever COMPILER
Oi verse imoeclcTl
Whist paper deGer
In style iuvsnler
Fer write things sniler
Did ever hler
urthe hiss Of steam boiler
MAKE sounds that were vileIi