Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1845-11-19

! ANA III not took Tor wine.
, The thirst that from my soul doth rise
| Doth ask a drink divine;
! But might of Jove's nectar sip,
would not change for thine.
/ sent thee late rosy wreath,
/, Not so much honoring thee,
AS giving it a hope that there
ltcould not withered be,
But thou thereon did'st only breathe,
And send'st it back to me;
Since when it growsan smells, swear
Not Of itself, but thee"
Glorious--is il not? Yet, you perceive
that the grace and freedom of Herrick's
day was somewhat departing, and thai
conceits, often affected and sometimes
strained, were coming into fashion.
And now let US TO our evening walk; for
as old Coke has it, after his knottiest dis
questions, !" this taste sulficeth for the pre-
sent" Nay, you would first ask us who
was the author of that quaint volume, in
its thick calfbinding and furnished gold.
edges. 1t IS our old friend Sir John Suck
ling. You will hear him constantly spo.
ken Of by the pretenders to literary histo.
ry, as a companion of Buckingham, Ru
chester, Sedey, and the other wits Of
Charles the Seconds court. 1t is a mis-
take. Sucking was dead long before the
Restoration, and had nothing to do with
the orgies of Backhurst, or the pipe Ia
bagdtelle" of the Merry Monarch. But
he filled the transition period between two
great, yet dissmiar epochs. He partook,
therefore, of The pecuIiar.ies of BOTH
He touched with one foot the age of Eli.
zabeth; with the other The age Of Charles.
His poems have, at times, the grace Of
Sidney, and at other times, the reckless
ness Of Rochester. He was type of his
age, half poet, half courtier, you would
find him one hour in his study, the next
hour at debauch. file had hand in
most Of the gallantres of the day, and
knew how 10 cringe a knee at Whitehall
with the best Of them; but he was not all
"of the earth earthly !" his better voice
would sometimes be heard; and there
llaated through his soul, day and night,
dreams of immortal poesy. Had he Ii, ed
a generation sooner, he might have We'd
with Herrick: had he been born n gene.
ration later, he would have been only an
Etherege! As it was he played two oppo
site characters. From the palace he
went home, in lace and ruilles, 10 his yer.
SEES; from these he saun,ered to a supper
at some tavern in the city. Many of his
poems are too free for the present day
but his coarseness was assumed, 10 be in
the fashion; the deIicacy they display be.
longs to the man. Here is poem "On
Seeing Bride" that will bear out what
we say. Let US read some Of the finest
conceits:
g Her feet beneath her petticoat,
Like Eatle mice stole in and out, sa
AS if they feared the light;
But, oh she dances such way
No sun upon an Easter day,
Is half SO fine sight,
Her cheeks so rare white was on,
No daisy makes comparison,
WHO sees them Is indone \
For sreaks Of red were mingled there,
Such as are on a Catharine pear,
(The eide that's next the sum-
Her lips were red, and ono was thin,
Compared 10 that was next her chin.
(Some bee had siung il newlyD
But, Dick, her eyes so guard her face,
burst no more upon them gaze
Than on the sun IN july"
Now for poem 10 his other character
that of The gay gallant, and man of FASH
ion. 1t is just such song as we may
suppose him to have improvised at some
gay supper, when one Of his dashing com.
panions appeared in detection, "aII wo.
BECOME with loye';
why so pale and wan, fond loverl
Prithee, why so pale
VIII, if looking well can't move her,
Looking i'll prevail
Prithee, why so pale
Why so dull and mute, young sinnerl
Prithee, why so mute
VIII, when speaking we'll can't win her, /
Saying nothing do ~
Pfithee, why so mutel
Quit, quit for shame this will not move, I
AhiS OhHllOl tdhS UeT l
If OF herself she will not love,
Nothing can make her.
The devil take her!''
Nay!--shake not your finger at us, mer. (
" girl. Was it not yourself who took $
down the book after we had closed Ben |
Jonson, and was it not solely to CRAFTY /
your curiosity that we stopped to speak Of Z
Sucking And how could we explain 6
The character of his genus without quot !
ing as We baye2 "Pshaw!'' you toss {
your pretty head, too. Well, then--is the !
loor open that we may run for ii?--know I
that we agree with Sucaling --ihat eve I
" sensible man oughtto forget you co. q
lueties at once, instead ofdying AZ your oh. !
luracy. Thercnow -catch Us If you can !