Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1846-06-25
Sjottisci.


And the Planets, at, as m duty bound,
We've rulling around
With pleasant sound,
To make ihci, S.eM fat,uts.o nap mote profound
Whether tleif laa.Ie eas ui.tty. - sod
Or ''eSeaiscly good. 81 decidedly bad
Or made Up Of eoBifalIo. or tenor, % bass,
Can onls be Known ia ia, depths 81 space,
Sniiico il 10 say.
They Gang on thrir way;
AT least, 50 The learned Astronomer. say.
'Ts nine Of the clock, and la .ho3ti7g star
Gives note - the hour to worlds alsr,
'Tis t'ire Of the clock, ard steady suofe,
Lie waves on the sharc,
Siiil louder and deeper,
Proceeds from HI nose o. Gefo,alsl,pcf
Niso, batk' Tom without,
Comes distant shout,
And a mighty saand through tie blue profound,
rushing and crushing,
And smashing aud pushing,
As Iall the Planets had got b, the cars,
And ~ere pushing each Other clean out ofbcir sphcr
And Mercury haslcrs With fear on HI brow,
To annc'acc to Tie Muraltl tie causc Of Tie row
'"Most Potent nj laIaiaaaz'- haste nli.c,
A stranger ono 6 fsatrul sizc
Us making lraoks h,lueb ,urv c-tcfn sLi,s,
Andirv,dan't st5p l5i. O., lin. aud -, ,l,,
Wen be PRESENT., lps. led nj, led hat
Another Pl,iad Is tossed Gn4a nor .phrre.
Anl ;hc rest Of the sister, al, q.mkng VIII fear;
And hal not Orun lodged aud missed him,
Dc. 10. Ind b.en lott To our solar system.
Ihs 7uas. wi'b mi lit, Gn,n,
mad MINI 4 q. 4 flt,s.tuc t.,,tt.
lis scat lie t-ols
WiiaH 6.r, Look,
Aud he hung ms al 1t emp upon hook
his fe,'h'ht' eom't shaIl dearly rue
iis'u'n'oe "' nus
WIN MS holss All 'hs'
fhen' Mercury roll HE 'elfan st'for
h"a BRING 10 oui presence ON Va Major,
And summon onf councillors e'rtY one
mere mus something hr done,
" iu' ia. son 81 il gun,
vi III some o' III 'air' hell hnoek op' the sun
While thus over lcadls fear aud dsmav,
On our own mighty Planet Tie drurc Is 10 pay,
For the tail Of the Comet, lii said by SOME
Is to carry NJ all 10 kingdom come.
Without so much asa by YOU, leave"
To sinners Whe doubt or sants Who believe.
And balls, aud iou,s, arc quite ID, a stand
And B'blcs and Prayer Boobs ia great demand,
anu ''' US q '"e u"'s "i' u"i} appalling
he chosen saints "e making up linen,
Ana wicked old sinner, have given op Ginning,
ana terrestrial "ths "c upta'-'d la spy,
me" SISTER 'p"'kRfs that d''k the Ky
Ana noses Roman, and GIreians and hook
And noses that croak,
Have a tmo-ap look
And Pnss arc decided, on the fi,c,
Swift and more swift. tle Conner. 0sbt
Adds new fear 10 the Mid lnrlght.
For dark aud dread
The rumor hns spread,
That the end Of the world by researches p,.,l,,pJ
Although by Astronomer. dcc,uod T., h. round
The great PaIson Millrt has colralnl, found
And NO ard distraction,
lie Prove, to fraction
In the year eighteen hNndr,d and torr, three,
giieNe to say ihctes an opposition
10 the holy hf'e's divine commission,
Obstinate sinner, Who viii not see
That the II Ing Is As plain as the Rule Of Three,
b", persist IN doubling
And utterly seoo''ng
both the hol! man and hls prophecy.
IN, Com, II H., GIN, H. ,
MhiIe hEh IN the midst, With snllon glare,
The Monarch looks ionh from his cay cham.
Ills plain to see
That regular spree
Awaits The Comets delinquency:
For nothing IN Heaven, the Eurth, or the lcor,
Makes u body So mud as the loss of slcrp
AT Mercury summons the r,h1 appears.
Before the sun and hls silent spheres,
That is To sa, his head isthorc,
But his latter end Is the i.ofd knows where,
'comer cratic, rehelliuus aud fash,
For your pesuent treason