The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-02-03
Il IL n b A N @ U Il T
THE CAPITAL OF LAPUTA,

CONTAINING "GULL!vER's" GREAT SPEECH.
The feast was spread,
And overhead
Flaunted Rrousing warlike flags;
The stripe. and Stars,
Beseeching wars,
high waved above the other rags;
And, far down in ths came saloon,
You could behold
In Gators bold
A Dutsnman's cneek mi, called moon
Aud Enclsnd's lion, too was there,
quiet a. nr.t within his lar,
Nut eudd'n'y he sought to break
Tvs BARS 70 Aet 4 piece OF steak
Aroused by the delicious breezs
Ioat fsnn'd his muse Snl mate him snaeze.
These three. tn beast. mad moon aud stars,
United once Ia fe-do ms wars,
Ia solidarity arrsy-d,
Could al creation III aka afraid
At that ZANE fesst were mep ss great
As ever rul 4 sr ancient state;
with tongue. AS long and heads az big
As ever thought beneath wig;
WITH voices too, to wake creation,
TO listen 20 eacn grand Grafton
Aspiring there. on stills they stood, |
After demolishiug the food; |
Cutting great attitudes and sh apes,
And climbing higher to get more grapes.
An pleasant WAS it then to see
The patriotic rivslry |
which each Inspired, with thoughts divine,
In flames great gallery to shine
Tho feast was spread, |
And the grace said,
In many noble sent ment;
And every time the chairman spoke,
Whether in earnest or in joke
There came responses eoquent
The gres and wire,
The halt and lame
With staring eyes
To that banquet came
The good and bad
In their Sundays clad
We're laughing all, as II very glad
or o chance to see
divinity
In the Governor of H-ry!
And there he sat, with his yellow sword
To grace him at that festive board;
sword more innocent by far
Than the carving knife that was making war
Or the helpless carcasses In sight
or the Chieftains gtte ring ey Us that night.
You may not measure such man
AZ that by jnches-no, nor span;
He to the vulgar eye, just seeing,
Appears to be human being
But mark his face; the sparkles Of 1t
Proclaim him, what he is, a prophet!
Colossal pillass made of thought,
Though unseen, with ench antment frauxht,
Can sometimes lift man who ain't
Much pumpkins up to bs a saint
30 strange thing liz mind when wrought
BY phrenzy into twisted thought.
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cutLrvER's SPEECH.
AS cnce Cinsa stood Of ycre,
Rome's mighty Senators before,
And lifted up his arms and eyes,
In admiration and surprise,
That any set OF men could be
So very full OF dignity;
mat any state renowned or not,
Gould be with majesty so fraught
As that same Rome, whse word or might
The universal world could fright:
30 l. in admiration vast
Surprised amoEg,t you to be cast,
Survey there mighty men who come
To rule q greater State than Rome
State whose towers ale in the SKY,
Where soars the bird Of Liberty
Your glorious hall with marble sill,
Erected on yon snow clad hill,
Contains, collected In one heap
OF mighty heads profoundly deep,
The peoples majesty displayed
In solidarity arrayed !
While Rome's proud Capitol remains
The empty sk1l OF ancient brains,
Without the spirits which Of yore
Aloft its soaring eagle bore
Your Capitol, in glory standisg,
Ny admiration still commanding,
Inspires me never to forget
That only and Lafayette
Have thus bsen honored at your bars,
Where Kings can't come it-no nor Czare!
And hence jump ct the belief
That you behold In me chief
hero--Lot Of wars, but words,
Tho pontess, still rs sharp Is swords;
But not 70 dangerous by far
As iron weapons are In war.
Your Capitol which seems to be
Protected 10y Divinity,
Tho lately covered Ger with FIRE,
Producing CONSERVATION dire,
St,]l r'auds unahorn OF its proportions,
Nith all its inside Icom for motions
Its lreathiug monuments OF brass
And brains tuili seen In every pass;
With I'LL its marble pillars still
Upheavirg 10 on yohier hill;
With nil its goddesses aud cupids,
Its sRir ts and indians and quadrupeds;
Win Washington without ms guard,
Far seated IN u. yard
Had arrived IL time, Tm sure,
CAS- once in Liiliput, of yore
/ did the Queen imperial hall
Put oUu with engine naturally
might perhsps have quenched the fire,
.1Y. xtpt Et,h.~
Wit hout IT,. aid II any vain
ContriyaLces to make ii rain
And thus might have saved tbs pages
or LIES great book for future sges
But let that pass- your mighty heads
VIII ~ on restore the book with lids;
And what now seems roi.foItunes story,
Is the beginning OF your glory.
zee the piling agony
Rising in columns to the sky
For every man who thinks that he
Must interest pogterity,
VIII make a book or two each week,
And still nave time enough to speak
And hence your shelves will quickly be
Check full Of Immortality.
The greatest glory Of your land
lie ia king e2iles by the hand.
Whether they come with swords or fails,
Or pacha's with their twenty tails;
Doubtless tits luckiest to be poor
sight unocks the grating door,
tear. unbidden, on the lid
OF freedt m eye Is never cbid
And therefore am honorcd here,
With your sweet words and sweeter cheer,
And this same table " hich is spread
SO bounteou,ly with me at and bread
Before NE, whose insatiste eyes
Bewidered are, with ms and pies,
Cons pres to make the sublime
And fascinates me IL to rhyme
When British statesmen. rUdely bent
On claiming down this continent,
Conspired TO raise your taxes higher
They reused st once your wsrlike ire,
Which spread like consuming fire;
And every vale and every hill
Termed with the peoples iron WILL
You lifted up your arms in fray,
And won The glorious victory
All happy Gate; ia that dark day
You had friend TO chow fair play
And France, with Lafayette to lead
With force, your glorious to plead,
Brought operative aid and arms
TO shelter you ID battles storms
Ali what jewel Is fais play ~
We have 1t not usurpers sway
The destiny Of Europe now.
And France free France, has fallen low!
Napoleon's bold and perjured words
Has conquered France without sword;
And Freed om's hope tho ne'er 30 bright,