Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1852-11-24
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Tha stanlaa ofPoatrz

We saw in newspaper, not long since, some
account of the extraordinary feats of one of;its,
contributions, who, It'll said had written eight or
ten poems, varying in lenght from two hundred to
three thousand lines besides any quantity of pros61
tales and sketches thrown off by way of TelaSa= 81
ton in the intervals of his poeteal labors., aads
this been the summing up of the LIES labors Of
some superannuated old foggy, we should never
have thought of it again; but the genius to. whom
the word is unconScousy indebted for those innu-o
merable and interminable Zines was just twenty
one years of age, and commenced the business Of
poet, only three years before. Here, thought we,
is q smart chap, and no mistake. How his exam+p
pie must shame such lazy fellows as SpTngue, andt
Longfellow, and Bryant, and HallRck, who dailti-,
ly dribble out their lines by the dozen, and but
once in great while, even in that quantity as
though it would fan convince the world that wris;s
ting poetry is slow and difficult work. All their
excuses about waiting for fit of Inspiration, and
the nice and patient toll expended weighing and
adjusting their words, and polishing their lines,
will not save them nov. Here is poet whoSea
Pegasus is always saddled and at the, door; and,
whose muse, like newly fedged doctor, is ever
at your service, SIR night and day. Youwih not
catch him sauntering around Mount Parnassus,s
lazily waiting for ayors from the gods no, he has
damned up the Castaliun fount, and formed him "a
water-privilege aud setup mill, right under the
noses of their godships, and now he is showing
them how to grind out poetry in the Yankee, Hail9
Columbia, go ahead style. His ambition isito dol
a smashing business, and he has great contempt
for peddlaIs Of soanets, songs odes, hymns, and
other ihsgnifcant of that sottt.!4gs .4gs
These e tfit les will do for tho Ietaif & oSsh1t
he is in lesale bns1nsss ont
friend would disdap to call that which did
not contain at least three hunk lines Of NOT less
than eight sylIables each. w hile one Of your
slow poets is torturing two or three coupets from
his poor, weak brain, he will dash you oil a poem
of two or three hundred and make nothing of it.
either Poor Goldsmith thought four lines pretty
good days work, and perhaps, twas, for him; but
our representative of the tmodern SCHOOL, with ont
ly three years experience, will give you forty IN
ten minutes. .-s. - IT
And now, kind reader, if the fast poet does these
things in the green tree, just imagine, if you cam
what he will do in the dry. And after lyon have
done that, get out your slate and pencil, and CALI
culate the quantity of raw material the man will
consume annually, in carrying on his poetical op"
erations; for you must know thatthere are certains
staple commodities which form the basis of all poe-;
Try of the fast school. We do not profess to have
gone into the matter very deeply but from our linn
! tied knowledge of the business, we have made the
following rough estimate of the quantity of poetic
staples consumed annually, by one ofthese stearf
| baIds.- 5f a4 a iI asis ass 1ii..f no
500 beautiful maidens, assorted aaaT nJs.aEI
| 300 languishing, love-sick swalns. .iis b.. 50
] 200 gallant youths. ~
I 3OO6roken hearts, past redemption .lI aTs.asseH
400 Eayeni itIesses' ofysrious lengths 5 izit tal
\ 200 auburn, &c {" - sri-. - ] 3lE! - T. 5ia
100 dozen sighs, very affecting. ''' asA'< .. =
| 150pairs blue eyes, extra quality ~ l!iVle
100 pairs black eyes, superior lustre. Ha as5isr5
| 800 sta1s, twinkling and blinking. .. 10 ,szes5
| 100 setting suns, with gorgeous clouds to match.
rs full-6fbed moons, with moonshine ddinJfHif
/ titm. ~ 5 = 5fsf i95zlob
/ 500 gallons of tears. le3l'sslt eGssf
800 doves, to rhyme with dove! . s7-,..5
/ 125 bowers ofroses, -t,. .i
| 80 ancestral halls. 9A' t-47- tIdHos
2O0cottages, beautifully locatedg and Tefygdesi4
1able for genteel residences. NJ .ss4 s;2
! 800 obstinate, unyielding fathers. -, -s ~