The Shasta courier. [volume] (Shasta, Calif.) 1852-1872, 1853-07-30
From the National Democrat.
Building n CRYSTAL Palace.

Building Crystal Palace.
The Crystal Palace is going ahead. We took
a view OF IL from the wall OF The Reservoir a few
days since, aud were nearly knocked into the
middle of next week with the series of blows
which swelled our ears from the thousand ham,
mers in busy application on the iron ribs OF The
Great Exhibition House. We pity the untoriu
nate artisans who dwell in the Babel their own
work creates. For moment we imagined we
were in the middle of German romance, and
deep in some cave III the HartZ mountains, en-
chanted and inhabited by AN industrious race OF
elfin dwarfs, who forged chains for all the vii
famous mobiles who stole all the lovely Young
damses III the Faderland. The Devil of Verse
visited US, and tempted us into the preparation
OF the following. Our own :. Deyil'' Is at our
elbow, grinnins an inquiry for copy, and actually
tears this from US, line by line:
Rivetina. blinking. clanking, hammering,
Clanking, cllnkIng, riyelIng,
OH such horrible hammenng, clamoring,
Roaring and boring, and pivoting-
Such a terrible din
Never revealed within
The ear of a startled humanity,
To drive out his hearing
And give II a clearing
To weigh his sound anchored insanity =
Such unearthly rapping
ana uuceaslnS tapping
Was ne'er made by the ribs of the Hindoos,
As the Juggernaut groans
When il plays with their bones
Nor by house full Of Edgar Poes windows.
Such cast metal squeakng
And groaning and shrieking.
Would rouse cen deaf mans malice
By the desperate shocks
OF the workmen in smocks,
Who IN groups, and in flocks,
18th auger and hammer
Kick up such clamor.
Following up the religion OF knor,
And building a Crystal Palace.
If we conld fancy world of crickets,
Ur several township of babies with ricketts,,
All OF whose joints were made of metal
Or prairie OF dogs each with kettle
Tied to his tailor the pins of factory
Ten times their natural size, all refractory;
Or several carloads of cast iron shrmps
about-or a mine full OF imps,
Or shouls, or dwarts or guomes. or devils
" no kick up in echoing caves such revels,
And weld on the chains of the knight in armor,
And render insane some disconsolate farmer,
BY carrying oil his most exquisite daughter
To-God knows Wherein over The water,
The Rhine it must be, or chateau in France
To make any sort of decent romance.)
Well, suppose now the reservoir full of such imps
Or the unoosened tongues of some upper ten
pimps.
Handsome young men who steal round society
Stuffing with gossip themselves to safety.
Or, that would be better for our illustration
Some two or three ladies'" OF standing and
station,
Who flirt with a verdant, or prattle sly
scandal,
Take airs with Bellini, grow serious with Handel
And have all the time ID head light as candle.
Add to all these the bone-playing wights
From the Minstres, Woods and Christy's and
Whites
And cabin and crib, and conine them all
In place something like Metropolitan Hall
Only bigger, and let them all jump about
Grin, and screech and revel and shout,
Squeak and shrek, with mischief agog
Crickets and ricketts,, and tail-kettled dog,
Shrlmps and imps,
And i'll naiured pimps,
And ghoniish devils,
Enjoying their revels.
And them even then,
The ears of men
Would not. | swear. encounter the rattling,
Augering, clinching, screwing, battling,
Riveting pivoting,
Most meanchohcal,
Din dabocal,
Confusion Internal
Torture internal
Horror most odious,
Noise incommodious,
That makes cen an editors soft heart calous;
Oh ! ii is terrible,
Wretched. undesirable;
The unceasng clamorlng,
Unmusical hammering
Building Crystal Palace