The Belmont chronicle, and farmers, mechanics and manufacturers advocate. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1848-1855, 1855-01-05
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BELMOAT CHRONICLE.
JANUARY 1st, 1856.

JANUARY LIST, 1856.
what hoi ! musel my kingdom for muse!
iOnr,sf fn6rf md r,de old Time has breathed upon
aAHa ~ i,s joys,,ii hopes, its fears,it Loves
Arsss ,hsy had not been! They live but as
The dsemy memories Of past ages'
Nov Htiicon, Weld forth muse from out
You rogka 70 vocal with celestial songs
Hon ouKyans healing breezes and your heathful
be5es asnd forth one member the 'tuneful rine"
~ 'gruy' goose quill" and guide my
~ 2none 10 give! alas, and woe is me! turn
IdA&hsfe Puftiussus' snowy heights uprear sloft
tn khieo and gi,ler,ng peaks, DER all the gnobe
49, Nj 10y
t][E 4 ~ mounts. Prone at her feet renew m y cry
"a a Mase! My kingdom for Muse!
2 IN ~ 6daks give echo back, but answer they
sIfn{3 nonet nor Heliconian groves, nor lofty
Sf3li5 {arnassinn whose topmost towering peaks
e$ln with contenptuous eye, the whole of
IL zee ser deign 10 hear the agoniziDg cry
6fthis poor 'Dep'--and SO needs must 60
;Shout muse, and tell my simple lay
neless lines, without the aid Of frhyme,-
ach rhyme asmuse would bring
hstitute for Muses-glorious invention!
EoI(s modern wighrs invented machine---
"A S66ous thought when by turning whcel
),troll the verses-a musical reel
Ard dispensing with muse, or with musical spirit,
sWeiUst turn crank, and in numbers you hear it,
Nov Tlssr the ack, MUSES.! Tom, bring the machine
Add welt have some verses, good as e'er seen.
is ~ Devil thats singing but fear not nv frenl,
Ife aill rhyme on no topic that will my oil nd;
Though custom has given the cosnomen "Devil''-
4 I6ssnre you my name is all that is evil.
.Anunwinged Mercury I've been carrying news
From Ill sorts Of Christians, and Gentes and Jews,
d lsssfa asEsied YOU tidiags from every cline;
j4{ti sparkes Of wisdom, with gnrlands Of rhyme,
III Rove gone in all weathers to wait upon you,
s k5d now if you please, will take review
Some Of the dongs in this planet called Enrth
NJ Ice the Angel recorded old fifty four's birth.
Weii<e In an age Of most stirring events
kn pa to be talked Of many years hence;
Al home in old Europe--in each distant land,
There are strugg les for freedom onevery hand
sTis the leaven OF truth no longer confined
The dswning OF light on each darkened mind;
Tis the breaking letters ore man stands forth
= heing of Liberty freedom, and worth.
In Eup,pe commotions, and carnage, and strife
Have startled its millions to action and life.
\ Whst lines they having with that Eastern war,
-Four nations combined to put down the Gar
Who "strong in his strength" holds their armies
at bay,
Though euch party thinks thoy gaining the day!
I Even now our shocked hear the sickening tale
Ofs battlefelds glory h umnnity's wall,
The combat--the carnnge--lhe heaps of the saiu,
OF the wounded and dying on Inkermann's plain,
When man 'gainst his brother man stands forth 10
fight
Fair mercy turns weeping away from the sight.
EAt England and France with the Sultan combine
Topnt dawn the autocrats ancestral line
They win find when they're through they've this for
~ their "quid"
They have conquered the Russians as Boncprrte did
Athone though we're free from the carnage & strife
There's .moyiug 'mongst dry bones" there's waking
to lile
sGainst oppression and crime--al species of wrong
The voice oi our ireemen is earnes: and strong.
vtThopgh financial affairs ill some with dismuy,
3sTis the precedent sure OF a happier day; -
Mark the faces Of all as you usk fr the dimes,
How each visage grows blank Us they tell Of "hard
times.
All, we'll would il be- III lesson TO each,
Z For future Improvement to oil it would teach
II 'rwould lay an embargo on Fashions demands,
And check speculation, SO blind, on all hands.
All over our land the Temperance Reform
isIs taking the strongholds of liquor by storm.
sahode sIsand, vermoais1;ad~ the old Granite State
Have adopted the Maine Law since fifty hree's date
Even Texas has taken il home to her heart
And 10, when /, enters Aims houses depart,
wide open the doors otthe dark prisons fly.
And theAsnner Of peace is lifted on high.
All. soosin these ranks may the other states stand
Gain intemperance united oil over our land;
Then only will crime withits dark horrors cease
And our country enjoy prosperity AMI peace.
Enough have said on the subject Of Whiskey,
And now il you please will turn to Nebrisky.
: ( That last word 10 wrong full we'll do know it
, Butthe fault assure you is not with the poet,
A. told you at first, ihemuses were dumb
i So got machine and the rhyme has to come
Then. whenever you find the measure is lame "a
You will know, without telling, the right one to
blame.)
Though mighty subject TO you it may seem,
For typo like me- etNebraskas my theme
"Wsll, what Of Nebraskal" Oh, nothing but this:
Sieve. Douglass and other choice spirits like his
Essayed TO take from us our homer and truth;
To break our pledged word just because, forsooth,
They could prove in speeches 'falutin' and high,
There's no harm in telling natioSalHe.
The Administration they moulded atwl,s
Nor doubted the natisn would take down their pill
When the news DER the land like thunder clou.