The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1855-04-21
YOUNG AMERICAN POETRY.

Below we present any number of hook
ndladdcr contrivances, all designed tc
relieve Dung America from his awful sit
ua'Ion up stump HIS miSsortures have
awakened the sympatEies of an entire com.
munity. and brains that never made rhyme
before have labored in anguish to complete
that unfortunate stanza. lie will doubtless
lind among the number something TO his
mind, seasoned with plenty of wholesome ad-
vice that he cannot fail to profit by.
In looking over the annexed favor, of orr
correspondents We have thought of a new
theory Of Poef'y. 1t is a wonder that no critic
from Lord Jeffrey to Miss Bluc-stockinc Nj
ncrva has ever discovered it. We have
made arrangements to secure a copyright,
and We warn all persons to beware Of inf,inc
ing it. Its principal features NAV be stated
thus:
! The field of poetry is prodig;ou,'v stun,py.
The sol! in fact is almost covered bv s.umps.
- huge. tough, srrawling old fellows. with
long, crooked. dccr-running roots. sometimes
coming near the suri:irr. and then sinking
twenty feet into the solid earth. These roots
are curlously inter'wincd, forming a complete
net work, twisting into every imagined shane
twirinS around every tuiird rock. and thrust
ing their root!cts Into every crcvicc and ifs
sure of their granite ribs. SO firmly are they
bound down that they have resisted every
attempt made towards their removal any time
these last four thonsand years. 1t first. per
hars, they did not occasion so much trouble.
as at present; because. unlike common ,rooy-
en- st"mps of pine or maple. Ties. 1,oc';rcl
s'umis have ncrEr ccnsr@ Hcr qrowiuq: and
because, too. The poets q! tie o.,cn time wcr.
better mounted! ans! more skillfu! riders thar,
their brother bays of the nineteenth century.
Pegasus was then mjng,d horse. and with
the cnrhNn'cd ht Of the time noe. !, bs ro,,.,,
would fly with a r;n.iaa nci =. clear or;t Of
>'"ht' ana make 70 mo:e Of >tum;s than if
they had been stu|,hlc. BIT Pco,~uS now
shorn OF his WINS. CID and blind. >u,.,l> no
more the mountain tr,c2c. ha;hr> no nor.
IN floating clouds. nor lone ~ cror.s t,c to,
der herha.c" OF MOUNT parna~>us. The cu.
chantcd tyi'l'r, too. is lost. end no one dare.
mount the horse with out it, And 50 he j.
"'7re". coadcd on by the lasting wh;p, an
guided between the trrqncni s.r.:n2S hv thr
gee h'w o: ~" Ecrr:;r~> driver Yet that
is not all: Pr.a<n> is in Iry,.,<>. attached :,
Kind OF n"''"'1' p'ev": - for every acre Of
ground must be cultivated were i even ,h..
Garden OF llespr''.r>. What trials for ;h,.
poor beast anon" thc<" stumrS, a. ever,
step the plow gets rn:an.l,.l IN TIE ip.,.~,,;,
'h'c roots AMI Is Release! only to he worse
a-an. O;icn lis point is driven
lar und'r some giant stump which i, even
worse than being 'np a stump DOES H.,
narveS; repay IN is boun'iul r.c!incs, tnr Al
hls expenditure No, al all. The l.,rye,,
nay he abundant-it is scarcely ever rich in
branched thoughts, or in fact. in hour,sot
my Kind. TropeS and metaphors MAJ grow
Ike pig weed, and I,k" tIat hc y,urlr>s
n ""'N OIL i..-'. do" PIN 49,. IKE rnr sun
lower, may Haunt thor r.ulv cnlorS ever
an! yet emit no fragrance. nor leave
n the nini a ;wnkling OF thu .lr,u,y