New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-01-25
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THE song OF HIAwATHA.
AN ENGLISH CRfTICIss


ftOf0lng dWhNhTu, iO1 inc aCCthFi
Into this his latest rby thin)
Write we as PrOtracted Fellow,
Or in Latin, Loagss Comes
Buy the Song of Hiawatba.
Should you ask me, Is the poem
Worthy of ito predecessors,
Worthy Of the sweet conceptions,
OF the manly nervous diction,
OF the phrase, concise or plant,
Of the songs that sped the pulses,
Of the songs that gemInd the eyelasb,
Of the other works Of Henry
1 should answer, should tell yOu,
You may wisb that you may get it
Don't you wish that you may get it
Should you ask me, Is it worthless.
IL ii bOsh and 10 il bunkuIs,
Merely fscile flowing nonsense,
Easy to practiced rhythmist
Fit 10 charm private circle,
But not worth the print and paper
David BOgue hath here expended
/ should answer, / should tell you,
You're fool and most presumptuous.
Hath not Henry WadswOrth writ 1t
Hath not Paneh commanded Buy it %
Should you ask me, What's it's nature
Ask me, What's the kind Of poem
Ask me in respectful language,
Touching your respectful beaver,
Kicking back your manly hnd-leg,
Like to one who sees his betters;
i should answer, l should tell you.
IT'S poem in this meter,
And embslmiDg the traditions,
Fables, rites, and superstitiOns,
Legends, charms, and ceremOnlaIs
OF the various tribes of Indians,
From the land of the Ojibways,
From the land of the DaeOtahs
From the mountains, mOors, and fenlaDds,
Where the heron, the Shuh- shuh-gah,
Finds it's sugar in the rushes:
From the fast-decayDg nations,
Which our gentle Uncle Samuel
IL improving, very smartly,
From the face of al creation,
OF the face Of all creation.
Should you ask me, BY what story,
BY what action, plot, or fiction,
All these matters are connected
should answer, should tell you,
Go to BOgue and buy the poem
PubIsh'd neatly, at one shilling,
Published sweetly, at five shilliDgs.
Should you ask me, Is there music
In the structure of the verses,
In the names and in the phrases
Pleading that, like weaver Bottom,
You prefer your ears well tickled;
should answer, should tell you,
Henry's verse is very charming;
And for names there g Hiawatba,
WhO's the hero of the poem;
Mudjeekcewis, that's the West Wind
Hiawathas graceless father;
There's NOkOmis, there 3 WenOnah-
Ladies both, Of various merit;
PuggawaDgum, that 8 war-club;
Pau puk- keewis, be g dandy,
= Barr with streaks Of red and yellow;
And the women and the maidens
Love the handsome Pau-puk- keewis,"
Tracing in him PuRehs likeness.
Then there 8 lovely Minnehaha--
Pretty name with pretty meaning
IL implies the Lsughing'water;
And the darling Minnehabs
Married noble Hiawaths;
And her story 3 far too touching
To be sport for you, you donkey,
With your ears like weaver BottOm's,
Ears Nike BOBBY Bully Bottom.
Once upon time in London,
In the days of the Lyceum,
Aces ere keen Arnold let it
To the dreadful Northern Wizard,
Ages ere the buoyant Mathews
TIipp'd upon it's boards in briskDess-
remember, remember
How ascribe, with pen chlValrous,
Tried to save these Indian stories
From the fate of chill oblivion.
Out came sundry comic Indians
OF the tribe of Kut-an-back-um.
With their Chief, the clean Etmatthews,
With the growing Downy Beaver
With the valiant Monkeys Uncle,
Came the gracious Mari-kee-lee,
Firing off pOcktt-plstol,
Singing, too that Mudee-keewis
(Shorttn'd in the song to wild Wind,
Was spirit very kindly.
Came her Sire, the joyous kee-lee,
BY the W aiming tribe adopted,
Named the Buffalo, and welded
To the fairest Of the maideDs,
But repented Of his bargain,
And his brother Kut-an-hack-ums
Very nearly cbOpp'd his toes of
Serve hun right, the tickle hee-lee.
IL you AJAX me, What this memory
Hath to do with IIiawatha,
And the poem which speak of
should answer, should tell you,
You're q fool and most presumptuous;
IT'S not for such humble cattle
To inquire what links and unions
Join the thoughts, and mys mesninss'
OF their betters, mighty poets,
Mighty writeTs-PHRch the mlghtltst
l should answer, should tell you,
Shut YOUR mouth, and GO to David,
David, Mr.. PuReh's neighoOr,
Buy the Song of Hiawatha, 80
Read. and learn, and then DO thankful
Into Punch and Henry Wsdsworth,
Punck and noble Henry Wordsworth
Truer poet, better fellow,
Than TO be annoyed at testing,
From his friend, great PaReh, who 'oVcs INN
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