Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-07-15

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legitimate sphers-no matter how defeetivs
his srti<lsa nay be-hs IL privileged ftoa
critieiam. Tie continued strain upon his
mind. and the hssts witA whish ssas Of his
articles ore necessarily written. nstss \ .
absolute impossibility for him 70 bring his
productions any where nsar the asadaed Of
literary excellence; but when he stsps out
Of his province, when he becomes afflicted
with an insane idea thst he 10 = poet and
when he writes doggerel. under tie imprss.
sion that he 10 producing gsaaine poetry.
thea his shield IL gone. he u fair gamA II
the poem ~ under consideration had mot
been signed r. b. W., We should certainly
have given the credit Of the psodustisn 70
| certain sentimental Aiss Of our seousin.
lance. who spsnds the principal portion Of
her dine, saivsling ont some ysllsw covered
work OF fiction. Under her signature some
portions Of the doggsrsl might have bssa
excusabls. but Others would Be unpardoea-
BILE.
We shall give the entire poem. intsrsper.
sing It with some remarka
"Ivshstsssd ssthy .Aess volss.
Game swelling forth In suvssy soaa,"
We will undertake 81 twsaty minutss no.
tace to produce ten pieces Of /" namby PAM
by" rhyme, under such signstures - Cn,v
CowsLr. PsDlLLA Prxx. and LILLE LAUsx1.
containing the some idsas conveyed b. thsss
lines.
''Asd Oh its gushiag wsvss ~ soul,
Va swsstly. gsatly bssae a,oag."
The idea contained in these two lines We
have seen ~ least twenty timeA II people
'''H steal ideas why cannot they have the
taste to steal those which are worth taking.
"fiii lost dui ssrtA-sail leN cold clay,
Hs W. regrets, ~ stosps, No siehs -"
This Is no doubt singularly luminous.
when person once discovers It's meaning.
but it, brightness 10 obscured under such
thick cloud Of bad grammar. that We fear
that no one possessed Of les penetrating
mind than Of. B. w." will ever be able TO
divine its meaning. The world will. "
hope, besr the loss Of the idea with christi.
al resignation.
I'M merged within the sppsr deg.
OF heavens supsnai b,lssfui lteAs;.s
If B. w." he's produced an original idsa
The idea Of an "spper deep" 10 original
The long ears stick out plainly in that idea.
Stripped Of its bad grammar, the pilot.
Of the poem. 30 far, is As follows:
IF i. W. informs a world bresthlsa1 i
with expectation, that he has " listened" a.
the "magic voice" Of sOms unknown indi.
vidual, supposed to be Of the feminine gen.
der, " came swelling forth In silvery soag )"
that on the "gushing waves" Of this nd |
song his "soul We svsetly gently hss,s |
along, till lost duh earth, Dc" nv The |
way the Waves Of the sag had hight work,
the burden they carried IVES s.aAll y and !
that the "waves Of the sons" continued to
carry his soul along until he got Nd 70
heaven where he found an upper deep" Of
e supernal light to which he got merged"
(swallowed up) within"
His soul is now supposed to be "swal.
lowed up within heavens supsrnal light,
and he proceeds:
"And yet metheusht within thy strains,
sorrow dweit-a HgAs alloy"
How very kind and considerate In ~. B.
w. while merged within heavens super
nal light" to think Of the unknown owner Of |
the silvery voice and what psnetssting
mind it shows to be able under the dimd.
vsntageous circumstances to discover that
"a sorrow" and "a light alloy" "dwelt
within" those " strains' The comparison Of /
the strains" to gold and The "sorrow" to .
baser metal, mixed with thesold, is brilliant,
As moon beams hung O'ss starry skiss,
Their beauty soften, "a destroy"
This "sorrow." this Eight alloy" which
he discovered in the strains. while merged
in the supernal light Of heaven" appeared
10 him under the circumstances to resemble
moon beam flung chastity thrown) Ger
starry skies" Perhaps it did-ws we're
never " merged within the supernal Eight Of
heaven" and cannot therefore say Whist
queer impressions Of mundane things . per
son might get under those circumstance
II saw Thy jes.y eye Sash forth,
with nadA'nins vtseAssy n sAeas eases,"
Good Lordl He saw her eyes "fissh
forth |" Wonder whether they got bask into |
heir sockets again But this is "poetical
license" and should not therefore be criti-
cised-we take Il al back.
The eyes flashed forth with madT.;no
witchery." We think It very likely thet !
hey did, for somsthiag or other has Ger.
lainly "madd'ned" "F B. "" 3As
He saw the eyes. &c.- ~
" Aal M tAs powW vAieA HeAss their depths.
WA saaas - tAalr derb sspsass;" 70
The dark expanse" Of eyes 10 smother
brilliant and original idsA. Win the doe
'rine Il "poeticsl licssss' sssass he tsu in
he foeegoiag Aasi He fslt thsis "iirAs"
wAie "sadag Il tAsir dsvk sxpanss."
While he = gadng u the OZARK expa.ss'
IT eyes he Il suddenly reniaded ef The Est
hat 81 f4. : - ,..zf
:" Yea Ger tAsn - esuuuM sasals,
~ vsos eAs>r sAe0 VoeA 1s~oS seGe-Jw
Thst Il the only pssssbls thing In ne
whole produclion. Can h b. that I'll a
Ehis vile doggerel was written far ths pus.
pose Of introducing TO public notice this pre-.
sious bantling of"F. B. W. brain.
"Husehanoe ~ beaAlne vilaevn slea~