The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1858-01-01

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Robert Hprrick wrote great many me songs
But Shakespeare vas the prince OF song-writerS-
Had he not choSn to be the greatest dramatist,
he MIGHT have ben the greatest lawyer, the
greatest Statesman nn-thr greatest OF anything
Tn. goId4n aye If lyrical poetry lived to be-
immortal. Million, CowIey, Waller, aud Dry
den succeeded Shakespeare. Milton eXceilrd
tba IT hacausphe was Il musician as we'll as
me, He mighthave been great song-wrlter:
hnt h.. Is too rret, too grand, to produce aiirc-
t;,o-- ,ys adrufrt revere him. Italian sweet
ness mixed with english strengtA Needed little
10 shake them mo melody.
Cowley did nt excel, had no melody, could
not distinguish, like Wordsworth, one tune
from, arolbrr. lis verses were very rugged.
Drvdao,s were better adapted to music, but
not n derent scieCy. He belonged to bad
and DEGRADED prlod-the Restoration. Men
felt it dury swell as pleasure to initiate all
the vices Of othrs. Virtue was a jest. Ihr
only manly vrle was personal courage Fo-
etry vas cons cred artificial, not natural
it disappparrd and rhymlng took It's place.
Prior wrote hi,srlf down as tllor to poe
try he. was )ady, and wrote .mYme. Few
sonos Of this period are WORT preserving.
uWhro this oil cap was new" showed forth
shat peculiar ri,lSh art OF gruTp)hng, winch
the Purltans brught across the otan
The period Paganism SUCCEEDED that OF
unblushing vic. Every lover wh' shepherd,
aad every lass n Arcadlaa ShePhtdeSS Mere
was no such ting as love IN HleftuFe Mar
riage was rrfrrd to as the hynFnal altar
breezes were CIrd zpphyrs-ihe moon Luna
women, Venus BacChu>, the god. OF drunken
ness, was forevr appealed to b. tn poets; TO
take Care by the neck and droHn him IN a
punch-boW.
Henry Cary, coed musician, bot poor
poet, lived abqt this time. To hif the world
owes the nusoi more than three hOP Pifrd songs.
The music OF God save the Quren7 is auribut-
I'd to him, thogh some claim the credit for
DR.. Johu BuI, OF the Eiiza5rthan era. 1t
ms. how4vt, mo-, probable that Carey wrote
though ,beir Jdco5,e) he was lot allow
rd to sing 1t. lie committed suiclde n garrrt
at an advancetage.
Pope, Gay,n Collins were excellent poets
of later p.iod. 1om Duffy also wrote a
great many says, and King Charles | walked
arm in arm uth him through the pad, his dogs
and courtiers folIowing-,he onlY instance
where sach distinguished frivil~gevas ever
granted to a sng-wrltrT. Gay, th- author Of
"The Brggar'Oprra" and Black EYED Susan, "
never wrote aything morr popular than the
latter It is sng more than any otheIsoag in
England, and pom these two n's fame diucipal-
# ly rests
David Garick, though nit a Solg-writrr
wrote sea soy, which sa.aays surl before
English saiorsengagt IA any sylon, an which
has inspired item to 50 many Needs ! noble
daring. Thorson, author oi iThe Stsons,"
n wrote ''Rulr Britannia" lhr aus;c of which
,r was conp2srJ bY DR.. Ara-. Iomas Percy.
$. editor Of '.Pecy'> ReIiqpes." ti later. wrotr
5. I'm -Nahhit, VIII thou go VFh me-, con-
ar SIdered by Bans the best m thi EnglIst Ian
as guage.
ID Chas. Dibd,n was the srpales k,no-wf,,r of
n. EngIand- d n"s'cian anda pf, His songs
ii were OF the oc'an, salty. The Dor is IN, ma
le tional hero IN 2n2 iand- the saldl ranks b4lo,y
v him. Nelson was greater thad WELLINGTON.
= DIbden represented to the Very bic the sailor
and his songs .heer ed their heart land in many
= instances quelrd m9tinies HiI"Tom Bow.
Y ling" is considered bg some yulga but think
n it is far from il on th contrary, is full Of trn.
If manly feeling which touches Il. heart with
st <ndnrss Asa proof OF DiJIrna popularity.
e the Govrrnme reprinted his wo2 som- wears
e ago-the onIyinstance of the kld on record
r. H. left son gho followed closrI in his foot
= steps. HIS seogs We're in praisr / the Irl.
e Island he, hSraIi other En5iNama, 50 dearly
Is loved, little tbugh it be.
!, Campbell Ws one Of the best ,ng-wr;trrs
e "Rohrnlinden' Exile Of Erirs &C.. are
J. enough to giuany man fame TX love songs
were not 50 successful ''t'rrrud- oiyyomingn
y NAV perish soccer or later, but his war songs
le viii live as Iory as England and a erica exist
te Capt. Moris, who wrote tire hundred
1e songs, ThoS BiIpy, who wrote pigh hundred.
I'd ough, to be utltionrd. the caWaM SANG his
I'd own songs at = royal tabIf and TIA brristpak
II club H. wfe for a class, not ilth+ people
p and his songs hve persisted with H. Had GOOD
lg intentions, but Intentions do not nae poet.
S His songs are lf-te-drad -turet
rr Baiey'S ROTATIONS is more solid: H. was
ie called ButterA Bailey, on account t sone
r. Of that name wrote-Soma said " was a
D. butterfly. Hi love songs we're lacldalsica-
T. reuoIrnt of Peiumed handkerchleis. white kid
= gloves, &c. r. NJ concluded his ctnrp bv
n the recitation little original Poer,5 which,
- ih0ugH HO' iFiFTIng 10 tHF lFN'U'V' b""@ed 10
rs the subect of land. It was emitted "TuE
d PRmRosE," an was founded on the Glowing
IS little incident;
n There are n primroses in Austria, and,
" some time ago.t was announced that a prim-
is rose had arfrd at Melbourne enOsad in a
le glass case-ai great tuTnout ioIrved to
+ see it, The ciwd was so great that III police
! with difficulty adr room to allow 4 TO 81
/ landed wiihoutauger of being crnssd, 1t
!. was aflerwards1ut On exhibition, and nonght
l. handsome 50 to its possessor. 1t showed
2. the love Of hon and country 50 strongy cha
id ractpristic ntt English, and he woud pre-