, 1862-11-22
Tnzlia 3 Song Of tho Old and She

str;cted within brief limits tho reference
that He had designed to make to the Poem
delivered by Gee. ". Pettes, esq.,, Of Boston,
day evening. But precisely because the pro-
duetion was Of . class which, Il In print
could be read, and read again to find in it fresh
attraction, go it viii bear this deferred refer
ence. The poet Of the evening ls gentleman
Of high scholarly attainments, and his name
has won pleasant associations among the |
most cultivated lecture audiences at the East, |
with whom he always finds warm welcome.
Ills Chicago audience, not the first that has !
given him hearing mutually agreeable. (for !
is it not pleasure for speaker to find atten-
tion and appreciation in his hearers came |
awny delighted with the poem.
As an intellectual feast it WAS OF high Or
der, sparkling but solid, and solid without
| being in one line lcaTy. The p1ayfnlness and
| hunor that flashed on the surfsce did but
| ret off the Substantial merits OF the prodnc~
ton, as having E theme and purpose through
out well sustained, classic, learned and beau
titu1, without the absence Of more popular fea-
! lures as vas best attested by the fact that for
the hour and thirty minutes ofits delivery, the
audience were held in rart attention.
From the manuscript Of the poem we are
allowed to make extracts, which have not
spoiled By keeping. Having discourssd upon
the happy Seasons enjoyed BY those Of old, the
Poet told Of some pri7at1ons and exceptional
1indrauces.
| In haeto from home, his honeymoon unspent.
| Anc Noah, who six hundred yca1x had paused
| Near Edcn, kept = caravan st List.
Jonah, who counted asof little Nsrth
| his frtt deck ticket, took cabin berth
IN Strange vessel. which. his LIE to save,
l ! Sailed not upoh hut underneath the wave.
nez xast as!ween;dsshs gaze nin ample roam
: But Jonah wse prosrt ssive, and wish
: | That Ventilation be secured to Ash
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Appearances trusted to in the olden time
t are deceptive.
Z We rsad that one by Ba.aszn much abused,
t Urged her complaint as II to language uaed.
> Mol doubt his wonder Ehen It e Ssme to pasa
. That he Ind beat An Intellectual ass.
! That phArsoh, hostile 10 the Aying Jew,
ansea msnnsed ' hqEis En a vig91 S t. p91sae;t
i Drove In, and Were-uco1nfurtab1y wet.
. And In our times the showing ia not the
3 reality.
II Where Flora Temple rhall With Lancet trot;
le Sot that thcy fayor rseing1by no msans,
; Ne have no racing On out moral course.
| We bnt t1y Lancet 'gslnst the other horse:
Ws ap put @ las: morse horses to theis fastest speed
- And, for the '.interest OF etock," VIC Say:
M 9psbed 3Pst wSss; s1rff on fhs 9s1 lot
u Te 6el our G1o7aey on the bob tail nag
C But ne 20 from these p1essAntries. will
10 which the poem abounde, to some Of th
to-tssaxious passages. Here is i tribute to woman
forth hrirht eFes On this our festa night
~ Mrme this pageant with their enyied ngat;
aoas Eho Si9 81 the t1s;sat EtS
Mhc,c hits the raouatsins and ~hsse - the ses
ed EhsscseE % feas.tne bannef1 the fec.
de Hsf is@e is ssssea, % ID aa <aer = Rssse sela!ca
er- lesson isxsught the hoastfulresa Of th
fl. Present in several illustrations, Of which n
=. dnste the following:
Tns ss s4a2ay ;ss ;ssa; The
asS e. Ris Ss .osf sos
q Who piles 4 pyramid to Kiss tho morn
ISIS aaa e. gss ~ sah
, To tie blue Tanlt wheze Antwerpe arroP dics :?
ses
ans o. following back the centuries, We stand
ter, Where The Assy11an waves his charmed Tand
as 1mons % those Splendid Bs5s5onlsn ~ G towers
tte That lire for history til the sun groWs dim
~ Though ta1lcu, when angels Sang the Christn
hfm Having entered into general review Of p
We and Present, the Poem proper concludes.
DE Wlsdonq declares that Labor sh=ll be known
;, of The trac p.erosattvc Of man alone
VI Whether the sheaves Of intellect to bind
inu- Or twin the garlands Of 1l1ustslous mind
! for Toiorge anew SONS isnsd Aeaillssn shield.
he'd, Work with ei1l.' On Faiths great Champion
Jul Ard be shall Stand victot. lanreued, c1swnea