Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1865-11-16
AIIiterative AcrOstics.

One OF the best specimens OF alntefatl0n,
on an extended scale, is the famouo poetical
account of the Siege of Belgrade. The au-
thor is unknown. Belgrade was often be-
sieged and taken-eleven times between the
years of AL (when Huns captured it, and
1889 when it was taken by Laudohn). The
siege commemorated by the poet probably
was the last, when the famous fortress fell.
/ There is ALTERATION AGAIN..
THE SIEGE OF BELGRADE.
An Austrian army, awfuly arrayed,
Boldly by battery beseged Belgrade
Cossack commanders cannonading come,
Dealing distinctions devastating doom.
Every endeavor engineers essay
For fame, for fortune, fighting, furious fray
Gaunt gunners grapple, giving gasEes good,
Heaves high his head, heroic hafdllooa.
Ibraham, Islam, Ismael-imps in ills
Jostle John JarvolitZ, Jem, Joe, Jack, Jill.
Kick kindling Kutusof, kings kinsmen kill,
Labor low levels lofuest longest lives; QinesD
Men march mid mounds, mid moles, mid murderous
Now nightfaiPs near, now needful nature mods,
Opposed, opposing, overcoming Odds.
Poor peasants, partly purchased, partly pressed,
Quite quaking, "Quarterl quarterF' quickly quest.
Reason returns, recalls redundant rage,
Saves sinking soldiers, softens seigniors sage.
Truce, Turkey, trucel truce, treacherous Tartar
train,
Unjust, unwise unmercifal Ukraine
Vanish, vile vengeancel vanish, victory vain.
Wisdom walls war, walls warning words What were
Xerxes, Xantippe, Amenes, Xavier!
Yet yany's youth, ye yield your youthful vest,
Zealously, zanies, zealously, zeafs zest.
This is the text, as given in Henry South
gates g Many Thoughts on Many Things"
and adopted by Chambers. But there are
carrie zectiones, in another copy, supplied by
a literary friend in Philadelphia, which
especially the closing lines-are worthy of
being recorded for comparison. Here are
the different readings:
Generals 'gainst generals grappe, gracious God!
How honors Heaven heroic hardwood!
Infuriate indiscrimnate in III,
Kindred Xxi kinsinen, kinsmen kindred kill.
Now, noisy noxous numbers notice naught
Of outward obstacles opposing aught-
Poor PRtriots 3 . $
Reason returns; religious right rebounds;
Suwarrow stops such sangninary sounds
True to thee, Turkey! Triumph to thy train
Why wish we warfare? Wherefore welcome were
Xerxes, Ximenes, Xanthes Xavier?
Yield, yield we, youths Yeyeomen, yield your yell
Zeno's, Zarpaters Zoroaster's zeal
Attracting all arms against acts appeal
We throw the various readings down before
curious Scholars hard nut for them to
crack! Which is the accurate version?
correspondent sends us another speci-
men, about which he writes thus:
cit is, perhaps, literally, the most accur-
ate alphabetical acrostic that has appeared.
Without at all entering into competition with
the wonderfully spirited Siege of Belgrade
on the score of expressive force, it would be
easy to point out several particulars in
VIII CHI it has an accuracy over that admirable
&C nposition. None of the peculiar Difficult
d IS of the task are shirked-the lines follow
lie exact order of the alphabet. No one
without trial would conceive the difficulty
Of finishing in fair Alexandrine on the let
ter z, which becomes, in its place, the most
intractable of all
There is no rhyme, that | am aware of,
between the words beginning with Y and z !;
this may cause the Legitimate 'zealed' to
pass muster, while similar reason may ex-
cuse the manufacture of the bobtail I'M
won't
We now subjoin the alliterative acrostic
sent us by our correspondent. 1t certainly
is spirited and surprisingly correct speci-
men:
PRINCE CHARLES PROTECTED By FLORA M'D0SALD.
All ardent acts alright an age abased
BY brutal broils by braggart bravery braeed
Crafts cankered courage changed Culleden's cry;
Deal deep" deposed "deal death !" decoy !"
Enough Ere envy enters England's eyes,
Fancy's false future fades, for Fortune flies.
Gaunt, gloomy, guarded, graphing giant griefs,
Here hunted hard, his harrassed heart he heayes;
In impous ire incessant ills invests,
Judging Jove's jealous judgment, jaundiced jegts
Kneel, kirtled knight keep keener kngcraft known,
Let larger lore life's leveling lessons loan;
Marauders must meet male factors needs;
No nation noisy nonconformists needs.
Oracles of old our orb ordaia
Peaces possession-Penty's palmy plain!
Quiet. QuiXOtic quests; Uuel uuarre ling:
Rebuke red riots resonant rihe-ring.
Slumber strangely sweet since silence smots
The threatening thunders throbbng through their
throat.
Usurperi under uniform unwont
Vail valor's vaguest venture-vainest vaunt.
Well wot we which were wise. Wars wdfire won
Ximenes, Xerxes, Xavier, Xenophon
Yet you, ye yearlng youth, your young years yield
Zuinglius zealot observation-disclosures Zon-zealed
Still, we think it deficient in the spirit which
characterizes the "Siege Of Belgrade"