New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-05-06
COLERIDGEIANA

From The London Athenaeum. IL,
when was in Jamaica in the year ls4!' I mee wiz
orno general practitioner OF the name OF Porter "n
was an e's nrnI M Mr. Gilmans az Highgae, ana wa'
full Of anecdotes of the poet He had wondeIu ~ ~
the marginalia written by Ooierlago on N uSSeknown
Tbera were also few pieces Of verso By him VI ,ess
have one or which have not 70 my KhoHeus'' ''''
pfn'ea iav having asked s. T. c. write in her album
he inserted very beautiful verses ne 80 20
her dissatisfaction at their containing no anasI s
self or her country-Anerica This coming ~ Soeus1
ears he said she was unworthy good one EVENING
when han asleep composed the following to e tune OF
You come from Ger the waters,
From famed Columbia's land,
And you have sons and daughmrN
And money at command
But live in an island.
Great Britain Is Its name.
With money none to buy lands
The more It is the shame
But we arc all the children
OF one great God OF Love
Whose mercy like . milldrsln.
Runs over from above.
Sugar plums and Gates;
Close your lids peeping eyss
. Bonny baby B-s"
. An answer to Swans sing before they die"
"a lest cries Jack. without sting.
Post obitum man sing
And true II Jack don't mend his Manners
And leave his Atheistio banners
Post obitum will Jack run foul
OF such sparks as can only howl
g. Epitaph on William Hazlitt.
Irnder this ston, does William Hazits lie.
Who valued nought that God or man could gfvef
He lived as II he thought to die,
He died as IL he dared not hope 70 live.
4. To Miss A. t.
Verse, pictures music thoughts both and gay,
Remembrances of dear loved friends away,
Of displaye1-
Such should thy Album be- for such art thou sweet maid
&. sapphc Ode, written for James Gilman, Jun
Here is Jem's first copy of nonsense verses.
All in the antique style OF Mistress Sappho,
saph's imitation
But we bards we classical lyric Poets,
Know O thing or two in a scuryy Planet
Don't we, nowi En- brother Horatius Flaccusf
Tip US your paw, lad
Here's TO Maecenas and the other worthless
Rich men OF England, would ye be immortal
Patronize genius giyo cash and praise 10
Gilman JacobuA
Gilman Jacobus he Of Merchant Taylors,
Minor aestate ingenio at stupenduA
ycfhHcstori
s. 7. o.
g. Acquaintance many and conquantance few,
But for inQuaintance I know only only two
Tse friend I've wept with. and the maid WOO.
and the pudding. Lamb came one afternoon week from
Enfield to Highgate TO Colerdgc and the dinner
always arranged so that II was well over before the
turn stage coach arrived 1t the door, On occasion
something had interrupted the dinner Lamb was not ready
for the coach and got into IL with his mouth full As
did 80 woman came up and said 1: there any room In
sidep "No m-my g-good woman answered Lamb.
That last ppiece OF p-puddng flled up every chnk
10. The following is printed in The Keepsake" for
1929 or $780, but has not my knowledge been repub-
ushed recognized:
To Critic who quoted isolated passage, and then do
earcd II unintelgibe.
Most candid critic, what u
BY way Of joke pluck out your eye,
And holding up the fragment cry,
"Ha, hs that such fools should bel
Behold this shspeess mass and he
Who own'd It dreamt that II could sees
The Joke mighty analytic
But shoYld you Like It candid critiol
s. T. CoLERIDGE.
g. GROVE