The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-19
A POLITICAL PRESIDENT.
John quincy Adams ~ Verse Maker and
irish Homo Ruler.


John Quincy Adams ~ Verse Maker and
irish Homo NuIer.
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dress to PRESIDENT Wilson'S ia.es. .on
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one or the prierest OF oWc'ai p'eac"v,s
ana to outward appearance one ., tne
ieast poiisneu OF Fresiuents' ln.o' % a 'o
de'iverances twice or tnrice WIN tne UT
OF an unsupported literary genius JeHer
son wrote WIN ease ana FORCE e.e III
well Address OF which washington was
at least the tituiar rather was oorH ~
national innortaiit! SieVelahu anu
roosevelt botn popnIariIeu soIne pl9uam.
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!. ,,tare.,,ny IN road The uoet,cai esyisions
os !. NAV ~ bis ancestry scboia rship and
Nautical eninence and 10 know that tho
Ola Mar ELOQUENT whose indouita bic
.n,r,, n,odo hin, NJ fouracore IA fighting
snrce In Tho nation.s ieyisia five halls. had
a ,ne,,ower sids v,hich On occasion OK
n.as.aa ,,..is IN a,,a,cur ,crsiScation
so,na,,n,as - a sar,,- h,,norous nature
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con.oi.,inns ~ an n,d ta.h,oneJ p,etv
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ha,,,r. aoc,,,a,na .ha o,,r,a, L,nydon,
and a .acr,sciai ,,onancnt he,ry recc.,
sarv e. s,a', q, thn h.aa,. undsr tho
,n,Janco ~ cour.e ~ that stock Villain
TnvnarJ seiect as tho chief sinner among
,bom moi ,hc,r ,.nyepous king or any nj
nj. ,rnrdsrous suhiects but IN. "lonp
cared beast of burden" who confesses
| that he has stretched across fence
| his head and cropped n lock Of hay:
! The council with one voice deoreed;
All Joined to execrate the deed
WHAT steal another's grass"
! The blacklist crime their lives could show
was washed as whit. a. virgin snow;
| The victim was--the ASS
m, Io,, o,,,cv Aa.ns,s .rri,c,ra,
/ ,tor, r,as tai, ~ ,s "Y,ormot MacNorroyh =.
y, Tho f,onouc., ~ Irei,nd. A. U,s,ori
| GA, raI. ~ ths Twe,fth Cen,urv In -Four
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amos punilsned IN Boston III 49, anu
Mrlleh pIesulnauy W heip W .ssvil tne
cr., ,,,ha sa,, a ha,,i. a. w, or,o.ns a.,
| , war that was over and thus laid tho
/ foundation for n nonulari,v f.r yro,tcr
! than was ever enjoyed by his Presidential,
predecessor. This epic is written in the
metre and In partial imitation OF the
/ fiippant STYLE of Don Juan"--then doubt
less the most talked OF poem of the time.
Its four cantos--"rhe Elopement." The
| Expulsion The Restoration" THE
! Conquest contain 266 stanzas, of which
! one consists of eight lines OF astcrisks, In
| accordance with the juvenile style OF
mystihcation or playing practical Jokes
upon the reader that was made popular
| BY Laurence Sterne. The first two
stanzas are among the happiest:
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The piou. patriot Of the Emerald strand,
The first deiivcycr, for a stolen bride,
| Who sold to Albion. king his native land 4:
But, countrymen Of mine. let woe bct,de
| rho man who thinks Of au.h, In, vh.p.
| In hand.