Native Bards: A Satirical Effusion: with Other Occasional Pieces

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E. L. Carey & A. Hart, 1831 - 114 strani
 

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Stran 11 - Give virtue scandal, innocence a fear, Or from the soft-eyed virgin steal a tear. * * * • * A lash like mine no honest man shall dread, But all such babbling blockheads in his stead.
Stran 39 - And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.
Stran 11 - Yet wants the honour, injured, to defend; Who tells whate'er you think, whate'er you say, And if he lie not, must at least betray; Who to the Dean, and silver bell can swear, And sees at...
Stran 57 - Principle coalum, ac terras, camposque liquentes Lucentemque globum Lunse, Titaniaque astra Spiritus intus alit, totamque infusa per artus Mens. agitat molem et magno se corpore miscet.
Stran 39 - Äthereoque recens exarsit sidere limus, Plurima cultores versis animalia glebis Inveniunt; et in his quaedam modo cœpta sub ipsum Nascendi spatium: quaedam imperfecta, suisque Trunca vident numeris: et eodem in corpore saepe Altera pars vivit, rudis est pars altera tellus. Quippe ubi temperiem sumsere humorque calorque, Concipiunt: et ab his oriuntur cuneta duobus.
Stran 17 - And first, ye Yankee Byrons, take your part, Ye mimic Harolds, feel the well-earned smart, Ye merchant Corsairs, legal Laras .... .... aspiring to attain The lordly poet's dark Promethean strain.
Stran 19 - Comfort yourselves with flaggons, courage ! cheer Your maudlin spirits with besotting beer, Go, plough your fields, teach hopeful youth, engross, Plant onions, notions vend, for gold sell dross, Vote, muster, edit journals, import tea, Make (5) Goshen cheeses, wretched rum for sea, Bad cloths, and flimsy fabrics for the mart...
Stran 38 - Ye mighty small ones, and ye little great, I'll to the task again, and try a strain, Which shall not, by your leave, be heard in vain; Again Apollo's aid I will invoke, And ply my weapon with a closer stroke, Each recreant rhymster shall behold his name, And notes and illustrations speak his shame.
Stran 18 - ... Harolds, feel the well earn'd smart, Ye, whose wild strains, and dark, defying air, Would ape the thrilling songster of despair; . Ye merchant Corsairs, legal Laras, lend An ear attentive, to a candid friend...
Stran 79 - In distant realms they stray, They weep when they think of their fallen pride, And their splendour past away. And with constant pray'r their hearts implore The God who reigns above, That again to their vows he would restore The country of their love. And shalt not mine aged eyes again Thy lovely shores behold, Delightful Spain! delightful Spain! Where my fathers dwelt of old?

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