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FERDINAND FREILIGRATH . Onr Onr readers may remember that in our Christmas _GGarlauGarlaud , for 1844 , there appeared a glorious liberty _gsons , csoiur , entitled "Freedom and Right , " from the pen o ' of _acetf aceiebrated Gernwnpuet , _Fermxasd _Fbeimobath ; _wwe have have now to _rcfji-foi their attention to some _fortther _sfher . * _- _* > erimen 3 of J : is poetry , together with a few jparti' * narti < : " _- - ? - * _**"** I » u * die career , We are indebted to _iT-nts Tuts Jfj _< _jfl _** inc and the _^ tacn -sumfor the means of _E-siakissiakm ? ° » friends acquainted with the history and _IBicni-Bicriis * f this S _* _* 0 _" _* 05 I _* Wt;— ' * _FeEDISASB FlffilLIccninicnira was born in Westphalia , as one of his own jpoeniipoenis infonns us , some forty years _ayo , and appears , _safwr _lafwr _naving enjoyed _•** " - * advantage of no mean _cda-< ca : i <» cn . 'i <« ' . uarc * - * start ***! in iife with the prospect
< of bctfif bccoinins a merchant . In the prosecution of his ( o-. ttCft-. ri -crhewa 5 dra * flTOtothe great maritime cities of ' _Ht-ilslh-ilai'd mid North Germany , and there became j _faiuVifaniiii ar with the aspects of a more adventurous life , ; * -, au * with tisoscocean thoughts and wonders which fill : man ] many of his earlier poems . The stir and strangeness < of il " of th ese great _emporiuins—the wanderers , meeting _tiiijiiiiijv- 'f ™ the remotest corners of the earth , with - . atcoi accounts and productions of other zones ; thc inward _boiis _boiiii'l ships , bleached and stained with the suns and w . - . vi wares of Indian seas ; the vessels leaving harbour for com countries , the Tery names of which sound like voices in di in _drwinis to the dweller far inland ; these influences seen seem Srst to have excited the imagination , and inspu _*> spired the utterance ofthe young poet . Throughout
al ! 1 al ! liis poems may be felt a longing to roam amidst _di-it distant regions ; a wild adventurous craving to escape froi from ihc commonplaces around him , and behold , face to i * face , new scenes and more picturesque forms of est _esistuiee- We have little doubt that this natural bis Vm _<* f a highly imaginative temperament , combined wit with great _wierpy of tone , was quickened by the _ciroin _omuitances of his lite at the critical period of its ini _miellectnal development . At what precise time , . afti . after liaving first ventured forth with occasional pie pieces in newspapers and annuals , hc renounced all -M farther notions of coia * aercial life , and betook himsca _selftoHtcraiure as aprofession _, we have not learned .
liis name had "been known in Germany , as attached to several poems of striking originality , and had _¦\ _esm to be looked for as one of no ordinary promise , ¦ f or _wciic time before the appearance , about five years _aso , of thc little volume containing the first series of his collected pieces . From this moment his position was determined . "We do not know what reception the book met from critics ; it soon made itself & place , as every genuine utterance of power , early or late will , in the hearts of its readers ; and Freili-CTath , witliout influence , station , or patronage , by _ths mere life and colour of his little unfriended book , was : _rioBce placed , with universal applause , amongst -tie _Ivric poets of Germany . ' - '
Vi his earlier poetry , the same writer { in iWr _' s Mic " -mc ) says : —" The Fast , with all its niinj * led _s-ikii'Iflur aud devastation , fierce and beautiful , like tic children of its _de-jerts , seems , for some of his _Bwsfcst years , to Lave attracted him with an _impaL-e almost supernatural . The poems whieh its ii _sj-ressions have produced are certainly bis best . Jarre is something absolutely marvellous in thc reality and vividness wherewith this region , which Is-lias never visited , except in fancv , has possessed
Ill s mind . _Itseenis present to him at eTeiy moment , in aU its various features , with a distinctness that vour _r-rahmin would explain by the metempsychosis , lYr " _--tnic generations , indeed , if such , wanderimis -dee true , the migrations of the poet ' s soul might -fore been wholly amongst Berbers and "Bedouins . Us poems rustle with the waving of palms , glow _-whli the fervour of an African sky , breathe flie hot air of the desert , and fasten upon you with all the brail-less terror which overcomes a wayfarer in that ¦ _j-rfu : ' and . " In confirmation of the above wc give the following _tcrrii'le , yet beautiful picture of tic burning , _bouad-*« _-aif r-s desert : —
tftf A 3 o ' er the harbour , gay with flags , my restless eyes _a-« _-rcnderiaggo ; _Ogj Bstihiae , with laughing glances , seek the plume that droops across my brow ! « raw of thy deserts wonld I hear , while waves are _gurg-( , ¦ _, _» linground the boat ; _ggl _Cc-me . ' paint nxe something of the land from whence that _ostriteh toil was brought , " Ihoatnlt ? I shade my brow awhile beneath the hollow _i-fmyhand : •*¦ _letfi-a the _enrtain of thine eyes : Lo ! there the deserfs '" _* "lowing saad ! * " [ Re camping places of the tribe that gave me birth , thine * * exe discerns ; j ? " Ber _* -, in her sun-scorched widows-weed , around thee , . _» now , _Zaliara burns .
g _* _K 51 s travelled through the Lion-land t Of hoofs and _^^ rli-ars ye see the prints ; ¦ _Tidactoo ' s caravan ! the spear far on tbe horizon , hJt , _jonder , glints ; _^ . ¦ _FiTrkiciias - ; purple through the dost streams ont the m B Emir's princely dress ; _^ U _* - ' _—™ _*** - < ' soher statdihcod _, the camel ' s head o ' _erjjgjj B _locis & e -press . ¦ _> serried troop , where sand and sky together saelfs , they taaj hurry on ; » UMba'lv in the sulphureous mist , fhe lurid distance gulps aujB iheni down ; ¦ _T « t , l _> y the riders' track , too well ye trace the flying onward host ; _BaH thickly marked , the sand is strewn with many a rill ikiog tlieir speed has lost .
pec _IfifSrst—a dromedary , dead—a ghastly milestone , marks n _"** j l their course ; ?« died on the bulk , with naked throats , two _rnltnres revel , shriddng hoarse ; . _jjy ! a _3 ea _^ cr forthe meal delayed , yon costly turban little boa _lu _*^ _jjj _, _lasthy an Arab youth , and left in their wild journey ' s 0 fo _Otsperate speed . j i fowl-its of rich caparisons the thorny tamarisk bushes eft strew ; jS » _bdreartr , drained , and white with dust , a water-skin jnJ rent through and through :
nhi ' i he that kicks the _gni'iag thing , sa _3 forioas stares , with quivering lid ! _li-i _heKack-haired Sheik , who rales the _landof Bile dnlgaid . He d > Ktd the rear _; the courser fell , _and _^ cost him on * , and _3-: < l away ; ffly-iu- _. _hi- to his girdle hangs his favourite wife , in wild oeray ; _fcc finshed her eye , ns , raised to selle , at dawn she _jc-. uc-d upon her lord ! _K * _liirough the ivas tes he drags heron , as from a baldric ir . dls a sword . '
k sultry sand that bnt by night the lion ' s shaggy tail beats down , _aekiir of yonder helpless thing now sweeps , In tangled tresses strown ; _others in her flow of locks , burns up * her sweet lips ' _"jficydew ; i trad flint ? , with sanguine streaks , her tender dragging limbs emhrew . vl now _ih-is _^ _o-ager-E-iiT " ails t with * bo ' uing blood Ms _jmlscs strain ; is _i-ye is gorged , and on his brow , blue glistening , beats the thrcMnng vdn ; i & one derocring kiss , his last , he wakes the drooping
. _ $ jB _ Moorish child ; _-JH _^ Bheii _ffings iiinisei f ; with fn _rioua curse , down ou the red ' - _¦ r _^ B cnshe ltcrcdwila . _utajui fhe , amazed , looks round her : —Ha ! what sight ? D My lord , awake ! behold , _^ ( _" ¦ he Heaven , that seemed all brazen , how , like steel , it ,. lt _*^ K { dimmer ? , clear and cold ! : rt » _*^ P « desert ' s yellow glare is lost ! aH round the dazzling fcfl _Sght a } pears , — _( _V - _*"" _™ _- * a glitter like the sea ' s , that with Its breakers rocks
_"rt' _^ _B _eat-es , sparkles , like . a stream ! I scent its moisture s *| _B rwl from hence ; £ i _>^ _B *** _jf--ja-. -au mirror yonder gleams ! awake ! it is the _et _^^ _B _^ _ih-, perchance . _^¦ f * n < jl we travelled south , indeed : —then surely 'tis the _rf-Ttg Senegal , — 5 li !« - _^ _R can it he the ocean free , whose _bUTows yonder rise MB aud Mi * _»!¦ * tmntr ! StiU'fis water ! _^ _STake ! "MycloBk ' sale _^ yE _^ _" _** _^? flung away , — fi _^ M »» _"k _^ myiu rd ! and let _xis on , _—flila _flEadlj scorching to ! _t _^ _E' _^ - _^ _- _feo sh _^ afreshi 3 nng - |« th ,-mth life anew will , J _& m . - _? * ° a fwt - _' _-iss towering high , that distance now ! - _** - *» _wmrack'beaim-j _114
_fflW _*^? - _-teportahi gray the ci _^« i ' nbamiera , waving , _*»* » battled _ra-nparte _toagh v . m spears : its hold with jHji laosqaeandminarDt-9 pm its roads , with lofty masts , dow rocking , many a Jj _^ m calley hes ; y _fravellers crowd its rich bazaars , sad fill its caravanl _^ i _«^ ea « Iajn £ _-unt-wia _auKt" _^ lrakenp ! thetwilight _ClWL n 5 *» . Alas ! He raised his eye once more , and groaned , —It is the HE «** sm ' _dmoc"king glass ! HI _t _*» at , the play of spiteful fiends , more cruel -than tha v ctWL s ' _-a w » nJ- _* -All hearse , West / , pj _^ . _j : _ tjsevj s j oa & aeg , _sjjg _aan _^ _tjjejj _jiaggjrl . ¦ I upon his corse !
• Thus ofhi = native land the Moor in Venice haven oft won-d tdl ; _-t _Dwuienjona ' s eager ear , the Captain ' s _storythruUBg All . e started , as the gondola jarred on the qua ; with tr « miiiugprow : ' _-, aient , to her palace led the Heiress of Brabantio . In marked contrast with the atove is the following aeefnl sketch : — THi _^ _GSEEE CQl . AT TUE FAU . 0 let me , _maia * from Xante ' s isle ! oa
0 ° _^ M A moment thy trinkets ponder : " _ff'H Around the Gi * man ' s brow , awhile , _i vm
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Thy phials , _well-hnprisoned _, hold --Rare scents from Sastera spring and nature—By thee on Baltic shores are sold NatohVi balms and Persian attar ; Sweet rosewood ' s fleeti _03 unctuous dew ; Rich grains of incense that Azir bore , — From ftagdat camels brought them to The Golden Horn ' s thick-masted harbour . In marts beyond the Adrian Sea , From southern wanderers hast thou bought them ; From _Stau'boul and t _' aliipoli For sale in northern lands hast brought them . Thy moving show-room _ghtteringfles , _Beshone with rays from crystal glasses ; Gay as the peacock ' s changeful eyes , The counter glows with painted _cn-tea And thou behind them _goest thy wav—
-Good fortune speed thy _wat . _deiinss erer I Slim as the shy gazelles that stray-By Taunus on Karasa's river . Blue turbaned , tressed with raven hair _. Thy placid forehead thought attires : See ' st thou in fancy the "bazaar Of Smyrna , and its white veiled buyers ! Dream on ! of other scenes and days , And travels long , and distant places ! What would I ! Ask ' st thou ! Only praise Thy smile , and watch thy native graces ! The above _pieco are from his first collecti ( a ef poems , before he became allied with Young _Gena-ayy . The first edition was soon exhausted , and further editions called for . A further tribute to bis merit was bestowed , unsolicited , upon the author , in thc form of a pension from the King of Prussiain
, 1 B _42 . Although the genuine liberality of _Fbeiuobatu ' s political principles was never doubted , he had , up to 1844 , avoided any connection with Young Germanv . Though not blind to the evils afflicting his country , nor insensible of the grievances of which Ins brother _lihinelinders complain , still the turmoil of politics and the strife of paitizanship appears to have had no charm in his eyes ; and the probability is , thathe would have remained contented with his mist-ion as a poet , without adding thereto that ofthe politician , but for a wanton exerciseofpoweronthepart _ofthcodions censorship , whichroused liim to resistance , and ultimately drove him to choose his side , and cast his lot witit the people and against the government .
The grievances complained of by thc German people subject to the Prussian monarchy are anything out imaginary . The general complaint is to the effect that the constitution , nromised in return for the national efforts iu 1813 , has been withheld ; that thc hones of a more liberal policy , thrown out by the present monarch at his accession , have been found deceptive ; that the government persists in treating the people as children , and insists on doing all "for , and nothing b y them "—and therefore _retrains , in the most vexatious manlier , the freedom of speech and writing ; the latter by a censorship—the former by persecution of all whe dare to cry out against political abuses . It is , moreover , a ground of bitter
complaint , that the Court personally related to the Russian Autocrat , leans decidedly in its political friendships towards that hated power , and zealously represses every syllable of comment on thc atrocities it has committed , or the encroachments and violences itis supposed to lie still meditating . The Shinelanders—and Freiligrath is onc—complain , too , of special grievances , and have their own peculiar discontents . To all who can write—and their name is legion—the censorship ia the most provoking and " unbearable of all the powers of the Prussian despotism , and that of Cologne especially , is very strict and tyrannical . Jt was its interference with thc poem wc now give which occasioned _Fseiugra _to _' _s -revolt : —
FL 0 _WZS 3 . Flowers crowd on flowers the undying human tree ; By laws eterne tliey spring successive forth . Here , still as one may pale and waning be , There , full and glorious , springs another birth . A ceaseless coming and a ceaseless going-, And not an hour inert and fixed both wait ; _Tfe see them strown on earth , or newly blowing , And every bloom a people and a state . Even we behold , who go on feet scarce aging , Some dying down , and others rifled sore . Before our eyes the Steppe's vulture raging _. The Polish rose with greedy talons tore . Stern on her way , the leaves of Spain among , Goes History , roaring—say , is she to sink ? Must yonder other , weak and ca . nket ' ii long , Bestrew the Bosphorus , crashing from its brink !
Bnt near this fading one , which from the bough , The spirit of time , with giant force , is shaking , See , joyous , cyc-bright , full of sap and glow , To light and life new impulses are breaking ! How rich the shooting growth on every hand ! * _Vy _* hat stir in "branches , old and new , is rife ! How many a hud even we have seen expand , How many hurst aloud , in pride of Ufe ! And now , thank God ! within the German bud Stirs something , too , that seems about to _tra-rat , Fresh as our Herman by the "Weser flood , Fresh as from "ffartburg Luther saw it , erst An impulse old ! but over newly swelling , But still athirst the sunny beams to taste ; But evermore of spring and freedom telling—0 ! will the hud become a flower at last ! .
Tea , fall of bloom I So ' ye will cease to hinder "What mus £ have room to burgeon , free and glad ; If or deem what nature brings , than nature blinder _. Mere noxious growth , and suckers wild and bad ; So ye will look that no rank mildew sears The noblest leaves , forbids tho germ to grove ; So ye will cast away the "list and shears—If so—ay , thus alone , methinks—if so ! Thou who the folded bloom expanding loosest , 0 breath of spring ! for us breathe hither , too _. Thou who all nations' sacred germs uncloses !* , 0 breath of spring . ' on ours benignly blow ! Oh , from her deepest , stillest sanctuary , Kiss her awake , to scent , and shine , and bloom ! Lord God Almighty ! what a flower of glory , This Germany , 'fore all , may yet "become !
Plovers crowd on -Sowers , tho _nndying human tree _} Bv _laiVS eteme they spring successive forth . Here still , as one may pale and drooping be , There , full and glorious , springs a newer birth . A ceaseless coming , and a ceaseless going—And not aninstant still and dead may stand . Vfe see them strown on earth , or newly blowing , And all this future hides the Almighty hand . The second stanza , " as containing ft reflection upon a power in friendly relations with Prussia , " was struck out of this piece when sent for publication to the Cologne Journal ; and the protest on the subject which the author addressed to the _sunremecourt at Berlin was declared unfounded . This decided tho poet's course . His first act was to _relinquish the pension bestowed upon him by the Prussian King . He next devoted some six months ( of tho past year )
to tho composition of poems—all having the same purpose—to announce to his German countrymon his esponsal of what he had learned to regard as the people ' s cause . When a sufficient number had been completed to make a volume , it was secretly p rinted at Maintz ; and , as soon as it waa ready to appear , the poet , persuaded that he could no longer -remain at home in safet y , shook thc dust from hia feet , and sought au asylum in Brussels . It was fortunate he did so , as it is stated that the King of _Prusaia himself signed the order for the poet ' s arrest . _Tfcesuccess of his " Confession of Faith , "' as his . volume is styled , has been very great . Sevea thousand copies were sold very shortly , although , the Government did _^ ite best to suppress thc work . _FKBixioniia ' a fraternisa tion -with Young Germany haa been an occasion of no small triumph tb that party , and of at least equal mortification to the court and its adherents .
The following , the first announcement of Fbbiligrath _' s enlistment in the army of Young Germany , is conveyed in a very picturesque form . According to old tradition , the neighbourhood of the-lovely Laacher See , in the Diichy of Berg ( where the poem begins ) , "was the scene of Genoveva s retreat from the croelty of her husband . The Nun ' s hand , which is supposed to appear from the waters , is also an apparition belonging to the place : —
coon xoaHnro !' Down I gased from Elifel ' s ridges wooded , As the moon at fall the clouds ' gan "break ; Far , and dazzling white , her lustre flooded - Laach ' _s monastic -walls and tranquil lake . Gently breathed low winds along the valley , Leaves and sedges whispered round the strand i From the flood aro 3 e , and beckoned , palely Fair and slim , the Sun's mysterious hand ! ¦ Like a flower afar It glimmered whitcly , Kose and fell as heaved the water slow , Sound it mirrored stars were floating brightly — Were they charmed from heaven to shine below ? Still tlic _spotleSB hand the sign repeated : Shuddering swelled the wavo with surging flow ; lights unearthly through the branches fleeted ; O ' er the cross way leapt the frightened roe .
Tf as * i the Hind , that Genoveva mourning , Long attended , and her tears consoled I 0 ! there seized me'thus a sore" sweet yearning For the holy Fable-world of old ! Nearly , then , the pallid hand obeying , Jlad I followed , to its magic cell : But ; -with force awaked , myself arraying 'Gainst myself , I rose above the spell . Lake and abbey , spires of rock and turret , Wood and vale where Genoveva mourned ; from the scene , with moonlight glancing o ' er it , Witli one look , my last , I thinly turned . -Hastening thence ,- by shaded paths , while ever On the leaves the wildering moonbeams lay ; Toward the morning , and my native river ;—From the night , to welcome in the _dafc ! So for real life I left my dreaming ;
Shades and ghoits forsook witbotrt sigh J- * -fonder , lo ! in joyous sunlight gleaming , "tteen _, and broad , un < 2 green , tiie Shine . rcJhed hy J
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Bushed the Rhine;—and life in motion met me ! Yes ! these shores to life my heart invite Nor , like those I left , extend to greet me , Spectral hands , and lifeless fingers white . No I the grasp of welcome _uudissembling , From that people ' s frank and faithful hands , That , with reverence due , but never trembling , By the mark , resolved , for justice stands , 0 ! it chased , with ghosts and idle yearning , All of night that on my bosom lay . To my nation , then , I bade ' Good morning i » Kext , God wiiling , shah I bid " Good day !" So , "Good -morning . " Free I choose my station With the people , and their cause make mine . " Poet , march and labour with thy nation . ' " Thus I read , to-day , my Schiller ' s line . Here is an arrow shot at the _cc-asot _' _soffice _. labelled
WHIS ? Some headsmen , lately , says the paper , In honest r : _* ge have thrown Away the sword aud fatal wrapper , Aud said— " Enough ! ' tis done ! A voice within oar souls cries Harrow ! We hear it , and give o'er _. Behead your thieves yourselves to-morrow' . We'll head and hang no more !" 0 ! when shall fate so bless the German , That ye who fill a worse Than hangman ' s charge , shall so determine And spurn what freemen curse 1 And from you hurl the butchering cleaver , And cry " We loath the stain : TJnlimb us if yon will ; but—never That shame , at least , again !" Ko ! let him be by Germane rated
From hence , bat knave and coivard , "Whose frigid stabs have mutilated The _-onpioteeted word ; "Who dares to touch the chosen genius Of all that ' s born most free ; _TTho to tiie soul , that God within us , Thc hangman ' s groom will be . ' If mind be such a dangerous matter , _Sobeit ! Mind attack . Against it , with your ordnance-batter , With squadrons , charge and hack _. But we , our scissors flingidevoted To Kline ' s indignant 6 Weep : — Ko German now , with _farai unspotted , The censor ' s name will _kaep !•
That the inhabitants of tho lower Rhine att thoroughly German in their feelings * was sufficiently evidenced a few years ago when the Gallic gore-andglory-mongers were vapouring about ; " regaining the frontier ofthe Rhine ; " this anti-Frenob feeling , together with the national hatred of Russia , is Well shown in the following admirable _poam : _"—'
THE TWO TUGS , A _Mosel dogger on the "Rhine ! 'Twas towed up stream ; the horses psflted ! _. And forward , _buttering in tbe shine , The hoisted ensign boldly flaunted ; Long-streaming landwards over head , The finest colours , fresh nnd galliard _, — Blue , as I lire ! then white , and red , In upright stripes , too , down the halyard !' I stopped , with wondering eyes thrown wid ' e _•* While from the craft , in saucy chorus , The Frenchmen hailing , loudly cried : " Ay ! look ! the tricolor flies o ' er us _!" So ! to -myself I growled , —keep still 1 At home it seems you yet speak German ; Lorrainers , hound from Tltiouville , For France need scarcely make such stir , men X
Therewith I let the pennon go ; And soon the hanging branches hid it _. Here , on onr Rhine , no welcome , though , As God ' s my witness now , I bid it ! And meant it aught , upon these banks , Than peace , as borne on yonder gabbard , I'd join its foemen in the ranks , When German steel has left the seaboard Let home and country still be first ! But theu—no word of _blind-eyed rancour - The flag we prize ; and that it burst For freedom way in France , may thank her . Even now 'tis wet with July Wowl ;—Say where was nohler shed , or bolder ? So , though we'll watch it close— 'tis good To have a gallant toe to shoulder .
And thus , _whue keeping France at bay , "With knitted brows , we still esteem her . — At evening ' s close that very day Down stream tliere rushed a Cologne steamer , Which fluttering in tbe twilight bore Displayed , the royal bud of Prussia , And near it , sable spread on or , The eagle double-necked of Russia , That eagle black , which lately tore The * white one's heart with talons savage : The same that now screams hovering o ' er Free mountain holds , in lust to ravage : The same that from its frozen nest Gloats ever round with eye ungated ; And , symbol fit for tyrant ' s crest , Of all that's free is feared and hated !
The same that basely broods , e ' en now , As catch-pole , on our country ' s borders . To whom , though less than friend—a foe _. At heart , —we kneel , and sue for orders ! "Whose cunning seeks , as friend and guest , Our eagles in his snares to bury ; And found in every German nest , A mission from thc Cahnuck eyiy . The same ! For tbis , his bark to-day Upon our vine-clad Rhine he launches ; And wings fur Holland , on his way From some of his Germanic branches _. For this , loud flapping—silly fowl ! Oar eagle speeds to meet him , whirring , And both fly downwards , cheek by jowl—As if tbey both one aim were Hearing 1
I _sconTd indignant o er the strand ! Thou , Germany ! the Steppe's vassal ! Thou with Siberia hand in hand ? Thou hear a _CulmucK ' s train aud tassel ! Thou to the Pole-assassin Gzar Kneel down , in fervour of subjection ; On Bbina his son and eagle dare Salute with volleys of affection ? Ay ! how they coo , and smirk , and grin ! Ay ! what a cloud of wafted kisses ! Good journey t ' ye ! whate'ex yon win , Were sure to pay—Vf hat slavery this ls
Go ! hut the Rhine this greeting sends—Though kings may play at love and favour , The people never will be friends ! The people- will be foes for ever ! Thou patient stream , that bear * _st the brag Of every ensign , French or Russian !' 0 ! had ' st thou but a German flag In every port from lake to ocean ! One German nation ' s—prompt to check The Gallic cock ' s too saucy crowing _. And prouder from its haughty neck The "Russian eagle ' s favour throwing t
No wonder _FR-eiUGBAin has made a perjured king tremble , when hc _putsfinto the mouth of PnssWa most famous monarch the ' foUowing bold sentiments : —' It chanced the other day in Heaven : uprose the King , old Fritz , And rubbed his hands , and snuf & d the air _l and smote bis Lilt by jits ; - 8 tiodetoand fro , and glowered round wtth , fiery looks , and grim , And straight drew up where Blucher 8 toodj . and Hew von Stein by him . * To Zicthen , too , and Winterfeldt , he beckoned to diaw
near , . They hastened up , and Gneisenau behind " mem did appear ; ¦ _Schwerin , tho marshal , came ; and Keith ,, and ScbMmhorat heard tlm call ! Till Prussia ' s heroes , old and new , were gathered , ono and all . Kow when he saw them mustered do , "A _tnouaflnd plagues , " he said , 'Ii turns me fairly crazy ; zounds ' . that I should now be dead !
That , deuce of all ! I cannot rise this Instant in Berlin I 'Twer _» the very time for mo again ! "What ! is tt no * _Schwcrinl « _I'dgrasp it to ' some purpose * - —ha _f— no more aa Autocrat , ... . No , sirs ! not now—new times aro come , that need a newer state . Why , even the _lyht I shed , was new , and made to quick ablaze , It nearly passed my power to guide ; as mighty aa I wn » I ' _Koi ' sirs ! but what I did by words , I mad * inaction
seen ; And all that mighty period since , that dates from _ye _»» thirteen , Would serve but as a groundwork ( true , a broad , in * posing base !} , Whereas to-day , with bold design , a modern stale Vi raise . " For Modern Time , that more demands than _trtflchery and cheat : For modern time , that moro demands than _ttet wd mere deceit - — Tha * Mks , and more will hare , at hist , than _poraai ) and ( jouadcando ,
That asks to "breathe at last , and will breathe deep and freely too ; "Good Lord ! this cheated Germany ! And none to avenge its wrong ! And none to help it to its right , by fraud withheld w > long ! Each promise sworn to it , and broke , severely to exac , — Tread "Earsbad under foot , and spurn Vienna ' s selfish pact ! «« I'd do it ! how their protocols and snares ftb hand should maul ! States of the realm- _* one German Law—free Justice seen of all ;
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Andspeechfor alias free ! By _Heavon ! thu 3 would I ¦ clear the ring-Aye ! thorough would I drive , by Jove ! ao sure as I ' m the King ! " That were a bomb ! What then ? It might run cross a year or so ; But all would come to right at last : I'd end it well , I know _. And if the storm did gather round , and thunder , fire , and blood . Why I , a King , would Kings defy for such a _peoples ' good ! "And when the storm was laid , how full oi sua the land would be ! A free united happy land , a great strong Germany ! Thus after storms the rainbow hangs the shifting clouds beyond—And Kings the people ' s conipaet sign—a real German bond !
" For a noble stream thc people is ; who dares his life confide To its strong wave , and scan its depths , and boldly trust its tide ; . _. With joyous souiid it bears aloft , and float 3 him bravely on ; And only sweeps , without remorse , the weak and coward doivn . "Andme 'twould bear : —me , too , ' twould speed—Ha ! Blucher ! is ' t not so ? Another age the people ' s King—even more than mine should know ! And when I died , they ' d mourn my loss , and bless my name aloud . " * - Aye , would they , please your M < ijesty ! " the heroes said , and bowed .
The reviewers , both in the Athenmum and _Toit ' s _Jfagasine , deplore the fact thnt FnniMGRAxu has become a political poet . In the former of these publications the reviewer says— " We need not discuss the opinion of those who maintain that every poet should be an organ for the spirit of his time , and , therefore , lend his voice and arm to its civil interests . * * * This is not our creed : we believe that another vocation is designed for both the poet and his work : — that hc is apt to go astray in the troubles of party , that rougher weapons may suffice for this strife , and that the sweet voice of song was not made for its harsh discords . * * * 'J'hore may , indeed , be occasions when even the singer , for the sake of his convictions and tho love of his country , may be forced , in evil days , upon a struggle , in wliich his muse is
all soiled and tattered ; but the lovers of his art , allowing that such cases may arise , will nt least be permitted to lament that there should be times in which this sacriSee of his peculiar gifts may become a painf » l duty . " The reviewer in Tail takes a like view of the Question ' , but fortunately answers himself , and , indeed , his brother objector too . " Hc admits that—¦ Ehe reniay be better nimir even tlian _tliellii'lieStposMc _**! - _excellence , gsod as that aim- may be , There may be tirc . es , in whicli it is the duty of every honest man to give up all else for the " -indication of what he believes tobe just asd right . Th * poet who hears a call from above , orderisg him to _taks yart in the warfare for a holy cause ; and who , thereupon ) , putting oft' hi ** - shining garments , clothes himself in _tlie- _* dress fitted for' a rode struggle , is an objccSof _ailmiratioitof a nobler _kind-than his peculiar vocation eould have entitled him to _.
_Surelyauch "times' "" aro _thopresus _*; surely the " occasions" allowed by the Atiienamm exist at this juncture ;• when the great German people , divided and _separated , are made the prey of contemptible beggarly princes , whoso wretched tyrannies are only endured _besause propped up by the bayonets of the Austrian aud-Prussian despotisms ; when-those despotisms are allied with tho bloody autasracy of _Itussia to stem the progress of free principles * ,- making Germany the informer , gaoler , and executioner of Polish , Italian * , and Swiss liberty ; when Jdn < _58 have violated the solamn pledges , onthe faith of whieh the millions poured out their blood like water to- save those regal perjurers ; when the _wcaltli-producejaare driven to insurrection by lack of bread , and cannon
and chains are the-only remedies-prescribed for their sufferings ; when tho German mind Is chained down by a tyrannical censorship , and all its aspirations for the right , the good ,-and thc true ,, are choked by the strong red-hand of kingly tyranny j when , in short , the muzzle is on tho mouth , the sword hews down the pen , patriots languish in prison , and poets sing the strains oftheir father-land in exile—aarcly these are days when the bard may not' ouly be permitted to throw himself into thepolifcical arena to combat for the right ; but more thau that , hc is surely enjoined to do so , if he would not be a traitor to his most holy trust—a renegade to the mission for whieh heaven has endowed hhn with a gift the most glorious humanity can know .
Wc protest against the doctrine that poets , when they take to political themes , necessarily make a sacrifice of their genius . The writer in Tait should remember Burns' " Scots wha hac wi' Wallace bled , " which has made the name of its author familiar from Indus to the Pole , and , strange as it may appear , it is tliis hymn—anti-English though it bethat of all his lyrics is the best known and appreciated in England . Again , it is _CAsimsET-A' 9 political pieces ou Poland , Greece , & c , particularly his " Pleasures of Hope , " a political production from beginning to end , which will mainly cause his name to oe remembered in the list of British poets . " Some ofthe best productions of the . first of Irish poets , Moorr , arc notoriousl y political — even _"Lalla Rookh"is brimful of politicsundertherose . _Siteixet ' s noblest production , " Queen Mab , " is a manifesto
against the present order of things political , social , and reli ious , and it is well known that this was not his only political production .. Turning to other countries , it will not be disputed that the only poets America has yet produced , whose effusions arc destined to live , arc those who have devoted themselves to tho Auti-Slavcry cause . The writers in the Atiienceum and Tait must have altogether forgotten BsiusGEn , the prince of political poets ; and , lastly , where ia there a piece of poetical composition which has the world-wide tame of the Marseillaise Hymn ? But we _mti 3 t conclude : before we do so , however , we cannot resist the temptation to repeat _Fbeiliobath ' s beautiful hymn "Prcedom and Eight . " Our readers , we dare say , will not quarrel with thc repetition , particularly as the following is a different translation to that which appeared in our Christmas Garland : —
KEEDOJf AUD _BIOHT . Oh ! . say not , believe not , the gloom of tbe grave Por ever has closed upon Freedom ' s glad light , For that sealed are the lips of the honest and brave , And the _scorners of baseness are robbed of their right-Though the true to their oaths into exile are driven , Or , weary of wrong , with their own hands have given Their blood to their jailers , their spirits 1 o Heaven—Yet immortal is Freedom , immortal is right _. Freedom and Eight ! Let us not be by partial defeats disconcerted ; They will make the grand triumph more signal and bright ; Thug whetted , our 2 enl will bo doubly exerted , And the cry be raised louder of Freedom and Right ! For these two are one , and thoy mock all endeavour . Of despots their holy alliance to sever , Whero there ' s Right bo ye sure there are freemen , and
ever , Where freemen are found will God _prosper the Right . Freedom and Right ! And let tliis thought , too , cheer us—moro proudly defiant The twins never bore tliem in fight after fight , Never breathed forth a spirit more joyous and buoyant , Making heroes of dastards in nature's despite . "Round _themde cavtl * . _tos ' _i- 'i _laave ' & n & g > _tiieiv _vacBange they ' ve spoken , And nations leap up at the heart-thrilling token ; For the serf and the slave they have battled , and broken - The fetters that hung upon black limbs and white _., . Freedom and Right !
And battle they still , where the voico of eartn _* sorrow Tellsof wrongs to avenge , of oppressors to s ' _thHA _* ; ' _* ' And _conmierors this day , or conquered to-morrow , Fear ye not , in the end tbey will conquer outright . O ! to seo the bright wreath round their victor brows shining , All the leaves that are dear to tho nations combining , Erin's shamrock , tho olive of Hellas entwining With the oak leaf , proud emblem of Germany ' s might ! Freedom and Right ! Thero are sore aching bosoms and dim eyes of weepers Will be gathered to rest ere that day see tho light ; But ye two will hallow the graves of the sleepers ,
01 ye blest ones Vie owe to them , Freedom- and Right ! Fill yOur glasses meanwhile : —To tbe hearts that were urae , boj 8 , To the cause that they loved when the storm florce 3 t : blew , boys , tfho had wrong for thoir portion , but won right for you , boys , Drink to them , tothe Right , and to Freedom through Right ! Freedom through Right ! Not for his own profit—not for hia own peace—not for his individual prosperity , _FRKiuQUilra has taken his stand with the many against _tho-fe ** .-- He has done so , not moved thereto by a boyish impulse , which , the first flush of enthusiasm over , might leave _, him a changed man . At the mature _ase . of forty .
he has decided , after long deliberation , that it was a duty he __ owed to his country and mankind to make tho sacrifice of renouncing all for liberty ,. _4 nd _, heroie- > _ttlly the offering has been made . Like all poets , he is , we believe , not too rich in the world' s wealth * , yet he has renounced his pension . like all Germansand especiall y German poets—helo » ed his home _,. yet that home and , country ne has forfeited . Bis disinter ested conduct and his great ' genius combine to make his accession to Young Germany » matter of vast importance to that party , -and ot scarcely less importance to thc general cause of Freedom . Honour to _FKRwifASD _FiaiwoiurH t His h « me inicribod upon tho listof their •' household _gods _^ wffl be revered bythe losers- of lihwtv . in . a )! B » tion »; and Englishmen will certainly , nob be the last to do homage to the Poet of the Rhine .
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TUE _ORPHAN ; OR , MEMOIRS OF MATILDA . —Parts VIII . and IX . L ' y _Ei'ok . ve Sue . London : T . C . _Newby , f 2 , Mortimer-street , Cavendishsquare . This is a wonderful book : wc loathe tlte subjectwe arc pained beyond all power of expression at _raiding tho perusal of tales of horror whicli wc would faill bclicVC llOt to bo possible , yet wo are constrained to read on . Tho revolting pictures of male and female monsters , drawn by thc author , although we have never known such—and , we trust , never shallare , we fear , portraits of no imaginary beings , but those of actual living , wretches spawned into being by the impurities of fashionable life , and the vices of our social system . The knowledge which M , Sue evidently possesses of the female heart is most amazing . _woxxs ' a LOVE .
Oh ! there is in the invincible love of woman a feeling of magnificent charity—too exalted for the intelligence and faculties of the vulgar to comprehend . The more a woman suffers , the more desirous is she to spare suffering to him who _ocni-sioa- * _ht-r oxxn , and she puts in practice with a pious resolution , that precept of tiie gospel , which is so sublime a one in its simplicity , " Do not unto others what you would not should be done unto you . " _BVSBASD AND WIFE . — THE CUSTOMS OF SOCIETY DESl'BCCriVE OF LOVE ASD HAPri . _VESS , And you would irish that it should be iron . ' yon ! _aheays you . ' so that at last both you and I should be covered with ridicule" ! Ah , madame , if you bad noi a maimer SO freezing and disdainful , you would !>< : sufficiently
surrOunfM to fold many an arm instead of mine—ihere are a thousand little innocent coquetries perfectly allowable in the world by which a woman is permitted to seek amongst the men who surround her those attentions which a husband could not shew without being pointed at—but no ! you shew a degree of sullenness and hauteur that drives away every one from you . _And—taeii—you complain of being isolated ! If I were to do as you do , what would become of mc , I should be one of those un . happy , jealous husbands , who never speak to a woman , never budge from the entrance of the door . * * # * And what is the consequence ? That those kind of husbands are ridiculed . 0 , my dear , for you and for myself , I am quite decided always to avoid acting in that manner .
" And so , " I exclaimed with bitterness , " I am to submit without complaining to these strange laws of society , whieh consider it a sovereign impropriety in a kusbxnd to occupy himself with his wife , ami to pay those attentions to her which he lavishes upon others ! Singular custom which impresses , as it wcre , the stamp of good breeding upou the appx-arar . ee of infidelity , which brands with ridicule every _Wiiuiate nnd natural attention ' , "
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_PUNCH-Pari XLVIII . London : Punch Office , S 3 , Fleet-street . " Midsummer is come , and with all its other glories —its sun and flowers—the pomp of groves , and garniture of fields—brings with it that additional blessing to the human family—another volou * of Punch . " " And mankind—it delights us to avow the ennobling truth—mankind is touched with gratitude for the felicity ! Mr . Gibuok , who wrote about those homicidal and burglarious rascals , the Romans , deemed it a matter for his especial thanks , that he was born the member of a civilised nation—that hc was not born a _Ilotfcts'tot _G-uao-v _, to be ¦ jinlled wilh ovine offal—not au Exquimaux Cronos , with a
fishbone through his nostrils—but an English _Gicno _* _** _, inheriting the decencies of broad cloth and silken hose , _and-privileged ' for rump steaks and port , like any other'Christian gentleman . In the like way let the present generation of men express a rapturous thanksgiving that they live in the printing days of Pvnch ! _kefc them , however , not be vain , glorious , or arrogant in their happhieas . No , whilst the small tear of gratitude twinkles in tlieir right eye for a peculiar blessing , let them think with mournful pity —with affectionate tenderness , on the benighted condition of their forefathers . For they , poor souls ,
lived not m thc typographic days ot 1 ' u . _nch ! Sucli is the opening ot" tho preface to the eighth volume of Punch , which closes in this part ; in which is also contained thc first number of the ninth volume . The whole preface—which by the by , instead of _preceding the volume , comes in at the conclusion , but all things are allowable to _Puxich—is excellent , and we arc strongly tempted to give it entire , but cannot find room . The contents of this part , both literary and artistic , arc all that could be desired . From the first number of the volume now commenced , we give the following excellent article 5—
THB ARGUMEHT OF ME PISTOL . Mr . Roebuck has , at least , done one good thing . He has caused a great fall in the price of duellingpistols . In a few years , and such social instruments will be only ao much old iron . Uair-triggcrs , at least a few samples , will be preserved by the Aleyricks and other virtuosi among the weapons of a by-gone time- _* -of an extinct age of barbarism . They will take their place with thc scalping knife of the lledMan . A few nights since Mr . Roebuck , in his place in the House of Commons , flung some hard words at thc
Irish Repeal Members and their great Uiam , U Oonnell . There are few who can deny the truth of the assertions of the Member for Batli : but _^ then , it is said , truth is not to be spattered about in the material of dirt . The Irish Repeal -Members—the mild " _siicking-dovc' } " of Conciliation Hall—thc orators , who when speaking of the Saxon , link nameless phrases together—pretty and innocent as chains of daisies made by children—these , the sensitive and soft-spoken , when truth is to be dealt out upon them , would have it very mild and sweet , indeed ! They woidd invoke Truth , as the poet invokes Spring : —
• Veiled in a shower of roses , soft descend , ' And when truth comes not in such odoriferous stream , but in a shower of mud—the sufferers , on the instant , shout for gunpowder to sweeten them from what tliey call tho pollution . An Irish llcpealer may deal in the syllables " miscreant "— ¦• liar " —" coward "" renegade "— 'traitor ; " no word can be too dirty for his tongue when assailing thc Saxou ; when , however , comes thc turn of the Saxon to reply , hc must respond after Carnival-fashion ; with nothing harder than sugar-plums . A sweep attacks you with _liandfuls of soot from a bag that seems inexhaustible , —
and you are not to take thc fellow by the collar , and shake him into sonic sense of decency * . no , you ave to fling nothing at him more offensive than egg-shells filled with - rose-water . If you do , his honour is hit ; his ermine-skinned reputation is stained , and" blood and wounds ' . "—he roars for pistols ! Mr . Roebuck thus denounced the Repeal worshippers of O'ConneU : — "Those who follow such a leader deserve little respect either for their position or their intellect . " whereupon , the gunpowder Member for Sligo , Mr . Somers , writes a note to Mr . Roebuck
asking"Are you prepared to justify these words [ these words are underlined )! The meaning of the words I have underlined I am sure you are too well read iu thc old histories of chivalry to misinterpret . " Ha , Mr . Somers ! thc days of such chivalry , if not gone , are fast going : for Mr . "Roebuck—vulgar man I —does not submit himself to the chance of being killed for speaking a hard , unpalatable verity , but calls up the letter-writer before the House for breach of privilege , and is praised and patted on the back by the Prime Minister and others for his true courage . Whereupon , _& r . Seniors does not offer a pistol at Mr . Bcebuck , but an apology , * . _*? - wiser and a better thing . It has been urged , that since Mr . Roebuck will not fight , he ought not , by his abusive powers , to render
himself obnoxious to a challenge . __ Mr . Roebuck is no general favourite of ours . He is too " splenetic and rash "—besides being a little too much tainted with the conceit that he was sent into thc world as the world ' s sole Mentor .. We do sot always approve of Mr . Roebuck's _language : certainly , werc we to select an epithet for him , we should not borrow that applied to Homer ; no we , should not call him " thc poldeh-mouthed" Roebuck . But this defect , wc submit , is the greatest argument against the sheer folly , the inexpressible stupidity of duelling . Wo will suppose Mr . Roebuck to possess ten times 1 \ _5 b present amount of vituperation : we will imagine him to be worthy the envy of _eycil O'Connell llilDSulf : wc will think thc member for Bath asort of human cuttle-fish , blackening , when hc lists , all around him .
Well , had he even Irish charity to defend his bad words by a worse -weapon , tho pistol—wonld not tho man he had recklessly , most unjustly abused , be a fool" of honour , " still a fool—to give his libeller the chance of shooting him lie had outraged ? Thank heaven t the opinion of thc world is fast becoming a surer _testof a nian ' s honour , than hair-triggers . At thc moment we write , there lies another victim to tiie ' stupidity " of " gentlemanlike satisfaction . " Another duelli _4 tlie » in' _--- bisbloody shroud . " From the evidence of Mrs . Hawkey on the inquest , we coincat a strange code of honour recognised in the Army : She states that the victim , Mr . Seton , followed her with , dishonourable importunities ; in the coiirse of which he
_ebscrved" "Whatever your husband says to me , I shall not go outwithbiia ; . iti & _hnpossiblo _^> r a _cawS-j * _wcu to wi * himdf up _ttafft an infantry : man . " Thus , an adulterer—a scoundrel of any dye—according t » this precious code , is not to give what lie himself considers gentlemanly satisfaction , if he , the villain * bo a " a » Yalry man . " Hb is to he saved frompanishraeutby his horse . Tho argument is unworthy , ofthe intelligence even ofthe quadruped I Tha last few "days have done mortal harm to thc prineible of " gentlemanly satisfaction . " Potentates have in their time caused " Ultima ratio remim . to be iasijribedon their murderous cannon . Ihe . last _awiimeht of kings 1 " In lika maimer public opinion I •» fa-it tracing on the duelling-pistol- Ultima ratio I « ufa > r «» i . ' The last argument of fools I—Punch .
* A new volume just commencing affords a favourable opportunity for now subscribers toonroU their names ih thc list of Punch ' s iriends . Wc hear from _yc-y "ved _puthcrily thai tne snlo of _Fuucii m of hie _wmwdii iswtswl _* . tab fi & _Jas _& s _^ _TO _asesa &
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OLD IRELAND AXD V 0 U . NO IBELAXD . An Irish Leaeud . Bu Barney Maguire . Asy now , boys , and I'll tell ye a story . _T _" cro _waff wanstupon a time a tundhvrin' big joiant called Haa that kep' all Ireland under his thumb , and did just as he _plasfid without axin auy body ' s lave but his own . A schaming ould fellow he was bv all accounts , for , though he was big an' usly enough to aim aa honest living , ho liked far neither to go shooting * about the country , with a bag at his back , beggm * ha ' pence up and down from the poor people "for the ? love of God and Ould Ireland * , though 'twas well known he didn't care a _t / _'raiwiccnf for the onc or tha
other . Thin , if any body daarcd to refuse giving liim something towards "the rint , " aa he _uscdtocaU the money he gathered this way , he'd abuse him and call hini all manner of ondacent names before the neighbours , and so , bedad , betuno blarneying and bullying , he got the upper hand of the people _antirely and lived like a fightin' cock , ating anil _uhrinking of thc best , and splittin' his sides laughing at the poor fools that he humbugged to their very faces , well . at last he got as impKlent and owdacious as a tinker ' s dog , saving your presence , nnd nothing would sarvo him but a tine house , which he called " _Consillyationhall , " by way ofa sly joke agin thc 5 % cruthe ' rs that built it for him .
Thero he sat furninst the door , ns bould as bull beef , with an ould Tnra-hill caubcenl on his head , and a harp in his Sst , playing up " Tho Hepale Jigg , " and talking all sorts of raivmawsli _^ stories about "Ould Ireland" and " llerrydethorrary bonsmin . _'" In course , the faster hc played the faster came in " thc rint , " and maybe he didn't hiiiuoXir tiie music , and twingic the strings ofthe ould harp tip and down , and in and out , and Wk ' ards ami for _' _anl _.- _* , till he had half Ireland dancin' " The Reple Jigg . " Hows ' ever . there was a boy that the ould joiant liad hired to clane his shoes , anil go round with the hat to collect " the rint ; " this chap ' s name was " Young Ireland , " and well becomes him . He takes tuiidaya into his head that he could play " The _Kopalc Jigg " as well as Han himself , and so onc day hc ccmes up to him where ho was - . itfin' fair an' asy upon the throaty-stone of Limerick , timing liis harp , and , " Give us that harp , Dan , " says he .
" What for ? " says Dan , lookin' mighty hard at him . " To play upon , " says _Youn" Ireland . " I flatther myself I ' m as good a hand at it as you , or at lastc I can larn . " " Larn your granny to milk ducks , young man , " answers the joiant . " Thepeople arc getting tired of your old tunes , Dan—they want something now ; so you'd better give mc the harp , " observes tlic consiiited chap . "You'd better thry and take it , " says Dan , smiling quite pleasantly at him . " Here goes then , " cries Young Ireland , making a grip at the instrument ; but , before fie could lay hotild of it , Dan fetched him a kick in the sate of his smallclothes that , saving your presence , lifted the hat off his head . " I beg your pardon , sir , " says Dan ; " no offence , I hope . " " None in the world , " answers young Ireland , who was completely cowed , and never again offered to touch the harp—of the Irish giant .
" _Doixcs" ox the Railroads . —The advertisement of a newly-projected west country railway announces _tllO chairman of tho provisional committee by tlw name of Ilowe Browne , We know nothing of thc merits of this individual , but a gcod many have already been done brown on the Parliamentary gridiron , and the shareholders of a good many others will hereafter say to themselves— 'tcu _» . <•«<>* . ' A _Competext Witness . —A lawyer recently testifying in one oi the Hew York Courts of Justice , ia relation to a man ' s sanity , said , " 1 have no doubt of the old gentleman being perfectly sane at thc time referred to , as 1 recollect that hc refused to pay my costs . "
THE FLACADLS _TBELATE , i _Philpotts _, whose lip with rage ne ' er ( _juivored , ] Whose pen with jail was ne ' er _eiiibued , « Another charge has just delivered , '• In liis peculiar placid mood . StUl , when this *' placid" piieat explodes , Blank ctrlridiics he uses—never ; Ko—Ml as weU as fmeder loads Each charge he deigneth to deliver ! Something woetii Tnviso at . —* ' Brougham is , let them say what tlicy will , " said Davy Wire , " a great law reformer . " " Very go <; d _, " allowed Charley Pearson ; "but if so , why doesn't he try his hand . . } upon the Recorder ?" _Slkepixo i . v _Cut'itcn . —Perhaps tho most curious { . 1 » _^ 1 . f \ t tu _J--. _-I 1 ll _»» __ 1 . . . . . 1 J inelicstcr the
things about St . Philip ' s Chapel , VV , aro ; ancient stall sea ts , now ailixed to the wall of the ante— ; chapel ; tliese have their scats so fixed upon hinges , ; that those who sit in them can only maintain tlieir •' position by balancing themselves with care , and resting their elbows on the seat anus ; so that if tho monk * who used thom dropped asleep during divine service , ' _-. the scats came forward and pitched them headlong j upon tho floor ; nay , if they onlv dozed and nodded - the least iu tho world , tlte hard oaken seat clapped j against the hard oaken back , and niado a noise loud , . enough to attract the attention of the whole audience . Nothing ever was more cleverly contrived to keep * - {• people awake in church . '¦ _Pavdt axd thi : Compass . — " Can't you steer ? _" * ; said tlic captain of a vessel to a son of Erin __ " The Apiwp . i _lipHlioi" _Iinml at ihn iii lev in . ill lviiisalo *** _Mlbl t »
V _, _" .. wv »• . „ ,........ . w ... „ ...... ... ...- _~ .., » ....,., said Barney bragginsly . " Well , so far so good , ' * said the captain . " And you know tllC points of the compass , I suppose ? " " A compass 11 )> " lttj' 80 Ul , it ' s not alono a compass , but a pair o' compasses , 1 have , that my brother , the carpinthuv , left me for a keepsake whin hc whit abroad ; but , indeed , as for the points o' thim , I can't say much , for _tbachilder _spylfc thim intirely , boring holes iu tho ilurs . " Put axd Fox . —Tho grave of Mr . Fox , in Westminster Abbey , is within eighteen inches of that of Mr . Pitt . Sir Walter Scott ' s lines on thc two great rival statesmen , arc as beautiful as tliey arc appropriate : Where—taming thought to human pridt . — JPThe mighty chiefs sleep side hy side . Drop upon Fox ' s grave the tear , _"i ' _will trickle to _Iu ' _b rival ' s bier : O'er Pitt ' s the mournful requiem sound , And _I'ox ' s shall the _xxoles resound .
The solemn echo _soenm to cry-Here let their discoid Willi them die ; Speak not for these a separate doom , Whom lute _iniiilc brothers in a tomb ; Hut search the land of living men , Where wilt thou find their tike again ! A _Dbscriptiox ov " _ETEnxiry . "—An Amcrretai preacher exclaimed to his hearers— " Eternity ! why you don't know the meaning of that word , nop I either , hardly . It is for ever and ever , and _live-os six everlastings _a-top of that . You _miaht plaee a vow of figures from here to sunset , and cipher them all np , and it wouldn't begin to toll how many _ajjea long _eternitv is . Why , my friends , after millions and trillions ' of years had rolled away in otornity , it would be a hundred thousand years to _breakiiist time "
A Ml . _VCEir HK » 0 . Quoth Albert , at the Apsloy feed , A warrior true I am , iuduod _, Though answering not to battle's call _. Pin grand vid " powder" and _vid "ball . ** Where was Edkx ? —A Scotchman maintained ! , that the Garden of Eden was certain 7 placed m Scotland . For , said he , have we not , * SI within & - fc a mile of one another , Adam ' s Mount , the _Elysiua 1 Fields , Paradise Place , and thecity of Eden-burglr * Thk Subuue asd "tub Rimcuuts . —It has often a been stated , that from the formir _tothe-latte » _-of if these positions but Olio stop intervenes ; _perha-ee-the- e following extract from a reecnt speech might with h . greater accuracy conio under thc denomination of _o { Bathos . It was made during thc period tha * * a do- _ebate _vsas pending on thc _constvuetioa of & new _tunw _iw
pike through the section of Virginia . : _¦— " White . Je . Europe is convulsed in civil discords , and _bxstwnpirea _. _ea . tremble with internal _tjmmotion ; and whito her- _crastronomers mount the wings of ihehf _imjieinationB , _ib , and soar through the ethereal world , piusHing their- eh _> _courso from planet to planet , and _froaa system to to system , until they have explored ih « - "rat _etoxnit- _*/ of" ¦ of " 3 pac e _) et us direct our attention to a , road more im-. im-. mediately in our own neighbourhood . ' * Surely " the > the > force of fancy could no further go" than frem tho tail ; tail ** of a comet to a Virginian turnpiko . It takes i \ s a . higher flight even than the following _speehnen of t-h _^ t-r . e _> Bathos whieh we give from _wt-mwj . Ik i » , _ifs _t * _$ a believe , by Prof user Person : — " Sinco mountains sink to falei , and v » U _*** _t dW _,, And seas and rivers mourn their _soutces dr _*^ When iny old cassock , " says a W « lch divine ,, " Is out at elbows—why should I rej . iuo _!"•
A _Qnreios for Cross Bambs . — Bjr thk w » _doa da _i not mean knocking their brains out _against the bed- bed- * post , nor anything of the sort . Nor do wc mcaancuai giving them paregoric , Daffy ' s _rllixir ,. _Palby ' s Car * Car * _, minative , Godfrey's Cordial , black drop , oraayothc c ? thcc 8 poison . Tho only requisite to' _quiet a squailingjling ,, squealing , lniscvablo liUle . wvctiih of absiby , is , thai tliatt it shall possess a _noso . In thc midst , of ita _-jereonvreonv ing , press your finger gently and _wpeatodly _acroRacroRS the cartilogo of that useful organ , and in loss than thaxi two minutes it will be asleep . The eastern papa papein from whence this important discovery ii _dcrivediJrived _, ' } says in one minv . tc , but we allow two , to prevent anjat _anji _; disappointment .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 5, 1845, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_05071845/page/3/
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