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Tomahawk (1867-1870), 2nd January 1869, Edition 1 of 1, Almanack, Page 4

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    • j ODE TO THE OBSCURE.
    • DIALOGUE IN OLYMPUS.
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      The Tomahawk Almanack.

      THE TOMAHAWK ALMANACK .

      J Ode To The Obscure.

      j ODE TO THE OBSCURE .

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      Ambitious Souls Of England, Yet Who Sih ...

      AMBITIOUS souls of England , Yet Who sih sit and at home chafe meanwhile at ease , to share The g battle and the breeze Which stir the walls of Parliamen , t , And set th * land on fire ,

      One Your day foll ' s calni y-fledged thoug desire ht would . bring to nought For What what is is it it that these thfcy M . lose P . s gain ? £ Who If he 'd take were the ftr & £ k lea to % choose ure with ? the pain / Who They if he havfe rfeali to y undergo did know , all Would A path covet to , sp throug lendid h woe St . ? Stephen ' s Hall ,

      I speak ti < 5 t of the meaner kind For Who whom nurse there no beckons noble aim in , the wind Who onl No y crave luring , in flag of ep Fame ing in , ,

      Gilt lo notoriety gratify their to win wives , Or honey for their , hives . For him who can thus low aspire , The E'en indi for gnation a single of da the y , lyre Were only thrown away .

      He ne ' er could hope to move the scorn Better Of vindicating he had been verse never ;— born Or strangled by his nurse . , Of And . those wear who th burn emdo to win I write their spurs , Whose souls the din , of battle stirs ;

      Who With to dominant th' embraces deli of ght a ; foe Who As dearl to a maid love en to ' s cleave deal the , blow And dread y not to receive . , That , their reward—the pulse of fight , The " The self-exalting rapture of sense this of strife mig , ht " ,

      Yet Enlargement rare joys these of their , and life brief . as rare , And these are all they gain , E ' en Their when Pelion they win of pain , to . help them bear For And Slander stabs d them ogs them from to behind the death , Ming Misrepresents les with theirs their a noisome mind . breath , , Malice Belittles their all motives they do doth , distort ,

      t Draws And points their gigantic their path stature askew short . , For Tran this quillity the phrensied , that best fools abjure Sure Are born by the by which gods left we blest mortals ; poor Give The up haven for this of — the oh Home , how they err ! To soft and smiling sands prefer ;

      The rudeness of the foam . For them no constant warm fireside , No No arms nightl of welcome y hearth ' s opened content wide , W ith chattering voices blent . Their busy spouses Fashion court

      I The Whilst windy they fervour are courting of the sport Fame j Blows out Affection ' s flame ! Oh what a madcaj > scheme of life That men Ambition call 1 Whereby Their children they scarcel not at y know all . their wife ,

      Ambitious Souls Of England, Yet Who Sih ...

      What ! forfeit to a gaping crowd All that can make life sweet 1 liather the worms were in my shroud , And the cold clay round my feet 1 Therefore , " unwise , ambitious soul 3 ,

      Yet Who sometimes sit at hom weakly e at ease sigh , to share The battle and the breeze , Which And stir set the the world walls of on Parl fire iament , Think of my lay and cast away , Your folly-fledged desire *

      Dialogue In Olympus.

      DIALOGUE IN OLYMPUS .

      Dramatis Personaillustriozts Musicians O...

      Dramatis PersonaIllustriozts Musicians of j &/ ygone JDays . , at Haydn home , tell . —Well us the , Rossini news . , now that we have tried t © make you feel were Rossini , I should . —I be declare the last I don man 't believe to know there anything is any about a € ws , it and . You if there see , during my later yea * s , I dian ' t much lik £ music ,

      and I got out of the way of it whfeh I could . least Weber appreciated . —Don your ' t say JBarbiere that ! The and wtfrld i & Uillaume has at TtlL think Rossini the latter . —Well too , perhaps long , which ; but it some is , and peop the le former it is very too hard short to , which say what it isn the ' t . public Upon my does word like ,

      just in the now present . Peop day le will if singers go and of decent hear anything reputation are announced . understood Gluck . — that Surely you Alceste wrong was the revived public . with I enthusiasm at Paris my . Viardot . Rossini was . — engaged True , folks , but went when to Madlle hear it . B when attu

      sang saner would , it it sooner , . nobodv nobod have y went went stayed , , and and at home those those . who who did did go go Rossini Gluck . — . — But Certainl my Orp y , that / iJe ? did pretty well at the the L Bouffes yrique . , but Orj > Ji & mix JSnfers did better at Gluck . —rPardon me , I never wrote a work of that name .

      Cherubini Rossini . —Of . — course Offenbach not , ! but Who Offenbach ' s he did . Rossini . —A clever fellow , assuredly . His composi they are t brisk ions don enough ' t sound to listen much to like . music , but Gherubini . —Is he a good writer of comic opera Ros ? sini—Gracio > us me ! Certainly not 1 Ask

      . Auber when he comes here . I merely mentioned Offenbach because h . e is the fashionable man just now good . to But his he art makes . Atiri money sacra too fames easil / y to do any Beethoven . —Making money too easily is a

      danger to which I was never subjected ! ieces Mozart called . — Don May I ask and if you the ever Zauberflote hear , now ? -a-days , of a couple of pyuan But Rossini , truly , . — Mozart Ohparbleu mine , ! you They are will too hard live on as the long public as the in forcing sunshines upon ! them If * ¦ ^^ ^ ^ ¦ *** such *»^ ^^ ^ M . a w » ^ libretto -r ^ ¦ — - — ^ w — — as — - ¦ - that — ' ^ - — ~ - — of the Zauber ^^ / lote ! The - story — ^ m is really too

      hopeless . Beethoven . —And Fidelio ? . Beeth Rossini ov . — en Humph . —Thank ! you . Spontini . —And my Vestale ? Rossini . —Well , I ' m sorry to say that I haven't heard much abbut

      it Meyerbeer lately . . —Does the A / rkaine get on "better than it did ? it with Rossini Ambroise . —Well Thomas , it doesn ' s ' JJntni t get & on i and at , all odd now as . it They may h seem ave , replaced I think they Meyerb would eer have . — done Thomas better is an to able stop man Where . they were . ery Rossini body . has —I ' cross m sure -examined it ' s very me good , I should of-ydit like to say to ask so . one And question now , . as ev Ro Omnes ssini . — . — Certainl Well , can y ! I get any maccaro ni here ? { Diversify of cjwiui end change of scene >\

  • Citation
    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), Jan. 2, 1869, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/attw_02011869/page/4/