[125]The above ode was written, set to music, and sung on a public occasion in Rutland, Vermont, July, 1798. At that time the armament, which afterwards sailed to Egypt, under Buonaparte, lay at Toulon: its destination was not known in America, but many supposed that it was intended to waft the blessings ofFrench libertyto the United States.[126]This ode was written to the music of an anthem, previously composed for other words, by Oliver Holden, Esq. Charlestown, Mass., a gentleman eminent for his musical talents, and sung during divine service, at the anniversary of Vermont General Election.[127]There is an inflated species of simplicity, consisting of exaggerations of thought expressed by colloquial barbarisms, mixed with occasional pomposity of diction, which it is the object of the above to ridicule. The measure is after the model of “Thalaba;” but rhyme is added, as Butler says, merely by way ofrudderto the verses.[128]Killington Peak. The summit of the Green Mountains, in Vermont, is so called.[129]Written for the occasion, and sung in New York, July the fourth, 1805.[130]Mud-pout and sucker are two kinds of fishes of little value, common enough in muddy streams. The otter pursues these with peculiar avidity.[131]Wickapy is the popular name for a shrub, which is remarkably flexible.[132]Virgil says “acquirit,” which not rhyming we use a substitute;“For rhyme the rudder is of verses.”[133]Sung at the Anniversary of the Mass. Hort. Society, Sept. 10, 1830.[134]Hon. Elias Phinney.[135]The lady, to whom these lines were addressed, had been offended at the insolence of the character who sat as theoriginalfor our picture.[A]We preferred whales both for the docility and the rhyme’s sake.[B]“Divine Nonsensia.”[C]And therefore the writer of the article “Earth,” in the Encyclopedia Britannica, is wrong in attempting to overturn this fine fabric of philosophy, by making it appear that metals, minerals, fossils, &c. are continually forming by accretion, &c. on the earth’s surface. Indeed, that writer has laid a heavy hand on all the theories of our modern earthmongers.[D]I am afraid, after all, this would turn out but a bubble.[E]Now, if it should happen that the comparative levity of air consists in the repellant powers of its particles, and those bodies which have the greatestcohesionare most prone to gravitate, there “needs some conjuror to tell us,” what should hinder bodies of greater specific gravity fromriddling down between thoseparticles of air. No man but Dr Franklin could have caught the fugitive air under the shell of the first earth, and pressed it till it became heavier than gold by a hurly-burly of elements “mixed in confusion.”[F]The “Monthly Reviewers” of our late edition of Tractoration, would have it thatOURSELFwas a Scotchman “frae the north,” &c. Now here’s a yankee phrase, merely to convince you that they were out in their conjectures.[G]See Edinburgh Review of Southey’s Thalaba, October, 1802.
[125]The above ode was written, set to music, and sung on a public occasion in Rutland, Vermont, July, 1798. At that time the armament, which afterwards sailed to Egypt, under Buonaparte, lay at Toulon: its destination was not known in America, but many supposed that it was intended to waft the blessings ofFrench libertyto the United States.
[125]The above ode was written, set to music, and sung on a public occasion in Rutland, Vermont, July, 1798. At that time the armament, which afterwards sailed to Egypt, under Buonaparte, lay at Toulon: its destination was not known in America, but many supposed that it was intended to waft the blessings ofFrench libertyto the United States.
[126]This ode was written to the music of an anthem, previously composed for other words, by Oliver Holden, Esq. Charlestown, Mass., a gentleman eminent for his musical talents, and sung during divine service, at the anniversary of Vermont General Election.
[126]This ode was written to the music of an anthem, previously composed for other words, by Oliver Holden, Esq. Charlestown, Mass., a gentleman eminent for his musical talents, and sung during divine service, at the anniversary of Vermont General Election.
[127]There is an inflated species of simplicity, consisting of exaggerations of thought expressed by colloquial barbarisms, mixed with occasional pomposity of diction, which it is the object of the above to ridicule. The measure is after the model of “Thalaba;” but rhyme is added, as Butler says, merely by way ofrudderto the verses.
[127]There is an inflated species of simplicity, consisting of exaggerations of thought expressed by colloquial barbarisms, mixed with occasional pomposity of diction, which it is the object of the above to ridicule. The measure is after the model of “Thalaba;” but rhyme is added, as Butler says, merely by way ofrudderto the verses.
[128]Killington Peak. The summit of the Green Mountains, in Vermont, is so called.
[128]Killington Peak. The summit of the Green Mountains, in Vermont, is so called.
[129]Written for the occasion, and sung in New York, July the fourth, 1805.
[129]Written for the occasion, and sung in New York, July the fourth, 1805.
[130]Mud-pout and sucker are two kinds of fishes of little value, common enough in muddy streams. The otter pursues these with peculiar avidity.
[130]Mud-pout and sucker are two kinds of fishes of little value, common enough in muddy streams. The otter pursues these with peculiar avidity.
[131]Wickapy is the popular name for a shrub, which is remarkably flexible.
[131]Wickapy is the popular name for a shrub, which is remarkably flexible.
[132]Virgil says “acquirit,” which not rhyming we use a substitute;“For rhyme the rudder is of verses.”
[132]Virgil says “acquirit,” which not rhyming we use a substitute;
“For rhyme the rudder is of verses.”
“For rhyme the rudder is of verses.”
“For rhyme the rudder is of verses.”
“For rhyme the rudder is of verses.”
[133]Sung at the Anniversary of the Mass. Hort. Society, Sept. 10, 1830.
[133]Sung at the Anniversary of the Mass. Hort. Society, Sept. 10, 1830.
[134]Hon. Elias Phinney.
[134]Hon. Elias Phinney.
[135]The lady, to whom these lines were addressed, had been offended at the insolence of the character who sat as theoriginalfor our picture.
[135]The lady, to whom these lines were addressed, had been offended at the insolence of the character who sat as theoriginalfor our picture.
[A]We preferred whales both for the docility and the rhyme’s sake.
[A]We preferred whales both for the docility and the rhyme’s sake.
[B]“Divine Nonsensia.”
[B]“Divine Nonsensia.”
[C]And therefore the writer of the article “Earth,” in the Encyclopedia Britannica, is wrong in attempting to overturn this fine fabric of philosophy, by making it appear that metals, minerals, fossils, &c. are continually forming by accretion, &c. on the earth’s surface. Indeed, that writer has laid a heavy hand on all the theories of our modern earthmongers.
[C]And therefore the writer of the article “Earth,” in the Encyclopedia Britannica, is wrong in attempting to overturn this fine fabric of philosophy, by making it appear that metals, minerals, fossils, &c. are continually forming by accretion, &c. on the earth’s surface. Indeed, that writer has laid a heavy hand on all the theories of our modern earthmongers.
[D]I am afraid, after all, this would turn out but a bubble.
[D]I am afraid, after all, this would turn out but a bubble.
[E]Now, if it should happen that the comparative levity of air consists in the repellant powers of its particles, and those bodies which have the greatestcohesionare most prone to gravitate, there “needs some conjuror to tell us,” what should hinder bodies of greater specific gravity fromriddling down between thoseparticles of air. No man but Dr Franklin could have caught the fugitive air under the shell of the first earth, and pressed it till it became heavier than gold by a hurly-burly of elements “mixed in confusion.”
[E]Now, if it should happen that the comparative levity of air consists in the repellant powers of its particles, and those bodies which have the greatestcohesionare most prone to gravitate, there “needs some conjuror to tell us,” what should hinder bodies of greater specific gravity fromriddling down between thoseparticles of air. No man but Dr Franklin could have caught the fugitive air under the shell of the first earth, and pressed it till it became heavier than gold by a hurly-burly of elements “mixed in confusion.”
[F]The “Monthly Reviewers” of our late edition of Tractoration, would have it thatOURSELFwas a Scotchman “frae the north,” &c. Now here’s a yankee phrase, merely to convince you that they were out in their conjectures.
[F]The “Monthly Reviewers” of our late edition of Tractoration, would have it thatOURSELFwas a Scotchman “frae the north,” &c. Now here’s a yankee phrase, merely to convince you that they were out in their conjectures.
[G]See Edinburgh Review of Southey’s Thalaba, October, 1802.
[G]See Edinburgh Review of Southey’s Thalaba, October, 1802.