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The dread Pea…cannon's work was done!

O not for them the tears we shed;

Consigned to their congenial lead;

But while unmoved their sleep they take;

We mourn for their dear Captain's sake;

For their dear Captain; who shall smart

Both in his pocket and his heart;

Who saw his heroes shed their gore;

And lacked a shilling to buy more!









THE GRAVER THE PEN: OR; SCENES FROM NATURE; WITH APPROPRIATE VERSES









Poem: I … PROEM







Unlike the common run of men;

I wield a double power to please;

And use the GRAVER and the PEN

With equal aptitude and ease。



I move with that illustrious crew;

The ambidextrous Kings of Art;

And every mortal thing I do

Brings ringing money in the mart。



Hence; in the morning hour; the mead;

The forest and the stream perceive

Me wandering as the muses lead …

Or back returning in the eve。



Two muses like two maiden aunts;

The engraving and the singing muse;

Follow; through all my favourite haunts;

My devious traces in the dews。



To guide and cheer me; each attends;

Each speeds my rapid task along;

One to my cuts her ardour lends;

One breathes her magic in my song。







Poem: II … THE PRECARIOUS MILL







Alone above the stream it stands;

Above the iron hill;

The topsy…turvy; tumble…down;

Yet habitable mill。



Still as the ringing saws advance

To slice the humming deal;

All day the pallid miller hears

The thunder of the wheel。



He hears the river plunge and roar

As roars the angry mob;

He feels the solid building quake;

The trusty timbers throb。



All night beside the fire he cowers:

He hears the rafters jar:

O why is he not in a proper house

As decent people are!



The floors are all aslant; he sees;

The doors are all a…jam;

And from the hook above his head

All crooked swings the ham。



'Alas;' he cries and shakes his head;

'I see by every sign;

There soon all be the deuce to pay;

With this estate of mine。'







Poem: III … THE DISPUTATIOUS PINES







The first pine to the second said:

'My leaves are black; my branches red;

I stand upon this moor of mine;

A hoar; unconquerable pine。'



The second sniffed and answered: 'Pooh!

I am as good a pine as you。'



'Discourteous tree;' the first replied;

'The tempest in my boughs had cried;

The hunter slumbered in my shade;

A hundred years ere you were made。'



The second smiled as he returned:

'I shall be here when you are burned。'



So far dissension ruled the pair;

Each turned on each a frowning air;

When flickering from the bank anigh;

A flight of martens met their eye。

Sometime their course they watched; and then …

They nodded off to sleep again。







Poem: IV … THE TRAMPS







Now long enough had day endured;

Or King Apollo Palinured;

Seaward he steers his panting team;

And casts on earth his latest gleam。



But see! the Tramps with jaded eye

Their destined provinces espy。

Long through the hills their way they took;

Long camped beside the mountain brook;

'Tis over; now with rising hope

They pause upon the downward slope;

And as their aching bones they rest;

Their anxious captain scans the west。



So paused Alaric on the Alps

And ciphered up the Roman scalps。







Poem: V … THE FOOLHARDY GEOGRAPHER







The howling desert miles around;

The tinkling brook the only sound …

Wearied with all his toils and feats;

The traveller dines on potted meats;

On potted meats and princely wines;

Not wisely but too well he dines。



The brindled Tiger loud may roar;

High may the hovering Vulture soar;

Alas! regardless of them all;

Soon shall the empurpled glutton sprawl …

Soon; in the desert's hushed repose;

Shall trumpet tidings through his nose!

Alack; unwise! that nasal song

Shall be the Ounce's dinner…gong!



A blemish in the cut appears;

Alas! it cost both blood and tears。

The glancing graver swerved aside;

Fast flowed the artist's vital tide!

And now the apologetic bard

Demands indulgence for his pard!







Poem: VI … THE ANGLER AND THE CLOWN







The echoing bridge you here may see;

The pouring lynn; the waving tree;

The eager angler fresh from town …

Above; the contumelious clown。

The angler plies his line and rod;

The clodpole stands with many a nod; …

With many a nod and many a grin;

He sees him cast his engine in。



'What have you caught?' the peasant cries。



'Nothing as yet;' the Fool replies。









MORAL TALES









Poem: I … ROBIN AND BEN: OR; THE PIRATE AND THE APOTHECARY







Come; lend me an attentive ear

A startling moral tale to hear;

Of Pirate Rob and Chemist Ben;

And different destinies of men。



Deep in the greenest of the vales

That nestle near the coast of Wales;

The heaving main but just in view;

Robin and Ben together grew;

Together worked and played the fool;

Together shunned the Sunday school;

And pulled each other's youthful noses

Around the cots; among the roses。



Together but unlike they grew;

Robin was rough; and through and through

Bold; inconsiderate; and manly;

Like some historic Bruce or Stanley。

Ben had a mean and servile soul;

He robbed not; though he often stole。

He sang on Sunday in the choir;

And tamely capped the passing Squire。



At length; intolerant of trammels …

Wild as the wild Bithynian camels;

Wild as the wild sea…eagles … Bob

His widowed dam contrives to rob;

And thus with great originality

Effectuates his personality。

Thenceforth his terror…haunted flight

He follows through the starry night;

And with the early morning breeze;

Behold him on the azure seas。

The master of a trading dandy

Hires Robin for a go of brandy;

And all the happy hills of home

Vanish beyond the fields of foam。



Ben; meanwhile; like a tin reflector;

Attended on the worthy rector;

Opened his eyes and held his breath;

And flattered to the point of death;

And was at last; by that good fairy;

Apprenticed to the Apothecary。



So Ben; while Robin chose to roam;

A rising chemist was at home;

Tended his shop with learned air;

Watered his drugs and oiled his hair;

And gave advice to the unwary;

Like any sleek apothecary。



Meanwhile upon the deep afar

Robin the brave was waging war;

With other tarry desperadoes

About the latitude of Barbadoes。

He knew no touch of craven fear;

His voice was thunder in the cheer;

First; from the main…to'…gallan' high;

The skulking merchantmen to spy …

The first to bound upon the deck;

The last to leave the sinking wreck。

His hand was steel; his word was law;

His mates regarded him with awe。

No pirate in the whole profession

Held a more honourable position。



At length; from years of anxious toil;

Bold Robin seeks his native soil;

Wisely arranges his affairs;

And to his native dale repairs。

The Bristol
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