Gold! Gold! Gold! Gold! Bright and yellow, hard and cold. Spurn'd by the young, but hugg'd by the old How widely its agencies vary, To save, to ruin, to curse, to bless, · As even its minted coins express, Her Moral. Now stamp'd with the image of Good Queen Bess, Another tumble! That's his precious nose! Ibid. Ibid. One more unfortunate Take her up tenderly, Young, and so fair! Alas for the rarity Even God's providence No sun, no moon, no morn, no noon, No dawn, no dusk, no proper time of day, The Bridge of Sighs No road, no street, no t' other side the way, No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees, No solemn sanctimonious face I pull, To frame a Sabbath Bill or forge a Bull. The Quaker loves an ample brim, A hat that bows to no salaam; Ibid Ibid. Ibid November. Ode to Rae Wilson. All round my Hat 1798-1865. GEORGE LINLEY. Ever of thee I'm fondly dreaming, Ever of Thee Thou art gone from my gaze like a beautiful dream, Tho' lost to sight, to mem'ry dear One only hope my heart can cheer,- Oh fondly on the past I dwell, Thou art gone When, wand'ring down the shady dell, Yes, life then seem'd one pure delight, Oft in the tranquil hour of night, I think upon that happy time, When last we heard the sweet bells chime, Yes, life then seem'd one pure delight, Tho' now each spot looks drear; To mem'ry thou art dear. Song. 1 This song-written and composed by Linley for Mr. Augustus Braham, and sung by him— is given entire, as so much inquiry has been made for the source of "Though lost to Sight, to Memory dear." It is not known when the song was written, - probably about 1830. Another song, entitled "Though lost to Sight, to Memory dear," was published in London in 1880, purporting to have been "written by Ruthven Jenkyns in 1703." It is said to have been published in the "Magazine for Mariners." No such magazine, however, ever existed, and the composer of the music acknowledged, in a private letter, to have copied the song from an American newspaper. There is no other authority for the origin of this song, and the reputed author, Ruthven Jenkyns, was living, under the name of C, in California in 1882. COLONEL BLACKER. Put your trust in God, my boys, and keep your pow. der dry.1 Oliver's Advice. 1834. ROBERT POLLOK. 1799-1827. Sorrows remember'd sweeten present joy. The Course of Time. Book i. Line 464. He laid his hand upon "the Ocean's mane," And played familiar with his hoary locks." He was a man Book iv. Line 389. Who stole the livery of the court of Heaven With one hand he put A penny in the urn of poverty, And with the other took a shilling out. Book viii. Line 616. Line 632. RUFUS CHOATE. 1799-1859. 8 There was a state without king or nobles; there was a church without a bishop; there was a people gov erned by grave magistrates which it had selected, and by equal laws which it had framed. Speech before the New England Society, Dec. 22, 1843. We join ourselves to no party that does not carry the flag and keep step to the music of the Union. Letter to the Whig Convention, 1855. 1 There is a well-authenticated anecdote of Cromwell. On a certain occasion, when his troops were about crossing a river to attack the enemy, he concluded an address, couched in the usual fanatic terms in use among them, with these words: "Put your trust in God; but mind to keep your powder dry!"— HAYES: Ballads of Ireland, vol. i. p. 191. 2 See Byron, page 548. 8 The Americans equally detest the pageantry of a king and the supercilious hypocrisy of a bishop.-JUNIUS: Letter xxxv. Drc. 19, 1769. It [Calvinism] established a religion without a prelate, a government without a king. George BancrOFT: History of the United States, vol iii. chap. vi. HERVEY.. Its constitution the glittering and sounding generalities of natural right which make up the Declaration of Independence. Letter to the Maine Whig Committee, 1856. One summer's eve, when the breeze was gone, And the nightingale was mute. Ibid. His eye was dim and cold, The hairs on his brow were silver-white, Ibid. THOMAS B. MACAULAY. 1800-1859. (From his Essays.) That is the best government which desires to make the people happy, and knows how to make them happy. On Mitford's History of Greece. 1824. 1 Although Mr. Choate has usually been credited with the original utterance of the words "glittering generalities," the following quotation will show that he was anticipated therein by several years: We fear that the glittering generalities of the speaker have left an impression more delightful than permanent. - FRANKLIN J. DICKMAN: Review of a Lecture by Rufus Choate, Providence Journal, Dec. 14, 1849. |