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Critics all are ready made.*' "I'll seek the lion in his den, and beard him there." "Those that live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones." •"None but an author knows an author's car <." A Poem to the gods was sent, One wintry day ; "a snow scene" styPd ; The writer thou'st attacked and jeerM ; And the trite truths he told revil'd, Kind Mercurjr ! My names wilt' sport with, biJly elf ! As if of thy name thou could'st boast. Need *^one"* with four to write but two, Until his character he's lost, Like Mercury ! • ri0TE.-The only news here is that a Poem called "Paradwe lost has been published by ONE Mr. John Milton.-They say it's wry long an4 vtj stupid" 1 1 "one" Mr. A. T. J. Martin ridiealed •y • nx faced Mercury indeed ! ! ! ^^t ' t #;tr.'t I ^n^o^' J a • .• • • .••• •••• Thou vvould'sl not compensate lor wrong, Insert the injur'd one's reply, Ev'n in thine ephomeriil page, Nor make the least apology : Rude Mercury ! "Ephemeral !" Yes ! for passing by A broken window, th'other day, I saw sheets pasted in as panes. To guard iEolus's breath away. Weep Mercury ! Yet this were useful ; but the lines Thyself had scratch'd, now on the frame ! Obstructed beaming light of heav'n : The house made darker by dark name Of Mercury ! And through one pane, behold ! there scowl'd Thy monstrous face, 'midst serpents twin'd, Glooming on the domestic hearth ; Inspiring pride, vain looks unkind : Proud Mer(;ury But thy smear'd water-closet doom. Chaste decency shall hide ; As where thy up-turn'd nose we put. Thou long since hasi, descried. Snuif Mercury Why spoil such reams of paper pure With but past copied news of earth ? 'Tis well thou dost not lead on mind ; Give thy deform'd conceptions birth : Lame Mercury But when thou fling'st o'er honest names, Of muck thy periodic mass. Wilt thou their plea again refuse, Thou "devil's" scribe with face of brass : Imp Mercury ! ■ Jun»«^ 1«1^' 3 If there be something in a name, Demolish 'd see thv throne of o-I-iss ! Dar'st thou Jupiter's thunder bolts Hurl e'en at poets that near thee pass ? Weak Mercury : Though they've not "finish'd education" By glancing Greek and Latin o'er ? Too well they know thy history, Thy classic "cloak" shall iiidc no more. Puif Mercury ! — 'Tis said, thou wast a scoundrel ood In times of yore, by men antique ; That six of thee Arcadia cur.s'd, Styl'd Hermes by the noble Greek. Bull-frog Mercury ! A son of Bacchus one was call'd ; So curs'd all lines on drunkenness : But, like his modern grey hair'd child, Did he men's virtues test by dress : Pseudonyme Mercury ! But though thou bear'st the monster's name, Thou'lt say diou'rt not the scoundrel sage. Why ! Hast thou not the horrid god's Portrait put in thy premier page. As thine, Mercury ! Messenger of the gods art thou I Thev seldom on thy message look. Thou pin'st wdien English papers fail. Or copiest from a printed book : Sage Mercury ! To prove no merit's in my poem. Must ye to my four names descend ? Could'stthou not e'en one beauty find ? Was all deform'd ? No poet's friend Is Mercury ! *. ,4,, ■***■ yi a. / Patron of travelers, kind thou art ; But if a poet with them be found, Dost thou the strangjer entertain, Or strive to dash him to the ground ; Base Mercury ! Who stole Admetus' oxen, aye ! Though HendecV by the fam'd Apollo ; And the old shepherd's quiver filch'd. With every barbed arrow ? Thief Mercury ! Who Neptune's trident took away ? Venus's girdle ? Mars's sword ? Jupiter's sceptre ? Vulcan's tools : Whilst gods like thee thy tricks ador'd > Sly Mercury ! God of thieves, too, they say thou art : Pickpockets also worship' thee : Whilst unjust gains thou smil'st upon, Thou patron of dishonesty. Fawn, Mercury ! Petasus and Ularia To thee, insidious wretch, were giv'n To fly thy little spacp aroimd. And wound the favour'd sons of heav'n : Cruel Mercury • But, Proteus-liko, why dost' assume Whatever shape or name may please : And make thyself invisible. When victim'd "one's" for justice tease ? Skulk Mercury ! Concern'd in state alliances. And treaties too, as the gods say. Why rush to break that nine string'd lyre, On which thou ne'er could'st learn to play ; Dunce Mercury! -:^mms^m- ..Mmm-^^^i iry :ury ■y cury ury ' ury I lay; cury Where hast thou hid the seven cord one Thou mad'st thyself, as ancients tell ; But ne'er couldst sound one son'rous note, Though thou canst criticise so well ! Poor Mercury ! ? ! In wars of giants *gainst thy gods, Why drivf i filthy foam on me ? Ixion to wheel infernal tie : Take Argus to his destiny : Fierce Mercury : As thou hast stol'n his hundred eyes To spy the faults of mortal men. But do the death-dimm'd orbs deceive ? With thine own peepers look ap;jin : Prying Mercury ! Although like other flat fish (found Describ'd in Ichthyology) Thou'st one-side, squinting eyes ; so see*st But int'rest or deformity. Squint, Mercury ! Go, guide damn'd souls again to hell ; As thou wast wont to do of yore. Satan, himself, if thou'dst no ;>tacc, Could not thy patronage seicure : Wing-(l^ell ?) cappM Mercury. To Omphale sell e'en Hercules ; Apollo bribe with filched lyre, To sing one stave in praise of thee : Beg imp of thine to cope with me ! Thy fingers fling into thy fire, —or Write, Mercury ! But art thou armless, too ! poor wretch ! Yet thou canst speak.— Come now, take pains. Bnng forth one thought. Yes, / will write J ! » j —Art' also destitute of brains, Cripple Mercury ! ^ I »jMaife tt .i M fc| i ii » i i ''" -r. ^ ^"-^^^^ lA -e ',* . tarn 6 ^• *-^ President over orators, Thou, base unprinciplotl, art found ; And carriest Bacclius in thine arms, To nympljs of Nysa hound : Nurse Mercury ! ! But thou hast many surnames, too : Though no one now three christen'd blesses, More than a dozen thou subscrib'st. Like college "^nis/tW" A. S. S,— es. Bray, Mercury. A pregnant sow was sacrific'd ; And sometimes, too, a calf : Not editors^ hnipoets^ say ! Gods, with your Jeslor laugh ! Grin, Mercury. All artful measures thou forgav'st. When canting vot'ry came ; Falsehood thou pardon'st. "Love of Truth" Thou hatest e'en the very name : ' ' False Mercury. In thy right hand we s'^-^ ''' - jnirse Of gold, receiv'd lb- ' A tortoise slow creeps Near to thy scorpioi, hant Mercur' . And well thou speak'st the wo. us ui cant. Like flatt'ring fox to catch the cheese ; Pander'st to pride and vanity, Do'st dirty work the base to please : Dost til' humble scorn ; the vile caress : And call this, "Liberty of 'Press !" Catch-penny Merciiry f A snarling cur we know thou wert ; So a dog's head in Egypt wore. They sacrificed a stork ; ! ut here, "Canadian Swans" wilt thou devour ! ! •V ■»» jm it ty mgim . [crcurv ! ! blesses, Breurv. rcury. . rnilli cury, M t Mercur' ly Men^nry f , -That siiiiij Olio note just ere tliey die Beneath thy t^ripe : or near thee sigh. But other notes yet sing sliall I. rr, .„ . Snarl, Mercury ! longues we will ofler 'gain i thee • To feed thy soulless, flick'rino- fire. That on thy gelid altar glares. ° ^' Genius immortal wont expire With Mercury ! To whose representative, a thing dress'd in men's clothes, a breathing, half animated olay-clod from the valley of dry bones, the aforegoing "namby-pamby"— in commemoration of very editorial conduct in respect to the unwarrantable liberty taken with an honest name, without consenting .fter being thrice requested, to publish a reply,^is; t , advice of friends, who have recently stated, that the article alluded to had the effect of subjecting the subscriber to the contempt oi unreflecting men,— gratefully inscribed by ALFRED TOBIAS JOHN MARTIN. Quebec 31st August 1837. # ^$ 'j^ P. ^.-Extract "What presumption in parents tn!ThrT'r'*'^t^'"^^^^''^"' ^^^^^"^ fi^^^ permit- tmg the unfeeling hypercritic in his dark den on his soukcing altar, to scratch with Ae tips of his icicled hngers jn sanguinary characters of blood, freezing as he vvrites, "Hard Frost" on the infantile b^east^ a! a certificate of the august sanction of the Registrar Gene- ral oi both the Canada^ !" = ^ A. T. J. 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