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' ;' , i 1 . i! 4 \ # "■*:": fP^: ':%?■''''■?% :^!^ ' • • Ff/' J < J» # # ^ ; ■'- : Z I • .^ j^ ^'w-"-"" ' Vt^^ ^** ^''-V""** ■",1 T ^'*~i ''^«*VT5*^ '^,' 'pr , # ■ JEANBAPTISTE :— ^ Poefic 02^. Most jiestcctfully inscbuso to Stephew Ssfnat, EstB. "^ Canto L • - Dacti indiclique tenbert v^untf Id est, ** both learned and unleain'd vri yrrita,'** A« an old heathen said with wiso intent ; " But since die Muses bave been put to 6ight f • By Kcrilibling scarecrows— or in dungeon pestf . '. I'atu J to gropo tliro* ignorance's waning ni^ty ' ' ^ 'Tis deem'd in vain to stride about Parnassus And spur tlic crazy Jade, yclept Pegasusr Yet some .w'oul.T write «o !;cep the world'in wonder; No mattVL wii.• ^ but to give it one t Vide « PH*r Addoff^^ken et the New Market Theetre in Marck 1 8S4. It '3 W ' ■.-.! ^=1 Pi w ^^^mm ^^SBsam ^iJiuSMmmM^mimd£ *l I /' '-.'M ■i I 1 s t/ean Baptiste, t & SdiTip cboosc out onr, and lier great namf com^ny, With that of " mi&tress," trhom he « humbly weenie*' Will deign to aid kim. in hi* bold endeavour. To prore bimsdf— a genius ** migfatv clcTcr«** V " .■■■,.,'' Another blnbben put—** aid rae kind mnaea. " ^ To keep upright, astride tlic eld jaded bade, ■ Of Mcunt Pamassua"— or perchance chooaf^ , -' ■' Some « gnome" or ** ipr^te" to guide him in tht tr»d(,. To fame's proud pinnacle — aiid tlmi abuset . •■ , . Their highncs<;cs— rotipling them in a pack—*' Or by nick-names— at which the wise will «cowI| ' Full a long face— abd loob much like an owl. ^ -» '.. ' VI. - ' .. • ' - I'd not recriminate— <1io*f seems a fo\ly—b To sound such dreadful note of preparation ^ At if the muses were abstracted — wholly' From their employ— engaged In speculation'-— Or craft of quidnunc— or sate nH^I^ncliofly, Brooding, in droad, o'er future desolation ;^ Or'slcpt— and coilld not.|heir assi%tdnj;e JAtT^^ . On such obsequious votaries t^at lend. " J* ■ ' . /i ♦. i ■ '' \ VII. . ... } t ■■ • ..^ • But gentle reader, let u^^Og along,— ''» '' > We've a ^ood way, to journey yet together,:-- And if the muaet aid mt in mysoug— i ^ -- , *Tis well— if not— come ram, or windy ^^t^fETr-* ' I'll brave it all aiid still my course pix>1oi^ :—* \.^ : Slisuld critics start and ask the '< 'nhy and wJietiW**^-; I'll stop my ears, nor heed the pedant fuol», Whilst they quote ** prtcedeat*' and civ^^tbtir ** learned .rales. ^* Ego terO f o f raattcn strange and tbiogt; > <:' Xlt may be) difficult of ceroprriiensioni < ' * f great affairs, and mighty blustering* ; ' And little wits— tho* great in self pretetistoa. Perhaps of Ctfurtiara, atatasmcn, or (MT kingly Barring to majesty all mal-intention— ^ Saving perchance, it might inUeed «eem hindy^ To b»ve aoqM worda wiUi'a Majesty • Dandf. ' N. .^". '.. lIHiicb, by the bye, cckild acfUM be d«cro*d Ml^ (rMnak^^ By Mt of rarUuncnt-^-tbe comnoD Uhlfv'^ ^ 7'»'' ya ,| ' 1 1 -I ^ ■ • 1 1 • 'y t ■ .- '\ _' ,. ~ .•*■■"*•■ .-!> "■'%'• ' . 4 > • . * . . ^ MaaaiiiMi^a^faa^ ^^B : ; . 4 "' Jean Baptide, y O^ n Ot learned precedent— tior sVygjish reuon» ^ _ ]^rofn wheno* men'aoim^times wjse 'conclusions draw, An^ waste tlie lurngs anciUovcrstraia the wearon, ' -^ To shew vast eliM)uenco-~or % sinall flaw t <■ >*' But Itt'ui lyr^ Afhttr, do not' think me unning* For, on my word, tliii i% but die beginniog :—• I mean b<^innlng otdigression, as 700 tiet, I • »e wrfUen stanzas, nearly tuif a acom-* . Just for the sake of a Tarietjr :— ' ' , .And tbo* perhaps you've seen it long before^, , There's a quotation— -'tis no secfecy^ « ' ',And for viMiety I'H quote it o'er :— *' Gutta ca\^lapidum, nonurtJ»en of my tale's to be, " * HA-o patience ctader.aiW you*ll dbubtlesi see. • < ■ <■ . • * f - ; • ■ v • Yes patience — hear what. I may have to say, - ' It ms^ do good, ifiiot 'twill do no barm; Just for amusement to pass tinae away— '. / If, tinctured with, a soporific cliarra, '• It make you doze, — prruse it in tlie day— when you urc iiick, and sliould it grirf disann, Tlio' I am lui I her Doctor nor Magician— ^soaight ^t up fur-a i^ost learn'd Pliyucjan : . . * ' Perhaps give lectures — (doubtful by tb« way,)- On whys and wherefores of tlie this, and tbaty. • Id Physic, Phtliisic, "Physiology''— or pray ? ^ How would' you like a lecture upon skulls, squar* fla^ Or rouiidybea• proverb tnt. JW ,1 soothe a pain, th« ftetU^g cwJoTSW- " A» resignation. *hen the good mL "' ?ges. king.rCb^.ht- Of high dcgree-decliuing dpwn te tn^^ r modern ^otonw of »l- r.t; J fj*.."^* ' -A • I ^. w. ...^,. ucgree— aecliujnff doirn te xmtoT ^^ '•<«9 heroes beggar alWet^ption boISwv XVI. . That I should bavjB one— and «» irfic without. So»ne mt*n aM heroes of tlleir ovri* m«.*:^. -^ >VJjo feast their pride on fond iinammrtii«& Or vaiB imaginings-'U. wuS^KSfe Is *'magutraius in poetiea" at least. ^^ ' ' xvni. ^ 't ^ '-.••■■■,■■■■ Of Capffstc*. life^jli^ PcHmpJ-hSm. xin 'i^"*' ^''^ '*« ''opes-it. ell beJow - ■ ix. *^- X .V". *v. / ?u- .4? 5^1=^ » *>» t ' ^ , - k< .■*"'"» ' . •'■' -V % • > ': I would not here pretend to undertake, To write a satire on these Errant Knight^ • Yclept oW i?oc/je/or*, who thro' mistake, In their ideas of the pure delights, . ^ Of being one's own self, asleep, awake. And at all tiroes— renounce their le^al ngUta ft To social joys— the raptures and the honey, Of the most blissful of all blisses— Matrimony ! ^XI, " Their revelries" 'tis said " are free aftd funny, " And that tlicir clays pass cheerily along— " Mild, calm, •eitiic, unclouded, warm and sunny— ' " As flow the numbers of some lovcrlorn song." But I should deem tbcir way was rough and stonny ; It may be truly that I'm in the wrong:— Tlio' think of home^-i)( ki»d and tender greeting. Of sweet caresses, smiles — and bright eycl meeting. #- \ XXII. And say who'd 'o9 a Bachelor — I'd not, lljat is, if I could marry to my liking, (Which heav'n permit may some day be mf lotj And get a model of each beauty striking, / In love's vocabulary— ^if I thought— But Where's the rhyme ? what say you now to spik^f , —Pray pardon me— I meant to aO i J ' 1 '■ : ] I ^ \ *■ J ! ! : : 1 ; ■ ^ • } - I- i ^\ "■ B^-^ d „ ^ A 9 ' I ^* V ^'i J * '',fl •i ' k^ i > •;:i t 1. li; ' t \ 1 ', \ . ff- ' ■C ' - ' ' « • - k 1 1 .4 .' ->.\ 6 JJfaw BaptUU. And Icsd a life— restricted to the letter, Ot matrimonial statutcii — nor falter, A» did Euripides — whose double fetter. Most sorely galled him— and, at length, did vex^ His yeiy soul, with all the softer sex. / . •■ ■ -/ ■ " . /■ '. XXIV. But Bapriste was a high life blade— that is^ A ??• ?P** °^ " *'*•"*• ''"*"•' «>"«« «»nd thew," V And had indeed a movt expressive phk If you'd e'er teen it, you'd bMve thought it so^ Round as a whiskey bottle— tiio' a quia ., Was once heard say— (the/oc/ J do not knoW,) , ruat Baptute s head was large pnough— but— w«U ? A quu oft says what poeU sbouSd not teU. XXV. JNTVm/wr/tf kis beyond doubt he had a head^ Fiird with the feats of Iotc and chivalry-^ And aJiahl, daring heart— as it wat said, tiM*^i^" » vo/ligeur^fot liberty. Had faded the foe— seen hosts of wounded, deM<, And dying in life's bitter agony Cleft to.tlM^ earth, by fate's relentless blow. Busied in tlie last work of man below. xxvi; He'd seen all Uus— nay, he had seen much more, O ^ He d seen two armies meet in awftil fight; , ^p-'" Heard beating drums and the loud cannon's rd^x Seen the day darken, as if tun'd to nigbL •' iVhen roost terrific clouds of smoke hung o'er j ' He'd seen the fo9 dispersed and put to flighL " Soeftjiliat would frighten almost ao/ hero, *i His courage stUl abating not a xero. W^ XXVIL "^ And so it chanced Jean Baptist* fell «« in hwe" Poor soul, be knew not loTe's aoxietiea t He knew not what it was his arts t* pr«v«. And curb the fancy, that ne'er quii>t I*— ' ^ Knew not how difllcult it waa to mo** m Fond woman's heart— mad* up of contrartetfa t In fsrt (what tha kind rsMier may discern) • Bapttstc, ai f et, iMd many tfaiogt to Ictftt I ' "J.*i f. t-~1 •". ""■' Jean BapH^U, XXVIII. 1 ', I In tote, or into love, which e'er tou ptc 'Ti» quite the same, accoiding as tbiifgi go^ For love — 'lis said, is a most dire diseaai^ And makes oae feel, " in spols, all over m / Though I've, as yet, not taken "ay degrees. In Cupid's C*Uege, and can^ justly kooir:, But I will hazard in, for your iospectioo,- Saving recourse— to all wh^ claim connection ! XXIX. The fair Lorrain — some used to call her Ladg (I call them all so, out of cotlrtety, And yet must say, that I am often ready, To own the epithet a faUity,) . But now, my pen, a mumeut pray, be Meady—' Tlie^ are all pretty creatui^es— certei I Ever like to treat them with docility. For rudcnets, Ladies never call cKiUty ! 1^ XXX. Tlio' now a days, one scarce can be polht. Among Aunt netty's''Nictes, or bright eye* _ Of mother*' daughters, and e'en crack a trite Old joke ; thro' which., pcrcliance there might arise. A little tittering — but •• all's not right" And Miss u quaintly told — " If slie is wise, " To be upon her look out"— not fo mentioa The cunning hint of «• dubious intention :" XXXI. With a long sermon on " female propriety,** Thus ringing tlim' the town a false alarm ; And alth*| now ami then 1 love variety. And think that mixing \»ith the world's no barra— To study out the mysteries of society ;— I must allow, to me, there is no charm. In aeeing every day new fa^Jiioas, or A/o'j pet, Pusb'd in the face of com;non sense— oi storcli'd a I coqar(t« t * / XXXIL Tilt fclr Lorraih, whose name perforcf I givt— i ^ And 'lis a pretty name— and so was she ; 1*11 not describe her— thu* I do bcUer*, Perha|W a prettier, fairer, ne'er could bt j Soma say there have been— but they mu^t for«f?a My deeming tliem mi«inken -.—Old liebt, Y7h»m poets tell of, nor yet Grecian UeU, M iio }nm Ibc vagrant l*«ri> so deep fell i» ' ! i > • \l i I i ' I .■ i f! « ! Jeah Boplistt* XXXIIL l^we—-* ere never h«lf to \mt\j I opioe. • But rm no limner— ergo— -« I'd choose her counterpart— •ircre I to cfapose a «rUe, XXXIV. ' She lited in Canada — no matter wbcrt^ It might be rloisttred in a nunnerjA Breathing a life of bolitiidc and prajar, III swert seclusion frcnn all revelry.^ Or it might be, that she did choece to shara The bmilcs of an ungrateful world, and sea The fickleness of man — inconstancy and foil jr« Now tmiltng, angry, gay or anelancbolly. XXXV. ** False colours last" —like tints on beauty*s check, An hour lliov spbrkle like tlie di&mond bright ; Then fade — ^tlieir lovely khade in rain we seek, Dimm'd L/ time's cruel, unrclcming blight. " False friends will smile," an huUr, a day, a wcck« llien fii«^ridUiip, w ith ingratitude requite— And wound the breast that bath toe dearly learned, - No pang, i)i like the pang, of kindness — ill returned! XXXVL / had a ** friend"* onct, and I decm'd him all. That man could or should be— not tt hat man i% And li«i been, e'er since our first parents' fall From Edtn's bow'rs — bltrst IViradise orblisi.-l But he is (banged ; what thm was friendship's caU Were now a favour to bc«tow<— but 'tia Kot, not tliat I griave, the ntomcnts past to acao ( I jgtiere to cct iL* tfliwasUuBcy of num. XXX VIL ' > I said no matter where slie lire JU-*tia true— . ^ Tlie where and bow do iiut much sigbity; . SU /ivxf— good reader M If you hartr not, go read it for your sim, Aati tell me, if, you've ■>r. airuing.varseclippeny Found one could clip- iiiore quaio^ly <• Outs and Ins»** And sometimes nt{> cloite as a pair of oippera, But reader, if your patience, I'v^^^eroe bard oa» I must be^ leave to beg your patieoce-'s pardMi^ - ■ XXXIX. ■ ■ . . . w And then proceed. From some unknown reason^ (Love nev«ra»ks for « reason, nor for rhyme "^ Baptiste now felt— what will forever teas* ooa, ' ^ When either out of season, place, or time. It wai not what is called " domestic treason," But a strange feeling rather more sublime t Inlammatory in its variations. Symptoms :— ^ulse quick, cheeks hectic, and heart palpitatlooaf ^ X.L> He felt, " someliotw" a kind oTapzToui spelT, And sometimes most scntentiously would sigh. Tlie Ladies did conjecture him unwellf ' ]Un'.-d-ia-ltte — and hoped lie would not dieT Kind hearted Ladies ! I the truth must tell, I love you, as I love my own right eye : Kind and yet cruel, and pray whcre's the wonder. You smile awhile,— tliea rend mens' }ieans asunder. XLI. * In truth the world's a wonder a1togetber>*> And man's a creature wonderfully made,— « (And so is woman !) fickle as tl)« feather; So heatheais!i philoiophers have said. Mads to endure sunshine and rainy weather. To love^ fear, hope, \)^tnj and be betrayed. And nvarry too— not till be courts a wife tbo*, Eat, drink, be merry, some say smoke tobeecoi « XLIL That is, as one methinkt should comprehend iC, To feel quite pleased when thin;rt f^o " smooth and clerer :** And when a little rough, to condescend t*it, Bacause to tease, ani fret and «(old will nercfr Lessen an iH, when one cannot forefend it .«^ To love when inclination prompts, if ever An object worthy of our love be found;— T« fear ;-~whe« any thing the aense confband. «WUJIi^* -.-' ' ' ( 1 ■ r t i ':^ ^■! r i . '1 t •■ 4 ■ ■ /, ■ ■ > ■ «• ^ I . ■ ■■ I 1 ' !^ 1 A' •l f I I i ■■\ ^'1 10 Jean BaptUie. XLIIJ. Grt married, aye— but more of U,i. ere lonff^ To cat *hen*ne is hungry-drink when drr. Be merry « hen io humour for « wo* That IS, when njelaftiholly is not phrh. In other word., when ooe feeU " verv high," C". «''^'^»«d»*k*« joke, andchawj hence wrww. And keep h,« conscience harmless for the morrol xuv. . • And as for smoking, just as one would ple..^ Jokmg, I d relish better, but " you knowT^ • Not every one can lake things at their ease. And.some are vapid as the chilHngsnoi^ ' CoJd, murky, saturnine,— and endJ«s teaw ' Should smoke away, and never set up joker, ' \ XLV... ; ., _ Jean Bapiiue lov'd hi, pipe as well a. any ^ Man, of like sensibility, could do— Tnj not r^ inordinatplv'as many, " Ycrwh!!n '/?• "" '^ l"'^' '""*' *"'°''*^' *''« ^^''°I« ^''^ek thro' ! let «hcn the vcaU.cr was or dull, or rainy, He could, nt leisure, smoke a pipe or so : ^ VI Inch serve, (/'^ tdd) to help one', cogitat on. And bnghten up dull paced-imaginationr! ' XLVL He lov'd a joke-in common acceptation. When aim^d either 'gainst a foe or friend , And could lajgh heartily In -approbation. |' When not ^liged his batteri'e. to defendL Wh" n ?*!"t «r* ■ »'"*"* ^'"' P^longation , ' - M hen he fesult no dang,.r did portend : ' ?f J«';«" «li'»-t^'«- Baptist* was "no f«»I •• Much did b. dread the rfift. of ridicult I ' XLVII. And for myself, I tbiok they truly an, What It requires some patience toendui»» So exquisite the paih. we're forced to bwr. - And like tlM rheumatism, that with ptu^ " - And scorr^of nostrums w. ^ jAim nu?, af5a.!k.. at,* t^ ^., i, . i''.'^^. . l^H^^ KsaSBB Jean t^aptiste* XLVIII. 11 J If with her slisfls— Baptiste wa» e'er •fBMuAt ' lit would tend forth a " genteel oath or two,*' As anger' sate upon his brow depicted* And deemed them hinily as small ciotbet, altho' lie ne'er stark mad profanity affected. More than sucli men of qualitj perforce do. Merely to shew an " independant spirit," Or dian with •'"wonderful degree of merit." XLIX. Now Baptiste wa« indeed a '* man of state,** Not tliat be kept a dashy roach and six. While ihrong} of minions on his nod await, But was (not to be tedious or prolix) A famous politician ; and could prate ' About the " CivU List," and rightly fix. In his own mind, when to relax and give— And how to "" exercise pirerogative." '■•., • I 1 r. ^ r I -' . t * " Religion et Liltcrtf* did much disturb His meditation^., for much did he fear, The civil power should dnrc attempt to curb. Or blint him, in the ui>e of blessinge, e'er So just and highly praised, — and our siiperb Constitution, which he held so dear, Might moit unluckily be taken from ut-^ When we might put on sackcloth, or invoke St ThoniM ! Lf. • Bui my good reader, let us veer about.-^ I hate all politics, upon my word ; And politicians to«, tliey make kuch rout For a mere trifle ; tho' Byron, you. hare beard. Or I will tvll'you, could not do without Tliem— (kuch i^ooil wholesome lessons they aflbrd,) And brou^fht tht:m in, for take of their Tariety, " To stuff wilb sage that rerdbat goote society." UL . * Tho' not professedly a moralixar— t One may presume to lecture, now and then, £*eu tlio.'te who are,- iii tiutb, much wiser Than hts dvar self.; Mnre there's a clasa of mim, Who sadly need, a candid, kind adviser. And, might derire inittructiont, from my peo ;-» But stop-~roy pen is bad— and I must mend it-- So en ds U w ««nnip »^r tfai» Bne wtU wid itf —- > ■ I i f iff • II- ■• . fc' I i I; t I- • .- t ' ■ I 1 i t •;. • ■ :^' \ 1 r ^ "i? • • - J 12 ' t ■ f( ^ t ■ I I Jean Baptidt, LIII. '• A lore scene «nd good dinner arc fin« Uiinw" Among tl« jorf .nd disappijntmenu of Uii. I.'ft^ And yield J. true bli„"-Hi. „,,„,.., ™i,„t^,'V'r: _If true bl.K there n,Ay be. wher« .11 is rife *^ W,th vexaunn, embition, riotinw, T h.l"'.K"r *"'*' wntenUon, woe end strife ;, I h.(e the former-tlKHiifh es I'm • .inner, ^ I dearly Iot. . ««7oury, wiwlcsome dhi^. LIV. And trho t)i.i does no^? bttt these sad '«^rcve «»nefc'^ Awaken Recollections in the mind. ^^ Of woeful hi^urs ; ]ike grief Ui«t inteiTeoe. - T ' ri ""T fff""**"* influence, half Jcwiu In pahd splif Adour, .nd seems net unkind! But y,Hd, no ci»nlolation from that sorrow. ^Vli.ch waits to banker each returning morrlwr^ • • • ^ • • • .' • ■ •• • \ • f^ . • • fc Who has not felt that wasUng, pcnsire feeling. rhat spnn?. from young affections sadly crossed. Over the recollection, hourly stealing, "«»'«"*> Like the remembrance of sdme dear friend lost. He wi,o Irtth, knows sorrow— he who hath not. lia» yet, to learn what " cannot be forgot." LVI. I sjid that Biiptiste lo»ed— nd loved full welL ,^? "o* '"th that sore his wounded heart, And vexed him, with i'a>a.'!«ral)lc small. LI X. I love to eulogize the sex sincerely-. Their sweetness, kinJccss penilcncss of soul ; , •Tis said they're fiikU,— j i-t 1 love tlitin dearly:— I love to dwell on thai :'c nu spell which stole ;, My young affections ; aci Lad nearly. Bereft me of my own «-esl: heart** controul; The warmth of feeling grc^t Ing to excess,-. Id blisikful transports vrorii cannof express! IS Lx: O ye«, — there are in ycse c4x-ome an analytic^ Merely to please a dcsplcsitle critic? . LXIL I M^id Lorrain ne'er fele t^e cwoct delight, Arising from a pa^Joa in tlie breast^ Called Love— sufi agoniiJig bliss— the, brlgh^ , Delirious vision uf pu*e r«vt— And lioly raptures— be: I kve to writ* I'hc truth, — UaptlaU Lil ut'cr her love pojse^sed ] Klie loveil, fall wtimett *!>,) and at length married, Wbeu Bapuatw found La tupek had uli miiCArrivd. r •h % ^ " i *5| > !-■ ' 1 .11 * > 'I I' . y )•■ ■i' '! ^ ' ' / . 1 \ • - .1! u • • » !«' ^1 ( ^l' ^ i^ 1- 1 5|- , • ^^X'* Jean Baptiste, LXIII. I know not how it is-— but there are tbota. Who can, but sadly, thece sad ills cndurt* In love aHairs— who look raoody, moroMf Impatient, inelancholly and demure. As if no tongue could tell qut half tfieir woetp And no physician their disorder cur« ; "^ _ Or, as if, grief was fetter'd to a mind. That could uot bear one ill of life migncd. LXiV. And there are thoee who pasa regardlen overt" Such disappointments, and with rare deface, £ach fond rtmcnihrancc, of a cruel lover. That, in the mind, had long held welcome place ; Others, some small dihquietude, discover, But strive to bear tbcm with a' seeming grace, And an a&i.umed fortitude display, As if a&bamcd tbc-ir weakness to bctraj. • LXV. ^ Poor Jean Bapti&te had no such /ortitnde. No kind icsource of soothing consolation. Arising from nithin — thot might elude The wasting pang of silent devolation, Ti;at prey'd upon a mind, by love bcshrew'd ; NiT soolliing hoj>c t'extend alleviation,— Or (Iieer liim with her palliating rays<— And died bright pro&pects 00 his future days. Lxvr. I cannot say he was " non compos menii$** But on his brow sat such a woeful look Of angry sorrow, that ne'er content is, Yuu woald have thought kind reason bad forsook Her post,— and, as when life's weak thread, half spent it. And >cems too slender nature's throe to bnxdt. Awhile h^ pin'd in melanciiolly sorrow— And secni'd life's every mental grirfto bomow. LXVII. But soon his anguish grew to desperatJon, And death only pruinis'd ■ ^uick release. From pain and sorrow's dreadful devastation >^ " TIa- soul must lie disbanded"— Death was peeoe**-^ Mcxt came the blasphemous determinatloo— Tlie fatal, dire, icsulvc— but does life ccaae ? No Sirs— hanging Infused such a queer pidui ' i I; ii . ',' Jean Baplide* , LXVIII. *T«rM that or else the fall-^fjr i;t a blunder, He'd U'en a 'kerchief for the faul deed, — Which broke, like Sampson's Aaxcn cordk asunder. And kindly eased him dovrn , * ' °- • ■' • • ■ ;• » . * ^- • • Much did he grieve, that it had not been stronger, But, thought it beat,-^o liv a little longer I • ' ' Liix. ' : c I'm glad he thought so— glad indeed,— For if he bad not— mouruful 'to relate^ Here musi have closed' my story — with the deed; Which would have'sealed poor Baptiste's wretched fate. And put a " l^mii" to the Tame : — so speed y ' ITice yej/ my Pegasus,— « rite— rhyme — but wait— I promis'd a respite — or short reprieve— The weakness of the Ladies' weak eyes to relieve ! - . « LXX. And so farewell ! the kindest friends must pai^ "* ■> ^ ' And absent feci the. silent loneliness,— The gloomy chasm of an achiag heart. That spurns the profler of a cold caress ! Awhile farewell !— at this, the tear may start. And flow — but it bath less of bitterness,- — Less of the pang, we feel, when fortunes sever Two fond adoring hearts — in life — forever \ . , {End o/ihejirst Canto.) • 15 ' ^F . •/■ 1$ "i 1 I w V, f 1' \ i/ V / JEAN BAPTISTE-.— ^ Portic (Mm. Cakto 1L • ; >' Oh'! Canada->/axnand of freedom styled^ \ Land of the meadow, mountain, bill and dale ; t)f w inter stern — kpr.ng calm, and summer mil< ( Of sweeping tempest, of soft n.urm'ring gale» I love thy prospect* — thy lone foreau wild,-. 'lly change:^, from when winter's blaslsji^sail,-^ To the warm brecie of spring— from loneliaeas A field, to tummer'a faireu, greenest i^'cw* » II. C . I love thy boundless wastes — thy soli^det, V.'licre savage iiifin, from «.iTage man may stray, /ind seek, unaw'd — (scarce ollitr care iutrudcs,} The scanty pittt nee cf each coming day; - - %Vithout a hope, thar^pwent' peace ddudes. Of fame or jgrsa|«fss--in his lonely way- Content ^Krt — a pilgrim'sjife to roam ; Fixed tc no spot— at home^wiiliout a Lome. llll. I love.tliy cataracts and flowing tidt._ Thy wild romantic falls— I love— alas K No more — what woejthat fatal wcrd betldea— " I loy'd once t^H^ly— but let it pass— I would forget that time^yet still it gli^- Across my memory— as life's low glassT Seems running out — remembrance conootldie— SloTv^^cJIjakcriof gangrene of all misery ] '*^ ' - ' • ■ IV. . ' ^ \ ,. ■ V . • ■■ ** Care to our cofBn adds a nail" says BitMM^ Or Pindar, or some other versifier,—* %VI>ether bedoom'd earth's dirty fac^ to rdua* To satiate to ambitious bold detira j Or Hit/) u u] , iu our litUe •* house ond'bonMu*' Like a poor i'l ion, |iarson, nun, or ftiarr«> Aud tliat a *' jovinl, me^ry song" (no doubt Su n g o ' t tt ^^aokM^ ls)^ **xiUX4fim it owh*' f a r\ I Jeatt Baptists- 17 mk U^iof wia« tw*"— for reader think th« number, ^C)fi||»lancholW.fi*»;^ you meet, HcedlM. »f eailMydln— 4* Tifvl*^ IJ*?K'~ . When»cr yoa pas« aloai • w^" •»«> <> «W In our good City -.-think of tbo.. -^o '.l-mber-- Bt-neath the cM. wSeroon men tread tlieir fec»J Cut do^rn in Hf^'V youn r prlm^, and the P'«»«"P^«°^ That half, perhaps, or more died with a lote coasum^on. VL Aye, think of thii :— aai if you hate • heaij, (Or young or ^M) I ?"»5 >ou g"'*"^ '* ''.'"v From the as-^lt of bright «ves— aod the darl Of wonder workin;;— Cu.nd, cruel, fell, Barbed and keen j.o-nte anguish —but this much I can assure ye. That many Uiousani J^ngi will never cure ye, t VI L Or draw the nail ont^l ^^Jppose you'd hate it. By way of koepin,' J? th^mctiphor.^^ q^ \NTiat is a metaphor- ? - B at " gutta eaM -- I stated somewhere back— why,. or Wliat tor. Or what-noed not b* to: i-th4" 'if you craje ,t. ViJe Canto fir»f, ver>e tenth* On, I abhor. These nUeti.S— how tnach scrfAd how ample— I think myi proem a oic^.t excellent ensample. VIIL * • —I love to wander, at the set of sun. The fair S . Lawrea'^s Sowing stream beside. Now watch her srao^uh'y Hmpid F-'ters run. Then list the gur^'Un^, ripphng, roUmg Ude, . Or vlfew Ui# proud ^ii•i>— her long vdyage done— ' Safe into port, with look mnjesticndc. And furl h.r unforl'd saiU— her sinchor cakt. Heedless of future, or of dangers past. IX. f l«ve to contemplate the dawning nijjht, , When darknv^ »iak» by wlow degrees around ; usi so aije jitealk upon the mental sight, d Ittaves the iatelUvi ia sorrow bound ! '" tb aiU' Luna's trembUng light, briik* upon W'iUt\ d«ep profound: • briltiaaL but ♦vauirfi >«oo*», M U» m O OP, ".■ !' ,.i* 'W •8 %'i1 ' Jtan Baptiste, li;i r .r . c > ■ - X. '• 4«i then my thoughts turn back to other days, . Till itoincf-swci't spot, and fondly cheriob'd tpO — To youthful scenes— ,whcre fancy Ktill ptwtrayi^ TI»e ganUn, grot, the «1qi, the Uiady>ew,, Tbe^bbling brook that winds along the aiaa% Of shrubbery and thorn— the di»iaat viaw Of tprendilig ticIJs ; — the lambkiAs ^porting tbcrt ; My Fatheu's khidncks and mj IIother's can I Youths glowing hours are Minify bbun —in ▼ai^T* . Wtf'pausc, to count tliem and recomt ibena o'er, < To u-aich their fleet ness—'pavsing iu the wan« !■ As the lone irarfncr looks on tlw sliorct We'luuk widi trembling vision, — gaze again,-^ ^Ve sleep— ^we dri^am, and wake, they are no noorc-^ Xo more dt:ludc our fancy— bopelebs gone— YdutL's glowing hours^ we call but once our own. I? •. s / XII. f. Go Icpk upon the smiling infant u it ^ -^ Wliat thou /inst ijvtn^—hoyf beautiful-^— how fair- Its rosy check — it turns aiul smiles^on tliee : -* Then look upon thy aged ]1arent^»— where Tlioij may'st read, wliot thou, ere long, tiialt be ; I'or iLere arc wrinkle*, and deep furrons there,— And li'nch betokening; grief, and days of woe, And locks about ihcui like theboary siM>w li XIII. Go to the silent tomb-^and cast thine cy« ' ^ruuud— and look upon the cold, dampeartb; To;;ether infnnts and the aged. lie, . In quiet, 'neath the grassy turf— no mtfdi^ Or liot, heedless laugh, or revelry. Shall there mock thy meditations ;— a dcartK - Of all— but silence and sad tlioughts— tliout't find ; ; Youth's sunny bc^ni 'shall brvak'oot ontly mind I ■ /" \ . . - . , . ^ XIV. Tlien think not of thy youthful bour»— the ftan Of bye.p^st-bctiies— ''tis bitterness of tbougfit ;«i« ' Kay dreaiQ not of tlicm— they were full «f.t<«ra Of resticf. ne>s — and " hopc>« delay'd"— and fMUgbt "With griefs, thy memory tells not of^-^and^fMn , Of coining woes— but look lieyond, where tttigbC To soar, fiuiU tiiuiD^ihs o'er death's dark, col^ k^ And, all immurtal, matt no tetu aball >h»d« *: ^uf ^' '' ,/. •♦ • ■I ,,■•': ';^;> 1 -^^. (■/■ />.. '* ' •\- ^■:'f ;?• . ''■' ■ ■ ■ '.J, ' •'. ' ' . ■ ^^ ^^ .'^ " Yet thprc arc thoitglits thtit rannnt die ;" — ^th« l^ast , Of ke^^adverkity ina^ kevnlv sweep,- Anil blight oyr youii;; bope^ — »3ii<1 Ute long, the last >: JLing'ring ray, thit s«eui'iL awhile to keep, \U throne whhin our hosoms, may j^trpast,— '^ The iippress stiSl reuialnv— engravpn deep Upon the heart, — ;>till thou^ghts, there are, that press Around that *' throne of silent .loaclincss." xvr. • , - • / • • ••■ • • «« • . • •_ • • • • • • * • • • • • • 4 • • • • > •^ • •' ♦ • „• • • ' • • • - • • •* * f % •»*. xvir. Call y«u it madness to yerhc poetry? ^ f infant it may be mauncss tn excess,— ' But who loves not soTb !>oolIiing minstrelsy, ^tvakcning feelings ton '^ue cannot cxpreiw;— Who does not fed transporting ccstacy— With dear delusion thj whole soul possess— Litit'ning tlie poet's swet-tly dowin;; numbers, Sacred and pure as " cveninj's sikut kluuibors?" . - ^ XVIII. Wlio does not love the music of the ^rove. When warbling songster* chaunt tJieir notes at ftre, Makinj sad mu^n, or ttHiti^ ta'c* of love. While rust'in'^ ;froTc , in geiith* oiurmurs heave) And tliro* tlio glade, the sighing breezes luove, " And to the^thron^ their little cciioen' give ? ■ Or sit^nd gaze on ainu'et'^, {{lowia;^ eyes. As, from her loa^ye, sweet noies of concord rlM ? XIX. , <• 'Tis he alone wl.os* Itosom never -glowa. With soti iM!ns.iti'nis and etiiereal joys ; Whi> huth no leir to sooth a ftl!ow's «ro«a,' When inward pence corroilinj grief dcstroyi ;-^ He wliu ne'er tasfcs tliat uI enjoys*— n\i\ inofbidr 4«#en ,' t I ww^^m" . < I ^ If Jean Baplitie. XX. But music, poetry, or politrcitnt. With nil Uicir max!mi>, mc&bures, tonM and fcet» 'Tis inucli thtt same ; we rnll those wi»e phyiticransy \Viio keep llis constiiutiun in roirpUte ^ Slate of preset ration ; and those ma },':r!anf4 Bards or minilreU (clionsc which ynu will ensiuUp As I'm in haste) «ho with iht^f mio»trelsie». Makes us furget, wluit t>urt of folk we b«. XXI. ** Tliere's muMC in all thing*, if nfien had ear»**— • S-Yk U}ri/ii, that is; if n!cn had lart to bear. Fur if thi y ! i^not, plainly it appears*' 'llie fcwtftcst no'.e that e'lr drew forth a tear, Ficni maii'in fair, as mirth's* cbr.trt perous cheer«> Or «in(!s tiiat blcal^ly sweep the forest drear, PabS o'lf the deadly cor&r, ^ould pabs him by. Or march of deatli ut midnight — silently t xxir. But while on music, (ones and variations^ Lei's vary still-^as we're uut stationni ;—• To other »ul)jicts turn our lucubrations, Kct-pin;^ wiitiiii the sober bounds of rational i And iho', indvei', I like not altercations. Oil miUtt-Ts private, learned or national. Yet, ju^t io ste, what one perforcj; can do, ^^ .•- I »haJl attempt, to write a v^rse «r two, xxiir. upon nicknames. And 6m there's JoHatkan, A ftrlluw, cunning and "curious" as " larttation ;"' Is fceldora certain— l>ut to guesf, swear, van. And liit the mark, in " ipec." or '* calculation 1** '\Vbich be will do at well as any can. Considering bfs " /^ome-made education.** Alilto' 'tib thought, by thosx wlio ape their l>ettei% Hu'U soon Ucouac a " real hian iftetten /** XXIV. I'd like to see tlic natter rtaKied, And, era while, prove in truth a staunch rcalitj ;• Fur if, 1m! lov'd, the being catecMsed, One half as dearly as be \o^wi/ tqmalit^. In a few vean, I would not be surpria'd, ' To fiuJ bim all "r^tument'* and "/yrmaiH^** . Awd »o* la i nittau bu nelglibwwet ape e iti I !^ Some Uirn'd lingo-^as Ilvbrcw, Laiio, Ontk f • \ WH". ' "it^i • '*i' 4'- ~f .*■' ■■ H >■u a monstrous deti] ofrommoo senst : it must b« blunt, if suited to the skull, ~^Whii* fcvms of course th* attendant consequence) TInck, do2g(.>d, and impenetrably dull,, Th»t p.oves a bulwark in its own defeaect But, true it is, he ij a blustering fellow, And like roost olbers— i-knows well when to «*belloir,** - XXVL There's Paddif — a stran/;* compound of all oddifitc, And routrafictie* of liuUi and Hundertt With "och ! ray boni|r,"— «• faith !" and such commodities As nit from reason /ancifuliy sunders— But Pat's isa good soul—" odil^ 'bblood It ii,"— He loves the Lntlics — arrah ! and %vho wonders, I love theai too — Pat is a Lady's man— ^ I would be too, — who would not pray, that can? 3 - t XXVIL There's honest Sawney " ganging l>ock again"*-— Honest indeed, us honesty now passes— IIu 'leeps one eye to't-,.th'ot?KT to l.ij gain) Or rather li^lf of one — in common cases,— Unless its sore, end givei him too much pain :— But Sawiiej' has the soncy bomiy lorses. With rosy clu-tks — and they j re not so stupid. •' Ak • nae to ken the wily arts o' Cupid." ■ XXVIIL Thus much : Now for the hero of my story- Poor BaptUle't love, which had been so lonjr cTMCent, Began to wane— he'd rea?h'd the '« hrighth offilory," And seen h«T splendours parsing, evanescent; But luckily escaped the promontory Of rain — soon growing convalescent ;— So, by th» tiice a fuw manths had passed over. Ha look'd as cheerful — as a field ot' clover. • . XXIX. ■ . • *TIs true, he had liis mouraful recollec^oai^ . And bitter virions, that forever toaso onib Oft would he hi^h out broken interjecliona. And prass lib bosom, u if just to ease oim Bwelliii^ thcu^hf, Uwt recall'd ci^sod aflTecttonf, . And aoldom listen'd, or to '» want of fortitude. 11 v'-^h''^ m twwf, «ririnrsiin tVuJe. I* 12 v' , Jean Bajyiisie, "^ XXX. : .- Oh, I^Te ! to write it makes my heart ache cadlj / In truth, I luve to have it aclte a little,—' Not that rd feci the teniler passion madly^ But to remind me (lut life't thread is Inittle^ And quickly may be snapped— I would not, gladTy, Feci as poor Baptistc did, in every tittle, "Sor in the outline, but tbc*re are bchsationa— v Most deeply painful with tlisir coniolatiooa. * . ■ ■ # ' * XXXI. Oh love ! or Ctipid, with thy well lin*d quivery ^ Author of haSf the ni^u.ry of this world ; How oft, theyoHP^, roroaiUic mind, to sbif er. Hast thn\f toy iittic darts of ruin hiiii'dy * Infusing poison to the poet's liver,—- Or keenly pointed, at a venture whirled, ~ Tliy wrathful Plenijms, iw vengeful rage. Like tha proud warrior of Egyptian' age. XXXII. / '. Oh, love— TiysteriouR, hcterd;;encoiis, feelhig, Pleasant enourrh, wlun no tiliarp pang of sorrow. In painful, gloon.j, retrospection stealing Upon the mind, — beclouding each to morrow,— And in a mass of torpid grief congealing The passions, that from faithless liope, would borrow, Seine antidote, lo check that perturbatioo. Which tlirills tlie Spul with silent desolation. XXXIII. Oh Love ! minstrel of shady groret and bowers, ' Of mountain valley, wood — of every where j Sweet harbinger of bliss of bridal flowers, Connubial rapture, and connubial car* ;•-- Of glowing visions,— of kind soothing bours,-^ And dark foreboiler of (brlom despair ! I would not love-T-(rcflson and prudence bid not) Could I endure life s burthen if I did not. XXXIV. . ^ So BapUste thought, at least *• 'twould ai^pcar^^^ He loved full dearly, but his love was siightcd,^ And hopes lung cbcrtsbed with distrust and fieai^ Were cruelly .and mercilessly blighted,— He ponder 'd oft— and oft let fall • tcfr, ' . ,• And seem'd as if his spirits were brDigbtfd,.^- T Ul time and chance, true friends to the UUftte^-* Mil toTC-inqtrHttong gmw' tmimmT J<:i'Baptiste» XXXV. S J cJian jeablc — no wira^nnr is man ; I'uil of incon6uiacy»-,i t.klcn.M; C.ieq;icied with Ij.jpcH a- J fi>nrs— liw narroir span ^ Soon wastes away ; — ^i-ow fondness to exewa^ Now co'iJncu to restrvi. Indeed, to scan His wjy, ivcrs Ija^J, so ;;iTen to transgrcsg All ru!a«: ilio' nil, 'tis wdj, wiili a firm resoluUon, May l>e achiev'd by tia« and a guod^-coosu'tutioa ! XXXVI. . I cin't snf whetlior 'fvn « j(«ir, or more, Afcer Uipiistc if> ';rr?^3jsly h:id .rrcd ; At all events soma {'u-w irsontlis IiaJ passed' o'er, . Or by or under (vvhfsii i; mo.t preftirrcJ, By learn'd g:nls) it in:.-.: V.ixf been a score. Or lcs« — when ta our i, ro it occurr'd : TiJV. th3* b6*d catci cjL.r a wliolesome fish-. " As good rcni.vn\l—ni i.'er yet grac'd a disJt f" XXXVIL 23 ;i • ■ i r I Apropos of fishing— n!"x' angling— Aitho* to fisj in " rn, ".^y waters" much, I ne'er could licar— "tii" «! fike lioiueholil wrangling— (A subject which I t« t hate to touch * IJfian— it saroureth so — -uViUi just one m/«,m— wSch I keep from others, Tlirough mere priacf; ' ?. — than the sole T^ation Of being bitten by muiii.-noe* :— who smothen Then his ire— if Ic: gDoJ Ja calculation. Would make a seconJ J:.\, tnd in tht athea. Sit down quite patientJy, siaj cut himself in— gaAet ! XXXIX. Bat In tb« opeo field — wiii bcre and tbcti^ A Khady elm, x>r luwfy tri'low bending*^ In pvniive stillness— re. wcm of all cai». Or ruthlen danger, rt,.i:w»|y impcndinf. J d wander •Awhile oU Sc^ vlioue bright and fair. His warn beams t* tb* ro!d earth lending;— And it it taid— (ba tntth ] do not doubt, ' J^a^^jyl not |ih 1.9tig„ Pftw . t .diTi,- 'iu^ftt)i^^tf^i^,0t^ t .-n-^ 24 r 14 < Jean J^aptiste. —In truth, tho' Baptiste could not lore anotLer, Or .aid as much, it proved quite a« contmire. So fate would hate it,— and not all tke pother Of his reason, (which was indeed /«. rfatr,) Could a young bud of " ,„/rt,/" passjon smother; Attempted with the mo«i assiduou- care •— I would not say— hif love «.« predestined,— Jsor thing of chancy— for no true end de«igoed. XLI. " I bold the world, but as the world"— • thins ' " Of shjcds and patches," Botched up and mended, Like an old worn out coat, w iih scarce a string Of the original ;— and man dc>sccnded,— Jii^aining in descent, but "grief and sorrowing," Irom die first parent :— together blended, The « orld and iu frail tenant,— and htguly rated, WoxxU prove, I thiiik, most woefully 'degenerated- XLIL ITjings alter cases— cases circumstances— And circututtancii, when combined together, Adcct su^ngc wonders in our fickle fancies. Even that insubstantial thing a feather, Like the protid ship that on the rough surge dances, ' Mocking Uie heavy onehcr'h fuble tether, Instructs the n;ind,» on scber contemplation. And feasts, rerchar.ce for hours aur nediution. XLIIL - Thus mnn's life passes— and tlie contrariety. Of wots, >iciksitudes, pain and distress. He here doth undergo, in sad varii'iy,— Force Jiim to own it full of bitterness.—. * • • • » m " • • • • .• XLIV. There's Ljtteracss in youUi— tho* strew 'd with flow*fi. It IS a wayward, thorny, crooked course,— • CiiALCiE. speaking of Um inspirer of bis numbcn^ Mjt ;• ** Jier diw/ip tkiH taught mt In fine, fhe was so form 'i!— one would ecinmend her* Tout ensfvtbfc, ratLor than rriticize, llo* not perLaps, »v|jat »11 would idolize^ ♦ A I Cburcli, (she t\sL3 a CuthoUc gcod reader,) AVith lioly «r(!o«ir, tLc devotion paid ; And at the altar >eem•c^ a eonstant pleader,* Ilerlife, with innoccnee^.iight be pourtray'd: J cannot lay l;ijt, that soirctlroes indeed, Ijcr Gentle scul from Church dtvoticn strayed; r.ut when she raised bcr eycs-^«.o heavon begullin YoM'd almptt thought you saw rn— angel smiling. ^ ILL ^'otlns znA Tf .ynr* i^^Vidly il,c kept, Willi ho?y J.cut, fasting and cbslinencc. And o'er her ; ntcr iioslem eft she wept " So modesi]y/j«3»W/£(j AuVc-ncc."..., Jii * * • ■ • • LI|. 1 said slie piii'd in single Llesscdnets, ^^ Merely because ber La.Iysliip so chose To o«, — and had bcr notions to exeeta; I could not tav exact how many- beaux, aiiere had been, who attacbnient did possess;-^ Or if fclie'd any — though one would i.uppo8e, 1 y ihe Account, that at least eight or cine, - }iad bow'd oUequiout at ber beauty's bbrine. LIIL But let that pnss-~as they hid pass'd away— ' She'd reacb'd tljc years of prudence and discrctloiu A ad felt that every Iwjur, and etery daf, Left bir one less— /o /ive-^and the impresaon, Tliat all iH-r youthful beaux and sweethearts gaj Had ^*^> J^o"]** oftpo ffxre the sad confi ^f ifp ( io pritii« rr1im3i7THaiiKin;[»gs nnJ (oriet,) And caiuw> to Baptiite's ears, v.-hu <]uile elutcd* Apj>car'd uu if h^a yidd the gliost before hit 'i'imc was come ; and, with impaueuce, waited Tli^ liaf py momcitt, \vl)<;p he raijjht disclose, ■Sam'jthiuj; ilut in Iiis anxious Itrcoat arose. • LV. ' * ," - , / T'link you 'twas Ldfvc?* it mi^jlit be nicknamed sudi, ' But o:) my word I %vuu)d not call it ko. Pt'rhaps 'twoi rca»ori, t^o^t oft boast $o much. Who yet can scarce "old Uavuclor" forego,— And seek a wife— with a proinetheau touch, Of ilching pa->siun — near akin to snow ^ It might have boon dear i>ougIit philoiuphjr,— • 27 Biit what it wa-: LVI. N Cost holiday to t^Jmrch with great devotion— * He went— with looL dcumit, dowum^l imJ Ic.vJy ; Aal in his brea,t Itli.'re s.-c-aM :•. wram vaiolion. As loud h^'sc.i^ \'\ cho;Ui s/^ and slowly : i And then thi^ A/'.wj did ia;i«ta£''i %wei\. co:nmoiloa, Of hcave^^Iy ardour and isf {".rvour holy, Yoii woulijf liave thcu^.jt ('.Link c:!ifrwise wLa «aa) He \va.% iiitlie rtaliiv, a «;^:y iiiaj|. LVI I. I Fair Ross! i? l>cJi«*M iwia ^ Ith delight, Jsining en w.'isji:;, wiu'i ^ iJi a ir.«H!est {^race ; IgJccd, she f.!t *;iicp;ureJ lI Vm: fcijjht; As u^w Aul tlicn sLe caujht Lis gLuce apace: a pretty BPP..riny n-ccived cuita.n amo.ig men of lil.-rary liabite, .agjuJ iVr»t:»n*ii'ly of di.jilayiii^' Vw extent' and profundity of I, — Uiou/u of ^ «ry tiKKlcst and fmnible pretentions, and one who ' • As It is a pretty gpp.vri wevcr to loic their reading, vould by lotofhiii ni«L to be tliou^ht " «tisc over mucli," I rs'^noi weli prevail upon my-iclf, on t!j» preheat Ov-caJun, tu omit girinj t'lc following (jUJUtloa from BurtEB's llioia.iis ;— puily forth* aforesaid Kason, but wore particularly for tiic Lfjn.iutun of the Ladies, whose i cipectful votary I hold myself at a'l times to b« t *• r* li.^'/! X.OM be ill tlu WitrliTt jnttenoe, •• lioiu-yM the m^lMogic n-iof, .** ITte rnU iubtlanc^ 1/ /.'i< shadow, «' Which «•/ udircu md courittup'k made le.' Butler Mjf^ bm-hw I i. n 1 1' '1' ! ■ 1 I i' I /• '|i i. i^liMaMBilh 5 I-'! i: Is il n- » . r t ; ■ li' /[ ri ■ f ■ I /• 1: • a • Jcff» BaptUte. And .how it was, slie could not tcU u-igbt ^\ Inch, tho' umc bad bis ravages bemin. Appeared quite seemingly to look u^d. Lviir. ^"I *^" ****"" **°'®* ""^ devotion ended ; And, from the sacred structure, home ikij went t ^° "!"H^»o • «<"'7«''«' yet pretended* J»HI1 in their breasts some mbvings of consent App«,r d-.that Jf it e-er should b.%ntended. JTiat either side bad woo— each was content...., —A parley soon comnrMSnced— whether on the same dar Or no^ my present MSS. dont go to say. ^* LtX. , - "U-hoe'er Uiougbt fit to watch the wily motions. Of two such amaratov throughout the round Of courtship, midnight revels and dcrotions^ Need not be told, what harmony was found Between them ;-nor how full U,ey were of notions- J ^ **^ '*'^'*' caresses did aljound— - ' t^^ ^''°" ^"""^ raptures and transporting blisses, ilic young maid feels who dreams of "lover's kisses!" L»^ . •. Tlie innocent rcserTC—iie syft impression— The bnsl,ful "wavering look"-tlie " blush-enchamin*" The "stolen glance"-thc kind but coy expression/ *• " And trembling Hind— dnd bosom lightly pantinr— As forth was pbur'd tl^e dcarhj gain'd confession— And all love s ensignia were not found wantinip • — At least according to the letter of (ha story ;— At all etcnts, ye ha*ro the case before yc. LXI. Rosalie paasM full many a sleepiest night,^ ' Orif she slept— 'twas but to dream of bowm» And shady groves, that charm the lover's nghC BajUiMte, the wedding riifg and bridal flowew^ ' Tliat soon her blushing beauties should beditrht. * • While Baptist* chid tbe heavy rolling bounu And bis wild passions secm'd all noise and riot— ' [ ^ Because, poor soul be could not keep tbem— ^ultt. " LXII. Hope, fear, distrust and killing jealoiMj/ i Jja high re he l ljoii r os e s — he'd i « lt tU mjb. > ^— Of disappointment's bitter cruelty, Nor much could wish to be her sp«n agab.... ^a^^^^^^ ^^^ '■■'}'■-. 4 Jfan BaplUte, fair' '»%, f3K^<|U^ " '""tTt^^^ 1!S**'H^*^'^)'*"*''.'Vr\'EKn^¥^^^^F t. At length the day •rriTe»>— new exp^ctanef. Tiptoe, his b«tter sense could scarce restrain !— Indeed to make a 4rojte of his disease,-* He fdt like one bareftottd on hot peat I LXIIL BapUste bad wcaltbrand did I think nid:e o'^. Of his abundance, bj notarial deed, Some two throe thousand pounds, or mor^ ^ To his intended q>ouse —lest time, indeed. Should, unawares, come knocking at his door. And proTe " the best friend, i& a friend in need ;** 'Twas a good p]an — but over and abov^ lie wished to shew bis strong impassioned— loTc! LXIV. ; *• Precaution in a »irtu^'*-,we are told, I do believe it, as oft demonstrated, • And an acknowl?rlgcd maxim from of pld,— Among the luckless, prosperous or ill fated ; And " maxims" and '*old scwi* when tliey unfold, And leave the path, pbinly delineated,' AVhich we sliould fellow, nothiag on earth should hinder, Our following them — so saj s rcter Pindar, > • ■\ LXV. n % t ■■ And Peter knew — at least he *ould hav But was no F. R. S. himself did own ; Yet might indeed have understood tfte tollaga Of London-Bridge ; — nor let this shame us. One may know many things, yet be an ignoramus LXVL On others,* Peter further saitb. " He liea." Who says it ? Aye, iMt then be told tl>e truths Of a great king, (and kings are alw'ays wise,) . Who, famed for wisdom from his very youth. Knew not the '<;%>io/o^^ o/';n>«," Strange though it doth appear and most uncouth. . For when a " Dumpling" had beijn set before hiin, lie tUred, as if a Samuel was to score him ± ♦ 1 1'- I • " An honest man may bo aWttcr bad logician." Swht. !iJ - ft I! t . a ' ■'.;' i '' ' i jean Bapiiste. 'W LXVII. In pieces, and— —you ki:ow flic talo no doiibt- 1 kliall suppose it-^and af»aiu i.roeccd. Tbo«Q who Jiavc wisf^om (raanv are nithout,) \Vi|l own, I tliiuk, the justi»e£s. of i;)y creed, Altlio* it bo not orf npdox throuirliout, ' That a good man iaje" contract jl in^ccd^ A w?isc pu'cau'ion— ^nce to prove I'm «bleV' Marriage a " rente via^$re elitun rack I # LXVIII. c/iktaUe," Of a nian*t patience, or ai least, aflTcctloiM, Which are, " jwr jmvUege^ hyj)otkeqv^." And of ail bitter, s«iry-faced rcHections, That come ccrois one, in life's wintry way— : None are more Litter titan those cursed *' ^ectunt,** From nn estate— when lie, has debts to pay, ' And, has not, liie " wherewith," to^o and paytbem,- Nor f.iitliful friend, with timely aid to stay tb«n. LXIX. 'llsis by tlic wny.— Tlie lovely bloominpf bride' Appeared in nil Iicr robes of l;c r.rty drest. — < Her gown wai lace, ftfjured and (lounccd, beside A plain plush zone cnci.-cleinjj' her breast, (I know not why) a biiriii.?:^ crimson dyed :— A white^lace frill, hcr,riuf»'riuut not her briiial ring— 't war I £Uf-}. loae d Jrr^r;^:;,?,rtu^,U^^^ Baureu .ad v.rdureless ; aud dU unrobe L? * ladeed she laok;d ,nost mourn'fuUy Se^j^'**^ A situation of .11 other, to be dreaded. LXXVL Iwould no: My she wore t *rig_but then Sach d«solanon did ber Tooks perT.dc-, - Such pensive sulIoc-slJbid the wL^Z^^ f wofit of itmi.« f,.-- u.. ... ^.. «. • •: *»»*«»— . a t ^ ♦ Z^ '» i ■" ^J7^ » I ■I t i ^11 ^^^ i / ' ■' 4 »- y^M i * , i . ., ' v|f;- i f# ' ?r -- • 1 11 > t , ' i •it 9 i ' ■■ V ' i ■' i i\ , • ' iri-- y 1 ■ ^■|i - ' ■^ ' ' 1.41 ' ): f ■ 'A , /* * 4 I • ^ ,r ■ :' 1 " ~ ' n , k- , , i . 1"v '■ 1 ' 1 t, - ■" 1 » ;V'>' ! ,.. ' ■ ■ , '■/'^ '■ • ' 1 • '' ', ! -.Il 1 \ j 1 i / 1 " ; ', ►■ , i ' ' % } : * LXXVJI. >-. I do-~ whether ll^klfi9hpogn» or tf»t (i/fe> They're Tcry^^^hjikje Byron's poetry^- Now here — now thcre^new tideways or uptull,— Or in a cahot, if ihere't tnow d'ye «ee,-~ And if there'* none— why have it if you "will, In mud or ditch, as be&t it pleases ye, Both may be had,, or either at your option, As easj^, »s a son or daughter— 6y adoption I LXXVIIL Now off to Church : first in the dan i^ypeo*. The fair'Bride mAJUIc iThonnfur in their coacb j Followed by Jacques, Eticnne and Casimir ;^«-> Each as related in the line approach- While Jean Baptiste •* in tow" brings up the rear. With Bazile the groom's man, in a Barouche .,«> Each blade with Detnpisefk of '* note and fame,** Drove like old' Jehu— off to A'«^eZ>ome. < ■ v xxxix;^ ' And let them go— for mc,. *tJs much too early, To go to rhurcli— let us suppose it over- Thai they are mairitil^i^d rctum'd quite cheerly— Tranhformed to «! ipunyind wife" Jrom " sweet and Ijovcr. » • * • J"- m • ^ # /JLXXX. m^ V ■ ■ _ ■ ■ Assembled chrs son pire wp ^nd jlnttine^ Tbe venrrable taO^r of our hero ; ^ An only sister the fair Rosaltntt Gallanted by Tovuaint her cavilera. His broibers Hi/jwble, Ignace and Aqueli$Ur^ Dandies of thf " first wbter ;"— Bonibardera The father with the mother of th^ bride. And jtmeliquct • maiden aunt by mother's side LXXXI. There was Pierre Catgut with his bow and rosin^ A nd Doct. vr Crisjna whom the wbott world kno w %— "With nostrums and prcscripiionk by the dcaciif ' To kill or curer-no matter libw it goes— And tlM-re was « • * * utvocat and itxertt AViUi '• whereas, whys and wherefores, and ttffpmj^ -AiwHo«»of^Vi«Hi#,Te»stion», Tlwn write whose namer I'd sooner write a Si •<\', *> X-'^ i ■' ' '■ > 5* jfc- Jean Baptiste. LXXXII. Oh 'twould have done orte good to see the shaking VTS^^*"?*'~^*' kissing— wisliing them "much joy. »' No look downcart— nor bitter sad heart aching Unless from wounds of Venus^roving boy. So like Newyears— or Christmas merry makifie. " Where fill is jollity without alloy, . That one could wish, without repentance dreadioff. This life were all a Christmas or a weddiqg. LXXXIIL Vtn rouse and Teneriff-e^id great profusion, ^ AVith •' w/r^ jon/ef viadame,"^** ifomieur votre,'*^ Was drank, who bo*«r'd " mere/'— in sweet delusioa. Of being happier far, than attcune autre Jfartals on Tfrra Firma could be. Confusion Laughter and mirth, wiiich so much abound en notre Asscmblees— now echoed throughout the train. As if, half Bedlam was let loose again. as x|fi LXXJflV. But one may drink of plpa^ure to the brim— And feint with mirth his wild imagination ; Pa!u hunger coaies, with visage wan and grim' To chase far hence thdi'r heaitless fascination :— And tho* our souls in bright Elysium swim. Or seem at Uast,-.we feel his incitaU'on, And leave our folly to become— a fool— And tho' nil else— we never eat by'rule. LX^XV. Il^e marrying, mirth and kissing could not do- That guest who comes forever uninvited;— And digs we're told, the hedge and Stono wall thro*, A longmg passion in thell' breasts excited. Twas naught uncommon— yet 'twas something new- Hunger and tijirst voraciously 'united ' And all, at length, old, young, firbm first to last, Sat down, to a good, wholesome, kind repast. *^ ^XXXVL Imprimis ; first there wa« Ba^'tiftt la mode, Siull''d with good onions, garUcks, sag« and thyme,— ' A Jatnbon rtif im'c/,— what is nothing odd. Coed warm pea aoup- (a favourite dish of mine) Blood f.udding, poudin de Ris, beans in the pod- Spices, swectibeaU of ev'ry name and clime. , Their Liquors too were " charmmni" qind '*tuiterhe,* Would that I had a glau my muM to ciub. 'V' J- U:' V 'J I < i r 4 St id 7; v Jean Bapiuic. LXXXVIL Or tnimafc ; being not of the persuasion, (^\ ell weigbing .lie ociurrence and occauoa,) A fler a M cildi nj; feast ;— a glass of gin, Or fchrub, or \»hikkoy or— I |,atc cTssion Tho" vome who good dame Muse's smiles would win, Chose champngnc. or ni:;deira.— I would think most handv, ^> ere I to liare my choice— » glass ^ two of brandj. LXXXVIII. A glass or two— I mean just fuanlum suft 1 ho , as to (hai, I would not be particular; ' . It stands lo reason that •• enough's enough," Since with too much, oic cont krep perpendicular And surftiiing 1 hate.— I hale a gruff". Old toper,— and cspeciallr vernacular— ^ Or olhci wise— and finally-lof late- Some Uiings I uK'd to love, I almokt hate : LXXXIX. A 1 • "■ ' ' >' And fire irrsr, — hut lotting- or bating, ' Or this or ihiit, I must furhooth proceed, Matters m.c lliese, are icarccly worth debating, ' W'hiu old IV^'assus canters'at full sjieed. And the •,'ood iiadcr is impatient waiting. The "fnmh,'—h\ nigh forgot it^sad indeed— Jlie /lastins,' o'er-whaf follow'd is— uncertain ; For want of facts I'm forc'd to drop the curtain / hXXXX. " La Farce rst/aite"—mj hero disappeare-* AIa hen, wiih regret, we %'u w our by-past >e«r«, ^ ^lH»t have an end,— as here must end tny— Ktoral -^ Lnd tince it is to— reader be usur'd, ' " A CUKELESS »IALADY MUST BE EMi>CS*|>.'* ' '■ > /'^