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South-cast of Baffin's bay (no corn nor lumber-land) Is seen the spacious isle, part Cokcburn, and part Cumberland. From east to west, New Britain spreads her plains, From Labrador, to where the Russian reigns. And south from JI«>^cla. and the Hudson Straits, To Canada, and tlie Cnited States. Here's llndsoirs liay. juuI great McKcnzie's flow, And east and west [he savage Exquinianx. Between St. ]iawrence Gulf, and Ocean's strand, Near Labrador 's the Isle of Newfoundland. And east of this, is found extending wide, Grand Bank, an Island just below the tide. South east is Nova Scotia, then go on, You meet New Brunswick, with her town St. John* : 16 POETICAL GEOGRAPHV. iil hi Upon the Gulf, the sea, and Fundy's bay They lie, and v/est of these is Canada, Which lies upon St. Lawrence and the Lakes, And now, united, one great Province makes. All these I've n.^med, from Baffin's arctic bay Unto the last, are under British sway : Extending to the land as chief that ratea Among Republic's, the United States; Whose coast is found where Gulf and ocean flow, From Brunswick north, and south to Mexico, And from this coast, far tow'rds the settir? sun, Their rule extends to Western Oregon; From here along the great Pacific go To Guatimala, right through Mexico; And Guatimala is a central land, Between two oceans, one on either strand ; It almost reaches the Panama Bay ; And is the end of North America. N I 3S, SOUTH AMERICA. flow, un, On South Anicrica's most northern line, New Granada, and Venzuela join : Where Orinoco rolls its waters wide, Throu^Ii many months to meet the Ocean's tide : It Hows throuo'h almost boundless plains or Llamas ; Not far from English, French, and Dutch Guianas. Upon the north, these meet the Ocean spray ; Their south is back'd by mountains Acaray. These countries I have named are all you will Observe upon the north of wide Brazil ; An empire nearly large as Europe, and The only empire in this western land. 'Tis here, just at the equinoctial line, Earth's mightiest river meets the rolling brine ; Along a hundred vales, a hundred rivers run, And in the Amazon unite in one ! Brazil extends beyond the Capricorn, From Ac 'ray mountains southward tow'rds Cape Horn, Throughout the year, the cold scarce falls to 2ero, Th' Imperial city is Rio Janeiro. West of Brazil, you find small Urugua : The Plata here to Ocean finds its way. ^11= IS PdF.riCAU CiKOGRAPIIY Now crosft the river, south or west, ftiiH tlioro is The independent Stnto of Buenos. Ayres. — From river Negro to Delfugo's island, The Indian's own each dreary plain and highland ; And Patagonia is the name that's given, To this wild land, not favor'd much by Heaven. Now north to Chili — see its narrow land is Between the wide Pacific and high Andes. Beyond it, on the ocean, lies Peru : Bolivia though corner out bv^tween the two ; Northward and eastward she extends her sway, To large Brazil, and littlu Paragua, Now look at Mount Sorata, it is here, The loftiest mountain In this hemisphere. BeyondPeru, upon earth's middle line, Equador lies, from Brazil to the brine. By these and Grenada it is surrounded. And now we've seen how all these States are bounded. The lands of Sloth, the Condor, and the Lama, The Continent is ended at Panama. IS and ; ENGLAND m. Girt by the Tweed, the Cheviot Hills, and Cumberland, Durham, and the sea, is wide Northumberland ; York's south of Durham, on the eastern shore, DrainM by the Ouse and Aire, the Swale and Yore : Beyond the Humber, as you journey south, You meet with Lincoln, with its town of Louth : Then long Northampton ; when o'er this you're gone, You enter Cambridge, or small Huntingdon : These two are inland : east, upon the brine. Is Norfolk ; and upon her southern line Is Suffolk ; Essex then ; then Kent is seen. With river Thames all flowing wide between. Through many a County this famed river rolls, And through the City of two million souls. From County Kent you can see plainly over To sunny France, across the Straits of Dover. Sussex is west ; if not in too much hurry. Go north to Middlesex, through County Surrey : Back to the sea you'll now the way inquire, South-west to Portsmouth city, in Hampshire. From Hampshire on to Cornwall, west by south, You find seven senport towns, that end in mouth — •JO Poetical GEofjRAPi'Y. (!! Portsmouth, Woyriioiith. Kxnionth, Ttjiifmiiouth, and Diirtniouth jirid Plyinouili ; urar tli»» end of land IsFtdmoutb. ia llir? sea-w.'tshod Cornwall county, Whoro iwitiiro Iroasiircs up lior nihrral bounty. JJut let us nolo : from Unuipsliiro to tlio last, Dorset and Devon wo unnamed have passM ; From l)('\on now we'll pass throuoh Somerset ; *(iloucester anti Wilts north-east of this have mot. If to the east you'll n(3W the way inquire, You cross Berks, Buckinoham, and Hertfordshire ; The last is north of Middlesex, wh.ich claims, Part of the mighty City on the Thames : And all are famed in antient page historic. We'll go through Eedford now, across to Warwick, But long Northampton we must cross once more, Which poes from Oxibrd to the ISorth Sea shore. Birmingham 's in Warwick, east is Lei'ster, And on the west of Warwick is Worcester. And Hereford then (known in historic tales), And Monmouth too, lie on the edge of Wales. Shropshire and Statlbrd, then, are north of these, Still north is Cheshire, so renowned for cheese. And now, 'tis right, before we go up higher, To note that on the east is Derbyshire. ' Nel No wl Tl * Pronounced Gloster. K POETICAL GKOGRAPHY. 21 hud t. ick, From Derby, Nottingham is farther east, Near Rutland, of all Enghsh shires the least. Now journey north, who will may travel faster, We'll go to Westmorland, through long Lancaster. The last is where the eastern breezes cool, Bring ships across the sea, to Liverpool. As now we've pass'd through England's hills and vales, It comes, in turn, to make the tour of Wales. Through Flint and Denbigh, west to Carnarvon, And thence to Anglesea, the bridge cross on ; Then back, o'er mounts once flamed for Druid mummery, You go through Mioneth, and shire Montgomery. Tht .1 Randon, Cardigan, and then Brecknock, Glamorgan South, Carmarthen, and Pembroke Lie farther west,, brush'd by the ocean gales ; And now we've made the tour of England and of Wales. 1 ^ J . »'» t ' IS ''V,H ■ Ml l i H! IRELAND. '\ • Antrim is where north eastern breezes fan, Girt by the sea, Louj^^h N(Mo1i, and river Bann ; Excepting near Belfast, or Lisl)iirn town : And there it joins the sea-wa.sli'd County Down. Then west of Down's Armagh, and east by soutli, You meet with Counties Monatrlian, and Ijouth : To enter Meath, you farther south must go ; Pass County Dublin next, and then Wicklow; Then Wexford, Waterford, then Cork and Kerry : (At Ir(;land's oilier end is Londonderry.) From Kerry travel north, and note w"ith caro, Beyond the Shannon, is the County Clare. Mayo, and Galway then — still north you meet them ; And Sligo lies between the first and licatrim. Fermanah next, then northern Donegal, Of Counties on the sea, I've named them all ; And all I've named are so, excepting Monaghan, And having tliis premised, well just go on again. Of Inland Counties, farthest north of all, Is large Tyrone, south east of Donegal ; Then south is Cavan, Longford next is seen, Ar»d^iheD Weetmeath. ihe/i (VnmtioK K\n^ and tiue(»ii 24 POETICAL GEOGRAPHY. U\ Roscommon joins upon the Tiorlh of King, And Tipperara forms its southern wing. Then east of Queen's, Kildare, then Carlow and Kilkenny : Of inland Counties 'tis far south as any, Excepting one, and thus you have in view, With Limerick the last, the Counties thirty-two. And farther north is Ulster, Munster's south ; Connaught is west ; then east, to Liffy's mouth, Is Leinster, with her Dublin famed of yore : Thus Ireland's fruitful Provinces are four. mnm SCOTLAND. Just where iiie northern billows wildly roll, Thro' Pcntland Frith, far tow'rds the Arctic pole, Is Caithness cold, by stormy seas surrounded ; Excepting west — there 'tis by mountains bounded. Siill further north, where summer briefly smiles, Lash'd by the ocean, are the Orkney Isles. Of Caithness west enclosing mountains grand. Cut up by Loughs, and Bays, is Sutherland : And south of this is Ross, near Isle of Skye : And west, the Hebrides all scatter'd lie ; Then south is Inverness, then large Argyle ; With Mull, and famed lona's little Isle. Then Jura, Isla, and where vessels ride, Are Bute and Arran, in the Frith of Clyde. East of Argyle is Perth, tlien Stilling is in view ; And then Dumbartonshire, and shire Renfrew : Then Ayr, and Wigton, join ^Kircudbright, right O'er Soloway Frith, South Britain is in sight. Dumfries, f Roxburgh, Berwick on the Tweed, Are where tbe Border armies oft did bleed. ♦Pronounced Kircudbree. jRoxhvrro. tj>6 POETICAL GEOGRAPHY. U 1 Then Selkirk, Peebles, Lanark, in a row : And Haddington, and little Linlithgow : All these where war oft plongh'd his deepen'd furrow Are round the town and shire of Edinburgh. From Edinburgh, 'cross the Frith of Forth, Clackmannan, Fyfe, Kinross, are on the north, From Fyfe to Forfar, 'cross the Frith of Tay : And then Kincardine 's in the tourist's way ; Then Aberdeen, and BronfF, then Elginshire is seen. Nairn, then Cromarty, with a Frith between. And now thro' shires and Friths ; o'er mounts, and lakes; We've made the tour of Scotland, *' Land o' Cakes.'*^ UNITED STATES. Brunswick, and Canada, 'neath England's reign, East, west and and north, join on the State of Maine : New Hampshire touches on her western line, Her southern shore repels th' Atlantic brine : New Hampshire's western border joins Vermont, And Massachusetts forms their southern front. And on the south, this from the sea is shut, By small Rhode Island, and Connecticut ; Upon the map you find the latter three, On south and east, are bounded by the sea. West of all these, and narrow Lake Champlain, The Empire Delta spreads her wide domain ; Between Connecticut, and Jersey New, New York into the ocean pierces through ; Then Pennsylvania lies almost a square, From Erie Lake to St.; e of Delaware. West of the last, yet reaching ocean,s strand, Around a zig-zag Bay, is Maryland ; And south of this, but ocean touching on, Virginia lies, the land of Washington. Tween these two States the Congress city stands, Whose rule is bounded by two ocean strands. rMH 28 POETICAL GEOGRAPHY. it; i South from Virginia to Savannah's mout!i, You see the Carolinas, Nortli and South. Then Georgia, Alabama, Florida ; The last to Cuba goes more than midway ; Then Mississippi's on the eastern side : And Lousiana west of Mississippi's tide. And Lousiana on her west annexes The new made sister of the Union, Texas. Near where the Indian round his warlire dances, Back from the ocean, is tlie State Arkansas . Missouri then's upon Missouri's tide, Tliat drains Missouri Territory wide. Far to the west, a land of many fountains, That foam and tumble from the Rocky Mountains. Betwe'en this region and the Texas State, Tow'rds Mexico, the Indian Tribes locate : Osages and Creeks, Scminoles and Chickasaws, Shawnees, Pot'watomees, Chetokees,and Chocktaws. Far to the we'>t5 close by the setting sun, Beliind the mountain rocks, is Oregon. The young Iowa State, wide spreads her plains, Between two rivers north, to where Victoria reigns. Wisconsin lies along the winding course, Of Mississippi reaching to its source. Among the mighty lakes is Michigan, With Ihdiania touching on its van : That's 'tween Ohio, and State Illinois. POETICAL GEOaRAPHV. And on the front of these Kentuckv hes : Her front is Tennessee, these He midway Between Lake Micliii^^in and Florida. State ^Tennessee, Hke Plato's fam'd Utopia Has gain'd the largest, end of C';r«ucopia. Thus in my verse, you've ev'ry one that rates, *Mong Territories, and United States. 29 *The greatest Corn growing State in the Union. Ne' An Frc Th Th Th Th Th Th Th Nc Tt Sti Y( Tl A( Ai Tl A Is T CANADA. New Brunswick, States of Main, New Hampshire, and Vermont, And wide New York, are on its southern front. From Chaieur's Bay and Lake St. Francis, and Throughout this line the boundary is land. The line then through the great St. Lawrence takes, Then through the lowest of our mighty lakes ; Then up Niagara, over cliffs so tall, They form the world's sublimest waterfall. The bound'ry Une here makes a southern bend. Then west again to Erie's western end. Now northward turn, 'mcng lands both bright and fair, Through the Detroit, and Lake and stream St. Clare. Still north through Huron : near its end you vary Your course through islands to the Sault Ste. Marie. Then west, upon the map the line is laid Across the largest lake that God has made ; And here are found, upon each rocky shore. The largest, richest mines of copper ore ; And when it leaves the lake> the bound'ry line Is near the parallel of forty-nine. The line we've traced on either side has writtea United States or empire of Great Britain ; .mmmm 32 POETICAL GEOGRAPHY. Except from State of Maine to Chalour's Bay, For both sides there are under British sway. We've traced the bound'ry now on west aiul south. From Lake Superior to St. Lawrence mouth. This river's mouth is to a gulf increas'd, Which bounds two provinces upon the cast. The northern boundery is almost lost 'Mong boundless realms of forest, rock, and frost ; Where hunters 'gainst the furry tribes make war. From Lake Superior to Labrador. The turbid Ottawa by flow and fall Decends, and disembogues at Montreal : The largest river which that monarch claims, Whose palace rises on the banks of Thames ; That is, the largest stream whose flowing tide Has British land throughout on either side. The worlds next greatest cateract is here, Second but to Niagara is Chaudicre. Thus, in the largest province in the world, Is where the mightiest streams o'er rocks are hurl'd. Vast rafts of timber, cut by axe and saw, Are yearly floated down the Ottawa. We'll also note, along with all the rest, It cuts the province into east and west. And now you have, in geographic lay, The bounds of east and western Canada. Cc Ai Rhyming Rules for Spelling;. Rule 1. All words of but one syllable Mufjt end in double f, s, 1 ; That is, when single vowels lead, But not when consonants precede* Exceptions— of, if, as, rs, is, And as, was, yes, tliis, thus, and his. Rule 2. But other consonants don't double ; So this, in writing, saves us trouble. Exceptions-— add, ebb, butt, egg, odd, And err, inn,bunn, purr, buzz, and dodd. Rule 3. Words ending in the vowel y, When plural change it for an i ; When by a consonant 'tis led ; If not, an i wont do instead : Comparatives, superlatives, past participles too, And persons of the verbs ; for these the mle tViU always do. The present pArticlp^e iftg, Though with it y does flways brin^. ^ 34 RHYMING HULKS When a vowel goes before the y, 'Tis seldom ever changed to i : Exceptions — pay^ when past, is paid ; From lay and say^ come laid and said. Rule 4. When words that end in y do add, Another syllable, and had A consonant before the y, It mostly then is changed to i ; Excepting when a vowel will Begin the added syllable. When a vowel next the i is ranged, In such a case it is not changed. Thus, as you see, from coy^ comes coyless ; From boy, comes boijish ; joy, has joyless. Rule 6, Monosyllables, and words accented on the last, And ending with a consonant, that has a vowel pass'd, That consonant will double, when a syllable they add ; Beginning with a vowel, or the spelling will be bad ; As, wit^ has ivitty ! ivin^ has winning ; Ahet, abettor; thin has thinning. But if the accent does recede, Or if a dipthong does precede ; Without being doubl'd, consonants will do : This rule will hold the English language through. When toil adds ing, no double I you see; When maid adds et/, it wants no double