The poet’s fame grows brittle–
We knew before
That Little’s Moore,
But now ’tis Moore that’s little.
September 14, 1811.
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Was steering duly for the port Leghorn;For there the Spanish family MoncadaWere settled long ere Juan’s sire was born:They were relations, and for them he had aLetter of introduction, which the mornOf his departure had been sent him byHis Spanish friends for those in Italy.XXVHis suite consisted of three servants andA tutor, the licentiate Pedrillo,Who…
Must thou go, my glorious Chief,
Who can tell thy warrior’s grief,Maddening o’er that long adieu?Woman’s love, and friendship’s zeal,Dear as both have been to meWhat are they to all I feel,With a soldier’s faith for thee?Idol of the soldier’s soul!First in fight, but mightiest now;Many could a world control;Thee alone no doom can bow.By thy side for years I daredDeath;…
The chain I gave was fair to view,
The heart that offer’d both was true,And ill deserved the fate it found.These gifts were charm’d by secret spell,Thy truth in absence to divine;And they have done their duty well,Alas! they could not teach the thine.That chain was firm in every link,But not to bear a stranger’s touch;That lute was sweet, till thou could’st thinkIn…
‘Tis done—and shivering in the gale
And whistling o’er the bending mast,Loud sings on high the fresh’ning blast;And I must from this land be gone,Because I cannot love but one.But could I be what I have been,And could I see what I have seen—Could I repose upon the breastWhich once my warmest wishes blest—I should not seek another zone,Because I cannot…
‘Hic est, quem legis, ille, quern requiris, Tota notus in orbe Martialis,’ &c.
Oh, reader is the well-known Martial,The Epigrammatist: while living,Give him the fame thou wouldst be giving;So shall he hear, and feel, and know it–Post obits rarely reach a poet.
To the tune of ‘Why, how now, saucy jade?’
If you thus must ramble,I will publish someRemarks on Mister Campbell.ANSWERWhy, how now, Billy Bowles?Sure the priest is maudlin!(To the public) How can you, d–n your souls!Listen to his twaddling?