Category: Poetry
We, for the most part, differ in our notions of pleasure; one man’s delight is another’s aversion: but felicity is the aim of all. Where then shall we find it? a celebrated poet observes, “’tis no where to be found, or everywhere.” I say with an air of triumph, which the exper...
We, for the most part, differ in our notions of pleasure; one man’s delight is another’s aversion: but felicity is the aim of all. Where then shall we find it? a celebrated poet...
2. Part 2Adam’s instinct divine display’d powers that prove, Mighty man most sagacious of Nature’s creation; Eve’s distress he beheld, and, in pity, Love His COLUMN convey’d to its dear...
3. Part 3Then noisy and drunk, scarcely feeling their legs, Bucks sup at the M⸺, on hash’d duck, oysters, eggs, Eggs pregnant with chick, oysters sp—d up before, The duck dainty fed in t...
4. Part 4A fig for the cares of this Whirligig World, Shall still be my maxim wherever I’m twirl’d; From the spring of my youth, to the autumn of life, It has cheer’d me and whisk’d me t...
5. Part 5When liberty, serenely bright, Her beams resplendent darted, O’er this fam’d land, the sacred light, Its genial power imparted; Then thickest clouds, that veil’d her rays, By li...