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THE

SPIRIT

OF THE

PUBLIC JOURNALS.

'ANTICIPATION OF AN ODE FOR THE NEW YEAR.

BY HENRY JAMES PUDDING, ESQ. OP PYE;CORNER.

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[From the Oracle.]

Et vitula tu dignus et hic.

ROM realms of Hyperborean ice,

FRO

To the twin Capes of Hope and Horn,

From fragrant fields of orient spice,

To Afric's sable sons forlorn ;

From shore to shore-from world to world; //
Or, if the courteous reader please,

In plainer terms, o'er land and seas,.

Where blade can spring, or canvass be unfurl'd,
Th' electric faulchion plays :

Through the rent concave rings the roar,
Amain their urns the tempests pour,

And scarce can quench the red-hair'd blaze.
Birds, beasts, and fishes, heave unwonted sighs,
And man, immortal man, looks up-and dies e
Or else the Poet lies.

But the dread spirit of the storm,
Though cloth'd in terrors wild,

The work of love is destin'd to perform,
Of courtesy and mercy mild.

VOL. XIIL

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