*Verses are pronounced thus by rusticks in New England.

("This courting is a kind of job,

"I always did admire, sir,

"And these two brands, with one dry cob, "Will make a courting fire, sir.")

"Miss Sal, you are the very she,
"If you will love me now,
That I will marry-then, you see,
"You'll have our brindled cow."

("Then we will live, both I and you,
"In father's t'other room,

"For that will sartain hold us two,
"When we've mov'd out the loom."

("Next Sabbath-day we will be cried,
"And have a 'taring' wedding,
"And lads and lasses take a ride,
"If it should be good sledding.")

["And father's got a great bull calf,
"Which you shall have I vum”-
"Tell him, says Sal, he'd best by half
"Keep his bull calves at home."]

("My father has a nice bull calf,
"Which shall be yours, my sweet one;
""Twill weigh two hundred and a half,"-
Says Sal, "well, thats' a neat one."

("Your father's full of fun d'ye see,
"And faith, I likes his sporting,

"To send his fav'rite calf to me,

"His nice bull calf a courting."

("Are you the lad who went to town,
"Put on your streaked trowses,*
"Then vow'd you could not see the town,
"There were so many houses?")

[Now Jonathan felt rather bad,

He thought she meant to joke him,
And though he was a spunky lad,
His courage quite forsook him.]

*Vulgar pronunciation of the word trousers.

(Our lover hung his under lip,

He thought she meant to joke him; Like heartless hen, that has the pip, His courage all forsook him.

(For he to Boston town had been, As matters here are stated;

Came home, and told what he had seen, As Sally has related.

(And now he wish'd he could retreat,
And dar'd not make a racket;

It seem'd as if his heart would beat
The buttons off his jacket!)

Sal ask'd him "if his heart was whole:"`
His chin began to quiver,

He said, he felt so deuced droll,
He guess'd he'd lost his liver!

Now Sal was scar'd out of her wits,
To see his trepidation,

She bawl'd, "he's going into fits,"
And scamper'd like the nation!

A pail of water she did throw,
All on her trembling lover,
Which wet the lad from top to toe,
Like drowned rat all over.

Then Jonathan straight hied him home, And since, I've heard him brag, sir, That though the jade did wet him some, He didn't get the bag, sir!

2. "The Rutland Ode," from Original Poems, pages 1-5, with the third stanza, which does not oppear in the Rutland Herald version.

AN ODE

Ye sons of Columbia, unite in the cause

Of liberty, justice, religion, and laws;

Should foes then invade us, to battle we'll hie,
For the GOD OF OUR FATHERS will be our ally!
Let Frenchmen advance,

And all Europe join France,

Designing our conquest and plunder;
United and free

For ever we'll be,

And our cannon shall tell them in thunder,
That foes to our freedom we'll ever defy,
Till the continent sinks, and the ocean is dry!

When Britain assail'd us, undaunted we stood,
Defended the land we had purchas'd with blood,
Our liberty won, and it shall be our boast,

If the old world united should menace our coast:-
Should millions invade,

In terrour array'd,

Our liberties bid us surrender,

Our country they'd find

With bayonets lin❜d,

And Washington here to defend her,
For foes to our freedom we'll ever defy

Till the continent sinks, and the ocean is dry!

Should Buonapart' come with his sans culotte band,
And a new sort of freedom we don't understand.
And make us an offer to give us as much

As France has bestow'd on the Swiss and the Dutch,
His fraud and his force

Will be futile of course;

We wish for no Frenchified Freedom:

If folks beyond sea

Are to bid us be free,

We'll send for them when we shall need 'em.
But sans culotte Frenchmen we'll ever defy,
Till the continent sinks and the ocean is dry!

We're anxious that peace may continue her reign,
We cherish the virtues which sport in her train;
Our hearts ever melt, when the fatherless sigh,
And we shiver at Horrour's funereal cry!

But still, though we prize
That child of the skies,

We'll never like slaves be accosted.
In a war of defence

Our means are immense,

And we'll fight till our all is exhausted: For foes to our freedom we'll ever defy,

Till the continent sinks, and the ocean is dry!

The EAGLE of FREEDOM with rapture behold,
Overshadow our land with his plumage of gold!
The flood-gates of glory are open on high,
And Warren and Mercer descend from the sky!
They come from above

With a message of love, To bid us be firm and decided; "At liberty's call,

"Unite one and all,

"For you conquer, unless you're divided. "Unite, and the foes to your freedom defy, "Till the continent sinks, and the ocean is dry!"

"Americans, seek no occasion for war;

"The rude deeds of rapine still ever abhor:

"But if in defence of your rights you should arm,

"Let toils ne'er discourage, nor dangers alarm.

"For foes to your peace

"Will ever increase,

"If freedom and fame you should barter, "Let those rights be yours,

"While nature endures,

"For OMNIPOTENCE gave you the charter!" Then foes to our freedom we'll ever defy,

Till the continent sinks, and the ocean is dry!