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Les diagrammes suivants illustrsnt la mAthode. y errata Id to ' nt ne pelure. i9on i U 1 2 3 32X 1 2 3 4 5 6 \] •"'^rf NEW YEAR'S VERSES OF THE PRINTER'S BOY THAT CARRIES THE QUEBEC MERCURY, 5; ' ?:^ i Most reipectjully diiressed to the Subscribers, QUEBEC, utjamitfy, i8u. * lir!^ Alii, Janui, with the double face. Thy backward view help me to trace. From past erents, that I may chnte Fit aubjects for an humble Muse, Whose duty 'tis news to expand 'if ongst such as read and understand i Who true from false know to dirtingttisb» ^d doctrines vicious to relinquish t Who, if the demagogue hold out Bit tinsel to the assembled rout, JHowe'er his country's love he boast. See clearly, sdf is uppermost i Who keep, whate'er party may say. The even tenor of their way % And faction'! sophistry eschew, To kiuf and country erer true. Such fttodare to learn Fate's tumi. Their own, and the wide world's conceni^ Does it hence foUow that the blind, ITnletter'd. uninform'dof miad, ^ HaTe fhciutiea for catoptrics, Or what far worse is, politics ? Can their btaak intellects be bent Lectures to learn on coternmentf Would it not mmm with seose agrce^ Tolenmlhdbi firsi their A, B, C, Thaa to bef^n at the wronf end, Aad make to cahoi, order bendl U tbis not nature to distort. And with mera matter mind assort i Of things their fitaesa In confound, OivUig to blocks reason profound | And thus, by one fhtalmiataka, The demon Anarchy awaka I Thus late nhllofopbera of France, Too early lea ronad Holbein's dance | And the dire circle heedlesa draw In, Myriads to follow their nndoiar. AiHl why f because they wildl^it On any -ninf^but syalema fi^~ Not fbr -the mxf what would do They chesa « b atwkat would please the Um^ A frend mm^gm^ Ioto and fear, C!is Tory orrnnM^BMSP t By habit, sMiMMnpte, fashion^ Mepnrooted prejHBa and pa«ion i #y etery bias thtt could band. And make man's nalwa one way tind# 9r all of tknsa. a f MMhmaa's son! ii moollad to tki tfawn'aconlraiV Yet this, philosophers suppos'd Wib of that ductile stufrc9mpos'd, To take of any cast the shape, Bear, badger, mastiff, cur or ape } Or if they must retain the man. To take the form republican. . . True 'tis that force may sometimes bend The stiffest bow, and make it tend From one strait line to a small curre, And froni its nature somewhat swerve t But kt tl;«t force its pew'r decline. Hie bo!W resumes its nristtn« line : So man. by an impulMTe thrust, Bf ay ev'ry tie of nature burst % But take th' impdling pow'r away. Habit recovers its full sway. Thus Frenchmen's lips, by force might sqneaki^ like parrots. Wive t» RejuibUque i But then the heart— what says it ? hark i Its cry is Vive If grani mmurqw. Had Revolutionists been wise. And theiheart's bias known to prize, And taken, when for charge full ripe. Great Britain for a Lrototyne \ What crimes, which Frencbmennow disgrace, Might thus have never taken place t Nay more, of happin«w what store On Fraiice might providence then show'r | For arts renown'o and libertv. The suffering world she mifnt selfiee f Such aa example conid not fail. O'er sway tyrannic, to prevail. Now, sad reverse I power's iron reign^ Inropdhaslink'd in pne vast chain i WhiMf^Sltii Astaea, Freedom flies To seek a^dti^r in the skies. But, heav'n be prau'd. Napoleon's away, Britannia's thunders keep at bay t Hence, security is ours, « Where^ver dsethe tempest lowers. Enough—ex c ept one short word more Vrom^hunwho, weekly, to your door, Indem, in snow, in ram, in hail. Has never vet been known to faU ^ To bring the news, be't good or bad, Pleas'd trhen the best is to be had. Need I add more ?— « word to the wiso Andgenerons, will here sufflcei *Twere sm to donbt such can be civil, THkia in rhime tem|^ by— tm DrntUa