Excerpt from The Eagleid: An Epic Poem; Or, the Causes Which Led to the War of 1812 Between the United States and Great Britain With the Principal Event Thereof Rhythmically Related
The Eagleid.
And tho" this a song of bloodiest note,
And deeds of Mars full high, yet Muse devote
Here and there to observations civic
A line, mixed with reflections philosophic,
And if the Muse invoked aid shall require
Then, O ye virgins of the tuneful choir -
Thy classic name Heliconiades -
Consult not on the Sacred Mount thy ease:
But be ready, and some one, if she halt
On doubtful syllable, or be at fault
In rhythmic exertion on line or verse
Come quickly down; or her disaster worse -
On essential beat striking amiss,
As if the ictus hit not square the arsis,
Or disconcerted quite, she slips thereon,
O, then descend in haste all Helicon:
And let the whole move on by might of Nine:
Watchful ye of the caesura masculine.
Yes, from fresh pages in thy storied scroll,
Tell, truthful Muse, as these thou dost unroll,
How the original thirteen colonies -
Harassed and wronged by three old Georges -
Forming themselves into a real Nation,
With five new States - theirs by aggregation,
Waged a second war for independence,
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