384 REPEAL. 



This naturally leads him to the hero of his poem, who is thus finely 

 described : 



And of those lines the most renowned far, 



Whether in ancient or in modern story, 



And purest in descent the O'Connells are, 



Surviving feuds, rebellions, murders gory, 

 Plagues, famines, executions, tempests, war, 



And all that forms Hy.bernia's tale of glory. 

 The blood meandering through the noble clan, 

 Settled and centred in the veins of Dan. 



Daniel, the mighty hero of my tale, 



The great Morgante of these modern days, 

 Before whose name the brightest crests turn pale, 



And kingly crowns shine with diminish'd rays, 

 The grand inventor of what's called a " Tail," 



And of an agitation tax that " pays." 

 Towering aloft, as o'er a church a steeple, 

 The great quintessence of the Irish people. 



Nor can we doubt but his strange temperament 



Accorded with his eastern origin, 

 Of mighty elements compact and blent, 



And with a mighty power for good or sin, 

 Restless, aspiring, daring, bold, arid meant, 



Some said, a halter, some a crown, to win ; 

 For 'twixt the two, as Juvenal has stated, 

 Heroes for aye to fluctuate are fated. 



And o'er his mind the influence of the clime 



Shed its Hybernian elegance, which showed 

 . Its power unconsciously full many a time, 



A most sweet brogue, an eloquence that flowed 

 In something that was neither prose nor rhyme ; 

 A temper hot, that urged him while it glowed, 

 To run his head against all calculation 

 Also a great force of exaggeration. 



Here we regret to say we must break off, as time is ebbing from 

 us fast, at the same time assuring our Hybernian that we shall not 

 fail to notice the remainder of his poem, in the manner which its in- 

 numerable excellencies deserve, and as some slight return for the 

 pleasure we have derived from its perusal. 



