My Poll and My Partner Joe; A Nautical Drama, in Three Acts
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| Hersteller: | Forgotten Books (Haines, John Thomas) |
| Stand: | 2015-08-04 03:50:33 |
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Excerpt from My Poll and My Partner Joe; A Nautical Drama, in Three Acts: The Music Selected and Arranged by Mr. Jolly Nationality becomes a virtue when it springs from feelings inspired by the land of our birth. "The man that don´t like England " exclaimed honest Jack Fuller, in the heat of parliamentary debate, "damn him, let him leave it!" In turning over the page of history, we contemplate with enthusiasm the martial prowess of our ancestors, who were called to defend not only their own liberties, but those of mankind. Britain has maintained her proud supremacy among nations through a long series of ages; trampled down stern oppression, that threatened, and (with her own glorious exception) had well nigh spread abroad, universal anarchy; and crowned the august work by giving peace to the world, and freedom to the slave. Whatever brings to our recollection the triumphs of the past deserves our gratitude; but when genius applies itself to the task, how truly it commands our admiration! The deeds of heroes were the favourite theme of the poets of old, and their noblest strains were devoted to immortalise patriotism and valour. Blessings on the memory of the bard, "and palms eternal flourish round his urn," who first struck his lyre to celebrate the wooden walls, and the brave, generous, Jack Tars of unconquered and unconquerable Old England! If earth hide him, light be the green turf on his breast; if ocean cover him calm be the wave on its surface! - May his spirit find rest where souls are blessed, and his body be shrined in the holiest cave of the deep and silent sea! Among the naval lyrics that roused and kept alive the ardent spirit of our seamen is "My Poll and my Partner Joe." We remember when every manly heart beat to this national melody; but other tastes ("the fruits of calm times and a long peace") are come upon us we have little sympathy for past glories. "Ye Mariners of England," and "Here, a sheer Hulk, lies poor Tom Bowling," are lost in ("Most Forcible Feeble!") "Oh, no, we never mention her," and "I´d be a Butterfly." "My Poll and my Partner Joe," once so sweetly vocal, is now instrumental in filling many bright eyes with tears, and the manager´s purse with money. This English song has suggested to Mr. Haines a drama as truly English, and that promises to rival it in popularity. In Harry Hallyard we behold a British tar, bold as Mars, brawny as Hercules, and comely as Adonis; in Joe Tiller, his friend and partner in a trim-built wherry, a lad with a soul equally fiery, but a body of less herculean dimensions. If Harry´s prose is of greater unction, Joe´s verse is more than a match for it; for Joe builds the lofty rhyme where the sea-mew does its nest, mounted aloft on the top-mast head. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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