Spheres Rebus

Spheres Rebus

THE power which retains the bright spheres in their orbs,
And a planet well known to us all;
The towering mount where the Gods did convene,
When summon'd by Jupiter's call,
A meteor produc'd by refraction of light,
The country for orators fam'd;
The city where stood the magnificent pile
Which Herostatus madly inflam'd.
A general, who fell at the siege of Quebec,
And the ship that bold Jason convey'd;
A species of verse, by the ancients much us'd,
First compos'd by the Lesbian maid.
An hero of Troy, for his valour renown'd;
The isle where Ulysses had birth;
The patriarch who sail'd on the face of the deep
When the waters had delug'd the earth.
The place where 'tis said that bright Phoebus stood still
When the armies of Israel prevail'd,
And the straits where the valiant Leonidas fought
When the forces of Persia assail'd.
The musician of old, who went down to the shades,
And by music the furies restrain'd,
And the man, who new regions of science explor'd,
And the palm of philosophy gain'd.
The initials of these, if in order conjoin'd,
The name of a HERO will give,
Whose virtues Columbian's will ever extoll,
Whose praises for ever shall live.

New-York, April 10, 1791.

p298 - 1791
Solution to the Rebus, page 239 GRAVITATION's the power which acts on the spheres;
The Earth is a planet well known;
On Olympus's mount all the deities met,
When Jove gave command from his throne:
By refraction of light the bright Rainbow is form'd;
For orators Greece was renown'd;
Diana's great temple at Ephesus stood,
Which Herotratus burnt to the ground;
Brave Wolfe was the gen'ral who fell at Quebec;
Jason sought in the Argos the fleece;
In poetry Sapphic the ancients much wrote,
Invented by Sappho of Greece.
Bold Hector, the Trojan, for valour was fam'd;
Ulysses was Ithaca's boast;
The patriarch Noah, sublimely did sail
O'er the earth which in waters was lost.
At Gideon, the sun, the bright regent of day,
Stood still at a Joshua's commands;
Leonidas fought at Thermopyla's straits,
When attack'd by the Persian bands.

p299 - 1791
Old Orpheus, by his sweet music we're told,
Restrain'd the grim furies of hell;
The improvements in science which Newton has made,
No language or tongue can ere tell.
The initials of these, if in order you place,
They'll shew you a man of great fame,
Who rescu'd Columbia from death and disgrace -
GEORGE WASHINGTON is the blest name.
N.H.W.

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