Henry Livingston, Jr.
Henry Livingston's Poetry




The frogs of calm & quiet x
From Jupiter a king requir'd
Of sport and frolic always fond
xx was tumbl'd in the pond
The splash astounded, forth they fled
Till one by one was rais'd a x
The log lay still - they bolder grew
And round their king their squadrons threw
Distrust and fear now all suspended
They to his back in shoals ascended
Enjoy'd their visionary hour
And croak'd dx to his pow'r
A meeting was resolv'd upon
The tidings thru the rushes sung
The day arriv'd - the chair was plac'd
And by a rev'rend croaker grac'd
A secretary too was nam'd
For penmanship & talents nam'd
A long petition then was form'd
And by a thousand names adorn'd
They join'd unanimous to cry
Their king a sluggish monster lay
Whom nothing they could do could jostle
Alike unfit to rule or bustle
Jove frown'd & down a stork he threw
Into the discontented crew
His majesty with hunger keen
Their mottl'd ranks began to thin
Now wad'd here - now stalk'd there
Nor knew nor age nor sex to spare
Now from the bog a pray'r arose
To free them from this worst of woes
Jove stopped up his ears in x
And turn'd to fondle with his Juno
Leaving the frogs to moan & fret
And meet as best they could their fate


A cool reflecting northern sage
It seems don't suit this reckless age
The sunburnt southrons one & all
For x Jackson call
Declare his fire alone is able
To cleanse the Washingtonian stable
x
Till opposition can't be found


Andrew Jackson went up against John Q Adams and DeWitt Clinton and lost to Adams in 1824, then won the presidency in 1828. The race was very personal.


And as an apex to the whole
And then to close the rigamarole
x up a kidnap'd Seminole
For hickory bosoms x
To brush the cobwebs from the vale
x





        
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