Poems of James Russell Lowell Part 77

Russian eagle turns Prussian blue, 414.

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Sabbath, breach of, 400.

Sabellianism, one accused of, 431.

Saltillo, unfavorable view of, 396.

Salt-river, in Mexican, what, 396.

Samuel, Uncle, riotous, 414 yet has qualities demanding reverence, 423 a good provider for his family, _ib._ an exorbitant bill of, 442.

Sansculottes, draw their wine before drinking, 419.

Santa Anna, his expensive leg, 438.

Satan, never wants attorneys, 400 an expert talker by signs, _ib._ a successful fisherman with little or no bait, _ib._ cunning fetch of, 402 dislikes ridicule, 405 ought not to have credit of ancient oracles, 414, _note_.

Satirist, incident to certain dangers, 401.

Savages, Canadian, chance of redemption offered to, 453.

Sawin, B., Esquire, his letter not written in verse, 393 a native of Jaalam, 394 not regular attendant on Rev. Mr. Wilbur's preaching, _ib._ a fool, _ib._ his statements trustworthy, _ib._ his ornithological tastes, _ib._ letter from, _ib._, 433, 443 his curious discovery in regard to bayonets, 395, 396 displays proper family pride, 395 modestly confesses himself less wise than the Queen of Sheba, 398 the old Adam in, peeps out, 399 a _miles emeritus_, 433 is made text for a sermon, _ib._ loses a leg, 434 an eye, _ib._ left hand, _ib._ four fingers of right hand, _ib._ has six or more ribs broken, _ib._ a rib. of his infrangible, _ib._ allows a certain amount of preterite greenness in himself, 435, 436 his share of spoil limited, 436 his opinion of Mexican climate, _ib._ acquires property of a certain sort, _ib._ his experience of glory, 437 stands sentry, and puns thereupon, 438 undergoes martyrdom in some of its most painful forms, _ib._ enters the candidating business, _ib._ modestly states the (avail) abilities which qualify him for high political station, 438-440 has no principles, 438 a peace man, _ib._ unpledged, _ib._ has no objections to owning _peculiar_ property, but would not like to monopolize the truth, 439 his account with glory, 440 a selfish motive hinted in, _ib._ sails for Eldorado, _ib._ s.h.i.+pwrecked on a metaphorical promontory, _ib._ parallel between, and Rev. Mr. Wilbur (not Plutarchian), 442 conjectured to have bathed in river Selemnus, 443 loves plough wisely, but not too well, _ib._ a foreign mission probably expected by, 444 unanimously nominated for presidency, _ib._ his country's father-in-law, _ib._ n.o.bly emulates Cincinnatus, 445 is not a crooked stick, _ib._ advises his adherents, _ib._ views of, on present state of politics, 445-449 popular enthusiasm for, at Bellers's, and its disagreeable consequences, 446 inhuman treatment of, by Bellers, _ib._ his opinion of the two parties, 447 agrees with Mr. Webster, 448 his antislavery zeal, _ib._ his proper self-respect, _ib._ his unaffected piety, _ib._ his not intemperate temperance, 449 a thrilling adventure of, 449-452 his prudence and economy, 450 bound to Captain Jakes, but regains his freedom, _ib._ is taken prisoner, 451, 452 ignominiously treated, 452 his consequent resolution, _ib._

Sayres, a martyr, 416.

Scaliger, saying of, 402.

_Scarabaeus pilularius_, 397.

Scott, General, his claims to the presidency, 405, 407.

Scythians, their diplomacy commended, 432.

Seamen, colored, sold, 392.

Selemnus, a sort of Lethean river, 443.

Senate, debate in, made readable, 416.

Seneca, saying of, 401 another, 414, _note_ overrated by a saint (but see Lord Bolingbroke's opinion of, in a letter to Dean Swift), 427 his letters not commended, _ib._ a son of Rev. Mr. Wilbur, 442.

Serbonian bog of literature, 416.

s.e.xtons, demand for, 396 heroic official devotion of one, 453.

Shaking fever, considered as an employer, 436.

Shakspeare, a good reporter, 408.

Sham, President, honest, 411.

Sheba, Queen of, 398.

Sheep, none of Rev. Mr. Wilbur's turned wolves, 394.

Shem, Scriptural curse of, 452.

Show, natural to love it, 396, _note_.

Silver spoon born in Democracy's mouth, what, 411.

Sinai, suffers outrages, 422.

Sin, wilderness of, modern, what, 422.

Skin, hole in, strange taste of some for, 437.

Slaughter, whether G.o.d strengthen us for, 400.

Slaughterers and soldiers compared, 443.

Slaughtering nowadays is slaughtering, 443.

Slavery, of no color, 391 cornerstone of liberty, 415 also keystone, 418 last crumb of Eden, 420 a Jonah, _ib._ an inst.i.tution, 431 a private State concern, 450.

Smith, Joe, used as a translation, 422.

Smith, John, an interesting character, 426.

Smith, Mr., fears entertained for, 421 dined with, 427.

Smith, N. B., his magnanimity, 425.

Soandso, Mr., the great, defines his position, 425.

Sol the fisherman, 397 soundness of respiratory organs hypothetically attributed to, _ib._

Solon, a saying of, 401.

South Carolina, futile attempt to anchor, 417.

Spanish, to walk, what, 398.

Speech-making, an abuse of gift of speech, 415.