APPENDIX: J. H. REYNOLDS'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE 'ODES 718 Address to R. W. Elliston, Esq.. 725 An Address to the Dean and ODES AND ADDRESSES TO GREAT PEOPLE (1825. Third edition 1826.) 'Catching all the oddities, the whimsies, the absurdities, and the littlenesses of conscious greatness by the way.'-Citizen of the World. ADDRESS. The present being the first appearance of this little Work, some sort of Address seems to be called for from the Author, Editor, and Compiler,-and we come forward in prose, totally overcome, like a flurried manager, in his every-day clothes, to solicit public indulgence-protest an indelible feeling of reverence-bow, beseech, promiseand all that.' To the persons addressed in the Poems, nothing need be said, as it would be only swelling the book, (a custom which we detest,) to recapitulate in prose what we have said in verse. To those unaddressed, an apology is due ;-and to them it is very respectfully offered. Mr. Hunt for his Permanent Ink, deserves to have his name recorded in his own composition-Mr. Colman, the amiable King's Jester, and Oathblaster of the modern Stage, merits a line-Mr. Accum, whose fame is potted-Mr. Bridgman, the maker of Patent Safety Coffins, Mr. Kean, the great Lustre of the Boxes-Sir Humphry Davy, the great Lamplighter of the Pits-Sir William Congreve, one of the proprietors of the Portsmouth Rocket-yea, several others call for the Muse's approbation;-but our little Volume, like the Adelphi House, is easily filled, and those who are disappointed of places are requested to wait until the next performance. Having said these few words to the uninitiated, we leave our Odes and Addresses, like Gentlemen of the Green Isle, to hunt their own fortunes;-and, by a modest assurance, to make their way to the hearts of those to whom they have addressed themselves. ODE TO MR. GRAHAM THE AERONAUT Up with me!-up with me into the sky!'-Wordsworth-on a Lark! |