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Poem
September 3, 1799
The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
What is this article about?
Introduction corrects prior misattributions of an extract from a 1794 Dartmouth College commencement poem on agriculture by Philip Carrigain of Concord, N.H. The poem contrasts mad ambition and balloon flight with heaven's design for man to till the earth.
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The following Extract having appeared in several papers in a very imperfect manner, and attributed to a wrong author by giving the real author a wrong name; we insert the following correct from the original:
Extract from a Poem on AGRICULTURE,
Delivered at Commencement, Dartmouth
College, A. D. 1794.
By
Mr. Philip Carrigain, jun. A. M. of
Concord, N. H.
"On fickle wings let mad Ambition soar,
And strive for Arts transcending mortal power;
Let Blanchard launch his airy Skiff, and rise
O'er the light surface of the horreless skies;
And thought-born Angel by vast pinion'd clouds
Cradled in winds, and pillow'd upon clouds;
Sail From the less'ning earth with dauntless breast,
To where the Lightnings sleep, the Thunders rest:
But know, rash Man, Heav'n's omniscient plan.
Design'd this Earth; the best Balloon, for
Man
Taught him while o'er its whirling Axis hurl'd
To till the surface of the rolling world,
And delve that dust, that garb's our spheric
bourne,
From whence he sprang, to where he must
return."
Extract from a Poem on AGRICULTURE,
Delivered at Commencement, Dartmouth
College, A. D. 1794.
By
Mr. Philip Carrigain, jun. A. M. of
Concord, N. H.
"On fickle wings let mad Ambition soar,
And strive for Arts transcending mortal power;
Let Blanchard launch his airy Skiff, and rise
O'er the light surface of the horreless skies;
And thought-born Angel by vast pinion'd clouds
Cradled in winds, and pillow'd upon clouds;
Sail From the less'ning earth with dauntless breast,
To where the Lightnings sleep, the Thunders rest:
But know, rash Man, Heav'n's omniscient plan.
Design'd this Earth; the best Balloon, for
Man
Taught him while o'er its whirling Axis hurl'd
To till the surface of the rolling world,
And delve that dust, that garb's our spheric
bourne,
From whence he sprang, to where he must
return."
What sub-type of article is it?
Ode
What themes does it cover?
Moral Virtue
Religious Faith
What keywords are associated?
Agriculture
Ambition
Ballooning
Dartmouth Commencement
1794
Farming
Heavenly Plan
Earth Tilling
What entities or persons were involved?
Mr. Philip Carrigain, Jun. A. M. Of Concord, N. H.
Poem Details
Title
Poem On Agriculture
Author
Mr. Philip Carrigain, Jun. A. M. Of Concord, N. H.
Subject
Delivered At Commencement, Dartmouth College, A. D. 1794
Form / Style
Rhymed Couplets
Key Lines
On Fickle Wings Let Mad Ambition Soar,
And Strive For Arts Transcending Mortal Power;
But Know, Rash Man, Heav'n's Omniscient Plan.
Design'd This Earth; The Best Balloon, For
Man
Taught Him While O'er Its Whirling Axis Hurl'd
To Till The Surface Of The Rolling World,