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HIGH AND LOW,

OR,

MR GREEN,

AMONG THE STARS.

OXFORD
JUNE 13, 1823

LONDON:
PRINTED BY L. THOMPSON, 19, GREAT ST. HELENS.
1824
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HIGH AND LOW.

Some mount their hobbies; some in coaches ride; -
And some there are who on the ocean glide - 
While myriads go on Shanks' two-legg'd mare,
And groan and sweat beneath a load of care:
Of grovelling souls like these let others sing;
But he who soars aloft on vent'rous wing,
And overlooks the little world below him
Shall have my lays, - aye all the world shall know him.
What boots it, so he travel to the skies,
Whether by wings or gas he takes his rise?
An angel's pinions could not raise him higher
Than gas, pure gas, purg'd of its smoke and fire,
That somehow he attains his elevation,
And occupies the most exalted station,
Is quite enough to cause our admiration.
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Who asks a monarch how he got his throne
To doubt his right were treason - 'tis his own,
Who asks a minister who him appointed,
His power was given him by the Lord's anointed,
Who says a Bishop can be void of grace,
Or, who denies the placeman's right to place;
When once a man is rais'd above his fellows,
He plays the organ, and they blow the bellows,
It matters not who raised him to his station
He's up - They're down, and must pay adoration.*

Thus having prov'd that folks who are above us,
Demand our praise whether they hate or love us,
Son of the Air! illustrious GREEN I greet,
(Not Mr. Green, renown'd, of Tooley Street.)
Who bought "an orse" and in "a nay band" led him
Who took him home, and in the cellar fed him.)
But GREEN the Aëronaut, the flying wonder,
The man who rides on clouds, and darts through thunder,
Who visits planets in his gay balloon-a
Who dines with Sol, and sups with Lady Luna;
Who took a voyage at the Coronation†

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* We should hope there are no radical rascals to be found among the "swinish multitude" base enough to doubt, much less to deny, these self-evident, and truly legitimate axioms.

† When that magnificent and all-accomplished Prince, George the Fourth, was crowned, those who had the direction of that gorgeous ceremony, considering it, very properly of course, an affair of too [[continued end page 4]]
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To tell the Dog Star* of its celebration.
Who set the bells in planet Saturn ringing†
Who heard the jolly dogs in Georgium singing,‡
Who saw the inhabitants of Mercury fryingǁ
And left the Paphian maids in Venus crying § 
Who, home returning, called on General Mars,
And talk of Waterloo, and British scars ¶

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much consequence to be confined to this globe, employed MR. GREEN to convey the glad tidings to other worlds. The herald of the air obeyed the mandate; and, like Hermes of old, he flew off to execute the will of Jove.

* It appears that the Aëronaut was specially directed to go first to his Canine Majesty, in order that, as his influence over mortals during the dog-days which were at hand, he might implore his Dogship, to ward off the dreadful malady of hydrophobia from all august personages; and for similar reason, he was commissioned to pay his respects to Luna.

† We understand that the bells in Saturn rang so merry a peal as to "shake the spheres."

‡ The song which the Georgians sung on this occasion, was the popular national song of "God save the King." Had Mr.  GREEN thought of putting Atwood's Coronation Anthem in his pocket, no doubt the Georgians above, would have outdone the Georgians below; so perhaps, it is fortunate for musical fame of this country, that the Aëronaut forgot it.

ǁ Mr. GREEN declares, that Mercury was too hot to hold him; indeed that the Inhabitants wee literally frying: and yet (according to the best astronomical information, they are a very mercurial race of beings, and eat, drink and sleep as comfortably as the best of us.

§ The lovely daugters of Venus were crying with downright envy, to think that their Adonis was so infinitely excelled by the Adonis of Britain.

¶ While Mr. GREEN was discoursing with the God of War, he expatiated on the bravery and military talents of his Grace, the Duke of Wellington; and what is very extraordinary, old Mars declared, that Wellington was a lucky dog; but as for his bravery
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