Page:Omniana 2.djvu/225

 of Nelson's genius still exists; other figurative and subordinate parts are introduced to give harmony and effect to the whole composition."

It must be confessed that the daisies and dandelions of eloquence are strewed here with profusion, but it is not all this stile ornate which can conceal the absurdities of the composition. In the right hand corner of the piece is half a horse's head, and over the horse is a hand, and over the hand is the head of a Triton, or sea-devil, and over the Triton is the head of another horse, and over this horse's head are some boys and young ladies, "sons and daughters of the Union," by which I presume is to be understood that some are English and some Irish, though the boys are certainly mulattos. They are "preparing the mournful sable," that is to say, they are making mourning. And over them is a lion, grinning a ghastly smile, and holding in his fore paws three large