In the preface to this work, the poet writes that Goldsmith's "Deserted Village" has not prevented villages in England from being deserted, so he has no hope that the "most convincing arguments or highest charms of poetry" will get the attention of people.
In the preface to this work, the poet writes that Goldsmith's "Deserted Village" has not prevented villages in England from being deserted, so he has no hope that the "most convincing arguments or highest charms of poetry" will get the attention of people. It begins with a declaration that the poet doesn't want to sing to "Ye Gallic flags, that o'er their heights unfurl'd, Bear death to kings and freedom to the world" or "Ye Alps audacious, through the heavens that rise, to cramp the day and hide me from the skies" Â– instead, he chooses a "softer theme," saying "I sing the sweets I know, the charms I feel." Subtitled as a "Poem in Three Cantos," the author of this work also wrote "Advice to a Raven in Russia" and "The Prospect of Peace," as well as his other well-known piece The Columbiad. FTP, name this mock epic written ► by Joel Barlow, which praises "simplicity of diet" by celebrating the title Yankee dish made from corn meal mush.  
In the preface to this work, the poet writes that Goldsmith's "Deserted Village" has not prevented villages in England from being deserted, so he has no hope that the "most convincing arguments or highest charms of poetry" will get the attention of people.
"The Hasty Pudding"