ABSTRACT
This poem, said to have been written by George Coleman the younger, is by far the most elaborate defence of the Rod that we have met with. The author describes all the varieties of flagellation—domestic, scholastic, penal, and eccentric—and is very enthusiastic in his praise of the Rod. Unfortunately it is impossible to give it entire, as many parts of it are altogether unsuitable for modern ears polite. The following extracts will give our readers a good idea of the meaning and scope of the poem. Taking for his motto a line from an old ballad,
