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# The New Student's Reference Work/Vol I:4

| Andersen — Angola | Angora Goat — Ant-Eater | Antelope — Antony | Antrim — Apricot |
| Andersen, Hans Christian Anderson Anderson, Mary Anderson, Robert, General Andersonville Andover Andrassy, Julius, Count Andre, John, Major Andrew Andrew, John Albion Andrews, Elisha Benjamin Andromache Andromeda Andros, Sir Edmund Androscoggin Anemometer Anemone Aneroid Angelico, Fra Angell, James Burrill Angelo, Michael Angiosperms Anglin, Hon. Timothy Warren Anglo-Saxon Angola | Angora Goat Angus, Richard B. Aniline Animalcula Animal Kingdom Anjou Annam Annapolis (Maryland) Annapolis (Nova Scotia) Ann Arbor, Mich. Anne Anne Boleyn Annealing Anniston, Ala. Annuals Annulus Anselm Ansonia, Conn. Ant Antæus Antarctic Antarctic Circle Antarctic Ocean Antarctic Exploration Ant-Eater | Antelope Anther Antheridium Antherozoid Anthoceros Anthony, Henry Bowen Anthony, Susan Brownell Anthracite Anthropology Anthropometry Anticosti Anti-Cyclone Antietam Antigo, Wis. Antigone Antigua Antilles Antimony Antinous Antioch Antipodal Cells Ant-Lion Antonelli, Cardinal Giacomo Antoninus Pius Antony, Mark | Antrim Antwerp Apaches Ape Apelles Apennines Apetalous Flowers Aphides Aphrodite Apiary Apocarpous Flowers Apogamy Apollo Apollo Belvedere Apospory Apostles Apothecium Appalachian Mountains Apperception Appian Way Apple Appleseed, Johnny Appleton, Wis. Appomattox Courthouse Apricot |
# The New Student's Reference Work/Vol I:19

| Chippewa Falls — Chrysanthemum | Chriseis — Circe | Circulation of Blood — Claudius | Clausius — Clinton, De Witt |
| Chippewa Falls, Wis Chippewa Indians Chivalry Chlorine Chlorophyceæ Chlorophyll Chloroplast Choate, Joseph Hodges Choate, Rufus Chocolate Choctaws Chopin, Frederic François Christian IX Christian Endeavor Movement, The Christian Era Christian Science Christiania Christina Christmas Christmas Carol, A Christopher, Saint Christ's Hospital Chronograph Chronometer Chrysanthemum | Chryseis Chrysostom, John, Saint Chuquisaca Church, Frederick Edwin Church-Councils Churchill, Randolph Henry Spencer, Lord Churchill River Churchill, Winston Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer Churubusco Cicada Cicero, Marcus Tullius Cid, The Cider Cienfuegos Cimabue, Giovanni Cimbri Cimon Cincinnati Cincinnati, Society of the Cincinnatus, Lucius Quintius Cinematograph Cinnamon Circassians Circe | Circulation of Blood Circus Citizenship Citron Citrullus Civil Service Civil War, The Cladophyll Claiborne, William Clam Clan Clarendon, Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon, George William Frederick Villiers, Earl of Clarinet Clark, Alvan Clark, Francis E. Clark, George Rogers Clark, Sir William Mortimer Clark, William Robinson Clark University Clarke, James Freeman Clark, Capt. Wm. Clarksville, Tenn. Claude Lorrain Claudius | Clausisus, Rudolf Julius E. Clay Clay, Cassius Marcellus Clay, Henry Clayton-Bulwer Treaty Clearing-House Cleary, The Most Reverend James Vincent Cleburne, Texas Cleistogamous Flowers Clematis Clémenceau, George B. E. Clemens, Samuel Langhorne Clement Clement XIV Clementi, Muzio Cleopatra Cleopatra's Needle Cleveland, Stephen Grover Cleveland Cliff-Dwellers Clingman, Thomas Lanier Clinostat Clinton, Iowa Clinton, Mass. Clinton, De Witt |
# The New Student's Reference Work/Vol I:22

| Cortex — Coverdale | Coverly — Cranmer | Cranston — Crittenden, John | Crittenden, Thomas — Cryptogams |
| Cortex Cortland, N. Y. Corwin, Thomas Corymb Coshocton, Ohio Cossacks Costa Rica Cotes, Mrs. Everard Cotopaxi Cotton Cotton, John Cottonworm Cotyledon Couch, Darius Nash Coues, Elliott Coulter, John Merle Council Bluffs Courthope, William John Courtney, The Right Reverend Frederick Courts of Justice Courts-Martial Cousin, Victor Covenanters Coventry Coverdale, Miles | Coverly, Sir Roger de Covington Cowbird Cowboy Cowley, Abraham Cow-Peas Cowpens Cowper, William Cowslip Cox, Sir George William Cox, Jacob Dolson Cox, Kenyon Cox, Palmer Cox, Samuel Sullivan Coyote Crab Crabbe, George Craigie, Mrs. Pearl Mary Craik, Mrs. Dinah Maria Mulock Cranberry Crane (bird) Crane (machine) Crane, Stephen Crane, Walter Cranmer, Thomas | Cranston, Rhode Island Crawfish Crawford, Francis Marion Crawford, Thomas Crawfordsville, Ind. Crayfish Creamery Cream-Separator Creation, The Crécy Creeks Creeper, Brown Creole Cress Creston, Iowa Crete Crichton, James Cricket (insect) Cricket (game) Cricket on the Hearth, The Crimea Cripple Creek, Col. Crisp, Charles Frederick Crispi, Francesco Crittenden, John Jordan | Crittenden, Thomas Leonidas Crockett, David Crockett, Samuel Rutherford Crocodile Crocus Crœsus Croly, Jane Cunningham Cromer, Evelyn Baring Crompton, Samuel Cromwell, Oliver Cronje, Piet Cronstadt Crook, George Crookes, Sir William Croquet Cross, Mrs. Cross, Mrs. George Frederick Cross-Pollination Cross, Southern Crow Crozier, John B. Cruikshank, George Crusades, The Crustacea Cryptogams |
# The New Student's Reference Work/Vol I:23

| Cuba — Curry | Curtis — Cyrus | Cytoplasm — Czerny |
| Cuba Cuckoo Cucumber Cucumis Culberson, Charles A. Culloden Cullom, Shelby Moore Culpeper, Thomas, Lord Cumberland, Md. Cumberland Mountains Cumberland River Cumberland, R. I. Cumberland Road Cuneiform Cupid Cupule Curaçao Curculio Curfew Curie, Pierre Curling Curran, John Philpot Currant Currency Law Curry, Jabez Lamar Monroe | Curtis, George Ticknor Curtis, George William Curtius, Ernst Curwen, John Curzon, George Nathaniel, Lord Cushing, Caleb Cushing, William Barker Cushman, Charlotte Saunders Custer, George Armstrong Cuticle Cutler, Manasseh Cuttlefish Cutworm Cuvier, Georges, Baron Cuyp, Albert Cyanide-Process, The Cyanophyceæ Cycads Cyclone Cymbals Cyme Cypress Cyprus Cyrus the Great Cyrus the Younger | Cytoplasm Czar Czechs Czernowitz Czerny, George |
# The New Student's Reference Work/Vol I:3

| Algeciras International Conference — Allison | Alliteration — Amalgam | Amaranth — Ami | Amiens — Ancona |
| Algeciras International Conference Alger, Russell Alexander Algeria Algiers Algoma Algonquins Algonquin National Park Alhambra Alicante, Spain Alison, Sir Archibald Alkali Alkaloids Allahabad Allan, Hon. George W. Allan, Sir Hugh Alleghany Mountains Allegheny Allegheny River Allen, Charles Grant Allen, Ethan Allen, James Lane Allentown, Pa. Alliance Alligator Allison, William B. | Alliteration Allotropy Alloy Allston, Washington Alluvium Alma Almagro, Diego D' Almanacs Alma-Tadema, Sir Lawrence Almond Alpaca Alpena, Mich. Alps Alsace-Lorraine Altai Mountains Alternation of Generations Alton Altoona Alum Aluminum Alva, Duke of Amadeus Amadis of Gaul Amagat, Emile Hilaire Amalgam | Amaranth Amarillo Amazon Amazons Ambassador Amber Ambrose, Saint Ambulance Ament America (continent) America (song) America Cup, The American Indians American Institution American Lion American Literature American School at Athens, The American School in Rome American University Americus Vespucius Ames, Fisher Amesbury, Mass. Amethyst Amherst Ami, Henry M. | Amiens Ammen, Daniel Ammon Ammonia Amœba Amoor Amos Ampère Ampère, Andre-Marie Amphibia Amphitheater Amsterdam Amsterdam (New York) Amundsen, Capt. Roald Anaconda Anaconda, Montana Anæsthetic Anam Anarchism Anatomy Anaxagoras Anchises Anchovy Ancient Mariner, The Ancona Andalusia |
# The New Student's Reference Work/Vol I:5

| April — Archæology | Archangel — Aristophanes | Aristotle — Arnold | Arnold — Asa |
| April April Fools' Day Aquarium Aqueduct Aquinas, Thomas Arabia Arabian Gulf Arabian Literature Arabian Sea Arabi Pasha Arachnida Arago, Francois Jean Dominique Aragon Araguay Aral, Sea of Aram, Eugene Arapahoes Ararat Araucania Arbitration Arbor Day Arbutus Arcadia Arch, Triumphal Archæology | Archangel Archegonium Archesporium Archibald, Hon. A. G. Archimedes Architecture Arcot Arctic Circle Arctic Exploration Arctic Ocean Ardmore, Oklahoma Areopagus Arequipa Argentine Republic Argon Argonauts Argos Argyle, George Douglas Campbell Argyll, John Douglas Sutherland Campbell Ariadne Aries Arion Ariosto, Ludovico Aristides Aristophanes | Aristotle Arithmetic Arizona Arkansas Arkansas City Arkansas (river) Arkwright, Sir Richard Arlington, Mass. Armada, Spanish Armadillo Armature Armenia Arminius Armor Armor-Plate Armour, Philip D. Armour, Hon. John Douglas Arms Armstrong, Samuel Chapman Army Army-Worm Arndt, Ernest Moritz Arnim, Bettina von Arno Arnold, Benedict | Arnold, Sir Edwin Arnold, Matthew Arnold, Thomas Aroids Aroostook War Arpad Arrhenius, Svante Arrowroot Arsenal Arsenic Art Artemis Artery Artesian Wells Artevelde, Jacob Van Artevelde, Philip Van Arthropoda Arthur Arthur, Chester Alan Arthur's Seat Articles of Confederation Artillery Arundel Marbles Aryans Asa |
# The New Student's Reference Work/Vol I:6

| Asaph — Aspinwall | Ass — Atchafalaya | Atchison — Auckland | Audubon — Austin |
| Asaph Asbestos Asbury, Francis Ascalon Ascension Island Ascension, Right Ascham, Roger Ascomycetes Ascospore Ascus Asexual Spore Ash Ashanti Asheville, N. C. Ashland, Ky. Ashland, Wis. Ashtabula, O. Ash Wednesday Asia Asia Minor Asp Asparagus Aspen Asphalt Aspinwall | Ass Assam Assaying Assimilation Assiniboia Assiniboine Assisi, St. Francis of Associated Press Association of Ideas Assuan Dam, The Assyria Astarte Aster Asteroids Astor, John Jacob Astoria Astor Library, The Astrakhan Astrology Astronomy As You Like It Atacama Desert Atahualpa Atalanta Atchafalaya | Atchison Athabasca Athaliah Athena Athens Athens, Ga. Athletics Athos, Mount Atlanta, Ga. Atlanta University Atlantic City, N. J. Atlantic Ocean Atlantis Atlas (mythology) Atlas (mountain range) Atoll Atom Atreus Attar of Roses Attica Attila Attleboro, Mass. Auburn Auburn, Me. Auckland | Audubon, John James Audubon Societies Auerbach, Berthold Augsburg Augur August Augusta (Georgia) Augusta (Maine) Augustine, Saint Aurelius Augustus, Gaius Julius Cæsar Octavianus Auk Auld Lang Syne Auld Robin Gray Aumale, Duc d' Aurelian, Lucius Domitius Aurelianus Aurelius Antoninus, Marcus Aurora (mythology) Aurora (Illinois) Aurora, Mo. Aurora Borealis Aurungzebe Austen, Jane Austerlitz Austin, Alfred Austin, Minn. |
# The New Student's Reference Work/Vol I:2

| Afghanistan — Air Plants | Air Pump — Alberta | Albert Edward Nyanza — Aleppo | Aleutian Islands — Algebra |
| Afghanistan Africa Afrikander Agamemnon Agaricus Agasias Agassiz, Louis Jean Rodolphe Agate Agave Agesander of Rhodes Agesilaus Agincourt Agra Agricola Agriculture Agricultural Experiment Stations Agricultural Schools and Colleges Aguilar, Grace Aguinaldo, Emilio Aikins, Hon. James C. Aino Air Air Brake Air Gun Air Plants | Air Pump Aix-la-Chapelle Ajax Akbar Akene Akenside, Mark Akron Alabama, State of Alabama Claim, The Alabama River Alabaster Aladdin Alameda Alamo, The Alaric Alaska Albani, Madame Albania Albano Albany Albany Congress Albatross Albemarle Albemarle Sound Alberta | Albert Edward Nyanza Albert Nyanza Albert, Prince Consort Albigenses Albino Alboni, Marietta Albumen Albuquerque Alcamenes Alcestis Alchemy Alcibiades Alcinous Alcohol Alcott, Amos Bronson Alcott, Louisa May Alcuin Alden, John Alder Alderman, Edwin Anderson Aldrich, Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich, Thomas Bailey Ale Alemanni Aleppo | Aleutian Islands or Catharine Archipelago Alexander (Severus) Alexander the Great Alexander I Alexander II Alexander III Alexander (popes) Alexander, W. J. Alexandra, Queen Alexandria Alexandria, Ind. Alexandria, Va. Alexandrian Library Alexiev, Admiral E. S. Alfalfa Alfieri Alfonso Alfonso I Alfonso VI Alfonso X Alfonso V Alfonso XIII Alfred the Great Algæ Algebra |
# The New Student's Reference Work/Vol I:20

| Clinton, George — Cockatoo | Cockrell — Colfax | Coligni — Colt | Columbia — Composition |
| Clinton, George Clinton, Sir Henry Clive, Robert, Lord Clock Close Pollination Clouds Cloves Clovis Clyde Clytemnestra Coal Coast-Defense Coast Range Coast-Survey Cobalt (element) Cobalt (Ontario) Cobb, Howell Cobbe, Frances Power Cobden, Richard Coblenz Cobourg Cobra de Capello Cochin-China Cochineal Cockatoo | Cockrell, Francis Marion Cockroaches Cocoa Cocoanut Cocoon Cod Codlin-Moth Cody, William Frederick Cœlenterata Cœnocyte Coffee Coffee Republic Coffer-Dam Cohoes Coin Coke Colbert, Jean Baptiste Colborne, Sir John Cold Harbor Cold Storage Cold Wave Cole, Thomas Coleridge, John Duke, Lord Coleridge, Samuel Taylor Colfax, Schuyler | Coligni, Gaspard de Colleges, American College Entrance-Examination Board College, Going to College of the City of New York Collenchyma Collingwood Collins, William Collins, William Wilkie Collodion Collyer, Robert Cologne Colombia Colombo Colón Colonna, Vittoria Colony Color Colorado (state) Colorado (river) Colorado River Colorado Springs Colosseum Colossus of Rhodes Colt, Samuel | Columbia (District) Columbia River Columbia, Pa. Columbia (South Carolina) Columbia University Columbine Columbus, Christopher Columbus, Georgia Columbus, Ind. Columbus Columella Comanches Comedy Comets Commerce Commons, House of Commune of Paris Commutator Como Lake Comoro Islands Comox Compass Compass-Plants Compositæ Composition in Fine Art |
# The Poetical Writings of Fitz-Greene Halleck/Ode to Impudence

ODE TO IMPUDENCE.
“Integer vitæ, scelerisque purus.”
Horace, Book I., Ode 22.
he man who wears a brazen face, Quite à son aise his glass may quaff; And whether in or out of place, May twirl his stick, and laugh. Useless to him the broad doubloon, Red note, or dollar of the mill; Though all his gold be in the moon, His brass is current money still.
Thus, when my cash was at low water, At Niblo’s I sat down to dine; And after a tremendous slaughter Among the wild-fowl and the wine, The bill before mine eyes was placed— When, slightly turning round my head, “Charge it,” cried I—the man amazed, Stared, made his congé, and obeyed.
Oh! bear me to some forest thick, Where wampumed Choctaws prowl alone,
Where ne’er was heard the name of tick, And bankrupt laws are quite unknown; Or to some shop, by bucks abhorred, Where to the longing pauper’s sorrow, The cursed inscription decks the board Of “Pay to-day and trust to-morrow.”
Or plunge me in the dungeon-tower; With bolts and turnkeys dim mine eyes; While, called from death by Marshall’s power, The ghosts of murdered debts arise! The easy dupes I’ll wheedle still, With looks of brass and words of honey; And having scored a decent bill, Pay off my impudence for money.
D.
# The Poetical Writings of Fitz-Greene Halleck/Lines written on a blank leaf in Ossian’s Poems

LINES
WRITTEN ON A BLANK LEAF IN OSSIAN’S POEMS.
n all that Genius calls its own, The “Bard of Cona” soars sublime! And where the Muses’ powers are known, His fame shall brave the blast of Time!
His was the soft persuasive art! Whene’er his ringers touched the lyre; To melt in sympathy the heart, Or thrill the soul with Glory’s fire.
Unblest with Learning’s ray refined, He warbled—Nature's favorite child— His notes bespoke his feeling mind, Sublimely simple—sweetly wild.
Sweet Poet! while the Muses’ flame Within my heart enrapturing glows, That heart shall pay thy honored name The homage which it justly owes.
1810.
# The Poetical Writings of Fitz-Greene Halleck/Magdalen

MAGDALEN.
I.
sword, whose blade has ne’er been wet With blood, except of freedom’s foes; That hope which, though its sun be set, Still with a starlight beauty glows; A heart that worshipped in Romance The Spirit of the buried Time, And dreams of knight, and steed, and lance, And ladye-love, and minstrel-rhyme; These had been, and I deemed would be My joy, whate’er my destiny.
II.
Born in a camp, its watch-fires bright Alone illumed my cradle-bed; And I had borne with wild delight My banner where Bolivar led, Ere manhood’s hue was on my cheek, Or manhood’s pride was on my brow. Its foes are furled—the war-bird’s beak Is thirsty on the Andes now; I longed, like her, for other skies Clouded by Glory’s sacrifice.
III.
In Greece, the brave heart’s Holy Land, Its soldier-song the bugle sings; And I have buckled on my brand, And waited but the sea-wind’s wings, To bear me where, or lost or won Her battle, in its frown or smile, Men live with those of Marathon, Or die with those of Scio’s isle; And find in Valor’s tent or tomb, In life or death, a glorious home.
IV.
I could have left but yesterday The scene of my boy-years behind, And floated on my careless way Wherever willed the breathing wind. I could have bade adieu to aught I’ve sought, or met, or welcomed here, Without an hour of shaded thought, A sigh, a murmur, or a tear. Such was I yesterday—but then I had not known thee, Magdalen.
V.
To-day there is a change within me, There is a weight upon my brow, And Fame, whose whispers once could win me From all I loved, is powerless now.
There ever is a form, a face Of maiden beauty in my dreams, Speeding before me, like the race To ocean of the mountain-streams— With dancing hair, and laughing eyes, That seem to mock me as it flies.
VI.
My sword—it slumbers in its sheath; My hopes—their starry light is gone; My heart—the fabled clock of death Beats with the same low, lingering tone: And this, the land of Magdalen, Seems now the only spot on earth Where skies are blue and flowers are green; And here I build my household hearth, And breathe my song of joy, and twine A lovely being’s name with mine.
VII.
In vain! in vain! the sail is spread; To sea! to sea! my task is there; But when among the unmourned dead They lay me, and the ocean air Brings tidings of my day of doom, Mayst thou be then, as now thou art, The load-star of a happy home; In smile and voice, in eye and heart The same as thou hast ever been, The loved, the lovely Magdalen.
# The Poetical Writings of Fitz-Greene Halleck/Ode to Good-Humor

ODE TO GOOD-HUMOR.
aid of the sweet, engaging smile! Companion of our hours of peace! Whose soothing arts can care beguile, And bid discordant passions cease; Virtue in thee her favorite hails, And dwells where’er thy sway prevails, Life’s fairest charms to thee we owe, The source of pure delight, the healing balm of woe!
Can rapture thrill congenial hearts, Entwined by Friendship’s wreath divine? If aught of bliss its bond imparts, The praise, enchanting maid! be thine. Can we a soft attractive grace In the bright beam of Beauty trace? ’Tis only when with thee combined, Her powers can justly claim the homage of the mind!
When the first pair in Eden’s bower Enjoyed the favoring smile of Heaven, Thy influence brightened every flower, And blessed the balmy breeze of even. And since in Love’s connubial ties, We best can learn thy sweets to prize,
’Tis in affection’s fond domain, Where still unruffled joys denote thy golden reign.
Deprived of thee, does earth possess One charm to bind us here below? In vain may pomp and power caress, Or wealth its glittering gifts bestow. Lost is their worth when thou art fled, When Discord lifts her sceptre dread, And pallid Envy, Care, and Strife Unite their darkening clouds to veil the noon of life.
But when thy welcome steps appear, This dreaded train of evil flies, Gay Cheerfulness is ever near, And calm Content with placid eyes; And all that to the soul endears This dreary wilderness of years, All that our happiest hours employ, When beats the willing heart to transport and to joy.
Where’er I tread this varied scene, Good-Humor! on my path attend; Alike when pleasure smiles serene, Or pain and grief my bosom rend, Do thou infuse thy sovereign power, In youth’s gay morn, in manhood’s hour, Or when, in age, life’s parting ray But faintly lingers low ere yet it fades away!
# The Poetical Writings of Fitz-Greene Halleck/Memory

MEMORY.
trong as that power whose strange control Impels the torrent’s force; Directs the needle to the pole, And bids the waves of ocean roll In their appointed course; So powerful are the ties that bind The scenes of childhood to the mind; So firmly to the heart adheres The memory of departed years.
Whence is this passion in the breast? That when the past we view, And think on pleasures, once possessed, In Fancy’s fairest colors dressed, Those pleasures we renew? And why do memory’s pains impart A pleasing sadness to the heart? What potent charm to all endears The days of our departed years?
True—many a rose-bud, blooming gay, Life’s opening path adorns; But all who tread that path will say That, ’mid the flowers which strew its way, Are care’s corroding thorns.
Yet still the bosom will retain Affection even for hours of pain; And we can smile, though bathed in tears, At memory of departed years.
’Tis distance, our bewildered gaze On former scenes, beguiles, And memory’s charm the eye betrays; For while enjoyments it displays And robes the past in smiles, Its nattering mirror proves untrue, Conceals the sorrows from our view, And hides the griefs, the doubts, and fears, That darkened our departed years!
Time, when our own, we oft despise; When gone, its loss deplore; Nor, till the fleeting moment flies, Do mortals learn its worth to prize, When it returns no more. For this, an anxious look we cast, With fond regret, on hours long past— For this, the feeling heart reveres The memory of departed years!
1810.
# The Poetical Writings of Fitz-Greene Halleck/Love

LOVE.
…. The imperial votress passed on In maiden meditation, fancy free.
Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Shall I never see a bachelor of threescore again?
Benedict, in Much Ado about Nothing
hen the tree of Love is budding first, Ere yet its leaves are green, Ere yet, by shower and sunbeam nursed Its infant life has been; The wild bee’s slightest touch might wring The buds from off the tree, As the gentle dip of the swallow’s wing Breaks the bubbles on the sea.
But when its open leaves have found A home in the free air, Pluck them, and there remains a wound That ever rankles there. The blight of hope and happiness Is felt when fond ones part, And the bitter tear that follows is The life-blood of the heart.
When the flame of love is kindled first, ’Tis the fire-fly’s light at even, ’Tis dim as the wandering stars that burst In the blue of the summer heaven. A breath can bid it burn no more, Or if, at times, its beams Come on the memory, they pass o’er Like shadows in our dreams.
But when that flame has blazed into A being and a power, And smiled in scorn upon the dew That fell in its first warm hour, ’Tis the flame that curls round the martyr’s head, Whose task is to destroy; ’Tis the lamp on the altars of the dead, Whose light but darkens joy.
Then crush, even in their hour of birth, The infant buds of Love, And tread his glowing fire to earth, Ere ’tis dark in clouds above; Cherish no more a cypress-tree To shade thy future years, Nor nurse a heart-flame that may be Quenched only with thy tears.
# The Poetical Writings of Fitz-Greene Halleck/Ode to Fortune

ODE TO FORTUNE.
air lady with the bandaged eye! I’ll pardon all thy scurvy tricks, So thou wilt cut me, and deny Alike thy kisses and thy kicks: I’m quite contented as I am, Have cash to keep my duns at bay, Can choose between beefsteaks and ham, And drink Madeira every day.
My station is the middle rank, My fortune—just a competence— Ten thousand in the Franklin Bank, And twenty in the six per cents.; No amorous chains my heart enthrall, I neither borrow, lend, nor sell; Fearless I roam the City Hall, And “bite my thumb” at Sheriff Bell.
The horse that twice a week I ride, At Mother Dawson’s eats his fill; My books at Goodrich’s abide, My country-seat is Weehawk hill;
My morning lounge is Eastburn’s shop, At Poppleton’s I take my lunch, Niblo prepares my mutton-chop, And Jennings makes my whiskey-punch.
When merry, I the hours amuse By squibbing Bucktails, Guards, and Balls, And when I’m troubled with the blues, Damn Clinton and abuse canals: Then, Fortune! since I ask no prize, At least preserve me from thy frown! The man who don’t attempt to rise, ’Twere cruelty to tumble down.
H. and D.