Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1819-05-24

two WEDGES, lPdTt,
Join'd at the point each one rehearsal his
And said the good things be had got by
heart. [same,
Their talk SO various, yet so much the
Appear'd to have the same relation,
As in what's calrd a variation,
The varying notes bear to what's call'd
the theme
Which the ear strike
Not as the same, but very much alike.
I will not tell you of their large discourse.
From the first faint remarks upon the
weather,
Up, az they gather'd spirit in their course,
To high discussions on a cap & feather;
Nor can cen in these Loose rhymes, re-
hearse [gether
Their puns, eritiques and sentiment to-
With all their small attempts at wit,
And laughter when they made hit:
To tell all were not brief nor civil neither;
For theirs like other wit in this is,
That, spite of the best aim, it sometimes
misses.
Twas pretty to behold the little beauty,
All lite and talk land emptiness & clatter,
Each with her trig beau standing upon duty,
And emulating her in show and smatter;
For it is always found
That hollow vessels make the loudest SOUND;
And the fair phantoms seem'd like those
bright vapours might their capers,
Call'd "will O. th'-wisps," which play at
Tickle, incomprehsnsib'e and light,
With very little warmth, tho very bright.
But there was one group very solitary,
Quite moving to man of any bowels,
With all their heart desiring to be merry,
And Theirs faces making plain avowals,
That they would willingly converse
On novels, sermons, prose or verse,
Or hear the dullest story.
To 'scare their solemn. silent purgatory.
Like ghosts upon the banks Of Styx, they
stood,
Bound for tn Elysium ofold naidenhood;
For forty S here sort Of Stygian river,
Which pass'd, a maid S a holy maid for.
ever,
Contracts for heav'n great affinity,
And fattens on her own virginlty.
To them no beau his low obeisance made,
Nor customary nothings said:
All dull and woe BECOME they look d {;
therefore
Supposed they came as naemento morn,
Like deaths head
PLACID near ones bed.
Pass II you please !--after some hard per.
suasion,
And macy soft evasion. Inc,
There came some musick to relieve
And a fair lady sang "believe me"
| could no longer bear TO look
On those sad souls enroll'd in doom'S day
book,
And coudnave pour'd out a tamento,
But for another song "dolcs concen'o,"
Sung sometimes slow land sometimes
fast,
Now like breeze. now like blast,
With which, when finished, Twas quite
contento.
You see use Italian phrases.
But this OF fashion the last phase is;
A lunar term.-but fashion, it is plain,
Shines like the moon by borrouving,
Like her, is every week different
thing, [are least sane,
And ike her, works the most on brains that
My smile (aud few do more)
Runs on three feet, if not on four.*
But | must hasten to close,
For one would not be tho't to prose.
lwont describe the entry of the walters,
Hated Of 2andies, welcome unto eat
ers, their clothes !;
For these regard their mouths, and these
Iwont, - out Ills not my intention
To mention all, say | will not mention,
According to a plan each author knows.
So all wish to you, my hearty,
Is but TO see you once al Tea Party.
Adieu, nigh. have rhymed much
better,
But | shall try another letter.
*Nullum simiie quatuor peiibus currit.
LORD CoKE.