Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1823-07-22
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on THE DEATH OF Az AMIABLE CAT.
ELEGf :-coMpoSEp roH MADAME CATALAEi
FEDS in,er reiictS.
Here plant the cypress and funeral view,
. 'iere all yonr tears, ~ weeping Willows shed,
Here, To sad Elegy, your Catgut screw,
We "oleful Nine, tur Tom, your Tom is dead.
No .trnphc or antistrophe, ween,
SnIm camp ,hs dirge with stid and measured verse
And deep Catastrophe his fate rebearse.
sing all his iives---a life for every Muse
In vain 10 lom prolific nature gave;
tctsui PierianS, ye may pick aud choose,
Anu Win '.!'e cpiiaphs anuint his grave
One life alone To- man the Gods bestnw
:, Nor are the Cattle better OF tor breath;
feS io', ~hh tt6Ss ti~es-thtse, was forced to go;
so prudigal the he-Cdt ofHbJ Of death.
Kitten that's born of Cat the buckle, kicks:
, And Tor shrond its skin but seldom keeps:
tut Tom. viii for nniniured cross'd the styx,
Ana shugiy III Cathedral cciuurt sleeps.
For no untimey chance his liver hit:
Nor fell be--Gsbing ia Il china lar:
No Cataepsis snatclI-d him in a lit:
No herce Cathariick, nor impure Catarrh.
Nor did some rash aJventurcr do him up'
Like AnIuon's son, with glory drunk aud wine:
TOR teli-lnNitcd, he, with riutu sup
Or die like Cato or like CGtalime
Nor was the fatal dart abruptly thrown;
As from Cafapnlt. with vengeance quick
1tsnnal he sunk and sure craven siune
"iil tell, how true he died Catholick.
For, Ivy his waggng tail, his diving swoon.
ProN'd, TO his eye revealI celestial blisSes.
From EtgO chsSte, and ancient rs the moon;
or-as paw ne neutrality-suspicious. from Pisces!
Perhaps some spirit said, or sermd to saw
Come, Tommy. comet lead to Paradise
mere, urn thy whiskerS TO the p1iEy way
Heres all tlySiun full of birds ard mice -
But seek We not the vision 20 disclose
Or Gull his secrets from their awful home:
There they alike with Cat and skin rrpose
nnte as mummy in a CG,acorb!
There, though nv own like Cataracts oer1ow
Tor ever sleep in peace those Emerald ewes
Itere rest hS loves-if love cnn rest below
ihose loves old maids were wont To Catechise
Yet OF At midnight Caterwauls hear
the heir 1an t,,
Lur" Oy my Cat-call To thy halowd bier,
quail new the Jttiiets aud the RomeOs.
Due classic rites shall Sooth my purring ghost
N'nc victim raiS-ninc neslngs from the tree
S"rpu IN buhel, both NotIe Gates and toast,
Ana meet hOdiions-CdteT'd creams for thee.
Then stalking round thy grave in sable pail,
While the black torches she'd their funeral flames
On russ, Grilnalkin, rabhy, Tom, we'Il call
Invoking all thy Catalogue of names
Whateer The shape thy names shall assume,
whether ennuL!et thou tiger rise,
or creep, TRANSFORMED, a mouse about the room
VI IN some antique nun thy soul disguise;
Whate'er thy lnt-now eternized ibv name
Shall live emhamd in monudv ike mine
And cen from ~hdrOn thou srilt homage claim
linus by my muse enGear'd to Proserpine.
MORAL.
'Awi&t life and death how ciuse the Caicnation.
Just hAe bond ana Judgment a Jew
~, payment coupled with The obligatisu--
How Categorical The CdtchpOlc too!
The forfeit up, bail, alas aias.
while lis CdtRplas;ic aid may lend
stern Rharamanthus his Capias:
And Caferpilar-iikc-with worms we end
CAT-ULLUS.