Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1825-05-27
10 BE, OR NOT TO BE.

The poison works."---SGat,peare
90 Iy LADY,, out, and >o," cried liquori,h Betty,
While 'uiles cmhellishcd features rather pretty,
III To her prvatc cupboard run,
Aud ihege, every honest servant should,
Treat my,slf with a little something gooG-
AL have olien doue.
Thi, was resolved, hut Betty hail fear
Her prudent mistress mis CHI that day
Have pat such matters carefully away;
For size, Betty used 10 say,
Was like all NisSesSeS, "a very near "
Du, such LnaPpointmen; was her lot,
The object of her hope shc quickly guti
No door against the an Niou, maid WAS ciO.ci,
That which She sought was tenp,,3sly exposed.
Tie treasure vas, n may well be SURE,
4 very choice and ielicat, iquear,
Which ladies, though they seldom culogse,
Are often mach disposed to patruni,e-
Bright their cye., and a. their hosoms fair
IT, name ought not tohe cNpressed;
It, quality may dcchtc-
Eva, Hodges' very best.
Our heroine sna,chcd it, blu,hing from the SHELF
And illeI sparkling bumper 10 herself;
Then raised it 10 herr uiy LIP,
slipped aud coughcd, tl,tri had another sip;
LooaeI lily round, next took boider suPj
aud then->he fairly drlhkituPi
aud pte,cntly, ihi, ii,,lt thctt 10 smother,
She filled aud swallowed without pause, another.
nj! .atics' inals, 1t i, the wall OF Fate,
The habits ui their iIettSrs initiate
i pleasing glow spread through Bety's frame,
liut seus.iiuns very different came;
'rhrub. p.uches, DIRE varieties of pain,
DiJurb her inwatiiy Hey burning brain
Gould nothing whisper to the tortuIedih
III buu; relief
While Betty suffered such repeated shocks,
Tier sStess home returning, loudly knocks.
Twas past descending much asunst her sill
Poor Betty owned that ',hc was NtIN Ill
With what. quick! tell inc--Shat, slv,--come, come
'Or i.he,I the ulaien na'ain uiy stoni-uy ston-
food heavens" the LADY cites, with n,ouraiu lace,
Iuu.e had the bottle from MY dressing case
u haye1 Then nunHee, &c. with the dead.
Speak for vuGl lilC.' Forgive nt, Btuy sAI.
Hate for 4 surgeon, J ,hn, look sharp mtn---jump
Tel Doctor Probe 10 hiring his s,uTach pump
Poor foolish gifl-you'u nevct be yi.e uLt:
Why, CHILD, GU have hccW drinking maItl poison
Here Betty tainted at the awful SOUND,
Aud, s,gIuniny, sItuk exhausted On thy ground.
She wake. 10 Gnd the instrupent of jokes,
20! name sublime
Oda'uc.i to chime
Vita whai la, pump suggests for rhyme)
FVr "a lovu her ol ,siir gcntl, lreahed rCbukei
Eall frum her mistress. Soon 'Gs understood,
Even the pump can do, alas NJ good
pious mltron volunteered to stay
VIII Betty through the night, To sooih and pray.
To.Cfedul, the sufferer uow had no capacity,
Or, as Majendie ha, heen heard to say,
vi the nailed dog wi on the second dav,
There a shocking faiiure Of uisacity'
The sufferer thought to ~ down slari,
AUD uieJ 10 li,irn to the matron's Ptayers
Resolved terrestrial hjects 10 de,pi,e,
To every solemn stain she subhed Aneup
Oyned .ie had snned, and wrung her aEds, and hcn
ruInd up her eyes.
The hoers Of dukne,. fled and morn arrived,
When Bett,'s mistress, finding she survived
Gave hcr tAi, COUNSEL an reproachinl tone,
Which !e,, tla'u aught she had lately knJwn,
PsrIOok vi the pathetic
: Your life j. satc--yOu torture DER,
But act as YOU have dOae more
knowing YOU tipplcd i former diy,
To pL1sic you, lat evening, YOU way,
, pt--l strong erletic.'