Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1827-01-06
lfiUm the London Literary Souvenir
BY-MR. L. HOOD.

oh when was tiny boy
Nv days and nights were full OF joy,-
Ny mate, were blithe aud kind
no wonder that sometimes Sigh,
And dish the ,ear-drop from my eye.
To east look behind
A hoop wa, an eternal round
OF pleasure. Ia those day, found
Atop Joyous thing;-
Bu, now those past delights drop,
MY head, alas s all my top,
And careful thoughts the string.
MY r,lrlles-once my bag was uored,-
Now must play With Eisin's lord,
With Thcseus for tsw.
lIy playful horse has slip this stTinsI
Forgotten ali his eaperine,
And harness'd TO the law'
NY ki,e-tow fast and far il fey
Willis, j, a sort Of Franklin, drew
NV pleasure from the sky.
Twas paperd DER with studiouS themes,
Tn. tasks [ wro,e--my present dreams
Will never soar 80 high,
Ny Joys are wingle,, all and dead
lily dumps are made of more than lead,
NJ flights find fall.
Ny fears prevail, my fsnoi-s droor,
10Y never comeih with whOop,
Aud seldom with a call!
NV football. laid upon the shelf;
] avn a shuttecock myself
The world knocks 10 and fro !;
MY archery is all unearn'd
And gTef against myself has turlI
My arrows and nay bow
,, more in noon,iie sun ba.k;
NV auihorship's m endless task
NV heads meier out of school:
Ny heart is paiu'd with scorn and sligit,
/ have too many foes 10 hsht,
4 nd friends grown strangely COO
The very chum that shared my cake
Holds out so cold hand to shake,
1t makes inc shrink and sigh
On this will not dwell AMI hcn-,
The changeling would no; feel pan.
Though these should never mets hi, eye
NJ .kies 50 blue, or so serene
n. then - 40 leaves look half 50 green
~ clothed the playCi ound tree
All things loved are al;et'd so,
Nor doe II ease my heart 10 know
That change resides IN NE
oh, for the carb tina, mark'd tie licy,
The ;row..rs made of corduroy,
Well inkrd with black AMI red;
The cr0wnlcss hat, meier 'lecu'd an IL --
I, only Let the sunshine siil
itepuse upon INV head
on, Cor The rihaui round the mech
The careless dogs ears apt To dec.
Ny book and collar both!
How eau this formal innn he .'y'tl
Merely an Alexandrine o!sild,
4 boy OF larger growth
oh, for that small, small beer anew
And (heiv.n's own ty;e] that Mill .ly-Llue
That washed my sweet meals down;
The master even - aud that small Tux
Inat fars'd me .--worse Is HO'y nay wo.k--
fog ipr all the town!
on, for the lesson learn'd by heat
IS, though the very birrh's smart
Sh rd mark those hours asaiu;
II hi>s he rod, and be resign.
Geneatii the stroke, aud even fHd
Some su;ir IN the cane
Tie Arabian Night, rehearse,i IN bel.
The FAIRY Tales in school time read,
by stealth, 'tSixt verh aud oouu
The angel form that always waki
IN all my dreams, lnl louk'd aud ia,k'd
Exactly Ike Mrs brown
the onine beus Christina. come
The prize OF merit, won for home
Merit had prize- then,
Bu, nny / wiIte fnT day. and day,
For fame--a deal of empty praise
Without the silver pea
1hen home, swee, home the crowded coach
Tine ioyou, shou;-the loud approach
The winding horns ike r,m,'!
The meeting swee, that male the thrill
The sweem,a,s almost swecter sli!i,
No salts to the jlin'r-
When tina, 4 tiny hoy
Ny days and nights were null Of joy,
lily mates were biHhe and kind
M wonder that sometimes sign,
Ard da.iI the trar-drop fioIu my eye,
IT, cast look behind