Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-02-13
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Just before Leigh Hunts "Reminiscences OF ord Rvr,n .o
Posned The following biting and satire apes Tl In
The LoIon Times The authorship could not be rnistI,
every line told the name of Moore
Next week will be published ms ivcs arc the r,r,
~ ne whole "Reminiscences wondrous and strange,
Of a small puppy dog that lived once IN the care
VI the late noble lion at Exeter Change.
Though the dog is dog ofihe kind they call ..sadv
~ pa PUPPY ihat much to good breeding PretemIsi
@' 40 Few dogs have have such opportunities had
'How that animal eats bow he moves how be ddtls
Is I'LL noted down by tins Boswell so SMALL:
And It's plain, from each sentence the THINKS
mat the lion was no such great things after all
Pooh nc rSaed pretty we-ts the puppy alloys
And he vastly prefers his own little bo,g.yo,ys
10 the loiest waI-no! the lion could pour
lis indeed, as good fan a CyDic could ask,
49, o see how this eockney bred setter Of rabbits
Takes gravey the lord Of the forest TO task
ANA judges ofions by puppy dog hasits.
'Nag fed as he was (aud this makes ii dark CASE
. nnh sops every day from the lions own pan
lie lifts up his leg at the noble beasts carcass.
Aad-docs all a dog, SO dnnutve, can.
'Iowever, the books good book BEING rich in
- Examples and warnings TO lions high bred
roy tnsy suffer small ruongrely their Kitchen
Exeter Change. r Pidco-t.
Happens By the following poem in the Morning Chrone,
@ m leigh Hunt has more anecdotes than he has yet pub
having reprinted the foregoing:
hat puppies have eaten at lions exoenoes
Is very well known both great and IN small
And none are allowed their high feeding prctoDces
WIN greater good Will than the least of hcnlalh
bu! what IS surprising, there's of the race
., ~ coarse little dog, such as tabbcs CRY he on
Nho look a weak Lord with his lavender fac
CNs he docs 10 be sure, ev'ry Lord for a lion
No :, matter how beardless, how hcarIlcss, or vain,
TO" unlike the protector Of women in trouble
a long bil OF fare Is your true lions manc,
ana 10 swell with the great, makes the little feel danp6
30 Pup bad his PecT;-but small their affection,
49, or au tho pretenccs the puppys making
nat OFT while the Peer threw the dog in detection
The dog, with backbite, would Aet the peer achr-
To biab without confidence, joke without pleasure
To pckhapk and laugh at, and seek their own ends
Thus great men with little ones garnish then leisure
And thus, as the Puppy says "live among ffiendSp
Lord hop up Ne! aud must nsionish the time.
WIN the lions ohagrIp, ADD tho hits that he ~ vr tiS
IT'S thoughts OF ms dinnors, his lords, and his yLymcs
VAN depend on tho way N which pup shall behave him
The Puppy preiends, that tho lord icing dead
Mud able No longer the dead 10 DO soofTnc
' Is shameful 70 speak Of the tronbo he hTeI
their coffin. We ~ ' ~
iou may, u You please, live by writing lanpoons
way RWo bind Monarch's rut.gaistcoat trirnmns.
Wrtc canung bad prose, 'twixt your an,orous tunes
ana zen cut the dead up, provided they're women
way, had you cut up the whole lord for dissection
ma et DW the dog (ontrp nous) have his day
me latet would scarcely have fcigned objection
But 'aid With delight, ono, you don't think SO; chm
But, to como for, 20 20 for, 70 think Of requ ;tna
trick Of EN- both and make folks think The u,oyrc os
SpoiiniE ones soup, and the life Is WRITING ~
Te thfrc is The crime, and >hs snr ad ,e etrss ~ :,