Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1830-01-08
POETRY.
CARRIERS ADDRESS

CARRIERS ADDRESS a..
To the Patrons Of tic TIRGLNTa .aDVOc4TE
December %, 1899. .
WITH "quips and quirks' and quiddities,
And stately steps of portly size,
With holly and with ivy crowned,
OLD CHRISTMAS takes his annual round
His favorite Wassai still is near,
With his rich cup of spicy becr-
What though no merry morris bound, as
With Moorish clangor shakes tho ground,
No yute clog burns, nor car,ols raise, =
l The cheering strains of other days
No half snatched kiss, no laughing blush,
Beneath the msletoe's green bush,
/ Nor lofty anthem wakes the dawn,
(On which tho promised child was born
Yet-be the fcstaI season best
And Christmas Ger welcome guest
4 o, when you Wow yourplontco,,s store,
And eheerfM greetings haipyour door,
When friends, long spared, anotiifr year,
Around your social board appear, .lu-
Tythe to your God-with grateful heart,
7 And of his own devote part
Tpthe to the poor-and bounteous bless
The abodes of want and wretchedness,
Nor pass your friend, the CARRIER by,
Who trudges on through wet and dry, f.,
His noble patrons to nmuse }" $50
With Spick and span NEAR, rare o news, auBI
The well known pnth, with lighter pace gi.l
To day he threads and cheerful fare s'' nt!,
Freely the triing boon impart, ms
And he will bless each generous heart. .s
How off the CARRIER rANcY's wings H
The present, past, and future brings,
Which mng!ing in her cauldrons bubble, IA
Is ever " double toll and trouble" 1N~
The Pas,>-ts an old tale and DER
Yet we its mazes would explore
And first, you certainly will no,o
That we true prophets are, allow,
We did foretcll the great event,
That JACKSON would be President
We fought, with Hickory, we'll you know all,
Keen as the biack-book battle Royau
We do not want you, Sirs, to tell us
That were sagacious clever fellows;
Well do we know, that in the dark
I'VE " know hand-saw from Il hawk
h;i -,et ,N.a to,ie of changes critical
In our dense atmosphere rolitical;
That ;@.ss Ephcmcrai in ?. storm
Would die, in yapnurs called reform.
And water-spouts, who, long by stealth,
Had sucked and drawn the publick wealth
The military chicttain's eye,
Would mark, when swelling in the sky,
And pointing his artillery,
Burst the proud bubbles and restore,
Swiftly, what they'd purloined before
All this, and more, we told you know
That is, perhaps. t,oo gears ago.
OF earthquakes and chimeras dire;
Of accidents by food and fire;
OF nostrums super, a-excelng,
Grim death and his vile train expelling.
Wars, bloodshcd, tumults, strange Olio,
Births, hangings, weddings, fill our folio:
A murder here "a goblin there
Laid in a tempest Of good cheer e.
Where cnIErTAiN r.,M,Sa glorious winner
Sweeps the deep s,akcs-a publick dinner
Where wei cat, drink, and quaff away
" Hurrali, my boys, hurrali, burrah :"
Where, proudly rising DER the plain,
Great Cincinnatus gave his name,
To fair city of the west, boz; ~
With commerce, arts, and, plenty blcs.;
&: La belle rivicie'@ slo@rollinerby,
Reflect her beauties to- the sky.)
There, two chiva!ric knights wore told,
bn solemn joust and tourney old, ,
(The gauntlet thrown, redeemed the gagc)
in mortal combat did engage,
Not armed with lances, or with swords,
But mighty and biz sounding words,
One mounted gallant steed, ,.
Wen fitted both for strength and speed,
From Scotia:s Keen and piercing cline
For classic lore renowned" Lang Sync"--
From Cambria's mountains unsubdued,
The other came, of mettlc good.
Dread was the conflict shock tremendous
The blows, The skill, the ferceg stupendous
in Dir tho foathery arrows q,iYersd,
And on each Others helmrss shivered
The Scotsman, fairly dealt hisSblows,
Seeundug,nri did oppose p cl..
Whilst the Uieih poney scampered round
And round, and round ON the same ground,
Entrenched at last behind his shield,
Thicker thau Ajax Ger did WELD,
Ills tweirs; foid tables Ger him drew,
Which Heavens own light shall ne or pierre,
through; e.se
There snug cnsconced beneath his shell,
lie took belti6g "pasay roeU,"
fh' ---s 'f.yriU 81.
Creators Lord, yet womuns slave,
Fair Ladies wo your pardon crave
When beauty clothed in strange attire,
Tnse1sd We can't her charms admire
And hint, at distance, in our song,
fJro,ag ssurely Wright, and WRreur is wrong