Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-01-07

'Mvcn rEr REMAINS vNsuNeN-Co~P~.
Tho merit of following lines, composition, heng APP
'ablo to the exit the approach OF year,
,oped, will DO appreciated They written Ioni
IT the close year 7oj but believe pubs
'd-Wo have altered the dates oniyby substituting tho
1879 aud 1890 The lines presented manuscript fioi
81 ours by tho late GEoWGE cASSiSo, who no doubt
,uthor. M r. PaPer.
Enter 1880, as 30 rccodes
'9-Sood ~, moment, pr',hes stay,
o, I'm 80, your brother, Nee Iear' Dig.
~, eanaS, stay IN bed SIR, pray remember
bses'des its owing all to YOU that
Ills, upon my faith, beyond all rcosoo,
TO snub ones life oil al Jolly season;
Am 1, who'vc painted all the dog DAYS through
10 loose my Christmas beef aud pudding toS;
J. who have toilei through all ~ year, toJis
Just ss come To brandy and minco-pc.
Could have thought, tia, this wouii be my fate,
Hang me, # ever I'D have lived so late;
iNvouh have pun SOME lightning o my head,
Aud hshionabiy thundctcd my self dead.
of Aeherons black water drank cup
Or, IN an Earthquake SWALLOWED myself up.
ins'ea, OF which, these twelve long months Two rus,
sassa s sSse 'Sss' %is 'S IN JSI,
Ia storms OF March, insipid April showers
The FOSTERING Aiaa, with her pretty flowers;
Septcmber's shooting, and octol.r's alc
Novembct's gloom, thick foys aud cutting gale;
Az M iS,e N5 f horne S, nov shs y,a%
CA Ne'c Years Day ii advice may give,
40 Die now, my child, conllcsccnd to 1.-Two.
f is as a ssl G%a1lGT s Sad IN % ,4sl
Some little blossoms of a liqiorco tooth;
Resides, that pap talk OF. and those showers,
Wheat, rye, and oats. ale, shooting and ,hicf .ln
ivow'ilIuy e. IN once before die;
Just have glimpse of this disgusting place,
~ And peep upon Them with thy double face.
Live till you meet another Ner Ysdr's Da,,
but let me tell you, Gro the clock strike one,
hndmy three hundred sixty filth days done,
.T SwiIl 20 worth your while, thinks to mind
h SS'f 'i tie. p. .CpS wnic, they ss "an"d
to h,ow you may know them from all other brutcs.
9o-Good Heavens! the world! and where's mankind
Is Is. nat a man there with tail behind?
That ch"t,ers, srins, and bows down O tho ground
lawns and takOs snuff, and mimicks all around
Rnt what. that duh and heavy looking lout.
That lets tho whole world bullet IL about.
Is that a MANI s9-l.ci mo observe my glass
- NO, that's not man, fancy, that's an .1ss
What's that that gu,tcs srins ami groans yond.v
% s,, sleeps, aud snoLess That man, woncr'
an Do! ao-Yoa'ro wrong again then, that. hort
~ bats that, that roars and so rudaiy treats
Tho other animals and brutos he meets
Is hat a mani 30 dear, uo--havea caro-
ao-hen what's that thing that poScs its head about,
Sabb!es and stores, and looks like any lowt,
But, now~Is that MANI No% DIh %D"'e, goose.
AND %s %P%E n thing - ,S.% C S@s"
oo-And tell me, what's thot,rincr, ontieat,
ca | % ii. e ps, sn on iii S " s. G within
soH p"rr GA" ws T Dn what. S"ppy thirty at hin"
That stands stock still, as a log,
a NOT %S' sS yGi %a e." %"S S tho fool
hut heavens preserve u.s. What comes here tho Moon,
Look. % where?- MOO wonder. tits an AR balloon
In wicker basket underneath that ball,
you must "I little Kind Of 4T aa at ALL
,rt"VinS his hat fly about. s0--I see
- oor mule thing; what Is ~! % That's a man.
'o- man a man!-Tho powers of mercy on W.
'7silnu-- nave caTe'tSill and a uDon
:, S e,i oo us torn and, now tho rent increases;
~. 'aiis iown, down. tho man il dashed To
I,hese, mend tlIrty, are symptoms of mankind;
so" hT thcy leave all other brutcs behind:
For, do you think that any would dare
RISK Tor ms pleasure through the empty air.
I 10 you imagine, that the goose, hardly
IL she had not two wings would ~ to Nv.
nut man has got, most kindly given by fatn
n mule knob at top they call pate;
ana IN tins Knob, such fancios and such drea
Ssch wild IDEAS visionary schemes,
nat during all your yearly earth,
us compound oddities make youn irth
Tor, TO complete him in another part
ncs'des this knob, he has thing called heart,
avery upright thing, Ivc been
sshen limo was young aud Now Years DAYS Of roIJ.
ent human hearts have seldom travelled straight,
sn,ce our hrst parents passed tho fo- gate.
IN oTothcT one there lived a Mr.. Adam.
ANA hc, poor man, ruined by n Madam
wickeh and sorry jade, caclfsin
ny hoT misanagcmcnt there hobllcd in
ono manages tho heart, caprice the pate,
And jointly, human actions regulate.
~, aus, rs you run your annual orbit through,
These puppets will exhibit q your view
Feas that no other animals delight in;
Scandal, intriguing, and fighting,
Drcss, dancing poetry, clcctionOcrinr,
lowing and bIibing, nattcring and sncerinc
.wcIVe months specimen of each will give
80, u you like this human chuos- live,
AT the twelfth hour zoli1c rnco pursus
leave the world To darkness n To Won.
10 sIn, vice, Iolly-ha hear NV knoU
MY Alnanack existence ends EnretceH