Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1834-03-14
JUE RREAD. FRI'IT TR \

THE BREAD. FRUIT TREE:
A TALE oF ritE SANDWICH ISLES.
litc!l you tale OF thc Southern Seas,
You may laugh at, or cry at juh "a you please.
Scant vas tho growth of tho rcad-ftui, Tee
"a the beautiful lsic OF Owhyhec,
While, gin of Heaven. 1t richly grew
Der the sunny icl1s of wos hoo;
hnd u sccnl'd as Nature ha& placed thcsc isos
Ia reach Of each others vetlaut smiios
iihat whnte'er was wanting on either shore,
FRO! From The other nigh, swift, be wai,e, o'.r
II, Moah9oan nymph' ntayod
~ trnkeis by Owhyheeaus made;
Mhi,e owhyhco wolt-fed shCu Il DO,
ny honhoo's sweet Bread iiuii Tree.
Dnt, e'as, even happy fsies like those
nave people upon tbcni called Grand. ca,
AM where there Lorjs, need not say
Things wW 90 o. IN loidiy WY.
Heard you that cry, whose whitening sound
SaJdens the sunny prospect round:
Fioma million OF voices il tin:s ON higb
IVES totrc, We starvc" ihrr fearful cry.
NOW you what, midst such fertile scencs
That awful voice of Famine means.
Oh, list to mc-In Owhyhcc
WS S' IN ~sIC oSs and %s SGorS' Of high degree,
ana, OF all Affections, ills, and vices
thought mono 80 dreadful n, low pticss
,Wheielore they held ii Just und meet
nat Tho world should not too cheapIy o.t.
Nay, deem'd II radical usoienca
40 wish to dine AT a small cxp.nsc.
And swoie for tho sake OF thomse vos md heir.
mat, harPca what might with other wares
NO Dread should be less dear than iheiis
Ia vain tho Owhy heea.s said,
IVY Lords, we much tcsnect yopr b,s,J
But with all due reverence for your Crnrcs
Noutu tn'her nave cheaper FROM other u acesn
In yam, nom the Woahooan shore
batks, h'ied with bread fruit winged them O err
-, was vulgaTly chcnp, and taxed 10
Before Twas fit for good company;
Nor must tho poor devils swallow "A bit,
Unless they swallow a tax ,citA ii.
And whit said tho Lord. Of Owhyhee.
And the Owhy heeu Squrearchy
in defence OF their joint gontility
Wby they said that they aud their Sircs before em
,iaI snono IN mo Senate Camp, and Quorum
rod In
AS became their station, deep in debt:
ana thought 1t hard that men of reading
w no had cot themselves so much in hroedinv
snou'u now ial victims TO cheap fnehing-
ShOIn oil their beams of wealth and State
10 help low fellows to masticate!
how NUE." said they, "the though,less moo,
Van know what the suffering rich endure
In bringing up dozens OF small Grandeos
i,nnpa>ing on, horrible mougasees,-
Iosay nothing OF assignee lessccs.
ANA an endless quantity more Of those
Uneasy things tina, end in ees.
hnd,-thoUgh (as honest Figaro says)
Ia gentleman owes and never paws,
Just lhc same, he it great small
- NC, ~ TACT, owed nothing At ALL
YET, somehow, unless one sometimes uays
Lenders ate shy Of one, now-a-days u
IN SNORT The bTendtux was gone
nose Lords nnd Genilv men "coull not got on.r
And they even hinted, awiully,
That II Ger in The Isle of Owbyhee
Bread pudding Ia price should humble be-
an was DER with the Aiisiocrdcy
One penny, saved by cods who dine
Being sure to bring all Mobiles niae.
Meanwhi Q, that cry, that dreadful CIV
I'VE SaTvc, "o stetve," rose loud and high
iil-wtht was the upsLot-aiI shall sec
IN 'ho second Cantp OF Owhyheo.