Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1842-04-07
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From The MariOn (Aiabama) Herald
SATIRE WELL AIMED.

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We take particular attention in directing the at
tention Of the reader to sThe Bustle.' by mem.
her Of the Literary and Philosophical Society The
| ines are really beautiful and caustir. aud mus
ssy The sui j~ct which be satirixes is one at witch
idieule may with great propfiety be directed-ar
least in the opinions Of the gentlemen.
THE BUsTLE
BIT MeNByR or TINE MARIos LITERARY AND Put
LosoPHicsL SOCIETY.
Haste, Venus daughter Of the purple wave,
| Unseil on earth thy radiant charms no more;
| HE, maid Of beauty, 10 thy coral cave,
Thy peerless reign. alas too soon is DER
Nor finger now, yr srilsss Graces, rise,
/ Your forms in sweet perfection display:
Love, Grace and Beauty with the Goddess dies,
Since la mode proclcims the "Bustc's" sway.
| Hail! himpbaekid muse if such muse there be,
| OF gods begot, or of the biny sea;
| List to my song, sweet goddess. attend.
Aud wh my verse thy humpest numbers blend.
From Hecon, OF from Parnassus' height.
Look DER my page and guide my pen Alright.
1 Tell ms, ye daughters of the tunefnl Nine,
! lfone Of you eer hump behind
Tell me, ye sisters Of the graceful Three,
| If such hum? one of you there bel
| Oh. say. sweet goddess &c the nimbe chase,
| Does such hump your ward woman gracef
| Proclaim IT., mistress Of she rosy morn,
| Dees such hump your outward Eve adorn
Speak, gentle Hebr, thou iairest Of the fair,
And il hump thou hast, sweet goddess, tell us
where.
Hail, besuteous Psyche whom arlless Nature best
With charms by far more perfect than the rest
In praise &c whom both gods and men combinr;
Say, lovely sprite, wesiest thou hump behind !!
In vain, alas the scu pto . god like art,
Bids grace and beauty into being start!
In vain be moulds the female form divine,
II Venus lacks extra hump behind!
In vain Apollo strikes the ;uneful Tyre,
And all the Muses. IN her praise conspire
Even Poets sing mid Tempe's hpwery maze,
A nd gods combine utter forth her p,s ise
All, no 'mong all in vain | seek TO find
A maid who wears a shspeless hump behind.
Proclaim il, daughters Of the tuneful choir,
And touch my song 18th notes Of liquid FIRE,
Whilst now | sing of etiquette. The laws,
Extol la mode, and plead "Bdstle's" cause.
Hail, beauteous hump! mysterious hustle! say
OF Gesh and blood, Of rags, bran or hay,
Art thoa composed and dust thou claim
4 local situation and name
Say whence ihou sprung. and what thy use and end,
And those promise with my verse to blend.
Thou ART, indeed, the pride of every belle
Who deish at all to cut an extra stceI,
And, by Thy will, secure the utmn,t honor
That feathers, rags or hay. can heap upon her.
know OF humps, at least score IN all,
Which have been worn from time immemoria:
10 ~it--the back, tie shoulders and it's snid,
That humps bound upon the smooihest head.
Now, if from these paternity you clam,
Then tell me. pray. What is your proper name :
Some call them Bishop Donkey" -" Touraenr.
And Others nj least DOZEN more,
Blu, now. forsooth, myself will cali thee p" Bustis,"
Which means. you know, to frisk about and hustle,
Or nave, at least, wrhin small a compass
As not 10 raise riot, row, or rumpus.
But these aside. in thee alone we hud
Love, grace and beauty, in one heap combih'd,
In thee alone new beauties rise and live,
Which only art and etiquette can give.
Among the grave, the cay, the sad. or merry,
Each maid displays hump Ia Dromedary;
The rich the poor, tho duns and debts cntiammel,
Are found equipped, Ia Ia mode de Camel.
The young the old, tho long since tired oil fashion,
ALIKE delight the extra hump TO lash on,
In ruth, Ills strange The gods should thus mistake,
Add place such beauties on Dronely's back,
When Venus sure, this mark OF grace should claim,
Md raise complete her beauty. back, and fame.
II III wond 'rous age when Niiure's perfect law
Resigns the contest TO a bag Of straw
When Fashion bold embracing every whim.
Auemenis the form where Nature fain would trim,
And Taste a. tickle as the fleeing wind.
Nust needs attach extra hump behind;
While youth aud beauty, bending meath the load,
BECOMES martyr to the laws dc mode.
But. spite Of these, III plead " Bustle's" cause,
Extol la mode and emulate the laws,
The age. the custom, etiquette, and Taste.
The largest hustle. and the slr ndeie,t waist;
And il for these I'm favored by the fair,
IN add the grace, thu manners and The air,
For all are written in ha, perf-c, code,
The Laws of Fash,on, or in French, Ia mods