Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1843-06-13
The hustle.


Hate, Venus daughter Of the purple wave,
lowell on earth Thy radiant charms more;
HE, mai OF beauty, 10 thy crlal cave,
ny peeTies, reign, alas too so Is o'cr.
NO longer now. ye aitesS GTaces, raIse
Your forms ~ sweet perfection 20 display;
Love, Grace and Beauty with the Codes. dies,
Since how Ia MODE proc aims the "Busile's" sway.
Hail humpbackd muse Il such muse there be,
" gods begoi. or Of the bfny sea,
Lit to my song sweet diess, now stte.d,
AID with my verse thy bumblest numbers blend.
from Helicon, OF from Painassus' height,
Look Ger nv page and guide my pen afisht
Tell me ye daughters Of the tuneiul nine,
IL one Of you e'sT wore hump behind
Tell me, ye sisters Of the giaceful Three,
IL such a hump OF you there be
On say, sweet goddess II the nImble chase,
Does such hump your outward woman grace
Proclaim II, mistress oi the rosy nom,
Does ~ IA hump your outward Eve aIOTn
SPEAK. gentle Hebe, fai.os Of the fair,
Aud # hump thou hast, sweet goddess tell Us where
Hail, beauieJus Psyche thou whom nature blest
With charms by Ear more perfect Than the resi
Ia praise II whom both gods aud men combine;
Say, lovely spite, welreSt thou a hump behind
In vain, aas the sculptoT's gJd-like art,
Biis grace AMI beauty into beng start
In VAN lac moulds the fem ale form divine,
IL Venus lacks an extra hump behind
In vain Apollo Il TX the tuneful lyie,
And all tie muses. ~ heT piai>e eOnspHe'
Even Poets sing, mid Tempe hJwefy maze,
And g0Is combine ~ utter tsrh her praise
An, no inoHg all ~ vain seek 10 ind
A mail ~h1 wears a shapeiess hump behind.
ffDclain ~, daughters 81 the tunelui choir,
Ard touch my song " Ith notes Of liquid ire.
Whilst now isIng Of etiquette, the Laws,
txioi Ia mode and plead "Bustles cause.
Hail, beau'eous hump mysterious hustle say
of flesh and blood rags, or bsan or hay,
Art thou composed, AID dOs thou claim
local habit iti0n aud name ,
Say whence thou SPIT ag, aud what thy use and nd,
And those promise wIih my we're TO blend
Thou art, indeed the pride Of every bslle
Who likes al ali To cut an extra sreH,
Aud, BY thN Will secure the utmost nOnOr
That feathers, rags, or hay, can heap upon her
know of humps at least score IN all.
Which have been worn time immemO1al,
To wt-tbe back, the shoulders; and rs said
That humps abound upon the SmOothest head
Now, ii from these paternity you claim,
Then tell m, pray what Is your proper name
8 me cali thee "BIshop," Donkey" "Iouoauye,'
And others, by at least dozen more;
But now, folsooth, my self will cali these "Busie,'
Which means you know, 10 fisk about and hustle.
o. move at least, within 20 small a Compass
As not to raise ii)t, Tow, or lump US
But these aside, in thee alone find
Love, e ace and beauty, IN one heap behind;
In thee alone. new beauties rise aud live,
Which only art and etiquette can give.
Among the ave, the gay, the SD, or merry,
Each maid displays hump, Ia Drom ddryj
The ri h. the pooT, tho duns and debts enTammol,
Are fund EQUIPPED, al a mode de camel;
The youus the DID, though long 'lnce tired Of fashion,
Alike delight the extra hump to lash
In truth strange the gois should thus mistake,
And place such beauties on DIomelys back,
When Venus, sure this miTk Of grace should clam,
A. raise complete, her beauty. back and frame
Uail wond rOui age when natures perfect law
Resign, the contest 10 bag of straw;
Wnen fashion bold, embracing every within,
augrnents the form where n ture faIn would trim,
And taste as tickle as the ting wind,
Must needs at. ach an extra hump behind;
While youth and beauty. bending meath the load,
BECOMES a martyr TO the laws de mode.
But spite OF these I'll plead "Buste's' cause,
ExtoI Ia mode, and emulate the laws,
The age, the custom, etiquette and taste,
The largest hustle, and the slendegest waist;
And il for these I'm favored 10y the fair,
I'll add the grace, the manners, and the AR,
For al are sliiten In that perfect CODE
ORIE