Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1843-08-12

For stars in the evening are wont to appear
In the North, ~ reckon" az we'll as here f:
That Ia to say, If the sky is clear.
De that IA il may,
/ have nothing to gay,
But proceed with my tale in a straight. fo
"a ward way.
Well, then, as | told you above, the Sun
Was taking snooze when his work was don
And the Planets all as In duty bound,
Were rolling around
With n pleasant sound,
TO make the great protentate's nap more pr
found.
Whether their music was merry or sad,
Or 'eSguisitely good, or decidedly bad
Or made up of contralto, or tenor, or bass,
Can only be known In the depths Of space.
Suffice it to say,
They sang on their way
At leapt 80 the learned astronomers say.
II Ia nine of tho clock, and a shooting Star
Gives note Of the hour TO worlds aiar
II IL nine of the clock aud a steady snorc,
Like waves on the shore,
Still louder and deeper,
Proceeds from the nose of tho royal sleeper.
When bark from without
Comes a distant shout,
And mighty sound, through tho blue pro
A rushing and crushing,
And smashing and pushing,
Az IL all the Planets had got by the eafR. Hi
Aud we're pushing each other clean out 81
their spheres.
And Mercury hasteifs, with fear on hia brow.
TO announce to the Monarch the cause OF the
row.
"Most Potent and Luminous haste, arise,
A stranger Comet of fearful size
Is making tracks through our Western skies!
And II wo don't stop him, by this and that.
Well be presently knocked into a cooked hat.
Another pleiad is tossed from her sphere,
And the rest of the sisters arc quaking with
, fear
And had not Orion dodged aud missed him.
He too had been lost to the Solar System.n
The Sun uprose with a mighty frown,
And put on his flame eolored dressing. gown;
His seat he took,
With a fiery look,
And he hung his night.oap upon n hook
"By Jupiter, Venus and all the crew /!
This pestilent Comet shall dearly rue
Disturbing US thus
With his noise and fuss,
Friend Mercury roll, like a veteran stager,
And bring to our presence our ursa Major.
And summon our Councillors every one
There must something be done
With this sun Of a gun,
Or in some Of his frolcs he'll knock ont the
Sun"
While thus, over head, all is fear and dismay,
On our W mighty Planet the deuce is TO
pay
For the tail of this Comet, t is said By m
Is TO carry us all to kingdom come,
Without so much as a ''by your leave,'
To sinners who doubt or to saints who believe.
And balls and routs are quite at a stand,
And Bibles and Prayer Books in great de-
mand
And Churches are rising, and Theatres fall
ling,
And the signs Of the times are truly appalling.
The chosen saints
Are making up linen,
And wicked old sinners
Have given up SHINING |;
And terrestrial orbs are appraised to spy
Their sister sparklers that deck the sky
And neses Roman, and Grecian, and hook,
And noses that crook
Have a turn-up look,
And pugs are decidedly on the rise.
Swift and more swift the Comets flight.
And his fiery tail, each succeeding night,
Adds new fears 10 the wild alright
For DARK and dread
The rumor has spread
hat the end of the world, by researches pro-
found,
Though by Astronomers deemedto be round,
he great Parson Miller has certainly found.
And wo and distraction !!
He proves to a fraction.
The aforementioned end viii undoubtedly
be
s., the year Eighteen hundred and Forty
Three.
l grieve to say there's an opposition
To the holy Miller's divine commission
Obstinate sinners who will not see
That the thing is as plain as the Rule of
Three,
But persist in doubling,
And utterly scouting
Both the holy man and his prophecy.
The Court OF the Sun sits in solemn state,
And the Planets assemble, little and great.
While high in the midst, with a suIlen glare.
The Monarch looks forth from his easy-chair.
IT'S plain TO see
That q regular spree
Awaits the Comets delinquency;
For nothing in Heaven, the earth or the deep.
Makes a body so mad as the loss of sleep.
Mercury's summons, the rebel appears
Before the the Sun and his silent spheres;
That is TO say, his head is there,
his latter end is, the Lord knows where.
~erratic, rebeiiions and rash,
For your p~estilent treason
Canst show any reason
Why we should not Immediately settle your
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