The lynx. (Panola, Mi. [i.e. Miss.]) 1845-1845, 1845-03-08
PuneTaE o. CarzpbesI the Poet.


"IEeF are CGTEOT5 people Is lhe
English; they are like Deacon Flint
he could never see The point Of 4 gooc!
thing till ii was TOO late. Sometimes
after dinner bed burst out a iariln like
anything, for oil the world SIS If be
was born = fool. seeEnfEf9y at no'hln,
and ID say why Deacon, what magot's
bit YOU now2 ] was Iarfn bed say
al joke Of youT'n this mornju';
didn't take jiss then, but sec it bow :
me- says ], why, what did | say, It's 50
long ago ! forgotg Why, says he dom
YOU mind we was iaEkin ofrhem two
parties The jury found rot guilty, and
the court turned loose OF the town; you
said it was al! right; for !hey was loose
characters Oh! seei: BOW, il was
facI Jam that, Oh! sais /, not overly
! pleased mother, for joke like an egg,
is never no good kept It's fresh laid
is it Well the English are like the
OLD deacon; they don't sec q mans n1er-
il ill he's dead, then they wake up all
Of sndden and say, Oh! we must
| honor This lelIerfa skeleton: and Peel
and BFoHgha1. and al line dons go
and play pail bearers to it, stand over
his grave, look continental, and auitu-
dinize few and when say TO 'em
you hadn't ought 10 have laid him right
atop Of old DR.. Johnson he hated
Scoichmen go, like old Scratch; If he
was TO find il out, he'd kick straight up
on ecnd, aud throw him of; they WON'T
larf, but give us lock, as much as to
say, Westminster Abby amt no place
10 joke III. Just as if il worn't most
beautiful joke to see these men who
could have done ever Sc much for the
poet in his lifetime, when il could have
done him good-but who never even SO
much as held OFT finger to him, ex-
cePt little matter not worth hagln =
now he is dead, start up all at once aud
paironiao his body aud bones, when ii
cant do him one rnorsel of good. OH
they arc like Deacon Flint, they un-
dcrstood when its TOO late,
''Poor old Tom Campbell, there was
some pleasures CT nope that he never
set down IN his book, know, lie hoped
as he had charmed the nation, and civ.
en- 'enn another ondyn' name to add to
their list eff poets, to crack and Drag of
he'd a had rcccmpense al least in
some government appointment, tia !
wonld hnre cheered and soothed his
old age, and he was disappointed, tha,'s
all and that's lhe pleasures ot hope,
squire, eh3 He hoped ,hat lame which
ne had in his life would have done him
some good in his life, did>nt he? We'll
he lived on that hope til ne dieo and
that didn't d,sappoint aua; for how
can Teller say heis Disappointed BY
tAing he has lived on all his days? and
ihal tee pleasure OF hope
''tIe hoped IN course, Peel, would be
a patron Of poeiss and SO he is, he acts
as pail bearer, cause as soon as the pail |
is over MIN, he'd never bother hina nor
eny other ninister no more, OH hope
told q iiat4efins tale} but all Aa,torers
are liars. Peel has q prineely fortune,
and is a prince ola feIIer{ but there
is az old sayjh, "lou! not yoas tsast in
princes"
~Ah: poor campbeIIl he was poet, |
q good poet, a besatiful poett lie how'd
all about the world OF Imagination, and
Of fancy3 bat he didn't know
at all aboog this world OF oar>n |
or Of the realm OF England, or he never
would have talked Of the pleasures OF |
Hope for an author. Lord bless YOU |
let q dansin' gal come to the opera, !
janap SIX foot high, light on one toe,
hold up the other SO high yeu can see
her stays Almost, and then spin round
like daddy-long legs that's got one
foot caught in q taller candle and 90
sPinhln' round erter that fashion for
ten hainltss, it *rIFl toooh PEEPS heart in
a gify This sPihnih ginny will be
honored by the highest folks in the
land, have diamond rings. gold snuff
boxes, and Pusses of money given her,
and gracious knows what. Lot Gener-
al Tom Thumb come II London that's
two foot 'nothih' and the Kentucky boy
that's 'ghtfoot somethin' ami see how