Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1849-03-28
Far the paliI!inn.
Ny El.SSE LOVE


1 used 10 have little belle AS fair AS belle need
t''ris true not one else thought her fair, bat she
was far To mel
Her form not the stra.h,cst, nor the round
est, nor the best,
But, like a we'll flied meal sack, little squared
AMI press'd
AnI yet. with all her faults Of form, she stu was
Nature had matched us in "a mood" as fair as
match need be.
Her h,ir was Of the color Of a sorrel horses
SIDE,
Ana no. nnlikc the elephants was her well PIN
pied hide;
And yet, her cheek fair and smo othc Ell
der down to me,
Her hand soft to press i'll mine any hand
need be;
Her eyes were of that kind We meet with in the
goose,
AMI Deing "crossei'' most wickedly, aero of a
Goutie use,
For she was AS Industrious and active rs flen.I
Ana she could keep on her work, the other
eye o. me-
But vet though red and very round, her eyes
could glance "a sweet,
As watching and meaningly any eyes
yuu II meet.
Her nose " Is like a INDUSTRIOUS wart, of Il prol-
ginus s.za
Ana stuck out like a cucumber. from Just be-
tween her eyes,
But yet, that nose could sneez, as low, anu
snore d sweet to me,
As any ia all the crowd Of noses that see.
Her lips, iik. ripe tomatoes, moved slow, like
window sash,
Her mo .,th split from ear to ear. horrid
looking cash
And vet those lips could whisper soft
science to TIE soul,
AMI when we kiss'd my only fear was falling in
the hole.
Her chin was like shovel plough, more heavy
and more fiat.
And covered. like her upper lip. with brist!es
like cat;
And vt, her chin expressed much, aud look
ell we'll II
rs any chm Of ali the crowd Of pretty chins
see.
Her voice was lust between a shrek AMI that
peculiar sound
Emitted By hunters horn when lac would call
This va. "her chic fest bcau,y,'') It made my
bosom pant
" th deep untold emotions when she began to
rant,
The dulcet modulations Of her sweet-,oned we'll
pitched voice
Would have charmed a heart much frmed (If IT
CHANGED to like my choice,l
And &c, IT came as sweeiiy through the bristles
her chm
And sounded all the better when got used to
Her feet.-l but Gods, dare not, yet ~ 1 may
compare
That foot, with anything on earth, IN water or
air;l
They were not of that kind of feet that twinkle
meath a skirt;
Nor wer. they OF IA kind to skip nor (thank the
Gods to 'fi,rt,'
Blu, .wonie rfulIy made were they. and ponder
to tote
Like two huge Green Bay turtles hey,-each
shoe wouli make a boat;
AM vet, thai foot would read as light IL love y
sweet InInstrtisv
Asan foot Of all the crowd Of fairy feet So" .
One oIh-r point. ami have done,-my portrait
scompI-ie---
Her Iisoo,.t,on nas one f1uh,-sie 'doatej' on
G+cei
And then she was cross and ~. SO snappish
ard
So cruel aai 50 merciIess 10 al wi'hin hef
power: . .
R,, iI,en. these are what we should call, in prop
-r CHRISTIAN neekuess,
Nothing TO blame her too much Tor, but anna
bic weakness,
For even in her crossest MOOD she seemed not
cross to me,
Her temper as sweet ore ~ such . one
could be.
All me. she was the very girl that nature moan,
for me,
Bu, nature and my little belle, it seems. did no,
well agree.
For though formed each for the other like the
main limb on a tree
never could agree with her. nor she agree with
me,
And when asked her If she'c share my plain
and humble lot.
She answered, with some dignityC"no sir
reckon not"
ga nd then left
Richmond March Sd. 1o49.