Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1851-09-13
From The Peninsuier Fountain.
III. Bird Of all BIrds.

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Let the trumpet-tonsd bard blow his soui-.tir
blast,
And the banner Of war 10 the wild breezes cast
Let him sing Of the heroes whose prowcss AM
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Iiiumine the records Of Pame's deathlc.s utory
Let him tell Of the conqusrors, low-born an'
regal, of- ssa
And sxalt high their emblem--thc eyris-fledgot
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Let the votary Of Cupid breathe softly hi
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Lot him sing, in his rapture, of fairy-lik'
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In words that are sweet as the perfume o.
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| Let him tell Of tho tender emotions Of love,
And enshrine in his song It's choice emblem
tho Dow.
Let the pastoral poet touch gently his Tyre.
As though he in languishing bliss would
expire;
Let him sing Of the joy and content that d
known plc rf f9tHH Hf ..rfrs
To tho hearts Of Corydon and hills alone,
Let him tell of the LARK, as it scars to the sun,
Or of Pun.oMRL's song when the daylight is
done.
No warrior am l, nor from me shall be hoard
One sentence eommending tho battlo-scared
No lover am /. and, around me, I SEQ
Birds worthier far than the DOVE can ere be;
rise not in season the Sxr-LARK to praise,
And am always too sleepy for PHILoMEL's lays.
But / know Of a bird that is useful and kind
The bird Of all birds, to my commonplace
mind; na eco ffsaI s
1t deserves all the praise that mankind can
bestow, eus ssarf - f-
Though poets the theme may regard rather
low.
My bird is the friend and companion Of men,
The patient, industrious, matronly HEN.
She is stirring betimes; for her dear little
brood
Perehsnce numbering thirtocn-ars all eager
for food.
With her cluck and her eluek, she goes seeking
around, at t-aas
Scratching here, scratching there, until somc-
thing Is found,
And not the least morsel inclining to cat.
Till the breakfast of each little chick is complete.
She feeds and protects them--is careful TO show
Everything that is nesdful for chickens to know;
And venture to say, by hot one of tho lot,
Win her lessons in scratching be ever forgot.
They will prove, BY their conduct in garden and
yard,
That her prccepts and practice they duly
regard.
All praise to the Hen, for her motherly care;
She's blessed old bird. with her digniHed air.
Though many despise. her. i say it again,
Tho bird Of all birds is that very same Hen.
She's quito an example--deny il who can
And then SO exceedingly useful to man.
Even now, while I'm writing, what visions
arise
Of tables surmountcd by chicken pot pics,
With dish hore and there, upon which have
laid down
A wcll-roasted pair, of a delicate brown,
By the side of ancighbor, who chooses to be
Served up to the guests in a rich fricassee.
And Betty, the kitchen-maid, earnestly begs
To know what she could do, If left without eggs.
Cakes, custards, and puddings, would be with
y out doubt, i-gnl s..
Like tho acting of Hamlet, with Hamlet left
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And, IL lacking its trimmings Of yellow and white,
Fried ham isnot ham in the epicuros sight.
I care not for tho Eagle, fierce bird of prey,
Or the Dove, that is cooling forever and aye;
Though the Sky-Iark may wing a bold eight
through the air,
And the song Of the Nightingale challenge
20 compare, 2 i'sl flsii 100 apsr .sa.
I'd joyhally give them all four for the bird
Whose cackls or cluck in the barn yard is heard.
And-I speak 1t with rcvcrcnce--tho Savior of
men rs (7-lgVc oc afn
Illustrated his love by the love of the Hen.
From <he hill, he looked down where Jorusa-
lem stood,
In tho pride of her beauty, the fsyorod of God,
And he mournsd DER her children refusing to
como
And gather to him, as the brood gathers homo.
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