The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1851-12-04
Proud abroad, and proud at home,

Proud abroad, and proud at home,
Proud wherever she chanc'd 10 come
When she was glad, & when she was glum
Proud as the head of Saracen
Over the door of tipplng shop -
Proud as duchess, proud as Top,
"Proud as a boy with bran-new top"
Proud beyond comparison!
II seems singular thing 10 say,
But her very senses led her aslray
Respecting all humility;
In sooth, her dull, auricular. drum,
Could find in Humble only "hum,"
And heard no sound of s'genile" come,
In talking about gentihty.
What Lotcfy meant she didn't know,
For she always avoided everything low"
With care the most punctlllous
And still queerer, the audible sound
OF "super.sillly" she never had found
In the adjective supercilious
The meaning OF Meek she never knew,
But imagined the phrase had something 10 do
With "Moses''-a peddling German Jew,
Who, like all hawkers, the country through,
Was ga person of no position )"
And il seemed 10 her exceedingly plain,
II the word was really known 10 pertain
TO vulgar German, il wasn't germane
20 lady of high condition
Even her graces-not her grace
For that was in the "vocaiive case"-
Child with The touch cf her icy face,
Sat very stifily upon her
She never confessed favor aloud
Like one of the simple, common crowd--
But coldy smiled, and family how'd,
AS who should say "You do me proud,
And do yourself an honor
And ye, the pride of Miss Mac Bride,
Although it has fifty hobbies to ride,
Had really no foundation;
But like the fabrics that gossips devise
Those single stories that often arise
And grow Till they reach four-stoty size,
Was merely a fancy creation !
'Tis a curious fact as ever was known
In human nature, but often shown
Alike in casile and cottage,
That pride, like pigs of certain breed,
Will manage to live and thrive on 'feed"
As poor as pauper's pottage!
That her wit should never have made her
vain,
Was-like her face---sufliciently plain
And, as TO hei musical powers,
Although she sang until she was hoarse,
Aud issued Notes with Bankers force,
They were just such notes as we never enc
dorse
For any acquaintance of ours
Her Birth indeed, was uncommonly high
For Miss Mac Bride first opened her eye
Thro' sky light dim, on the light Of the
sky;
But pride is curious passion
And in talking abort her wealth and worth,
She always forgot 10 mention her birth,
To people of rank and fashion
OF all the notable things on earth,
The queerest one is pride of birth,
Among our fierce Democracie ~
A bridge across hundred years, -.-.
Without prop 10 save it from sneers-
Not even couple of rotten peers
A thing for laughter, fleers and jeers,
Is American aristocracy!
English aud Irish, French and Spanish,
German, Italian, Dutch and Danish,
Crossing their veins until they vanish
In one conglomeralion
So subtle iangle OF blood indeed,
No heraldry- Harvey will ever succeed
n In finding the circulation
Depend upon it, my snobbish friend,
Your family thread you can't ascend,
Without good reason 10 apprehend
You may find il waxed al The fanher end,
BY some plebian vocation
Or, worse than that, your boasted line
May end in the loup OF stronger twine,
That plagued some worthy rslation
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But Miss Mac Bride had something beside
Her lofty birth 10 uourish her pflde--