The primitive Republican. (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-1852, 1851-05-01
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The Musquetoe's Song.

4uG WuSqueIOe OOuS'
Mid the splcndor orpalace and hall,
With princes and lords l reside
AMI TIM found on the rude cottage wall,
or the victim Of grandeur and pride.
Blu l mcrrly, merrily sing,
Whether resting on sccpuc or chain,
For 10 me the proud brow ola king,
And the cheek Of his Slave are the same.
'They may stand from each other alooG
And boast OLA time Lonored line;
Bur give uumistakcablc proof
That their blood i, ostensibly mine.
Aud l mcrrily, mcrrily sing,
As the swill-howing current / drain,
And ! prove that the blood Of king
And his scrf is precisely the same
Nhcu the ebon hued curtains ofnight
Wrap earth in silent repose,
Dr. bcauty's sweet features light,
And add new tint to the rose.
ina ] nerrily, merrily sing,
y. rest DER the delicate vein,
Aud drink from the crimson-hued spring,
The dointicst tribute ] claim
"a, midnight, ! sit orthe brow,
When manhoodand genius unite,
Aud list TO the half uttered vow,
Which oIfhides-half betrays his delight,
And meriIy, merrily sing,
As perch on bump of his brain;
whilst be blindly attributes my song
To the love gods Interchangeable flame.
bic to the bachelors bed,
And cucamp just above his cold herrt,
I Which since it for others meier Jled,
! heat 10 the force Of dart,
Then / mcfrily, merrily sing,
In spite his writing and pain
And the sweet consolation bring,
That I'll watch o er his pillow again.
] show tear and favor to none
Both the humble and proud embrace;
To me wealth and want are but one;
So "a PLAIN and beautiful face.
And merrily, merrily sing,
when my wishes and wants l obtan
and l sport on the speed Of my wing,
When my skill is exerted in vain.
Let none link my chcrubic name
With night-crawling vermin and neas,
The lofty decent that claim,
Win not brook an alliance with these;
For ruerrily, merry sing
When conquest and spoil are my aim;
And luy wonderful music bring
10 establish good humor again.
OH, we are a musical race,
Aud ours is musical cline
Even men in ambitions hot chase,
Fall in with our musical chime;
Ind they merrily, merrly sing
When they posts and emoluments claim,
b! man is musical thing
And deserves our more musical name.
p music! most magical powerl
What thanks should we render to thee,
weet treasure-miraculous dover
And priceless, 10 man and to me
Tor we merrily, merrily sing,
When place, or prize, we would gain;
md to persons and purses we cling
their wealth, and their life-blood we drai
n LEPER.-The following account Of
er, from the pen of Mr.. Caunter, lar
weller in the east, will afford our readers
etty correct notion Of the appearance
sufferers by that strange disease "0I
ming, while strolling along the sea shor
w such an extraordinary object befo
that / could not take my eyes off it.
a man, whose clothing, like that Of a
lower orders of India, was a piece
til, wrapped around the body, from Il
list -downward. His skin was perfect
bite, and It seemed glazed, as if scared vii
hot iron. Ills head was uncovered. al
hair, which was precisely the same col
the skin, hung down in long strips up,
lean and witRered shoulders His eve
th the exception of the balls, were du
lrky red, and he kept them fixed on t
pund, as if it were painful to him to 10
which found to be the case. He vi
slowly and feebly, and he was so frigl
lly thin that he seemed to stand before j
living skeleton. / moved towards hi
II he walked farther from me, beseechi
e to give the smallest trife to q miseral
an-an outcast from his home and frienc
? told me not to come near to pollut
eature, for whom no one felt pity.
d me he had, during many years, suffer
eadfully from the leprosy, and though
s now cured, the corpse-like Whiteness
skin gave unmistakeable evidence Il
had once been leperR
Arthuq's Home Gazette.
Young ladies educated to despise manlzil
morally finish their studies BY running
ay with the footman.
Kindness, like the gentle breath IF spriI