Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1852-12-24

~ 'HfNiHs 'aiior nHSy i her hand,
But .li- gave - the f-iio~" to understand,
by 4 riO'ent manual sction,
She p r!~;iy scorned the b->t Of his clan,
ALI rectoncd the ninth part Of any nau
An exceedingly Vulgar Fraction.
Another whose si.,n was COLLEEN Boot
Was mortified with boot-ss suit,
In way tha: was quite appalling;
For, thou.h r-gul,r suto- b. trade,
lie was n't a suitur to sui. III. mad,
Who cut him OF with >a~--anl bais
''Th- cobb!cr keep to his calling"
tThe muse may here let . secret out
There Is n, the fsint.-s. shalou Of doubt
That folks who oftrn.st Sheer ami fout
Al the dirty. low mechanicals,"
Are they whose sircs, by pound:n. their knees,
Or curling their l.g,, or trades Ike these,
Contrircd TO win their chidr n ease
Prom poverty's CALLING manacles)
rich tobacconst comes and sues,
And, thinking the lady would scarce rcfuss
man Of his wealth ard liberal views,
Began, at once. with "If You ehoox-
And could you really love him"
hut the lady spoiled his speech iu h,i,,
With an answer rough and ready enough,
To let him know she was up 10 snuG,
Aud altogether above him.
young attorney, Of winning grare,
Was scarce allowed TO "open his face
Ere Miss NacBride had closed his case
With true judicial CELEBRITY:
For the lawyer was poor, and seedy" to boot,
And to say the lady discarded his s,Ht,
Is merely a double verify.
The last Of those who came to court,
Was lively beau. Of the dapper sort.
"Without any visible means Of support
crime by no means fagraut
In one who wears on elegant coat,
Bot the very point On which they vote
ragged fellow, vagrant"
4 courtly fellow was Master Jim,
Sleek aud supple, and tall and trim,
And smooth Of tongue ss neat Of limb;
A-maugr- an Empty pocket
You'd say, from the glttering tales he told,
That Jim he'd slept in cradle Of god,
With Fortunstus to roek iti
Now Dapper jim his couriship plied
Il wish the fact could bc dcni,d)
With an eye to the purse Of the Old MacBrds,
And really '' nothing shorter"
For he saiI 70 himself in his greedy lust,
"hene'er ne a'es-as ue ne must.
ana sed' 10 heaSen MS VIA trost'
Hes very sure 10 come down with the dust
In penah OF MS only daughter
And the very magnificent Miss NacBrids,
Half in love, and half in pride,
Quite graciously relentsd;
Ind fn.S;D, heyh head and trrnipy hsr h-ck
No token OF proper pride to lack,
10 be erds without ths MAC,
Win much oisdain, consented!
Alas, ,,,. n.on,. shov. co, ,b-;rhox
M ...h ,.,..,,, Oh, hos, -, ,ocl.
s,.cur, from ali sn.ncal .bocks
s,o,,5 s,,..r thai, s,,.v Wit, t,nev s.o.t,
And madiy rush upon "a''-sfrset rocks
without the least apology
Alas! tnat people whose money anars
Are sound, beyond all need oi repairs,
Should ever tempt tie Bulls and BcArs
VI Mahimon herce L"oiosy!
va 'ohh haeDtae' one i~'Ai oay'
became ms "niesnuhs prey
vi ioF'une u"'
Aha' siahihg III on s'"sie ue,
among 'he ofoSeF' ana 'reaAersl
At his trade again, in the very shop
where years ago, lie let II drop
lie i'4io"s Ms ahciehs caiiins-
'heef,iy' 100 III poverty sPi'-'
And sieep'hg qute T. sonndiy al night,
As when Al Fortune sdd' height
lie used 70 wake Win dizzy ifiGht
FROM Nsmai dream 0! Ialiing.
d., .,..r fo- tho ,,,,h,r Miss v,.n-;a.
su.b s,,o.l 20 n., ,,cc;o.,s n,;5.,
She coudn; recover, although she tried,
Her jadcd spirits to rally
'Tw a. dreadful change, in human affairs,
From place g. Up Town" to = nook Up Stairs
Eron an Avenue down to an Alley!
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The airs she used 10 borrow:
They had civil phrase enough but yct
Twas plain to see that their deepest regret"
Was different thing from sorrow.
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wr. truly dismal feature!
But It wasn't str~ng--they whispercd-at all;
That the Summer Of Pride, should have its Fall,
Was quite according to Mature!
Is;f;. r.,, o,;,, i.,;,;u,,.f,,
~ "e o'aA"s ave-! AZ e'e'! o"o
R.m,rI,d ,b,, r,or.l ,r,nserss;on
Az. h-;n,- r,.,-ih,,,ire s,;n,,s
r. ra..-s .st;nrs
For =. making ,;rb, of c,reo,as thipr,,
W., very wicked profession,
And vulgar people tthe saney ehuris1
inquifea ""Ot' 'ne Piios vi carr
Ana mock.d al n-r situa'ion'