Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1853-04-16
From the Cincinnati Commercial.
tCHO CHE BANG AND CHl.CHIL BLOC.
An Oriental Romance In Fourteen Cantor
~ ADoLrngs LosefInsaolws ageaIss

Who had an only daughter. and. her name was cho Che
The maiden was jewel, a celestial beauty rare.
with narrow sauns oyeb carrot eolored hair;
one loot was scarce three Inches long the other knew no
She nnmssEed fourteen and she weighed three
me aIssry shores Of mid their never melting
Lived little dwaffsh tinker who in height stood three
Boo d' endless sh'yeFins they called him Chi chi
The little tinker as he dragged his weary way
FROM nut 10 hut TO ply his craft scarce seemed OF human
His eyes 70 like two marbles, set inte glue,
His checks sickly yellow. and his adlrty b.ue, E
Now, Chi Chill Bloo though born in snow and reared up
Loved not the bleak, chill land where dwelt the spirit of
And travelled forth where he might keep
He truded w tMa years his weary way far from the land
Inside the walls OF China. where strangers seldomgo
"heh, wearied with his pilgrimage, he halted al no
And there fell in with old Ski Hi the father Of Che Bang
Tho Old man heard his wondrous tale OF sights that he had
Where nature winding sheet and shrouded all
And pond ring within his
At engaged poor hi Chill Bloc to cultivate his tea
e had always been the custom Of the fairy like Che Bang
shadows Tell the valley ko w
To wander mid tito lea groves ike oriental queen,
On tue shoulders other servants in fancy palanqunt
AS she merged from out the shadow OF China berry
She esped the little tinker stripping the fragrant
She upon wondrous FORM his eyes, his nose of
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moment gazed, then deeply fell in love with Chi Chill
She stepped her palanquin and their dismissed
With instructions that an hour past they might return
She then the my veil that hid
And poor Chill Bloc beheld him surprising bright
cAxro vi.
lie gaZed transfiXed with wOder-o him surprising fair
We're rounded up proportions salmon eooled
He fingered ina de'my trance. nor woke he from his
Till her loving entwine him and her lips imprint
She led him 70 bower and beside the dwarf she kneeed
aud sighed like Desdemonia at his Escapes By flood and
He told Of seals and bears that live seat
He told her Ia es OF iccies and she told him tales oil
Long long they ingesedi ondy locked in each others
She saw IL lin and he in her thousand glowing charms
When looking down the distant vale. fading
Fell i9ntly on tho gold other reur ming ralanqun;
fvnder come my slaves, she Cried and now, hill Boo
Ny faher-though my father. has a cruel finty heart,
lie has promised me to Chow Chow, the ciesus of Ko
But Chow .ChOw's old and souty and he wouan. suit
Cue Bang
Oh come beneath my window at quarter alter three,
When the moon hath gone bathing at her bath room in
And viii lily to other lands. across tho water blue.
but hush, here comes the paanqG and now sweet love-
They placed her IN palanqun, her bosom throbbng
While Chi Gill Bloc seemed busy packing his gathered
As rested from his weary rounds the dying god oday,
They raised her their shoulders and they trotted her
| away. Fa Elf
AT the time and place appointed meath her lattice stood
He whistrd to his lady and she answered with cough
She threw silken ladder from her window down The
While her gallant Knight stood fixed beneath to catch
She reached the ground in safety. kiss
Then ,oaadlea and he t,Oed of in silence from the
place.
Swift they held their journeyove had made her footsteps
They hid themselves at mornings and fled again
The second night buried day and folded up her PAIL
When they reached the scmtrys station underneath the
Che Bang told well of lovc Cl Bloc told his
| alas!
But called fc sodics, who took them to DUN Brown,
sort orIocAl magistrate or Muni OF the town.
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This vile Old eehcr heard the Charge the tempting maiden
Then feigning with burning rage, in thunder
You vile msshapon seoundre you despoiler rascal ELF
sentence YOU 70 prison and tGke Che Bang ny,elC
sent her BIRDS nest eh"wdt and puppies done vine;
But she spurne the dainty viands she spurcd to be his
he took to eating rat soup-poisoned soup
died -. ri
In dark and dreary dungeon Dimensions six BY four
Lay the etched little tinker stretched upon the noudy
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And before her quaking lover stood spirit Che Bang
arise Gnu Bloc aiiss it cried SAY down lies weary
Let out thy prsocd spirit from its dark drcar abode,
And we will roam the spirit land where fortune smiles
Arse cried, and follow.' then it vanished into air.
On the morrow when the aor served around his mouy
crhc only food the prs'ners got. except wllted
started back in horror-high upon doorway post
Hug the body of the tinker who yielded the ghost
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There's legend still in China. beneath the moons
Ever ondy linked together may in summer time be seen
stu wand ring 'md the tea plants in the province OF ke
The little LaPland tinker spirit bride Che Bang
tLapIandische for fever and aguc. H.
tPionounced pal an.keen. ..-a ssa.- ~.
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Spare Nay Heart from Growing Old.
Old Time 1 ask boon of thee 4, ...as -
Thou 'st stripped my hearth OF many q friend,
Ta,en half my Joys nd all mygee-s.rf.s e.,
Bejlst for once to make amend; II, ...ss,-l
And, since thy hand Htst leave its trace, III
Turn locks to gray, turn blood 20 cold .
Do what thou wilt with form and face,
But spare my heart from growing old. 4,i.i T., f
1kno v thou,st ta'en from many a mind d 81
.tst. Its deal wealth, its choicest store,
And only lingering left behind ~ .a5itf sIfsf
tif Oer.wise Experience bitterlove t:s4sa <
IT'S sad TO ina rk the minds decay 81
Feel wit grow dim and memory cold
Take these, old Time, take all away, % i
~, ID ut spare my heart from growing DID,.
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~ Give me to live with Friendship still, isaa
And Hope aud Love till life be Ger z t.als-t
8 Let be the fist the final chill = tra q la
sIl u That bids the bosom bound no more
That so, when am passed away s5t.5 =. ~