New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-09-13
The Last Great Poem.

The following delikit dash of ~pctryn is from the
pen of that "egstraordinary writer X N Pepper Esq
the first of whose illusions introduced the reading
public by the Knickerbocker under the title of conhc
betwene Alegaer water-snaik" In justice to the
pheeuks the writer we cannot rephu.e to pub
fish the present ephuson." The author at the time of
writing, said to have been reclining Shed
clost Byn His "pome is entitled solsqy, Addressed
Berd on the Fens y and thus:
Mi pirty little Anime asserting onto the picits,
How fur hev you flew two da sa prty Berd.
don't stir mt looking. so be not in hury)
How Idle like fur set their the pcit.
Ell woodent hurt and mi he woodent brak down the ens
you wood sta let me smooth of the fethers.
Dts moast butife Ploomge, deklar but two resoom
How long fur yure wings, pirty Berd so could iii
Of ide ieye this werld wood, & go sumers els.
Your vols two q wonder if tina put shuger in
wen il maid bow wood like two be a
siDgin' al da, and at night go two roost lin:
Careles in slepe ide drvme OF mi matt, &
Hope you're dremng of me hkewais mi matt.
Ken you fiji to the ciods & bak in mint?
So Good !, mi prty eff oni had your wings.
But you woodent koch me a comm back tho
after ide got 81 hi a start know, prty Anime
ide iii to the Hevnks git prct pnts of the stars
ide pic at the man in the Moon Il mak him wink his left
ide-whats talkin we'en you do MT no nothink
You ant You're onli a swete pirty Berd
Always cherupng, you ant meancoic y sad.
| But ! am lime full Of potry and feink. and
| Author of varis PONIES but ide sa go
Two al, ef 1 Good onli iii with wings
How ide look down RIVERS a-runnipk
With men onto the banks, a-kechin of fish,
Bufalows a-romink the prayris, with hare
al stremink ingene a-shootn at randem With bow & ars
ide I'll to South Amerky sea the Snaiks
| In the gngles a crawlin swalerin of little Bots
4 then ide iii to Afriky s. the elifans
htipg with the rnoscrns 4 giving of him fits
with his trunc vile he n Citing of his bowls
changed by the livery Tusc of his Enemy
Afore ide got much tand by the fur from-cuol
SON beongin' to Afriky, ide fiji two Aishy
In hailin the @ are my the country
u think two Danish the smell Of the Ariken native.
In goris Aishy ide Sc many Tiger
chaisink the Chynes, biting pese from the leg
/ tlv to
| Rooshy, w. "
Wopdernk wat maks Mr. Gear so proud of his Cusssx
(hrst taking lingering look at the tai fouls Chipy y
Next trum Rooshy ide come into Trky. being so nj
| Not expecktng two SO much accound Of the smok
| But not riskinga sques on the with a bo-strink
by refusing two dine at subm Poard with the sultin
q But, dere little Berdy, ant you tyerd a-folowink
Mi fortins, and not having help frum your wings
On hapy Anime how sorry am line crule
| IF hadent a-sudently thot Of your felinks
| | mite have oniortiuetey carid you al over Ewrup
But cunning hoam oar the oshup viii sumo restore beth
Now you're hoam Want that did quic, prty Berdy!
| But the Gus hes flew, & desirted the pict
And nothink is left but & shed 4 the fens
| Nun OF wich cant III. 0ngreatful little rip,
After al my delicate atenshuns, hese threw bac
| Ssch weth of afeckshun into my pend up boosum
| So II alers hes ben o shel al thine
| By sooisde after i've rote or moar PONIES
| Ia ! shel bid fairwel to a werd onfelink
| maik it 80 narrowing and afeckting
That every body cant help shedding torens of tiers
| being blinded like, for several days, by wo.
al the layds vii were X n Pepper, ESD, onto pir
cooshns =
wish he hadent cum two sech a violent End
| lie so young hansum two but cant go on
fee bad lie descend frum emnens TAX suthin warm
fairwel weid werl n you onfelink Berd, adoon