Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1854-09-27

But her very senses led her astray
Respecting all humility;
In soothe her dul, auricular drum
Gould find in Aan.b!e only ''hum,"
And heard no sound of gentle" come,
In talking about gentility.
What lo,cly meant, she didn't know,
For she always avoided everything low,"
With care the most punctlliOusj
And. aueerer still, the audible sound
OF "super-silly" she ne'er had found
In the adjective supercilious
The meaning OF meek she never knew,
But imagined the phrase had something to do
With "Moses" peddling German Jew.
Who, like all hawkers, the country through,
Was ''persOn of no position :"
And it seemed 10 her exceedingly plain,
II the word was really known to pertain
To vulgar German, it wasn't germane
To a lady of high condition!
Even her graces-not her grace,
For that was in the "vocative case"-
Chilled with the touch OF her icy face,
Sat very s,iftly upon her !
She never confessed favour aloud,
Like one of the simple common crowd,
But coldy smiled, and family bowed
As who should say ':You do me proud,
And do yourself an honouf!'
And vet the pride of Miss Mac Bride,
Although it had 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 tour-story size
Was merely fancy creation
'Tis curious fact as ever was known
In human nature, but often shown
Alike in castle and cottage,
That pide, like pigs Of a 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-suiliciently plain;
Aud, as to her musical powers,
Although she sang until she was hoarse,
And issued notes with bankers force,
They were Just such notes as we never endorse
For any acquaintance of ours.
Her birth, indeed, was uncommonly high
For Miss Mac Bride first opened her eye
Through sky light dim on the light oft the sky
But pride is a curious passion
And in talking about her wealth and worth,
She always forgot to 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 to save 1t from sneers-
Not even couple of rotten Peers
A thing for laughter, fleerS, and jeeys,
Is American aristocracy!
English aud Irish, French aud Spanish,
German, Italian, Dutch, aud Danish,
Crossing their veins until they vanish
Iu one congomeration
So subtle 4 tangle Of blood indeed,
No heraldry Harvey will ever succeed
In finding the circulation!
Depend upon it. my snobbsh friend.
Your family thread you cau't ascend,
Without good reason to apprehend
You may find it waxed at the farther end,
BY some plebeian vocation!
Or, worse than that, your bcasted line
May end in Ioor of stronger twine
That plagued some worthy relation
But Miss Mac Bride had something beside
Her lofty birth to nuursh her pride
For rich was the old paterna :iac Bride,
According to public rumor:
And he lived 'up town." in a splendid square,
And kept his daughter on dainty fare,
And gave her gems that were rich and rare,
And the finest rings and things to wear,
And feathers enough to plume her
An honest mechanic was John Mae Bride,
As ever an honest calling pliedJ
Or graced an honest ditty;
For John had worked in his early day,
In '.pots and pearls" the legends say
And kept shop with rich array
OF things in the soap and candle way,
In the lower part Of the city!
M "rara acis" was honest John;
CHATS the Latin for ''sable swan;'O
Though, in one of his fancy flashes,
A wicked wag. who meant to deride,
Called honest John "Mr. Phemir Mac Bride"
"Because he rose from his ashes ~
Little by little he grew to be rich,
By saving oI candle-ends and ''sich,"
I'LL he reached at last an opulent niche,---
No very uncommon affair;
For history quite confirms The law
Expressed in the ancient Scottish saw,
"a AllCKLE may come to be maiF"@
Alack for many ambitious beauxi
She hung their hopes upon her nuse
(T6e figure is quite Horatian)-
Until from habit the member grew
As very hook as ever eye knew,
To the cOmmoneSt observation.
A thriving tailor begged her hand,
But she gave 1.-THE fellow" 10 understand,
By violent manual action,
She perfectly scorned the best OF his clan,
Aud reckoned the ninth Of any man
An exceedingly Vulgar Fraction
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