The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1855-02-20
The Proud Miss Mac Bride.
A LEGEND OF GOTHAM.

The Proud Miss Mac Bride.
LEGEND OF GOTHAM.
By JOHN C. SAKE.
0, terribly proud was Miss Mac Bride,
The very personifcation of pride. a
As she minced along in fashions Tide,
Adown oroadway-on the proper side
When the golden sun was setting:
There was pride in the head she carried 81
high,
Pride in her lip, pride in her eye.
And world Of pride in the very sigh
That her stately bosom was freiiing;
sigh that pair OF elegan, feet,
Sandalled in satin, should kiss the street.
The very same that vulgar greet,
In common leather not over neat"-
For such is the common booting;
(And christian tears may well be shed
Tha, even among our gentlemen bred,
The glorious Day OF Morocco is dead,
And Day and Martin are reigning instead,
On much inferior fooiingl)
0, terribly proud was Miss Mac Bride,
Proud of her beauty, proud of her pride,
And proud OF fifty matters beside,
That wouldn't have born dissection;
Proud Of her wit, proud of her walk,
Proud of her teeth and proud Of her talk,
Proud of {" knowing cheese from chalk"
ON very slight inspection.
Proud abroad. and proud at home,
Proud wherever She chanced to come
When She was glad, when she was glum:
Proud as the head of a Saracen
Over the door Of tipping shop
Proud as Duchess, proud as Top,
"Proud as a boy with bran new top,'
Proud beyond comparisonl
1t seems a singular thing to say
But her very sense led her astray
Respecting all humiliiyi
In soolh, her dull auricular drum
Could lnd in humble only hum"
And heard no sound OF gentle" come,
Ia talking about gentility.
What lowlymeant she didn't know,
For she always avoided everything low"
With care the most punctillious;
and fucerer still, the audible sound
OF "supersilly" she ne'er had found
In the adjective supereillicusl
The meaning Of meek she never knew,
But imagined The phrase had something TO dc
With Moses" pcddling German jew,
Who, like all hawkers, the country through
Was "person OF no position"
And it seemed to her exceedingly plain,
IL the word was really known TO pertain
To vulgar German, 1t wasn't germane
To lady of high condition vr
Even her graces-not her grace,
For that was in the "vocative case"-
Chilled with the touch of her icy face,
Sat very stifly upon herl
She never confessed favor aloud
Like one Of the simple, common crowd,
But coldly smiled, and family bowed
As who should say: You do me proud,
And do yourself an honorl"
And yet the pride OF Miss Mac Bride
Although ii had fifty hobbies 10 ride,
Had really no foundation
But like the fabrics tha, gossips devise
Those single stories that often arise,
And grow ill they reach our-story-size-
Was merely fancy creation
'Tis curious fact as was ever known
In human nature, but often shown
Alike in ca stle and cottage,
That pride, like pigs Of certain breed,
Will manage TO live and thrive on feed"
.ma As poor as paupers poliage
That her witshould never have made her vain
Was--like her race-sufTicienlly plain;
And, as 10 her musical powers,
Although she sang until she was hoarse,
And issued notes with a bankers force,
Theywer just such notes as we never endors
For any acquaintance of ours, aa
Ter birth, indeed was uncommonly high
For Miss Mac Bride first opened her eye
Thrcugh sky-light dim, on the light Of ih
sky; qaE .3 sap
oig But pride Is curious passion . nu
And in talking about her wealth and worth
She always forgot to mention her birth
people Of rank and fashion
or all the notable things on earth, is2
The queerest one is pride Of birth, pc
Among our fierce Democratic l"..,I 2
A bridge across hundred years,
Without propto save It from sneors--
Not even cuople of rotten peers
A thing for laughter, 1eers and jeers,
Is American aristocracy
English and irish, French and Spanish,
German, Italian, Dutch and Danish,
Crossing their veins until they vanish ,sii
In one conglomeraiion
So subtle etangle OF blood indeed,
No heraldry Harvey will ever succeed