The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-04-03
rnE PROUD MISS MAC BRIDE.
ALesend of Gotham.

the PROUD MISS MAC BRIDE.
4*t Legend of GOTHAM.
By JOHN O. sAxE.
O terribly proud was Mics Mac Bride,
The very personifcation Of pride,
A she minced along In fashions tide,
Adown Broadway-on the proper side
When the golden sun was setting, h,.h
There was pride In the head she carried ~ "ie"'
Pride in htr lip, and pride In her eye,
Asd world OF pride in the very sieh
That her stately bosom was fretung'
A Sigh that pair of elegant feet, .
Sandslled in satin. should kiss the street.
The very same that the vulgar greet
In common leather, not over neat -
For such Is the common boottne;
(Aud Christian tears may well be shed,
That even among our gentlemen bred,
The glorious Dey OF Morocco Is dead,
Aud Day s. Martin are reigning instead,
On a much micro iootng0
o terribly proud was Miss Mac Bride,
Proud of her beauty. and proud OF her prioe'
And proud OF fifty matters beside,
That wouldn't have borne dissection;
Proud Of her Wit. and proud OF her walk
Proud of her teeth, aud proud at her tsk'
Proud OF knowing cheese from chalk,
On a very slight inspection
Proud abroad. and proud at home,
Proud wherever she CHANGED TO come
When she was glad, and when she was glum:
Proud as the head of Saracen
Over the door OF tipping shop!-
Proud q Duchess. proud as q Top,
Proud as a boy with a bran new top"
Proud beyond comparison
1t seems singular thing to say
But her very sense led her astray
Respecting all humanity;
In sooth, her dull suriculsr drum
Could fnd in humble only 'hum,"
And heard no sound of gentle |" come,
In talking about gentty.
What locly meant she didn't know,
For she always avoided Everything low"
With care most punctious;
And queerer STILL the audible sound
ut supper silly" she never found
In the adjective supercilisrsf
The meaning of meek she never knew
But imagined the phrase had something to do
With Moses" a peddling German Jew,
Who, like all hswkers, the country through,
Was "person of no position"
And 1t seemed to her exceedingly plain,
II the word was really known to pertain
To vulgar German, it wasn't germaus
To lady OF high condition
Even her graces-not her grace
For that was in the "vocstive case
Chilled with touch of her icy face,
Sat very stifly upon her.
She never confessed a favor aloud,
Like one OF the simple common crowd
But coldly smiled, and family bowed
As one should say: "You do me proud
And do yourself an honorf'
And yet the pride of Miss Mac Bride,
Although it had fifty hobbies to ride,
Had really no foundation;
But IKE the fabric that gossips devise
Those single stories that often arise,
And grow till they reach four story size
Was merely fancy creation
IT'S a curious fact ever was known
In human nature but often shown
Alike in castle and cottage,
That pride like pigs of certain breed,
VIII mango to live and thrive on feed
As poor as paupers pottage
That her wit should never have made her vain,
Was-iike her face-suiticently plain;
And, as to her mus cal powers
Although she sang until che was hoarse
And Issued notes with a bankers force,
They were just such notes we never endorse
For any acquaintance of ours
Her birth, indeed, was uncommoply hjpb-
For Miss Mac Bride first opened her eve
Through sky light dim, Oh the light of the by
But pride is a curious passion
And 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 Democracier'
bridge across hundred years
Without q prop to save il from sneers--
Not even couple of rotten Peers
thing for laughter, teers, and eeFs
Is American arissocracy
English and irsh French and Spanish
German, Italian, Dutch and Danish
Crossing their veins until they vanish
10 one experimentation
so subtle tangle of blood indeed
No heraldry-Harvly will ever succeed
In hiding the circulation
Depend upon it, my snobbish FRIEND,
your family thread you cant asce md
Nithout good reason to apprehfnd
lou may mud 1t waxed At the isrthsr. a,d
- ny some plebeian vOcatoa'
Ut, worse than that, your boa.,.-dlins
may END In a loop OF stronger Irvine
Ahs' plagued some worthy reiaiion
6 nnt MISS Mac Bride had something beside
Her lofty birth to nourst her pride
ror rich was the old paternal Mac Bride
According 10 public rumor;
ana ne lived up town" in a splendid SQUARE
And Kept his daughter on dainty fare,
ana gave hei- gems that were rich and rare,
And the finest rings and things to wear,
Ana feathers enough to plume her
An honest mechanic was John Mac Bride
AS ever an honest calling piled
Or graced an honest ditty
FOR John had worked in his early ,lay
Va pots and pearls" the legends say
ana Kept shop with rich array
vi hings In the soap and candle wey
~ the iewer psrt of the city
No "rara aetS" was honest John.
.Ihats the Latin for sable swan:'0
Ihongh In one of his fancy flashes
wicked wag, who meant to derde,
Called honest John "Mr PkQuir Mae Pride"
"becsuse he rose from his ashes -
Little by little, he grew to be rich
By saving OF candle.ends and "sicb"
TIL he reached at last an opuent niche
No very uncommon affair;
For history quite confirms the law
Expressed in the ancient Scottish ssw
A MicKLE may come TO be mair"-
Alaek TOR many ambitious beaux
She hung their hopes upon her nose
Crhe figure is quite Horatiau)
Until from habit the member grew
AS very a hook as ever eye knew
To the commonest observ alton.
A thriving tailor begged her hand
But she gave 1.-The fellow" to understand
By violent manual action,
She perfectly scorned the best of h ia clan
Aud reckoned the pinth OF any man
An exceedingly vulgar fraction,
Another, whose sign was the golden bo n,
Was mortified with bootess suit
In the way that was quite appalling.