The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1856-03-06
Apdp,
sPark Beniamin,s Poems.

from II. As many of them are gems, col
tanning good advice and sound philosoph
% well as poetry, we copy few sentenc'
for the benefit Of our readers:
THE iNpEPEKDEKT NAN.
Now let me speak Of private liberty;
That Independence which belongs to you and me;
Thatlndependence which each upright mind
Must inly feel and nobiy dare to find.
Andlet some shafts OF sportive Jest be thrown,
On such as dare not call their souls their own.
The man who, resolute in right, pursues
Hisowh plain path, well llknowing how to choose,
This comes or that, as him beseemeth best,
Who keeps clear conscience as his bosom's guest,
obeying that alone, and Holy Word,
Whose mindi is not by warning doctrines stirred,
And never fears what fellow man can do,
Bdt only God-and to himself is true.
That man is Independents. Sublime
He scars, superiortO change or time.
THE lRREsoLuTE MAN.
He never ventures to move slowly on,
Without the leave of Thomas, James, or John;
And, like that fat old lady in the play,
ISalways asking, stWhat will Grundy sayf"
Who stands and shivers on opinions brink,
TIL he discoverswhat other people think;
Who throws up straws before his cautious nose,
To see which way the latest zephyr blows;
Who ON bis head receives repeated thumrs,
'Tfltheis certain how Grimalkin Jumps.
This small, weak, human thing, your pity Graves;
II he be Independent, so are slaves.
THE FAsMoNAsLE LADY AND HER CONTRAST.
There is Lady, fashionable, fine,
Rigged out In jewels, like walking mine;
Tun nnatlv atlk lkaon nd "a aho draaa
And yet her jaded spirit knows no rest.
She's getting old, and no one comes to claim
Her hand, or bid her change her name.
When young mo suitor would her heart prefer;
Grown old, no suitor designs to look at her.
Thereisa modest miss pillow degree,
Who is rs lovely as q maid can be.
Hersoft form, moulded with becoming grace,
Looks very well beneath so sweet face.
With costly gems twas vain to deck
The snowy whiteness of her swan like neck;
Nor would diamond circlet lend charm
To, the white smoothness of her polished arm,
And she has many lovers, who demand
The swset possession of her little hand. ~
Among those present, is there one who owns
That jenkins is not better off than Jonesi
Or one fair hearer who would not vine
The damsel happier than the lady ineH
r''@a" ABOUT POEMS.
Why should my voice ofsolemn themes exhort?
Whenbards are funny you say, that's the sort.'
Poems should be like bottled cider-smart,
Lively, punsent, brisk and tart;
Taken Mt once, not suffered to grow fiat,
Poems rehearsed are much like women dressed
To be admired, bat not to becaressed.
Love'stints, wits jewels, must be viewed in haste
For those are rouge, and these appear like paste.
Tobe effective is their end and aim,
Tomakea dash isaIl that either claim.
'aaA THE BACHELOR.
Ye selfish bachelors! what Joy is ysursl
Or in the house or stroling out of doorsl
You learn not manners in domestic school
Your heads are combed not with three legged stool.
But FREQ as air to wander where you please,
And take alike your pleasure and your ease.
You are not tethered by womaD's whins-
No woman's mandate your behavior trims;
You dread no female, weather foul or fair
None but yourself your neither garments wear,
Yon read in bed, you throw your things about,
No voice to scold, and no red lips to pout,
nor teased with help.
You hear not small infantile cherubs yelp;
Cherubs ungarmented with wings to ny,
But who at night continually do cry,
GtMluuuVO AnhcUubhS hiht MutuOt nhOVps
From nights frat fall to daylight's earliest peep,
You are not startled by the Jerking wire
AT your front door--or cry Of house on fire.
gou are lOdger and don't rewhat burns.
Youare not plauged with family concerns-
Hyou're Diogcnes you have no tub, @
You board, or live promiscous, ut your Club.
Eoenerebuk you. says not dear wife,
"Apw can you Do so, at your time Of life."
,Hss ie ADVISES TO MARRY.
Fly youthful bacbelors; 10 courtship fly,
And maideGs haste to render sigh for sigh,
Confess your mutual flames, in union find
The only chains that lightly, firmly bind.
That is the truest Independence where
Love upon love reposes all its care,
And where the constant hopes Of each depend
On what they to one another lend,
Marriage, by nature taught, exa mple proves,
The only circle in which duty moves.
by loves sweet ray illumined, soft and clear,
AhoIy, steadfast, Independent sphere,
!, :, Who listen,t my voice,
Willobey my precepts and rejoice;
wfllJon be married? Will you give up what
Yon fancy Independence, though 'tis mott
win you by doublingjoy make JOY more sweet'
By sharing good make thatgood more complete.
Donbtlos you will, as soon as you can 6nd-
Theons, hard task! just suited to your mind.
YouiiIsct no doubt upon this sage advice,
And vote this eulogy OF marriage nice.
ri ~ KEEP OUT OF DEBT.
Keep out Of debt, don't owe single red,
and Aevsr scorn to earn your daily bread.
That man alone feels Independence true
YhpSsels NOT notes or bills are coming due;
AAiQohgi each man serenely in thef face,