The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1858-06-09
GRAY A PLAGIAKlSr.

we are IN possession OF Inuuoltaole |
proofs that the celebrated elegy, purport-
Mg to have been written by man named
Gray. in country churchyard, and Of
which coinpositioa that individual has had
ehe credit. was plagiarixed from the wri-s
tings Of ~ eIninent DR. Limpingo Fetch
EFT, Fellow The Fenny:oyai Society, and
bearer Of His Majestys shoe-strings, in
the reign of Smith the XXXXVIth.-i
The original MSS. are at present before
rs, and, without further comment, we pro-
csed to give several of the stanzas where
the similaritysis most marked. The pro-
dnctioss is eatitled "An Eligy Written on
. Piece of Papcr."-Erchange. +. -
Lol from the turrct of yon sacred fame,
The chronologic church bell tolls the knell
crthe twelfth hour-a time for sleep to chain
All dscsat people in her opiate spell.
Eow CLEANS the Aickering gas upon my sight
And all the air uncommon stiffness holds,
Sare the keen screenings Of some man that's
tight Sss.F4
As DER the pave his devious course no rolls
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Save that from yonder lager-beer saloon, ar s
The drowsy Fritz dothto crowd complain
And say he wants to shut up shop, and soon n
Revisit sleeps obliyious domain.
Beside yon house, beneath the awning shade
Where heaves that snore 80 sonorious and
deep. -a s.'Ft 'f.--f 80 --
There some old topper beastly drunk, has laid
l. OIL
No moro tonight, nor till the breezy morn,
A swallow of fblue-ruin shall he get, ssGi
No drop of ro.gut nor no meaner horn,
Hia oob-webbea whistle or dry lips TO wet.
sn booey high or animated tbu'st -
Back to its pureness call his fetid breath3 Z.
An hydropathy cleanse his throatsof rust ~
Or stay the cold, impatient hand Of death?
Fall many glass Of poorest rye, sir! cen = Z
HE weak unfathomed inward caves may
bear; legasHEAEs
fsn a. his ,aaisns face ma, B.ash unseen;
usnasked his breath may scent ths bns-
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~ little ;okes's swindiins game has buosed
Some swipsed and glorious rustic here may
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some: sucker most q -srosgiousiy sucked.
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Dsss In these Hines his hsartless tale re
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n chance BY lonely contemplation prone,
Some kindsed spirit shall inquire his fate
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Happily some old inhabitant May say, 81
loft have we seen asthe peep OF dawn sS
Rushing with hasty, eager steps away
To try his usual morning cocktail ons 49,
aNow sishing deep, now smiling as in scorn,
Mutsezisg his rvayward fanc,es as he went,
Nov dfooping wofur wan as one forlornA
Because his pocket-book hadn't nary cent
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Here rests his head upon the stony, pave. z.
man 70 fortune, certainly, unknown; =,
The bowl bacchanalian nectar gaye,l ass
And red-eye bo1rbon marked him rhe
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large Was his stomach, ana finance low, 1ss,l
The devil was almost his only friend, :,
He gave 70 misery all he couldbestow, ls,i,i
And misery's mortgage got him at the enc
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