Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1858-01-13
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For the Spirit Of the Age
RHYMES OF THE TIMES.
: Rhymes without reason,-sonnets withou
rhymes"

FOf the opTlJ Oh IHe age.
RHYMES OF THE TIMES.
Rhymes without reason,-sonnets without
rhymes"
On the fourth page. in the left hand cor
ner, on the top OF almost every public jour
nal Of the day, we sec printed in neat Ger
man type" POETS Corner" Strange
misnomer to confer such honor on the neat
and peurile productions Of disordered
brains. Almost every academy-bred Miss,
nowadays, after reading Tom Moore and
a few Of the productions that appear in the
aforesaid " Corner" conceves at once that
she has within her the germs ofpoetic fan
cy, and like hens must bring forth in lays
and after having brought forth, instead of
keeping it secret, as she ought, in true
galiiaaic style, must let the world know it
by an awful cackle-having it published.
Many, not content with boring the public
ear in Anglo-Saxon,
Excite disgust by raising stencil
From bad grammar and putrid French"
A little advice, Ladies: If you OiH
write, do so but if you wish your friends
10 het YOUR thNHAOhN3 lGl bAlthl hCC tilCil
privately, and in manuscript. Don't you
think they win prize them more from your
own fair hands If you VH publish, do
it in small pamphlet, for erceedingly pri-
rate circulation. If you have within you
an original idea, or any great truth hither
to unknown, and think the world will be
benefited by the knowledge Of it, clothe it
tN.n- ,f &c fN.,
poetry, like girls, looks better in neat but
gorgeous attire than - just so. If you
can't write good poetry, give your ideas in
good, grammatical, English prose, and the
world IfIsud You more for that, than for
your milk-and-water verse. Ladies were
born to be blest and not cursed. ! opine
too, that the corps Editorial are troubled
with more devils than the printers.
Yonng America too has caught the nsG-
MIA scribendi
"And each Juvenile now, with a muse of his
Sings Of philosophy in laundering tone,
And with wondrous learning essays and
springs
To the reason why, "a harp of thousand
strings,
Should keep in tune so long"
And having finished something which be
Is vain enough to style poem, has il
straightway put in the corner" and, there
"It stands with vacant wonder fraught
The pompous tombstone og some paupel
thought;
And the youthful genius wonders if Miltor
or Shakespeare will not have to. PLUCK
bright honor from the pale-faced moon,
lest their fame be lost in the noontide blaze
of his glory. A word, young men. IfthC
ladies' WILL write nonsense, don't let thei
folly lead you astray. Don't go whining
out your sorrow to the world, in doggrel
because your sweetheart has Tilted you
keep that secret. BE more manly thai
TO bewail in bad verse every petty misfer
tune that may befall you, or else the worlC
may say Of YOU
Heres fellow that would
BE woman If he could,
But as he can't, does all he can,
To show the world he's not man."
If YOU have any sense, turn it to accoul
by attending to your vocation; if you hay
not, don't expose yourself to ridicule
publishing it to the world. cast no r
flections on the Edition for publishing sue
for his paper must be filed with the be
ne has, aud il is perfectly right TO add
little poetry 70 all literature, as kind
"condiment to facilitate digestion
Certainly no age can boast OF great
number Of poetasters than this;
"For every youth may choose,
As fancy bids, musket or a muse,
And throw his lead among his fellow men
From the dark muzzle of q gun or pen,
And blooming school girls, who absur
think
That nought but drapsry can be spoiled
ink,
ply ceaseless quilts, that true to early use
Keen the old habit of the pristine goose;
While each special Sappho in her teens,
Shines forth goddess in the magazines
"Why slumbers Clifford once was aske'
vain;
QUILLA
December 2sth,. 1857.