Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-02-27

FLowrH TnAr BLooH UNsEGN.-The Boston
Gazette is guilty Of the following;
BE tour grateful task to rescue from obliyi.
on and transmit to limited Immortality, from
week to TcCk, some Of the choirest Of flowers
which blush unseen, and waste their sweetness
on the desert air. lirre is q delicate and grace
ul Ilttlc gem oi pureNt ray serene, which there
Is every reason 10 believe is fragment Of
hitherto unpublished poem Of Byron's:
"lmct her IN thr sunset htigit,
Her risham Gown vas rlu,;
lie, eye that danced With delight,
We're " The same dear hur.
AWl alvAys Nltn the sun va down,
Think d the sill In the risham gown"
Now pOstcriy will appreciate this s,anza. II
i proOfpOSitiye that in the nineteenth century
the usual stuff Of which female apparrl was
made vas Eishan. and lhsl Americans had a
decided penchant for blue eyes The pyTaniFls
and the lierbsiyphics vet remain, though
Egypts Kings are like tlie ashes of cigars tlat
have been smoked, aud probably gigiam gowns
will in future time characterize IN history the
age in which We now live, hoops and red petit
coats no more recorded. Frifiliinm.
Strikingly characteristic and original hre the
following lines, from which Tom Moore evident.
ly stole his well.known ballad, "Shc wore
wreath Of roses" The reader will perceive that
they are presumed TO be spoken by member
Of that intelligent body OF citizens, the New
York Fire Department.:
~ seen her on the Sidewalk
When Iron uiduumbcr9,
My eye spontat rous sought ont hcrn,
And hsrn Was fixed On mine.
SHE waved her pocket Handkerchief
A. ne went TushG' by
And no butcher k!i!cd 10 York
Relthatlier than l.
seen her hut \ moment.
But m1tlnks see Ter nov,
with her red and her yeilrr buHutt
dsWnb' DER her brow
Postcrity will here observe that the red and
yellow were the prevailing c6loTs in bounets in
the nineteenth century. In regard to the pIa.
giafiSm above mentioned, it is so obvious That
1t is impossible for it to escape any intelligent
readers observation.
friend Of ours brought home from Wes.
tern journey fragment Of a roinauni, wlc!. 80
impressed him that it fingered in his melnGIy,
haunted his waking thoughts, and pursued him
in his dreams, There is hidden moral in it
which those familiar with Assop and In Fon.
taine will not fail to appreciate
"A Erashoppsr sat sweet po,aier rlnr,
OnnfWeet potaitT vine,
OHA sweet IOtaler vine,
AudAtITkey cock came up from behind,
potat,r vine"
II will be noticed that the above can be sung
to the air Of "liullFlo Girls, aintyou coming out
tO'nightf' But there Isl reckless abandon
about the measure which conyuces US that il
]. Buchanan Read is hot the authpr the onus
must rest upon the shoulders of Henry Is.
Hir>t.
Searching in our portfolio, we find another
fragment IN regard to The paternity Of which
authorities diicr, some attribuliug il to Tenny.
son, others TO Albert Pike. II bears tie distin-
snished traits Of Cach,-bnt our readers must
judge foT themselves:
"l,ve seen her OUT walking
IN her LHJh De Ia rue,
Ard Il aiu't no USE taking,
shes paEklns And few.
She glldts along 10 beauty
Like = duck upor LAKE.
OhlltIb b. silOIe and duty,
III only Vas her drake"
In the above will be observed dainty com.
pariSon, the equal Of which il were difficult TO
discoverin any Of the EiZabethen writerS.-
We shall resume the s4tlcct at more length
shortly, fully appIecating the importance in a
historical point OF view Of onr labors, and sat.
lSiied that our task is one Of DO mean benefit to
humanity.
HAT q CAP MANUFAOroAY.
=. AVERY Y,
II As ~ Ssul and manufacturing The lirre't ABORT
HATS AND GAPS
Lhst g. ss I'd in the city caiILLd 'st, a. I|t IsI
-, y ssl.n q -. .SLl9
N. RIOHARDsON,