Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1859-09-03
P0 L T R Y.
ON THE TOWN.
NY II. II. sToDDARD.

The lamps are lighted, the streets are full,
For, coming aud going like waves Of the sea,
Thousands are out this beautiful night;
They iostlc each other, but shrink from me
Men hurry by with n stealthy glance,
Women pass with their eyes cast down;
Even the children seem to know
The shameless girl NJ the town.
Hated and summed | walk the street,
Huntington what2 For my prey, It's said;
! look ut it though in different light;
For this nightly shame is my daily bread;
Ny food, my shelter the clothes wcar
Only for this might stnrve or drown,
The world has disowned me-what can do,
But 1--we and die on the town?
The world is cruel. 1t might be right
To crush the harlot, but grant it so;
What made her the guilty thing she is
For she was innocent once, you know;
Twas love! that terrible word tells all
She loved man, and blindly believed
His VOWS his kisses, his crocodile tears;
or course the fool was deceived!
What had to gain by n moments sin,
TO weigh in the scale Of my innocent years,
NV womany shame my ruined name,
My fathers curse, my mothers tears?
The love of mani 1t was something to give,
Was 1t worth il? The price was soul paid down
DID get soul, his soul in exchangc2
Behold me here on the town.
"Your guilt was heavy" the world will say,
"Gnf fbeayv bcav,' ronr doom rnnst no.:
For 10 pitv md nordon womon's fall
Is to set no value on chastity!
You undervaue the virgins crown,
The spotlcss honor that makes her dear;
But ought TO know what the bauble is worth,
When the loss of 1t brings me herel
But ptv and pardon! Who are YOU
10 talk nf nnnrlon ntv IN mel
What ask is justice, justice, sir;
If IL ba In woman a shamcn,I ,bina
What i. !, in man now Come be inst,
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His G,,her rurses and casts him Off?
his friends forsoke. He is scnrned of all?
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rLa ,,on,,n ,,t,,re ,,dr rbnvv II was won
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w., na,.o damnh,ors N,J,ne tho told mo so,
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A frank IittIe fcllow viii fesrlcss cype
lie sn,iics -, ma ne bis c,,bcr smilc1i
hate the man. but love the boy
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But stand too louo in the shadow here
I ct me out in The li',ht s,,,;,
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AMI bittnrer stil M, own disd,ir
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