Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-04-10
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TWO ENTRANCES AND TWO
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That blade 80 cool and keen, OH
GsrAbaldi was this De taeto King. scr -
The De i1rs was Bombalino.
King GsrabAldi TO never crown
Or royal robe was born,
He marched 10 his throne in an old rad shirt,
And paifef,rOvsers torn. ~ e--s.
No priest at his ceronation stood,
'Twirs LIN and the Power above,
His sceptre was q sharp steel sword,
And bis ehrism was the peoples love.
In paiEof ricksty steamers be faced
A nsyy hat seeusse DE sea, =
And l.a6ed viii one thou.a nd men. q =
'Gsinst thousands thirty three.
King BOnhalino was paiaes-born.
And swsddled IN purple and gold;
There were bishops % bless him. priDeesses Z
drs.s him. So
And aqueeu his Papspoon to bold;
And when King BOmha, the PiOus.
Was numbered with The dead
And BomhalinO by right divine
Reignsds IN his iather's sssesd, .-s.s---rsy,
He was sSle1hhiy crowned and sceptrei aud oiled
By the Cardinals duly appointed,
AnS jg5 6ells Sere rahg; and T's Dsaals were
sungssEgss aE o. I.sa iras Esa,s 81
Round the thrcne Of the Lords amounted.
Hard by that throne. yos nigh thssr The groaR
OF thaseliiak lzy IN ehaf1s. sSl4Ef -
In LitIIe-Esse. where the sea dsmps freeze.
Or the sun seoreh boiIs the brains
But ssiasd stil-fOs grOAns toe lhriIl.s ~.
Or toaguss that dare to vag, 80. f--.--r.
There vas CAr1fs's silence-csp
Ah3 Maniscalco's gag E1N a
So LSbezys Poisou. with fstter and lash Eel
FrOa.the Reeples heart he purges, Eas1a
And where King BOmbs scOurged with whips
Bombalino with scorpions scOurges.
And where was GarsbaIdi thea { o.4i@t
BE wa calling ths Tuscan Sea. ss ssz
Il nerehant-Vessel OF sixty tons.
Rors merehanscapHin e fee;
Or his shirt rolled up 70 oths elbows. -
And his hands in The mutton tat. [xiks.
He was moulding the dips and twistiag the
Ats aKea Ksak Iehaadlsr 5 yat-- 80
Or plGotiag esrly ypolstess. ~
And tending his goats the while,
Where sheer 10 the deep runs the barren steep
OF cAprsras little isle G z a
So sutrs our Kings on Sieily's stage
Be warned. Utopiau dreamers-
The one he k.th : navy complete, u / II
The othertvo lnstebaat sssaners;i ( n
This IeAdsa rabbls : thousand strong.
Thst. troops BY thousands thirty,
The one wears royal purple,
sTbsgthg apa xhir-s dirys ESs 4
Lat the erssk brained fool, an If he may,
Caprers scultIs back TOLL ea.fz -ss r- |
The odds they run 8 thousand to one,
For de jure sgSinsi 4 ssdss s = y
THE EXITS
Isee . crowd scelsiming loud 98 iH D 4
In Naples sunlit splendOr;
Not women alone. but bearded men,
Aretesrful Of look aud tender. flowers.
Their ihroats rain blessings, their hands rain
And both in showers unsFsring,j zEo' II
As they crowd sb0ut worn eray man,
In red shirt the worse for wearing.
They clasp his hands. they clutch his knees.
They lice his rOadrin naasses; e--y.r
They bring their babes that he may lEy Q.
His hands On them as be passes.
And this is themsn tkste few months si1ee
At Aarssia dared landing,
In the face Of odds thst bad never been faced
By msE Of the least understanding.
UAsesthed by sword, uasOaehsdsby shot. q
As if Ger his life charm il,
King BonbAlino's naTies are his,
And King Bomb4liBo's srmissi
And now his fsotis on the base, Of . throne
And his hand i On Z crown
And behold hs-tskeshis hand 1vsy, 49,
And from thst throns steps down. 4
And simple and shsbBy as be came. II
So shabby and simPie he gees;
Back to Caprers's cabbage-beds.
And eariy pOtatO-rows9 g .a7a
No pOmpand state on his exit wait,
But that no power can buy
The love that glove Ipieyerg heart
And the tear in every eye.
A word, q Will-this crown wa his,
And his this kingdom fair; bslgeL + !
But better he loves Csprera's isle,
And his cid felt hat tefzearl = srFg - II
! see 9 rOsk-based fortress sswn, = Z u a
With b.tteries girdled round; c
There's sdlphurOus rsek in the sitting air, {
And corpses strew the ground. [mud, q
The kennels rau blood through the trampled I
Crushed gambion and rent faseins, rss
Where the cannon lower from the embrasure,
And the gunhess sGrink and screen. }
And heard high O'er the great guns roar,
The crack of the fusilade,
ls blent with the fall of the shattered vail i
Or bastioa PROSTATE laid.
For months .sd moths DE lezusessd town 7
Hath sat in want and woe
With fear within sn6 fire without, :
And Dssth sh-erespiug slow; - ars12es q
Till fsod is spent, aad Fever eomes,E r 3
And strikes is victims down; Z
And strong men,s curses dog the King,
For whom they hold thesovns-E 4 :
Ane starving mothers 4 lis dOcr II
Fling down their babies dad;
Asd orphaned children lay the blood
OF fathers on his head
1nd mutiny folds stabbora arms, Tzf4 II 4
Nor givss.bssk- BLOW or'blow; 5AAAA n
lad 50 PsEforc. he strikes the nag 49, b
DishoRored long ago:
lad through heblOOd and through the wreck, W
His young Qneen at bis aide, a9G3G = III,
The Last Italian Bourbon goes r,
In suilsn. scOuiing pride = 10
1nblesssd. unlOved. no hand grasps his, an
No heart lsmeuts his fall AT
b EEif Bsmbalinoi of
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