Litchfield enquirer., 1864-02-04


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 OMISSION OF LETTERS. A good dea! of labor has been expended on verses in which certain of the letters should be excluded. The criticism of Jainil, the Persian critic, On poem of this kind in which A did not occur was /" It would be better if all the letters were left out" Some, however, are quite mcrtorious. Ar Arthur Locker has written one wanting the letters c and $. 6 Oh tell me, Queen of Fairyland
 What elf lore may do
 To win for me that lily hand,
 The hand of her l woo.
 need not name or herb or draught,
 You know them a!l too well ; Prepare the bowl-lot 1t be quafsl
 By naughty Amabel.
 "That winged boy of pagan f,me
 Heard only half my prayer
 1 hoped for mutual love--a flame
 To weld in one the pair
 The tiny rogne employed art
 Her lofty pride 10 qusll '
 At me alone he aimed tEs dart
 Why not at Amabcl?
 " To him I'll plead fer aid nc more,
 The Love-God of old Rome;
 But patriot like, meant implsrs
 The Fairy folk Of home
 On hill top, or meath leafy tree,
 Where'er ye deign to dwell,
 Hark to my prayer and win for me
 The lovely Anabel ]" Here is one in which the letter s alons is omitted
 ooh come tonight. for Aaugbt can harm The weary time when thou'rt away. Oh come ; the gentle moon hath thrown Ger bower and hall her quivering ray, The heather-bell hath mildly auag, From off her fairy leaf, the bright :. And diamond deN-drop that had hang Upon that leaf-a gem of light.
 Then cone, love, come "Te- night tho liquid wave hath nss 1llumined by the moonlit beam Playing upon the lake beneath, Like frolic in an autumn dream The liquid wave hath not, tonight, In all her noonlit pride, Q fair Gift like to them that on thy lip Do breathe and laugh, and home it there.
 Then come, love, come! Tonight tonight :! my gentle one, The n0Wer-Dearlng Amra tree Doth long, with fragrant moan, to meet The love-lip of the honey-bee. But not the Amra tree can long
 To greet the bee, ct evening light, With half the deep, fond love long To meet my Mama here tonight.
 Then come, love, oome!"
 POEM WITH NO vowELs BUT O. The following is ingeniously constructed, containing no vowel but o. It is entitled |" Incontrovertib!e facts." " No monk too good to rob, or csg or plot. No fool so gross to bolt Scotch collops hot From Donjon tops no Oronooko rolls. Logwood, not lotos, floods Oporto,s bowls Troops of old tosspots oft to sot consort. Box tops our schoolbeys fog for sport. No cool monsoons blow soft on Oxford dons Orthodox, .jog-trot. book-worm Solomons Bold Ostrogoths of ghosts no horror show. On London shop-fronts no hop blossoms
 grow.
 To crooks of gold no dodo looks for food. On soft cloth footstools no old fox doth brood Long storm tost sloops forlorn work on te
 port.
 Rocks do not roost on spoons, nor wood
 cocks snort,
 Nor dog on snowdrop or on coltsfoot rolls, Nor common frog concocts long protocols.
 LETTER LANGUAGE. It has been said that the Scotch dialect il peculiarly powerful in its use of vowels, ant the following dialogue between shopman ane his customer has been given ss specimen The conversation relates to placid hangin. at the shop door:
 Customer (inquiring the materiaD D-Oo (WoolC Shopman-Ay, %. (Yos, of wooll Crstomer-A' co ! (Al wool ?l Shopman-Ay, a %. (Yes, all wool.) Customer-A' ae oo? (All same wool?) shopman-Ay. a ae %. (Yes, all same wool. Persons fond of economising words some times use letters in their stead. The fate o all earthly things is spelled in two letters-D kK. Efigy is spelled Ell O. A msa bein