The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1865-10-03
OTHELIO, The Moor,
Br JOHN C. SAKE.


Rouances late are so wretche1ly poor,
Here goes for the old one, OTHELLo, TIE Moor
4 warrior Of note, and by no means booE.
Though the skin on his face
Was &c black as the ace
Of spades or "a sinile nearer the case)
Say, black as the Deuce OF black a bracs
OF very black cats in very DARK place
Thai's the German idea;
But how he could be
Regular negro don't seem very clear;
For Horace. you know,
Put sentiment forth which we al mus. agree TO
"Hic NIGER EsI HUyC ~, RoMASE, CAvEr u
a nigger's rascal that one ought to see to)
Irather, in socth,
Think il nearer the truth
To take The opinion OF young Mr.. Booth,
Who makes HIS Othello
= grim looking fellow,
Of color compounded Of lamp black and yellow.
Vow Captain Otbello, true son Of Mars,
The Zoe being vsnquish'd, Returned from tie wars,
All coyer'd with riobcns, and garters and scars
And calling, one day,
IN a neiEhJoriy way,
Or SignUr BrabantiO-oDe Of the men
Who iggred N Venice a. Senator then
Was invited 70 tell
OF ali that befell
Himself and I friends while campaigning 60 well,
From the time Of his boyhoOd iii now he grown
The creates: OF Captains that Venice had known.
As neighbOr should 90,
He ran /; quite through,
q wouldn't be bail if il was al Of i true ,
4 4
And Ottoman rebels and Cyprian tories,
\ OF emitting parcel Of cock-and- bull stories,
That he quite won the heart Senator's daughter
WhO,ke most Of the sex had passion for slaughter
And was wOndr9usly bold
In battles-as told
By brilliant r0ualcers who picture in gold
What in its OWL hue you'd bs shocked - behold.
Now, Captain Othello, who never had known a
Lady 50 lovely as "Fair Desdemona.-
Not even his patroness, Madame BelloDa-
Was delighted one day,
Al hearing her say
Of all men in the world he'd the charmingest way
OF talking 10 women but II any one Should
(IhO' she didn't imagine that any one would,
FOR where, 10 be sure, was another who COULD j
But IF-and sUFPosE--a lever came 10 her,
Aud tod her Els story ,twou.d certainly woo her
With 50 lucid hint.
Tie dickens were lI't
If he c9uld't have read her aE easy Gs print
And thus came, Of C0urSe-but a. &c the rest,
The billing and cooiug leave 10 be guess'd,
ard how. when their pass ion was fairly coufessdt
They sent for . parsou TO render them 'blest =
Although j; Wa done, am sorry 10 say,
Il Wl--t Mr.. P. had i happened today
Would be likely 20 call q CLAY DESTINY way
= cannot recount
One baf the amount
OF CuIses that burst from his cardiac fCuCts
When Efgua- Bra uautio learu'd that the Moor
Had married his daughter: How dared - woo hel
The sootyskiu-d kuave, thus 10 bigh. and undo her
Must have poisoned her senses in order 10 win her u
And more Of the same
But nv language is lame
Z en- aflsh-wOmaL's tongue were decidedly tame
A tithe Of the epithets 10 name,
ca Gg1ngoqnded Of 4 se9rn and dsrison and hate
OF the beautiful girls uigrltudluous mate
I cannot delay
To speak OF the way
The matter settled suffice il 20 say
5 Twas exactly the same a YOU see in A play,
Where the lady persUades her aIiectiouaJe sire
That the fsElt was her own, which sotteas his Ire
Aud though for a season extremely annoyed
In. he 2r7 EJ-FTg we ram vHr4t 4Lrs. -
Philosophers tell rs
A mind ike Otheuos
Strong manly, and braye-jsn,t at TO be JEALOUS
But now, YOU must know,
The Moor had a Zoe,
Iar7. by name. who conceald, with q slow
OF honest behavior, the wckedest heart
That Satan e'er Ilied with his tTeacLercus art
And who, as FRIEND
Was accustomed 10 lend
His gifts u the most diabolical end
To wit. the destruction Of Captain Othello,
es1euOla, his wife, and excellent fellow,
One Cassie, a soldier, toe apt TO get mellow,
But as honest a man a. ever broke bread
\ bottle OF wine, or an ottoman head.
It's q very long story,
And would certainly bore We,
Being not very brilliant with grandeur or -ic--,
How the wicked Iago coutrived 10 abUss
The gallant O,heIo respecting his views
Ofhis fair laiy.s honor
Rejecting upon her
In damnable hints and by fragmants Of news
About paIning and presents himself had inverted,
Until tie poor husband was fairly demeIted,
And rail q al his wife like cowa-dly var4et,
And gave her an epithet rhyming with scarlet;
And prated OF Casio with virulent spleen,
And called Tor handkerchief some one had seen,
And wanted 10 know what the deuce i could mean
Aad-to state the case honestIv-really acted
In The manner that call ''rsving distracted ~
l. i sad 20 record
How her luuatic lord
Spura'd all explanation the dame could afford,
And san kept repeating the odioUs word,
50 talSe-and 50 foul - the yirtuoUs ear,
That couldn't be tempted 10 mention il here,
It's saddsr 10 tell
OF the crime that befel,
When, moved, il would seem, by the demons Of he'll,
He seized knife,
And, kissing his wife,
Fxtinguished the light Of her innocent life
And how also, before the poor body was cool,
Hs found he had acted as vllaiuy'. tool,
And died exc-aining. fool FOOL FOOL
MORAL.
Young ladies beware Cf hasty connexions,
And don't marry 5utors with swsrthy compleEiC1s
For though they may chance 10 be capital fellows
Depend upon II. they re apt to be Jealous
: ounE gentlemen pray reco}lsct, II you can,
To give q vide berth TO meddleSone man
And horsewhip the kuave who would poison your life
B. breeding distrust bet7eeen you and your wife