The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1866-10-31
SELECT POETRY.
From the Atlanta Era.
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iaVe reason 70 oencVe tHft tnis hCt VI uib w
he result Of mature deliberations. Hear VIII
,e has to say:
As along the street blundered,
Much / marvelled, much wondered,
Seeing sights and thing. that mortal
Never saw or dreamed before;
On the pavement came a rapping
As of FOOTBALLS gently tapping.
And heard muslin tapping,
Which my eye would faiu explore,
"'Ts some female" then III uttered
Ihad seen the thing before
Only this and nothing more.
Came this female sweeping ty me;
Fearing she should chance to spy me,
Suddenly stepped intoa
Frien dly. waiting, open donr;
Thence saw the lovely maiden
Being from some distant Alden
All perlumed and dry goods laden,
Pass me snd 20 on before.
Nought had to do but follow
And note down the things she wore
twas a mystery to explore.
And found--by close Inspection
That her hstighty, upper section,
Something chance had called bonnet,
On its pericranium wore
And her breast was heaving slowly,
Meath a garment fashioned io,c ly,
And knew that movement wholly,
had never seen before;
For I know twas patent beavers"
That this radiant maiden wore,
Only these and nothing more.
And her cheeks were full and rosy
! could tell you, inter nos,
Secret that druggist told me
OF the color that she wore
Yet her checks were very pleasing,
But her look at me was freezing,
As she showed a sign OF sneezing,
As abe swept along before;
And she sneezcd pair Of "plumpers"
Out at least yard before
Only this and nothing more.
Then noticed an uncertain
Lifting Of the muslin curtain,
That her feet ha d deity hidden
From my Grant eyes before;
With each lift came desire
That 'twou'd lift a little higher,
And Mt last it did aspire
Higher than I'd seen before
And knew it was a "tilter"
That this sanity maiden wore
just "tilter"-nothiDg more.
And the t,ing and the rocking
Up and down the splendid stocking
Gartered by blush ribbon,
That I CHANGED to see .he wore,
Showed me- twas a sight for weeping,
That a pair Of calves were creeping
Out Of place as she was sweeping
Like a stately queen before:
Ca'Hs that she hsd lately purchased
From fancy dry goods store,
Patent calves-snd not much moro.
And the Hattering and the tapping
OF this maidens eaudy trapping
Showed me sights that never mortal
Eye had dared to see before;
Sights revealed by every lifting
or the folds Of muslin drifting
Round her. which the winds were shifting
Eye.wnrd, higher. more and more;
Sights that unto mortal vision
Never were revealed before,
Nameless here forever more.
And while thus her rigging huttered,
Much wondered, and I muttered:
"And you call this thing a woman
That is trouncing on before;
She the brazen doll Of fShion.
Wrapped in one tremendous passion
Sunken from her noble stallion,
To the thing that goes before:
Oh that every mortal vision
Should such mystery eIpiors,"
This I muttered-nothing more.
And the thought came DER me gushing,
"Where has gone the art Of blushing
That we loved in wife or maiden
In the saintlv days Of yore :"
Call me, if you viii. unci,il,
While name the ching Of evil"
And wish the very devil
Had the toggery she wore.
And again she were arrayed in
Dresses like her mother wore,
Banished now forever more.