Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1868-12-25
From the Printers Cabinet,
t The BlgIar.
Somewhat after the style Of Foes Raven.
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AN ODE FROM HORACE.

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Once upon midnight dreary, while slumhcred
! n calm aud weary - al
In my cot 'torne.t' the counter, ms well-knowu
was wakened by my snoring and meshought
heard boring, @ ~ a#
A. of some one gently boring boring at The mont
" 'Ts some cussed thier' muttered, working q,
the welllocked door = ~
That il, and nothing more.
An DISTINCTLY remember It wa. in the hlcsk De
! And. chin cnme o'e- my corpu. a. stepped rnor
the fonr: -E.r FL ~
Ana IN" no,sn made in rrt''nc ont of hcd. and
Caused ~" hu-s'.r TO dc.ist.-.o Quit working 4,
the Aoo-;
| Thon IGr'ckv arov nv socks on-shirt ana draw
49, gtFg,. Only those and nothing more.
Ans the s'incHs. el, around me svsrnoment aid
conS,nna rue-- ssrsfH Il
rhri'"' ,,, ,nssn;. a. mo with tsn,.s,c ..ro-.fs
SO that now. 70 r'ir INC heatinvscs NV he.4, I
"'Ti. my .o- .ola Va. entraattnSr. ,cnt-rarc,
Very soon n. sound .epeai,nr. plArisrhoak and
a'7ss 70 scs. b., .ovn.,s, ~ sss.,2t,
Presently nv heart grew stronger hesfsa,,rt thin
"Sir" thinks "von villain truIy voTrrthiavrne 10
SO tscisea nv phos'ing .ironrehi what nerils did
Mister rs,r",rr who was boring, sco-'ne so'tiv a,
the door
the floor
EsfA 4 No more borine- vy,rat bore = z
Some tim" stood therc shiverinr, doubling.
Waiting for Tho aound OF horinc 10 ra-comp,cnro
anra more H.E1# III. ElTs7'I -
Soon The silerr" twas broken. and thus nv that
-aH very token, Z. = - - 80
Rpesr n H,rst ha some onr hard a, y,o,b ,,ro,
the door Fe . -.a0 =. :. - y - 49,
Then n,icsiv tuvnad the bolt back. and opened
a a Moonlight thera.-and rothinc more
Not SIGN Of anv boring aid all Of nv exnrorIrc
snow W me nron the ontside of the aforesaid
'snrely; = said J "snrcly It 10 something like n
That como hur,lar from thc eities yr,s,y aeAI;rv
Let my hca,t he s'til moment and this mystery
~ "'Twss nv fancv-anothf,c moro
~ irnhlea ''''''''ou "''n i'eaf Ilf r"'i'e'
soon again heard that boring somewhat londer
Thunder said l. ''thundcruton in the name OF
What co. he the occasion ofthat rnckct at the
Is IT possible that spsrts are PLAYING pranks once
.g. t AS they did IN time Of yorer'
Much marr.lled that 80 plainly could hear tho
zPound. which vainly = 7ga
had tried 10 explain elearly-that everlasting
And Ic9plu't help agreeing that no living human
Ever yet was blessed with seeing ghost. at work
sgW.st on lnck or door. # !. #''f'1s s#F.s5 .s--~
So I said my prayers usual no wiser than be.
fore
c shut upny eycs up sand soon hogan to .nore
And when slumher's chains had boand me. / aaw
IN dreams nronnd me,
Phantom figures fitting softly about that village
B Mt al store \. aaEa@+k FHHE@h #s8H E'ENE
And the tdreams had aH the seeming Of reality (:
would that dreaming F
Did mot prove faaclous; Il is spch an awful bore
To wake from plcasant.yisions, pcrrhancc Of days
NF~gs. z 5 To return, ali ncserrnorel pa. =.
In the morning, when Aurora rose in splendor and
in glory Vi"
was busy weeping dirt from OF the weworn
.osr ,RiSSl oskcn noor,
aza 50 To shiver-- .s. 81. 1''0a~r. We.
Twas nothing but rdt-h0ls near the bottom of
the door ..t..r a....ss#. Fl. +. p
Made by long-tailed midnight ranger. that
..s and nothing more. ... - ..##s #.......
"Ibet gou" fell core
And that rpthole there remaining .--covercd over,
zHs % vet remaining. EE~s 4 =
Near the door-sill at the bottom Of the rIah,hnnd
entrnnce door. raa as .s.E rae-
sun reminds me OF the thrilling tims had I'm
shooting. killing. N.
That "confouuded PROV ling villain." who nasff
boring through the door:
Aad the ran irnie out that rarhoe, wien the ttys
Crawl ont and play. and frht and squeak, md
scampor long tn Gnor,
a| .."7 Just ~ lively rs before