The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-02-07
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line public should bear In mind that In penning
the following poetry" have "followed In the
footsteps Of my illustrious predecessor, Walt
Whitman; and II haven't written as badly as he
does its not my fault. By taking up last Sundays
CRESCENT, which contains piece Of his with the
above title. 1t will be hard to tell which Is the
superior and which the spurious. If the readers
Of the CRESCENT shall decide that there is one
man who can write more stupid nonsense, with Q
sane mind, than can, "he can take my hat.r-
A. HI
Oh; from 'appy Infant,
Thou knowest sole. how squeaking boots accorded
Ny uncie's voiceHo, dearest uuclsi
who charged me 10 per cent. week upon my
Last miracle OF all. he took my " city money u
at the usual rate.
The sleet the growing perates, sweet and Irish,
The wave that cometh from " the misty sea-"
The twittering coon, the slligator's tuneful lay,
The pelican's rhapsody and other peoples soda,
The wild fowps notes ct night "-when being
introduced to the Legislature,
The hand organ In the country church,
The make b'lieve sing In humble bees nest,
The beating cattle, the lowing sheep, the Growing
woodchuck.
"Ask not to know"
Now airs and MORE antique and bologna fill me;
see and hear old harpers at Harper's Ferry;
hear Walshe asking to buy shirts OF him instead
1 hear I" Eryspelas " talking of the " habits of
hear -doers ministries and other fiddlers
Ihear sounds ofhomny from the invisible spheres
above, below. the songs Of currant lands :" .
"The German sirs' of lager bier and love.
The Tyrol Irish dances, the Scotch "Lanoers'-
the dinner horn,
Alaska MARBLES, boys marbles, "Phenxr 10 pins,
Chased sons of Frsnce-Turk tunes, and lover
Rll,n
Italy lack Of musical know anything
ACROSS the stage, with palor on his face, yet
Stalks |" Humpty Dumpty," covered DER with
chalk.
see poor Msnken ridIn' on furious steed,
And then with Dumas In q cafe to feed.
see Lady Macbeth with tallow candle. 10 to
the pound,
Come on the stage and try to wash her hands with.
out soap.
"I see poor Lucia's eyes unnatural CLEAN,
Her hair dowr-her back falls loose and dishev-
elled.
"Ask not to know"
see where Ernani, walking the beer garden
Amid perfumes of Limburger and night blooming
Carrying his bride in his hand,
Hears the Internal calln-Come and take an
other horn.
To crossing swords. and woOd.saws filed cross
The clear. electric brass and barytone of the
Academy.
The "bust yer biler"-" Libertad forever"
From horse chestnut moss trees, dense, dense
shade,
By some old convict walls, waillng song,
"Song OF lost love''-the pitch pine torch of love
squelched, bad.
"song of the dying (Black) swan"-Polonius's
heart Is breaking.
"Awaking from her woes at last" reprisved So
fire sings,
Copious ss onions, happy as clam at high water
the torrents of her 10y,
Ask not to know.
4" / hear the dance.music of all nations"
The waltz which allows you to squeeze q pooty
o, bliss! and the polka and schottische where you
do so some more.
al see religious dances, old and new,n
&c hear the sound Of the Hebrew liars"
/ see the Mistick Krewe marching to the clang Of
csstenets,
hear Dervishes singing the Star Bangled Banner
as they spin around on their heads. turning
see "Greeks" dancing to "wearin' Of the
Green" and hear the musical shutting of
their Fenian feet
hear from the muscle. mans mosque the call of
Time !"
hear Pierre Technic, the great sophrona.
As, mounted on his fiery steed he sores away
To dwell with swallows In the Chimney Corner"
hear Per Simmons. the old man eloquent"
Lift up his voice in the halls of the inquistion"
l hear Pete " damning his tailor about his
trousers,
hear his wsshwoman asking for arms,
/ hear the Col. ask me take drink about this
time.
:" The instruments, chants, songs of far of chimes
resume themselves
The Egyptian bagpipe Of 1000 strings,
The primitive chants of midnight bullfrogs,
The sacred imperial hymns Of Alaska,
The delicate sounds of the king-as 1t takes the
jack,
Causing some to sing out Domino while others
The HindoO bapjs, the frettiDg twang of the jews.
The rig rich irosus of I!alia's home born sons.
"Gi Ss1 ne to hold all sounds" tand good many
"Fill me with all the voices of the universe'-
"Ths tsmpssts, whisky sndl waters, winds,
"Utter-pour in-for would take them all,
(Yes, or anything else you could lay your hands
on)
Speaking Of Erysipelas' poetry the other day.
Polonious remarked that 1T was equal to any
thing Of Rabelais."
ayes, and it's very much like rabble lays" re.
piled Head.
al always took you for heightened gentle
man. ;" said gentleman IN the club to Head the
other day.
"Do you mean to say Pm high.flutin cuss,"
asked Head.
"No; but you always appear to be at concert
pitch y"
"That's a scale y joke, my friend"
st. NJ. treated.
received threatening, anonymous letter this
weak, and I'm going to expose the villain. Here
tits
Dear Head Please to understand and de-
liver!" Yours hdbit-ually, PoLosIUs.
Now IL n man vants nv coat vhv donit he saw