The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1871-02-11
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A,.sr the manner Of Foes "7iss Raven"
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Twas night in cold December, e..l ..r =
Name Of day scarce remember,
Safe Ulysses, sweetly dreaming,
Silence broken by a snore;
Happy visions hourly seeing,
Nodding snoring, happy being,
Happy dreams were undisturbed s
And unbroken by the snore; .s,s.
Lucky being, nolhipg more. .s Hs II
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Presently his dreams grew stronger,
Snoring, hushcd, twas heard no longer,
II shall buy that piincely province, --.H
If 1t takes year or moe;
1 shall have IT, yes, by jingol
Swarthy subjects, Spanish lingcl ~
Priceless pearl, 'tis'San Domingo
Richly-laden, tropic shore,
Now-made voters, Dominicians, .,r,
ofthe ebon Island shore,
New-made voters, nothing moro!
III.
Soon awoke the dreaming loafor.
From his slumber on the sofa, ..
Half-awake, with feet unsteady,
Tried to stand upon the floor;
Happy dreams had he been dreaming,
Almost wizard-like the seeming,
Higher fame for him was beaming,
On Domingo's tropic shore;
Brighter name for min was beaining,
On Domingo's troric shore, .t..
Lucky mortal-nothing more. N
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Then he walked the 1oor a-thinking,
Plot and scheme together linking,
How the people woIld receive 1t.
.so iJSronl the oastto western shore;, 's-''
| Quietly, how bout Alaska, 'T
az with tropic fiowert will mask her.
She is mine, I've but to ask her,
Beauty-ladcn troplc shore, ps..
'Ioir Congress sure will ask her..
| Just to please me-nothing more"
Soon his lends he gathered round him.
Each with questions fried to sound him,
Fathom out this secret meeting, ia ''"
And the mysteyy explore.
Not a word wroteler aaid he, sr. -
I NOt'y fi5W Il Q oiesiritrzr-.: ads he.
Why, then, backward, acret, stayed hes
summers nose peepod o'cr the door;
schurz aud sumaer, snickerlng, laughing,
Both were peepng o'er the door,
Only pccping, nothing more.
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Long Ulysses had been spying
Charlie sumner, who'd been trying
70 lind out this secret meeting,
By his ding hind the door.
Ia hen Ulysses swore "by Jlngo!'
shouted, Spoons tits SIN Domingo"
Then there reigned horrid lingo,
"sroony" ye led out 'hunkidore"
Far above the horrid lingo,
Rang the sonorous "hunkidorev
"IIunkijoreT and nothing more.
VII.
Then Ulysses. firm. mistaken,
allied the ballot to be taken,
And appoint to san Domingo. .f
/ A committee three or four; ,r
Toirouire of its dark mnster,
4 Strength and weak u.s. luck, dlsaster,
And to hurry up the faster, aa'-
Congress then within the door;
Make The business move the faster,
| rerfumed-laden, tropic shore.
VIII.
Su,aner rushed into the melee,
Mind, We vagrants, what tell vel"
Grant but laughed, while maddeh'd summer
Blind with passion, almost swore.
ITS against the constitution,
It will foster revolution,
In the end dissolution. -.
BY second civil war;
Hear, oh! hear my resolution,
And prevents a civil war.
xr.tta ...,l ,fpua.-n.,tlaft1sr mora
IX.
.'Grant," he screamed, giant OF evl,
Are you human, are you devil?
Tell me why this seeming madness,
Tell me + uly, impiore."
8 tTell you, yes. thou prlncely demon,
All thy "big tals" clothed in venom,
And thy conscience like lemon |"
sweat was oozing from each pore;
Heated speaker, sweating. tirinS
, Slowly melting os the floor; s
aii Aquatortis-nothing more.
EGrant could stand the taunt no longer,
Although Sumner smelt the stronger,
off the coats went; Grant hit Sumner
c Meath the "peepar," On the jaw;
Summer. over backward, reeled he,
"Murderl murderl murderl squealed he;
Grant right and left dealed he,
Till he whipped a score or more;
: Spoons" his rlsht-bower, squirting peer
edhe
eAtthe PROSTATE on the foor;
lie. like" "Ah Sim" smiling, squinting,
! At the PROSTATE ON the floor.
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y. Then the fight became In earnest,
Each man swore he'd do his "derRdest,"
Bluc-black eyes and bloody noses,
' Wigs and teeth lay on the floor;
cries and screams and dire disorder,
: soon was ended by an order
ofmarines in the corridor,
I'd In they filed through broken door;
N Marching in from the corridor,
Thro, the mashed aud broken door,
q + Quiet reigned-nolhing more.
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sumner lay as If In pieces,
Doubled up in seams and crease<,
= spoons all crippled, blind and bleeding,
Cooked his eve beneath the door.
ta Then, with many fiirt and futter,
Omen went cupboard shutter,
Grant in undertones did mutter,
Cspving "spooney'' ON the fioor)
+ All IN lost, Ben made fiutter,
Cast his eyes toward the door,
Softly siyhed-nothing more,