The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1872-11-09
THE BEGGARS.
BY THOMAS DUNN ENGLISH.
"Hark! bark! the dogs do BARK"


"Hark! bark! the dogs do bark"
great yellow Schlank with cold il
her throat,
.iox-like Spitz with piercing note,
my M'Cabe's little black and-tan,
the NANCY cur of the rag cart man;
ser and Carlo and Ponto and Vince,
asker and Huon, and Brant and Prince
/ and Bouncer and Rollo and Spring,
p and Fido and Dash and Wing,
npey and Growler and Trusty and Carl
User and Bingo and Dandy and Snarl;
p dogs, covered with hair like flax;
ina dogs, with no hair to their backs;
,gs that have come from the stormy shore
rocky and ice-bound Labrador;
lilies, exper the flock to guard;
airy fellows from Saint Bernard.
tarveling ours that back lanes haunt;
zach dogs spotted, and wolf dogs gaunt;
treyhounds, pointers, settlers, terriers,
Bulldogs, turnspits, spaniels. barriers,
hastiffs, boarhounds, Eskemo,
Poodles, mongrels, beefhounds low;
Every dog of every kind,
of every temper and every mind,
All engaged in the general row
Snap, yelp, growl, ki-yi, bow-wow!
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ine oe9go's No'e come 70 '0""
Some are low and some are b;obt.
Some are blind in either eye;
Some are lame and some are sore;
Some lust crawl from door to door.
Some on crutches and some with canes.
Some from alleys and some from lanes.
Some approach YOU with a whine:
Some with a testimonial line.
The style of a foot.pad-"S Stand and deliy-
err,
Some with tales of SUFFERING hoax Won:
Some with subtle flatterv coax Won.
some the iciest IF mnmmers.
Some are warm as eighteen summers.
Some are sober. some are hnmmers.
Some with mite solicita,ion
some with lond voc;fer,+;on
Seek for vour commiserat;on
Some with we'll feioned hesitation
For your dole make application.
Some present their hats tn hold
Your benefactions manifold.
And beg for money or beg for fame.
Beg for offices beg for name.
Req for currency orub tn nnrcbase
REQ for rbecEs IN 6y;Jd ga, .b,,r.bs.
ge9 for attention to tbe;r carers '
REQ for a puff in the morninr naners
Req for show for buccaneerino
REQ for a chance for natient hearing
Req for ANYTHING. everything notbino
From a million in gold to cast-off clothino.
For chew of tobacco. a glass of gin.
A trotting horse and a diamond pin,
A country farm and a city garden.
And now and then thew bes-your pardon.
Some IN rags, ana some IN tags
Some with darps and some with patches.
Boots whose leather redly shows out.
brogans ripped, ana snoes win tees out; =,
rims,
Hats again with ot-at-all rims,
High hats, fiat hats, hats with low crowns.
Hats with bell-crowns, hats with no
crowns;
Coats as varied as that of Joseph,
Coats whose color no one knows of;
Coats with swallow tails. coats with bob
tails,
Coats with skew-tails. coats with lob tails.
Easy coats, greasy coats, great-coats,
show, coats,
Jackets, warmuses, then again, no coats;
Trousers narrow and trowsers wide,
Darned and patched and pinned and tied,
Trousers thrown on rather than put on,
With a string for brace and a skewer for
button:
Shirts with the dirt of a twelyemonth worn
in.
Bnt mostly the shirt the beooar was horn
in:
Soma close.capped and others with head
bare:
Raooed and rent and worn and thread bare.
And looking as thourh thew had Joined to
I'M
A contract for stock with a paper-mill
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ana some IN oeloet goaenS.