New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-02-26
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fri5ker in the tree tops.
| The serton mole from ont his earthy lair
In haste 10 meet the tiUid, b.ushinS hare;
The squirrel scurrying from his eafy house
Down rugged Trunk to WOO the virgin mouse:
! The rabbit lost in 10 w-tongued dreamy chat
With that shrewd rObber the hcentiOuS rat
| While high DER all the welded brauc hes through
| Peeps the opossum at the kangaroo
The lesson here is three-q quarters learned
step by step we have proceeded, and
Now, 'rng through earth's fields of lvin. green
| 7 he rum nantia come to dot the scene;
The fieeCy Yam, with frOnt!et hard and DOld.
| The NEE keyed eve, pale matron OF the fold
| With sntlered crest, the 1.-the and slnewy deer.
The vigorous goat (the symbol OF DUCK oeef'.
The Western prairie is ransacked tor an
| ancestor 20 man.
| TIE untamed bison, with temIes:uous mane.
comes ia violent contrast with that quiet,
hOmeiv couple to whom, while madam car
RE. the trophy OF their bliss. domestic quar-
rels are unknown.
and then the bull. OF Drawn and bee,lirg brow.
| Leads III the dainty, cream dstllhng COW.
SYRIA and Central Africa send their long
necked denizens, with the striped horse.
The patient camel, of the ;rackIess plain,
| The tall giraffe, instinct with lofty PRIDE,
The fleet foot zebra with his stripe s!ashed hide
The spiked hedgehog; geynard. with reti
Guile and blue umbrella, and the fearless
| coon. who sure is putting mischief into that
! thick head beside her.
| Q golden DAYS Age of ArcaIian iOyo
| Ere sorrows birth, when love knew no alloy:
| Scant wonder. then. ths hsme varied fierce and
| strong
When the earnivors Joined the countless thrcns.
The hedgehog, wiukiug from his sQiny box
| With admiration at the cunning fox.
Which Joins the econ well yerseu III forest lore
| In pleasant discourse With the susked boar.
| The next would rather suggest the dis
charge of bootjacks and bottles. if Thomas
was not occupied in preventing eaudle
lecture from Mrs. Tabby.
| From fields abroad swoO ps down the fitting bat.
| With bated whispers Ior the Iakish cat,
Which. slips away from pUrrlng pussy5 sight,
| On reVeis bent, and stay ing OUT al! night
| Even mans faithful companions furnish
data for hi. degradation:
! The noble dog by the Sauut greyhound led:
| The hairy skJ e; the bull with brutal mead;
! The sleuth, keen scenied on III. trail OF game.
! All nov the victims OF ttudtier ntlnt
! The lack and white bear form strange
conjunction. as if the heavens were over
| turned, with the stealtby leopard and the
! skull-headed hytns and his human bones :
Zen Friendly bears their hope. and fsars discuss
Before the suGly hip pc pot.a-lnus.
Willie listenrng 'eopards ~ the passion Owa.
| Ayenas laugh and drop the erunching bone.
| But here is consolation: 1.-THE tiger
sleeps" and strangers may walk unscayed
by faro on the green:
The lion smiles away hi. heated spleen.
AnI harmless sleeps the tiger on the green.
The end draws near:
As counties. rills, nom fountains far and wide.
Unite to fOIm the rivers iUshln9 tide,
SO all these types. in Darwins ulatchess plan.
tOnVeIS.d. assert the lineage OF Man
The crowned monarch OF the jungle tow
era above them all with hi. gentler mate
From Burmah's woods, the eIephantine home.
Behold his pith and iron muscle come.
Ills ardent temper from the tangled grove.
Where the rhincceros da!lies with ms love
His tastes exhaltd from that W.stph allan bog.
Where waows still the epcurean hog.
And his endurance from AIabia3 strand.
The t!reltss horse produces at command.
AND here appears, When shall we three
meet again his squire. ass before, another
squire. ass behind, the origin OF the origin,
the mos. essential ass OF all these asseS-.h
superlatiye, consummate ass.
Thu. well endowed, sh' Darwin Alas
y" :rac" his geniu, to the 5dpient ass
The Iuadrumanus mammals come, tailed
and not bearded. or bearded and not tailed,
rom Africa. Borneo and South America TO
illustrate the
.ncliantin. aye Of soul dissoltins bliss.
Wheel. I:,s whole span long, burning kiss.
No wonder. soon in some bright torrid vale.
Where Iuadr"mana waved prehensi!e tail.
TO loncG airs aglOw with d. sire.
Arboreal loves should nobler types aspire.
The tox-:aileG sabi and the cynocephalous
rascal who kissed 50 hard he raised bills.
ter: the simia satyrus, the try godytes niger.
the ,ithecus (-trange misnomerI, all with
their latin parts" entailed ana Linked"
follow each other to the grand result.
or Cha"ms monkeys tall ike ripened grapes,
Hrsist'ess victims of the bearded apes;
THAT mandlIiS. lost in soft vOiuItuOIS swOOns
Should grace 'he nuptlais OF the bod balloons.
aud cllimpanzees, from waving tree tops hang.
TocogSt CaTeEses from the fond orang.
Last character OF all. Dl Chailiu'. pet,
contusin. closet naturalists, and making
something BIKE TIE society Of the Stanis
laus'' out Oh learned mems debate: Oar.
wins triumph; :hc Specification OF all this
play OF Comus. following his masters
image. the banner bearing asa. behold the
monarch ot all vertebra!es. the troglOdyteS
gorilla A1rcanus.
-: rosy h,'es OF Times ,''m ;wISh: morn
~ sU"i. al hour the . missing link was born;
The great gori..a, tnEing wide the gate
-: pa!" is Eden. and OUr high estate.
III" spectacle vanished in the portals OF
The Ndl!etle. Theatre. where to a fortunate
few the annual drama presented itself in a
Gif!eren. aspect.
The animals arranged themselves IN four
tabiearN, commencing witt. :he Zoophytes
and po!yrs. gradually dissOiving into the
rodents. rassin. through All the stages of
evolution t":he rumanantia and carnivora.
ans. tina,lr presenting in full contrast the
hi.hes: .ype OF the brute and the mos, per-
fec. civilized man i'll the gorilla and Comus.
THROUGH natures void, ~ arm creative hurrd
II.ys Tell the spark which warm, ana lights
world;
ys pr.gran. bean, tiv., thrift. old oceans caves
In MYRIAD forms 'UIsated through its waves
GirI, cad .It.l E"rdue arid rocks and sand,
Fad. waving branches um" the smiling land:
sighed heath ;hs shades =. rI. burst forth IEin.
AM. .eoc I'd ar vi'a ssUzy. ntowed wings.
7!.... .tr..; icv.s temples ia rNlectaut state
t; iEt-s do :ed--bi.t i,Jt. tme they walt.
kvniviu. :a"rs. sluggish wan and cold,
Wake INTO nature. active. fierce and bold:
Selections law ;le!. Joys UNCONSCIOUS guide:
!" no'.. 'vp~s they thus unerring GEn-:
PrGi"r ion. heights are sealed up 10 the brink
ut that abrss, spanned by the ,'Iniss!nG linz.
h":' >iGnisn tapid stands IN hairy STATE:
L.: 80 ".,.t P.Nche was .i!s nobG: "!sls'
MORAL.
ii.'. 81 !-es s.Ituce pals its s.aYc'.n. po~.s.
And 3"t't mystery shGUuds the Uup;lA, hour.
UuI tdtser ape ~ Al with pride confessed
BIT 81" whose love his ardent passion blessed.
Ike plead lost Is hid behind time. veil
We N:.s ..t"- ne! "fsprcs dropped III. t'.is
The ::oD."in 'a.t new 1arwins shall engage
20 EW'.- ~ knowledge OF future ag..
lu'i ::r secret countless cycles sealca
"sIsts ~" ..te aud mon stands forth eaedo
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