The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-12-31
TON WAS COM. roH a Fohr.
mr. WILL a. eARLETox.F a
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Tom was agoin' for 4 poet. an, said hea poet
oneOf these long haired 6sllsrs ! fslteE hatestp
one Of these chaps forever axin' things. cute
and clever, y 40
Maxim thelearth in gen'raI step dl0HgI to time
b51l an time. ~ t---rt Z 3M dSdoks
AM cuttin' the earth int slices an slltins it
q doWn into rhyme. sii9 .sssbi1o1e aid
Poets are good for, sOmethin', 50 long, as they
stand at the head; -,rt saas.f,i.5 dfi
But pos.Tys worth EhAteysg it fstqhas il Duttes
An nm many time Eve said it;it don't DO fel-
To starve with a hole in his elbey. an, be com
sidered a fool, ..5 5...t.rs5rr;4
So after he's dead tho young ones ~ speak his
pieces IN school. ~ I'd ss4 a = 4s ts
AM Tom, he haa anepinion that. Shakespeare
an all the rest, -3g1-csfod jog
With all their winter clothing couldn't make
g him q decent Nests 'i--si ( 81 a.
But that didn's ease my IaBofs.i or help him
Il ,un among the neighbors. 1i,-eAtllh OF f!
Who watched him from a distance. AM held his
mind in doubt, &-2 ltt1 3ftk4W
AM wondered if Tom wasnst shakS, or knew
O. Nhathewas about. @vt-EAAe ihg
Tom he went sowin, to SOW aeld Of ,graiy
But half of that ere sowin was ogether in vain
For he was al'ays stoppin' and gems Of poetry;
droppin'; rci st4ss aaSloo s'-'
An metaphors, they be pleasant. but much Feo
thiL to eat; iistksansfzl tao
And germs of thought be handy but flneyer
grow up to wheat, i-sdsBI'
Tom he went mowin'; one broiling. SIMMER
day, 'r-'
And spoke quite sweet concernfn' the smell of
new moved hay. 1HTte efE4 s'i'' 2 u
But all o. his useless clatter didn't 90 to help
the matter; SgA
Or make thergrieE less searchin', or the pain 4
less hard to feel, fsssI
When he made clip too snddcht an sliced his 1
10. brothers heel.sJ snn97aa 10 sssi
Tom he went a-drivin the RiIls an dales across; s.;
But scannin' the lines of his poetry, he dropped
g the lines Of his hoss y 4 - H--e4 s-SSb is
The nag ran feet and aecter. in quite Irregular
yo1s . Iaeter:I zsiiL baH @5G9t y aEv1
AM when we got FONTS leg set, and got him SO 50
''--''-n He could SPEAK. tGrI
He muttered that that adventure would keep
him a-writin' a week,
laedt ashhlO1siin.l and sorIanitAave done
it worse;
He sat aowHsn the handles AM went teO Opinnih'
verse. oS
He wrote it nice and pretty anYagricgitural 4
ditsg, - n II {"
But all o his pesky measures, didn't n's smeasufe
'H an acre more, - sd
Nor his pints didn't turn a furrolw that wasn't
turned beforesi.7 saDd1 4aivjs s&i
Tom e he went eoprtin'77Shs liked him sup
pose; .aHHsyE
But certain, parts Of eourtin' a fellowsmust do
- in prose- sEatsi iij y -euIHGoG - 81 o1 vel
He rlIyn1ed her each day.a letter, but that didn't
serve to get her;
He waited so long she married another man
from spite, 3sol
AM sent hime7yord she'ddane it an mot 70 for
4 get to write.E3 II AAk -
Tom at last got married his wife was smart and
stOnt,
AM she slowed mp -ths WiAdOw an slung Ais
poetry oncs y1dE
An at each new poem' ersstiOn she gave it
circa1ssi0ns ~
An fast as he would write 'em she seen to their Il
( q putt,n' fd1th, ,IDA45 IBsDi2Hssss solI
AM sent them westward, an also south and |
sshoFthsss 4 LAsEO IL,
rill Tom he struck the opinion that poetry
nidoftp6sr s n1ovs 3
AM turned the guns of his genius ami fired 'etnJ
another way. r.a+s -qnsII s7mO Il
lie settled himself down steady, anti IS quite
well off already; /
An' all his life is verses with his wife the fist
z sapd' 6est:a9s 4 EkNGK ID
Au' ten or a dozen childr'n to constitute the
rest.