Middletown transcript., 1875-05-22

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A mighty battle is on the 'tapis,"
That wierd, elf battle, "a Spelling Bee p
Our Captains lead in the elfn fray
volley is fred-ths smoke clears away
No one is wounded-no one is dead
The minutes pass with mufaed tread
Again it comes but the elfn shot
Are mere pith-balls, and harm us not
But the battle wakes fierce and high,
The shot fall thick, and-a muffled sigh
Thrills through the ranks in battle array
Somebody's Darling is borne away?'
But we may not pause to drop tear;
Our own death-song rings in our ear;
And hearts beat fast with muffied dread
As the ranks are thinned by the el6n lead.
Our Captains are "hit' and borHe away,
But it brings no pause in the wizard fray,
No "5ipouac' meath Utopian trees
! Lures with dreams of tranquil ease
What's life worth when all hope is gone
With caoutchouc zeal we battle on
Alack and alas from an ambushed lair,
A wizard shot cuts through the air
Like a lightning fash from sky serene
Pm vanauished-- !" Chagrin p
'Tis midnight lover the restless town
The Angel of Sleep comes seftly down;
She fit about with 'bated breath,
And the restless town grows still as death
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snowy couch invites TO rest;
But the restless brain is busy still,
And the hot cheeks flush with subtitle
thrill
She is dreaming now and over her head
The battle wages fierce and dread.
A Pedagogue of colossal size
Haunts her dreams with reproachful eyes,
And Dictionary, two feet square,
Confronts her with an ein stare.
But ornithorhynchus, cierge and bleyme,
Are '.dishedn as quick as meteor CLEAN;
And meerschaum, eyrie, diaphragm,
Are swallowed in a happy calm:
While bagatelle and vinaigrette,
Kleptomania-mignone
Iridescent-ophicleide
With happy haste are tossed aside.
But a storm brews fast Alack alack
The lightnings hash-the clouds grow black
The sweet light fades to ftful spark,
The waves leap high round the poor frail
bark;
The thunder's crash and the wild winds roar
Bar all help from the friendly shore
The treacherous rocks hide just below
The emerald pillows crest Of snow
The sails are rent--the masts careen-
She strikes the rocks-goes doaOn-" Cragrin."
PART III-with the finale clean cut of sight.
IT'S all the time lover the land
The sweet Spring waves her scented hand.
A. zephyr from Utopian bowers
Crowns the earth with wreaths of flowers
Birds sing gaiy-sunshine weaves
Summers coronal of leaves
The glad earth rises in her pride,
Tossing her winter wraps aside
The clouds bivouac on sapphirine plains,
The sunset drops in opaline stains
Adown the steps of the golden West,
As Pheebus goes to his nightly rest.
The Stars come out as the sunset chimes
Drifts like wave of scented rhymes
Softly adown the shining stair
The Twilight hangs in the pnlsing air.
Heaven and earth are fair, SO fair i
field my palms with a wOrdless prayer
And watch the panoramic scene
Unfold in all its glorious sheen.
Presto l-all is cold and drear!
The brides furl their wings in fear,
The flowers shrink from the cruel blast
The sunset glories vanish fast
The clouds bivouac is rudely marred-
The sentinel Stars are caught "off guard
Out of the East comes shivering wind
Trailing its wet robes far behind
Elin voicesshiv and wall
Meath the wrath of the wizard gale
Out Of the sky-so late serene
Walls voice Chagrin- Chagrin!
May 4th, 1875. AMANDA.