Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-01-03
COMMUNICATED.
"JI,it Chat.'

COMMUNICATED.
''Jllit Chat.''
Different as human nature lin many respects,
a taIismaDc touch often strikes chord which
vitrates through tho length Of our owo and
foreign lands, showing how nearly ukin all hu
manity IL, though speaking various tongues and
wearing different gslb. See The uoiVersal
spelling mania, which spread even to Germany,
and returned, for the nonc,, lawyers, statesmen
and even sapient professors, to the days of their
childhood, puzziiDg their braios over double
consonants and the Vocaty Of voWels.
10 the last few mouths new mania has ob
taiocd curiosity as to the authorship of pc
eticsl quotations., which have been f)atlpg
about cur ears since our earliest childhood, f.
miIiar as the doCrcl CT Mother Goose" and
Father Watts pociical prayers.
Tom Moore's wo'k * were !ruitlessly searched
for the Pretty sentiment. Tho lost to sight. "
Amongst some Old chronicles OF the early
days of the 18th century Rutbven Judkyo
q ,odbye sweetheart, goodbye is the be-.
ginning Of every verse, aud its refrain is, Tho
lost to sight to memory dear" This poetica
e fort seems to have exhausted Judkyo's genius,
for We hear Of nothing mere from his pen.
"Tush 'tush 10y lass, such thoughts resign.
Comparisons are crue,
Fine pic; urcs suit in frames as ino,
ConsisteDcys jawel.
For though one staDzl is given. it is only
placed at random 10 Murtaeh's collection, FL.
inburg, 1854.
This cause l plead, plead it 10 heart and
A fellow feeling makes one wonderous kind, "
is very generally attributed to Shakespear,
but il occurs 10 the prologue given by Garrlck
on leaving the stage.
1t may give some comfort to the disappointed
literary asplrant, and The impecuoius, to hear
the sentiments Of Robert Burns in bis "Elis
tie 10 Davic :"
IT'S 20 10 books, it's no 10 gear,
10 make US truly blest,
If happiness has not her seat
And centre 10 the breast
DR.. Samuel Johnson's VANITY of Human
Wishes" is considered almost too obsoleteto be
read 10 these express days. but many qaoto {:
go point moral or adorn tsle.'
Il would not love thee, dear, 80 much,
Loved | not honor more.
Richard L1veaoe" must have touched the
hearts core by this tender blending Of noble
sentiment, for it comes ringing to US over the
waves of Two hundred years, as freshly as if the
loving heart was ust sending its hero to the
war.
We must c,uiess We never saw much
resemblance to little mice 10 the white slip.
pered feet glancirg in sight from the folds Of
snowy ball room drapery, but Sir John Suck.
ling's simie is often Oh the lips Of many who
never koew Of his existence
"l1er fact beneath her petticoat,
Like liIle mice, stole in and out
As if they feared the light;
But oh she danc,s such a way,
No sen upon 40 yesterday,
Is half SO foe q sight !"
Old Sir John has written some very pretty
songs snlj 10 a star q of cne. the whole of
which contains much good advice 10 basbfuI
lovers:
"Why So pale and wan fond lover?
Pithee, why 80 pale
WILL when booking we'll cant move her,
Locking i'll prevail
Prithee why SO pale?'
Notwithstanding Dryden great genius many
regard him dry-as dust, until some light, foat.
ing quotation is traced back to him, such as
None but The brave deserve the fair, and
they read Bis description of the uan licked
with straw; then The versaiiy Of his sparkling
talent is recognized. aBd be is acknowledged as
one OF the greatest masters that struck the
poet $ Tyre 10 the "o!den time.
The lG.h CENTURY produced 20 swceter poet
than John Lyle and 10 his drama of Alex.
aDda and Csmpaspe'' We End one of he most
exquisite little sonncs lover could imagine
Cupid and my Campaspe pl,y'd
A, cards Ter kisses; Cupid paid.
H. stakes his culver, bow and arrows,
Ills mothers dovis ard team OF sparrows;
Loses them too, and down be throws
The coral Of his lIps-:hc rcs,.
Growing Gus cheek. bu: uonc koows how,
With these the crystal on his brow,
Add then the dinpe of bis chic
All thase did my CaGpaspe wio
At last he set her both his eyes
She won. aud Cupid blind did Use ;
Oh. Love, hath she done this to thee
What shall. alas, b:comc Of me -
BY robbiDg Peter he paid Pau" seems no.
like Rsb*las, but he is nevertheess its author.
Also Of Il was just going to leap in the
dark, y ''ro make virtue of necessity" and
Lock gift horse 10 the mouth"
DUFFS'S RITRIAT the buri, Al The