New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-04-11


Paper his hand had clutched
Tight ere he died -
Message or wish, may be -
Smooth the folds out and see'
Hardly the worst of MS a.,
Here could have smiled =
Only the tremulous
Words of q child
Prattle, that has for Stops
Just few ruddy 0IOpS'
Look She is sad to miss,
Morning and night,
His-her dead fatheTs-klsSj
Tries to be bright,
Good to mamma, ana sweet
That is all. " Marguerite"
An, if beside the dead
Sumbered the pain
Ali if the hearts that bled
Slept with the slain
If the grief died But no; -
Death will not have 1t So
"Tu Quoque," a charming lovers quarrel IN tne
intervals of the dance, affords an example OF tne
graceful badinage of the society verses" IN whlcu
the author shines even more brightly than III MS
graver compositions.
NELLIR.
IF were Won, when ladies at the play, sir
Beckon and nod. melodTama tnrougn'
l would not turn abstractedly away Sn'
Ill were you
FRANK.
IF 7 were you. when persons affected,
Wait for three hours to take me down 10 he"'
Il
If were you
NELLIE.
If were you, when ladies are so lavish,
Sir, as to keep me every waltz DuL Two, -,
/ would not dance with Odi0u8 Miss WIaVlsn'
II were you
FRANK.
If I were Won, who VOW you cannot suffer I,
Wifi OF the best--the mlldest honeY-deW
/ would not dance with understanding fuhei'
If were you
If were You, would not. sir be bitter
Even to write the Cynical Review y;
FRANK.
No. should doubtless find Irritation filter,
Ii were you'll
NELLIE,
Really! You would9 Why, Frank, you're quite
Hot a5 OthcIlo, and as black Of hne;
Borrow my fan. l would not look 50 Jf1Ghg@''
If were you!
FRANK.
ct is the cause Imean your chaperon is
Bringing some well-curled Juvenile; Adieul
Shall retire. I'd spare that poor Adonls,
, If were you!
NELLIE.
Go. if YOU will. At once And by express, sir.
Where shall it be ! To China-Or Peru
Go. should leave inquirers my address, sir,
If were you!
FRANK.
No-I remain To stay and fight n duel
Seems on the whole the proper thing 10 40
All you are strong-I would not then be cruel,
If were you
NELLIE.
One does not like ones feelings to be doubted
FRANK.
One does not like ones friends to miscOnstrue-
NELLIE.
If l confess that q wee-bit pouted T.
FRANK.
should admit that was piqH<, too.
NELLIE.
Ask me to dance. I'd say no more about it,
[Waltz-Ercunt.l
Mr. Stedman's introduction to the volume ID
gem of prose-poetry. less attractive as personal
portraiture than q critical study. Mr.. Dobson,
whose verse is ranked with the selectest poetry OF
our day. is, we arc told, modest aud quiet gentle
man. who finds compensation in song for the lack
Of adventure in the daily routine of his life. An
Office in the Civil Service affords him an hon
orable position and secure livelihood He was
born az late as 1910, but did not begin to write
poetry till he was twenty-five years old. The
.'Yignettes in Rhyme" was first published in 1873
and proverbs in Porcelain" in 1877. from which
collections the poems for this edition selected
by the author Artist and poet at once" Mr.. Sted-
man remarks, rarely of late has an English singer
offered us more charming portraits, purer touches
of nature, more picturesque gimpses of manor
which he holds in fee"