Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-12-02
DROPPING INTO POETRY.
The Exchange Editor Docs II Naturaii.

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She was n handsome creature, with
beautiful blue eyes, and browning
glory as yellow as golden rods. There
was an expectant look on her face,
hopefulness that appealed to the holiest
emotions, and the exchange editor made
up his mind not TO crush the longing OF
that pure heart if he never struck
another lick.
May show you the.poetryP" con-
tinued the ripe, red mouth. "You will
see that I couldn't get the last lines OF
the verses, and if you would please be 30
kind as TO help me-"
Help her! Though he had never even
read line of poetry, the exchange editor
felt the spirit of the divine art flood his
soul as he yielded to the bewildering
music. Help her! Well, he should
smile.
1.-THE first verse runs like this" she
went on, taking courage from his eyes:
"'How softly sweet tho autumn air
The dying woodland flls.
And nature turns from restiul care
"To anti-biiious pills" added the ex-
change editor, with a jerk. Just the
thing. 1t rhymes and it's so. You lake
anybody now. Halfthe people you meet
are"
Il s uppose you know best" inter
rupted the young girl. Il hadn't
thought of il in that way, out you have
better idea OF such things. Now the
second verse is more like this
The dove-eyed kline upon the moor
Look tendor, meek and sad;
While from the valley comes the roar
"Of the matchless liver pad!"
roared the exchange editor. There
you get it. That finishes the second so
as TO match with the first. 1t combines
the fashions with poetry and carries
the idea right home to the fireside. If
only had your ability in starting verse,
with my genius in winding it up, I'd
quit the shears and open in the poetry
business Tomorrow"
Think SOP" asked the fair young
lady. at don't strike me as keeping up
the theme"
You don't want TO. You want TO
break the theme here and there. The
reader likes it better. Oh, yes! Where
you keep up the theme it gets monoton-
GUS"
Perhaps that's So" rejoined the
beauty, frightening up. q didn't
think ofthat. Now I'll read the third
verse;"
"How sadly droops the dying day,
As night springs from the glen,
And moaning twilight seems TO say
=" The old mans drunk again,
wouldn't do, would it7' asked the ex-
change editor. Somebody else wrote
that. and we might be accused of pla-
Ciarsm We must have this thing
original. Suppose we say-now just
suppos we say: why did l spout my
Benz"
rs that ncw?" inquired the sweet,
rosy lips. AT least | never heard it
| before. ] don't know what IT means "
New? Deed it's new. Ben is the
name for overcoat, and spout means to
hook. Why did l spout my Benz"
means why did | shove my topper?
That's just what twilight would think
OF. first, you know. Oh, don't be afraid
that's just immensew
"Well, I'll leave it to you," said the
glorious girl, with a smile that pinned
the exchange editors heart TO his spine.
"This is the fourth verse:
"' The merry mIlkmaid.s sombre song
Re-echoes from the rocks,
AS silently she trips along
with holes in both her socks by
Jover cried the delighted exchange
editor. "You sec"
"Oh, no. mol" demonstrated the
blushing maiden. Not that"
Certainly" protested the exchange
editor, warming up. Nine to four
she's got 'em; and you get fidelity to
fact with a wealth of poetical expires
sion. The worst of poetry generally is,
you can't state things as they are. 1t
amt like prose. But here we've busted
all the established notions, and put up
an actual existence with the veil OF
genuine poetry over it. I think that's
the best idea we've struck yet"
"I don't seem to look at il as you do,
but of course you are the best Judge.
Pa thought / ought to say:
| Gas silently she trips along
In autumn's yellow tracks
Wouldn't that doP"
"Do! just look at it. Does tracks
rhyme to rocksP Not in the Brooklyn
Eagle 1t don't. Besides, when you say,
tracks and rocks you give the ex-
preston of some fellow heaving things
to another fellow who's scratching for
safety, Socks on the other hand,
rhymes with rocks and these beautify
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