Smyrna times., 1880-02-11
EPIGRAMS.
WIT IN SMALL COMPASSIONATE CELEBRATED EP-
IGRAMS BY LORD BYRON AND OTHERS
AN EPIGGAMMATI-T WHOSE
RHYME BROUGHT
HIM A RE-
WARD.

RHYME BROUGHT
HIMARE-
WARD.
BY THOMAS J. BOWDITCH.
Some OF the Silarp@st satirrS haze been
conveyed through III" agency Of an cpl
gram. Martial. Latin epiGrammatist,
who was born 10 a. y. in the present Arngon
in Spain, wrote 100. Some o. them
abound with indelicacies, which were
omitted in the Delphine edition of 1880.
lie Plthiiy defined an epigram as follows
An cpigram is like a Lee--a thing
or little size, with honey and Il sting.
The Roman emperor Traan has been
credited with an cpigram, entitled . A new
use of human face which has been par
APPRAISED:
with nose so long and mouth 50 WIDE
And those twelve grinders side by side
Dick, with a very little trial.
Would make an excellent sun-dial.'
Burke was vehement and bitter TO a lie.
gree against Hastings. In pause during
one Of his speeches. some one handed him
slip of paper with few lines on it, This
he read, and angrily tore up in small frag-
ments. 1t was:
oft have wondered why, on Irish ground,
No VenomOuS reptile has yet been found;
Revealed the secret stands OF natures work
She saved her venom to create Il Burke"
Hara &c ~, o,,;cr, -, ,,,n;4... - C:
cilius > OO0 v.ars o,o ,,L;,L ,,,;,Lt -
-. I:' - 'S"c i't'S
oeeH aPplleu 10 the cnlEnON, III fashion
hero and N Europe a few years ago:
Chloe, those locks of raven hair,
some son people say you dye them black;
For Know Where v Gn INV STtf t5en I1ac,v
Here. from th, FrancL = .l,o,,. 49,;
cror, h., Ill pr,o,, 80 . eau J. Vf''
= :. 7,rIo iaa,,t,.on,.
Has ny t ", T iittin yt ana poet
She makes her own face
And does not make her rhymes"
James Saith wrote tho f,llou.in,, linz. Nv,
Str,.,, ~ I..,, mn my 0''
'2tt'tiH Iuc NIuG printer:
w 4omF no, lower limbs seemed far from stout
The cause presently found out.
When YOU BEGAN TO talk
-
me power that props The bo!y's length
IN yon 1G9nts Gn% Si1ii''' ana m. strength
Ali settles in the head"
Strain wa, 50 dali.t,,ai ,y;,l tina l;,.,,
tina; he I,,,,n,nl;,tolv ra,I. i. ,,,,I;,;I 80 III.
viii I,,,a.,i; s,.y , ~ '''
80. D' f~S'.tHtHG 'NitIilb CHe sum OF AJUO.
robert lIerrlCK. born in London in 1891,
wrote the toliowin. compliment to the
beauties (real or fictitious J:
Roses nt first yynra whit,
Til they could not agree
Whether nv SnnpLns Grr,.t
Or they more white should be.
" But being vanqushed quite
blush their cheeks hesprcad:
since which. believe the rest
The roses first came red
Lord Erskine addressed Lady PAYNE one
day after he had been co;AplIining OF i'll.
ness in her house:
"'Tis tr,a 7 mn, M i,,t i. -,.
For he never inoIg rit,tr ~ Nv, cIihl',
~ NV Niio" 'j"''
pn nhrIe : matrimonial epigram from
10 FeAGiope
The worst for me me- 9 and o y3n mas "ohe
lis just sir ~ Years .ls Since Sine W.! %e were oc
''' 1''''' We were '""
Here Is q sharp one or WOn1en's chips.
ITo,, ,,.;-,1,. ~. J. -
Forboda q - - :. oIutIilE an DcIoW,
For how could She be shaved what 20 g {hc SKIN
W.. W.. 90 ie' Her cIiih Oe sun:
w men w ellington fame was fresh boots
and loose trousers were ponuIarly caIInd
oftor L., - - P"P"'"'i y CaIlea
auoro ,,a 1922 ,,,o ''''S 81 T.. cram
Once famed for battles otbers I 1t,1i'
Who after making snondin% rchoe
Bequcathed his name To- bonfs oTI i'-ooot,su
A warn, recart;o,.
"Rusticus wrote letter IN his 1ora
Mn in b meg 1T IT ul Of warm and keen desire
The lady put his nonsens s f in ib SO r ire dd
Here is one. autbor nnI,nom
".Lettbe Iond tbrnIar -, 'a ~" II
Glad in my virtue the i Storm G," desn 1e SKIES
To he .5c,| elIGi dlhn ne, how your lot bless
10 nc "'e'fFe" IN so tn" a dress"
The excited state Of tho (o,L,u -
learns that he CT -. '%t"cF as ne
thin. fa,bor in ro-or;o.. -
DurntoundeJ he t ~ Ic 81 i
Heard Snuihbe as tI 4sI's , ~ Il Whlrl'
Announce that his ho, cIe%Alilg 9GoIs entered,
From DR. WoIoott S''
Care to our cotIi,, o,,,-.,,.,,
And cvcry 80 O0lli,' "uls Il nan no doubt
c.,tr... 80 'r0,' . ui""S one out
Scrutert wrote as follows on fortune and
when Fortunes near his right hand