Smyrna times., 1883-10-31
Lit.latsn Coke Verses Clara Tissvao.a.
BY THE BALD OF TOWER HALL.


CHAPTER ".
Describing his mansion, in vain should tell
OF the carpets from Turkey, the carpets BrusSell,
Which, in richness of finish, i'll pattern and dye
Gave a bloom to the cheek and light To the eye
All! well might the feet that those carpets shall
press
Be proud of the honor of such a caress:
As proud as the bee when i'll summer it goes
To take for its carpet the leaves OF the rose
And over the carpets iH pattern 50 rare,
some pencil artistic had wrought on the ceiling,
AndCupids and cherubs were smiling from there
The taste and the skill of the artist revealing
There were mirrors and pictures, and sofas in
pairs.
Pianos and Ottomans, lounges and chairs:
Statues in marble, where artists had wrought
The poets conception, the embodied Thought
Curtains of damaSk, and curtains of lace;
TasselS suspended III beauty and grace:
CorniceS golden, and gay chandeliers
TO brighten and Tighten that charming abode
All that convenience and fashion endears
The richest in finish, the latest in mode
He'd nice trottimg gig, and Il very light rhaisc
A carriage, cOachmHn a pair of line hayS:
With trotter admired, spirited Steed
Perhaps from the stock of the Tartar Ukraine;'
very distinguished and popular breed
Mazeppa once rode without bride or rein
lis certain Am not enough of Il linguist
To give you, in Tartar, the points that distinguish
A horse of this breed, of which Bryon has snid
" II moved like the winds, like a comet it SPED
Now, the horse OF my story was not quite SO FIST
He had never been matched guinst IL comet or
blast;
And in case that he had am now of the mind
should bet two to one on the comet or wind:
Though our pony, when crowded would come to
the score
Inside of two forty, five mnutus or more
The Emperor Alexander, of Russia the Car
Is always unhappy without his cigar;
And LlttleOn Coke was most wretched indeed
Without Cuba wrappers inclOsing the weed
For smoking. he thought, TO his life gave a zeSt
And having the money he purchased the best
He also was fond of his wine and champapna
Though believing sobriety right in the main:
But, when asked by n friend if the pledge he
would sign,
And give up his juleps his brandy and wine,
He babe him BECOME with frUwn
He would not surrender his rights anyhow:
He had read the Maine Law, and had heard of
Neal Dow
But he was not prepared to kneel dorm
But with Littleton Coke, with his mansion 50 fine
Had something within him his pleasure To mar
A something that could not be washed out with
wine,
Nor could it be smoked out. with pipe or cigar
This something within. all the gold hs possessed
Could not lure from his bosom or bride to de-
And this something was nothing, twas this more
or less
Atenantless chamber a uoid in his heart,
He often had thought if a married mans life
With his feeling and views had accorded
| He might to his bosom have taken a wife
And Il UOid in his heart GuOid-ed
! With this thought in his mind to his couch one
night,
While tears from his eyes were stealing,
He went in the hope that some spirit of light
A balm of relief revealing
! Might come to his pillow, suggesting there
Some maiden his love and his wealth to share.
| Then vanished the world, and its troubles before
| him,
| The balm of fO:getfuness gently stole DER him,
And leaving his burdens and SORROWS behind,
| The angel of sleep, on its soft, downy pinions
| Had uShered him into those bliSsful duminionS
! The bright world of fancy, the realm of the mind
| ITO be cOntinued)
! There is no necessity to go anywhere else for
your Clothing; we have every kind and every
| price, and being determined tOsatSfy our friends
and give them regular bargains, they are bound
! TO be pleased Inspect our vast stock.
TOWER HALL, may n Nv
SIS and $40 Market Street, Philadelphia.
GARITEE, MASTEN & ALLEN.