Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1883-10-03
Li.tlasua Coke Verses Clara FAsroodle,
BY THE BALD OF TOWER HALL

CHAPTER ".
Describing his mansion, III vain should tell .
OF the carpets from Turkey, the carpets BrusSell,
Which in richness of finish, i'll pattern and dye,
Gave u 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 Il caress;
As proud as the bee when in summer 1t goes
To lake for its carpet the leaves OF the rose.
And over the carpets. in pattern SO 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 dumask, and curtains OF lace
Tasses suspended in 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 trOtting gig, and very light chaiSe,
A carriage cOachman, pair of fine bays;
With a trOtter admired, Il spirited Steed
Perhaps from the stock of the Tartar Ckraine;"
A very distinguished and popular breed
Mazeppa once rode without bride or rein.
'TiS certain am not enough of a linguiSt,
To give you, in Tartar, the points that distinguish
horse of this breed. of which BryOn has said
" II moved like the winds, like Il comet it sped"
Now, the horse of my story was not quite SO fast,
He had never been matched 'ganst a comet or
blast;
And in 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 minutus or more
The Emperor Alexander, of Russia, the Gar
Is always unhappy without his cigar
And IlttleOn 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 champagne,
Though believing sObriety right in the main
But, when ked by a friend if the pledge he
| And give up his juleps, his brandy and wine,
He babe him BECOME, with fr0wn:
| 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
Buc with LittletOn Coke. with his mansion so fine
Had something within him his pleasure to mar
| something that could not be washed out with
| wine,
Nor could it be smoked out with pine or cigar.
This something within, all the gold he possessed
Could not lure from his bosom or bride to de-
| part
And this something was nothing, twas this more
A tenantless chamber. a roid 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 wife,
And a VOid in his heart dU0it ed.
With this thought in his mind to his couch one
night,
While tears from his eyes were stealing,
He went i'll 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 befOr,
him,
The balm of fo.getfulneSs 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 dOminonS,
The bright world of fancy, the realm of the mind
(TO be continuedl
There is no necessity to 20 anywhere else 70
your Clothing: we have every kind and ever
price. and being determined to satisfy our friend
and give them regular bargains, they are buun
to be pleased. Inspect our vast stock.
TOWER HALL, may "a !
SIS and $50 Market street, Philadelphia
GARITEE, MASTEN & ALLEN.