Smyrna times., 1883-10-10
Lit.lstsa Coke Verses Clara gitspaodh,
BY THE Bald OF TOWER HALL.


CHAPTER "
Describing his mansion, i'll vain should tell
OF the carpets from Turkey, the carpets BrusScll,
Which, i'll richness of finish, in pattern and dye,
Gave a bloom To the cheek and a light 10 the eye.
All we'll might the feet that those CARPETS shall
press
Be proud of the honor of such u careSS;
As proud as the bee when III summer it 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 aud 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 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 a nice trotting gig, and very light chaise,
carriage, cOachman pair of fine bHyR
With Il trotter admired, II spirited Steed,
Perhaps from the stock of the Tartar Ukraine"
A very distinguished and popular breed
Mazeppa once rode without bride or rein.
'Iis certain nm not enough of Il llnguist,
To give you i'll Tartar, the points that distinguish
horse of this breed, of which BryOn has said:
" 1t 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 'gainst comet or
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 minutus 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 ncOsiug the weed
For smoking he thought to his life gave q 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 asked by a friend if the pledge he
would sign,
And give up his julepS, his brandy and wine
He babe him begOne, with a frOwn:
! lie would not surrender his rights anyhow:
lie mad read the Maine Law, and had heard of
But he was not prepared to kneel do,rn.
| But with littleton Coke with his mansion so 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 he possessed
Could not lure from his bosom or bride to de
| part,
And this something was nothing, twas this more
| or less
A tenantless chamber a r0id 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 Il UOid in his heart qUoid 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 r, !ef revealing,
Might come to his pillow, suggesting there
s,uAliC iHo.iSH MS Io'e anu MS wealth. 10 snare.
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 CT sleep, on its soft, downy pinOus
Had nshered him into those bissful dOminiOns
The bright world of fancy, the realm of the minC
: ITO be cOntinued)
There is no necessity to go anywhere else fO
your Clothing: we have every kind and ever
: price, and being determined to satisfy our friend
and give them regular bargains they are bOun
to be pleased. Inspect our vast stock
. TOWER HALL, may "a i
SIS and $40 Market Street, PHILADELPHIA
! GARITEE, MASTEN & ALLEN.