Smyrna times., 1883-10-24
Litsletua Coke Verses Clara gisSpaoiIa,
BY THE BALD OF TOWER HALL.
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Describing his mansion, in vain should tell
OF the carpets from Turkey, the carpets Brusscll
Which, i'll richness of finish III pattern and dye /
Gave Al bloom 10 the cheek and a light TO the eye
All! well might the feet that those carpets shall
BE proud of the honor of such caress:
As proud as the bee when in summer it goes
To lake for its carpet the leaves of the rose.
And over the carpets, in pattern 80 ralc,
Some pencil artistic had wrought on the ceiling
And cupds 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;
COrnCes 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 chase
carriage coachman, IL pair of fine bays;
With trOtter admired, spirited Steed.
Perhaps from the stock OF the Tartar Ukraine"
A very distinguished and popular breed
MaZeppa once rode without bride or rein
'riS certain am not enough of a lingust
To give you, i'll Tartar, the points that distinguish
a horse of this breed, of which BTyOn 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
blast;
And in case that he had, am now of the mind
should bet two 20 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 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 asked by Il friend if the pledge he
would sign
And pi II n his ulpDS is brandy nd ,-iua
He babe him BECOME, with frOwn:
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 k1eel doacn
But with Litteton 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
| A tenantleSs chamber, IL r0id in his heart,
He often had thought if u married mans life
With his feeling and views had accorded
! He might to his bosom have taken wife
And uOid in his heart duOided.
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
\ balm of relief revealing,
Might come to his pillow, suggesting there
s1Olhc hdlueH ms ioNe anu MS Wcdltn 10 snare.
| Then vanished the world, and its troubles before
| 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 bissful dominions
The bright world of fancy, the realm of the mind
| Go be cOntnuedl
There is no necessity to go anywhere else f0
your Clothing we have every kind and every
price, and being determined to satisfy our friend
and give them regular bargains, they are boun,
! INSPECT
| TOWER HALL, may PAL,
SIS and $40 Market street, Philadelphia.
GARITEE, MASTEN & ALLEN.