Smyrna times., 1883-09-19
VI, CULbUUNW C %
STAFFORD. DELAWARE.
Iitslatua Coke Verses Clara Fitgpssis,
By THE BARD OF TOWER HALL.


CHAPTER ILL.,
| have done with Miss Clara. drop her inStanter
With others acquainted leave her in care
Ana having Pegasus warmed up for a canter,
Shall ride him no further with nothing to Iredr"
But firm in the saddle in true Jockey style
The spur on my heel and the whipin my hand
If making good time, shall look for Il smile
From my readers, the judges, in passing the
stand
ToavOid miscOnception It's best should mention.
1t may save some conjecture and some idle
ditty-
To sing you song is my earnest intention,
OF LiItletOn Coke, of our good Quaker City.
Mr.. l4ttletOn Coke was among the fast men,
And headed the list of the proud upper ten
His pockets were lined and his Golfers were full.
From playing on Third street the part of BUR-
When the Bears" badly pushed, had their hides
up in pawn,
And trouble was bre.cing, the length of his horn
Was thrust i'll the side of some poor stricken Bear
That wounded and bleeding, went bnck to its lair.
Thus for many year was our hero rornuted,
Till by hundreds of thousands his wealth com
puted;
Then having converted the horns of the Bull"
Into cOrnucOpias ample and full,
lie made up his mind for the rest of his life
He would not engage i'll a business strife,
But, spending his money, would live at his ease,
Would go when he wished, and would come when
he pleased;
He bought an estate on Wavne avenue
The point of my story I'm bringing to view;
sing of the man who had nothing to do.
Nothing to do is the theme of my lay,
And when have finished, be candid and say
Which Is mosttO be pitied; which one of the two
look for verdict Impartial and fair
MI Lttleton Coke, who had nothing to do;
Or Clara FitZpOOdle, with nothing to wear"
Mr.. Lttleton Coke, as before was telling.
On popular avenue purchased dwelling;
domicil, house, or a home if you please:
AND II you're not suited with any of these
If the Home, Sweet Home" of our early years
Are words too common for delicate ears
II they must be dropped from the dictionary
Kicked out of our vocabulary,
why tnen-lh the mother tongues EXPANSION
Mr. LittletOn Coke has purchased mdnSiOn
He furnished 1t, too, from top to toe:
The toe of a house!-Is that proper and meet?
you you'll md It right when you come to know
That upon the avenue or the street.
The mansion stood upon fifty feet
Now on nity feet there are more or less toes
And the toe have mentioned was one of the lot
Ana some of the others perhaps, ere close,
May cause me to stumble, and trip IN my plot
Trip in my plot! All, that will not,
Having started in earnest, with something in view
l shall not be shaken a title or lot
Or swerve from my purpose in putting il Through
Ferhaps in some niche in the temple Of Fame
Inc truths may utter, in reason and rhyme,
May live in their glory TO honor my name,
Undimmed by the dust and rubbish of time,
or, what is more likely to happen, perchance,
some critic may run me clean through with q
lance,
And l from Pegasus dishonored be thrown.
10 die of my wounds and thus perish unknown
It's very sad thought, but in case il proves true
with the troubles of life I'll having nothing to do
Nothing to do !-Ah, words fifty spoken
was getting erratic; the charm is now broken
All further DEPRESSION hereby eschew
And return to the man on Wayne avenue
Mr.. LittletOn Coke, who had nothing to do"
ITO be cOntinued1
Ana should any of my readers get impatien
between the chapters, they can get full partieu
lars, and also getimmense bargains in Clothing a
TOWER HALL, may 24-ly
SIS and $40 Market Street, PHILADELPHIA,
GARlTEE, MASTEN & ALLEN.