Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1884-12-04
URI, THURsDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1884.
Written for the Ledger.
A SQUINT AT THE RINK.

Written for the Ledger.
A SQUINT AT THE RINK.
Come, tender muse, and put my soul In arms
Whilst recite the sweet dslirious charms
Goo truly utter-too tooly too. think,
To put In prose) OF our own skaeing rink. ia
The gods Olympian searching through the earth
And sister worlds for food for classic mifth
Ne'er hit upon madder, merYief thing
Than this whose sweet bewitchingness sing.
The King Of Hades-pardon me. old fei,
This new name for your kingdom sounds 90
we'll
] like to use it-lends his magic grace
To add mysterious prestige TO the place.
20. Absalom. forgive me, hut tits true
I saw him there on Monday night with you y
The devil q constable soon no doubt will be-
The devil a constable that night was hei
Blue eyes and blonde (ined) hair
60. fair was she y
Black eyes and ennui air
t2-2 was he y
She'd . too aesthetic grace In her charming form
And sweetly utter lassitude Of air,
He was dilletante-blase. with supercilioui
way--
Quite unconscious Of her charms he seemed
the bear.
Her dress-O, muse, turn milliner awhile
And help me to describe this sweet chef d
aeaver,
Use every art and every cunning vile:
If woman be susceptible we'n meve 'ef!
Satin, chenille.
Laees to kill,
Hose that the soul of q zebra would thrill,
Gather and frill-
oh. her miiliner bill
Two columns at least Of this paper 'twouid ill
Rainbow, 90 hide thy poor diminished head,
Take back seat and watch this dress 70 by
And never more by rain and sunbeams fed
Wilt thou have heart to hang thyself on high.
Down the stairway steep
Youth and maiden creep
Into the narrow darkened mouth 0f-well,
For the sake of eupho-nee
And lest should neglect vivre
will liken it unto a diving bell.
Their debut is abrupt, but Alb, wropt up
In sealskin, as BELTS skating,place
Ne'ef limiting that their presence is de trop,*
Ushers them In with most consummate grace
'E-bey Obey" says he, with Orient bow,
Heed his instructions and he'll show you how >
Bring on the skates !" Heavens, how Ebey
TrlMbled!
But quick obeyed and well his fright dissembled
o. guardian angel, had you forgot your duty
And ceased to hover DER this guileless beauty.
The hardest heart would sure have been hard
touched
To see how Juliet at her Romeo clutched.
Soft swaying like willow, zephyr kissed,
She steered to embrace a column-but shs
missed!
o. kaleidoscope,
Could you ever hope
With these sublimest views dissolving with youl
charms to cope?
Q. many hued rainbow,
Now, If ever, you may know
That in rivalry of colors you don't stand hal
o, festive barber pole,
l.. Give us back those stripes you stole
For know now where you got 'em-yes do
upon my soul!
4 glitter OF rollers-a glimmer of hair,
Their positions reversed-oh, those skates wers
a snare
A bright panorama, artistic and rare
An ominous hush--oh. alas for the fairi
Then laughter breaks out like beast from Ii.
lair
And rings through the thin. circumambient air
Ma fois You're fine Gentry to stand there and
snigger
When the lady presents such a NAL droi
"fgger!'
McMurray, We fiends, at the lady's mishap,
'Tis Luckie for you her escorts not her pap!
Up the stairway steep
Youth and maiden creep
Out OF the dark and narrow mouth Orwell
The lady's inmOst thought
Is not Just comme IL faut
What she would call is the mouth of now woult
scarcely do to tell
q, tender muse, pray you let me down
As easy as you can for am tired.
Tis hint enongh--this bald spot on my crown
To be SO rash again can't be hired!
Shepherd
THE widest Imagination could not max
them de trop in this case. but must have
rhyme, and 1 cannot give up the most exceilen
pun in the first line Of this stanza.