The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-11-24
An R,iSs~,s of nhymisr.

Ihs society goes on fstnuuely. we
have had a paper presented and read
laaely which has srsAtly amused some
OF us and provoked few OF the
weaker sore. TIE writer is that crab.
bed OLD profes,or at bellies lsttres at
that q: en's college over there. lie Ia
drsadiuly hard on tho poor "pasts,"
a. they csll themselves. IL seems
tnat grSa many young persons, and
more especially great maay young
girls, Of whom the institute has fur
nished considerable proportion
HAYS taken 10 sand.ng MN their
rsymsa productions 80 bo crisiclssd--
expecttsg ~ De praised, no dGuot.
every ons of N. | must give you
one ef the ssicisst txtraotS from his
paper in his oSu words:
III iasss hslf My tigas to road Tho
'poeMs' sent mo by yoans psoplo IT
both soxes. They would bs more shy
Il noirg IL ii !hsy koew that l recog-
ntxs soB eney 70 rayning as y ecsa-
mon form OF mentel weakness, and IL Q
tlicatios OF ~ thin voiumo OF verse
~ primn fscio evideuee OF ambitious
msniocrity, II not in!eri rity. OF
oourso there sSs exceptions 0 I hi, rule
o'juda1ent, but I naninlain that the
ps,uGption il always against
she rny mes,sr "a compared With
the lsta pretopiiOus per- ons about him
or her, .usy wi 4 some usefui calling
loo buoy TO DO tsggipg rhymsd com
n nplsoes together. Just NOV Ehsre
,st ma to b. an epidemic OF rhymiue
a. bad M The dancing msrie, or the,
swesrtpg sickness. Alter reading q
certsin Smount OF manuscript verse
on"ia disposed to snathemssizo the
inventlr OF homophoDops syllsbiaea-
ton. This phrase mads great laugh
~nsn A. was rsed. This, that In RI ' nj
Tag, Dsst have been found ous vcIy
early
Where IRE you, Adam:
Here am l, adam;
but II can Eeyer nave been hlhiiusliy
ursoiiooi until attet the fall. Tsa in
trasion Of tintinnahs.ating ternins-
tiCns OF onvSrsatiunsl ia.srcourAs o;
msn and angels woald have spoiled
Paradise itself. Milton would noi
have tbam in "Parsdiss LOST" YOU
Remember. For my own part, / wish
eortsln rtymes cou.d be declared onn-
trsssnd OF written ot printed lsuesugs,
Nothing should bs allowed to be hsrieli
NJ tho world or whiried With IL, or
fnrled upon II, or curled over 1t; al
eyes ssosld he kept away from the
skies. in apito OF os homlni sublime
dod,t; ydath should bo elupie d
with all tne virtues except trus.
earth should newer be rsmiudoo
o! her birlh; death should never be al
loved 10 atop . mortal's breath, nor
the bell tn sosDd his knell, nor fow-
ors nom hi j. 60 iing bowere to weave
over mis- Rrg1o or snew their bloom
upon his t0nb. We Lave rhymips
die i,osaries--let us have one from,
which all raymos sre vigorously ex.
slShed. TIE sight o. poor creature
grubbing Ter rhymes Ia Al uo kis ann i.
not, or 10 srSya one Of those yOrasious.
rht ma-s"allswing r,Smaroles which
some OF onr drudgIrg post,cal opsra-
uycs have hsen exhaasti1g them
eelvse OF late to sEtihje with iluyie..
makes roy hsad sche and my siomse 4
rebel. Work, work OF some kind, is
he business ~ men and women, not
tho mating of jinX.es! No--no-ns 4! l
want U see the young p.opls In our
schools and scajenies and colleges,
ana the graduates OF tsess in.iIIu
tons, lifted up cut of tho little Dismal
swamp Of ssii.soxieaplstius snd self
tndulsing and selfspmmiserstlp
rmod 'nslisn which 10 surfei,ing the
laof with tnose literary wand wicnes-
this slloea ~ tinkling sentimentsli,y
ssi~sen I'VE covers looking like hard
baked silt gingerbread, Bat what
'sces tho-r yonng folks mako up at my
good sdvies. They get tipsy on their
rhyme. Nothing intoxica,es enc like
hls--or her--owp verses, aud they hold
on TO their metrs-bsll ID monseripg ~
tina fellows that inha,e nitrous oxide
hold on to tho gas bas."- lo.lver Wen.
dell uOlmes In Desemher Atlantic.