The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-09-30
THACKERY's EARLY WRITINGS.

From the st. James Gazette
Thackery's admirers are divided into
two opposed parties. The one party say
that writings which the author in his life
time did not think fit to republish ought
to be left in oblivion. The other party
think that everything which he ever wrote
ought to be handed down to posterity.
Mr.. Johnson, in his early Writings Of
William Makepeace Thackery," has en-
deavored TO steer a middle course; he has
erred, ii he has erred at ALL on the side Of
discretion. We should gladly have seen
his little book amplited by greater NUN.
Der OF Thackery's pieces, rcdiscovered or
revived. Here is sample of them:
TO dENEvIRvE.
a DISTINGUISHED Epistle)
Say. do seek my Gcncylcyel
Thy charms alone 10 win
Oh, mol for thou art hity-hYe,
And uglcr than SIN
Or do love the flowing verse
VIOn thy syrCn tuugucY
oh, MOI those strains OF thine are worse
Than ever scrcech owl sung
Since then thus refuse my love
For songs or charms to give,
Whit could my nrly passion mover
Thy money, Gcncricyol
An especial interest belongs to the bur
lpsQuc lines on "rimhuctoo," the theme
oi the young Mr.. Tennyson's prize poem
ut Cambridge. Thackeray divided his ac-
count of Ilmbuctoo into mcthodical para
graphs, dealing with The situation, The
Natural History, the Lion Hunt Life nc
Home, Life Abroad and Reflections on
the Foregoing. We quote the final Apos-
trophc and the Moral
| pcsoatc Atric' thou art lovely Yet
one heart yet beats which nccr shall thee forget
| What though thy maidcus are q biacklsh brown.
| Does virtue dwell In Whitvr breast, Ul0uyl
| on mo- oh NO, oh no, oh no, oh mo-
" shall not must not cannot ccr be- 90
| The day shall come whom Alhion's s,ll shall feel
stern hrirs wrath aud wrlthC Meath AirVs steel.
| 80 her tribes the Hill of glory mount
| Aud sell their sugars ON their own account
While round her Throne the pru,trhte uauous come,
| Sue Tor her rice, ard barter Tor her rum.
Writing in the Constitutional, rhackeray,
using the signature ct t." gives an
amusing account OF a musical club at Cam-
| bridge. The vocal aud instrumental per-
formancos end up with n supper
| when seated nj supper they seem tn iorget
| The purpu.c Tor which they pretend 10 have met
| was taken thcp once, and found that good
Was tho rrratost, II not the sole cause Of their
| meeting
Mr.. Johnson makes out q nearly con.
elusive case for ascribing to Thackemy the
verses, "l'd he Iadpole, aparody on
"rd Re u Butterfly" The 1adpolo"
| was published in the GOWmdn No >,
and version with very slight differences,
written in Thackcmy's hand, has been
found IN an album Of autographs.
| IN M A TAproLE
ia he tadpolc. born In n puddle,
Mhcrc drowned dus- aud Kittens aud water rata
meet
And under n stone I ~ snurly would cuddlo,
| with some other tad TINT wis pfctty aud sweet
| ia never sptk NJ poor brains fur b muddle
| with thinking why hal no ipcs 20 ny feet;
hut under O. stone | ~ suugly would cudfle
With somc other tai o. was prvuy ana sweet
Oh could i0rrnw the wand " n fairy,
| IA be- u nsh aud have beautiful hnS
| Yet In my puddle I'm clcanll and airy,
I'm washed by the waters aud dried by tho
| Winds
F..h in a rInd must be watchful and wary.
| or bnys will catch them with worms ut hoossd
| plu'
so lliboa tnipolc clcnuly AMI airy,
Washed by the waicr and Wipci by the winds
| al tho the tate II each little rover
| when SUMMER comes aud the puddle Gets dry
| Why my gu,d friends when the fun Il al oYgT,
| o. 10 not bet 90 iur thdpovs Ia def o..
some may turn toad. aud With great speek'sd
| bellies.
swim In the gutter Or crawl Ia the ruad.
| tii die udpnlv aud not likr them irllics
H. one dty tad nud the other i"adl