Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-01-20

by the story OF the schoolboy's question
Did Wright write rite right?
The following curious rhyme was
evolved at the time the burlesque
operetta of Boz and Goa was first brought
out in London, and was suggested by the
coincidence that one Of the leading actors
was named Cox:
When EDGAR Bruce and Douglas Cox
Play Boz and Coz, in Cox and Box,
We find that Bruce plays Coz, and Cox
In turn plays Boz. in Cox and Box;
SO it is very clear that Cox
And Cox alone-plays Cor and Boz.
Of sentences that read backward and
pies in literature, from the brief
MADAM, I'm ADAM" to the celebrated
Napoleonic one: cable was ere 1 saw
Elba," which is doubtless the best speci-
men of this species of composition ex-
tant. A verse which will be found excel
lent advice, whether read forward or
backward by words, is this:
Exercise take: excess beware;
Rise early and breathe fresh air;
Eat slowly; trouble drive away.
Feet warmlsh keep; blend work with play. |
The composition of anagrams is one OF
the most pleasing of amusements, and
we subioin list which, for pith and
point, has never been surpassed:
Astronomers-No more stars.
Impatient-Time in a pet.
Mssuuerade-Queer as mad.
Matrimony-IutO my arm
Midshipman--Mndh his map
Parshioners-I hire parsons.
Parliament-Partal men.
Penitentiary-Nay, repent.
Presbyterian-Best in prayer.
Radical Reform-Rare made froic.
Revolutionary love ruin.
SWeetheart--There we sat-
Telegraph-Great help.
The following verse, though appar-
emily simple, is one of the most difficult
among our literary curiosities. All the
letters of the alphabet are used in it's
construction except the letter 'e, which
is considered indispensable in ordinary
composition:
jovial swain may rack his brain
And tax his fancys might;
~, quiz in vain, for tbs most plain
Thst what say is right.
Among allhe1 ative sentences the fol-
owing is even better than the famous
!. peter Piper picked" ETC., as will be
by single attempt at its repetition:
seel " and socks shock Susan in an explics-
Shot ,rer, and inexorably she ceaseth show
BILE maj Noes
ing rl: ner B. usewhat extraordinary expert
lnis eu % VIC extract from an exceed
:noi.' :neh.' VIA" VA cwspaper, will be new to
inUsv Us"anoaon-n ", 'aordtnary- - Charles x, <
King of France, wae i. He xhi6ited xtraordi-
is xceedipgly xscrate ,cy; he was xemplary in
xternals, but xtrinsic OF RENE in xcitement
xtatic under xtortion, x. ~ors xpression he
was xpstriated for his xcess, y xnired in Siie'
his xtrayagance, was killed AM ~. 81
OF crandiloouent paragrap os 'he lol'
lowing is brief example:
"H1GH DIDDLE DIDDLE."
FIN Miltonic verse.
Heard ye that mirthful melody semu, snnrosch ing
Caught Of the careful cat the critic :.SSv co,t
prosd dome in tortoise decked or taDDy coa''
The Villain yermints tsstxs vixen fiddie smose,
Which' 1I as high Hesper poured his gliuerins
Inspired not unawRwsIdt s tSs eGw beheid sS
bo ToS Siminutive, while its strange romance
With laughter loud his simple bosom swgneH, etnre
he dish high heaped with 1929 ina,sd al love i'm.
Ssuch Is the nursery tale Of infant lore:
Although not strictly pertaining, per,
Enass, to the subject, q few instances y.
Snconscious versifcation may not pe ou'
i sDlacs in this connection. This unIn. mn.
o. Nionai verse is from Whe"en
tel satise Ga Mechanics:
IL For no force, however great,,
Can stIetch q cord, however hne'
INTO horizontal line
Nat is exactly straight.
I lowing, from one OF Abraham
The fol addresses is still more re
Lincoln's &of unmeant poetry:
markaDle b g we hope,
Fondly Ydo we pray,
Fervent uignV scOurRe OF war
That this 'Eiy pass away.
might spet ittle Nell, in Dickens
The funeral of w." though written o.
"Old Curiosity Sh, ,poetry when prop
prose, becomes tru,
erly arranged. dpoetic prose W
A curious example, Lrving's "Knich
copy from Washington York." wher
erbocker's History of No
it stands as plain prose: soft repose,
The gallant warrior starts from u0us ease; y,
From golden visions and v0lupt M0i peace
Where in the dulcet piping tim, NSOis.
He sought sweet solace after all hi w.
No more In besuty's siren lap reclii