The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-01-25
TAMPERlNG WITH TRIPLES,
VENICE.

VENUE.
An Meditermnean skies are blue
Where Venice rules the sea,
And lovers hearts beas lesl aud true,
And daughter nipples free
From Fps az swaying gcndoiier,
AS rhythmic moves the oar.
And spirits seem 90 Hu,ser near
The scenes they knew a. yore.
Tradition comes with mufaed tread
From out she yasiy deep,
When nhe long southern day hath ned
And Venice yields 20 sleep.
And M and down the waterways
Strange boats and shapes arc seen,
And SOFT the troplc noonoeam plays
On things as they have been.
Old histr'y -rnakng epochs seem
To step. begirt wirh gems,
Into the mo9nlight's mellow CLEAN,
And kingly diadems
Give back in shards OF cleaning light
The splendors known of old.
And walls fling back the perfumed night
From tapestries Of gold.
And as the quick sleep on. and on,
The dead bare forth amain
And when the days bright light is flown
They tread old ways again;
The doge's palace rises grand
In splre and hligree
The doge once more doth take his stand
And yeds the 1,innlFne sra
q clock tolls out the midnight hour!
The hosts are put to rout;
And Laughing sprites and spirits dour
Are blotted quickly out
tawny-skinned young gondolier
| Sways to The dipping oar,
And sings of eyes his heart holds dear
And Venice wakes once more.
49,
This being tho Arst time Queen Vic
tonia has ever died it is in order for the
self-appointed wise men to predict the
dissolution of the British empire, that Al
bert Edward will fall down on his new
lob, and that fnternecine strife and for
eign war will shake the kingdom from
these things will happen. Queen Vic.
toria was a real nice and most estlmahlt
old lady, and Though she will he missed
the old world will rock along without
her, Though OF does almost seem as 4
the throne might be forgiven for dodEins
the first time Albert goes Ito sit on It.
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| "A Greek anarchist has been arrested
and has confessed that he came TO thi:
country with the Intention of killing one
Of Americas great men. hut he refuse,
TO give the great mans name. Disquet.
lug Thought! Could it possibly be you ol
|, dear relder2
/ All, may things he next summer,
When the towns with heat a-glare,
So that we can phone the grocer
For can of liquid air.
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man has really been wounded In 4
French duel The man who did 1t should
be arrested. The blood thirsty wretch
Is baaering down the world most cher.
| ished presidents.
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AT the present rentals in Houston on,
hardly knows whether to stay here ana
build renting property or to 20 to beau.
mont and strike oil.
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| Man may love maiden dearly,
For OF love there Is no dearth;
But he doesn't like to tell her
TIN he knows what dad" is worth.
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Teddy's new book telling how 1--WE
killed bar" viii soon go TO press
Teddy's picture With teeth rampant will
adorn the title page.
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When nichls are cauld and hlitherin
baiws
The blasts adoon the braes,
Then aibins wights roll in their claus
An shiver in their waes;
An should they scan these valrses DER
Some Scot whae homesick yearns,
Heal knaw he's ne'er seen EN- before.
They were not wit by Burns.
49,
A negro boy up the State fell gu, o.
tree and was killed. lie probabl,
struck on his feet.
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You may love her when you wed her.
| From her toes to truant locks;