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Lines in Pleasant Places

Rhythmics of many moods and quantities. Wise and otherwise

Shillaber, B. P. (1814-1890)

OCCASIONAL PIECES.

WAR LYRICS.

FRIENDLY PERSONALITIES.

MISCELLANEOUS.

UNCONSIDERED TRIFLES.

[There was a fire the other day]

[In the crowded street we found him]

[Yon clock—the Dutchman in the window there]

[A blue coat!—ah, my country's uniform!]

[The wind went howling round the town]

[O, this dismal influenza!]

[I saw an organ grinder in the street]

[As I along the street did go]

[Conductor Gilmore lay in sleep]

[How dull it is! and so are we]

[If you wish to know what you should do]

[Mrs. Ben Blifkins (may she ne'er grow less)]

[O glorious Fourth! how patriotism fires]

ON A BUTCHER'S LETTER.

[Suppose the spear of grass should say]

[My friend had on a coat quite seedy]

[When June's hot sun pours down in fervid beams]

[All the day, all the day]

[Little troubles are by these defined]

[A princess marries! Lord, the fuss they make!]

[I wrote within an album once sweet things]

[Of all the features humanly appearing]

[Hogarth affirmed the line of beauty lay]

[There is a picture, pinned against my wall]

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[I wrote within an album once sweet things]

I wrote within an album once sweet things
Of one I loved—how madly! I was young,
And Cupid buzzed about with busy wings,
And tempted me perplexing ways among.
I bowed at that one shrine—my heart laid down,
And an eternal faithfulness I swore;
She was my monarch—love gave her a crown—
And I, her subject, went in to adore.

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I know not how it was, but soon a cloud
Came o'er my spirit as I older grew;
The crown was changed, and squandered in a crowd
Was all the love that young affection knew.
I dodged the trap that early romance laid,
But didn't make much by it, I'm afraid.