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ON A RECENT MARRIAGE.
JENNY LIND'S.
In ancient Bible times,—we read the storyIn Numbers, chapter 'leven,—there befell
Among the Jewish tribes a famine sorry,
And all the Hebrews threatened to rebel.
Then Heaven, aweary with their ceaseless cavil,
Raised up a wind,—most marvellous of gales,—
And strewed for miles, on the encircling gravel,
Myriads on myriads of plumpest quails.
The moral of the tale I'll not pursue,
Because disastrous did the sequel prove,—
I merely wish to show the modern Jew
Revealed to us in epicurean love;
The ancient Hebrew feasted on his quail,
The modern Jew secures a Nightingale.
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