Poems and miscellanies selected from the writings of Miss Eliza Townsend Printed but not published |
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LITTLE CANARY. |
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LITTLE CANARY.
Affairs of state so excited of late
That even the feathered creation
To politics made their pretension,
Left their shady retreat
The emergence to meet,
Sending one of their swift delegation,
The fleetest for settling the nation,
To fly to the Whig Convention.
That even the feathered creation
To politics made their pretension,
Left their shady retreat
The emergence to meet,
Sending one of their swift delegation,
The fleetest for settling the nation,
To fly to the Whig Convention.
From what part of the country come
He has not said nor sung,
But a naturalized foreigner he
This Whiggie appeareth to be,
Since up to the chamber he made his way,
And into the cage where it hung
He very familiarly sprung,
Helped himself to what edibles round about lay,
Seemed very contented and happy to stay,
And made himself quite at home.
With a bright, new, straw-colored vest,
And a uniform coat and crest,
And a carol can vie with the best,
In praise of the Chief of the West!
Nor has Harrison any
'Mongst all of the many
In his canvass, or farther or nearer,
With voices or consciences clearer
(However they vary)
Than constituent Canary,
Who has turned, for his tribe, 'Lectioneer.
He has not said nor sung,
But a naturalized foreigner he
This Whiggie appeareth to be,
Since up to the chamber he made his way,
And into the cage where it hung
He very familiarly sprung,
Helped himself to what edibles round about lay,
Seemed very contented and happy to stay,
And made himself quite at home.
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And a uniform coat and crest,
And a carol can vie with the best,
In praise of the Chief of the West!
Nor has Harrison any
'Mongst all of the many
In his canvass, or farther or nearer,
With voices or consciences clearer
(However they vary)
Than constituent Canary,
Who has turned, for his tribe, 'Lectioneer.
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