80. LXXX.
LAMENTETH.
Saint's Rest, (wich is in the Stait uv Noo Gersey,) }
January the 28th, 1865.
The waters uv fanattycism coverd all the land,
and the Dimekratik ark wuz a flotin thereon.
And Peerse and Vallandigum, and Vorhees and
Bright, and Micklellan and Booel, 2 and 2, wuz
therein, and wuz tired.
I am a dove, a peese dove.
I wuz sent out uv the ark to find a restin-place,
but I could find no rest for the sole uv my foot.
For ther wuz no abatin uv the flud.
In November our ark restid on Aryrat, and
there it is, stuck, and we are dolefly lookin out
uv the winders.
Afore us, behind us, and on both sides uv us,
we see our enemies, gorjusly drest in purple and
fine linnen, and a holdin the orfisis.
They hev post-orfisis, and custum-howsis, and
furrin mishns, and colekterships, and et settrys,
wich is our principples.
Strandid on the mountain-top, we set, and set,
and set.
Wendell Fillips pecks at our heds, and Horris
Greely stampeth on our korns, and lo! our hands
is tied.
From our mountin-top we see the armies goin
4th to battle, and we behold the discumfercher
uv our frends.
And we make faces at our enemies.
Sayin, Yet a little while, and England and
France shel interfere.
The provo-marshel roameth up and down the
land, seeking whom he may conscript, and nobody
dares bust him.
And we make faces.
All that pass by clap their hands; they hiss
and wag their heds at us, sayin: Is these Dimokrasy?
Is them the sons uv Jaxon?
And we make faces.
Two dollars is the tax upon whisky, and the
tongue uv the sucker cleaveth to the roof uv his
mouth for thirst; the young bummer asks for
nips, but no man poureth out till he observeth
the postal.
They that did drink juleps are down to corn-joose,
and they that delighted in new whisky are
burnin ther bowils with camfene.
The mole is blind, but not more blinderer than
we.
When the men uv the South drew the sword,
why did we jine ourselves 2 em?
Why did we try eatin fire, whose mouth wuz
made for Limburg cheese? Why did we tie ourself
to a corpse?
Who shel deliver us? Who shel take us out uv
the hand uv our enemy?
Petroleum V. Nasby,
Lait Paster uv the Church uv the Noo Dispensashun.
