Poetical fragments of the late Richard Alfred Millikin with an authentic memoir of his life |
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RISE OF THE TIMES. |
 | Poetical fragments of the late Richard Alfred Millikin |  |
RISE OF THE TIMES.
Alack that Man should ever be
So prone to warfare as we see,
War, that enhances every thing
That commerce or the seasons bring.
So prone to warfare as we see,
War, that enhances every thing
That commerce or the seasons bring.
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You ask what makes the leather rise?
It is the war the tanner cries;
Though cows do still wear hides he sees,
And bark still grows upon our trees.
It is the war the tanner cries;
Though cows do still wear hides he sees,
And bark still grows upon our trees.
Woollen or linen can't be cheap
In War, though we have flax and sheep:
Nay, every thing we eat or wear
'Tis war, that curse of man, makes dear.
In War, though we have flax and sheep:
Nay, every thing we eat or wear
'Tis war, that curse of man, makes dear.
An aged Matron went to buy
A candle once to light her sty;—
And finding that the price was more
By a full farthing than before.
The shop-man ask'd, how came it so?
He cried, “the War—the War you know.”
A candle once to light her sty;—
And finding that the price was more
By a full farthing than before.
The shop-man ask'd, how came it so?
He cried, “the War—the War you know.”
The ancient dame up turn'd her eyes,
And with a sigh for mankind cries;
Alas!—Alas!—and do they fight
These luckless times by candle light.
And with a sigh for mankind cries;
Alas!—Alas!—and do they fight
These luckless times by candle light.
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