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 | Miscellaneous writings of the late Dr. Maginn |  |
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ODOHERTY'S GARLAND.
IN HONOR OF MRS. COOK, THE GREAT.
Let the Emerald Isle make O'Brien her boast,
And let Yorkshire be proud of her “strapping young man,”
But London, gay London, should glory the most,
She has reared Mrs. Cook, let them match her who can;
This female Goliah is thicker and higher
Than Italian Belzoni, or Highlandman Sam.
Yet the terrible creature is pretty in feature,
And her smile is as soft as a dove or a lamb.
And let Yorkshire be proud of her “strapping young man,”
But London, gay London, should glory the most,
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This female Goliah is thicker and higher
Than Italian Belzoni, or Highlandman Sam.
Yet the terrible creature is pretty in feature,
And her smile is as soft as a dove or a lamb.
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When she opens her eyelids she dazzles you quite
With the vast flood of splendor that flashes around;
Old Ajax, ambitious to perish in light,
In one glance of her glory perdition had found.
Both in verse and in prose, to the bud of a rose,
Sweet lips have been likened by amorous beau;
But her lips may be said to be like a rose-bed
Their fragrance so full is, so broad is their glow.
With the vast flood of splendor that flashes around;
Old Ajax, ambitious to perish in light,
In one glance of her glory perdition had found.
Both in verse and in prose, to the bud of a rose,
Sweet lips have been likened by amorous beau;
But her lips may be said to be like a rose-bed
Their fragrance so full is, so broad is their glow.
The similitudes used in king Solomon's book,
In laudation of some little Jewess of old,
If we only suppose them devised for the Cook,
Would appear the reverse of improper or bold.
There is many a tree that is shorter than she,
In particular that on which Johnston was swung,
Had the rope been about her huge arm, there's no doubt,
That the friend of the Scotsman at once had been hung,
In laudation of some little Jewess of old,
If we only suppose them devised for the Cook,
Would appear the reverse of improper or bold.
There is many a tree that is shorter than she,
In particular that on which Johnston was swung,
Had the rope been about her huge arm, there's no doubt,
That the friend of the Scotsman at once had been hung,
The cedars that grew upon Lebanon hill,
And the towers of Damascus might well be applied,
With imperfect ideas the fancy to fill,
Of the monstrous perfections of Cook's pretty bride.
Oh! if one of the name be immortal in fame,
Because round the wide globe he adventured to roam,
Mr. Cook, I don't see why yourself should not be
As illustrious as he without stirring from home!
And the towers of Damascus might well be applied,
With imperfect ideas the fancy to fill,
Of the monstrous perfections of Cook's pretty bride.
Oh! if one of the name be immortal in fame,
Because round the wide globe he adventured to roam,
Mr. Cook, I don't see why yourself should not be
As illustrious as he without stirring from home!
Quoth Odoherty.
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