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Bridal Ballad

Bridal Ballad The ring is on my hand,And the wreath is on my brow —Satins and jewels grand,And many a rood of land,Are all at my command,And I am happy...

Al Aaraaf

Al Aaraaf Part I. O! Nothing earthly save the ray of Beauty’s eye,As in those gardens where the daySprings from the gems of Circassy —O! nothing earthly save the...

To M —

To M — 1 O! I care not that my earthly lotHath — little of Earth in it —That years of love have been forgotIn the fever of a minute...

An Acrostic

An Acrostic Elizabeth it is in vain you say“Love not” — thou sayest it in so sweet a way:In vain those words from thee or L. E. L.Zantippe’s talents had...

X-ing a Paragrab

X-ing a Paragrab As it is well known that the ‘wise men’ came ‘from the East,’ and as Mr. Touch-and-go Bullet-head came from the East, it follows that Mr. Bullet-head...

Von Kempelen and his Discovery

Von Kempelen and his Discovery After the very minute and elaborate paper by Arago, to say nothing of the summary in ‘Silliman’s Journal,’ with the detailed statement just published by...

The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade

The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade Truth is stranger than fiction — Old Saying Havingx had occasion, lately, in the course of some oriental investigations, to consult...

Thou Art the Man

Thou art the Man I will now play the Œdipus to the Rattleborough enigma. I will expound to you — as I alone can — the secret of the enginery...

A Tale of Jerusalem

A Tale of Jerusalem Intensos rigidam in frontem ascendere canos Passus erat. — LUCAN DE CATONE. A bristly bore. — TRANSLATION. “Let us hurry to the walls,” said Abel-Shittim to Buzi-Ben-Levi and Simeon...

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