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Show SCANDAL ROW. Scandal Row? No need to querlijn W here it fimous dwcllinija are ; Search in nny chance direction, And you cannot travel far; Mile upon mil its fronts extend, Hut und pala.cn siie by si'le: Rich and pjor here 6trao)r.;Iy blend, All alike are Argus-eyud ! Lately it has boon tho fashion To reside in Scandal Row: And the all-absorbinc passion lias aliocted hih and low; Not a house bi uvur vacant, Nut n sig'i proclaims ' to let;" Every hovel boaU a tenant, livery mansion lias its 'Vet." Nimhlotongues forever rattle; Sowing broadcust shameless news; Never askirg, while they lat'.lo, "W'liat ihtir hflpleas victims loio; Greirdy oun, with koenent reimh, Catch tho tonRtie's ill-gotten spoils; Other lips its tnles embellish, Always weaving stronger toils. Worso than those who burn our houses; Worse than any plundering clan, Are theso vultures, all around us, Who destroy man's faith in man ! Hungry-eyed, and morbid varlots, TruKte;!, unsusppcted spies, Disronardinjr housohola secrets; Multiplying damning lies ! Nay, nnw, be not Bwift to mention Scandal-mongers you may know; , Give your own house soma attention h.re a single stone you throw; Those whom you sharply censure, Are not worso than you, I trow, Look at home boforo you venture; You may live in Scandal Row. |