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Show THE POET'S PROVENDER. My heart is joyous in the dlning-hajl, Whene'er, at noon, the smiling boarding-ma'am Displays beside the dulcet frittered clam The still, calm beauty of the cod-fish ball. y. And then tho chicken of the spring is all : , My fancy paints e'en to the juicy ham Embroidered with belated eggs I am ' Quite partial, for It holds the muse In thrall. Welsh rabbit makes me mad as, a Maroh hare, For oft when I affect it some lone dies And I'm disposed to pen the thrane or monody, ' But, ah' Night brings along her dreadful dread-ful mare, Then poesy Incontinently flies, The muse won't work she simply has strephonody, Eugene Geary in Judge. "Count Penniless finds New "fork. English easy to understand but hard to speak." "Yes, In New York money talksi' Town Topics. o |