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VOL. 8. LEXINGTON, KY., JANUARY. N0. 4.
` A TALE OF A BONNET.
` A. TRAGEDY IN THREE PARTS.
I Pur! 1. The Bamzel.
A bit of foundation as big as yo_ur hand {
Bows of ribbon and lace ;
Wire sufficient to make them stand;
V A handful of roses, :1. velvet band—
It lacks but one crowning grace.
· Par! 2. The Bird. '
• A chirp, a twitter, a flash of wings,
. Four wide—open mouths in a nest ;
From morning ’till night she brings and brings, *
; For growing birds, they are hungry things-
; Ay ! hungry things at the best.
` % ` A crack of a rifle, a shot well sped ;
i A crimson stain on the grass ;
i Four hungry birds in a nest nnfed—
  Ah! well, we will leave the rest unsaid;
, . Some things were it better to pass.
i . Par! 3. The Il*2*a1*er.
` The lady has surely a beautiful face,
She has surely a queenly air ; `
The bonnet had Bowers and ribbons and lace ;
But the bird has added the crowning graee—
It is really a charming aHair. g
Is the love of a bonnet supreme over all,
In a lady so faultlessly fair? 4
3 The Father takes heed when the sparrows fall, ’ `
  , He hears when the starving nestlings call——
S A .' Can a tender woman 7:0/ rare?
  —Excl1ange.
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