Original Poetry.

Evening Star, Issue 3684, 12 December 1874, Page 2

Original Poetry.

SOL TO VENUS. “ Full five score years and five, dear Madame Venus, Have rolled away since last my path you’ve crossed, And since then, o’er the aerial gulf between us I’ve often gazed, and wondered what t’would cost To bridge it with a road, but not a stage one, I mean a railway, love -a narrow gauge one. “ Then I could visit you and * hae a crack,’ (Crack, as you know, is Scotch for conversation), On Sundays you could pay my visits back, Thus giving ample scope for observation, In much pertaining to things astronomical, io Earth’s small pigmies who look up so comical. “ Your presence here awakens lecollection, I’ve kept my weather eye upon the Earth, And quaint old memories pass in retrospection, Exciting pity and evoking mirth : Excuse the smile which flits acrcss my features, But oh ! those dustlings are such funny creatures. Strange sights I’ve witnessed on that restless planet, Since last, dear Madam, you came here to tea: 1 he tiny animalcule which man it, 1 rey on each other still, and can’t agree; Eaeli human bantam thinks himself a Jupiter, Their biggest bugs than Taurus oft are stupider. “ £ hat s .l leck yon pond they call Atlantic, Contains some puppets of the bulldog breed I ve seen them go through many a comic antic, iliey ught like demons, love, for gain and greed,They re under Father Neptune’s own protection— I think that he has made a good selection, “ Those mannikins have fought some pluckv battles J Since you were here before! They lick’d the Franks At Waterloo, and seized their goods and chattels; They’ve also had some tussels with the Yanks. However, you must know the Yankee nation is Britain s nearest, dearest blood relation. I ve watched the movements of those small automatons Upon the globe, with interest, since my birth, ihosa Pagans, Christians, Mormons, and Muhom etans, And all the other sects upon the Earth, Afford me food at times for calm reflection— Excuse me, raa m, that cloud shadesyour complexion. “ 1 hav ® fome, my love, to this conclusion, 1 hose earthlings are influenced by the Stars, And 1 ve a notion that their wild confusion is oft occasioned by that ruffian Mars, iween you and me, love, since Jove first begat a light, ibis Mars has been a mischiefmaking satel- “ Within this century some leading figures Have made this sanguinary rough their patron; They ve ruled Earth’s smaller fry with swords ami triggers ; Tis quite enough to shock a peaceful matron Bike you, my dear. Ha J see ! they gaze upon us, Don’t blush, my love, though Sol is your Adorns. The greatest and the grandest of those swad dies Was blind Ambition’s slave and Luna’s crony. He built lus blood-stained throne on human bodies, Though short and fat, those dustlings called him Jinn (ir. Another petty giant now leaves his mark Upon the Earth ; his name’s Der Graf Von Bismarck, ' With loving rays Earth’s richest fruits I cherish, Although I’m sick of gazing on that place, Ihe strong still crush the weak, and true men perish, Whilst rogues, unblushing, look me in the face With brazen impudence, that bangs creation, Pray pardon, Madam, my just indignation ; “ For I have been to them so very kind, ma’m— But let that drop—come closer to my disc • You say they’re looking up. Ah, never mind’ ma’m. In spite of them another kiss we’ll risk ; Behind this atmospheric screen we’ll pass Now we can scorn their bits of colored glass.” .. Thomas Bracken. Transit Day. A Pennsylvania child is said to have inherited the eyes and nose of his father, but the cheek of his uncle, who is an insurance agent. Enough to Make Him.-The fehow who wanted to cross the Missisippi river on the ice, ami fearing that it was too thin, began to crawl over on his hands and knees, dragging a skiff . itei nun as a life preserver in case of accident , very sick when, just as he was nearly across and all tired out, a fellow passed him with a sledge loaded with pig iron.

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. SPECIAL CABLEGRAM. London, November. 30. A pastoral issued by Archbishop Manning was read yesterday at high mass, in the various Koman Catholic Churches within the archdiocese of Westminster. It declares that all not believing m their hearts the do s trines of r iiJJ 1 f?. aou R t® Conception and the Papal Infallibility, cease to be Catholics. m, .. . Hokitika, December 12. The Maori arrived at Greymouth at 1 n m to-day, and sails to-morrow for Dune lin via Jackson s and Martin’s Bays and the Bluff. Wellington, December 11. It is expected that the Luna, after lauding his Excellency here, will t;;ke Messrs Seed, Blackett, and Captain Johnston on board, auA proceed round the Middle Island, inspecting lighthouses, and surveying and resurveyin" sites for new ones. ° In the Vice-Admiralty Court, to-day, in the Strathnavcr case, Judge Johnston ruled that demurrage must follow costs, which go with the decree against the salvors. A long argument on the question subsequently to< k place, and the evidence of experts was taken as to reasonaole amount of demurrage. The counsel for the salvors refused the reference to arbitration suggested by the Court, and gave notice of appeal to the Privy Council. The decision re demurrage will add about L 6,000 to the costs. Evidence is now being taken. m, , . ~ December 12. l lie appeal in the case of Thomson v. Hyde having refeience to the liahihtv of mail coaches carrying passengers to pay toll, ,vas decided in favor of the appellant, with costs. By this decision every mail coach is liable to pay as an ordinary vehicle. Betty Boss, one of tbe girls who was severely burned at Mr Crawford’s on Thursday, died this morning. [Sent 3,10 p.m. ; received 4.7 p.m.] Chkistchckch, December 12. A Funeral Reform Association has been started here. {From our own Correspondents.) T , ... Queenstown, December 11. 1 should have mentioned that the final contact observations were lost by only ten seconds by the telescope and thirty-three by the photograph. One hundred and ninety-three observations were taken, and all on review have been found capable of connection. Professor Peters declares that the result is highly satisfactory, and he is quite satisfied. A public dinner to the astronomers is on the tapis. Visitors now flock to the observatory, and are received with great attention. Private letters from the Palmer Diggings are most favorable, and more miners have left Business exists only in name. There are no sports, to be no regatta this year, and indeed there is no energy here. . Auckland, December 12. I he Marquis of Normanby has a great horror of sea sickness, and had quite enough of it during the Hero’s rough voyage across, consequently he detained the Luna with all the southern English mails because the sea had a moderate ripple on. bir Donald M Lean is at tbe Thames endeavoring to negotiate for opening Ohenimuri Natives, who have received about L 20,000, consumed it in rum, tobacco, flower ami sugar, and now decline to hand over the coveted country. The Government have assumed a firm tone, and, having paid for the land, mean to have it. Native meetings are going on with little practical results so far. Ihe general opinion is that no alluvial gold wi l be found there, but probably good reefs will be found, and a fine agricultural country for the 1 names goldfields to draw surplus farm produce from.

The city is flooded with amusements. The Baker 1 roupe, with a panorama of Ireland, and several vocalists, arrived by the Cynhrencs from San Francisco.

Six deserters from the Otago whaler Splendid were brought to town in custody to-day under sentence of three mouths’ imprisonment. he American whaler Milton has arrived at Kussell with a splendid haul of oil—a thousand barrels of sperm and a hundred barrels of whale.

The offer by bankrupt of LB,OOO guaranteed, ?oa ™Ai. tbe w h° le of J- c. Morrin’s estate of LiJU,VOU, has not yet been accepted. [Sent 11,10 a.in., received 12.30 p.m.]