CHARADE.
, My first is an emblem of Honor and Age Though dreaded by yoiiths of the present fast age; " -■ , Sometimes it flows placidly ; sometimes with rage, . — And sweeps maDy a life from Life's chequered page. My «2co«<f 'is rosy andcomely'and sweet, " As Lovers all .know when each other they greet;; > ' ' But often 'tis choked up with shingle and 1 sand, With so'little water as to be -almost dry land ~ My whole is a thing that seldom is seen, And yet it's the name of a city I ween,- .*■ ; Where the streets are all muddy, and the - trees are all green, ■ j ' And where -many a one wishe3 he never '^ . had been. w "A town whose dulness would frighten the .?."■ *■ Devii, ; - ; ' ''■■':'■"■■■■[[' -'\[\ '". . , j' 1 , But whose people can always take part in ./ . a,Revelv^-. -i? ■■;■(■-• •-■■'■"■ '■■'■ ■'■■_ By paying a bob to a decent old Charon For crossing a BridgejJ wish I'd a share on. ,■■■■■■■" ' :; - C. Sly.
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Grey River Argus, Issue 92, 14 August 1866, Page 3
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152CHARADE. Grey River Argus, Issue 92, 14 August 1866, Page 3
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