LED CAPTIVE.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 315, 12 March 1875, Page 3

LED CAPTIVE.

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'. Srnrriagfi' p |joi>h ! >«j»r-<B befcfc ' •Vv ifcit a baolzelnr home and ins pipe on : the shelf.' ■ .' • . I've-.Eve lii biseuiv-aiJcl-Veuuo iu-delf— El.-Oiigl) -J Sf-x forme ; . Though I'vrvl'Vrth as H »uc' Grey in tint, • ' GleoptiVrit in wodgwu.*!for • vi?*tia .tod •• opiiut, : A. bust, by r,he polfcer .well blessed ■ with a squia?., . ... And extras these, all three. " No bachelorcji-m for a bachelor mind The sex may be cruel, the sex:be kind,'.-.; • Yon rovers for Eweets may take us yon ' find ; A btiohelor bold j'll be. You may wed on three hundred, or heiress win ; Have a Joke honeymoon: or a. S^tzer land spin ; Gv. marry the handsome, the plump, or J the thin ; A bachelor life for me, " I'm free from troubles, I do as I will, i No dressmakers' bills coma-to me-as :e i pill 5 - - I know but by hearsay; of tsptmrg otid ! " •rs dill, ' -■ 1 In mj home is no nursery-; ■ .-5,1 never am-u roused from my sleep bv a cry, /, ' ' | To do the Babes' March, to the tuue " Lullaby," - i • and t.o welcome the milk without closing an eve; , . No, sir, that won't do for me. i

" What, come fo the 'party ?"—" If you will, yea."—" Well, - . Yes, Dick, I'll .lome; but you'll find me a ' sell,' As rough as a bear to each beautiful - belle— " Not fit for com pony.Introduced to your sister ? no, spare the girl, • •< ■ .! The si?ht of your friend might her : liair uncurl; Let her taik to some fop who a waltz can whirl; A rubber at whist for me."

I went in my armour, I left undone, The web of mv bachelor life quite spun ; Don't jibs, for she really was suclr-a one; v ' No mortil co'ild see and bear-j « Lips that laughed ma through -with & is thrill, y Eyes w.hose brightness; could calm aia or kill, . ■ • --Z . Hands that robbed ma. swift of.mv -it; ■will— ■ ■ I gave up. them in despair.

ITlower-crowned liair with tlic berries?®'' ..- between, fes

v Cheeks where Cupidliad dimpling been, ■ Teeth,- such pearly pride was.' seen, - - ■ - : . .-' v And oh ! her voice's charm. *• ' i "Oh! Dick's dear friend ! I'm so • -■ you're come ; Why, he called you an ogre, so grimy and glum ; Said that at college you'd been his chum"— - And then she took ouy arm.

Shs>-might have chained it, 1 had not~H: . Stirred ■ If Touketi t)«e Sad rot" do* ■ ®urred ; The room s-.ram round and I only beard Tire song of an endless joy, I spoke to people. I sang, I danced, I believe I . ate j but a new light glanced Through my heart till iate, when friend Dick advanced—- " And huw is it now, my boy ?"

I looked—lis laughed—"Well, find Lilly a chair?'' I did, and feared rivals and grim despair "Goodnight!"—l dreamed an angel . fair, And a selfish man alone. My 9ilken fetters they grew each hour •; I was bourn l to -jne with the choicest dower— True womanhood. Let. the envious glower : JEn garcon how man can moan ? » *' '* # # * « " Oh Lily ! look, whnt a terrible squeeze ! My poor little darling! Will kisses ease ? The sight it's enough one's marrow to freeze— A. horrid pinch in the door ! X declare as father I'd sooner have borne ' Ten times the torture, The skiu's quite torn. — Why, here's Uncle Dick! " What, my bachelor sworn.! Don't you find all childr-n bore■?" ' Cassell's Magazine.'