ERRORS OF THE PRESS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VI, Issue 114, 16 May 1871, Page 2

ERRORS OF THE PRESS.

I wrote a poem to my Jane, Which to the papers went ; 'Tis printed, but I had no proof, And thus it, forth is sent. A plague upon that editor, To get me in this mess ; A laughing-stock to make me, through These errors of the press ! In « fairy " h is put for// Enough to make one storm : Tbe come has b instead of c, " Com. here thou ha.iry form I " Then " zephyr," too, is '< heifer " made, All common sense defying ; Hear this, "I mark thy graceful shape, Like to the heifer flying." " My poor cot is a grot of green, Come share, sweet maid," what's here ? "My poor cot" they have rendered "pork hot," And " grot " is " pot ! "—Oh dear ! Sublime turned to ridiculous U«~.* . J'or.'t runs thus, by . these means — " - "*•• ■ - " Oh, come and sha.re~my- pork hot," . And "in a pot of greens ! " ""'■" '-'"' * * S, h in " relic," knocks out c, And thus they me embellish — "I. send thee, sweet, a lock of hair, Oh, keep it as a xeWsh!" "What's tliis in " fickle ? " — "p " for "/" That printer should be hung ! Then "pork" for "talk"'— "Jane by thy pork. Thou hast a pickle tongue." From " golden " they have taken " g," (I'm quite out of her hooks !) And 'thus it reads, " Dear Jane, all have Long remarked thy olden looks ! " From " rose " they take " r " and put " n," CMy imag'ry o'erthrown!) " Thy peerless beauty seemeth like A nose that is just" blown ! " "In proper lines, if I'd the power, I'd have thee" — this is wrong, In " sung " is "h " instead of " _." " Pd have thee, dear Jane, hxing ! " In " hope " and " altar," sad mistakes, " My fond heart would not falter To place around thte all my rope And lead thee to the halter ! "