Graham's Magazine, Vol. XXI, No. 3, September 1842

Graham's Magazine, Vol. XXI, No. 3, September 1842

Chispa. Abernuncio Satanas! and a plague on all lovers who ramble about at night, drinking the elements instead of sleeping quietly in their beds. Every dead man to his cemetery, say I; and every friar to his monastery. Now, heres my master, Victorian, yesterday a cow-keeper and to-day a gentleman; yesterday a student and to-day a lover; and I must be up later than the nightingale, for as the abbot sings so must the sacristan respond. God grant he may soon be married, for then shall all this serenading cease. Man is fire, and woman is tow, and the devil comes and blows; and, therefore, I have heard my grandmother say, that if your neighbor has a son, wipe his nose and marry him to your daughter. Aye! marry! marry! marry! Mother, what does marry mean? It means to spin, to bear children, and to weep, my daughter! And of a truth there is something more in matrimony than cake and kid gloves. (To the musicians.) And now, gentlemen, Pax vobiscum! as the ass said to the cabbages. Pray walk this way; and dont hang down your heads. It is no disgrace to have an old father and a ragged shirt. Now, look you, you are gentlemen who lead the life of crickets; you enjoy hunger by day and noise by night. Yet, I beseech you, for this once be not loud, but pathetic; for it is a serenade to a damsel in bed, and not to the man in the moon. Your object is not to arouse and terrify, but to soothe and bring lulling dreams. Therefore, each shall not play upon his instrument as if it were the only one in the universe, but gently, and with a certain modesty, according with the others. Pray, how may I call thy name, friend? ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 67983
Author: Various
Release Date: May 3, 2022
Format: eBook
Language: English
Publisher: George R. Graham
Publication Date: 1842
Publisher Country: United States

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Editor: Graham, George R., 1813-1894 , Griswold, Rufus W. (Rufus Wilmot), 1815-1857