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HER SIXTEENTH YEAR. 261
AUCTION EXTRAORDINARY.
I D R E A M E D a dream in the midst of m y slumbers,
And as fast as I dreamed it, it came into numbers ;
M y thoughts ran along in such beautiful metre,
I'm sure I ne'er saw any poetry sweeter;
It seemed that a law had been recently made
That a tax on old bachelors' pates should be laid :
And in order to make them all willing to many,
The tax was as large as a m a n could well carry
The bachelors grumbled, and said 'twas no use,
'Twas horrid injustice, and honid abuse ;
And declared that to save their own hearts' blood
from spilling,
Of such a vile tax they would not pay a shilling,
But the rulers determined them still to pursue,
So they set all the old bachelors up at vendue.
A crier was sent through the town to and fro,
To rattle his bell, and his trumpet to blow,
And to call out to all he might meet in his way,
H o ! forty old bachelors sold here to-day;
And presently all the old maids in the town, .
Each in her very best bonnet and gown,
From thirty to sixty, fair, plain, red, and pale,
Of every description, all flocked to the sale.
Object Description
| Title | Poetical Remains of Lucretia Davidson, Collected and Arranged by Her Mother; With a Biography by Miss Sedgwick |
| Creator | Davidson, Lucretia Maria |
| Date | 1843 |
| Subject - Library of Congress | Lucretia Maria Davidson, 1808-1825 |
| Physical Description | xvi, [9]-310 p. ; 18 cm. |
| Publisher | London: Tilt and Bogue, 1843 |
| Resource Type | Text |
| Call Number | PS1513.D8 1843b |
| Identifier | ps1513_d8_1843b |
| Language | English |
| Custodian | Baylor University - Armstrong Browning Library |
| Rights | http://www.baylor.edu/lib/digitization/digitalrights |
| Digital Collection | 19th Century Women Poets Collection |
| Note | "First English edition. First published in America in 1841. A collection of poems and prose pieces by a young poet who died at the age of sixteen. Her work was praised by Robert Southey. Frontispiece. 2 pp. undated advertisements followed by a further 16 pp. undated advertisements." -- Bookseller. |
| Format | Books |
Description
| Title | Page 275 |
| Resource Type | Text |
| Rights | http://www.baylor.edu/lib/digitization/digitalrights |
| Digital Collection | 19th Century Women Poets Collection |
| Full Text | HER SIXTEENTH YEAR. 261 AUCTION EXTRAORDINARY. I D R E A M E D a dream in the midst of m y slumbers, And as fast as I dreamed it, it came into numbers ; M y thoughts ran along in such beautiful metre, I'm sure I ne'er saw any poetry sweeter; It seemed that a law had been recently made That a tax on old bachelors' pates should be laid : And in order to make them all willing to many, The tax was as large as a m a n could well carry The bachelors grumbled, and said 'twas no use, 'Twas horrid injustice, and honid abuse ; And declared that to save their own hearts' blood from spilling, Of such a vile tax they would not pay a shilling, But the rulers determined them still to pursue, So they set all the old bachelors up at vendue. A crier was sent through the town to and fro, To rattle his bell, and his trumpet to blow, And to call out to all he might meet in his way, H o ! forty old bachelors sold here to-day; And presently all the old maids in the town, . Each in her very best bonnet and gown, From thirty to sixty, fair, plain, red, and pale, Of every description, all flocked to the sale. |
| Format | Books |
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