IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) // ^ >. K (meaning "CON- TINUED"), or the symbol y (meaning "END"), whichever applies. Un des symboles suivants apparaltra sur la derniAre image de cheque microfiche, selon le cas: le symbols — ► signifie "A SUIVRE". le symbols ▼ signifie "FIN". re Maps, plates, charts, etc., may be filmed at different reduction ratios. Those too large to be entirely included in one exposure are filmed beginning in the upper left hand corner, left to right and top to bottom, as many frames as required. The following diagrams illustrate the method: Les cartes, planches, tableaux, etc., peuvent Atre filmAs A des taux de rAduction diff Arents. Lorsque le document est trop grand pour Atre reproduit en un seul clichA, 11 est f limA A partir de I'angle supArieur guuche, de gauche A droite, et de haut en bas, en prenant le nombre d'images nAcessaire. Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la mAthode. y errata Id to nt ne palure, ipon A n 1 2 3 ax 1 2 3 4 S 6 NEW YEAR'S VERSE* OF ..,.•. ,^, .. A-r ■;,/;., .,=, "''■^'' THAT CARRIES . ''^'' ' '■■' ^"W' -■ -' W^t Quebec MtxtMx^ MOST RESPECTFULLY ADDRESSED TO THE SUBSCRIBERS. QVEBEC, JANUARY l«t, 182L Traly, ihongh ralnljr, ii it writ Poela ntuciiur turn Jit^ For I am yearly doom'd " in spite Of natore and my lUrt to write," , Though isrely Pegasni I mount. And tcarce taste the Cutalian fount ; Nor in Apollo put my trust, Nor for those judes, the Muses, Inst : The New Year comes, and I must chime^ And, in sad doggrel, bring forth rhime, The path, though beaten oVr and o'er, 'Twont do to lay what's laid before. What, to a rhimester, then remains, But, as be can, to spin his brains. How thichL or yiuddy be his iliull. And drag forth something bright or dull ; Doom'd, for his sins, friends to bespatter, For, if he write, it must be satire ; With one's neighbours to make free, AveHt dull insipidity ; Beiidei, so restif are my iayi , I cannot breali them in to praise ; Though for Itind friends and patrons meaut, They are too sturdy to be bent ; Besides, Le Sage has taught the triclt. That devils most be satiric. Bat 'gainst what Tinity or evil, Caa I point my galUcharg'd swiiel, ' In a new world, where fools of fashion llaTe no great choice of ground to dash on ; Wbeie Iniect ioungen scarce are known, Such as all asefulness disown ; And in but this one creed agree Lounging's the loie gentility ; And that not more than one in ten Yclep'd esquires are gentlemen, Becaase, forsooth, instead of play, They get bread in itn honest way, AniL pursy grown, turn heel, perchuMy On light-pun'd insignificance. ThU is to wander far, I fear. From the fit subject, a New Year, That kissing leaion, when ttn weatbet Lips freeiei very near together ; But woe to him who ieiTes warm lip, And, thoughtless, dares cold iron sip, Deplore he must loit blood and skin, While ho«Mn at tht cockney grin i But happy she who, in a turn-out, When zigzag Tandemt whirl about. Shews but her — ankle, when laid low, In a soft bed of fleecy snow ; And, e'er all rumples are made straight^ Of her partner, feels but the weight. Hark, the bugle sounds — stand clear — Ye gods ! on which side must I steer ? Right, left, cross over, let, a prance, Ob, the joys of a Tandem dance I In a clime, where oft the nose Can scarce be shown but it is froze, Nymphs, half naked, lead the dance, (A fashion brought from gracelesi France} That to mix where they appear, Is the heat of h — 11 to share ; Pleasure hence, I tell no story, Is, at least, a Purgatory. Strange as it is, who will beliere? But none I mean here to deceive, Among the crows one is found white, Of flesh and blood, and not a sprite ; When of new wonders will tales cease? A lawyer mores to lessen fees t But harkl I hear a stifled growl, Utter'd from Ca>sar'9 muzzled jowl ; Who, though no Kadiral nor shark, Dar'd to be born, the cur, to bark. So erst condemn'd w»s to tlut hell, Inquisitor's terrific cell, The wretch, who there had to deplore His father made him Jew or Moor ; As Africans their freedom lack, Because dame Nature made them black. Thus, as afore, lias been my use, I pay mv devoirs in abuse, As sturdy meiidiraiits oft beg. By brandishing their wooden legj And levy on you half a crown, By menaces to knock yoo down. But yet I wish you hearty cheer, Through th!s and many a future year J And hope In part you'll not take «vU The badinage of a sad DtviL. -,: 4'^^,^.^^'-^ ._