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...University Reporter, from somewhere in Iowa, publishes the third part of a poem (to be continued), entitled "The Tide of Time." It is apparently a judicious combination of "Paradise Lost" and "Queen Mab"! but after deep consideration we are still unable to decide whether it is a parody, or intended to be serious. "I'll nip the canker in the bud" is a pleasing, though at first sight a startling figure; nipping cankerworms must be an agreeable entertainment on a spring morning in the country. The gentleman who makes this remark in the poem, is - Well, his name...
...blissful sport their hands the flowers entwine In wreaths to crown the loveliest "Queen...
...best of their kind. The hesitations and accidents were unusually few, and, except the decapitation of a war-steed, at which critical moment the presence of mind of Sir Guy saved the day, no serious casualty occurred. Mr. Urquhart made a very pretty girl, and Mr. Wright an imposing queen. Darnley's part was played gracefully and well, and that of the rollicking King of the French admirably taken; and in fact, all did so well that to particularize would be unjust. The airs were a little old; but, altogether, Seventy-nine may congratulate themselves on having successfully presented...
DEAR HOSEA, - Here I am, in this Queen City of New England, and boarding in one of the most select parts of Boston (the South End), with a most affable lady, of means and refinement, whose name is Smith...
...Queen of Old England...