A PAIIODT on John Barleycorn.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 2, Issue 70, 22 January 1859, Page 3

A PAIIODT on John Barleycorn.

There are five coves far down the south, ■ ' (Chaps' neither great nor high,) • • i •An' they ha!e. sworn— by .pen ; an;d mouth— ! ■ The. Nelson. Man shall die. ';' ' [ They took their pens and wrote him' dbwh" ; ; ''■'Ptit scandal oh' h'.'s head} ■-.:.■'- .■.'■..:.- I j tA-n ? thenrtheytSwove.%6oleTiauoath.-r-;. Vj,... , ;.- .^. The^elsftn^Man' ■^as / 4ead.. j fV .-■..,..., ' Bnt truth and- .Fair^Pky o,iiue ; tohelp> . • J ' And gave the Ppc^? a call, j^. ....;;••-■'? ? Tha Nsleoii^MaiV he show'd his face- •■<•■;.' j^ z ;■'.■•••! ri •■;■'; i The writs arriv'd— the voters cam\: ■■i:tv j ! '■■ And he grew thicksand .strohg j : '• y. v ' ■ } ■Hiahoad wettarmra-wiVgaßxus' gifts „ ?' [■ That no cmc shjouldbini;; wrongs „ „ . . ;

The sober Autumn enter'd "iniid When his retui'n was sure : : With trehtbling joints and drooping head They sought for the back door! His name it got up more and more, ■' ; ;(-*T would fill a folio page) — Hia enemies began again To 'shew their deadly rage; ' They took their pens^ fresh trimm'd and sharp, And scandalized with glee, And would ha,' tied him on a cart Itike a rogue for forgerie They hash'd up- tale 3 behind his back To cudgel him full sore ; They hung him up before the world, And black' d him o'er and o'er. They brew'd an ugly darksome pit Of scandal full to brim; And in they pitched, the Nelson Man, . - Vowing he ne'er could swim. 'But finding that like cork he swam, They strove to work him woe, And never ceas'd by day and night To toss him to and fro. They tried c'en as by scorching flame Ttie marrow of his bone 3; — '_■ ■■JZvCt-thp Miller struggled worst of all : . To crush him 'tween two stones. They thought they'd ta'en his' very' heart's blood, (Vile talk did so go round,) And still the more and more they lied Their joy 'did more abound. The Nelson Man is a hero bold, Full fit to colonize j — For if we do but have him here Twill make our names to vise. 'Twill make a man to immigrate With eke his wife and boy ; 'Twill make the Settler's heart to sing Thro' honest British joy. Then let U3 toast the Nelson Man, Each man a glasa in hand , — And may his name be ne'er forgot By us atth 1 voting-stand. :'i , • Napier, Jan. 17, 1859. ;