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 The Treasurer's Report in the Gazette, McIntyre's speech, and Campbell's "Love lies bleeding;" She had a shawl on, 'twas not a Cashmere one, And, if it cost five dollars, 'twas a dear one.

Her father sent to Albany a prayer For office, told how Fortune had abused him, And modestly requested to be Mayor— The Council very civilly refused him; Because, however much they might desire it, The "public good," it seems, did not require it.

Some evenings since, he took a lonely stroll Along Broadway, scene of past joys and evils; He felt that withering bitterness of soul, Quaintly denominated the "blue devils;" And thought of Bonaparte and Belisarius, Pompey, and Colonel Burr, and Caius Marius,

And envying the loud playfulness and mirth Of those who passed him, gay in youth and hope, He took at Jupiter a shilling's worth Of gazing, through the showman's telescope;