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LORENZO ALTISONANT.

53 To its aerial peragration.

But lest, by sore exasperation,

(I own it is a provocation,)

I hear thy sturdy exclamation:

A bore! a bore! a terebration!

Or if you will, a perforation!

I'll not commit a prolongation,

But now commence my peroration.

'Twas far beyond my expectation,

When I began this recreation,

To meet with such a variation

Of terms which rhyme with fumigation:

But now I see with admiration,

That they'll bear quintuplication.

Now after this perambulation

Of wearisome continuation,

I offer for thy approbation,

My valedictory salutation;

And by way of imitation,

Sign my name in full,

The following “Speech for the Boys," was handed to me by a friend, as proper for insertion in this volume, after its contents had been stereotyped, and consequently no reference was made to it in them. It is a speech full of meaning. Memorize it.

S. K. H.

Ye friends of moderation, who think a reformation,

Of moral renovation, would benefit our nation;

Who deem intoxication, with all its dissipation,

In every rank and station, the cause of degradation,