How  sweet  to  see  him  skip  and  prance
Upon  the  gravel  or  the  lawn ;
^     More  light  in  step  than  fairies'  dance,
More  graceful  than  an  English  fawn.
But  then  he  spoilt  the  garden  so,
Trod  down  the  beds,  raked  up  the  seeds,

And  ate  the  plants — nor  did  he  show
The  least  compunction  for  his  deeds.
He  trespassed  on  the  neighbors'  ground.
And  broke  two  costly  melon  frames,

With  other  damages — a  pound
To  pay,  resulted  from  his  games.
In  short,  the  mischief  was  immense
That  from  his  gamesome  pranks  befel.
And,  truly,  in  a  double  sense,
He  proved  a  very  ''  dear  Qacelle."


At  length  I  sighed — "  Ah,  ever  thus
Doth  disappointment  mock  each  hope;

But  'tis  in  vain  to  make  a  fuss;
You'll  have  to  go,  my  antelope."

The  chance  I  wished  for  did  occur;

A  lady  going  to  the  East
Waa  willing;  so  I  gave  to  her

That  little  antelopian  beast.
I  said,  "  This  antler'd  desert  child
In  Turkish  palaces  may  roam.
But  he  is  much  too  free  and  wild
To  keep  in  any  English  home."

Tes,  tho'  I  gave  him  up  with  tears.
Experience  had  broke  the  spell.
And  if  I  live  a  thousand  years,
111  never  have  a  young  Gazelle.
Ifalter  Parke.
THE  BALLAD  OF  THE  EMEU

0  SAY,  have  you  seen  at  the  Willows  so  green —

So  charming  and  rurally  true —
A  Singular  bird,  with  a  manner  absurd.
Which  they  call  the  Australian  Emeu!
Have  you !

Ever  seen  this  Australian  Emeu}

It  trots  all  around  with  its  head  on  tho  ground.
