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Poem
July 3, 1819
Edwardsville Spectator
Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois
What is this article about?
A satirical poem addressed to Julia, mocking her faded beauty and social allure due to dissipation and aging, as the speaker abandons love poems for jesting verses.
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An Julia! no more, at each party and ball,
You shine the gay queen of the hour!
The lip, that alluringly smil'd upon all,
Finds none to acknowledge its power;
No longer the hearts of the Dandies you break.
No poet adores you in numbers;
No billets-doux sweeten, no serenades break
The peaceful repose of your slumbers.
Dissipation has clouded those eloquent eyes,
That sparkled like gems of the ocean;
Thy bosom is fair—but its billowy rise
Awakens no kindred emotion:
And pale are those rubies of rapture, where
Love
Had shower'd his sweetest of blisses;
And the wrinkles which time has implanted
above,
Are cover'd in vain with false tresses.
The autumn is on thee—fell scandal prepares
To hasten the wane of thy glory;
Too soon disappointment will hand thee down
stairs,
And old maidenhood end the sad story.
For me—long escap'd from your trammels, I
choose
To enlist in the new corps of jokers;
Abandoning Julia, I kneel to the Muse,
And, instead of love-ditties, write Croakers.
C.
You shine the gay queen of the hour!
The lip, that alluringly smil'd upon all,
Finds none to acknowledge its power;
No longer the hearts of the Dandies you break.
No poet adores you in numbers;
No billets-doux sweeten, no serenades break
The peaceful repose of your slumbers.
Dissipation has clouded those eloquent eyes,
That sparkled like gems of the ocean;
Thy bosom is fair—but its billowy rise
Awakens no kindred emotion:
And pale are those rubies of rapture, where
Love
Had shower'd his sweetest of blisses;
And the wrinkles which time has implanted
above,
Are cover'd in vain with false tresses.
The autumn is on thee—fell scandal prepares
To hasten the wane of thy glory;
Too soon disappointment will hand thee down
stairs,
And old maidenhood end the sad story.
For me—long escap'd from your trammels, I
choose
To enlist in the new corps of jokers;
Abandoning Julia, I kneel to the Muse,
And, instead of love-ditties, write Croakers.
C.
What sub-type of article is it?
Satire
What themes does it cover?
Satire Society
Love Courtship
What keywords are associated?
Julia
Dissipation
Aging
Satire
Old Maidenhood
Social Decline
Love Poems
Croakers
What entities or persons were involved?
C.
Poem Details
Author
C.
Subject
To Julia On Her Lost Beauty And Social Decline
Form / Style
Rhymed Couplets
Key Lines
An Julia! No More, At Each Party And Ball,
You Shine The Gay Queen Of The Hour!
Dissipation Has Clouded Those Eloquent Eyes,
That Sparkled Like Gems Of The Ocean;
Abandoning Julia, I Kneel To The Muse,
And, Instead Of Love Ditties, Write Croakers.