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3& ESTH ONI AN POETRY, 



PAUSE, 



Jefus afked through the door, 

 Maria looked in at the window, 



PAUSE. 



" What has the Creator fent you ? 



" Has he fent you a Krummholtzhohler ? 



€6 Or a fecretary for the landlord ? 



66 Or one that plies the reel ? 



God has made a Krummholtzhohler * j 



The boors laugh under the bench, 



The children under the table, 



The hufband. in the room. 



IX, A ballad fung while fwinging. The fwing is a, 

 dear paflime with the Elthonians. By this vibrating 

 motion the foul links into a kind of llumber, and for a 

 time forgets its mifery, What the 66 gate" was among the 

 Orientals, [" He fhall be praifed in the gate." (e Haman 

 (i faw him in the gate," *.? They are crufhed in the 

 " gate." " They that lit in the gate fpeak againlt 

 < c me." tf Shall not be afhamed when they fpeak with 

 c< their enemies in the gate." 66 Lay a fnare for him 

 6{ that reprove th in the gate." " Hate him that re- 

 tc buketh in the gate." " Ellablifh judgement in the 

 * £ gate," 8cc] that fame is the fwing with this nation. 

 Here the young and old afTemble together ; the father 

 enjoys himfelf with his fons, the mother with her 



* My worthy correfpondent is an ingenious commentator, 

 though fomewhat prolix. However, inftead of his explanation on 

 the foregoing page, X mould rather think that krummholtzhohler 

 is merely wood-fetcher. Krummholtz is a fpecies of pine \ the 

 p^nus montana ; and hohlen fignifies, to fetch ; krumm likewife 

 gleans crooked, 



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