An Autograph by James McIntyre — Read

Lines written at the request of a young lady and inserted in a mental Album. We looked over the book, it was in form of questions and answers. One of the questions was "who is your favorite poet? " We were quite amused to find a number of different persons had written in answer, "McIntyre. " We believe that the most of them were joking, but we hope to inspire them with a loftier idea of our poetic power in the future.

In this Album you may trace --

If not the lineaments of face --

Here, at least, you will find / Photographs of the mind.

Some in earnest, some in fun, / Some do lecture, some do pun;

Here the maiden and the youth, / Each proclaim some precious truth.

And there is some fine pages --

Written by maturer ages --

They show that time is brief, / That soon comes sere and yellow leaf.

But we must cease, 'ere your ire / Be aroused 'gainst McIntyre, / Who doth reside in Ingersoll --

Perhaps you'll think that he is droll.