Possesses a value that ne'er comes to light,—
Except when the holder, too literal far,
May bring it to light as he lights his segar.
II.
Miss Linda's boudoir was a sight to behold:
A Northern man's breast-bone a shelf did uphold;
Of dried Yankee ribs all her boxes were full;
Her powder she kept in a Fire Zouave's skull.
Chorus.—Beautifully explaining Southern taste for Northern bones, and proving that an author's bones are sacred in the sight of Southern damsels:
Your soft Southern maidens (like nations at large,