Some of Mr. Tupper's admirers are anxious, " now at
length, to give him a testimonial, " in acknowledgment of his services to literature and religion." One of the most zealous of them appeals to the public in the following eloquent words :— Come, ye gleaners of pearls, for which our Tupper dived deep, And wrenched from the oysters of Meditation, in the sullen waters of
Oblivion,
Genuine pearls, not paste, from genuine beds of oyaters,
Then flung forth again on.strings of his own spinning, Strings which Tupper spun at the spinning-wheel of Wisdom ;
Turning the spindle of Thought with the muscular Log of Power,—
Come, give a tithe of their cost to the great pearl-diver Tupper. Many in far Columbia wear those pearls of Tupper's,
Many in Australasia, and many more in Erin,
Some in hardy Scotia, and thousands in morrie England, Only a few in Wales, for the Eisteddfodd does not know him, But some in the Isle of Man, and more in the Isle of Thanet,— All these wear the pearls which -the minstrel-diver gave them !
Give him back a tithe of the cost of those pearls of wisdom, Give it in postage-stamps, or better, in Post-Office orders ; Or cheque crossed Herries and Co., to account of the minstrel-diver.
N.B.—The testimonial's form will probably be as simple As the bard's own simple taste, namely, paid in cash to his order.
Previous page
