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Republished from the Clerical Journal and Church and University Chronicle. With additional Engravings and Plates. By the Rev. EDWARD L. CUTTS, B. A., Honorary Secretary of the Essex Archæological Society; Author of "The Manual of Sepulchral Slabs and Crosses" published under the Sanction of the Central Committee of the Archæological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, &c.

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Extracted from an American newspaper, where it appeared anonymously.

VOL. III.

"How big was Alexander, Pa,
That people call him great?
Was he, like old Goliah, tall,
His spear a hundred-weight?

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"Was he so large, that he could stand Like some tall steeple high,

And, while his feet were on the ground, His hands could touch the sky?"

"O no, my child, about as large As I, or uncle Jame';

'Twas not his stature made him great,

But greatness of his name."

"His name so great? I know 'tis long, But easy quite to spell;

And more than half-a-year ago
I knew it very well."

"I mean, my child, his actions were
So great he got a name,

That every body speaks with praise,
And tells about his fame."

"Well, what great actions did he do?

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I want to know them all."

Why, he it was that conquer'd Tyre,
And levell'd down her wall;

"And thousands of her people slew;
And then to Persia went:
And fire and sword on every side
Through many a region sent.

"A hundred conquer'd cities shone
With midnight burnings red-
And, strew'd o'er many a battle-field,
A thousand soldiers bled."

"Did killing people make him great?
Then why was Abdel Young,
Who kill'd his neighbour, Training-day,
Put into jail and hung?

"I never heard them call him great."

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Why, no; 'twas not in war;

And he that kills a single man

His neighbours all abhor."