Nathan Barlow

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Excerpt from Nathan Barlow: Sketches in the Retired Life of a Lancashire Butcher: In VerseHE cuts were sold, the rougher pieces put In brine for keeping, and the shop was shut, The buxom daughter Jane, with active zeal, Had cleared the table of the evening meal, Drawn down the blinds and lit the gas - 'twas dusk Upon her bosom pinned a sprig of musk, Slipped through the shop, where, at the half-shut door, She ¿irted with the son of neighbour Moore The son went out to tend the horse and dog, And Nathan Barlow mixed his evening grog. The butcher's face, now with repletion ¿ushed, Betrayed a smile as he the sugar crushed, As if some thought, while tri¿ing with his spoon, Was taking shape, and would be uttered soon. His portly dame, who read the moral law, Sat facing Nathan, and these symptoms saw. Now Nathan, seeing eagerness intense, Was wont to thwart it and begin to fence.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.