Stedman and Hutchinson, comps. A Library of American Literature:
An Anthology in Eleven Volumes. 1891.
Vols. IX–XI: Literature of the Republic, Part IV., 1861–1889
The Mountebanks
By Charles Henry Lüders (18581891)O
A canopy of woven shade.
Like deft attendants came and went.
Furnished the music for the show.
A portion of the audience were.
Light summersaults around the ring.
And rustic Humor played the clown.
His whip when these his anger braved.
Unto his heart’s desire’s abode.
Performed their parts that all might see,
Whispered: “At last, the show is over.”
Moved from us like a moving crowd.