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Beauregard.

In philologic vein,
The thought came to my brain,
That Beau Regard, in France,
Means a “good countenance.”

And then I tried, but missed,
To give the thing a twist;
Some joke to interlard
On General Beauregard.

At last, this quip I wrought,
Out of the merry thought:
How Beauregard was chosen
To lead the Union's foes on.

That Carolina's shame
For her disloyal game,
Might — in slang phrase — have “Gone it
With a good face upon it.”

--Vanity Fair, May 11.

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