Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1829-02-19
TO MARY.
- " MARS,
On Tie Anniversary of ou,, Wedding Dor

Anniversary Of our Wedding Dog:
drcher Shoe, Esr. Il II.
OR wedding day another stage,
In full career from youth 10 are,
We've travelled on together;
HI eth affection cheers the road,
And helps 70 liyhteu every load,
That time Ia, laid Oh ri1hsi.
Aha though by many jolt spprilcd,
LIES ways not MecadsmiIed,
Or smooth As wealth could make them,
Der ups and downs, I'M aded still,
We never felt the wish or will
To shorten or forssks them.
Nor can we, Mary, ju.,lyssy,
Though neither quite so young nor CAV,
As ~hsn cold Prudence spurnins,
We scampeied forth for pleasures cake.
Aud fortune thought TO oveTtske,
Or meet at every turning.
Nor can We say we're much the wOris.
For such \ long and anxious course,
With care siiIl at our heels;
And such household troop around,
As Bymsn has too often found
a drag upon his wheels.
'ris true we rarely dance or sing,
Or bound with that elastic sprinr
The steps Of Youth dneover
but, bad quaJrilles not cut Us out,
Our dancing days, 1 make no doubt,
Wed prove were not yet over.
In times which memory still enhance,
OF good Scotch reel: and country dances.
We IiPP'd il gaily through tbs night,
Nor thought il any great exploit
To dance down thirty couple;
Hut now, amidst stately throus,
The grave Quadriller slides along;
With far more airs than grace.
Or unabash'd, while matrons .ts,e,
In giddy waltz, the breathless fais
Her whirlns beau embraces.
Thy figure still preserves its grace,
And still that charm is ia thy face,
As strong as first found il,
The smile Wit sense and sv etnes, f-.rrN.,
Which breaks through every cloud Of thou,h.,
Add spread, . sunshine around it.
Our bloom indeed i. soue, and you
Must own this more than mellow hue
Supplies its place but badly;
The crow's-feet too about the eyes,
Increase Of late to such size,
They pucker there most sadly.
Some wrinkles too, we must allow;
Have msrk'd the tablet Of the brow,
Aud though they are but slight ,heIe
They show hi, hierogyIphir hand,
And make US fully understand,
Old Time begins to wits there.
Already he has e!eard the page.
And st.mp'd some haractsfs OF age,
30 plain that you may trace them
He has thinn'd my locks, and turn'd 90 gray
The few remainipg-so say
wig must 5000 replace them.
Some gentle hints, too, we've received,
That yesrs(if hints may he believed)
In other points have press'd US;
Our beds seem harder than they were,
Aud often "Irifes light as aIn
Can rufe and mole:t u..
AT dinner we grow nice, and think
Much more Of what eat and drink,
Than we were wont, when able
To feast on every kird VI food
Which that great artist, Eu.taehe C6e,
Gould put upon the table.
OF late, too, quite in love with home,
We seldom feel disposed to roam,
The FIRE side seems cozeyj
nufx xh II fsi al III
The candles give such wretehed light,
Pm sometimes rather DOGGY.
The prints indeed so bad in all
Their books the types very email
IT'S quite enough TO veK one!
The newspaper, am sure, SUPPLE,
a task to try the best Of eyes,
Without pair Of .peeks on.
But not in u, alone the change;
Through life and manners as we range,
The world around keeps moving
Foles increase upon my word!
Aud fashions now absurd,
There's nothing that's improving.
Lovk to the Seuste, Bar, or Stage,
And say, does eught in this dull ere
Our early days resemble,
When Pitt and Fog were each star,
When Erksne Hourisbtd at the bar,
And Siddons Play'd with Kemblt!
Yet still no changes can destroy
Our pleasures, while we thu, enjoy
The circle that's around US;
While in our children thu, we end
More comforts than we've left behind,
Since Hymen's knot first bound ".
Nor let u, gloom the little ,psce
We've yet 10 run, though in the race
Wefeel that life is wasting;
Our lot we still have cause to bless,
binee, as our cares, our hearts confess,