Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1841-10-02

And all the realms OF nature spread
Before me when | dine
-Four courses scarcely can provide
My appetite to quell,
With four choice cooksfrom France besid
To dress my dinner well.
What next I want at heavy cost,
Is elegant attire;
Black sable furs for winters frost,
And silks for summers fire,
And cashmere shawis and Brussels lac
My bosom's front to deck
And diamonS rings my hands TO grace;
And rubies for my neck.
And then | want a mansion fair,
And dwelling house, in style,
Four stories high, for wholesome air,
A massive marble pile:
With halls for %banquets and for balls
All furnished rich and fine;
With stabbed studs in fifty stalls
And cellars for my wine;
/ want a garden and a park
My dwelling to surround,
A thousand acres (bless the mark)
With walls encompassed round,
Where flocks may range and herds may los
And kids and lambkins play
And flowers and fruits colnmingled grow
All Eden to display.
l want, when summers foliage falls,
And autumn strips the trees,
A house within the city's walls
For comfort and for ease
But here as space is somewhat scant,
And acres somewhat rare,
My house in Town | only want
70 occupy square
I want a Steward, Butler, Cooks,
A Coachman, Footman, Grooms;
A library of well bound books,
And picture garnished rooms,
-Corregios, Magdalen and Night
The matron of the chair:
Guido's feet coursers in their flight
And Claudes at least a pair.
/ want a cabinet profuse
Of medals, COINS and gems;
A printing press for private use
Of fifty thousand EMS;
And plants and minerals and shells,
Worms, insects, fishes, birds;
And every beast on earth that dwells,
In solitude Or herds.
want a board Of FURNISHED plate,
Of silver and of gold,
Tureens Of twenty pounds in weight
With sculptures richest mould,
Plateaus with chandeliers and lamps,
Plates, dishes all the same:
And porcelain vases with the stamps
OF Sevres, Augouleme.
And naples of fair glossy stain
must form my chamber doors,
And carpets of the Wilton grain
Must cover all my floors;
My walls with tapestry bedeck'd
Must never be outdone;
And damask curtains must protect
Their colors from the sun.
And mirrors of the largest pane
From Venice must be brought;
And sandal wood and bamboo cane
For chairs and tables bought.
On all the mantei pieces, clocks
OF thrice gilt bronze must stand,'
And screens of ebony and box
Invite the strangers hand.
I want1whod does not want.)-a wife.
Af%fectionate and fair;
70 solace all the woes of life,
And all It's joys to share.
OF temper sweet-of yielding WILL
OF firm, yet placid mind;
With all my faults to love me still,
With sentiment refund
And as times car fintcessant runs
And Fortune fills my store;
/ want of daughters and of o
From eight to half a score
/ want, (alas!! can mortal dare ~
Such bliss, ON earth to crave!)
That all the girls be chaste and fair,
The boys all wise and brave.
And when my bosom's darling sings
With melody divine,
A pedal hap of many strings,
Must with her voice combine.
A Piano exquisitely wrought,
Must open stand. apart;
That all my daughters may Bs taught,
To win the strangers heart.
MY wife and daughters will desire
Refreshment from perfumes,
Cosmetics for the skin require,
And artificial blooms.
The Civet, fragrance shall dispense
A~ndtreasured sweets return;
Cologne revive the tagging sense,
And smoking amber burn.
And when, at night, my weary head
Begins to drocp and dose,
A southern chamber holds my bed
For natures soft repose::'
With blankets, counterpanes, and sheet,
Mattrass end bed Of down,
And comfortables for my feet:
And pillows for my crown.
Iwant a warm and faithful friend,
Tocheer the adverse hour;
Who ne'er to fiatter will descend
Nor bend the knee to power:
Afrlend to chlde me when Pm wrong,
My inmost soul to see;
And that my friendship prove as strong
For him. as his for me.
want a kind and tender heart,
For others wants to feel;
4 soul secure from Fortunes dart,
And bosom armed with steel;