Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1841-05-05
"THE FLoRA's SoNG"
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We've culled the hedges and gardens for thee, |
Accept them,accopt them,s our lat o. is done, |
We bring thee our tribute, all glitterlng with
[dew; |
Strew flowers, strew flowers,
We bring thee our tribute all glittering with
[dew.
Our roses shall wither but as they decay,
To youth and to beauty, amessage they bring,
Now listen, now listen, as softly they say,
The dying sweet fragrance, around us we fling
Stgew flowers, strew flowers,
The dying sweet fragrance, around US we fling
MISS. ELIZABETH HATCH then rose to place
the Crown of Flowers upon the head of the
young May Queen, and spoke the following
CORONATION ADDRESS:l
Old winter is vanquished, his reign is DER,
And his blighting frosts may be felt no more,
He has HE'D away TO southern sphere,
In darkness to revel another half year.
April has past, though smiling through tears,
And May,gentle May,in her beauty appears,
Gladnmg the heart, aud deghting the eye,
While her welcome, rings out fright joyously.
As lightly she,runs with footstep free.
Ger the Weakened earth, and the sunny sea,
A sense of beauty DER all she filings,
And hope sours aloft on golden wings,
She has smiled on the south, and thousand
flowers,
Deck our blessed homes, and our forest
bowers,
And our gay woods re-echo shout and a
Song,
From the bursting life of happy throng.
She has breathed on the hills of the stormy
North,
And the rils from their secret founts burs;
forth,
AS onward.they rush their murmuringivaice.
Bids the children of earth-rejoicc.-r
The young and lighthcarted in gladness have
come
From their books and their tasks abroad tc
roam
With blooming wreath and a Joyous lay
To welcome the presence OF lovely May.
Brightness andbeauty encircles Us now,
Each heariunspotted, mciouded each brow
We have chosen our Queen for kindness
and truth
Oh may she never sul!y the Gro wn of hel
youth
Fair Queen-acccpt the Crown bring,
Thy young companions offering,
Affection S tribute now we pay,
And hail thee--Queen of lovely NAV.
We would not wish thee a cloudless sky,
To shine on thy future destiny,
Unmingledpleasure would yield thee but pan
a burning sky with no freshing rain.
We krow that thy brow may be wrinklet
with care
That sorrow may change thy shining hair,
That thine eye may be dimed--'tis the lot o
the earth
The boon she bestowed at the hour Of thu
[brth
May the sunlight within--with steady ray
Guide thee on through thy joyful or drearl
[way
And at last may thy spirit triumphant arise
To its own native sphere-oUR HOME IN TIL
[sKIEs
Immediately on closing her address, Mis-
Hatch, with modest and gentle grace, PLACED
the crown on the head Of Miss Mary Long,th
fair Queen of May. With the blush ofyouth
ful diffidence suffusing her face, the young
Queen responded in the following words:
QUEENS REPLY.
| My dear companionsh-how can words impart
The varied feelings Of a grateful heart
Language must fail, with all It's boosted pow
ers
To breathe my spirit in this happy hour.
| The coronet you have entwined for me,
Is dearer than Britians gem'd crown can be,
And envy not the worn brow that wears.
That diadem, with its weight of cares.
| would ask no sway DER the minds of men,
No knowledge above our mortal ken,
No wealth from the depths of the earth or Sc
But affections tribute is all to me-
Your sweet offering oflove, through life shall b
Dear to my hearts best memory,
And may your kind wishes blessing bring.
Which around your own heads shall its fra
lgrance fling
| know that we may seek love always mi
flowers
That life has its brightest, and sadest hours
But we may not repne since God has give
Both the light and the shadow, to fit us fc
[heaver
| Next followed an Address from Miss Mari
Gof, second maid of honor, which was delive,
ed in style which it would be well for tn
credit of the nation, if some of our distnouisl
ed men would copy aftev. We are not in III
habit of paying extravagant compliments. b.
our position gives US the right, and makes
our duty, to pay a tribute to merit, wheneve
1T is manifested in a public manner: and "
feel that; that child, for she is not twelve YEA,
Of age, has been endowed with a penins vb,c
must make her name to be remembered Ian,
long, after all who heard her on Saturday lac
have slept in the oblivion of the grave.
"a time honoured and joyous custom h,
called together this large assembly. to m;n 70
in the gay circle of youth and innocence eth *
light up the present scene. Another vear - I.
been numbered with the past, and we are arc !, !