Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1851-10-01
POE I K \
FOR THE sPECTA TOR.
FI.Isi IOVsi AID LAST.
A Parody
TO MY WIFE.

ono thou " E, no, my first Love had loved, bsfore
met; q,
had learned to shed tn bitter tears OF anguish ""o
regret
have tod thee all my struggle and all rose above,
And | know thou wit bglIeve ,rur, my last my
dearest love. Richmond Enquirer
No, thou vert not my first love no. not by hall
had loved. before met with thee, dozen. il no,
And each could tell thee how she held my faithful heart
in thrall,
A,ho' il brea,hed every chasge The same false tale
to all.
II was not that meant prove apostae, all the while
knet and vowed al Beaut's feet and revelled IN her
smile;
Nor did my love, thro ckleness to each lear idol fail,
But, more, because NV vows, to her, were growius
somewhat stale
Oh no, loved, or thought loved, which answered full
as well,
To fill my brains with idle dreams, as many lay can
tell;
And all the pangs ,ha, lovers feel my bosom has en-
dured, ,
Where sone fresh wound was to bleed just as the
last cured.
Twas not my fault that nature made my heart oil sue"
soft mould, :,
That lovely forms mprest thereon had no abiding hold;
Or that, like wax, that neart would melt, whene or
sboue forth, from some new blazing star, and swept
them all away
There was such charm III Beauty never could refuse
The homag, Of my yielding soul, the tribute oi my
Nor was OF ,h' mpa,sve tribe. TO war with lips and
eyes.
And comc, unscahed from conflicts waged i,h CLAM
ecs. smiles ahd signs.
There was so much o, witchry in those eyes, what
OF mischie .parkimg IN tn Black. or lurking in the
Blue
In checks Ct classic pai,n, S. or where the jealous
Mighl envy ants that r,yaicd all her bushng leaves
disclose.
There was such sraug attraction, n the glowing forms
Nhrlcd
Thro' the nazs Of the waltz, or IN colions twiried;
A sort of human Urrcry, with no controlling sun,
Where gddy h' ads, unlike the spheres, were turned
way than one.
Or IN Ihe stolen tetc, with her whose every word
Amid ia, nois, rcvvs din, rather felt than heard;
Jus, hike ,h, mage spirit sounds that thrl from those
spheres,
And touch ON chords within the breast that reach not
10 the
And oh the f,scina,ion that led me to the street.
Where we'll dressed bellies and dandies trni for prom
The stroll W iih her who for the day, was me- my
all, ,
My chosen partner not for lfe but for the coming ball
She'd tell me she had been inpored 10 dane" with hum
bier beauX,
But had postponed them all for me- until the evenings
close;
And then, by way Of paying off some long contracted
Shed be compelled 70 take ,uru with these decided
bores.
Twere worss than vaiu linger these dear delight
iul days,
And nights OF pleasant walks, aud talks, OF concerts,
balls and plays
To tell, alas how soon they passed. ike AIRY dreams,
away,
And with them all the hopes aud fears Of, outh's exta
&c day.
Oh fearful was IN, summons by cruel fortune given
rnt nrok, the spvli, aud called forth ir, this nay
earthly heaven,
Aud had to sever all the bonds my spirit wore so long,
Far than where some sing Tic has uade the Dand
less strong.
Conquered the fierce agony,--l bade stern adieu
10 that oacv taJ, AL any light, aud ali my tor
mcutto;
really felt =, II ny heart had been bestowed in
Aud that nev"f e'v"r ""rS c0uu Oe III i''' a-a'"
Time r;.ss,p ~ u,yd bachelor'e lite was not an en-
Ni'u, ioI,
':was hard ia, d>ar SIX TO forget; s' worse to De
iITgu, -
We met, when HAD Just found that, alter all, this
lite
Is but u very sorry thing with sweet home or wife.
have told thee how loved thea; as love eli that's
iair -;
All nature makes, Of beautiful TO charm us every where
Thai they had Gu, but as the stars, the birds,
the flowers,
Aud ali The mere enb> >shmea,s that grace this world
OF ours.
II fe's an epic, they were bu, as episodes TO niue,
Whilst thou hast proved the chosen ta,mr thru all It's
leaves TO shine;
If life's stream on which float, they mcieors BY
the way,
Willis, thou the polar beam that cannot lead as
tray.
Who would net choose between them The isn' tdt'
us light,
And her that kind and steadas orb point his course
Alright;
Who could not choose between them, the teetng,
and the true;
Nor hold to her whose consan, ray will guide his Trail
bark thro?
IT'S said the love that irs and minses with
the past
Will still endure, thro' ripper age and rule supreme at
But dearest in this breast Of mine the maxim stands
rcverst,
For thou art there my latest love that banshed all the
first.
ELLESDALE, Va. W. b. B.