Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-04-25


A massive marble lie:
With halls for banquets ami for balls.
All furnished rich and fine:
With stabbed studs in nifty stalls,
And cellars for nay Wine
want garden and park
My dwelling o Iroun., .a
A thousand acres, (bless the mark)
With walls encomp1sS'd round,
Where tlOcks may range and herds may low,
And kids aud lambkiiis play
And flowers and fruits comminsl'd grow
All Eden TO display.
want, when summer, foliage falls.
And autumn strips the frees,
A house, within the city's walls
For comfort and for ease
But here as space is somewhat seant
And acres rather rare.
My house i'll town only want
TO occupy Squire.
want Steward, Butler, Cooks.
a Coachnlan. Eootman, Groomsj
a library OF well bound books,
And picture garnshea looms,
CorTesios, Magdaien aud Night r- l-
The Matron OF the chairs
GudO's fleet COurSeTS III their Hight
And Claudes ut least pair.
VIII.
/ want ca binet proGuse s
or medals, coins and gems;
printing press for private use
or fiily thousand rms,
And plants and minerals and shells,
Worms, insects, fishes biTdsi
And every beast OH earth that dwes.
IN.
want Il board OF burnisl'd plate,
or silver and OF gold,
Tureens OF twenty poundss in weight
With sculptures richest mould.
Patoaus with chandeliers and lamps,
Plates. dishes all the same:
And Porcelain vessels with the stamps
or SevTes, AngOulelnc.
X.
And naples of fair glossy stain
Must form my chamber doors
And carrcls OF the Wilton grain
Must cover all my floors,
Ny walls with Tapestry be d:ekd
Must never by outhonei
And damask curtains must protect
Their colors fIom the sui
And mi frors of the lar est pane
Fran Venice must be brought;
And sandal wood and bamboo cane
For chars and table bought,
On all tho mantci pieces clnths
or thrice gilt bronze must stand,
And screens OF ebony aud box
Invite this strangers hand
XII.
want-(who does not want?)-a wife.
Aifcctionate aud fair;
To soIace all the WOES of life,
And oil its Joys to slarei
or temper sweet, OF yielding Will,
or firm, yet placid mind;
With all my faults TO love me still,
with sentiment refund.
XIII
And as Times car incessant runs
And Fortune fills my store;
From eehr TO half a score:
] want, Calas! can mortal dare
Such bliss on car1h to crave!)
L hat all the girls be chasie and fair
The boys all wise and brave.
XIV.
And wllan my bosonl's darling sings
With melody divine.
A pedal harp OF many strings,
Must with her voice combine.
a Piano, cXquisitely wrot GIT
Must open stand, apurc;
That all my daughters may be taught,
To win the strangers heart
My wife and daughters will desire
ReIreshnIent from perfumes,
Cosmetfcs for the skin require
And n rtffiCial blooms
The civet, fragrance shall dispense
And treasure. sweets return;
Cologne revivs the tagging sense
And smoking am ber burn.
and when. al night, my weary head
Eegins TO droOp aud dcze,
A southern chamber holds my bed.
For natures soft repose:
With blankets counterpancs and sheeti
MattTass and bed OF down,
And confortables Tor my feet;
And pillows for my crown.
XVII.
l want warm and faithful friend
To cheer the adverse hour;
Who meter to flatter will descend
Nor bend the knee to power.
friend to chide me when I'm wrong,
NJ 5 inmost soul to seei
And tlst my friendship proves as strong
For him, as his for me.
XVIII.
want kind and tender heart,
For others wants TO ieel
soul secure from Fortunes dart,
And bosom arm'd with steel.
To bear divine ciastisemenrs rod
And minging inmy plan,
Submission to tile will of God
With CHARITY TO Man.
XIX.
want keen, observing eye;
The truth through ali disguise to spy,
And wisdoms voice 10 hear
A tongue to speak at witt need
In Heavens sublimest strain;
dnd lips the cause of Man TO plead,
And never plead IN vain.
j want uninterrupted health
I Throughout my long career;
And streams Of never failing wealth,
To scatter far and near,
The destitute TO clothe and feed,
Free bounty to bestow:
Supply the helpless Orphans need
And soothe the Widows woe.
Iswant the genius to conceive.
The talents TO unfold
Designs. the vicious to retriever
The virtuous TO uphold.
Inventive power. combining skiili
OF human hearts to mould the will
And reach from Pole to Pole
XIII
l want the seals of power and place,
The ensens OF command;
Charged by the Peoples unbousht grace,
To'ru e my native land
Nor crown, nor sce"tre, would ask,
But from my country's will,
BY day, by night, topiy the task
Her cup oil bliss to fill.
want the voice of honest praise
10 follow behind;
And to be thought in fliure days
The friend of human kind,
That alter ages as they rise,
Rxulting may proclaim
In choral union to the skies,
Their blessings on my name.
XIV.
These are the wants Of mortal man,
cannot want them long
For life itself Is hut a span
And earthly bliss song.
My last great want ahsorhing all
is. when beneath the sod. s7.-s
And summoned to my final CALI