Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1858-03-18
"THE WANTS OF MAN,
WRITTEN BY JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, JULY 1870

But 'tis so in my song,
Ny wants are many, and If told,
Would muster many score,
And were each wish mint of gold,
still should long fer more.
What first want is daily bread,
And canvass backs and wine,
And all the realms of nature spread,
Before me when ] dine.
Four courses scarcely can provide
My appetite to quell,
With four choice cooks from France beside
To dress my dinner well. .. ...
What next want, al heavy cost,
Is elegant attire;
Black sable furs for winters frost,
And silks for summers fire:
And cashmere shawls and Brussels lace,
NV bosom font to deck,
And diamond rings my hand 10 grace,
And rubies for my neck.
And then want mansion fair
A dwelling house in style
-Four stories high, for welcome ar,
A massive marble pile:
With halls for banquets and for balls,
All furnished rich and fine
With stabbed steeds IN fifty stalls,
And cellars for my wine.
want garden and park;
My dwelling to surround,
A thousand acres (bless the mark.)
With walls PncOmpass'd round;
Where focks may range and herds may 10y
And kids and lambFins play,
And flowers and fruits commlngled grow,
All Eden to display.
want, when summers foliage falls,
And autumn strips the trees,
A house within the city walls,
For comfort and for ease;
But here as space is somewhat scant,
And acres rather rare,
My house in town | only want,
Tooccupy-a square.
want steward, butcher, cooks,
A coachman. footm an, g ooms,
4 library of we'll bound books,
And picture garnished rooms
Coorregio's Magdalen, and Night,
The Matron of the chair,
Cuido's flute coursers in their flight,
And Ciaudes at least pair.
! want cabinet profuse,
OF medals, coins and gems
A printing press for private use,
Of fifty thousand sens"
And plants, and minerals, and shells,
Worms, insects. fishes, birds,
And every beast on earth that dwells,
In solitude and herds.
want a board of FURNISHED plate,
fNe 81 =
Tureens of twenty pounds in weight,
With sculptures richest mo uld-
PIateaus with chandeliers and ia, lps;
Plates, dishes, all the same,
And porcel ain vases, with the starreps
OF Sevres, Angauleme.
And naples of fair glossy Stain,
- Must form my chamber doors,
And carpets of the Wilton gram,
Must cover all my floors.
My walls with tapestry bedeck'd,
Must never be out-done,
And damask curtains must protect
The color 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 mantle-pieces clocks,
or thrice gilt bronze, must stand,
And screens Of ebony and box,
Invite the strangers hand.
want (Dho does not ,rant?) "a trife,
Affectionate and far;
To solace the woes of life,
n And all its Joys TO share.
Of temper sweet, Of yielding tciH,
OF firm, yet placid mind,
With al! my fauts to lore me still,
With sentiments refined.
And as times car incessant runs,
And future fills my store,
want of daughters and OF sons.
From eight 10 half score;
want-(slas can mortal dare
Such bliss on earth to crave?)
That all the girls be chaste and tair.
The boys all wise and brave,
These are the wants of mortal man
r. cannot want them long,
For life itself is but span,
And earthly bliss song.
NY last grea want, absorbing all,
Is, when beneath the sod,
And summoned to my final call,
The mercy Of my God.
And oh! while circles in my veins,
OF life the purple stream.
And yet fragment still remains
OF natures transient dream
My soul in humble hope unseared,
Forget thou NOT 10 pray,
That this, thy hopes, may be prepared
To meet fac Judgment Day.
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