The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1859-11-10
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To wonder what all the hubbub's for,
And sometimes stdpidly wonder

To wonder what all the hubbub's for, A
And sometimes stdpidly wonder
At SO much sunshine and, brightness which
Fall from the church upous the rich
Whi.e HE poor get altthe thunder.
Ring ring, merry bells, ringf
q fortunate few,
With letters blne@.
Good for d sent and nenrer viewi
Fortunate few, whom dare not name:
Di!ettdntel Creme dt Ia creme!
We cofnmonefs stood by the street fseads
And caught glimpse Of the cavslcade;
We nav the bride
I In bsdismonded pride,
With six jexeled ma dens to guard her sids-N
Six lustrous inadens in tarletan:
Close behind her, her mother,
tDtcst ia gorgeous m0ire antique,
That told, as plainly Is words could SPEAK,
She was m6te antique than the other,)
Leaned on the arm Of Doa Estaban
Santa Cruz de IL Muscotado
Senior Grandissimo Ovicdo
Happy mortal fortunate maui
And Marquis Of FL Dorado.
In they swept, all riches and grace,
Silks, and satins and uonitth lace;
In they swept from the dazzled sun,
And soon in the church the deed was done,
Three prelates stood on the Chaneel high
A knot, that geld and silver can buy,
Gold and silver may yet unite, k
Unless it is tightly fastened, ge
What worth doing at ais worth doing we'll,
And the sale ola young Manhattan belle
Is not to be pushed or fastened.
So two Very Reterands graced the scene.
By prayer and fasting chas.ened;
The Pope himself would have come from Rome,
But urgent matters kept him 1t home
haply these ROBBED ptelates thought
Their words were the power that tied the knot,
Butanother power that loyesknot tied,
And saw the chain round the neck Of the BRIDE.
4 glistening, priceless, marvellous cha:p, "
AS beftsa diamoad.wedding
fet still twas chain--f though she knew il
And halfway longcd for the will to undo IT,
BY the secret tears she was shedding.
But isn'tit odd, to think, whenever
We all 80 through that terrible river
Whose sluggish tide alone can sever
(The Archbishop says the Church decree,
By floating one into Eternity;
And leaving the other alive as ever
AS each wadcs through that ghastly stream
The satins that rustic and gems that CLEAN
Will grow pale and heavy, and sink away
To the noisone rivers bottom clay;
Then the costly bride, and her haidens sifv
Will shtver on the banks Of the StyI,
Quite as helpless as they were born
Naked souls, and very fororn; a
And the beautiful Empress over yonder;
Whose crinone made the wide world wonder.
And even ourselves and our own dear housewives
Who eaaeo wear each morn Of their lives
And the sewing girls---and les cai6fonisrs
In rags and hunger the iise.ong day,
And all the grooms Of the caravan
Aye even the great Don Estaban
Santa Crude Ia Miscdsado
Senior GrandIssino 0siedo--
That gold-encrusted, fortunate man
All will land IN naked equality:
The lordcfs ribbonded principally
81 Wiitmourn the loss Of his Gordon;
The Princess, TOO, must shin for herselG
And lay her royalty pii the shelf;
Nothing to eat and nothing to wear,
viii certainly be the fashion therei
Ten toone, and I'll go it alone, .& eff
Those most used to rag and bone
Though here On earth they labor and Sroan-
Will stand it best Mhen ne cbiasito res.
On the other side of Jordan: