Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1859-11-15
From the N. y. Tribsns
The Diamond Wedding.
RY EDMUND C. sTEADAAN.

With nothing to eat and nothing to wear.
And wetter than any gander
For love WAS love, and better than money
The slver te theft the sweeter the honey
And kissing was clover. all the world over,
"herever Cupid light wander.
So thoussnds of years have coma and gone,
And III ih- moon is shining on,
Stl Hymens torch is lighted;
And hitherto in this land of the West,
'ost couples IN love have thought il best
To follow ths ancient wsv of the rest,
And qG's:iy get united
Bat nov, True Love y4're growing old
Bous h. ands l l. Wit I've AMI II,
Mid i h *.
No a ligh walks,
The gianc" of the .ye aud wsetheart Sigh.
And 81 aiowy hauuts vita % ooe by,
do not wish TO dsparsge
Hui every Kiss
Has a price for its bliss.
In the modsrn code OF marriage:
And the compact sweet
Is not m. leie,
Till the high mira ting pa ties meet
Before The OF Mnmmon:
And the bride must be led to "A silver bower,
Where pearls and rubies fall in a shower
That would frghten Jupiter Ammoni
need not tell
How il b-feil.
(Since Jenkins ha. told the story
Over and over and over again,
In style cannot hope to attain.
And covered hir.sef with gloryD
How 4 be ell, Summers da.
The King of the Cuhans stro led this way
King JsnuaTy's his name, the, say
And fell in love With tho Princess Nay,
The reigniug belle of Manhattan;
Nor how he began to smirk and sue,
< nd dress lovers who come 10 WOO,
Or as Max Msretxek and Julien do
When they SIT fall bl"omed in the ladios' view.
AMI aouIlsa the wontrous baton
He wasn't one Of your Polish mobiles,
Whose presence their country = riehow troublea
Ana our cities receive th,m
Nor one of your nake-believ- s spanish g'.udess,
VINO Ply our daughter- with lies and cNndiss,
Until the poor girls believe them.
No, he rs o such charlatan-
Full 81 sasconade and Lravado.
Cownt az lioboken Fiash-in-the pan
Bu, Tegula1 Don Estahan
Santa Cruz 3e IA Muscuvado
Senior ,iraudiseim" Uvieco 4!
he "wned the repis of half Havana,
And all Msianzas: and Santa Anna.
Rich & VA. could hardly hold
A c.."aic &" Il ,ht tie ui..es r"ls
Oar Cuban pnSsussvt, choke fell o; dixgers;
And tru&d rfsnts;irn=, that. il roAuG figures
Were s'orkod Win Al least Eve Thousand n.gssrsi
"Gsther ye rosebud..while ye ma, =.
he Senor sOo-e to carry the day
To capture tue beaajifIi P,ince>s aay.
With hi- batter Of treasure;
Velvet snd lace sis. sl@siG lac& ;
1.uau., !aag-isS..lt, gsl. A.. SLACK,
GeHis. t1't stuart. h.s sGl shouts back
AM c me ami < a her pleasure;
let an. ioy oya-sI.ves an < id
GNtaots--t ne alds rs4p t. 3eh Cd
Dlamonts, sai hires we,l l. M odd
EDorgh - I'll 4 peck measured
Pe t;5 aot Ing all Lis foi
A. once, but Ik, crafty old Don,
VINO a heart hac fcaEht and won.
Keep bidding ii q. higher:
And cy,rs Time h- maze his bid
And wa said, and al! they did
T. was written down
For the g"Ot OF the town,
3, Jeems, OF the Daily yer.
A coach aui horses you'd think, would bny
For the Don easy victory;
suI slowly our Princess yielded
diamond necklace caught her eye,
But a wreath OF pearls rst III ide her sigh,
She knew the worth or each maiden glance,
And like young cots that curvet and pr.nce,
Sac leo tue Don a coace of a dan's
In spite of the wealth he welded.
She stood such fire OF silk and laces
Jewels, aud golden dressing Cases
Aud ruhy brooches, and jets AMI pearls,
Tnat every OF her dainty csrls
Brought the price OF hundred common girls
Folks thought the lass dernented
But al last Il wonderful diamond ring,
regular Kon-i did til. thing,
And, Ching with love. something thu same
t~hars in a nsin' .
The Princess May conse ntcd-
Ring, ring the bells. and bring
All the people the thinXt
Let the gaunt and hungry and ragged poor
Throns round the great Cathedral door.
To wonder what all the huhbub's tor.
And some ines stupiuI, wnnier
Al 80 much suns inc ana Brightness which
FL from the church upon the rich
Whiis the POOR get al the tnundsr.
Ring, ring, merry bells, ring;
. fbrtuna'- fe~
With lie I r blue
Good for and nearer vIewi
Fortunate few, wHon dare Dot
Dilettante +! creme de Ia creme
We comm s,ood by tine street facade
And caugh glimpse OF the cslvacad
We the b. ide
Viii oeDi tnloud pride,
Viii ski Leo N east gu r J her I'D -
Us 70 Is
She lea l, e of the caravan,
oenind her, her mother,
(Dresse. IN gorgeous moire antique,
TAa, t1ta as plainly a. woris couit speak.
she more an .ue than the otler,)
l., aned 81 the OF Don kstaban
S-ns cruz de la Muscovado
or ndissmo Oviedo;
hap, mortal fortunate man
And Mao i, Il Dorado
In III. s~r.t -. riches aud grAes.
81 Ks aud ins and Honilon lace;
IL tue, saet rom the dazz sun,
Anu soon ia tue church tue deed Was dsns.
Tnree pt.i.'ss stood on tine en.ne.l high
knot, that gold and silver eau Iuy,
Go Il aud silver may YET unite,
Unless il Is tIs htlS iAstenec;
has worth doing al Ais worth doing we'll.
And tn. d uusg NauhatIan belle
+ not to oe pushed or has.cned
So two Very Revel ends gracso the scene,
And The tai Arch bishop stood between,
By prayer anu fastiu1 chistened:
The Pope himself would have come from Rome.
But urgent matters kept him at hone.
HAPPILY these rooed pre.ates thought
Tneir words were the power that tied the knot;
But another power that love Knot tied
Ana saw the chain round the necA o. ths bride
a 81 stening, priceless, narve ons cilAin,
Coils4 with diamonds again anu as4in,
A, beats diamond veCdln-
Yer .liil twas ehsin-l tnousn1 she knew il,
Ana hallway lonsed for tne nil To undo it
By the secret feais SIZE MAS sneouiuG-
But isn't it d., TO think, whenever
Ne AL 20 through that terrible Siver:
Whose sluggisn tide no oae can sever
fTne cAbisaop saysl the church decree
By noatIns cGV i=-c Eternity
And teavIn. the other alive ss ever
As wade> through that ghastiy stream,
Tae satl = lhat rustic and gems tnst CLEAN
VII grow pale and heavy and sink away
To tue noisesom- Rive S bottom clay,
Then tn costly bride, and her msidens siH,
" ~ saixtr uiou TIE banks of the Styx-
Quite a. be pess = they we're born
Naael very foElorn:
Add ihu oe.utiiui I'm. press over yender,
W1o,e erlaaii ne tdc the wide rid wonder
And even ourselves and dear little wives,
Vine calico mHrn OF In-ir iiv-s-
A "a. the sc - ing giris-dai less cal aiaousers
In rags aunes. tas INV lo1S day
Aut. all TIE gruS.ls OF thr c-aTavao-
Ave eevea great Do3 E-taoSo
Santa lie Ia 1scavi.S
Senior GraualssinJo utieco
Thai old cncrusEea, toI iGnatt naSa -
All VIII land ID aes e1Ga l..
The lord OF Iisocnea psieci. .aiI,y
Viii mourn tass o. ais co--oa,
Thu pin $. sAii. foF aeTse.,
md = roe LIS the shSsi,
Ao-l1ls ana Eptains 10 wes-,
" 4 GER a. l, &c tie iasdion tneFe
Tes a. 4. 50 L alone.
Though here ea<ta tneS .-oor and groAn-
Those most used rag ana = bone
Will stand il beat when 70 rest
ON the cther side of Jordan.