Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1859-11-02
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THE DIAMOND WEDDING.
BY EDMUND c sTLDMAS.

THE DIAMOND WEDDING.
By EDMUND sTLpMAS.
! o, Loyel Love! Lovei what times were thOs'
Long ere the age of bellies and bcaux,
And Brussels lace and silken hose,
When, in the green Arca.lian close,
You married Psyche unier the rose,
With only the grass for bedding!
Heart TO heart, and hand to hand,
You followed Natures sweet Command
Roaming lovingly through the land.
Nor wished for Diamond Wedding.
So have we read, in classic Ovid,
How Hero watched for her beloved,
Impassioned youth, Leander.
She was the fairest of the fair,
And wrapped HIM round with her golden han
Whenever he landed cold and bare,
With nothing to eat and nothing to wear,
And wttter than any gander;
For Love Was Love, and better than money
The silver the theft the sweetcr the honey
And kissing wa. clover all the world over,
Wherever Cunid might wander.
So thousands of years have come and gone,
And still the moon, is shining on;
Still Hymens torch is lighted;
And hitherto, in this land of the West,
Most couples in love have thought it best
To follow the ancient way of the rest,
And quietly get united.
But now, True Love, you're growing old
Bought and sold with silver and gold,
Like house, or horse AMI carriage.
Ml,ight talks,
Moonlight walks,
The glance os the eye and sweetheart sigh,
And s!adowy haunts with no one 10y.
do not wish to disrarage;
But every kiss
Has rrize for its bliss,
In the moIcrn code of marriage;
AMI the compact sweet
Is not conplvte.
Till the high contracting rarties meet
Before the altar of MInmoR
And the bride must b. led to silver bower,
Where pearls and ru is fall in shower
That would irighten Jupiter Animon
need not tell
How it betcll,
(Since jenkins has told the story
Over and over and over again,
In a style cannot hope to attain,
And covered himslf with glory y
How it befIl, one Summers day,
The King of the CuOians strolled this way
King January's his name, they say
And fell in love with the Princess May,
The reigning belle of Manhattan;
Nor how he began to snrirk anG sue,
And dress as lovers vino come to WOO,
Or as Max Maretzek and Julien do,
When they sit full-Dlooned in the ladies' view,
And flourish the wondrous baton.
He wasn't one of your Polish mobiles,
Whose presence their country SOMEHOW troubles,
And So our cities receive them;
Nor on- OF your max -Oelieve Spanish grandees,
Who ply our daughters with lies ana candies,
Until the poor girls believe them.
No, he was no such charatan-
Full of gasecnade and bravaIo,
Court de Hoboken Flash-in-the-pan-
But a regular Don Estaban
Santa Cruz de la Museovado
Senior Grandissin,o OYiedoi
owned the rental of half Havana
And all MatanZas and Santa Anna,
Rich as he was, could hardly hold
A candle to light the mines Of gold
Dur Cuban possessed, choke full Of diggers;
And broad plantations, that, in round figures,
v re stocked with at least five thousand niggers,
Gather We rosehuds while ye may
rhe Senor swOre to carry the day
TO capture the beautiful Princess May,
With his battery of treasure;
Velvet and lace she should not lack;
Tiffany, Haughwout. Ball & Black.
3enin and Stewart, his suit should back
And come and go at her pleasure;
let and lava-silver and gold
rlre TO behold
Diamonds Js-saphires-wealth untold
Iii were hers, to have and TO hold
Enough to fill peck measure
ie did not bring all his forces on
1t ones, Tut like crafty old Don,
no ulany heart had fought and won.
KrIt bidding little higher; !
IND every tine lac made his bio !
And what she said. and ali they did /.
Twas written Gown
Fur the good OF the town,
By Jeems, OF The Daily Flyer.
aoach and horses, you'd think, would buy
or the Don ali easy victory;
but slowly or friHe.ss yielded;
diamond necklace caught hrr eye,
'ut wreath Of pearls tirst her sigh.
he knew the wUrth OF e;.eh maiden glance,
-nu like young colts that curvet sad pranee,
ne led the Doa deuce OF dance,
In spite of the wealth he welded.
he stood such fire Of silks and lsces,
ewels. AMI golden dressing-cases,
nd ruby bruaches, and jets and pearls,
hat every one of her dainty eurls
rought tle price of hundred common girls
Folks thought the lass dem-pted!
ut at last u wonderful diamsnd ring.
ra.yular Enb.i- III 1 the thing
nd, signing with love, or something the same,
Whats il 4 name y
The Princess May consented.
ing ring the bells. and bring
IL the people to see the thingi
ct the gaant and hungry and ragged POOR
hrong round the great Cathedral door,
o wonder what the hubbuL's for,
And sometimes stupidity wonder
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