The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-04-30

Just at the foot of an outrageous tree,
Where May and had often sat before,
And where SO often, on my Bonded knees,
To Iowa har azzn,.- t1r tho fsnasi i Ss1znrf
Methought I lay in pensive MOOD, ana
gaz'd
Upon the twinkling stars that shone on
s-sG1a
When all at once a brilliant meteor blaz'd
And shot athwart the duslxy evening sky
Nearer IL came; and now the dewy leaves
OF ev'ry tree was bath'd in mellow light,
Through which o golden car its pathway
cleaves,
Drawn ON by doves and guided BY a
sprite;
who forward came to where lay, amaz'd
Then drew the rein that checked his
4'leader dove" wrTrnE
And there before me, in his beauty, biaz'd
The smiling, crafty, cruel God ofLove."
knew twas Cupid by his g dreaded bow, !"
And by his culver, filled with "dogwood
Switches"
And by his golden curis, and radiant brow,
And by the fact that he had on no
breaches.
"Ah, ha!p said he, in accents soft and low
land as he spoke he raped me with an
arrow, Z.
- - ~~'
And burn like fire into my very marrow,
"Ah, ha! my coveyi though in days long
past
You we lodged with skill each we'll
directed dart,
think have you safe and snug at last,
Unless you we got a "gizzard" for a
heart;
However, to put the thing beyond all
1n1rn
I1It your love by certain tests know.
Which said, the ssBoy-God" turned him
round about,
And with an arrow struck the earth a
blow,
Which opening wide, an hundred elves
stepp'd forth,
And cast into one heap the wealth they
bore
And costlier gems than ever monarch
wore.
7"Therei y said the urchin g all that wealth
is thine fIol4
If yon'n fOrswear the vows you've made
to-day ia $50
take back your gems" said I they
b can't outshine 4faa vsf
isThe beaming eyes of my own peerless
May
TITS WELL" the God replied-and waved
his wand
And then wonderous change came DER
my dream-fT.f 15fMo
Me thought stood upon foreign strand
A desert strand-without one cooling
gguS stream 80 assgf rers4s
To slack the raging, burning thirst that
dried
The very life blood in my feverish veins
Which still increased, as mad1y on hied
Ger dreary wastes, and arid sandy plains.
At last came to where shady grove
Excluded from the earth each scorching
ray,
and there once more 1 saw the " God of
Love-"
And by his side my own, my charming
May"
And just between the two, a monstrous
"tin"
With "bonny clabber." filled up to the
None Of SQar watery blue john" poor
and thin,
But solid, rich, and kiUered DER with
cream.
You're just in time," the cunning Boy
God y said;
nOnce more wish to test your love for
May StfsN 80
Which win you take, the blooming blush
ing, maid,
Or this delicious bowl of clabber-say9 Q"
And as he spoke, some crystal Jumps he
threw
Into the pan, and stirred them refund and
- round, eGWRE
which as they "cohbed y against the
sides, knew
Twas ice, from its peculiar rafting
81 sound. ~
"Quick-make your choice r. the cunning
ee urchin cried; 'u sh
g I know you'll take the maid, of course
so grab herW hgsl fs
Not quite so fast, dear Cupid, replied
81 rather think I'll take the cIabber."
%The Indians, and they are supposed t.
be the best bowmen in the world, Away
use the slender stems of thegdogwood TO
their arrows. Cupid is supposed to DO tn
same; naturally, as he would wish to hav
effective arrows.