The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-08-04
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Thought TO throw ON; .s,-s,
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Why we should ne the one. and she the other.
The moon and womanl tf1sre may be, II own,
Points OF resemblance moro than one or two,
Twenty. for apght II know. gmight cen be
I'd stste them I'd nothing else to do;
But se T have I'll leave the thcme alone -
And yet, on second thoughts, I'll give few,
Lest carping critics, who arc apt to chatter.
Should say never thought about the matter:
Imprimis, then, they both shine most at
The one on earth. the other in the sky;
might cay both reflect Q borrowed light,
But this, perhaps, the ladies would deny
And they, Town, have an undoubted right
To know what charms they borrow or they
True 'tis, whenever anything is bought
And paid for, 'hsits owners, as 1t ought.
But passing their discussion as theme
Too delicate to dwell on, mayssay
That whether both dispense borrowed gleam
Or not, there's much resemblance in the ray
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It is not steady like the light Of day,
But an uncertain, fascinating splendor;
A little coolish, too, when man grows tender.
Another point Of likeneas to my view,
Being II think an accurate beholder,
They're both little coy; but when grown
They don't salute You and then bid adieu
Both N breath, but grown little bolder,
And are IN no great hurry to retire.
Let's try again: The moon, it has been said,
Has strange influence on folks half crack d;
And have either heard, or somewhere read,
OF the "Lunatio and Lover all compact"
Which seems as If twere thought by some ILL
Thegg3h, ,. two such such wretohes should be
That tits not till mans reasoning powers are
Woman can claim his noddIe as her own.
But this point Of resemblance, though itmight
Strike some as very striking i just mention;
I should be sorry to be impohte
And still more sorry to excite discussion
Among you love-sick swains, who out of spite
Their headsf leave vet to % those who choose to win
'Ts no affair OF mine what brains are in 'em.
Well, to proceed: I find L must make haste,
And not on every point Of semblance bore,
Or I shall both my time and patience waste,
And try my readers patience, which is more;
For when . joke is not to our taste
It's apt to make one feel little sore,
Besides it might be thought It was my aim
To prove the moon and woman are the same.
!, therefore. shall with breyity pass over
Various resemblunces between the twain,
How both when skies are clear, smile on q
lover,
And leave him in the lurch in clouds and
rain,
AS we'll as many theme might discover
In either's rise or set, or wax or wane;
But as might be proli1, I forbear-
Besides, I must their difference now compare.
The moon and woman differ, then, in this:
The first is true to nature and its lave,
It never leaves its sphere nor does amiss
It apes no artful wiles, asks no applause,
In all ite changes still unchanged it Is
In loveliness and beauty from this cause
Since first created 1t has cheated no man
Ifear we cannot say all this for woman.
Again: The moon sheds her impartiakbeam
On rich and poor with just the same delight;
Youth. beauty, ugliness and age, all seem
bright.
She sometimes may withdraw her gentle beam,
But not capriciously, still less in spite,
doubt much If these qualities are common
With her to whom we give the name Of woman.
might, il had time and inclination,
And were not fearful OF exciting riot,
Give other instances of variation,
Which some would smile, and more perhaps
would sigh at;
I give but one, defying disputation:
Women are talkative-the moon is quiet
We're there no other cause, might opine,
This fully proves the moon not feminine.