The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-07-10
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TO MY WIFE.
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BY BENZ. r. TAYLOR.
JUNE 7tE, 1859


Past twenty-one and Loves Of age.
Hast lost his wings and gained his eyes,
Looks down on lies unendcd page, sr
LOOKUP and saes the azure skies. Y tA Z
He's safe to stay while we Dide, a.V ,taet
His time for fight forever past,
Twill be We three whate'er betlde, q aa
While roses blow aud lllacs last, a., ~. b,
No bankrupt firm is this OF ours,
But rich as j une In suns and showers. g p.
Bring out the ledgerI Every thing toy 52
That men call gains shall De tor sale
Ay. let them 20 Tor what they'll bring, ad
Wen keep our tOsscs till wo tail f.e
Of old when JuGah's children wed, tA ht'# y
They pledged their faith IN crimson wine,
TheE broke the crystal as they said
mo lips shati touch its brlm but mine |!
This shall no meaner love profane PA fs
The shattered SyInboi telI like rain.
None stopped to pick the fragments up
All knew Lie thing the token meant v
Behold, one love had crowned the cup,
No matter where the goblet W ent! 2 ij-3.
And so, my wife, in Judah's way
We've drank HES golden draught OF
wine,
And strewn the vase glittering clay y IS
See where the sculpturedol fragments
The leuger howl Let it be known cd q
How rIcn aud grand tAiA Firm has grown
Are marked with raInUows every one,
We know our own CELESTIAL, Sneepa lgol0 d
That thfong the bloc blue aud Craze the
sun; .328fa#tst H@fi
IT'S tiue To see them trooping home,
Their tleeces tangled thick with stars !;
Ills tiae 10 watch them rs they come
And wait at Evenings golden bars
Their sha lows TAIL upon our way, 80 atgt
AS II old Night had walked by day
And lett ne- footprints as she went;
Some Look like graves ottrlends thai
died,
Whose sunken mounds the sward indent
OIUabe and gallant brldegroom's bride
Ofgolden tress and silver hail.
And some like hopes our hearts have
That fell as leaves in autumn air ss '"
And crush beneath our thoughtful tread
Dear Vile, We have no clouds TO SELL
Thep make the sunshine ShoW SO we'll !
An angel troop this Firm commands,
Il score aud one ttey stand III line,
And swing atUIL IN RADIANT hands 3
score anu one OF Ewes divine
OF Christmas Ewes and Christmas bells
And Christmas gifts with blessing twice,
ThatbrlIg US all, by mlstlc spells, j.:
In kissing range Uf Paradise e' Ni
My Wife We would not give them up 4a-
To meud again the shattered cupl
A score ana one of kindling Junes,
The warm anu olushlng brides of Time,
Are ranged aiOng like noLes II tunes,
And keep our nearLs IN rhymic rhyme.
We own u score OF belIrled lowers .+
Where bird-like Wishes, bred and horn,
Are singing songs thOse birds are ours
We count our twentieth New Years
No biros 10 sell, nor songs nor chimes, 4
We'n keep them all till harder time ! : ,s.r.
We have sc me castles gray and grand
That cloudless suns do shine upon
Along their halls retaIaers stand 'aHt
Aud speak Castllian every one.
Nobody ules who dweIIeth there,
They have Cline where tempests sWoon,
NO grave 10 make, no empty chair
And Chrlsmas In the month o. June
I'll make the deeGs-you'll sign them sure,
And castles twelve Wen give the poor
We've mad wealth of dreams as rite 'a
AS corn along the bladed West, 's.f ra
We hare them sun in broider'd life:
Like hOwers upon wedding vest.
There comes a little sounder sleep.
There comes richer flush Of dawn, .'
Till then we'll keep our fOcks of sheep,
No castle, cloud or angel gone.
Down flag fred! Well make no sale
But hold our losses till we fall roe.
To make al sure my Will behold g
ITO Her who kept this Firm alive go
u now bequea'n my clouds OF gold. r AID
my angel choir, my castle five,
s'My score OF belfrles, all my sheep, &
The fragments OF the sculptured vase,
ITO have aud hold and ever keep ~
And yet I've done no act o. grace, df"
They all are yours, but whose are you
freely give and keep them too