Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-11-12
THE uarDLE GLENDovEERs.

Lovely children Of the light,
D-spea ;n radiant locks and pininns-
Red sud p<upie. blue and white
IA their beautiful dominiors.
On the earth anddu the spheres
Owed tie iittia giendoveeTs.
And the red can know no change.
And the blue are bsue forever,
And the yellow wings nIay range
Toward the white or purple never;
But tfs.y mingIe free from strife,
For thek color is their life.
When their color dies they die
Riend with earth or ether owiy-
Leasing where their spirits lie
Not stain, 30 pure and holy
Is the essence aad the thought
Which their fading brings to naught
Zach couteuted with the hue
wtzoh indues his wings with beauty.
Red or yellow, wliirs or blue,
Sings the measuy of his duty
Through the summer clouds in peace,
And delights that never cease.
Not with envy isve they more
Looks aud pirikons purple-tnted,
Nor with jealousy adore
Those whose pleasures are unst inted,
And whose purple hair and wings
Give rkem place With queens and kings.
When s'purple giendoveer
Bzns along the mute expanses,
They SPURIOUS nd hum, far and near.
With their glancing wings and dances,
And do honor to the hue
Loved by all and worn by few.
IN the days long gone, alas
Two upon q c.oud, low-seated,
Saw their piniobs IN the glass
OF sfiver lake repeated.
One vSs blue and one was red,
And the lovely pair were we'd.
" Purple wings are very fine,-
Spoke the voice of Ruby, gently;
"Ay,r said Sapphire, they're dIyine!"-
Locking az his blue intently.
.. But were best, }" said Ruby. then.
. And we'd not complain like men,"
Sapphire stretched his loving arms,
And sac nestled in his bosom,
While has heart inhaled her charms
As the sense inhales blossom;
Drank hsr wholly, tint aud tone,
Bent her being with his own
Rapture passed, they raised their eyes,
But were startled into clamor
of mexHe;eus surprised
Was It Sblor was it glamour.
Purpse-ented, sweet and warm,
Was esch wing and folded form.
Who nad wrought it-how it came
These weSe what the twain disputed.
How were mingled smoke and flame
Into royal hpe TRANSMITTED
Each Wa. right, the other wrong:
But their 4uarr-l was not long;
For the mou1ent that their speech
Differed DER their little story,
Swiftly faded off from each
Every trsoe OF purple glory:
Blue was duer than before,
And we red was red once more.
Then sney knew that both were wrong,
And ia sympathy Of sorrow
Learned that each was only strong
IN TIE power to lend and borrow
fhss tue purp.e never grew
But By gruce OF red TO blue.
So, embracing in content,
Hears and wings again united
Red aud blue in purple blent,
Ant their holy troth re-plighted,
Both Is happy as the day,
Kissed snd rose and few away
Ard for twice thousand years,
Fo2ting through the radiant ether,
Lived toe happy gfeudoveers,
Of the other jealous neither
Sapphire nsught without the red,
Ruby still by blue besreed.
But when weary Of their life.
They csme down to earth at even
P0rple hasoand. purple wife
From the upper deeps Of heaven,
And reclined upon the grass,
That their Little Lives might pass.
Wing 10 wing and arms enwreathed,
Sank they from their LIES long dreaming
Into earth their souls they breathed:
But when mornings light was streaming,
All their joys and sweet regrets
Doomed in banks of violets.
r. y. O. Hsdaef, tn Scribper's for Norembcr.