Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-10-21
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THE PEARL or THE PHILIPPINES

THE PEARL OF THE PHILIPPINES.
BY H. sTuDDARD.
81 hear, Relcmpa. o, thatyou
We're once famous fisherman.
Who at Negros, or Paawan.
Or maybe it was atZehou
Found something precious in the sand,
A nugget wash cd there by the rain,
That slipped from your too eager hand,
And soon as found was lost again.
Ifit had been pearl instead
(Why does your good wife shake her head y
could the story understand;
For have known so many lost,
And once too often to my cost.
trade in pearls; buy and sell.
They say know their value we'll.
I've seen some large ones in my day;
I've heard of larger-who shall say
How large these unseen pearls have been'
don't believe in things unseen.
hear there's one now at Zebou
That dwarfs birds egg, and outshincs
The full moon in It's purity.
What say you-is the story truel
And what's the pearl called' Let me Sec
The Pearl of the Philippines"
Twas at Manila, and the three
n"' ,n s""ueu E"nerS
iha' 'ooNou upon the ri'er' where
All sorts of sailing boats all day
Went skimming round like, gulls at play.
And made a busy picture thore.
Inc speaker "aS-"hat no one Knew
EAcepta merchaht; Jew win jew,
T,,rIx n, D..
TURK WIN lufks, rarsee' hlrdoo
but su'' 10 one reE-ion true
ana that was trade pleasant guest
VINO knowing many things, knew best
"hat governs mon Tor he wasone
"hom many trusted trusting none.
Ills host, keiempago, who heard
Ills questions with an inward shock,
Looked up, nut answered not word.
lie was nat'vo Tagalce;
man that was not nast his prime,
And yet was old before MS time.
His face was sad, his hair was gray.
His eyes on something far away.
His wife was younger, and less sad;
Spanish woman, she was clad
Asare the TaGal women; fair,
with all her dark a. undaht hair,
That wa'a wonder to hehold,
Drawn from her face with pins of gold
you have not seen IT, perceive"
Said the pearl mcrch at; NOR have l.
ia nave To see IL 10 beheve,
Ana then would rather have you by.
There's no such pearl" You spoke OF me-"
Afer pause ms most gan
Yes was once fisherman,
anu "Veo' thou.h no" ""'e' 'hesea'
'lwas .wehtH-'h''! years ago
anu 'n's soou '"'S ~ my 'i'o
hau ho' "ee'i many ",oo"' ''' '''''
vi poor ou' pr'uu 'o'"p"so
Ihaci was po'i s"o u'' "o' var
ohe leu me WV ho'-,o'ou "s"
Sho oo'no' vi ''o 'o'' '''o" W
lhere 10 no '.'''' On va"
you zee "ha' a'n' ns '"'''
oas' my "i'"u 'p"' '"o o'"'
VI nun '''' ''" Wv" ny
"""' 'n'''e'' 'o ~ 0''~ "
No"'e'' "e'o o""S
i"o h"PPiese D"i :" "'' I00N
AT i"s' '"''.' ""' """' "o'o,
oeeniou ""ppi"0'' "''
mo '"'ns ~ s'''"o"' WV N''-'
'u e"h''o'
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'"'u'n' ny "'1"N'
aih ia'ne'' ""'O VS.
o"eet 'rouoios '''0"'o uo'
nu' ou's ""' NV
oa'' 1 .b,a
IL was u'o S"e0'0''' ''"
90 oeuu''u''s 81 Has' 'o "'.u'
Aah ye1 80 sehs'','e anu s"''
Ana gwen W suu"o" o''""s0
i've seen IL IN i's "oU"o' '
buo'lihs WIN i'ush'.'
IL was liho hoi'hef ~ INV -"o.,
FOR We are uarA' anu 'ia' "'' i"'
An ihihh' vi "no''e' ,"'.'
Ihat' poru no' III "'"
Lett some poor "o""n '"'i
Dirn .hu' 'oou' '''' ""u
pearl that IN our snoi' h''' T'o""'
we cheris"ou " WIN "o''
II came 10 Us us 'esen" s".'
Qknow not II INC 'aie w ''u0'
Ansthef chiiu III o'hor u"s'
Come thlther 10 oePu'' no hio'o'
Found one Dright mori'ns oh 'h' 'hoi'
Tho infant Jesus OIL Aep"u
$50 you, too had'" the ue'eh"n' 'a'u'
With just touch oi que. Scorn'
what shall say-a hlrs''"''" poih'
But win no haip rouhu i's heau'
what did you name inc ooy GIRL
Not boy. and therefore uearer' s"eeter-
We called the infant MarGar'ta'
For was she not our precious reaii'
You. who have chi'dren, as you say,
Gan guess now inuch We 'o'eu ''o o"''''
Wa'''ing her grown from a"y W aas'
Grave II she wept' out II she sih'eo
Delishted win ner' we "efo ''n
That we grew young aS she gre" oia'
used to make long voyages,
Before she came' IN distant seas
But now j never 'eie Aeoou'
For there the great poarl-Oysters grew