The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1875-08-07

Sxtol; yu amt afradc ov sno storm; W
,lh't stuk up, and amt ashamed to be
Dora In COW pasture, or cluss alongside
OF hen coop.
+ Hu arc tle fust posy that puts in N,
appearance, and will gro on poor silc.
u are demokrat, God bless yul
u waz leading artikle in the fust
ookay made when boy, and have
Dragged on. yu ever since.
Iu don't smell so powerful rs the lone.
sum violet, or the stately sun-nowcr, OF
tic swimming pond lily, but yu are good
Tor greens. Onndylion greens arc moi
only the fust but the cheapest greens in
the markct)
When yu cum, spring haz cum too, so
haz the singing frog, and the kakling hen
l'rokialms nuI born egg in honor ov yure
Don't fail TO cum each year, mi saffron
buty; the ritch and tho lofty may not
h,lrp yurc praizcs, but who cares for that,
yu arc the fust born ov natures pets, yu
arc innocent and tuif.
should miss yu more than emmy flower
Tint gilds the turf.
..?lt ! waz poet, would weave yll into
lines. Yu should shine in stanza, and
gro moro golden in mello verse.
u have no nobel pedigree, no klassik
name; no royal history, but yu are flower,
The poor mans friend, lifting up yurc
round and velvet face, cluss beside his
threshold. 49,
u amt worth five cents q dozen ut tho
1ioral mart, but n golden dollar kant buy
yu ov me, tho one gather the fust oy
spring, or last ov winter, bravcly growing
Kluss beside tho melting sno drift.
THE VIOLET.
Little blu eyed innocent / saw VII one
year ago this very day, in this same cold
ana sunless spot, (perhaps it might have
been yurc sister,, far away from human
eyes, or human footsteps.
1t waz winter then, so it IL now, but they
call it spring. :
,:E II yu could only tell me yurc history,
how gladly would listen.
Yu are too gentle for this. cherries
place, do tho fairys visit w, and whisper
words Of hope1
fu needn't hang yure he'd, nor tremLlc,
l won't hurt yu, gladly would I swop
places with yu, neglected. NJ yu arc, yu
Kant be lost, may be.
l would lift yu up and take VII WHARF
the dandylion IL lalfing in the sun, but VII
nro too modest to liv thnrc long.
Stay right WHARF yu are, little innocent,
the fust luv six maiden cum akrost
Will send to keep yu company. She will
have lot Ov silly and soft things to tell
yu.
YI kns Inf at her, or pity her, just NJ
Yh pleazc
Good bye, liiIic violet, dry the tear in
yure eye, and let me see yu lair just
once.
Thank yu, little bird, for that smile.
Goqd bye, good bye.
THE sun FLOWER.
Great, good-natured herb! plcazc uc-
cept mi thanks.
blunt.
I rather like the way yu stare at folks.
Iu amt atradc, bekausc yu know full
we'll that yu nro natral.
Ike yure CRATE honest face, NJ big NJ
putcr plnttcr. Tharc is no milk and
water in it, tharc is no guile in it.
Yu nrc NJ faithful, and M true NJ n
pocket compass.
rs i like to see a whole lot ov WI looking
over tho garden wall, standing in single
Tile, with yurc broad and pUk-markcd
countenances allwuss starcinE at tie sun.
when the sun Gums gallopiny up from
tho east, every one ov WI arc gazing at it,
and when it goes 10 bed Mt night in tho
west, yurc faces are nll turned that wav.
Are yu astronomers, mi dear, philo-
sophik hcrbs1
Yu hay but little fragransc but fu kan
beat yu for good old-fasioncd common
sense.
Yu amt gaudy hirt, no Miss Nancy,
seeking praise from every pnsscr-by.
Tlarc is more in VII than the world
knows owl natur haz whispered in yurc
car, and yu kno cnufr to keep tho sckrct.
Eu are just rs virtcwous and lust NJ
gentle ms the orphan violet, but VII don't
work up into poetry haif as we'll, still i
luY you just rs mulch bckausc you arc a
flower and kan make q deserted korncr or
delaying cottage feel moro happy ind
look more cheerful.
TlIaro is profit in yu too, mi honest
friend one oy you will make two good.
sized bokays, It not three; only think ov
that. ''''
Farewell, yu cheap and simple flower
don't git Jealous on the bright eyed pink,
the gaudy June rOzc, or the pcrfumcd
hcliotropc, nor git angry if the lettering
and sassy skool-boys, once in willie, for
target fire stones Mt yure blooming face
THE FOND LILY.
Out on the dimpling buzzum ov sum.
boddy's saw-miII pond, WHARF tho water
iz about three foot deep, riding at ankur
floats the beautiful pond lily.
Away down In the fat earth at the bot.
tom oy tho wafer natur plants n seed, on
nv this seed rizes slender thread-lik,
shoot, when il reaches the surface n broad
leaf IL born bigger than yure hand, and
on this lcnf the pond lily IL formed, and
1Icstleg.
Riding here, on lis little natt boat, thi,
fragrant white Hover spends its summer
Yacashun.
The muskrat swims up to Il from hi2
hole in the naboring bank to take snufl
Mt its sweetness, and tho clipper built and
slIarp.eycl pickrcl, NJ he sails lcnzurcIy
underneath, casts IN ndmirng eye upon
It's innocence and buty.
Tho silver-brcRstcd seal and sooty mud
hen paddle around it, and the ycllo-
throatcd frog sings to II at sunset.
Thee arc the cheap flOwcrs-thc golden
dandyllon, the little sad violet, tho honest
sun flower and the sweet breathing pond
lily; n bokay Of them would hardly bring