Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1878-01-11
THE BArrLB OF PORK q BEANS.
BY LONG TAIL BLCs.
CANTn ElRST

While In her silent reign, the muoR
Pres ded Der the skies
For now, far once. the onl, time,
Since the Creations morning prime,
lie rose, before sunrise.
Was II because the pumpkins still
Lay on the sunny south faced hill,
To drink his fervid raw;
And turned their bellies, ruund and vast,
With smiles upon m, as he passed,
Up heavens brnzen wayf
Or was it that his ocean bed,
Rurked cold aud rO1gh beneath his heal,
Suggesting fearful dreams;
That, starting from his troubled sleep,
lie r"de high n'cr the swelling deep,
To pierce it with his bsamsS
Perhaps some shadnwy sptcter. vast,
Der tie fpamng waves had passed
s, me shade of things to cnme;
That called thus early tn telizht
The world, from damps and f"gs nf night,
Tuusher in with morning bright,
day, a day Of doom.
A dav. a mighty day nf doom.
Just breaking from the midnight gloom,
Was coming en aphce
The tattered clouds in terror hy,
And up arose the sun, and high
lie swept passage through the sky,
Aud bent him To the race.
On, IN = thou mighty glowing suRi
And ere this faied day is done,
Such deeds shalt thou disclose;
That startlel heaven and sea shall quak.,
That lOuutHins from the earth shall break,
And The old worlds foundation shake
As when from Chaos, just awake,
Creation first arose.
CANTo SECOND.
'Tis merry Ills merry, in forest glade,
To follow the fontstep of bounding maid:
Dancing along through the leafy screen,
Nnw nut of Rht, aud now scarcely seen:
Mid rival kisses OF breeze and sun.
Going and>stopping. and going on
And while she is ieigning I" gn astrav,
In the deepest ihicket her feet will siayi
Seeming unconscious of lnver near,
His lightest fOulfall will reach her ear:
His slightest mutinn her heart will spy,
Tho the silken lashcs hang over her eye:
Her bosom heaving with pride and love,
At his weIl-knnw n step in the shady grove.
Was it dream nf beautiful girl,
That just now sat my brain in whirl
Was it a link Of her golden hair
That flashed in the sun and danced in the air?
Was il n gla nee Of her merry eye
That beanie upon me when none were nigh? I?
Was il her step in the woodland bower,
Failing as light as \ bee on huwerf
Awav these visions must give room
Ts serious things, this day nf doom
The sun rose higher higher still,
Above the eastern SKY;
And all the oldest men did say,
They never saw, in all their day,
The suu-iise rise 81 high.
Its burning beams were sent at will,
Ger hill aud f"rest wide,
But mullitudes there are who say,
That at the town of MnnrlOva
1t poured its hottest tide.
And beam on beam, with doubled force,
II threw along the plain:
And sweat fell down from man and horse,
Each face raviHeA with water course,
And men aud women Groanet I'LL hOarse,
At wiping II in vain.
Why was il. that the god Of dav
Sn burning tude Der Mnncl"va?
why did his RAYS so furiuus srOk
The crops OF moisture from each cheeki
Whr did each mIlrnn's forehead drip,
Willie drops bedewed her upper p?
And every maidrn's bosom rise,
AS lang uishing, that maiden sighs
How Oft amid that burning day,
The fainIing damses stnIu awav,
With tidy care their dresses laid,
Beneath beech trees silent shade,
And plung ed To meet the river god
Beneath the waters cooling drod,
And ali renewed in life aud grace,
They rose refreshed from his embrace,
And stond and in his mirror fair
Reviewed their Budding beauties there.
What sound now breaks upon the ear?
ltc"mes from yhnder clearing. where
II morn aud when the day is done,
The smiling landscape drinks the sun.
What is it?-have fel"nnus hogs,
Unmindtui of their fear Of dogs
Stolen Slyly Ia the pumpkin patch,
Or nl the garden picked the latch,
Eaten themselves into n fever.
And spuled our hopes Of kruut fOrever9
All, no 1t amt the hugs this fuss
Is worse than that. All. worse and worse!
The pumpkins pumpkin What"f the II.
Each "ne has broken from his stem,
Aud rolling wildly. each nn 'torhrr,
Each one bruising mad his brother:
Rushing, tearing wildly on,
Running rs Lone bu, they can run;
See ! they reach the rivers brink!
There's n0 time to act or think
One mad glance Ihr,wu at the sun:
One low grnan- theft ihee 10 Iun!
Dash they IN, and every one
Aye, the very last is gone
few faint bubbles rising DER
The silent wave. and they're no more
Such umens ushered in the scenes
or that great dAyUt Pork lad Beans.
CANTO THIRD.
'Tis nearly noon The Z d Of Iay
His heat pours down ~ NJ, hcl va:
Put nnw breeze is rising taSt-
The hot and cold air rushing past,
Wait / ~ mi nglc-buTniug, bleak,
One, then the mher, steals tho cheek.
llark Thunder Then the Sturm ia ur,
The rain pours out its brimminF cups
The elements are wHrring wide
The whirlwiud strikes the furest side.
Crash! Seel it cuulss The air is black (:
Hear the old w0ods-lhsy crash and crack /:
Whirlwinds are on the water thigh
The spoutlng waves dash tall aud nigh;
Wild clouds oi fuaming driving spray
Are cnrtalninR the face Ol day:
II comes il Comes The deepening gloom
Rivals The darkness Of the tomb:
All sounds are mingled, mJre and mOrs,
Till in tine deep tened, hideuus roar,
The deep earth shakes with heavy fear,
Aud chaos reigns unriyailed here.
Such were the sights, such we're the see mes,
That marked the day 0f Park aud beans
A day whose memory will vie
With "FridAy h"t, "--"cuId Saturday."
Aud either eTas often quoted.
Aud by the "Oldesi people" acted
When nature, by some magic fOrce,
TtRtrled far out her cnmmuh curse
Played sons poetic prank aS | do,
Or cut some other loulsh didn.
CANTO FOCRTH.
High on Olympus mighty steep,
la consultation long and deep,
The Deiiies we've met
Each pnndeied on the stirring scenes,
Which the great day "i P"rk aud Beans
Full shur,ly would bvgVl.
Nav load aud high debate would grow,
Then britay sink IL murmurs low,
Bnt To break out again
SI Tatiling thunders frnm the sky,
Al the first burst are harsh aud high,
Then take lower straiu.
But traces THds, Of toll aud care,
On MANY heavenly features were,
AHd traces t0o. at ire
A na cheeks that bare banning hush,
Aud Vuioss that refused 10 hash.
And eyes that flashed like Gre.
Then spoke Ihs thnndereE, with md.
That slook th- spheres and marked the G0d
"Be silent, all, aud hear"
Then each cried "silenesF' ill the snnnd