The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1880-06-08
g. From The Now Era.
THE STRAWBERRY BOWL.

God coul,l have made better berry than the
strawberry; but ccrtes, he never did =
IzAAo " ALTON.
YR SALVATION.
Bring forth the bowl within whose round
No heart consuming 'IraHght Is found,
l,ut berries glittcring with the dew,
Which south winds Ger the garden strew;
sweet souvenirs uf Paradise, stt
With cheek VI hnme and breath of spice
which shed fO- one brief hour their glow
On lifc's long Alpine waste OF snow.
Brcathcs there u man with soul 30 dead W
Who never to himself has said, EI
~ that owned u strawberry bed@' it
WhDse heart has ne'rr within iiiln burned,
As he breld, In cream inurned.
treat slgar.l berries coral rc'lf
II such there b., 20 mark him well,
Of berries never let him smell
Where gathers the church festival
Ur rings the merry marriaXo-bcll;
Mark hiiu-a, thu would mark u steer,
or Swine-by eroppingon us car
AwALK IN Yg uAnDKs, Il
Wake. winds oi May, you emerald waves,
Crested with flowers, like sea-fUsin white, =
Where sparkle In their tree foil caves
Lang coral reefs of berries bright! - d.
shaped like tender maiicn'5 heart,
And bleeding, rs from Cupirs dart;
Crown -jewels on the brow of spring.; 3. q
The berry lzaak walton loved,
And DOwner's perfect taste approved,
dispensing odOrs bcatiic,
Kentucky, Triumph lie Grande, Prolinc,
Eclipse nnil Monarch Of the West,
Aud rare Charles Downing, last and best;
Fair typo VI Christian hope ~ all
The vine sleeps low beneath It's pail; -.
The tesnrructiOn blOons In May,
With flowers aii fruits In bright array,
q era
And scent Of grape bloom on the air.
Aud soaring Ilrks In countless thr0ug,
singing their Joyous kaster song,
ind choir Of mOckiny .birds on high
biyine sUpranUA OF the sky;-
The friends We love the beat OF all
shall have Christian borry-al..
YEPic-sio,
rIli high tho bowl! IN blissful vision
We wander over fields Klysian
Through ever lenXtheninx coiOnAdes
Of Whispering oaks and buechrn shAdeA,
Grave nianhUOd's cares nre east away
AMI all are boys again today:
"The strawberry mark y our long lost broth
erw
While all discourse On oaten pipe.
Uf golden cream aud berries ripe,
Or play On Aenivry's silver hOrn, 1f.
too, was In Arcadia barnW
sooth 'tis goodiy sight 10 ace
Tho rcveief's mutual minittry;
stanton shall drive the Jersey COW
Sam Gnines aha II cause her milk tO now,
Logan shall hold her by the tall
Ami Hewlett bear the fvaminx pail.
Allen shall serve the crystal Ice,
johnson the spoon all polished pice,
Mun,lay shall dance a highland ding
While Sears the RAM lies Vance shall sing.
The Con, Ter Journal pass the berries
" ith brisk champagne and golden sberrics,
4 nj he shall "seryc his count ~ best
" no sturcs most berries meath his vest.
| BY shady glen anti WATERFALL,
Our early loves will We recall.
NAidS whDni no tine Can c'cr eclipse
With strawberry cheeks aud sugared lips,
| Phantom which hauuted bUyhUod's dream,
Life's fragrant, pure creme lie Ia creme,
Creme tic IN creme, which sUurci too soon
And left us with an empty spoonl
Balance each berry In your sI,oon,
| sink back In delicious swOun,
| AMI nIurtnur in Roineo's Sigh,
~ have sucu Naples let mt die"
| For all tile world's a strawberry bowl
] Life the rui fruit which Nils It's brin
The daily papers spoon the whole
| And women are the sugar aud cream.