Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-09-22
The Whimsical Adventures of Don
Quixote.
THE WOODEN HORSE.

THE WOODEN HORSE.
This mixing prose and poetry together
Is IKE 10 pouring whskey into water;
The both are good when parted from each other
The two combined make quite insipid matter
And Yet although it IS a trife bother,
l II TAX IN rhyme for want OF something better.
Ana promise You my muse shall soon alight,
Although She scared as high Is Gild'roy's kite.
Quix' e though most courageous knight,
Was Oft the dupe of much duplicity,
Ana twas the gentle sex 5 keen delight
10 wheedle him 10 schemes of chivalry:
To when upon time he CHANGED 10 be
Ia friendly castle for 3 brief respite,
Three roguish maidenS, lovely Us the graceS,
Appeared to him with boards upon their faces.
And weeping much and sobbing woefuly,
They set for him right ingenious snare.
vi how mammoth knight of high degree
Did fall In love with these three maidens fair,
And all because his love they did not share,
He clapped these bristling boards upon all
three
To wear forever, till some champion knight
Dld overcome this giant IL fight.
And that because he lived 50 far away
Some seven thousand Spanish leagues they said
ms ns iIorelsa knight, 50 eager Tor Tray,
pa promise them famous wooden steed
10 Gear their cham pion with the creates Siss'i'
Above the earth titree thousand leagues q day.
"iInout the slightest danger or fatigue,
o, ms onE guiding bit wooden peg,
Ana haIi propelled by an insane desire
10 roam about in true knight-errant fashion,
NaS all aglow TO mount the wooden hyer;
Fof ne would wade through water or through
fire,
So overwhelming was his ruling passion,
But IKE 10 one in love, he lost his senses.
Ana never paused To think OF consequences.
The steed was brought and fixed on solid basis
For being made of wood, il couldn't walk,
And unlike Bucephalus or Pegasus,
But every one preserved their solemn faces
Save Sanoho, who had turned as white as chalk,
And swore by all the saints he could remember
He'd never ride on such piece of timber.
For what have l 10 do with knights and fights
Who ne'er in all my life time drew blade
My meat ana drink and sleep are my dcllg hts
Besides have no hank ring to be tayed
BY riding suei a beast SO SanchO said
But after many pleas the roguish wights
Prevailed on him to journey with his master,
To lend hand in case of some disaster.
Then tightly bound the gallant riders eyes
That soaring up so high they might not fall,
And cheering on with ever leSs'ning cries,
They made believe they scared beyond recall
While up, AM up, and up into the skies,
Within theI minds went wooden horse and all.
God save us, master" then poor Sancho cried,
This is Ourlongest and our. latest ride"
And true itsetmed it was windy ride,
For. bursting with delight, two luSty fellows
Did puff with right good will on either side
With two huge paire of painting leathern bel
lows,
And, It's most peculiar thing to tell o.
So fast the rode they thought they would have
died;
And what with wind and the eternal stiffness
Sancho wa seized with an internal illness.
So US drowning man doth clutch a straw
He huggei his master with dispairing grip:
QulXot-e suns and consultations saw
And begged him to desiSt or he would slip;
But here the Steed did make mighty skip,
Perhaps oceaSioncd by some inward flaw.
in fact twas loaded with explosive cinders)
And busted IKE Il bomb-shell all TO flinders.
So when these luckless riders came around
The gentle maidenS uurSed them tenderly,
They showed them where they dug them from
ground,
And told them how they scared SO very high
They seemed but spec upon the sky,
And that their chnS again were smooth and
round.
The gallant bon believed like true knight,
While Saneho PanZa said il served them right.
l.. ~ OSBORNE.
MINERAL POiST Mis- August Is 1852