The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1883-06-24
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The cabinet stood In the CORNER;
The Medium at inside
From a single jet the dim hslflshf
Drops family the damssk whine;
over the table the duii hight drsps
On plates and platters ths hshiight fssts.
And It dimly glnts the masnnm tops.
The shine Of silver and siass 10 there;
The fragrance Of frut b h me cir.
Yet never eucat or host IN sight
banquet without host Or Gussoi
But the cabinet stands In ~ csrasr,
And the Medium 10 insias.
Now the cabinet curtain tremblss Sect
The thick air grows thicker VIA nyssry.
The iingy drapery yields end paris
BE II gitl9ham or cloth OF gold,
samarcand stun or bombaxine,
II Is the veil OF the Unsssa,
The wonderful gate TO the Unteid-
Look from Its INFINITE ooncsalnsas starts
figure shadowy Is the Brooksn mani
second ghost behind; and. In breathing span,
A third aud fourth. Aud now they come along,
Emerging from tho gloom int the half gloom together
In groups; In close procession; then, throng;
A cloud of edols blown hither
BY some uncommon stress Of stygian weather.
From the cabinet In the corner
Where the Medium dreams inside.
Know you them all, Yes. % We know our brothers;
For, lowering round the dinner hoard. at length
The shadowy shapes gain outline, color. strength;
while one bolder or more msteria than the others,
Paying No heed to murnured admonitlons,
His arm upraises--
And the gas blAxes
Full In tho faces OF the blinking Appart6ions.
Know themf oh, yes, from song and story,
From pictured page, from canvas VI many mnstert
Know them in medallion bronze aud marble glory;
Know them in printers ink and humble plaster.
Hoi Epicurus, welcome to this agei
Ho Horny wapole George selwyn, caustlci
LIST you Arcl,estratus, culinary sage;
Aud You, Aristippus happy old agnostci
Ho Dicky Steele. aud Fiedlng-this Is pleasant.
Sit there, with George Lord Byron just below;
Anacreon Hood. aud Chesterfield, all present;
Lucretus arm In with Rochefoucauld;
st. Evromond, Matt Prior, wits and rireurs,
Qucvedo, Charles James Fox, spectre stout
And Mare Apicus king Of dinner givers,
With Sydney Smith, the prince Of diners out.
So crowd they in The list 10 not half spent:
Dick Sheridan AMI Thackeray, Arouet;
Room for Lorenzo the Magnbhcentl
For Arstophanes and Rabeaisl
Hi Robby Burns, the dearest child OF Bacchus.
And hail twice hail TO you Horatius Flaccus.
While the cabIne, stands in the corner;
With the Medium yet inside
Good cheer good fare my masters The world ways on
Pray look about you.
The sp, still turns; IRE burns ~ In ages gone;
The juicy Joint still greets the knowing eye;
Men live and laugh. and know the how aud why;
The bead still rises In the Extra Dry
We struggle without you.
Say Isit dark In yonier, whence Just ye crept
Behind that curtain is existence sad,
Drear and detestabe
Through all these years these centuries have yc kept
The famous tastes that once ye had
For mrth and things comestible
Is Death digestiblef
Say! Are you here as fugtives, wonder,
on for holiday;
Starved out frowned out, escaped from yondert
And would you like to stayt
Shall we smash the cabinet IN the corner,
And murder the Medium insidet
No answer Only looks Of blank dismay.
Well twere to press you gentlemen. Be at
No nervous glancinge at the corner there.
The curtain hangs there still;
The Medium waits your will.
The secret is your own; be 1t sacred IL you please.
You've our respectful sympathy, Voltaire,
And Epcurus, aud the rest Of you.
rather think we have the best Of YOU.