Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-01-25

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One violet night,
When the clouds were light
Az 4 dream that 10 floating away.
Tn. gallant Mars
Invited the stars
To dance in the Milky Way.
Pror. the turquoise walls
In the entrance halls,
Cleaned many a welcoming light
On the crystal doors
And tbs marble noou
OF mystical, milky white.
Nov the gallant Mars
And his train Of stars.
The Rayest Of all the gay.
At half past eight,
With hearts elate,
Arrive at the Milky Way.
Then. soon on the hush.
Comes the rustic and rush
OF banners and futtsrine wings;
And the sound of wheels
And the linking peais
OF golden bells
On the distance swells,
And thYobs. and echoes, and rings:
For, rolling over the field Of blue,
The open gateway RIitterina through
With courtiers bland
On either hand.
A troop Of maidens at her command,
Bright AZ the glow of a sunset dream.
Her chariot drawn by butterfly team,
With escorts and Ruiders.
And gallant outriders.
The Princess Venus in state appears.
In the midst of music and echoinR
cheers.
Her form is fair and her face Is sweet,
Her golden hair falls down TO her feet;
She leans on the arm Of the stately Mars
And smiles and chats With smaller stars,
Till all agree,
As they dance in glee,
They know no princess 30 sweet az she.
Great Jupiter comes in his coat of flame,
EscortinQ the Asteroid girls,
One in dress of emerald green
And one with auburn curls,
And Mrs. Saturn, srrayed in white,
With her eight little moons, Ii lovely
sight.
In the midst Of mirth
The beautiful Earth
In q robe Of beryl appears,
And is greeted With hearty cheers;
Then Neptune gives her his arm and they
Go whirlinR adown the Milky Way,
But pause when they reach the end OF
the hall,
For the dancers there have assembled all
And merry faces begin 70 fall,
For the fiddler ia late At the Planet
ball.
Then rings shout
From the gates without,
Through the courts OF the Milky Way,
And nov revealed,
In the azure field,
Approaches grand array.
The merry strains Of martial band
Echo over the starry land
As up the arch.
On bis wondr0us march,
To blast of buxles and roll Of drums,
The great musician, Orion, comes.
With prinoely grace
He takes bis place
On throne Of silver and pearl.
Now ready are all, =.
Now opens the ball,
Now hop, nov step and now whirl."
And Who can imagine the wOndrouf
sceneg
The lights Of yellow and pink and green
Blazing over the sapphire walls,
The open court and the entrance halls
The rhythmic beat
Ut the dancers feet,
Az they form in ring,
And circle and swing,
And daytime care to the breezss fling;
Prince Orisn's throne,
And the wild, sweet tone
Ut the music's spell,
A il rises and swells
And thrills and echoes and trembles an(
dwells.
Till the heavens shake
And the angels wake
10 list 70 the magical throb aud roll,
Like the glorious song Of Fansemet
soul,
And strive its tremulous course to trace
Az It faints aud dies ON the rim of space
The gallant Mars
And a group of stars
Go circling over the nights;
BY glittering ways
They dance TO the blaze
OF the beautiful Northern Lights;
And Venus upon their return has made
The Big Dipper full of oranReade;
And all 90 mp to the crystal bar
And drink the health of the Evening
Star.
The Sun of the Earth,
A lad Of worth,
ID dancing with Mercury's moon,
Aud all goes we'll
Az marriage bell
Till after the midnight noon,
When a careless fellow from Sapphire
Chances TO tread on Comets tail,
And challenge follows; bot Marshal
Mars
Arrests the whole OF the Shooting stars.
In the silvcry light
Ut their starry hight
They dance till the night 10 d ne,
Then say go0d-by,
And over the aky
Roll homeWard, every one.
The music diss with QuiverinQ thrill.
An Orion rides down q violet hill,
And the Dog Stars only arc left to bay
Through the empty courts Of the Milky
Wav.
The Sun Of tie Earth,
Though lad Of worth,
Next morning forgets to rise;
Sweet Venus retires,
And the day expires
Ere she opeus her eyes;
And the careless fellow frem Sapphire
Vale
10 bruised by stroke from the Comets
tail,
And bis relatives kindly lay him away
10 regain his strength for another
a6ray.
Poor Saturn 10 cad;
She cannot ~ Glad.