Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-08-20

Contention, anger, envy ana mlsuust,
Depravity, spite, mischief pride unjust,
And shame and madness, thou must cen con
fess.
ITO love is but the Office of despair,
And one thing therein is that Is not fair
For though one get OF love little bliss,
Yet il he long Herewith abide, wis,
he may full early scratch pate that's bare,
80. madam nightingale, please hold thy org;
Believe me well, for ali thy melody,
II thou shouldst long be absent from thy
mate
Thou'lt be as Others in forsaken state,
And thou shalt boot then very much s. j"
"Fie on thy NAME" thus she replies, land
The God Of Love De'er grant prosperity.
To thee; thou'rt worse thousand'fold than
For many one full worthy is. that had
Not been so, only for loves ministry.
"Loye eyermore bis servants doth amend,
And from the blotch Of evil doth defend;
He maksth them to burn as with the IRE
OF holy truth and worshipful desire,
And when he hketh joy enough doth send
"Thou nightingale" the cuckoo then: 'be still:
For love no reason hath, but only will;
How oft the faithless besseth he with ease
The faithful him so bitterly displease,
How oft he leaves them prey TO every III
.,By such lord ruled will never be,
For he is blind and nothing right can see,
Nor whe The. truth or fasehood in the scales:
Full seldom in his court the truth ayails,
SO tickle and so willful exc is he"
Then needed full we'll the nightingale.
How signing as from depth OF bosom frall,
She said: Alas! that ever was born
cannot speak; mine only is 10 mourn"
And herewith burst she forth right sore to
wall.
'Alasl" continued she, my heart will break
To hear this wicked bird thus evil speak
or Love and OF his service all divine.
Now. God OF Love, help me, by power thine,
Good vengeance on this cuckoo vile 10 weak -
Ne thought that then startad up anon,
And TO the brook ran and got stone,
Which at the cuckoo eagerly cast,
-Whereat, for dread, he flew away full fast,
And glad enough was when he was gone
And evermore I heard the cuckoo say
As flew he: Farewell, fsrewell pop-ln-iay,"
AS though he had but sorry thought OF me;
And so hunted him from tree to tree,
Till he was far, clean out Of sight, away.
Then came he sobbing nightingale to me
And said: kind friend, my thanks | tender
thee,
Unto the God OF Love do make 1 now
That all this May will thy singer be"
I thanked her, deeming me quite we'll repaid
Yes" went abe on, "sDd b. thou not dismayed
Because the cuckoo hesrdest thou ere me;
Fori / live all shall amended be
next MAy-unless by something dreadful
stayed,
"of one thing advise thee, ere thou go:
Believe not the cuckoo that love IS so;
For ali he says is but OF lies string"
nNo ~ criad / that shall nothing
bring.
For love, and It hath done me much OF woe"
"Indeed." said she. then use this medicine:
Each dsy tn S blessed May before thou dine,
Go look upon the daisies whore they grow,
And though thou'rt on the point 70 die fer
Twill greatly lessen all the tOrmentI thine.
"And look that thou be always good and true;
So will / sing a song learned quite new
For love OF thee, as loud as can cry.
And then this song began she sing, full
.All them that faithlsss be in love. beshrsw."
When she had sung her song quite to the end,
Farewell" she said, "for 1 my way must
The God of Love that can right well and
A,much Of Joy youchsate to thee, this day,
As he to any lover e'er may send"
And thus the nightingale took leave OF me;
l pray that God may always with her be,
And ioy of love lie send her evermore,
Aud Shield us from the cuckoo and his lore,
For there is notso false bird as ne.
Forth few she then. the gentle nightingale
To all the other birds within the dale,
And gathered them together in one place,
And them besought TO hear, in tender grace,
Her sad complaint, when thus began her tale;
"The cuckoo dor it will rise up In mind.
And to conceal it | am not lncliRed(,
Hath quarreled with me since the day was
light:
Nv prayer to you is, that you do me right
On that foul bird, so false and 80 unkind."
Then spoke one bird for all. by one consent:
"This matter asketh good advisement lent:
This is Of bir%s n social meeting more,
And then besides the cuckoo Is not here;
So, therefore, we must have parliament
and taereat shall the eagle be our lord,
With other peers OF record OF the board;
The cuckoo shall be summoned to appear,
And Judgment shall be rendered then and
Unless before that time hath been accord.
"And this shall exc be with postponement
The morrow OF Saint Valentine upon,
Under maple that 10 fair and green,
BEFORE the coa.n Der window OF the queen,
At royal W oodstock on the verdaut lawn"
She thanked them all, and then her leave she
took.
And of into hawthorn by the brook,
Where sang she. as she sat upon the tree,
'.To end sad life doth Love withhold from
me-"