The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-05-05


| And pluck from heavenly realms above
The emblems of nv truest love;
These never fading gems I'd Irvine
Around thy brow with loves own vine
But such is not, and cannot be.
The hoop that would wish for thee;
And so we come with natures f1uwers
TO name thee Queen of Flora's hours,
To place upon thy brow ibis crown.
While yet the rose is newly blown,
Anc worship thee as here we bring
These fragrant treasures OF the spring.
With happy hearts and nameless pleasure
And alteration without measure,
We place this garland on thy brow,
AS to thy VIII we llunlbly bow.
Thus do We crown thee beauteous Queen,
The Sovereign this fairy scene,
And hail thee once for alf--for aye
Queen of our hearts-Queen Of the May!
Miss Mabel then spoke:
How lovely looks thy radiant brow,
How sparkling are thine eyes;
Fresh is the wreath that crowns thee now
With dew drops from the skies.
That garland soon win fade away,
Each bloom and leaf shall wither;
The Winds will scatter their decay
Alasl we know not whittier.
But round our hearts shall mem,ry Irvine
The tendrils Of each flower;
Our love shall nestle close TO thine
Through many happy hour.
And thus our homage do we pay,
With every tender token;
May memory finger round this day.
Its links be never broken
The recollections OF this scene
Shall never die away;
Forever you shall be our Queen,
Sweet Sovereign oflhe May
Following The speeches of the Maids
of Honor, the Scepter Bearer. Master
Isham Beard, rose and spoke as fol-
lows:
Most royal Queen we humbIy bow
Unto thy gentle sway;
The wreath that spans thy regal brow
Proclaifns thee Queen of Nay.
This scepter is thy rod of power,
,ris thine TO all command;
We are thy subjects from this hour,
Thy realm is all the land.
Before thy throue we bend the knee,
And offer up our praise;
Our fondest wish for thee shall be-
life Of happy days.
Accent this emblem of thy reign,
In mercy WELD it DER us;
As those have done time aud again,
In Gays gone by, before us.
Command us all as you see fit,
Proclaim our May-day cheer
Thy 1oralthrone whereou you sit
To us is ever dear.
SO will we praise thee when this day
With the bright sun shall set;
And we shall e'er recall the May,
Its scenes We'll ne'er forget.
Next came the speech of the Queen,
who rose with regal dignity and blush
ing beauty, bowed to the audience and
her court and spoke thus:
Sweet are the waking sounds of life at
mora.
Soft is the wind that moves the waters
breast;
How family in the distance sounds the
horn.
Where labor rises from her couch of rest.
Earth's teeming thousands all, OF man and
beast.
Awake at dawn's faint gllmmer in the
sky,
And hail with joy the SUNRISE in the east.
When curtained night hath ta'en her
shadows by.
Sweet were my thoughts this morning.
Of sunlight glimmered through my
window blind;
For was dreaming was Queen OF May,
And visions bright were rushing through
my mind.
But sweeter far it was to wake and know
Fate had deereed that a Queen should
he;
That shall rule land where flowers grow,
Where beauty reyels meath the green
wood tree.
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With beating heart and thoughts icannot
speak
Crowned by the tairest hands your Queen
of May
A boon | never did, nor dared to seek.
How light this coronet rests on my brow,
Jeweled with natures diadems so rare
How glad the scene that all surrounds me
How fresh the fragrance that perfumes
the air !
To thank you for tins honor is in vain;
For words are weak and language power
When love would speak in accents its
refrain,
And gratitude its secret would confess.
But long as memory shall her tendrils
twine
Around this heart that beats in haste for
SO long will all my thoughts be linked with
thine,
And knit unto this scene of reveIry.
God bless you all this happy morn of May.
God bless the sturdy ladsin SHIRTS of red
Let merrimenf come forth in bright array.
And cares rest lightly on the silvered
head
Ny realms natures fowery kingdom wide,
Ny rod shall be as light as oceans foam
Hear my command !--Iet mirth and sports
abide,
And gaiefy beneath these bowers rc~.-l
And now to ron, my loyal subjects true,
Your Queen would offer here her thanks
sincere;
Long years from now her thoughts will ny
to you.
And linger mid these scenes to all so dear.
And now 20 one and all we welcome give,
We Danish from our midst all cares away;
May God be uercifui, and let us 1--we
Through coming years to crown our
Queen OF May
The Herald then closed the coronat-
ing addresses
Now unto all this day say
That this, our lovely Queen Of hay,