The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1894-11-22

Ye silver foAtinE clouds that skim the ether
see,
Open your hearts and non her gsOA AeWs
speak TO me;
Ye sSOEing volcanoes, whose hearts barn vi'h
IRE
Let your tongues sf her greatness speak cen in
your irslr
This is one of the poets brightest
gems-a real "Sparklsr"-and will
doubtless be spoken by every school.
boy in the land. In fact 1t 10 not ha-
zarding too much to predict that it
will easily supereede Twinkle, Twin
kle Little STAR" "Msry Had Little |
Lamb" "The Boy Stood on the Burn.
ing Deck" You'd Scarce Expect One
OF My Age" "Hard, Hard Indeed was
the Contest for Freedom" AT Mid
night in His Guarded Tent, the Turk"
etc., and many other immortal pro-
auctions.
Our poet now glides again into the
argumentativs strain to impress upon
lovers the importance Of prompt ac'
ton in closing the contract, and the
great dangers 81 dslAv. He sAysI
''GI'o "s,s'T >..~.,. i0'''I00i
M
Lovers sAosla Nee - Ori"R. 80 ws'h no one
Last sILsrs Should asto the psOl step quickly
Ana then the angel wosls trouble loves pool
no mere.
You might put 1t on as 1t we're another day,
And the chances for you might forever pass
away"
This beautiful and apt figure is
doubtless suggested by the Soriptural
account OF the pool OF Sloan and
the wonderful manifestations there
witnessed. Couples contemplating
masrimony should not hesitate TO step
right in together While the waters are
troubled, lest ii become finally aud
forever too late. No bathing suits al
lowed. And now the ardor OF our
poet lover rises 10 . white.hs and
he pens her 6 lovs-message which for
beauty OF conception and delicacy OF
execution exceeds anything in the an
nails Of amorous literature. Thus he
proceeds;
"My lovely dame,
now send my only dove to you from my ark
Nay II kindle In your bosom for ne spark"
(Here 10 inserted picture OF . dove
/ in fight, bearing on iss neck sealed
envelope attached by . ribbon, and
under the picture is printed ia Italics
l. "The Messenger OF Love.'O Then thu
It poem resumes:
g "Asl have sent my oaly dove from my ark t
You,
. viii you not take It in cut sitAs nidnight dew
VIII you not take 1t in out Of the great sxpan 8
10 rest
/" UAtil the foods assusgs; 10 nestle in you
breast
It Where two limpid. crystal fountains ebb an
D. That's as white as the towering peaks OF Alpir
e shsw;
" IA lie dew drops hanging on the petal OF u
% Or like Neptune cups from which youth elk
n nows2
i. VIII you not take II In and rest It's wary WI
4. That it may from ysu to me an olive loaf brin
= On the leaf wrhe your name: and please send
N sweet kiss;
n 1t would fill my heart with uAuttSrabls bliss.
10 II you i ta1e sip with nay dove from lsve
urn,
t Then your spark OF lsvS fer me will begin
IS. burn:
n VIII you not take The dove In, and with 1t tai
asup
u, From affectisn's sweet nsstariEsd honey cupf
of C,u'd you not unfurl the silken sails OF 20
cart
IN. A. rlove's golden. pebbled port make staI
o.: ont on loves boundless elysian zone
IT Iresthat are only TO true levers know
o, u ,our snowy Bllken sails vide to &
. seze,
:" Al ,At out on loves grand immeasurat
&c .easp
=, This amorous address, taken a.
:. whole, 10 unapproAched BY any thir
! TO be found in the English languag
Tbs passage
ds "Ts nestle In your bret
., Where t~o llmpid, crystal foun.ainS sbL a
W now
n That's as white e the towering peaks Of Alpi
40 sAew,"
10 a. exquisite piscs OF vord paintir
me as can be found la all The wide RAM
~ OF English literature.
But the writer must now close th
Ter review with the remark that in old'
:. to properly appreciate the post Of Il
Watauga one must read his work iro
beginning to end, and he will not 7
NJ greet having done 30. No library
- complete without this Temarkab
TX poem. Parker JONES.
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