Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 May 1892 — LEONANIN. [ARTICLE]

LEONANIN.

Leonanie—Angels named hw And they took the light Of the laughing stars, and framed her In a suite of white; And they made her hair of gloomy Midnight, and her eyes of glowing Moonshine, and they brought her to me In the silent night. In a solemn night of summer, When my heart of gloom Blossomed up to greet the comer Like a rose in bloom: All forebodings that distressed me I forgot as joy caressed me. Lying joy that caught and pressed me In the arms of doom. Only spake the little lisper In the angel’s tongue, Yet I, listening, heard her whisper; “Songs are only sung Here below, that they may grieve you— Tales are told you to deceive you— So must Leonanie leave you While her love is young." Then God smiled, and it was morning, Matchless and supreme, Heaven’s glory seemed adorning Earth with its esteem; Every heart but mine seemed gifted With the voice of prayer, and lifted Where my Leonanie drifted From me like a dream. E. A. P. Really J. Whitcomb Riley.