Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 September 1907 — THE ITALIAN MOON. [ARTICLE]
THE ITALIAN MOON.
Tour ‘‘honeymoon T” Wat eea eet? Bit Eet eea da “moon of love," you sayT , Wal, mebbe ao. signore, but oh! You don’ta know, you don’ta know! You could not know onteell you see JDa moon dat shine een Eetaly. Here eesa moon, but eet eea cold. Eetallan moon eea ball of gold! So warm, ap aof, you wondra why Eet ateeck together een da aky. You theenk eet gona malt an’ run Like lumpa butter een da aun. So, too, eeta—w’at you call?—e-Hs “beam* Dat atreama dov. n on you, rtey seem 8o theeok, so reioha Ilka crown. An’ you can feel dem tor.gue W’en you are aeong your lctya aohg, An’ warm an’ swc-et you faek dem slid# Bight down your threat, Your heart dey rest, an’ eet eea hold No longer blood, but juata gold! You cannot know of love onteell Sooch moonlight een your heart you feeL W’at for you amile? eesa true! For ao. w’en I am young like you, Wan night weeth Rosa by da sty)re Of Napoli I felt, algnore. You aay deea moon dat ahlne tonight \ Eea gooda ’nough for you? All right. I B’poae dat you are love your wife, But oh, algnore, you bat my life You eat her up eef you could be Where- ahlnea da moon een Eetaly. —T. A. Daly In Catholic Standard and Timex
