Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 October 1890 — The Brith of the Opal. [ARTICLE]

The Brith of the Opal.

The Sunbeam loved the Moonbeam, And followed her low and high, But the Moonbeam fled and hid her head. She was so shy—so shy. The Sunbeam wooed with passion; Ah, ho was a lover bold 1 And his heart was afire with mad desire For the Moonbeam pale and cold. She fled like a dream before him, „ Her hair was shining sheen. And O, that Fate would annihilate —1 The space that lay between. Just as the day was panting In the arms of twilight dim, The Sunbeam caught the one he sought And drew her close to him. But opt of his warm arms, startled And stirred by Love’s first shock. She sprang, afraid, like a trembling mai d, And hid in the niche of a rook. And the Sunbeam followed and found her, And led her to love’s own foast, =w And they were wed on that rooky bed And the dying day was-their priest. And la, the beautiful Opi& - That rare and wondrous gem, Where the moon and sun blend into on* Is the ohild that was born to them. -EUa Wheeler Wlkxw.