Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 April 1896 — HER EASTER BON NET [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

HER EASTER BON NET

How ahall pea of poet picture What the tranced eye may test ’Twere, I fear, a cruel stricture. The most ardent simile! Burely never song or sonnet Was by any rhymer writ That could sing her Easter bonnet— Ail the mntchless mode of lti To the little bird-Ilke poses Of her head It adds a grace. And tt doth enhance the roses In the garden of her face. While the ribbon loop that lingers Lovingly amid her hair Makes one wildly wish one’s Angers Were the ribbon nestling there. There’s a sinner somewhat hardened. Who has trod In saintly wise, In the hope of being pardoned, Since that bonnet met his eyes; And though oft he thinks upon It, All bis doubts wili- be at rest When he feels that bonnlc bonnet Soft against his shoulder pressed.