Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 June 1877 — THE DIADEM. [ARTICLE]

THE DIADEM.

Form of foiry, graceful as a fawn at play; Brow aa lovely a* zunlit cloud* nt even; Mouth, a row half-blown, and inoial with pearly spray. Where humming-birds and bees nr* went to visit And sip the neotar there in rich profusion. A voice like linnet’*—sweet as strains firoea heaven, — And oft, ’ti* told, the mueie eo exquisite Hath made the holy angel ohoir eonfnaion, And they, mayhap, weep envious scalding tear* That mortal throat doth them rivalry ia *ong. Eyes. *oft turquoise orbs afloat in opal seas. Languid yet luminous; or, when clouding fear* Overhang their soulful depths, eo darkly and They make hearts ache sympathetic all day long; Ofttimee, like lakelets kissed by summer breeze, They sparkle gaily—then heart of man ia glad;— But when illumined by the electric flash Of passion, the splendor of their gleam Is grand, ’ . As lightning on the mountains when thunder crash Is at midnight beard! or as the glowing strand Where break the mad waves of storm-vex’d tropic sea*! But she hath a charm more potent far than those:— Than sylphen form or sunlit brow more I glorious, 'jbovelier than her rosy mouth or voice so • rare, Grander than her soulful eyes victorious,— The noble, cultivated mind of Kila fair.

H. E. J.