In Woman's Behalf

Of crea tures created the seeond, yet oh! undeniably first In the glory o( form and flgure, in symmetry, bannony, gmce: Like a visión uf wonderful beauty, seen In a dreamland she burst On the earth, that leapf.d pjadly to meet her. so sweetwere the smiles of her face! For God in her eyes set the splendor, the crystalline lustre and light Of the brightest of stars that Ulumine the blue üelds of Heaven above; [Ie wrought her fair cheeks into softness, her lips into buds of delight, And woke in her snowy while bosom the üres of immaculatc love. Baptlzed in the dew of her kisses, the Titans of humanklnd sprang From the shrine of her womanly nature, wlth muscle, with brawn and with brain - The bravest of soldiers who battled, the sweetest of poets who sang, Whom she covered with fondest caresses, though she bore them in torture and pain. 5he has suckled the wisest of statcsmen, the king. and the scholar, and sage. The tribute, whose words, hot as lava, roused millions to flght for the Riiiht: The maters of mind, whose evungels go ringing 1 rom age into age, The dreamers, whose food ia their fancy, the students of learning and light: A maid In the freshness of spriugtide, in the dawn of her candor and youth, A wife with a heart's tender tendrils close twlned. round the cholee of her love, A mother with tears for our folly, and balm for our sorrow and ruth, The greatest of blessings is woman bestowed upon man from above! Very dear in the sunniest weather, still dearer in darkest of skies, Or the pathways of mercy and kindness you will flnd her fore'er in the van; A foretaste of Heaven is gleaming from the depths of her rapturous eyes. For oh! she's a sunbeam from Eden- the link between angel and man!