CUPID'S DECADENCE.
In ancient days, when all was young, And Love and Hope were rife, Dan Cupid fed on rustic fare And lived a country life. He rose betimes at break of day. And round the country harried, Up3tirring hearts that were unwed And soothing down the married. But then, on wider mischief bent, He hied him to the city, And finding much to suit his taste, He stayed there—more's the pity. Men built him there a golden houso, Bedight with golden stars ; They feasted him on golden grain, And wine in golden jars. They draped his pretty nakedness In richest cloth of gold, And set him up in business, Where love was bought and sold. And thus he led a city life, Forgetting his nativity; Since then he's gone from bad to worso, From Cupid to cupidity. —Blli jt Stock in 'New York Tribune.'
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Evening Star, Issue 7403, 24 December 1887, Page 3 (Supplement)
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145CUPID'S DECADENCE. Evening Star, Issue 7403, 24 December 1887, Page 3 (Supplement)
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