THE PRICE OF PARADISE
LEGEND says that our first parents
Eden's joys were forced to leave
Since with apple red and juicy
Satan tempted Mother Eve.
Eden's joys were forced to leave
Since with apple red and juicy
Satan tempted Mother Eve.
Much I doubt this quaint old story
Knowing woman's eye for trade,
Mother of all dainty shoppers
Better bargain sure had made.
Knowing woman's eye for trade,
Mother of all dainty shoppers
Better bargain sure had made.
Something novel 'twould have taken
Her fastidious taste to suit;
What cared she for one small apple
While the garden blushed with fruit?
Her fastidious taste to suit;
What cared she for one small apple
While the garden blushed with fruit?
Looking long this Easter morning
At the bonnets trimmed with lace,
Noting, too, the smile seraphic
That illumed each wearer's face—
At the bonnets trimmed with lace,
Noting, too, the smile seraphic
That illumed each wearer's face—
Knowing well their love for head-gear,
Verily I do believe
'Twas a bonnet, not an apple,
That the devil gave to Eve!
Verily I do believe
'Twas a bonnet, not an apple,
That the devil gave to Eve!
Nothing else could tempt her fancy,
Though the devil's bill to pay,
Adam had to mortgage Eden
And move out that very day!
Though the devil's bill to pay,
Adam had to mortgage Eden
And move out that very day!
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