The Lover's Baedeker and Guide to ArcadyWells, Carolyn
General
The Lover's Baedeker and Guide to Arcady
Wells, Carolyn
Love
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THE CAMPO SANTO: The Campo Santo is a most romantic and enjoyable spot.
From earliest times it has been the habit of Lovers to wander through a
graveyard—and the cemetery in Arcady so abounds in romantic memories
that it is an Elysium in itself. The graves are kept green of such
historic lovers as Paris and Helen, Paolo and Francesca, Hero and
Leander; while the monument of Romeo and Juliet is a veritable shrine
and is always decked with fresh flowers.
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THE HALL OF FAME: Arcady never tires of honoring the memory of her
eminent citizens.
Aside from the tombstones in the Campo Santo and the statues in the
Public Gardens, there are Monuments in the Hall of Fame that again
perpetuate the memory of departed Heroes and Heroines of Romance.
A tablet in bas-relief shows the despairing Huguenot Lovers, while next
it stands a sculptured group of “Darby and Joan.”
The lovely Pastoral Work, “Corydon and Phyllis,” is opposite the equally
charming piece, “Strephon and Chloe.”
Fair Margaret and Sweet William sleep in effigy, and noted Lovers of all
climes and ages are represented.
BALLADE OF ARCADY
Oh, Life sings in a joyous strain
When Cupid holds our hearts in fee;
The days such happiness contain,
The nights bring merry revelry.
Our souls are tuned to highest key,
Our hearts from joy know not surcease;—
Yet this one truth comes home to me,
The dearest gift of Love is Peace.
When many roguish smiles enchain,
When many voices chime in glee,
An interest in them all I feign,
And each the fairest seems to be.
But one I seek all earnestly,
As Jason sought the Golden Fleece,
Whose heart would fain agree with me,
The dearest gift of Love is Peace.
My fond quest has not been in vain,
Shyly she listened to my plea;
And Cupid, peeping at us twain,
Smiled as I knelt on bended knee.
From gay enchantments now I’m free,
I feel their trifling charms decrease,
From all their blandishments I flee,
The dearest gift of Love is Peace.
L’ENVOI
Sweetheart, we’ve done with coquetry,
With coy flirtation and caprice;
All these are past,—and now we see
The dearest gift of Love is Peace.
AMUSEMENTS
The Mayday Plaisance is a large Amusement Park situated on Good Times
Square.
This is frequented by light-hearted and frivolous-minded young
Arcadians, who enjoy the amusements provided.
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There is a Captive Aeroplane in the Seventh Heaven, which makes flights
every half-hour. The stay in the Seventh Heaven is necessarily short,
but enthusiastic Lovers go often.
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