1800 ' S THE CHEMIST TO HIS LOVE Chemistry Poetry HANDWRITTEN POEM Manuscript
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:20396456 | Date of Publication: 1899 |
| Subject: Literature | Material: Paper |
| Original/Facsimile: Original | Type: Handwritten Manuscript |
| Language: English |
Up for sale is this antique handwritten poem entitled, "The Chemist to His Love." The piece was written on paper which is extended with a partial sheet of adhered to the bottom with red wax. It measures approximately 13 inches by 7 3/4 inches. It is undated, but is circa the 1800's.
Here is my transcription of the poem:
The Chemist to his Love
I love thee, Mary, and thou lovest me--Our mutual flame is like th' affinityThat doth exist between two si...mple bodies:I am Potassium to thine Oxygen.'Tis little that the holy marriage vowShall shortly make us one. That unityIs, after all, but metaphysical.Oh, would that I, my Mary, were an acid, A living acid; thou an alkaliEndow'd with human sense, that, brought together, We both might coalesce into one salt, One homogeneous crystal. Oh, that thouWere Carbon, and myself were Hydrogen;We would unite to form olefiant gas, Or common coal, or naphtha--would to heavenThat I were Phosphorus, and thou wert Lime!And we of Lime composed a Phosphuret.I'd be content to be Sulphuric Acid, So that thou might be Soda. In that caseWe should be Glauber's Salt. Wert thou MagnesiaInstead we'd form the salt that's named from Epsom.Could'st thou Potassa be, I Aqua-fortis, Our happy union should that compound form, Nitrate of Potash--otherwise Saltpetre.And thus our several natures sweetly blent, We'd live and love together, until deathShould decompose the fleshly tertium quid, Leaving our souls to all eternityAmalgamated. Sweet, thy name is BriggsAnd mine is Johnson. Wherefore should not weAgree to form a Johnsonate of Briggs?We will. The day, the happy day is nigh, When Johnson shall with beauteous Briggs combine.
Please look at all of the photos to note the condition.
Here is my transcription of the poem:
The Chemist to his Love
I love thee, Mary, and thou lovest me--Our mutual flame is like th' affinityThat doth exist between two si...mple bodies:I am Potassium to thine Oxygen.'Tis little that the holy marriage vowShall shortly make us one. That unityIs, after all, but metaphysical.Oh, would that I, my Mary, were an acid, A living acid; thou an alkaliEndow'd with human sense, that, brought together, We both might coalesce into one salt, One homogeneous crystal. Oh, that thouWere Carbon, and myself were Hydrogen;We would unite to form olefiant gas, Or common coal, or naphtha--would to heavenThat I were Phosphorus, and thou wert Lime!And we of Lime composed a Phosphuret.I'd be content to be Sulphuric Acid, So that thou might be Soda. In that caseWe should be Glauber's Salt. Wert thou MagnesiaInstead we'd form the salt that's named from Epsom.Could'st thou Potassa be, I Aqua-fortis, Our happy union should that compound form, Nitrate of Potash--otherwise Saltpetre.And thus our several natures sweetly blent, We'd live and love together, until deathShould decompose the fleshly tertium quid, Leaving our souls to all eternityAmalgamated. Sweet, thy name is BriggsAnd mine is Johnson. Wherefore should not weAgree to form a Johnsonate of Briggs?We will. The day, the happy day is nigh, When Johnson shall with beauteous Briggs combine.
Please look at all of the photos to note the condition.
