Jesse Haney's Christmas poem, which was read at the Edwards family's 1859 Christmas party. Transcription: ?Twas ere we had [Edward] Welles*, with song, dance or poem; ?Twas ere we had [James] Morris, with music ? or proem; Long ago ere we ?d a poet, an actor, a wag or a [Edward] Serrell who ?d bridge for us a rolling Niagara. ? Ere [Carl] Knudsen-? the thoughtful, good-humored and quaint, Showed his taste for discussion, his genius for paint. ?Twas ere that young artist of high and rare promise Whose surname is [Thomas] Nast and prenomen Thomas, Had come with his pencil to fill up the spac
Jesse Haney's Christmas poem, which was read at the Edwards family's 1859 Christmas party. Transcription: ?Twas ere we had [Edward] Welles*, with song, dance or poem; ?Twas ere we had [James] Morris, with music ? or proem; Long ago ere we ?d a poet, an actor, a wag or a [Edward] Serrell who ?d bridge for us a rolling Niagara. ? Ere [Carl] Knudsen-? the thoughtful, good-humored and quaint, Showed his taste for discussion, his genius for paint. ?Twas ere that young artist of high and rare promise Whose surname is [Thomas] Nast and prenomen Thomas, Had come with his pencil to fill up the spaces On the walls of this room with three charming faces.+? ? * Welles (the second time I ?ve spelt his name right) dances very funnily, got up in ballet costume; sings only in an extraordinary falsetto, accompanying himself on the piano. ? Plays on the piano in a manner rather delightful to himself than others. Effect mournful, productive of despondency. ? Serrell engineered a bridge over the Niagara river. -? Bearded, amiable, self-complacent. +? The three girls [Sally, Matty, and Eliza Edwards], as afore chronicled. Nast succeeded best on Sally, worst on Eliza. Title: Thomas Butler Gunn Diaries: Volume 11, page 203, December 1859 . December 1859. Haney, Jesse C., 1829-1901
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