Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1849-02-16

and dedicated TO Kew. John PierpOnt. We found u in
old volume of pamphlets, in 1876, and have waited
patiently for good occasion to republish IT, The au
thor, by the way practical printer and recently IL
not now, editor Of the LitehGeld, Ct Enquirer.
ala mark the flash and list unto the roar
lie comes-the wizard Of the sea and shorew
Our fathers-our fathsn-they sleep meath ;hc mould
A ban to the tongue that would libel the dead
They faithful and true they valiant and bold,
For their kindred and country they batiled and bled
Like us, when the fat was spoken above,
They sprang into being from darkness and dust
As warm in their friendships. as constant in love-
They lived a. VIC live, and they died as we must
Ever ready to peril their lives for the Right,
They constructed their laws on the Puritan plan
And feent and fearless they sought with their might
The glory Of God and the welfare Of Man.
Despising the greatness Of titles and birth.
In the steps Of their fathers they fearlesAy trod;
They turned from the fictions aud foes OF earth,
And sought for the wisdom that eometh from Con.
The secrets Of Science, which lie had concealed,
Twere a sin in their view to attempt to eHplorei
Whatever the Bible and Nature revealed, tmore.
They received with thanksgiving and sought for no
"Never pick at the lock where key has been given
Was a maxim they cherished from childhood TO age
And they its truth the mandate Of Heaven
And seemed the researches Of skeptie and sage.
They remembered the prceept, @sh days shal, thou
labor"
And obeyed its requirements with reverence and awe
Each sought with delight for the good Of his neRhbor
And was bold in defence Of Religion and Law.
On each Sabbath-day morning, the rustic civilian
Aeeoutred and curried "Od Dobbn' with care
Himself on the saddle, his wife on the pillion,
They hurried away to the mansion Of prayer.
As they galloped along said the dame to her lord
"What mighty improvement IL seems like dream
Since our dear wedding day, when, with happy accord
We were drawn to the church by lazy ox-teami
Up the hills, down the dales with the swness Of wind
How gallant and gaily together we go,
See, see how we leave all the neighbors behind
Our fathers and mothers, they went sol
In the night Of tradition (as Homer hath sung)
The Greeks had long batted their foemen in vain
Der the flower Of their armies the kne had been rung
Nor the thunden OF conflict could rouse them again.
Nor helmet could ward off the stroke,
When Hector and Pnam sent homeward the blow
So they built them a warehouse Of cedar and oak
And made him their Consul to treat with the foe.
Through the realm of the Trojans destruction wa,
And festival mirth filed their joyful abodes;
/ The Wooden Horse entered, and Troy betrayed,
| And the heroes Of Greece enrolled with hel
Gods.
All had they but known Of the steed Of our times,
/ So mighty in conquest to yield,
They had laughed at deceit the vilest Of crimes
And reaped their renown upon Nctop's field.
There next was day when the "dumb ass" Of BALKAN
outspske to the prophet in language of meni
And there was a time "hen the witches OF salem
bestrided their broom-eueks and rode DER the ien
| And perchance in the dim distant future may rise
Some mighty translator Of mystical lore,
who WI harness ms s,eeas ISr saplorng me .h,e'
fore!
| rr,.,s ,lo,ioas ,n;on when Nature and Science.
| BY the goddess of Art. to the altar were led
The IRos SIZED sprang from the halowed alliance,
And forth on his GRAND Of glory he sped.
| AT hail TO the Iron Steed now and forever,
ON land or on ocean the triest and best,
lie will browse on The forest and drink from the river
''"1 "N'~ -' ~'
With his breathngs Of fame, and his roar like tn
thunder,
lie is rushing his way over prairie and mountain
The gaunt wolf looks out from his covert with wonde
And the red man ayakes from his dream by tho four
isiu,
The steed of the desert, which ever before
s..s ~ "lo,y ec,ios,d-he shall lord Il no more
Tor he fearful invader hath beckoned him back
Ever ou-eyer on. lik, the sun in It's course.
Der the sands Of the ne and the SHOWS Of the pol,
Unwasted, unwearied, the huge Iron Horse
| Speedeth by, as the racer speeds by to his goal.
His football is heard on the Russian domains,
BY the lords Of the Kremlin, the sers of the Car
Where he rein.deer once trod his lone Journey afa
What A clatter of hoofs what a rattIing and din
What whirIing of charot-wheels follows his tracL
He reaches the sea. and he quick plunges in,
| And TecellnQ shores echo his WalONlngn back.
Then away DER the waters exutng he speeds,
, With his ryeted lungs, and his sinews of sieelj
, Al ,oss;ns ,he Nm, IN The vale Of bis LeeI.
The Islanders hail his approach from afar,
As the mghtiest monster they set eyes on /;
It's a presage of wrath, omen Of war,
And they watch IT, and pray till it meets the horizo
Still nearer still brighter the lurid light shines!
There's sound in the air, and storm on the wave
va Neptune, anf'Bnteuy h'' seePue iSeiehs,
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b VIVA, shudder of gloom. what fearful commotion
0Ss,,,Lss ne noer hind in his birchen canoe
When Inc dmnesa of night settles down on the ocea
And ,he terrible torch blazes red on his view
!. He watches The light as he sees il advancing,
He lists. and 6oarse breathing breaks on his ear
And a sound as of armies Of war-6orses prancinR,
And 4 plunRing and roar mark ihe monsters caree
= tn. Meuaids were singing dirpe DER the wreck
r, m gaiIv rigged schooner whose crew were ,
l. drowned
I'm, ,h tbre, down tbeir lvres and deserted the dec
n ,hsv hoard IN the distance The horrible sound
= The Sea sernent na,,sed. in his cruise to Nahant
y AZ he saw the buge fello,T away In his rear;
with shake Of his crest and hie ewes all aslant
ne h''eu ou'' ""A' uoeS N'e
I. 1,ba ,veather.vvorn tar WIN had inflicted long
The r,ge ocfbe seas ana the froyyna of The world
Vel ever lad welcomed them ali with song,
Ana dvank N Ms love when the canvass was frled
pvs ~ took "a nsynIexed ana grew male in his turn
s. A. he drew on, Nv. lsss far closer insnection