Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1854-09-15
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Delivered before the "Thcta Alpha and the "EueI
0 Literary Societies of the University at Lewisl
Tuesday Evening, 18th August, 1854.
BIZ ALFRED TAYLOR, An, OF LocS HAVEN,
Late PreSsor e Bellies Lerss IN the Lairsrsy at LeUi
, Thanks unto God for stars beneath tho cloud,
Stars, Guenchless stars undluiued by shade or shr
, Those cynosures of mind whose gentle ray
Giahdens the eye, turns mental night To day,
, Recalls the fountain OF Immortal youth,
And guides the pilgrim to the wells of truth;
The good old wells, where mid the pebbles lic
Bright worlds of beanty-segments OF the sky,
Till launched at last he hnds vi hat scarce he sought
The great Equator OF developed Thought.
Here in this iurrow Gods own finger traced
Unrolled His river and his affairs Placed
Here IN this vale, this commonwealth OF shade.
star Is lighted.s May it never fade!
u honor be to him who guards II now,
| May SHOWS fall late and light, on MALCoM's brow
HIS foot has fingered long by Jordan's wave,
Has pressed the dust where prophets uade their q
But IN the mission that to-day Is his
lie never tTod Holier Land than this;
Here God fresh written characters sublime,
Unmarried by man, and undeiaced by time.
Oh, long ago. vast cathedral DIM,
Rose through the gloom strange my sicrious hymn
, A solemn rite, people, and king,
An altar place, a flame. worshipng.
( By princely lips the sacred words were said
/ BY princely hands the sacred wood was lad
BY prncey breath twas klndled into flame,
! Then swelled the hymn another vet the same;
/ The song was ended, done the solemn rite,
And Montezuma bid his realm good night.
80 Let this burn on ~ the MontezunIa said,
:. Till return, loln the mighty dead
Forth went the prince but an he neer returned,
The clock of ages stTuck-that flame yet burned.
This flame Is hoer than that chancel's glow,
May 1t nee lInger, feeble. cold and low,
But burn IN beauty TIL they all return,
W ho reared the altar, filled the primal urn
Return. return All onet has gone before
To that fair Kingdom, from whose vuIceess shore
No suTges roll, no hight house ever CLEANS.
We sometimes zee II IN onr morning dreams.
And one, to-day, IN Burmah's burning cline,
Procaims IN silver tones the better time.
hear him now, and Calvary the theme,
In accents gentle as an Angel dream.
Now cloudy Sinai rises in has soul,
kINCAID translates the thunders they roll
And one-but mountains rise upon the sight.
And cliffs, aoft, that pierce the neither night
And rocks that glitter mount and mount betw cen,
In emerald cbaslngs TO their silver sheen,
As If some mirror, by gnnt's hand,
Dashed on a crag, was shattered through the land
The land of EVANS Thence a ladt did come,
And through this valley sought in vain q homo.
Tho God Of sparrows and Of hlies cared
For that young exile. and his life was spared
To bear torch and bring IN offering here,
And lift banner on this fair frontier.
And oneH, his tireless vigil keeps nfar.
Where brightly burns =. liked u and elder star
The great red sun glows slowly down the west,
on1uOWk ienRtnen-tte evening
Tears IN the tones, and dust upon the strings,
The fingers falier while the minstrel sings;
Tho birds tuneess, whispering eates are still,
nd day relucian; fingers on the hill
Oh breathess bosom of our mother dust,
What treasures unto thee does time enirust;
Gold thou canst hide. ard glory thou canst dim,
Steal smiles from cherubs, songs from serarhim.
One secret here. cen thou canst never keep,
Beneath that bilIow, LUDWIG hes asleep.
Oh, no; It's but the garment that he wore,
Leit IN the wardrobe-wardrole, nothing more.
The Great Ply sician laIe his pup! come,
New robe, now song, IN everlasting home.
Earth, keep thy treasure. for some nameless June.
Whose sun shall never climb the sleeps of noon;
That robe shall be reclaimed, and winds shall bear
Each faded fibre through the breathless arr
The shall lade-the blossom lose its bloom,
Behold He makes his toilet IN the tomb.
TIL then; oh, gentle Earth. that dust refine,
To sparkling dews and clouds almost divine,
Mould 1t IN gems 90 light thy dreamy caves
nd tint tho coral meath the deep sea waves,
Gid it IN harvests. silver IT in SHOWS.
nd bid 1t bloom while Susquehannn flows.
so may We leave, ourselves, IN sweet disguise,
In forms that nature 10 her work denies,
In truth and beauty woven into one,
nchllledshy shade, INV Ilted by the sun,
Forms. that shall lIve-when ourselV arc dead,
Forms that shall a soii lieht and fragrance shed,
When spirit Wings have tTemhlcd an aCIcu,
And cctt forever Gods eternal blue.
glowing forge, n h-mmcr. and hand,
A swelling muscle. and mn IRON band
The triune emblems Of the present age,
The world S sMITHEY, that was once STAGE;
That hand. that hammer aud that furnace FIRE,
Clamp down the globe, alternate the wire:
That orb, wherein dumb thunderbolts hurled,
nd lIspng hghtniDgs iraiernIzo tho world;
With hayonet fixed, they wait the tempest shock,
" Parian tombs subllmely stand and knock,
Fill at the summons, marble slumbers break,
\ nd shrouGs are loosened, and the dead awake
That hand has curved pale sciences lidless eve
hat mirrors realms where love forgets 10 die,
/ nd scans the lace work from the looms oi God.
That hand has played tho seamsrcss round the globe
md raveled out old Oceans seamless robe;
That hand Of beggar's rags has rarely wrought,
rom age to age. a promenade for Thought,
Ind in the sheets unmelted spotess snow,
Iehold the foot prints how they come and GO:
That hand has made the cold, gray canvass live
With all the tlnts TINT summer suns can give.
hat hand has locked the chariot wheels of dav,
By weaving strands Of waters silver spray.
~, song IN lron-eoGuence IN Stotl-
md Earths broad zones like ribbons round n reel
That hand has reeied the canvass Of Old Time
md arched the ages with n bridge sublime.
The din Of hammers, and the anvil's ring
rhe shrek of engines. ani the Iusing wing
bf tracks that vibrate round the belted globe,
rom Winters lawn TO Summers golden robe.
lave reached the desk. the closet ard the cave
,oared round the cradle. murnured round the grave:
he rugged steep where Science holds her throne
IN whose far summit Fame's proud temple shone
Where starry Pharos heamed across tho world
nd groves Egeran 10 the breeze unfurled,
10 longer rises the rnptured eve.
10 longer sw eeps the azure walls Of sky;
he hill is graded to the creeping PLAIN.
nd painting engines trail the heightened tram:
Where stars once rose and prophets used to sing,
he signal lanterns round the depot SWING
q think is vulgar and TO toll is vain
When one glide to glory a trnin.
oor fossil fathers. How thcy climbed and crcpt,
nd watched and waited, fell and rose and went
rev strong by strife, triumphant by defeat,
nd heard through all the bostTns steady heat
h those simple times, hen head and heart
vere not removed a Sabbath day apart
Int thoughts born were rocked npon tho breast,
nd caught the glow Of pillows that they pressed.
ye, gallant thoughts, conhded to the page
hat pass unchnlcbged on from age to age
he worlds q Smthey, not the world Of things
o which or dust death forever cIings.
ut that right regal realm of lofty thought,
Y here fancIes sparkle, arguments are wrought.
ark where they toll, the journeynen Of time,
he forges roar. the nnvls ever chime.
he watcbiul eye, the hammer steady FALL
nd patient labor loves and conquersall
ye. Truth and Thought so ripen in the ore,
hey need tho linmmer and the fire before
hey grow obedIent to the plastic hand,
nd beauty bazes from the stubborn bvand
ve whirl it rusting from the painting fame,
vc stamp thereon image and a name
Sword 10 stpower " is bnzoned on tho blade.
coin, IT'S current still though hand that made,
nd heart that warmed are turned to kndred clay,
nd all but Mind and Truth have passed away.
yben Memnons IS lips were tuned by touch of sun,
ho marble warmed, the matin song begun,
sThe University at Lcwisburg.
tsaNrxl worrk Esq, It's first Treasurer.
.wx. sHAnIAcn, DID, its first Financial Agent.
IS,rpHrS w. TAILOR LID, (father Of the autbor) TN
rst acting President Of this University President
laIison Unisersity, Hamilton, NY.
HOWARD MArroS D. D., President Of this University
Ie, ND, the most unwsared among its Founders
in'ilnied