Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (City of Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1853-1857, 1855-01-02

All Hail tho New Years dawn, the earliest

All Hail the New Years dawn, the earliest
breath
OF newborn tins in stealth has found its way
Close on the heels Of hoary Past ; that Death
Has now disrob'd Of arbitrary sway.
All Hail! our Nation ev(tblest with plents~
ocs store,
With Liberty, with peace, and all that gives
content; y -
That sends her ships to each remotest shore,
The brightest in Esrsh's broad armament.
All Hail to Iowa. the forslqueen,
A younger sister, yet the fairest flower,
Whose lands are broad and groves and meadows
green,
And landscapes lovely as the evening hous.
All Hail to Council Bluffs that now
Wears proudly on her youthful brow
The matron's badge, the first and best
or all the cities Of the West.
Go where you will you'll hear her nans,
Each swelling zephyr watts her fame,
Her fields with rich abundance swell,
And flowers are strewed DER lawn and dell
Her Editors and Printers rare,
And Merchants who in deal are fair,
Mechanics skilful Teachers wise,
And Lawyers famed for telling-[no1 lies,
Her Landlords shrewd but fair and true,
- Her Doctors learned and, skilfui too, ).
And like the bees in field and bower,
All gather honey from each flower.
Our lands arerich, our prairies green,
Our landscapes bright as e'er were seen,
Wild flowers in wide abundance bloom
And yield the zephyrs sweet perfume.
Our forests groan with sturdy oaks,
Wild fruits abound in shady hooks,
Where merry warblers swell their throaeS
With Joyous strains of born notes
The greenwood shade forms lovely bowers
Bestrewed with sparkling, varied flowers,
And foliage spangling, graceful twine,
Laden with purple grape, the vine
Our springs of water pure and sweet,
Oft bubbling near the wanderers feet.
Leap forward, downward, clear and cool,
To yondeI silyery surfaced pool. --.---.-.-.
Amid our prairies, wales and groves,
The Elk will feed and wild deer roves.
And bees amid the woodland glade
Store sweets as rich as e'er were made.
Our streams and lakes with fish abonnd,
AS fair and large as oft is found,
And graceful wild fowls sport and play
Amid the chrystal mimic spray
The broad Missouri sweeping wide =
Two famous countries close divide,
Where stalwart sons from Eastern sAaas,
Seek here, the choicest Eden, lands.
'Tis here the SUMS most brilliant ray,
Adds splendor to each happy day,
And moon and stars with miider light.
Hume the cloudless prairie night.
Oar own and fair Nebraska's. soil,
Brings thousands here, the sons Of toll.
From every cline they wend thsiE way,
And seek homes in fair flows. 'ss~sszs@~~@
and THOUSANDS more haste, hasten there.
To wild Nehraska's prairies fair,
And rear their rural cabin near.
Some pleasant glen, by streamlet clear
And towns and cities now appear.
Reared in the by-gone half year.
Their future is glorious theme,
That far exceeds the widest dream
hist nations East contend for power and sway
nd wild commotion spreads each passing day,
0 rude divisions mars our nations pride,
nd wealth and ease spread forth on every aids.
eve rulers wise and statesmen learned and bold
nd seamen brave, that fear not tempest's cold.
lr soldiers true, disdain the towards name,
arts and science none has higher fame.
be Bear may growl, the cock may fret him sore
be Crescent fiutter, and the Lion roar,
he Eagle with two heads may perch on high,
nd France and Spain may into factions fly.
hat need we care, our peace is undisturbed
Y roar of animals or fiji gift of birds,
ur King of Ether scars above them all,
he most admired on this broad Earthly ball.
hat tho we look abroad, this will not fill,
ur empty stomach, neither foot bill,
o-day the Buglc blows blast, Ito arms"
ONE from your stores, your shops, and tertils
farms,
ONE, list, the call, its echoes sounding clear,
ONT 20 the unpaid scores of t. by-gone year,
ome friends, come haste, for we've the d
to pay;
II WISH YOU ALL A HAPPY NEW
YEARS DAY. ;. .1.