Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1855-04-27
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Dcrered J.ors r E4tp,dn Literary Soc;ety # LerisJry
University, March 5, lsj5.

Alas for man, how has he titled he frli,
For some pitance that the soil mi ,ht yield,
Aud left his mind, (thai garden spot OF Cod
To dig III darkness, when he might have trod
Some nohlcr sphere, and left himself a name,
Like Dr. lIerscheli, in planet frame.
Alas. that youth Is called to die 80 soon,
Nor t!Lks !; MORN till he has passed his noon.
Aasl indeed that it should e'er tie said
That gray hairs blossom Il hollow lead.
May this late age, u which we are cons gnci,
he greatly wise, dis, rect, and we'll r, find;
Nav each Improvement which is now b. aGn,
BY sacred breath lie waited safely on.
Heaven lure them on, till lands and climes afar
Shall Sc the giirm'ri"g Of Improvements star,
Till mental power, with many u dear bought spoil.
Shall crown ambition for life OF toll
For this great end the wisest men have prayed;
For This great end societies are made;
For this great end they meet from year 20 Jear;
For this alone, Euepians are here.
Four years a.n. the pioneers oi tins band
Received its sisnet from its authors hand;
Four years asu, man Of hoary hairs,
Called il Eucpan, the name il bears.
Earth then was proud. and ornaments become
Ihc cry abroad, mighty thing at home,
We then were driven by that common rage
To make Advancement with the swelling age,
For end OF fashion. is the end of pride,
If fashion dies, 'twere better had died.
Four wears ago, This statute to's g. ours
For gathering dues, cvincei rdectual powers;
Four years have passed, and tho they nov may seem
As vague and empty as prophets dream,
Yet, when wake from this long round Of days,
Our hearts do sigh for loitier notes Of PRAISE
Traced out in massive characters Of gold,
FIT vi, in costly work OF lace,
And chairs on piyots, ornament the place;
Cur store of books, also gladly state,
Is now increasing at rapid rate
Lo here gems which we may safely 3r'ye,
And budding hopes which earth may reslize.
All, here is y0uih, al! ripe for future years.
To brave life. storms. regardless Of its fears;
Is polished arrows from the full bent bow,
High shall they and glitter as they go,
For no Fuepiau would claim at will
An honored station that he could not I'LL;
Nor ask for fame, like him Of boasted srrse,
Whose stores Cf wit outio his .!oJurnce
Whom rank, acne has stationed i'll the van
A putting humhu-, for a real man;
All no, tits reason guides and self will wait,
Til tirelrss talent ranks him with the great.
As pick fret strikes where corner stones are laid
50 power must spring, from small beginnings made
Faint were our efforts when uunervcd by youth,
In our first plea scarce couid state the truth,
Yet ss the winds that from the lrphyrs spring,
Increase in power, and l-ngthcn ont the wing,
Swell 10 the storm. and with resistess blast
Un.heath their thunder-, ant their lChtninss cast,
So do the powers OF son,r Euepiaus grow,
Seal heaven above and shake the earth below.
The world has drones that have name to live,
That always ask, but never deirr 10 give;
They never think that he who wins must fight,
Toll hard by ily, and labor long at night;
But think that earth alone demands part
Of him whom God has destined to be- smart;
These We have none; each in his place is found,
And that great wheel of enterprise goes round,
To-day il move. and let il still move on,
Til laurel wreath and holy crowns won:
Til from like halls, and from the Oceans shore,
The world shall greet an orator once more.
There is "A thief, to whom the power is given,
To thrash helIs gates, and rsyage all but heaven;
Who ever warning in victorious striir,
Is stealing fragments of our life.
An yesi old Time, that took the prophets hence,
S,tll gets his living at the worlds expense,
Within his hand the awful trident Glows
That crushes hopes with unexpected blows:
Thrice, like the stone, when faithful Moses stood
Beneath the fiery, smoking mount If God,
Has this, club, by that obiurate hand,
Been ruiely cast. and scattered DER the land.
But mark. as fancy, DER vast expanse
OF western world, turns riUsng with a glance,
Midst rafting hammers, and the din Of art,
l. yausrs there to greet kindred heart;
There. ly the twinkling Il the midnight oil,
Der absiruse theories the Young may toll,
TL're. swiftly waking from obliyious night,
All hail. n college, source # holy light.
Her ;rouiest sentry lah1red here to find
The parts component Of mighty mind
Let ErsH go on: he holds 4 sacred trust.
Let others toll till claimed by mother dust,
As Zinns watchman, or in states afar.
WELD pens Of pcver, or thunder at the bar:
These axe our brothers. drilled and tut1reT nero,
To shine as segmcnts in a brighter sphere.
Mark fancy now, as harncssrd with the sun,
Half round the globe, with lightning speed hath rum
When lol football from its own bright strand
Is heard 70 echo in a foreign land;
Possessed of gems from wisdnm's choicest store,
A B,CEaus scrapes the eastern world for more.
o may all thus earnestly be brought
To seek tn. acme of unfcttered thought.
Heaven bless Eucpians in heart and store,
TIL ss his have ceased and wants wants no more
EUEPIAN.