The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1859-06-08

"a man, and poorly clad, and l
ow living, could not be recruitt
ct. Powers or Neil Dow" Poor
haps he was a little hard, as W
d up; but he will be rememI
dly for his patriotism, and this s,
ture Of old Rutland.
to the poor tenants that live
leif pateroons in the province of New
, come and settle on our good lands und
ev Hampshire Grants; COMPOSED 6
me when the Land .jobbers of New
rived their writs OF eiectment On a nun
ir settlers, the execution of which "
osed by force, until we could have the I
.irH laid before the King and Board of
I'd Plantations, for their directions
BY THOMAS RowLKY.
Come all ye laboring hands
That toll below,
Among the rocks and sands;
lnht pow ana sow,
Upon your hired lands
Let out by cruel hands:
Twill make you large amends
To Rutland go.
Your pateroons forsake,
Whose greatest care
Is slaves Of you to make,
While you live there;
Come quit their barren lands
And leave them in their hands;
Twill ease YOU Of their bands
To Rutland 60.
For who would be a slave
That may be free?
Here you good land may have,
But come and see.
The soil is deep and good
Here in this pleasant wood,
Where you may raise your feod
And happy be.
West of the Mountain Green
Lies Rutland Fair
The best that e'er was seen
For soil and air;
Kind Zephyr's pleasant breeze
Whispers among the trees,
Where men may live at ease
With prudent care.
Here cows give milk to eat,
By Nature fed;
Our fields afford good wheat
And corn for bread;
Here sugar trees they stand
Which swoeteth all our land
We have them at our hand,
Be not afraid.
Here roots Of every kino
To preserve our lives,
The best OF anodynes
And rich costives
The balsam ofthe tree
Supplies our chirureery,
No safer can you ba
In any land,
Here stands the lofty pine
And makes a show
As straight as Gunter's line
Their bodies grow;
Their lofty heads they rear
Amid the atmosphere
Where the wing'd tribes repair
And sweetly sing.
The butternuts, and beach
And the elm tree,
They strive their heads to reach
As high as they;
But falling much below,
They make an even show
The pines more lofty grow
And crown the woods.
Here glides pleasant stream
Which doth not fail
TO spread the richest cream,
Der the intervale-
As rich as Eden's soil
Before that sin did spoil.
Or man was doomed to toll
To get his bread.
Here little salmon glide
So neat and fine,
Where you may be supplied
With hook and twine:
They are the finest fish
To cook q dainty dish,
As good as one could wish
To feed upon.
The pigeon, goose and duck,
They fill our beds;
The beaver, coon and fox.
They crown our heads
The harmless moose and deer
Are food and clothes to wear;
Nature could do no more
For any land.
There's many pleasant town
Lies in this vale,
Where you may settle down
lou need OF fail,
If you are not too late,
10 make fine estate
You need not fear the fate.
But come along.
We value not New York,
With all their powers,
For here Wen stay and work
The land is ours
And as for great Duane
With all his wicked train,
They may eject again,
Wen not resign.
This is that noble land
By conquest won,
Took from a savage band
With sword and gun;
We drove them to the rest,
They could not stand the test
And from the Gallo pest
This land is free.
Here churches We'll erect
Both ueat and fine
The gospel we'll protect,
Pure and divine;
The pope's supremacy
We utterly deny,
And Louis we defy
We're Georges men.
In George we will rejoice,
He is our king;
We will obey his voice
In every thing;
Here we his servants stand
Upon his conquered land
Good Lord may he defend
Our property.
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