Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-11-12
A RBPUBLICAN POEM.


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1Last weeks New York IndependcB, contains
poem entitled the "Nation's Birthday" which We
cory not for its political character but for its ar
tistio merit-BD. PnEssl 7
Give God the eloryl breath divine has stirred the
As storm winds stir the sleeping waves along At
Aud ioi1tbo nations heavins heart has sureod and
Fweled TO drown =. ...t .
The waters cover them to-day, serene and deep and
so1cfish every cursed thing that works the people
The rosy morn is shining bright across tho virgin
As lAndwSrd proudly drifts the bark that bOars the
What sPiendors play upon his brOwl what tears are
Tobear the fail Of crystal streams aud the wood
To feel Re fresh wind fan his ol eok, and know that
Above The dream Of weary years-thc sacred Sunset
"ThanR God r,be nurrhurs as he kneels to kiss the
'For only He has Guided me 70 Eair San salvador"
Decembsr walls amid the pines, and stormy are the
As srent and worn in Plymouth Bay the painting
o. slight as she 70 brave the sea and bring across
Gods pioneers Of Liberty to find purer homel
THANK HeayenT" they cry, and leave her deck, aRd
Armed with a faith that nausht could seattle and
gHued round with prayer.
A Summer noon by schuylkill's side-sweet olamor
And eager crowds that shout to hOar the joyful
For wef they know what tidiDgs go those rapturous
And ali S along the line they CALL "God bless the
Now King and Crown we trample down that man
And Eaual Rights and Freedom be the glory of the
Ring msirier, bells while echo swolls till earth
And cries from All her hills and dellS, God bless
the bold Thirteen !"
Ahi these Were day of prophet-power-a linked and
The soifEthe ssed-the stately HOwer-and heritors
But glory be to God alone the noblest day is no,o
For richest fruit is ripening fast on every dropping
And high amid the tOpmOst leaves, the birds Oi
OF grsnder growth, in warmer air, through many
budding Spring.
Give God the gloryl Let shout of victory fill the
And wind to wind with clarion note the swelling
From where, BY. blue Paoiic's shore, Nevada't
To far Ftaneo eonia,S granite peaks that cleave New
And let It thrill the listening Slave, and whisper
soft that he -- a ".
Beneath his own magnelias shade freeman yet
For Right has won, and Truth begun her pure and
Give God the gloryl only He has brought this
blessed day.
lands that still untrodden lie within the waiting
West,
Rejoice that Freedom now shall be of all your gift
the best
Great Oregon whose towering pines make many
valley dim, ...
And in whose streams the wild deer drink and fair
est salmon swim
Nebraska, home of grassy wales and brooks thai
clearest flow, .....-n 10. 81
And kansas. with its pastures green where rosms
the buffalo; 49,
And all the golden realms that lie by COloradO's
side,
And where the Rio Grande sweeps still southwark
in its pride
Ye shall not hear the bondmans curse nor hear the
bondman's cry,
But wide DER all your fertile fields the dews of peace
shall lie;
And haIyeets wave, and cities shine, till lol from
to
The sun shall gild, with rising smile the Home
steads of the Free
Now, whom the bells of brave July for patriot
ship call, ....I
Remember twas November wrought the brayest
deed of oil
And let this holy triumph be the nations joy and
praise
Its watcb-word in the coming timeits loftier Mar
seillaise
And glad, and strong for future years, let all the
"our Fathers God be glorifed The Nations bor,,
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