Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-09-29
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Hath not the morning asWne5 with aided Zig h.?
ana v II not evening cali a other ct
Ous Of the indnite retioEf Cf the hight,
10 mark this day in HeaGsLf At asst, 90 are
mai a~ong na iots ana the void
ehan soen behold IN my distant pot
Anoths a,g uRfur.esi
Row, come Whist may, hose favor need We eourt7
AId under God, whose thu. dar need We teaTi
Thank him VIA p.Hosd u hare
Reoesth SO liad sky-the very sun
L kes part with Us; q ID on our erTsRds
All trePEes o, the ocean; dew and raia
Do Eels less BATHS for rs; and the Year.
AMI al the gentle daughters IN her train,
March Ia our "a Ks and in ser7ic Weld
Long spears Of goldsn gaiBi
yellow hlosslm as her fairy shield,
june fiI e azure spnert the Wind,
VII le in the I'd T Of Ii IL nth
Her list Re pass an many an sEsP.e held
Grows hts ne b n n teps TIL nov behoh
Tuz usoW o, sorrsERN SuMMzKsI let he earth
Rsieieel-Oeneath n re iss IS soft and warn
Our hagPP land shAli seep
Asif We lay intrench dbehind
Whole leagues Of Russian ice and Arctic stormi
And what II mad vii wrongs themselve. have wrought
II their own tres hery caught,
By sheir own fears Izadebold,
And leagued nth him old,
Who long since IN the limits Of the North
S-tnp his evil throne, and warred wi God
What IL both mad and tlinded IA their rage,
Our foes should fling Us down their mortal gsgs,
And with hostiles lep profsue our sod
We thall MT shrink my brothers. bat 90 forth
To ne, { them, msrshaled by the Lord of Hosts,
and overstadOwed by the nigh gnoss
OF sozItrie ard Of gu. .W-eho shall fell
Auxilisries N n as taese7 Nor thee alone,
Buevery stock and stone
Shall hslp us; but the very soil
And ali the generous wealth it gives to toll,
And ali for which we love our noble land,
Shall Eight beside, and through US sea and strand,
The heart ofw0man, and hand,
Tree, fruit, ard IEer, ard every iL1aence,
The. winds in defence
Shall seem to blow, to Us thu hills shall lend
Their frmness and their calm;
And In our sti1fsned sinews shall blend
TkeBlrength Of pine and palml
Look where will, cannot find ground
For any mournful song;
Call up the clashing elements around,
And test the right and wrong
On one side. pledges broken, ereeds that lie.
Religion sunk in vain philosophy,
Empty Professions, Phsrisaic lesven,
Souls that would sell their brthrght in the sky,
Philhnthropists who pass the beggAr by,
And laws which controvert the laws Of HesYeni
And, on the other-frst RICH teoas cause!
Then honor without fawB
Truth, Bible reverence charitable wealth,
And for the poor and humble, laws which give,
Not the mean right TO buy the Tight to live,
Bat life, and home AID health.
To doubt the issue were distrust in God
II In His Providence He has decpeed
That to the peace for which pray
Throsgh the Red Sea Of must lie our way,
Doubt not, Oh brothers, shall find at need
Mosss with his rod
Bat let our fears-if fears we have-.be still,
And turR US to the future Could we climb
soms mighty Alp, and view the coming time,
The Fapturous sight would fill
Our eyes with happy tearsl
Not oniy for the glories which the years
shall bring not for iandsfrom to sea,
And wealth. and power and peace though these shall be
Butter the distant peoples We shall bless
And the hushed msTmurs Of a worlds distress:
For, to give labor to the poor,
The whole sad planet o'er
Ard from want and crime its humblet human door,
Is among the many ends for VII ca
God makos US great ard rich
The hour per chance is MT yet Who'll " ripe
When ali shall own it, but behold the type
or what we shall be to the rest
OF the broad earth, in cur own gulf expressed,
Which through the cold untem ere1 Icaan pOurs
It's genial stream, that far of Arstic shores
May sometimes catch upon the softsned breeze
strange tropc warmth abd Limits Of summer seas;