Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1861-08-09

In ~tireless pantomine enacted, since
God blessed the banns chimed by the morning

In t~ireless pantomine enacted, since
God blessed the banns chimed by the morning |
stars.
In march majestic and magnificent,
Star after star troops up the Orient,
And clustered consultations emulous
Vie with the stellar chiefs whose brightness beams
Apart and peerless. No decrepitude
Dims their primeval glory. Waning years
Quench not a beam of splendor, nor eclipse
With death shade wells a single burning eye;
What wonder that untutOred minds Of yore,
Read in those tireless mystic sentinels
OF night and beauty a wierd influence
Ger human destiny and mortal veal.
This was the prelude to a description OF
the intellectual vault of Genus, and OF the
star minds which stud it, which was the
main subject OF the Poem. Commencing with
the Sixteenth century, the Poet noticed with
felicitous Characterization the giants, both
of intellectual and material power, of that age
the Fifth Imperial Charles the brave and
high-minded Francis. the First Harry the
Eighth, who
Still unsatisfed with wives,
With Ministers, with subjects livts,
With luxury, and conscience too,
In fat and sin he bigger grew;
And with no mourner by his side,
In both respects a monster-died.
The Caliph Solyman, the Koran's lezt great
champion and Ferdinand of Austria,-a
" star of lustre soft
So the poet wandered among the " astral
glories p" of that bright century, calling into
view successfully, Leo the Tenth Luther,
whose name introduced a vigorous picture of
the time when
The Reformation earthquake tread,
Swept mingling mitres, sceptres, keys,
Penance, indulgences, DEGREES,
Wrecked, wholmed and into chaos flung,
By the Beformers pen and tongue;
William the Silent, civil Freedoms bright
est Star Calico Tasso Raphael Correg-
gio CamOens; Ceramics Shakespeare
Incompatible star )" gentle Sidney and
Others of the "men whose names are
poems" We quote the closing lines
Talent and worth are priceless gems,
Whether in monarch's diadeUls,
Or meath a rustic garb they're found.
Whether in Mansfeld's ermine bound,
Or Burns coat Of g holden grey
Or in John Howard's drab at play,
In plain Hugh Miller yard of stones.
Or Cuvier's cabinet Of bones,
In learned tones Of Kent and Hale,
Or watch of Florence Nightingale,
In Beecher's theologic rage,
Or marble life Of Powers and Page,
In Scott, sweet fction's mightiest lord,
Or Sco1T, our hero Of the sword
In the deep reverence given by men
To genius, We shall ever ken
The tribute paid instinc lively
To 6emblance of Divinity.
More lasting this than wealth or power.
Which Fate may scatter in an hour
That, like a star, is blotted never
4 beautous thing Joy forever.
And once at least, in modern time,
As in our planets yern1l prime,
There might Of minds immortal birth
Be said this praise
Ard there were giants in tnc Earth
Amid those days.
The poem occupied about twenty e five
minutes in the delivery. 1t was, as cur
readers can see, a pleasant and artistic
affair but unfortunately, owing to insult
fcient volume Of voice in the speaker, Wa
heard and appreciated by but a portion Of
the audience.
Ju>GoR E1uIBI1I0N
transrired in the evening. No exercise Of
Commencement commonly attracts SO great a
crowd as this, and the present was no ex-
ception. The Church was jammed to over
flowing, and many ourselves included) went
away from the doors. unable even to find a
standing place, We understand that the
young gentlemen did themselves and their
instructors credit. We subiJin the
ORDER OF EXERCISES.
MUSIC.
!. Character an Element of Power.
JOHN JOHNSON ALLEN.
,. Intellectual power. as the object Of study.
HORACE BARLOW.
;. Charles the Fifth, and tho Reformation.
JosEFH PAHrRIDGE BRAINARb.
:. The Province and Qualification Of the mod
ern Orator.
ELJAu LrrINcs BuBytrr.
Music.
;. johnson and Goldsmith.
GEORGE Buck COCHRAN.
6. Spirit Of Modern Historical Writings.
JAMES WILSON DAVIS.
:. Poetry Of Ancient and Modern Times.
HARRISON EATON.
s. The Moral Power Of the Novelist.
ROBERT FLENIys.
9. Mexican Civilization.
HIRAM LIZ Roy FULLER.
Music.
u. National Prejudice.
ZEBINA LANDoN.
II. Our English Coadjutors in the Revolution.
J. WosRoE POLAND.
i. The Lesson Of Life.
JoHs THEODORE SAKE.
Is. The E~levating Power OF Thought.
JONI WoRrHINToN WOODWARD.
Music.
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