, 1862-07-24
E1E Grihuue,


| B The fol]o~ipg admirable llocs were
read ; Over Wendell H'lmes, at the dinner
of the Phi Beta Kappa Society at Cambridge
On Thursday:
In vain the common theme my lips would shun,
AL tongues, all thoughts, al hearts can ind but
one,
Our a1cove., where the noIsy world WAS dumb,
Ik5oh With Gull drum. beats. and the echoes come
Laden with rounds Of hattie and Wild cries
1'hat nipge their dfrtotdaut Symphonies.
Old books from .onder shelves are whispering
This ia the realm Of letters not Of ettife:''
CID graves in ytsndsr flc]d are eayi1. p" Cea5s!
Hfe ,j4est ends the nnfsfeft moYsAfe life "
-Slla1 yeur It'd h0rks What ssrs the telegraph!
We ~Bnt an extra, not IN epf1aph.
Old claesmatef, t'ime'e unconscious almsnacs,
Counli1 e the years We leave behind onr hacks,
e fi,nd.hp wstn hie h Kid aox M are y ySu ,.ou,1
Take us By the hand and speak Of times that
were
Then G, m.e mcm.nt's pause: "rray tell me
Y:ur boy i: nov: Wounded, az ! vas told"
"1w.11y:' ,},:, "hn'-ble*s me twenty-one years
"les-,tnc nores fast" ''1hat's SO. Old class
1nate, ,ty,
We're We -urh roy+ as til. se A. twen:y:" Nav.
cd rallied them to 4 n0blef tAAk than ours
And gave ihem holier Thoughts and iaanller
po#cfs,-
TtFe Is the day OF traits and rot of nowersi
There ''trS-" "e talk abut like ancient cages
s,- :hc san'r :re" we rraa "f Iu old ra,es-
The bre NEE recatt OF dead heroic ascsl
Nt' scGg' them r1tll. fleart.sr hr4vcst best
] = Int the 9usr7s'l>s ferue stand confezt
I'll. Easts= I'D e!.v= God ha:1!ing f,r h,s crown,
Al d f:eecom fighting with her vizor dJwnl
Icttr the jagged shells ,h=:r fash should naoEle
Better, ,h:lr bvncs from 1tahab-necks should
Better IL faiis.tt 1o7e. of all our cu,.urs
Should cram The hlack nav # the 5orthc.n vnl-
turr.
Thar, 'ain net o CT The ,urtlor Of hts brother
Ihsm an onr ttdr-iatrita< IN tn. a heri
Ear h Cf Ut '.tes t"e rest hi. hest cndeayor;
TAXI thEee few ]an"e-wc ca!1 them
NOW Oh MEYER.
List.n, young tetoes! youe country IL calling. !
Thine Ef1iS. he n0HE fur the HI and the ffnet
Now. ~lllu the ftFenoat ase fighting and failing,
ELL Up the ra1Ez that have opened Tor ,enl
y, VIII m The f4tserz made free and defended
Stain ne' ttr errol TINT erhlazons their fame!
S.u ~t''sc fair heIita-e sp'nIe-e desesnded.
lsase nj your ch idsrn hisrhright of shame!
stay LOT hr questions ~hllc Freedom stands
Wait not ill Horror lies v,apt in lila pail.
Brief The 1pe' meeting he, s~ III the handa clasp
"oa for the wars is enough fur them all,
Freak from The arms that wop1d tandly c4,ess
YOU!
l1ask 'tis thu bu5le h1a=t eabrrs are drawn:
htfh1r shall pray for yon, fathers shall blcss
yt.u.
Ms,acLs ~lall weep FIR you when you arc gone !,
Neysrrr n,iw crie- The bleed Of uatiun
Poured Ill the turf whtre the r.d rusc should
tl'r m:
S.4N Il tie ,,av NJ Il the hour at salvation;
S.vvr or Io~ peals the trumpet of doom!
Never or row /! roa.s she hoar* e-thsoated cannon
lAsLUGf HACK
S.Wr u Low lsfe III. shcll-b'astrd peunon
Ocr the dc.p ooZc where the Cumberland liesi
From shr Fl nj dena where brn.hcra arc dyinc,
!A1itns and 'ocs in TIN land nf their birth |
From sc rank swamps "hefc our martyrs are
lying
Heading in vain for handful Of earth;
Frtm Il c OF llains where they perish ontnnm.
Iced
FErH~cd aid siFg dwf,h the battle. field plow,
Cores IT., loud rLn.nsun- too long you have |
fun bered.
Hsar the Inst An:el-t.ump-Ncvcr OF Nowt