The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1862-08-02
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LAGER BEER.


Nor howllug tempests, nor tire ocean storm; tf1f
Nor adamantine Alps Of giant form;
Nor wars dread name which has been sung before
Nor fallen nations, Romans, Greeks, OF Jews
Inspire the lazy soul Of my poor muse.
Ajoyful tribute of ofloudswelling praise.
'Tis true that bloody Mars asks us tn yield
Poetic wresths, to grace the battle as'd; ~1f.
Deserve Our crowns to mark their piliowed heads
And true that nations, snce exalted high.
But fallen COW, demand a rising sigh.
This will give, and to my friends q tear,
Then train my Muse to honor Lager Beer: E
Come Bacchus, come, II thou didst ever sing,
And all thv wine-begotton fancies bring,
To aid rs, with reeling hope and fear,
sing In tip-tee measure, Lager Beer.
In vain, I beg assistance from the Nine;
They deem such fermentation not divine
And, therefore, their much-wanted help refuse,
which leaves the straining bard without q Muse
Come, Bacchus, thou fair and jolly god Of wine,
Whose ancense is the flavor Of the vine,
Fear not the stencil this German beer bestows,
For 'tis but little pains to hold your nose.
Hail sparkling Beer with oil thy sloppy faults,
More praise to thee belongs than to the walts
Which Byron sung with true satiric skill
Unmindful Of the sweets Of German swill
We'll mayst thou claim as great degree Of fame
A fairy waltz thy birth place Is the same
Well may we greet thee with unmasked surprise
When hosts Of sage divines and doctors wise,
own thee as co heir tc their fatherland
where human minds and bodies both expand;
Those by a process followed by st Pierre;
1Ress by imbibing hooks and Lager Beer.
Time honored Beer from Nieman to the Rhine
Thou sharest laurels with the fragrant wine;
And from the north where Elbe's waters Sow
10 sunny ciimes where winds the sluggish Po.
In Prussia, noted for Its famous schools,
Far more than Britain for her kingy fools,
In Writ temberg, where kirchw asser and ales
Are not SO penteous as geese and snails
IN Saxony whose world-reputed wool
Exceeds the cotton raised BY Johnny BuA.
Thy charming sweets are slipped from year to year.
And thousands laud thy virtue, Lager Beer.
Rntn n,oat NJ ALI Bayaria has a claim
To all thy great renown and widespread famei
For there where plenty smiles, and Doors abound
The ancient home of Lager Beer Is found.
~ Switzerland be honored for her Tells,
Bavaria should be for her nashtub s'ceNs.
Adopted Beer! old Germany alone
Shall claim thee not exclusively her own
For young Columbia, pr de OF land and sea,
HAS taken quite too large stock in thee.
Altho' 1t may be just to welcome one
who foils the unchaste love OF Frank, or Hun,
And bravesthe oceans deep and raging roar,
To seek a refuge on the pilgrim shore"
Deyqut aud holy men have dared the main,
10 nee from prosecutions bitter reign;
And freedoms devotees have freely given
Home friends and wealth. gain our peaceful hAver
But thou, unselfsh Beer, art sure the first
To give up all, to quench our swinist thirst
Then, why not raise monumental pier
At Washington, to honor Lager Beerf
Most influential Beer ! In our own State,
We feel thy power, thy majesty, thy weight.
What worthy policy for thee to join ,,o,
And gain permission to insert clause,
To decorate our famous Liquor Laws:
To give o soothing balm to red-eyed bioan,
prop to public men-by saving votes
Thus, In our prlncely Legislative Hall,
While 'sod-corn' slept beneath q legal pail,
And tipplers shed crocodilish tear,
7hey bid thee hail, triumphant Lager Beer.
Ambitious Beer soon thou wilt hold thy sway
Ger all the beverages Of the day.
For now, without dread Of "getting Icose,"
Most men prefer the yeasty barley juice.
While drinking whisiies, brandies, runs and gins,
Are all accounted dark and damning sins,
And man can see with one enlightened glance
ffmmo dera alton Is intemperance,"
Most folks surround, devoid Of moral fear,
A hedpy swig Of good old Lager Beer.
Inspiring Beer while under thy control,
And visions hover oser the moistened soai,
We see, on Canaan's shore, bright angels stand,
Each with quart Of Lager in his hand.
Thus. soaked and picked by thee here,
While hope fills Heaven full of Lager Beer.
I'M. W., Oskaloosa College, Iowa.