Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-04-13
a POETS BIRTHDAY.
Celebration OF the Birthday OF John,
PIerPOntin i'm Warrington.

The eightieth birthday of Rev. John
Pierpont, the venerable poet, was celebrate
ed in Washington on Thursday evening, at
the house of Mr.. c. d. Morse. The ChrOn-
icls says: r -en
NUpon the walls the following inscrip-.
tions in letters formed of laurel and ever
greens, and beautifully bordered: John
Pierpont,' Poet. Prophet Priest and Pat
riot, and "a quotation from one of his
works) May crown, as his reward be
given him. .Aat4ial a7n
ga series of presentations of gifts were.
made, among which were q beautiful ebo.
ny cane with siVer head, suitably in
iscribed and neatly carved, gold watch "a
msgni6cently bound photograph Rlbnm,
cOntainfug photographs of some seventy
i've of his friends, including many of the
most distinguished people of New Eng.
land. E3s sIH alr al
''Mr. Morse then3proceeded to read toiMr.
Pierpont and his assembled friends, the
beautiful tributes of scores of his friends
at Q distance, sent to MIR. Morse in response
to his intimations that the surprise party
had been projected by few of his friends"
c Letters were received from Donald g..
Mitchell, Richard q. Dana, Jr., L. Maria
Child, Henry W. Longfellow, Charles
Sumner E. P. MhippIe aud William Lloyd
Garrison. Poems were sent by Hon! Wen
dell Holmes, Charles T. Brooks, Mrs. Sig
Quincy, William: aGullen Bryant, John G.
Whittier and RIizur Wright. Some of these
poems were as follows:
PROM DIR. ,HoLMEs.
Love, honor, rever suce are the need We owe -srg
T0 him VINO, In the press Of younger men,
TOiling with head, heart, hand, with tongue and
TreadS his Rrm pathway through the binding Snow,
Singing in Chesry tones that loog ego
Our hRthers heard: not leSS mvlodious whom
Ten winters lie on thrssscoTe yeaiS and ten,
And still life's upchled fountains overhaw; .s
Though pAer seems the faithfu watch towers light;
In the rich dawn that kiudIes all the day,
Still In our gTatefnl memory lives therHy
OF the lone hambeau, blsEtng thropgh the night,
Now while the heavens, in N-born splendors bright
Shine Ger ranSOmed peoples oEsening way.
To John Pierpont, April 8, 1865. 5-r;1R
sri FROM W. o. BRYANT. Il Es,f
To. the Rev. John Pierpont, on his Etghtisth
Birthday, ApriL 6, 1865:
The mightiest Of the Hebrew seers,
Olear.eS'd aud hale ct Il. hay years.
Prom PiEgAh saw the hills and plains
Of Canaan, green with brooks and rains.
Our poet, strong in frame and mind,
'' Leaves eighty well spent years behind, O.
And forward looks to fields more bright &" D..
Than Moses saW from Pisgah's height.
Yet be curFferboSt's VOICE and pen f'i q = ~
5E Long potent'With the sons OF men; ~ .,.sf
70 And late his summons to the shore .
ts Where he shall meet his youth once more.
April 1885. sl.-1-1 - - : ~
FROM JOHN @. .WH1TTIER.
TO John Pierpont: .'i -a4
Health to thea Pierpont, tried and honest,
I In Freedoms 6Eht among the soonest. E'.5 p
Who stin a. freedoms minstrel eroWneSt 10,
/, Her humble lays, t- A.
And like some hoary harper tuno8t
Ia Thy hynS Of praissi iFGas'5 q 1-@ &
Where now are All the "uneo Rood,'' ~" 80 -.
l The Oan0an.euFSing "Brotherhood" /" t1tT
Tho mohs they raised, the storms they breWOd,
And pulpit thunderl
Cheer sunk like PhAroah1B multitude;
They've Al "gons underl" p 'l@
And thuu our nobleIt and our Oldest,
Our priest and poet. hrst and boldeSt, ttFr
L. ,oroIDed With thy foursoors years, bGholdOSt
e Thy country free
+ D Gieht to warm q heart the coolest
tel How much more theOl +- .laHFsfs fs
An blessing fForathe bounteouS GIVer
Be thine ON ei her side the river; DIS. {. l -.sr.
| /. And when thy sum Of life forever
- The angels foot up,
Not vain shall seem thy long endeaVOF l.
All wrong 70 root upi g-t,, - .s-s.
lsTAmsiburyt ID mo, 1885. 4 . - T557r