The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1866-04-14
PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
Peace.

Peace.
Thr following Leautifu poem By Oliver Weud
I'mes ,a Harvard Commencement Friday, July list
Four coined ;teir golden Ugh; in Ieavez,
Four ~asteiu aulumns Hung ttem 70 the breeze,
-Four winters th@ -hrlrII the r-mpe-t Ne4y--.
Tf.e fourth an ArrI ~eI,- DER biI and vale
And stui tT- wsr-cI0uIs scowlei and land,
Wifh the rcd CLEANS q bsttI- staining through,
Wh-u L.. parted - arg-9s hand
They open, AMI tEe Heavens again are bur.
WLicl, is the dream. the present r the past,
The uight Of anguish or th- JOYS Of morn
or the sweet prouisc of the day newborn?
Tel us. o father az thy arms eu6Ii
Jiurrura- the prayer the patriarch, treatfsd Of
- Now 1T me die for 1 have seen thy face -
Tell MS. o mother t-nay, thou cans not speak,
Pre- Thy mute lips against the sunbrO7yned cheek,
4 this a phautom-thy returning boyz
Tell us. maiden .-ah what cau',t thou tell
That Natures record is first teach
The 'per. volume all read 50 we'll
WIKI its twincTimson pages iuIl of speechl
And We who mourn your dead-how st-rny true
The cruel hour that wrenchei their lives away,
Swallowed with sorrows midnight veil fnr you,
For them the dawning Of immortal day
Dream like these years of coufict--not a dream
Death. ruin, ashes, tell their awful tale,
Read by the flaming Wartrack's lurid gI-tm
No dream, but truth that turns the nations pale
For on the pillar raised 10y martyr hands
Burns the rekndet beacon Of the right
Sowing fire o'er all the lands
Thrones look century older in its light
Rome had her triumPts round the eonquerors car
The rusigus waved. the braz-n cIarOns blew,
And DER the reeaing sTris of bandit
With Outspread wings the cruel eagles fewj
Arms treasures, kings in elankin; Chains,
Urged ~ trampIng cohorts bTOuZed and SCARED,
And viII-eye,I wonders shared Ly bran plains,
Lion and ostrich and caIneleopari
Vain prastors cIutcf-d cpn-uIs brought
When Knme's returning leGi'us crowned their fDrdi
Less tau tire least brave deed these hands have wrought
We clasp, uuclencIiiug from the L.o"dy sword
Theirs was the mighty work that seers foretod;
They know not half their glorious toll has won,
For this j. Heavens SAM batti--J Iinyi Of old
When Athens fought for AT Marathon
Behold a vision hath understood,
T.t. breaking Of the ApDcdlyptic seal,
the .Oi.-(-LaIl AMI fire and blood.
Then tIie third angel blows his trumpet peal.
Loud vail the dTellcrs the myril-d coasts.
The green swell the mHddeneI cry,
with a yell all the demon hosts.
Fails the great star called WOrmwOOd from the SKY.
Bitter il ulnglrs with the poisoned flow
the rivers winding tO the sh0rei
Thousands must drink the nf death and woe,
But the WOTnwoOd stains the h"avcns no more,
Peace smiles at last; the Nation calls her sons
To sl.eathe the ssord; her bIttle-fIg she iurs,
Speaks tlg thuuicTs from unsolicited guns
~ hI.Ics her Tubies under -uTk-white pearls
%, ye fought for freedom living, dead,
One sacrcI host Of Gods aunointe'i Queen,
For every holy drop your veins have she'd
We breathe a welcome bowers of green,
Welcome, We living the f,rman's grip-
Your Couutry's banner u wTest-
An many forehead shows the banner stripe,
And stars once crimson hali)| many a breast
AMI v- uaIe heroes who from gIory'S bed
Marx where your old battalons form IN line,
VI nv- in their marching ranks with nOiscl"ss tread
And shape unheard the evening countersisn--
Come with your comrades, ttt returning brave
Shoulder shoulder they await YOU heres
These lent the lif. their martyT-brotbrTs gave
Living and dead alike forever dear.