Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1866-08-29

From the Atlantic Monthly.
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? Not thoughtless let us enter thy domain; Iral
w Well did the tribes of yore. .t,7.
Who sought the ocean from the distant plain,
Call thee their country's door.o u 7a
And as the portals of sanity pile =,
The wanderers steps delay.
And, while he musing roams the lofty aisle,s
3a Cares phantoms melt away r,F If y,rt
In the vast realm where tender memories brood
IS 0'er sacred haunts of time. ma 3u3s aI5
That woo his spirit to a nobler mood I...
And more benignant clme.-
So in the fame of thy majestic hills .e,.
We meekly stand elate;
The baffled heart a tranquil rapture fills
Beside thy crystal gate ""u't iltH|.
For here the incense of the cloistered pines.
Stained windows of the sky, 'a't
The frescoed clouds and mountains purple
a ID, shrines, -, ,-. a.. ...fr.tF
Proclaim Gods temple nigh.
Through wild ravines thy wayward currents
..+. glide, ..tt
Round bosky islands play;
Here tufted headlands meet the lucent tide,
There CLEANS the spacious bay /; F. s'uaat
Untracked for ages save when crouchiug flew
igu Through foresthung defiles, jH8
(, The dusky savage in his frail canoe, ...E
To seek the thousand isles,
Id Or rally to the fragrant cedar's shade Es.
The settlers crafty foe, ...... -..... r....
With toilsome march and midnight ambuscade
To lay his dwelling low. a' h3ia
Along the far horizons opal wall
The darkblue SUBMITS rise. '.i Hi
And DER them riffs of misty sunshine fall,
Or golden yapor lies. ,.. ...........
And over all traditions gracious spell
O.. fond allurement weaves /; .,.l.r Z"
Her low refrain the moaning tempest swells
And thrills the whispering leaves.
Chvarlc deeds were wrought;
Long by thy marge and on thy placid breast
The Gaul and Saxon fought.
What cheers of triumph in thy echoes sleep
What brave blood dyed tiny wave ! .r'
A grass grown rampant crowns each rugged
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And gallant squadrons manned for border fray
That rival standards bore,
Sprung from thy woods and on thy bosom lay
Stern warders of the shore.
How chunged since he whose name thy water
| Isi bear, ..IE ,s.I.F..I.. ...#. ..#.
| a The silent HILLS between, ...f .f
Led BY his swarthy guides to conflict there
! Entranced beheld the scene
Fleets swiftly ply where Jagged the lone bal
teau,
| And duarries trench the gorge ;
/ Where .wsned the council fire. now stedfa'
The pharos and the forge.
| On Adirondack IS lake encirclei crest
| Old war paths mark the soil.
Where idly bivouacks the summer guest,
And peaceful miners toll
Where Iurked the wigwam, cultured househol'
| i throng; E- a..
Where rung the panther's yell
Is heard the low of kline, blithesome song,
] Or chime Of village bell,
And when. to subjugate the peopled land
Invaders crossed the sea,
Rushed from thy meadow slopes stalwa
4 TO battle for the free. 81 .HHsGyH.
Nor failed the pristine valor of the race
~ To guard the nations life; i'H
Tby hardy sons met treason face to face.
The foremost in the strife,
i When locusts blooms, and wildrose scents t
air, n .; ......,. .t.f f....,.,
/ When moonbeams ieck the stream
And June's long twilights crimson shado
! . wear. boa Wrl 74tN .rt'
Here linger. gaze, and dream frE
/. oOne Of the aboriginal names Of Lake Cha
: plain signifies the open door Of the country
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