Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1869-03-10
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THE TRAVELLER.

Brrw. A. snrtri.
Read a, n, curwensyille Teachers Institute,
o,,cher 90 1868
Sine. | began to go abroad, in boyhood' sunny
Two been traveller far and near down to Ii,
present day
On isrra fraa, wide domain, or on tho oceans
foam,
No matter where chance to be, always am at
home.
From dangers far away from here the omnipres-
ent Hand
Has brought me safely back again, to this my
native land.
Though fewer pcrils throng around the lives that
other live,
This has for me inspiring chtrns no other life can
give.
Der al this wide terraqueOus globe I've Travelled
to and fro:
From Grecnlands bOrcal, snow-clad hills, to sunny
Mexico.
From whore Atantics surging waves wash Massa-
chnsctts' shore,
To where Pacihcs water layes the land Of golden
From whore Sierra Madres peaks to reach the sky
aspire,
To where the Fuegians roam around Magellan's 8
land Of ilre.
From where uunumbercd insects swarm through
Costa Rica's wilds,
To where elysian bowers arc bathed in Tempean
sunset smiles.
From where the Iceland gcysers rise, in clouds Of
boiling spray,
To where Antartic's snow field lies, ten thousand
miles away.
From where the eondor's haunts arc found, IN
Chili's favored cline,
To where the Java spice trees wave through end
less summer time.
have beheld the monument that stands on Bunker
Hill
With Paris ladies oft have danced, in many gay
quadrilie;
Have elambered up the rugged sides Of Mont
Blancs snowy cone
And seen the fierce tornado sweep across the torrid
zone.
From Egypt's lofty pyramids have viewed the
country round;
And crossed the Western prairie lands where count
less flowers abound.
Have been where LOndons whirlpool roars, in
England's "merrie" land
And where the malsirom raves and pours past
N0rway's rocky strand.
Once with famous eronaut in the clouds did
20;
While citles,feld, and winding streams lay spread
out far below.
With guide and lamp have explored Kentuckys
mammoth cave
Have from the peak Of Tenerife bsheld old ocean
rave;
Have wandered DER the arid wastes OF distant
Africa
And walked across the Natural Bridge in "old
Virginia"
Have seen Niagara's stormy falls their rushing
waters pour
Adown that curying ledge Of rocks with loud, in
ccssant roar.
Mount Vernon's shrine have visited, upon Poto-
toac'e strand
The earthly home Of Washington, the Mecca Of
our land
Have been wher. Israelihsh tents once deoked
Arabia's plain;
And stood upon the Arctic land along with DR..
Kane.
Have seen the famous Parihenou, in Pallas do
main;
And lived in the Escurial the pride Of naughty
Spain.
Have walked along the Chinese wall, and hshed
beside the Don
And through Lord Ross telescope have often
viewed the moon.
Have crossed the Alps, the Appenines, and oft
have stood upon
Plaieas ancient battle ground, and famous Mara
thon.
Where Agamemnons hosts Of war once curbed the
Trojan's sway,
About twelve hundred years before the Christians
natal day.
Where Homer, oldest bard Of Greece, declaimsd
the Odyssey
Where Jason sought the golden fleece, beyond the
Euxine sea.
Around the Roman Forum have sauntered sad
and slow,
Where Tullys mighty voice was heard two thou
sand years ago.
Who're Thule near the Hcbridet, its misty realms
unlurled,
The utmost yergeor boundary Of the anoisni lanl,d
world.
Where hostile armies met in fght, to capture
wound or kill,
Down at the heights Of Fredsrieksburg and woods
Of Chanceorsville.
And where midsummer earihs elite invariably
To NewPOrt's famous bathing beach, and sara,oga
Springs.
Have been in the Antartic lands, rcgions wierd
and din,
Made famous by the Narrative Of Arthur ordon
Pym"
In far-oh Australasia have seen the kangaroo;
And basked beneath the Indian skies Of pure, &C.
ralean blue.
Have sailed along the Amazon, and roved in idle
glsc
Where southern summer breczes blow across the
Coral sea
Where Re De La Plata flows tumul; u ,usly forever
And dug gold many and many a day beside tho
uua river.
In short, there is no place Of note where ] have
never h-en
No sight within the wide world that have never
seen.
Thus for many, many years, in quest Of fame and
lore,
Have trnFeied distant countries through, and roved
the oceans o'eri
And still will roam around the world tin with my
ended breath,
travel iE wider land beyond the foods Of death.
Some lives have fewer trying scenes their progress
to alley
Dut none can boast such rapturous heights Of wild,
eestatic joy,
And this with truth can assert, kind lady, wof-
thy sir.
There is no life 80 happy Is that Of Traveller.
PLEASANT Hut CorrAeE, Nov. 5, 1865.