Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-06-29

Till fit to be transplanted
To the Paradise above
Look on this truthful picture,
Though sketched with hasty hand,
And behold in them the heroes
The true heroes Of the land. ........ a
There is a special tribute due
To those who labored most.
Who from confusion order brought,
And marshaled all the host
To Dana, who, with tireles skill,
Brought in the GTGded School
And soon the whole Green Mountain State
Adopts the wholesome rule
And Conant, faithful as the sun
In his diurnal round,
Ioiled on In hope, till in our midst
The Normal Schools found.
And adams, with his plowshare deep,
Broke up the fallow ground,
HIS name will be household word
Where e'er Verm onters dwell
And thousands of her Sous with pride
WIN say, 81 knew him WELL"
And Dorsey Taylor, true and tIied,
rolled for the public good;
and by long years OF faithful work
has earned their gratitude.
As time rolls round with ceaseless pace,
His freight of good he brings,
And teaches Us not to despise
The day of little things,
For even in little cities,
Great teachers have been found,
Who in all knowledge, wisdom. toll
And faithfulness abound,
Teachers with lives unsullied,
Blameess and without guile.
Vergennes has given to Vermont,
Her Allen and her Kyle,
Nor will Vermonters eer forget
The unobtrusive man,
Who in the midst of danger,
Was always in the van,
VINO left his home. his wife, his child,
The nations life to save,
And to his Country's sacred cause,
His brightest prospects gave;
Was first 20 ell ter Richmond when
Rebeilion's head laid low,
And with his comrades on that field,
Gave her the final blow;
To modest of himself 10 speak,
Or sound his praises forth,
His sterling worth is best expressed
In saying ''LedCenlgo7th."
Nor will we fail TO speak of him,
Best known by years of toll,
In Underhill in Williston
And now on Brandeu's soil
Where e'er he moves his magic touch,
Restless as the tide,
And silent as the heavenly obs
That through the ether glide,
Annihilates confusion,
Brings order in Its stead,
And Insu bordination hides
Its hateful Hydra head
And SpauldIpg, Mead and Or5utt too,
A noble work have done,
And in their field of labor
A Just renoTn have won.
And Gorham, Bingham, Austin, too, q. brillian
race have run;
And Middlebury's pleasant halls
Send forth their cultured minds
We'll fitted by their bonored chief
To work out Heavens designs.
Right grand was the conception
And noble was the plan
Which placed him there the Christian meek,
The scholar and the man.
And thou, old u, V. NJ We hoped
In SAFETY might abide,
Since Heavtn TO thee an "Apgtl- sent
Thy feeble steps TO guide.
But angels Wits are but brief,
They seldom tarry long;
And may kind Heaven sssuage thy gref,
And say to thee, "Be strong"
Look Ger this broad and glorious land,
The free'st land on earth
Our own beloved country;
The land that gave US birth,
Behold her waving prairies
Bedecked with flowers of gold,
AS swept by summer zephyrs
Their beauties they unfold.
Behold her giant mountains
In crsggy grandeur stand,
Like lines of mighty sentiuels
To guard our favored land.
While her broad lakes, blue aud placid
Like mighty mirrors lie;
Rejecting back the gloTies
OF the gorgeous summer sky.
And her deep majestic rivers
Their endless tribute pour,
And her rock-bound coast reveberates
With the Oceans ceaseless roar.
And her bright and smiling valleys,
Their abundant product yield
To the millions of her stalwart sons
Who pillow her fertile fields.
And her cities rise like magic,
The creation of day;
And natures dormant forces yield
To arts more potent sway.
And her daughters, like the pillars,
Round a stately palace set,
Uphold in their proportion
The fair fabric of the State;
While learning and intelligence.
Their equal blessing give,
To the poorest ard the richest,
Who the blessing will receive
And in this splendid galaxy,
No stars shine forth so bright,
As glorious New Eogland
In her grandeur, power and might.
And in this constellation,
Whose bright rays upon us fall,
CLEANS forth our own Green Mountain State,
This brightest star of all
Hail glorious old Green Mountains
OF our own dear Father-land,
To US your forms are precious
As Nevada's golden sand.
Rest there in solemn grandeur,
And the Elements defy
While We lift your cloud-cappsd SUBMITS
To the Vault of azure sky,
Long may your lovely Valleys
The abode of virtue be
And the peaceful happy dwelling
Ofthe brave, the good the free.
Tell me ye sons and daughters,
OF our own Green Mountain State,
Whence comes this mighty wealth of all
That makes a nation great!
This general intelligence ..#.r.. Z
Diffused so far and wide
This pouring forth of knowledge
Like mighty gushing tide. a......
Where lies the hidden secret
OF our Nations wealth and power,
To what are We indebted E. ..
For the blessings of the hour!
Not merely to the labors
OF the faithful men of God,
Who following their master,
Oft a thorny path has trod.
Nor yet to those who minister
At Learnipg's highest shrine,
And cause fair wisdom's brightest light
On human hearts to shine.
In the great work these noble men
Have borne glorious part,
And built their deathless monuments
Deep in the Nations heart. 4. -.......-.
Wen not detract one particle
From such well earned fame, f..
But hold in most profound respect
Their calling and their name.
But We'll remember that however .-
Great they all may be,
Once in the plain old school house
They learned their A b c. --- E.t
Standing by the faithful teacher,
Who quietly bore rule, e.
And their worthy dina Mater
Is the pleasant Common School.
This is the solid corner stone rfet ~. "a
On which securely rest,
Our Nations wealth and greatness,
And all tn at makes US blest; .
And as the superstructure
In its majesty shall rise, @
To cheer and bless the nations,
While its dome shall reach the skies;
Yet each of us remember ~ a5
As its comeliness we view
That the teacher was the architect
And Master Builder too.
tell you Fellow Citizens,
We owe TO them to-day -a 1855
A mighty debt of gratitude f
We never can repay;
The value of their faithful toll E 81
Can not be measured here,
But IN Heavens impartial record 80
1t will gl0rioatssy appear. - sssEs
And while f,r you they labor,
To them be just and true. 2o wa Ma
For 10 your sphere as parents "a
There is much that you can do
Sustain them in their lab0rs, alw 9df
Both by action and BY word
And never in your presence let
Foul ISLANDERS tongue be heard. ri ca 81
Be gentle to their failings,
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For fAilings, surely. they may have,
And faults ~ we'll - y0us
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