The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-01-13
THE FAIRY GvEEN.
Written, dUd Read before the Teachers Institute
BT s. g.. NJ 'CORaiICK.

Written, dJId Read before the Teachers Institute,
Br s. 3. MCCORMICK.
Once on n time fair angel Of light,
Or seraph, or spirit, or being Us bright,
On liquid phosphorus, TRANSLUCENT and fair;
Like the rainbow, her wings spread in radiance
bright,
And folks were alarmed at the wonderful sight.
She came, like the light of the Ilatural sun,
The place her efTulgence most signally shone.
Was spot on the northern temperate zone
a locality usually called by men,
In colonial parance, THE Forest of Penn:
= tract that - traVersed by mountain range,
And by valley green, ard by forest strange
4 place where the Celt and the Teuton had come
And had driven the red man away from his
home.
I cannot describe this stranger tonight,
Only TO say that her gIanceS were bright,
Her looks were modest, her face was fair
And surrounded with curls of golden hair.
Her wardrobe was tasteful, but then she bore
No diam0Hds-nOt even a ring she wore.
She had sweet manners, and grace, and ease,
And her pleasant smile was sure TO please.
She seemed an angel from heavenly bower
Whose presence had an electric power,
AND those who read her Grecian fnce
y ell know the power OF every grace
She willed-and trmness bore hex through
tor what she Wiiied, that she would co-
And many did glance at this lady so fair,
So hup SO bIthe, and so deb0Hdire.
Some thought her q witch, with power to bind,
BY her magical touch, both body and mind :
Others thought her niiser. like Midas Of Old,
Who wished to transform every substance 70
Some said twas Aladdin with lamps and lights,
Who had como to rob MS OF ali our rights -
others haiied her a queen, ana shouted nuzZas, I;
And asked her 10 mako them more excellent
And sqnires and aldermen, puffy and great,
Whose bodies could scarcely be cqualleu IOr
Predicted thai now the great arch would fall,
keystone, Institutions, and people ana al,
For Burrowes, and Stevens, and Wolf had been
With Ritner, escorting the Fairy Queen"
But she needed them not the sur1nises OF men,
threats
She traversed the State from the lakes to the
She exdlnined the forests. tho rocks, and the
And she saw precious gems In the forest pine,
bright jewels in rocks and gold in the mine,
And diamonds and pearls, that quietly @ lay
These people have wealth, but, alas they are
Said tisc Queen: What is wanted Is mind
NINDl! MIND!I.
"NOw, what can DO for this peoplc!' dshe;
y shall open their eyes and then they can see'
She went to the Senate and hallowed its halls;
She perfumed the Old Representative walls
With spices from Orient palaces brought
The odors of reason, the essence OF thought;
And daily she cOunSeied with law-TnallerS there,
And nightly ahc whispered to heaven prayer;
And soon she enchanted the sage and the youth:
She CnamCTed with smiles-silG concerted Uith
Until they consented to sell her domain,
" mere the signal OF truth would continually
And where she would rule with q power Divine.
She summoned young men OF the State toap-
As her priests, but she said, Your reward is
Young rnaidcns. as pricstesscs, too, did prepare,
who recompocnEc sought; but she pointed-''UP
She showed them her affairs, some dim and some
And:fhc said ''Orer here sweet incense Of light"
She pointed to fully half million OF youth,
sons of truth"
sTEa,- Io 70 oorraj y, +,!, TT, ~ lf
BY the touch of my wand, both body and mind :;
They have called me miser, like Midas Of old,
gold;
They have called me a queen and shouted ap-
And now shall make them more excellent laws;
II am Aladdin, came but TO toll.
Ana my lamps shall e'er burn, for I'll dig for oil.
/ came from the realms of ETHEREAL light
The guardian of civil and moral right.
The people are mIne-the young and the old
And j1splci6dgc to them is far better than gold,
True religion is mine, though favor no sect,
And this is my creed since est M life tla7yuec:
First LIFE-thcn q DEATH-then JUDGAENT
Deyond.'
And now where the valley and hillside are white
light; ,-..
Where orchards rejoice in their goId-colored
And the vine and the vintage are everywhere
Where the forge and the furnace pour daily
From their fiery throttles metallic worth;
shril,
Screams out rs the cars traverse valley and hill
Whore the magical wire, suspended in air,
Sends greeting and gIadness- -cvcryw here
May De seen, in valley, and mountain height,
The temples or mental and moral light;
AT whose shrines are worshippers youthful and
fair,
While her priests and her ycstais make offer
iues there;
And there, in the midst, sits the Fairy Queen"
I!esJOwiug great joy whore sorrow had bocn;
Dispensing her blessings on every hand
The honored guest Of Il favored land.
Who came to blcSS lis, anl9lOt to RUE =
And " no is this lady ?-TaE COMMON SCHOOL!