Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1872-01-31

Whore ancient history and modern meet,
Occurs this time with tragic deeds rcpletc.
When to the Holy Land vast millions poured,
In six crusades for our offended Lord.
knights Tcmplar was the noble name they bore,
From Europe's western verge to Asias shore.
And in those long, mad wars Of Palestine,
Knights Of the Gross and Knights Of Malta shine.
They went to rescue in far distant lands,
Tho Holy sepucher from heather hands.
With a mistaken sense of duty fired,
There millions died with matchlcss zeal Inspired.
The Sultan Solymon thcir hosts nssailcd,
And widowed Europe long their fate bewailed.
Eight hundred Thousand in the dust were laid,
And of their bones Pyramid he made.
But when success the bold invaders crowned,
An Christendom did with their names rcsound.
The Hermit Peters fame most brightly shone,
In these Crusados, with Godfrey Of Boogno.
And C~ur de Lion, England's champion brave,
His lifes best years to these excursions gave.
The dearly wished for boom at last they gained,
When Paynim blood the soil had deeply stained.
Then anthems rang through all the Christian
lands,
For the successes Of these daring bands.
But when another century had passed DER
They lost Jerusalem foreyermore.
Within the Empires Of the East and West,
Was middle history many years compressed;
Till numerous nations which the world still grace,
The Swedish Charles and Russian Peter were,
With Alfred and the Norman Conquerer,
Celebrities Of Europc's later reigni
To which we add the Cid of Moorish Spain
Elizabeth, the British sovereign star
The hero Of the Nile and trafalgar;
Napoleon Donapart, of Corsica,
Who crushed the Bourbons' long established sway
The Duke Of Wellington, Of martial pompi
Great Prussian Frederick, and the Dutch Won
Tromp
And Charlemagne, and Bruce and William Tell.
Whose names in scrolls Of gallant daring DWELL
The Feudal System with its serls and lords,
And knights Of chivalry, theme affords
or Wild romance, In Spain and Germany,
In England, Portugal and Italy,
Which, with its malchloss deeds Of daring men,
On Garth can never be revived again.
But Inquisition times Of Papal might,
Which truth suppressed beneath their withcring
blight
With prosecutions giving Gcnds delight,
And martyrdom for walking in the right.
Till liberation dawDed with hope and light
No longer curse the world with rayless night.
The POtentato most absolute and vile,
Maintained on earth to-day in royal style,
Ciclian Nespors never can renew,
Nor massacre of 81. Bartholomew.
There came a day when long crushed Right and
Truth
Regaiued the ustrc Of immortal youth.
An era in the history Of mon
The sailors compass was Invented then,
Enabling navigators learned and bold,
Earths distant, hidden mysteries to unfold
The System Of Copernicus had given
The true solution OF the orbs Of heaven.
The Art Of Printing was invented by
John Gutenberg Of Mentz in Germany.
The Reformation followed in the train,
And light aud purity revived again.
Gunpowder came to be employed IN war,
Al Cressy's battle field, on tho French shore.
And will be used till war has ceased to rage,
And Earth shall have a second Golden Age.
But now We come TO view In other olimes,
The most important deeds of modern times.
We notice first the famous Genocse,
Columbus, sailing into unknown seas.
On seeking routes to India intent,
lie gave a new world to the orient.
Thus lost Atlantis Of an ancient age,
Resumed its place on the historic page
The way that he discovered to It's coasts,
Was quickly traverscd by adventurous hosts.
Ycspucci's voyages were early wrought,
And those Of Cartier, Hudson and Cabot.
The coast northeast had been explored before,
BY Norihmen from the Scandinavian shore.
But their researches had been little known,
And never reached the more enlightened zone.
Their colonies abandoned long were tossed
Upon the waves and all their records lost.
SO with the charms Of novelty arrayod,
Were the discoveries which Columbus made.
And many expeditions crossed the main,
To these new lands, intent on golden gain.
Aud colonies were planted far and wide,
by various nations near Atlantic's tide.
Rude Indians royed in scattered savage bands,
Within the woods and oer the prairie lands.
Two Empires only did these wills unfold,
Half civilized, and rich in gems and golds.
fernando Cortez crossed their mountain walls,
And boldly entered Montezuma's halls.
Pizarro went to conquer, OF subdue
BY treachcrous deeds, the lucas Of Peru,
Balboa first attained pacifos bound,
De Soto Grst tho Mississippi found.
Ponce dc Leon, adventurous and uncouth,
Here sought the Fountain Of Perpetual Youth.
Nasco de Cana, In his voyage round
The southern capcs, the route TO India found.
Magellan, sailing through Mhgeans Strait,
Was FIRST the world to ciroumnayigatc.
But far the greatest name the world unfolds,
The worthy Father of bis Country holds.
And in all lands and times no other one
Has merited the fame Of Washington.
Among the colonies most widely famed
jamestown and Plymouth justly may be named.
New Amsterdam and Providence st Augustine,
And Pennsylvania, on the list are seen.
The Revolution, with our later wars,
This glorious Union built upon our shores.
Sweden, Briatiu, France beyond the sen,
Holland Belgium and part Of Germany,
Along with our United States. we find
The most enlightened nations Of mankind.
-Four hundred years have not yet passed away,
Since FIRST Columbus saw America.
But true progression has been busy here,
And formed country with no living peer.
The greatest nation Earth has ever graced,
Within our boundaries is forever placed.
For most especially our country stands
The home Of the oppressed Of other lands.
And while our Flag unfurlcd to every breeze,
In every port, on near and distant seas.
Protection given TO all who seek its care,
And freedom yields to mankind evcrywhcrej
Let us recall In our Columbian home,
The lessons of the Past from Greece and Rome
And never more In civil feuds arraycd,
Reverse the laws that Heaven itself has mado.
No longer cursed with any nations blights;
But blessed with competence and equal rights,
Let us cndoavor in our Common Schools,
To educate the noble class that rules,
Which numbers all DER which our Banner waves
While bowng meekly to the Hand that saves.
Let mental darkness not obscure again,
The land Of Washington and William Penn.
But let true education rapidly,
Pervado the Continent from sea TO sea.
Aud keep in freedoms care our favored cline
Through all the golden years Of coming time.
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