New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-06-26
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To-ona tho ampleSt spaces neaNthMWu
ssS he tbe thought I'd think to-day OF lnse, Auei''
sneh be the recitatve I'D bring To-Day ior '"oe
me eopceIts of the poets Of other lands bfns So long
Nor the compliments that have prame Of foreign
court or indoor library ,.0,, forests OF pine IN
o"' thS north in Maneor breath Of an limos
with omen airs Of Virginia. or Georgiss ~
, RON o. yellow stones scenes or Hosemte,
And nurnuring under, per'aaihs Az ''-De
. ns sounds from the two great seas Of the
world,
And for thy suber sense sueter reI IRA 6eemindfor
mulSs atted for thee-reai, ana sane anu iNs' q"
o %Snh Elm higher diving deeper than we knew
thou transcendental Union = Nil, ,rnorsbt.
Nv thee Fact 10 be justined-biended WIN lhoueh''
T8ongst of Man iusiifcd-blended with Goa
fTroogh thy Idea-lo the immortal ksany
5Trough thy Reality-lo the Immortal leeS'
BRAIN OF the New worldi what task rs TIME oor,ess
SO formulate the Modern. OUT OF inc peeri'S'
On, & NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. scienceO recast Poems
,Re east maybe discard them end them-May-be their
Nv ,is,ob hand conception On the background Of the
mighty past. the dead 81, ,-..o.or,
tn lan Win absolute faith the mighty living present
And ret thou living present brain heir Of the dead the
Thou that lay folded like unborn babe within Its
i ssT ~ prepared by it so long!hapy thou but
7, SeS@ste in thce-tEe essence Of the OygOne time
contained IN thee 80. -. .,,,..o,,os aes
timed with reference to thee, .,
The frIlit of all the DID, rpening to-day In thee'
III.
Si yaiSo Is Inv rcight-'tis not the Present only,
Iee fSst Is ag So st e Venture Of myself aoneno Of thy
%e ,ss.e entirely floats on thy keel, ships
WEI, nee ~ voTsss in tsthe antecedent nations
win an mem ancient struggles martyrs heroes, epies
wars thou bearst the other cOntlhehtsi 49,, -.
Theirs theirs az much as thine, the destinanoh'pore
steel IT. eT With good strong hand and wary eye,
helmsmau--thOu cdrryest great COMPANIONS
vcnofalie priestIv Asia sails this day with thee,
And royal, feudai Europe sails Win thee'
Beautiful woId ofnew, superior Birth that rises to my
Like smitless golden cloud, filing the western sky;
Fn bem Of general Maternity httec above an
sacred shape Of the bearer Of daughters anu sons
Out of thy teomng womb thy giant OaOes ~ Ve"se'oS'
Aeeedns from such CESSATION taking and giving eontin-
wor,S az bs Re5 l World Of the twain in one
world Of the soul-bo by the world Of the real alone
1ed To identify body by IL alone;
Vet in Ieenning NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. masses Of composite
Nv hps,crTs eyeies forwarded-by every nation, Ian
R,.sS eserted hefea freer, vast electric World to
s ~ SsT WorGSe world Of orbc Science Morals
1,on Wender World, Vet underlined, unform'd-neither
do define thee; -, ..,
How can pierce the impenetrane DanK OF Ine iu'ue
feel thy ominOus greatness evil as wen as goOu
watch thee advancing, absorbing the present. trans
see NY hst lighting and thy shadow shadOwing as If
the entire globe; -.
But do not undertake 10 detne theenaIug W COmlie
Ibut Thee Thee n ,aHS prophecy-as nOvi
merely thee calculate!
Thee in thy future; 49,. 49,. -.
Thee m thy only permanent life, eafeef-thy own uh'
luOsend mind-thy soaring spulti
Thee a. another .qnliy ne e , sGs an
Thee thy potent cheeriuness ana Joy-thy emu
oatterns Tor good the cloud that hung so long-that
weighd 80 long upon the mind Of man,
The doubt Suspicion dread Of gradual, certain deea-
dence OF mani -,
Thee in thy larger breeds Of Female Male-thee
Thy athletes, moral, spiritual, souIh' NofVh'
ITO tl,y Immortal breasts, Mother Of All, thy every
daughter, son, eudeard alike, forever equal;
Thee in thy musicians singers, artists unborn YET
Thee In thy moral worth and civilization lunul which
thy Troudest material wealth and civilization must
Thee in rIy a-suppyDg aninclosing Worship-thee in
no single bible, savior, merely, -, ~,
Thy countless, latent within thysef-tfT bibles
I0cessant, within tbyseL, equal TO any-diyine as
Thee in an education grown Of theein teachers studies,
Thee In Thy democratic fates en- masse-thy high orig
NAL festivals, operas, lectures, preachers;
Thee in thy ultimate the preparations only now CON-
pleted-the edince on sure foundations ted,
Thee IN thy pnnaces, intellect, thOught-thy tOpmost
rational joys-thy love, and godlike aspiration,
iors1thy saceriotsi 6ards-kosmic sayaDs,
These these In thee certain TO comel to-day pro-
Phccy.
Land tolerating allacoepting sll-not for the good
AlOue-al good for thee;
Land ~ the realms OF God a realm unto thysef;
Under the rule Of God 70 be rule unto tbyse1.
DO where arise three peerless stars,
To be thy natal stars my eountry-Ensemole-Evolu
Bet in the shy Of Law)
Land Of unprecedented faith-Gods faith
Thy soil thy very subsOil. all upheav'd;
The general inner earth, long, seduously draped
over, now and hence for what 10 is boldly laid bare,
Opon'd BY thee tObeayens Light, for benefit or bale.
Not for alone;
Not 70 fair sail unidentified always;
The storm shall dash thy face-the murk Of war, and
worse than war, shall cover thee all over;
overt capable OF war-i.s tug and trials BE capable Of
the tug mortal strain of nations at last in
In many smiling mask death shall approach beguiline
The vid cancer spread its hideous claws eingng upon
thy breasts, seeking TO strike thee deep within :
Consumption OF the wOrst-mOral eOnsumptOn-shaI
rouge thy face with hectic:
But thou shalt face thy fortunes thy diseases and
whatever they are today, and whatever through time
they may he,
They each and an shall lift, and pass away, and cease
from thee;
While thou, Times spirals roundng-out Of tbysel thy
self stll extrcatng, fusing,
Equabe natural. stical Union thouthe mortal with
immortal Olent),
Shalt the fuhment OF the futurethe spirit
Of the body and the mind,
The boul-lts destlnles.
The Soul, It's destines-the real real
lPurport Of all these apparitons OF the read;
Thou globe Of globes thou wonder Debulous!
BY many thIoe q heat and cold convulsedCby these
Thou mental moral Orb thou New, indeed new Spiritual
The Present holds thee not-for such vast growth as
thine-for such unparalleled Eight as thine
The Future only holds thee, and can hold thee.