The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-08-08
f,siI,g state gauraal.
EVENING, AUG. S, 1921
!. LORDS or THE LAND OF THE SUN"

The following poem was read by Oliver Wen
dell Holmes Mt the banquet to the japanese in
Boston last Friday evening. We take IL from
the TranScript:
We welcome you, Lords of the Land of the Sun
The voice Of the many sounds freely through
All would 'twerc voice of more musical tone,
But the dog star is here and the song birds have
flown. ........ .... .
Andl what can l sing that shall cheat You of
Ye heralds of peace from the Orient isles {? .
If only the Jubilee-why did you watt
You are welcome, but oh you're a little too
late! ..... .f-..
We have greeted our brothers of Ireland and
France, ........ ........ . .....9
Round the fiddle of Strauss we have joined in the
We have lagered Herr saro. that fine-loeking
man, .. .... ..r4 ...G| ...r sI-.
And glorified Godfrey, whose name it is Dan.
What a pity we've missed it, and you've missed
it too, III f. u- |...
We had a day ready and waiting for you; ~
Wed nave shown you-proyded of course you
You'd have heard-no you wouldn't because it
was dumb. .,.. B.. ...... ..... IL. ..t.. b. Il
And then the great organ The chorus shout !
Like the mixture teetotallers call "Cod with
out .......I ....u..H .4.,..
And the drum, Just referred to, that couldn't
be beat" .... Jed. ur.. ..eI. ..........I f.
The shines of our pilgrims are not like your
Where White Fuslyama lifts proudly its cone. 4 +.
CHE snow-mantied mountain we see on the fan
That cools our hot cheeks with a breeze from
But ours the wide temple where worship is free
A s the wind of the prairie, the wave OF the sea ::
vpll
will, ....E... y...... 40, a.t.
For the roof of that temple is over you still. ,u
One dome oyerarehes the star-bannered shore;
You may enter the Pope's or the Puritan's door,
Or pass with the Buddhist his gateway of
bronze ....- ..F. ~ ~. 3. I. D"
For a priest is but Man. be he bishop or bonze.
And the lesson we teach with the sword and the
Is TO all of Gods children, "We also are men'
If You wrong us we smart, if you prick us we
bleed, r..... .... -..a,s'Ft> 1.- I..a
Ii you love us no quarrel with color or ereedl 70
You'll find us a well meaning, free spoken crowd,
Good natured enough but little too loud SIS
TO be sure there is always a bit of a row skafs
When we choose our tycoon, and especially now.
For things are so mixed, how's a fellow to know
What party he's OF, and what vote he shall
thrown ....., Hr aH
White is getting SO black and blacks getting so
Republic rat, Dem-iean--cant get em right T. y
You'll take it all calmly-we want you to see
What u peaeeable fight such contest can be, ltIa
And OF one thing be certain, however it ends, t0g
You will find that our voters have chosen your
friends. ..s tJs ..-.f... .| :, -.
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If the horse that stands saddled is the first in the
race, ...s....#.. e..f". -.. .......s r. " .A
You will greet your old friend with the weed in
his face, ...'....s Z. ~ ir...
And if the white hat and the White House agree,
You'll find IL. Il. really as loving as he. ~
..l.,...-. l5I lsjla.f ..... ..H.. .g
But oh, what a pty-once more must say q
That We could not have joined in "Japanese
Day !'''. " ..n... = a...# .H.' E' aN.s.,..#
A chorus of thousands all singing in true
God bless the Mkado Long live the Ty coon
The Lord OF the mountain looks down from his
crest, as-. ......' .r.""f| .aa' .-1Fsl
As the banner of IN orning unfurls in the west
The Eagle was always The friend of the Sun
ion are welcome Tho song of the cage bird is
done. .s,. a.I 90 .sU F.
August 2, 1872 ett- s. ."l .'a-t.s- ..Rl'l