Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-09-05
MeGREGOR,s POEM.

The following very excellent poem was read
by Mr.. A. McGREeoR, Of the Stark County Dem-
oerot, at the banquet of the Editorial Associa-
tion in Canton, on the evening Of the 2slh ult.
We commend II to every lover Of verse j
We read In old Mythology, great Jupiter
would call
A meeting Of the greater gods, in high olym-
There 10 assembled Senate, would he distinct.
His mighty will. and there decree II to be full
filled by fate
The higher powers were ready to ober each
high command,
And carry out the mandates, by air, by sea,
and land
Old Neptune with his trident. was paramount,
at sea,
And old E ,lus ruled the winds with high
authority -
The earth was mlre divided, with matters
slightly Mixed
And oven vet It's evident that things are
hardly fxed,-
And in that distant pcriod, confusion would
ensuc,
When e'er the charming Gudesses would some
thing have in view.
There's Juno, aud Dina, aud others I might
name,
Who troubled father Jupiter with more than
But all these mighty pOtOntatos have passed
tn their account
And It's 0f little moment now, to what they
did amount;
Another class, the lesser gods, more numer-
Gus, they sayi-
More circumscribed in power and range, tho,
useful in their way;
Among those was the Household Gods, devo-
ted to "Swest Home ~
The faithful guardians uf the hearth, nor e'sr
allowed tn rnnnll
Their high and hoy mission, great Jupiter
designed.
To cherish all the virtues and to bench, man.
kind
Those Household Gnds have perished toe,
have long since passed away;
The virtues tho survive them, around our
hearths to-dayl-
Survive, ton. in their vigor, with undimmed
splendor shine,
As brightly as in days Of old. aud Jupitor's
design;
With fresh impersonations come angel graceS
To sweeten every virtue and blacken every
sin;
inside the shell,
We find here odd Mortality aud meet with
Little Nell !
Here tao, are Angels Whispers, the Chill
dr. n Of tine Woods
The Children uf our Dickens, and Little Ri
ding Eoodr
We travel with old 'CrusO' ami ma sweet
'Annabel Lee
The maid that's not forgotten in the Kingdom
by the Sea-
Adown the river aIating is-'The Lady Of
Shauu !
Who passes by the Violet and sweet For
get-ne-not!
NY hsnrt is in the highlands win tie La
dv of the Lake J
While on the 'l my banks Of Clyde, rest
with friends W. take,
The Wounded HdreH lmps by US, The
Maintain Daisy blo0ms,'
'The Skylark,' aud Tile Wee Birds rehearss
their sweetest tunes.
Hut here, at Home Again we mcet-how
long we've been away.
John Anderson INV Jne, john and good
Aud Robin GrIv -
Tho sweet Last rose ~ summer bedecks
the Old Arm Chair
The cricket on the Hearth comes in, the
evening joys to share!
The Pilgrinl'i in his Progress Pilgrims
Of the Rhine,'
Are welcome guoSts-in unison with Burns
and Aud Lang Syne.'
And hosts Of other worthless, historic in their
fame,
With all the brain creations. too numerous to
name
Do Life's great bur liens press you, with care
or worldly strifr7
Just ope the precinlS volume, and search the
Book IT Life
All hopes without foundation-all aspirations
vain
Uulsss the heart is purity, and life without
stain
We joy with Little Barefoot we weep with
Jenny Deans
so delicate to natrre,' are those interesting
scenes !!
These are not feetng shadows, but emoodi-
mentS thnt tell.
Imm r,al as the qualities they represent so
well.
'The World is thus before THE Sun
with vignr shines,
To 'H raid and TO Chronicle mans wishes
and designs,
The Tribune makes the Record up CT
Zrties' the ravished earth.
With light and liEhtnings. photrgraphing the
News as they have birth,
'The Times 'tis seen, makes Progress The
Spiiii' moves with steam
Illuminating mother earth beyond conceptions
dream
God bless the Art Prsscrvative, it crystalizas
Thought
Immortal creations from human fancy wrnnght
Creations of right reason, well fitted TO dis
play,
The lovely forms Of virtue in their innocsu,
array
Companions OF the frssidc, so full OF sweet
est charms
More life.like and attractive than the Gods OF
ancient times
Stations on the T. 7. & T.. X. H.
The following are the intermediate stations on
the Toledo, Tiff 4 Elstern Railway: