Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1873-07-09
The CHRONICLE.
A POEM.

tr a POEM.
Read by A. McGREGOR, of the "lStdrk
County Democrat on the occasion of the
Editorial Banquet, given by the citizens
of Canton, at the st. Cloud Hotel, in said
CITY. on the evening of Thursday, June
&c, 1873.
We read, in old Mythology, great Jupiter would
A meeting of the greater gods, in high Olympus
There, in assembled Senate, would he distinctly
state,
His mighty will, and there decree it be fulfilled
by fate;
The greater Powers were ready to obey each high
command,
And carry out the mandates, by air, and sea, and
land;
Old Neptune, with his trident, was paramount at
sea,
And old Eolus ruled the winds with high authori-
ty;-
The earth was more divided, with matters slight
ly mixed;-
And even yet, 'tis evident that things are hardly
fixed
And in that distant period, confusion would en-
sue,
Whene'er the charming Godesses would some
thing have in view,
There's Juno and Diana, and others might name,
Who troubled father Jupiter with more than
loves own flame,
But all these mighty potentates have passed to
their account
And 'tis of little moment now to what they did
amount
Another class, tho lesser gods, more numerous
they say =
More circumscribed in power and range, tho use
fal in their way;
Among these were the Household Gods, devoted
to '1Sweet Home!'
The faithful guardians of the hearth, Rer e'er al
lowed to roaml
Their high and holy mission, great Jupiter de-
signed,
To cherish all the Virtues and to benefit man.
kind!
These Household Gods have persisted too, have
long since passed away;
The Virtues tho survive them, around our hearth
today
Survive too in their vigor, with undimmed splen-
dor. shine
As brightly, as in days of old, and Jupiter's de-
sign:
With fresh imPersonations come angel graces in
To sweeten every virtue and blacken every sin;
They're found in caskets vorious let's look inside
the shell.
We find here s<Old Mortality" and meet with
"Little NeIl.' -s
Here, too, are "Angel's Whispers, ,"-'The Chill
dren in the WoOd;''
''The Children" of our Dickens, and "Little Bid
ing Hood"g
We travel with old ''CrusOe'' and find sweet san
mabel Lee"-
The maid that's not forgotten in that ''KingdOm
by the Sea-"
AdOwn the river floating iis-''The Lady of sha-
Iottrs
Who passes bye the "violet," aud sweet ''Forget-
me-nOt!'
sMy hearts IN the Highlands" with the ''Lady Of
the Lake!" o =
While on the ''Bonny banks o. Clyde" a rest with
friends we take.
'sThe wounded Hsrer' limps by us, ''The Noun
tain Daisy blooms,
ssThe skylark, p and 'sThe Wee Birds" rehearse
their sweetest tunes.
But here, at ''Home Again." We meet-how long
we've been away,
''John Anderson my Joe, john" and good "Auld
Robin Grayl" AZ ta
The sweet ''Last Rose of Summer bedecks ''The
Old Arm Chair;'
''The Cricket on the Hearth" comes in, the even
ing joys to share! --
The Pilgrim in his ssProgress''-the ''PiIgrms of
the Rhins,"
Are welcome guests-in unison with Burns, and
'sAuld Lang syneg'
And hosts of other worthless, historic in their
With all the brain creations too numerous to
name! M IN
Do Life's great burdens press you, with care, or
worldly strifef
Just ope the priceless volume, and search the
Book OF Life!
All Hopes without foundation-all aspiration
vain! 4,
Unless the heart is purity, and, life without a
stainl .-- tL
We joy with "Little BarefOOt"-we weep with
''Jeanie Deans"
So delicate to nature are those interesting sce7es
These are not fleeting shadows. but embodiments
that tell, 4
Immortal as the qualities they represent so well.
''The World'' is thus before us-'sThe Sun" with
vigor shines,
To "Herald" and to ''Chronicle'' mans wishes
and designs,
''The 'sTribune" makes the s'RecOrd" up,-"Ga-
zettes'' the ravished earth
With light and lightnings, photoing the '.News''
as they have birth,
''The Times" its seen, makes Progress''-'SThe
spirit' moves with steam LlHf
mother earth beyond conceptions
dream!
God bless the part Preservative," it crystallize
thought
Immortal life creations from human fancy
wrought s-'
Creations Of right reason, well fitted to display
The lovely forms Of Virtue in their innocent. ar
rayl
''COmpanions of the Fireside" 80 full of sweetest
ehimesl
More life-le and attractive than the gods of an
eient times