Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1874-10-17


Born from the mingled life,
That was laid at rest long ages since
t were within his veins at strife
nrhe one impelling TO wander,
Beneath all skies to roam
rhe other to seek quiet place,
And rest In well-earned home.
FULFILLED at last is the yesrning,
The long endured desire
And tonight at quiet Uedareroft,
He will sit by his household fire.
The Vikings force has conquered
The Arab nature at last,
And the seeds of the future have broken
From under the leaves OF the past"
Greet you who will, the traveller,
Him who has seen all lands,
Whose feet have trodden the snow wreaths
And over the desert sands
My greeting is to the poet
The singer of many strains,
Sung sin the misty orient"
Sung " on the snowy platnH."
When the soul Of the Pine was in him,
When he felt the spell of the Palm,
When upon the shore, under Gods free sky
The breath of the morn was balm;
But chiefest those that "ripened
Within a heart at rest"
When that heart had recognized the fame
That was won at home, ut best.
1 see the royal purple
In the singing robe he wears,
ANA In MS realm my hehfL DOWbt
To the sceptor pen he bears,
And as stand on his ramparts
And gaze on that realm so fair,
Numbering the domes of his cities
Gliding the distant air,
| l thank the Power that has guided
(Where e'er he yet may roam)
That though he has drunk at lTeyi
All roads have led him home.
ADDRESS By COL. NIELDs.
Benjamin Nields, Esq, then arose and
spoke in substance, as follows
Every American who is O lover of his
country owes much to Bayard Taylor for
the position and character which he, an
American poet, traveller and scholar, has
given to our country among the nations OF
the earth. By armies and numerical
strength unenlightened as well
as enlig ghtened nations can acquire
fame and glory, but the fame
thus won Is not enduring. II
does not live in the succeeding ages, bu
passes from memory and is lost. THAI
in a nation which makes it live ant
] endure through succeeding ages, is th'
q oauuuruurz- ~ lrfu1=' =. easiTaizss, receive,
and Incorporates in Its life, and gives ex
preston and form to, in poetry, music
literature and art. Among those
of this age who have endeavored
to place our country with the fore.
most of the enlightened countries oi
the earth and give it perpetuity
in the future, to none are we
more indebted than TO our friend who is
with us to-day. [Applausel His labor
In this has been with a mind u1fettered,
and the results have been full AID com.
plete. Wherever a truth has appeared,
however much it might come in con-
llict with existing theological, political
or social prejudces or opinions, he has
always gwen it to the world, and man
kind is the better for IL. Applause.
The mind in manhood inclines to the
impression and instructions 1t receives In
youth. May we not also be indebted to
those who taught our friend in his boy
: hood ''the simple creed'' Of "Ihe prayer
for inward light The search fol
/ outward truth" BY this his life has
! been brought into harmony with truth
, and nature, and, being thus in harmony
he has given 1t expression in poetry
and song. For his free and independent
expression of opinion, fearlessly given
no matter how much in conflict with tn,
then existing prejudiees-for that thanl
him. And for the position aud characte
. which he, an American, has given t
our country among the nations Of th
{ earth, give my hearty and grateiu
, thanks. [Applause
Fittingly echoing this tribute MI!
Taylor's patriotism by the speaket >
> choir sang the Star Spanged Banner
! the audience joining in the chorus.
4 ANOTHER POETIC GREETING.
a Amer quoting from one of Mr.. Taylor
= poems
And somewhere in the world 1 was
n towering pine,
{ Mrs. NJ. g. Pyle read the following poel
, she had written for the occasion
+ o, singing pinei you have learned Il
OF the nature that lay about you,
The hidden secret and life you teach
OF the things which were dumb withot
4 you.
4 You have given a voice to the stormy bias
r over earth and ocean flying
L You have echoed in music each sound thi
2 passed,
i. OF joy or of anguished signing.
b TIL the silent treoa that about you stood
s with their votceless stir and fiutter
Q Owned the spell of the song which th'
l. understood
:, And felt, though they could not utter.
" There are other pines on the distant crei
a Which their boughs on the sunset blazo
: With their kindred music might echo bel
u u The swell OF your diapason.
n But they were not nurIed by the sun al
breeze,
10 You felt with your young plumes daily
n They are not your kin like those 9th
IS trees
That grew in your green valley.
20 Chestnut, or maple, or elm we claim
ID Our kin, though no song may show. i
Mt Our pine may be known by a world-wi
~ name,
y He is still our Pine aud our Poet.
AZ REMARKS OF II. NJ. JENKINS.
Of Mr., II. NJ. jenkins then spoke.
w said: 1t is one of our inalienable rigl
II. to travel. It is true that there are {
ne ceptions under which people are not p
m mitted to travel. II Is and has be
ly always accounted both natural a
Of honorable that men should move. II
or the best people who move. Those W
do not move arc often kept duiet by fol
ns of Inertia. But from the time of our
on motest ancestors, who dwelt in tents Il
in they might more readily migrate, Of {
ar pages in history, those devoted to mig
zee ton of the worlds people are the large
nd l speak TO day in congratulation.
nd speak, | may say, very Informally G
- with not half the warmth and enthusia
nd l really feel on this occasion. He "
art has travelled and seen such hight of
his telligence and given TO MS his observstil
with a spirit OF fairness and power
on discrimination, has found himself fri
,ut seated In the saddle OF Pegasus. IL
he been nearly twenty years ago since l II
he the first book Of Bayard Taylor, VIII
er. had the effect on me that Robinson Cru
es. aud Jack Halyard have on boys. b
res nowadays do not run away so niue
or perhaps II is because they do not r
tea such books. His description of his tray
arm had the efIectof making all who read II
no wish to travel, and let me add that Of all
ist- travellers who roam there Ia nOue N
to deserving Of our congratulations and
'not houor than he who comes hOnora
ers. home be whose arrival We eelcor
sivs [Applsuse.l
cart RECITATION.
luld Mrs. Gertrude W. Nields then rec
e. most feelmgly Mr.. Taylor's beau
ally lU song OF the Camp,n after which