The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-08-19
NATIONS TEST.
sy JOHN BOYLE o'REnL1.

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Pr nd ssia-haif the rounded earth 49,,
In teenni lives the solemn truta are ~,
- ,-,sssd and fruitful every clod IS ofeeulhs
4 r-tty lffe-too small to reach tne eye; 1t,,,
- tn e-snesstions creep their course am ave.
Hapless the lands. ard doomed ann .ne I"Oea'
sCi,ef i've no answer to this royal test
r tir tSiIing trib will dIoOp ignoDle iaeeS'
Till es1ih IN pits takes them d., DScA W
.-sr monetary nay not De evil -
l,,,t 10 - IIguI Tells rs IL can not DC goo"
N.u.y and nil nave Oeauty-D3u. .iis t $500
Nusf bss a fh3delsss and StaSnah' OAO'"'
Thing the touchstope, Motherland 70 thee,
And tess thee trembling Iea1-nE '
=, snoUlSs' a tS1i thou vert proved to be-
Aht what would love and memory aNSi'
+}raveI.nd, COD has blest thee
INV strong heart ieeli
= Touch thee aud test tnes
Dear land! As the steel ,,.,
T. ;he magnet HES upward, ~ - - no res
Vii 4gIotaerly pride to the touch OI 'he 'S'
ssc, she smiles beneath the touehstone' looking
10 OK in g AVN her inns OF Leaders ana OF Work-
Ere fha Te1ton ~ rsema9, Briion left the Priina
WV o fheir rule was might and rapine, ana
In liz law painted M sarpin, still was in
wn !. t. e p,ide of Babylonia urder Cyrus hand
va me Sohynx's iutroverled eye was ir>sh
with Egypt guilt ,,,,,,s. Union tho
When the Persian bowed I'D AlueHS' "-40 ~
Psrthenon was built; -, en- On,
When the Macedonian climax closed the Iom-
U,,l. nv T-'a.b of Roman manhood burst on
Tarquin for Lucrece, -, .h.,,o, t-o-,,
Tn sli Vas Erin rich in knOWleuSS-thou0e AiOO
Ke1rSi 10 fo-daS by students only, grew her an
Gent Senchus More;' ...,...s,s-, ,.t.o
Thu y7Crs reared her mlShtE sDu.alueA-' VIZ
made temples to the SUP. wv 80
Tier they sta. d-tne old Round Ao"ers-ShO"-
,r,yirte p thousand years upon them, shamiEg all
Warning fingers raised 10 tel Us w must "''--o
with reveTent hearts.
An We call thee Mother Erin. Mother thou IN
Mo Ter in the large fruition, mother in the joys
Az nv life has been symbol, we can only read
Goa : - hood thee yet with sunshine for the
All nv lie tie mas been y mboic OF a human
mother life; 80 S-.s---.,,s O =,
Youth. with All its dreams has Fanishea' a. q
the travail and the siiile ..,. .,,,.,,
Ar. upon thee in the pr. sent; but tiny Work unui
stii h Ssi teen for Truth and Manhood, and it
Justice ei iGe. thoagh Judgment fingers, angels'
,, p,sn.is YEAS ase moments III IN eternal
o.: rom the valley o. death aud tears,
From III wa and want o, thousand years
From the mark of sword ana the rus o.
Eroia 'ie smoke and blood God Of gsna! laws,
The irish nan ano the irish cause
tome out in the front OF the field again.
What SAYS the stranger TO such vitality:
VIVA: says the statesman 10 this nationally?
Flung on the shore OF a sea OF defeat
Hardly the mm1Is hSve sprung 70 thei' Ieet,
Wien the nations are thrilled oy Clarion
Aod Burke, the philosopher-statesna nan Is
herd.
Waeu shall his equal be- Down from the ste
sees lie ine planet and all on its girth-
Inuia Columbia and Europe: his eagle sight,
sweeps at a glance AL the wrong upOc earin.
Rsces or sects were to him profanity,
Hipdoo and Negro and Cell were as one;
Lsrs,. as mans ina was his splendid humanity,
l4sIZe IN ills record the work he has tone.
Wat eed 10 men ion men OF minor note,
When there BE- minds that all The heights al |
WhSi schooIboy knoweth not the hand who
sweet Auburn, loveliest village on the
what man that spesketh English ere can lift
His voice mid scholars who hath missed the /
And wit of Curran, Sheridan and Swift.
Cir3ttan aud Flood ard EnmeL-Where is ne
That hath not learned respect for suen as
Who Ioveth humor and hath yet to see
Lover ana Prout and Lever and Maclise:
Great men grow greater by the lapse of time;
We know those least whom we nave seen the I
And they 'mongst those whose names have
grown sublime,
Who worked for Human Liberty, are greatesi.
And now for ons who allied Will to work,
And thought t. acs, and burning speech to
Who 'ssass'ned the prizes that were seen by
BarEe fen the wrong-O'ConneI felt and
fought.
HIS ace was crushed-nis people were de-
he .oand the spark and famed it with his
And ed the fire. till all the nation asmed.
de- reused the iarms-he made the serI a geo
He drilled his millions and he faced the foe;
Bat IOt with lead or steel he struck tho foe
Reason a1e.s5i the sword ana human right the
blow!
He fought for home-but no lsnd-liEnil bounded |
O'CoDnelIs faith, nor curbed ms y IA gathles;
AL wron to liberty must be cOniouDued
ii I men were chainiess as the wind and seas
ViLa ceaseless hand he bigOt laws ne smote
on chart, he said. all mankind should IN
The light TO worship and the right to vote.
Always the same-and yet glittering prism;
In ,Sit' law, 5 atecratt, still master-nand
An .snnfrnwned king" whose peoples love was
chPism;
FL tITIt1 Liberator of his land
9. lis hearts in Rome, his spirit is In heaven"
80 rTlu. n q id song tha his people sing;
A al roupd tower the baIlded in Giasneviu--
Frtt irish gladstone fer an lrlsn k1ngi
IN, ,,o,haflandI there is DO cause TO doubt thee.
nv mark Is left on every shore today.
Though grief aud wrong may cling IKE robes 4
abO u thee . 60 So,
INV motherhood will keep the Queen alway.
In faith and patience WORK Ing snd OelieVilS
MOI poyVer alone C n make a noble Siale;
Whistler the land, through all things else con-
ceiving. .,..
l-,less ID breed great men, 1t is not great.
o.. ~ dear lagd and midst the gent TatlOns
sd q at strong men 10 cry the Word aloud.
Ts.y nic5e is empty stu amidst me natloinSL