American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-05-29

- 161ly shsy cfnior On her.
Her % prsise ana her to honor,
scsifersd hsre II blood and tears
Potent seeds whercfrom should grow
Glndness for . hundred yearsI"
Ten NJ, young men, have - seen
Creature OF diviner mien,
Ess i,rs e live s. .sss as ss G
! yAet hstA ~ that otheFs wsnti
, -. !, a. = I'D e. snssi.s!E death.
Tone lsss S Srass sh sP t1smpet,. breath;
Tell me. maidens, have ye known
Has.ssse,d charm more, more sSx, sy rare'
Nodesty more debonairf
IL p paiss Of ON NJ hesief years.
That might praise her IN rhyme
s0 our ssSsS .nd
Or hoPe, car Joy and our trust,
xns me NE !. = s ~ e. enc .s a sne,
whassr ia nosnshine upon snow
Her rsinsnE b; bat round the hem
Grinssn. .s.ins4; and. = % and fro
Ana on her insfer veined With blue,
Msels g szi@sce-eD those tsir feet,
o., alI diem fssker chrfsms than stains,
8uIrc0 1uu IfDxu heroic yeluei
Her h.nghy asd f..shining head
With his imperishsble dead;
Her. too. MorzArten saw.
Wh1ro the SWirs lion neshed his icy paw;
shs followed cronveiI's quenchle.s star
where the grim Puritan tread
~. = sss co !ss essr enc dyss
Tea fresh. NOR looked ON with untearful eyes.
Oar fhthsrs found her in the woods
Where Nature meditates and hroods
.1 4ns seeas q uns.a@Plsd n Ting ,,,
Hroagh life and death and nan's UNSTABLE moods;
4 sylvan hunfress clothed in furs,
10 whose cha.te wanfe her bow sumced,
nor dreamed what ds.tinies were hers;
She taught Them heelike 70 create
Thzar sinplsr f6rms VI Church and State;
She tsaxa "a, them .s 70 sndgs ,,.,,,x,.
And turn IN channels strange the uncertain
Better than III, she fenced them in their need
With iron-handed Dufy's sternest creed,
seainss selrs lean wolf that ravens word and
Why cs1asn shs hitheftodSy
To this low village OF the PLAIN,
Tar nom the Presents loud highway,
PROM Trad.'s cool heart and sssthins brains
si5ss IN soui tsaehsd II not n IN vain
VIVA pathus 81 immssez1 gain,
6hs loves yon pIae-bemurmured Ridge
W We 70. .s ssE ssos1 Ssossd h poet sleeps
49, 49, = 80 .s;s M - ness MN ne
Bat most her heart toTapturo leaps
81 .si ssse ~ ~ sf = s.,dS sss
Tns old Nine p .sss into , the New, New;
He Whisper to his listening weeds
esss G sas.ess nST sng'I.s d ,snss.
I'M - - ~. r,sv feoeeusi Vim their fats,
- "a gsss thing uneOa Nc they were great
Eiik hat arst sssvsang sbst; what theni
1.sss e. ,hs.s duty; sssy we're men m
siooss soI -, e M HonS odeet 70 OBEY
H:si q: 9; ssss. s: III !: ss.s Civ. wa,
8fronk In their love and In their lineage strong,
Fell cfnshinR; II they heard It not
Yet the eartk heard, =.
Nor ever hath forgot
A. - fssa ss..s!sd th.oae to throne.
shndder ran Of some dread birth unknown.
31ncs- venerable spoti
0'se ssoss rsd pis.ts, to snatch her diadem,
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mini yov sas.e ~ - es.rm.
n n Ss;sn sn q sbe dooe iArms
Their n svenine step shoaid iiehten M no more,
n nsids ssSE SSyica stsps iad "a knSwnf
AZ ~ss sLe rt trsI 49, n h.1 rr~ se"
~ ssicn VIII saen = naa Low, -.
feir they no Bang Of osssionsse regret
own f's''a s'0s' 'n-' 'ee~ 10 "''n 0o'
These thInrn are dear To every man that liyes
And life nr{xed more for vhat IL Iends than gives
Y-~ nsrv - nv ifsr.fion eraef
jsrn.- ~ dstsir' tSysir f.fsi Sees
And vef he enduriu1 NM thew cbeose
Whose ehoiee decides = man I}fe,s sIsvs ov kline
The fnvfsihIe fhinor N cod hefore ths seen snd
Lng1r.
Therefore th.fr memory fnspfr.tiop bIow.
3ifS ~rhoe@ ,.sheyirc An f.,m -cne ~ ZONE
WV rr-SCc.{ n: N. ~ "A, r,ortrl fh;no
1s.esfh ffn.e.s chsprefai sky.
NJ soc S - lssS n, rs.es,,, rii, ~ ~se
TSef Ien0th n d.vs Il fnoWing w6e6 10 de
se'ks" Va e-ss 10 AHo"ins "Hen W uAe'
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Mnsf nRvelous change Of things and men!
Sne xond- wsnecnng orphan tnen,
- migny now Eo0se are ner streame
" ~ mat Goes ano al that Dreams,
" all test teinks snd Al ta3 feels
1.t M sp..ss - 49, .Jn sea 70 sea-
y ioie tongues sne busy brains,
~ 49, ootl n9nt ano VINO tclrAnss
1Sn ~ ouL Iosses M our k10s
onr MAKER ana our uetim shs.
Maiden ha!f moftai, nsii DIVINE,
We rrlumpheo @ntny coming, 70 the Drinks
Our hesrue were mleA Win prioes tumultous
wmes
Ana cares % nooas s m si ,hss, F,on, the
AAe' Sesns me- "A' '' 10y '-