New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-01-17
PLYMOUTH BY THE SEA.

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OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF new 0RlEA
PLYMOUTH BY THE SEA.
eWritten and read by j. P. Irvine, at the Reun
Of the New England Society, at Washingt'
Tonight the drums of memory beat.
The airs Of memory blow,
As trOOpIng down the dusky way
To dreamy Long Ago;
To where ween, the manger rocked
The birthright of the free,
The rosy ba"e. New England.
IL Plymouth by the Sea.
Oh, trooping down those coiumned years,
How stately and sublime:
Two hundred fifty years and four
This rank and file of Time.
On, solemn years that stand between,
The day she touched the .ea-s
The Mayfiower on her pilgrimage
ToPlymouth by the Sea.
Ssee her on fhe boundiess deep.
Gray winged and tempest tOssd,
Tie foam piumed pillows beating BACK
And thun' dring on the coast.
The Indian and the eagle scream
And break the wild repose:
A light rs on the Wilderness
Twill blossom like the yOSss
hardy handful or the .ocR.
An hundred. age and YOUTH
4 band of Christian alchemiste
TO test the gold of truth-e
The vanguard of a mighty host
The coming years SHOULD BRING
TO stamp the seal of Libertys
And serve their God and KinA
And as the May time woo,,s carnss
With buttercup and bird.
The shining steel began 20 CLINT
The ringing Ak was heard:
Aud then the barley and the wheaS
We're winnowed to the mold.
And in the virgin fnrTOw dI0pp0
The yellow corn as gold
9he while from every cabin round.
From all the hampered rooms
J dull and pounding thunder rosee
The girls were at their looms.
And v.abile they wOve l wonder II
They knew tonight eur ears
Would catch the sound and sing OF 10
While troOping down the yearse
They wove no shoddy In their weoA
Those girls Of Long Ago
The wool was spun of silken aa4,
The warp Of silver tows
While all the odds and ends were wound
For carpet-yarn in balls.
They did not braid them in theiy 6afe
Nor in their waterfalls,
Their feef-ah yes, their feet were large
And sbOd in wooden shoes,
They never wore a crimson scarf
Nor had q iii of sblues"
Their stockings by themselves were Sniss
And may here remark.
They darned them by a tallow DIN
That sputtered in the darls
TIE Soung men. too. wore wood byogans.
In size sugar trOugh-e
Until the warmth of summer cama
And then they took them OFF
With uppers just as good as new
And stiff unbe nding sOles,.
Their hose, If anys were of blutS
Not striped like baybeg poles
no German. then; .nor did they ca,p
On dad for "stamps~ or baie
They never saw q silk plug hat
Nor donned q swallOwtail,
The white kid glove was yet to esMN
q. The eye.gl and cologne.
Jiaig- oil had not slid into useN
And scented soap unknown
These founders of future race
Had something more TODD
ynan study dress and teach then hee1k
1t was to pray and hsw.
Two temples in the wilderness
We're theirs to build and bring
The prOffered types of freedom aud
Emmanuel their King
Our Pilgrim Fathers had fneir tauIta
Yet oft mistakes occur
in families Of the best intent
. It's human but to err.
Yea; full Of bigotry were heS.
Stiff, cold and with out art;
They did not love humanity-e
They lacked the human heart
Their faces wore a solemn mieR
Their aspect seemed seversa
And lf st their little children strap
They kept the devil near
An abstract worship through their creed
J., With them seemed all completes
70 those who did not thus believe }
Was closed the mercy seat
They had no grace of charitys
i. They gave no beggsr aims
But daily through their noses sang.
Their cantices and psalms.
And then to cap the climax they
To Salem witchcraft turned,
and all their poor eccentric folk
We're tried, condemned and burned
Ge. these were superstitious sins.
For lighter times to heal;
(hey only knew one Jealous GOds
To him they gave their zeal.
Srave men, and stout of heart and soul !
. In fire were they well tried;
Belle wing that their creed was right.
For it they lived and died.
ye, year BY year, with purpose firm (
They cleft the darkness through.
nd drove the banded savage back.
The wolf and panther slew.
nth sturdy step and brawny arus
They tanned the tangled wild,
' hrle pleasant farms and hamlete eDfail0.
And peaceful valleys smiled.
he hamlets soon to cities grew
The rough log cabin changed /.
Q coy hOmesteads, with their barnA
In perfect system ranged. 4,
he while from every neighb0rhoo6
The church spire rose on high; Is
he Yankee schOOlmarm had pew., ii
The schoQlhouse stood hard BY. j.
Rrn warriors of the truth, we're g0nA -
And for the truth, we're crowned II
rest, while this uneasy world u
Is still rolling round. u
Ich generation takes its pfaea ~
nd labOrs until run; +!
I'd so thf chidreDss children nov IL
Take w the york undone la
happy. Gear New England ~
The Union bids thee cheexs Il"
e regal West her greeting see6sD
The SOuth's warm hand Is here. Fl
= happy proud New England r.
Heres . parting health 70 thee ii
r the memory Of the PilgrimS q
I20 Plymouth by the sea-