The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-07-12
COLUMBIA.

Law. Of this county, who graduated q
that time. Subsequently, BY request
Mr.. Law read the poem at the Com
mencement Of the Glenzille Norma
School. A general desire has beer
expressed that it should be printed
and as is production Of real mort.
We surrender the space necessary for
lis publication:
Hail Columbia, Happy Land /.
From arctic seas to Patagonia's strand
Like eagle great with wide extended wings
Whose gloomy sight to fowl dread horror
brings,
Thou spreadest far out DER the mighty deep
Along thy shores two oceans pillows SWEEP
With one continued swelling swift they roll
With restless ebb, and flow from pole to pole
And all degrees OF climate, too, theu hast,
From summer breeze to winters chill and
blast,
The back uniading summer always gilds,
Thy alH tips perpetual winter chills.
High heaved aud massive on thy southern
wing,
Tho grim and tow ring Andes mountaiul
spring,
Whose snow.capped peaks above the nists
ofgray,
Look forth to greet the rising king of day,
Volcanoes here, with ftful, laundering roar.
AdOwn their sides their liquid pillows pour,
Bat here, encircled by these mountain. wilds
Wa. C.tta. 80 u, IA "a - m ar,ilAa
Upon the east swirl coursing to the main,
Three mighty rivers flow across the plain.
Our proud Monongabels's winding stream,
Would by their side meagre brooklci
seem. 1-..l-
Although those mountain height IS arc full o.
OF silver, diamonds, gems and wealth IN.
told
Although those plains are rich and fair to
scan, Sos. -.---t
Thcy lack the work ofe tucated man.
But leave my muse this wide excluded cline
By nature stamped with all she owns sub
lime.
Now to the north my wand ring vision turns,
Rherc Mexico with tropic seasons burns.
Her mountain peaks are also full Of geld,
Her lovely valleys strewn with wealth I'M
told;
And dashlng proudly 'gainst her eastern
The surging pillows of the Great Gulf roar
Upon whose broad and rolling spacious tide,
The thronging fleets Of various nations ride,
Here fertile isles their rich lrxuriance pour,
And western dainties crown the eastern
shore.
Yet this my high ideal can't suffice;
| seek yet loyelier climes, yet milder skies
Behold where Mssissippi's sluggish tide,
With mighty rivers wedding both It's sides,
Flows grandly on adown the spreading plain
To mingle. with and swell tho neighboring
SA main.
Here, he.o arc nature fairest, choicest fields
A losclier view this earth nowhere reveals,
high ranging long the misty eastern skies.
Tho lofty a ppalachian mountains rice;
while grimiy stretching far along the west,
Tho Rocky Ranges LEFT their rugged crest.
Thus mountain, and valley, hill and dale
and knoll,
WIN rise anu iaii @Huu 'ar to"afu 'ue polc
ETe apsarea yea a. aso IN ~ ,nls Giie
Nv "a; ;nn .h;wo 49, @ 'A - S
M, I,a.sl,h. anstv ,ovsr voo,ed h;s mai,
Nj NV tbs lisht AZ lam ar flaming grate
But by ,hs misty light Of rising NEON,
His maiden's brow was decked with gay
festoon
Va, sd !, .oa 1. Is N str;kc the,.v -
nj III y ~. IN AVID nsosa all s,ys,, -.
Fnr s-om ,hs s,,nrisc DIR tie deem ,bs.s " N,
4 mightisr tses. with more exalted name
With three small ships and ninety men a!
crew,
Columbus bnyed the deep and hither drew
n. al ,ho ra.. A.. Ia, vo, ,ho, u,a.t,ow,
rSa, q NV .,-as vs,e land bs.;Sos ths,r ny,,
VIII VII ,ors a. Via sdysntnreMirst ar soId
The nn,lie mind was rajsed 10 bsiobtspptoli
And ,bonsands d,sreoord;ng lrws Of right
Sought glory, wealth and honor, BY theil
might.
who us,v;nv an tbe Indians, bpptinr land,
n.y. ~, 5saS,, sn5 ...;s, 5.s,rr.,;on, - ,t,a;,
os"us1 M. ufa AAN '"'' Ns'" asASA " 'Aet'
rv, hurdrsd v..r. and mors b,v. na,,.i
wv " away e'' 1as -''S s f-''SS
Since lionel ! Pilgrims entered Plymouth Bay,
Inspired by Freedoms thought borne on By
They molly dared I 70 cross the stormy seas
, psrsssued brave 1S and pegs s1na
S"usus pea.e anu tsiuse IN aiotereu 'Aiu
These were the noble, luaty sons OIL toll,
. =, TILED .,an The soil ,,.,. !, -.
Where countless thousands peacefully reside
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FOR sue oy s'oe ei1se ~ eaGn slste, oG'e,
From siymoa'a hoek 10 kurekes aolaet
Ga@i
Ana SCUM ron IN, ,as. sapetio ! noole snee''
10 Waete nv "a, mn MN. a,ss,sssppl mssI
Where natures gifts and art Improvement