Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1875-07-06

DulIo tor ali ages: aSsuredtY,
Build for mans Reason throne;
For Freedom and Truth shall prosper,
Where knowledge and Science are known !
And this Spirit which our Numa should dover
Unnamed in tho language of men,
| (His familiar of marvellous power9, s.
Thought well of Virginia then.:s -
She knew where her glory would centre,
And she smiled as she thought of her prime,
OF the faction which afterwards rent her,
OF the noise which developed with time ;
For; there's glory in quiet cxertion,
And Silence itself is sublime! -...
Build me home. said the Spirit, ft.E
Where the coin of all tongues shall be
good fsr 80 az saa -75a
All speech that the nations inherit, 8 da1a.
Shall be spoken, in fashion and mood,
From the youngest and poorest in merit,
Through the oldest, and best understood,
To the murmurs of all creation, O.
And tho infinite sounds of God
And there let Science bo given.
The keynote of allthe refrain,
| OF the spheres-to call them at even.
And name them at morning again,
Exploring the chambers of heaven,
Till tho order of stars is made plain -
For Error is dangerous only,
Where truth is all fettered Of men!
Let her teach to our youth the way 49,
OF the Great First Thought on the deep :;
Oi the calni~belts, and courses Of storms, aud
the play s-g- .r..r
OF the upper and under Rows, and the
sweep . -.
i Of the Stream of the Gulf. in it's eurren.
Aud march from the Carribbces, s-
By she'll bank, and coral, aud torrent
| Till they read His eternal dccrees
In the arms of the Ocean of waters,
And the wings of Aerial Seas! a11i :.
Let her teach and inspire ycarning g sa
OF the knowledge concealed in the earth,
OF the love of preadauite learning,
And significant moaster-brth; 81"
OF sendrift, and waters subsidng,
And landrise, and glacial domes,
And species extinct, or abiding, sha
ckbound, in their cavcrnous homes
For the crust of tho earth is scripture,
And her rocks are magnificent tones!
Let her teach there the forces of nature,
With more than an alcherist's wand;
And the station, and rank of each creature,
That inhab;ts the sea or the land
From the lowest in life and sensation,
Through ;he highest embraced in the plan
Of the specchless in Gods creation,
In tho innermost spirit of man ,t...t
Let them forge, there, the weapons of notlve
power,
Far greater than physical force
The shafts of the Reason there shower
OF Genius the wealth, aud resource,
As she comes from celestial abodes,
Through love to the Mind of man,
And births the great thoughts of the gods,
As only divinity can 80 j.
For, better pay tax to the alien sword,
Than bow to the alien pen re
And there, let them teach, in their glory,
Those Rights which the world has denied,
Which the States shall deny, Che old story
Repeating itself far aud wide),
Until from tho Porch you will build me,
The minds of Republics ascend =
To the height of the truths which have
thrilled me
For wherever the future may tend,
Be you sure what the Scotsman hath scat
tered, 800 So 3-s
Will prosper, and grow in the end
Let Philosophy there apprebend ata -
How great is the value of Peace!
o, Star of the Morning! o, friend .r
OF al! Nature increase ..-,
For, look out on the goldwaving wheatfeld.
Drawing nigh to the harvest, and grainyield,
To render the husbandman biithe
But 10! when the tempest at midnight,
Arises with terrible sound,
The empty heads only stand upright,
While the heavy ones bow to the ground
So in wartime the fools are elated,
While the wise men are stricken aud
bound!
sO-away from the tocsiu, and changing
OF the State, with It's Infinite noise,
OF cymbal, and empty haranguing,
And all brazeu playthings and toys,
Let the workmen of my Academe '=7-F
Forge only the godlike for me r-s RI
For what would be Heaven itself but dream.
To sink ike the Sun in the Sea- 80 -
If men were not more than they seeml
Here-modest, and earnest, and upright,
As the true in all ages have wrought,
The angels shall hear them at midnight,
As they strike on the anyils of thought
And there shall be giants among them; 81
:, As strong. as the Moon. in her towers;
Though silent as she, and as faithful, ~
And, who to mere princes, or powers,
Shall. be like the lightning to thunder; =,
Or like fruit 10 mere blossom, and flowers: