Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-08-06
Lowell, ON Washington.
From His Under the Great Elm,- Read At the
Recent Cambridge Centennial.l

oen'enn'Ai'I
Musing beneath the legendary tree
Tae years beneath iurI OF; / seem to see
The sun-hecks shaken the stirred foia % throu m
Dsppie With gold his sober buff nd hiuc
Ana weave prophetic aureO,es round ths bs.a
That shines our beacun now nor rart.n. -ith A..
- dead.
o, man of silent mood,
stranger among strangers then
How art thou since renowned he Great, the Good
Familiar as the day in all the homes OF men,
The winged years, that winnow praise and blame
The seir-renewins splendors OF thy fxme'
|
o. for drop Of that terse Romans ink
| Who gave Agricols dateless length Of days
| To celebrate him itly. neither swerve
| 10 phrase uns emDt, nor ass discretion's brink
! With him 20 sIatu-lke in sad reserve
| 50 iidenf to claim 50 forward TO deserve,
| Nor need shun Cue influence Of his tame
| Who, mortal among morials seemed as now
The equestrian shape with uni nimpassioned brow
| That PAGES lent On through yistas OF acclaim
| What cure more immOvably august
| Than mat grave strength so patient and 90 pure
Calm in good fortune, when I, wavered sure
Modelled on classic ines SO simple thew endure,
! That soul softly radiant anu so white
| The tack il lett s-tms less OF FIRE than light
| Cold but to such As love distemperatures
And II pure lizht. as sons deem, be the force
Iaat drives rejoicing planets on their Course,
| why iof his power benign seek inquirer source
his was the tr e enthus asm that burns long,
lomeslcally bril- lit.
| FED irom Itself and shy O. human sight.
The hidden force that makes a lifetime strong
AAd u0t the shOst-iivet uel o: a song.
passionless, say you, What is passion for
Dul 70 sunl4n- cur natures and control,
0s n',ne. or such a. shames the eonquerOr.
hat h'e was lea v lih substance u the soul,
Ahd 10, NltA hu4ioay stUhble that could burn
Ihruu-h seven SLOW ye.fs o. uEaGvancin, war,
Equti Nleu he4ds were lost OF hslds were won,
y IN Hre4th o. opular applause Og blame,
Nor drned nor damp, unqusnchably the same,
Zoo .awa.c TO be ielcael ~ laws O. Idle fame.
Soldi er ard statesman, rarest unison;
hi-h-po.scd sXIiuple oi goat uuties done
Slnp y 5 D. -tIin j wo ld'- nbswJrn
A, iile 5 inc uarelt -its o al mea born
Dunno Tor himsel', unless 70 we're 10 tod,
but :or uis barefoot soldiers eloquent.
Irampins the snow o. coral Where tbey trod,
He'd by his awe n hOl,Os ey ed content;
save By the men IA noolsr temper sh4m=d;
y honored then OF Lo" oecaused he wOOed
The popular voice. tut that he stiIl w!thstoodi
Broad n-lded, D. shcr-s ed. there i out ons
Who U.s al this, ana ours AID AL men's-Nash-
.n-tIa.
A-a'4' strong 0l A'it -rie-t-tf.y great,
th-- iii-a aa- dliAcu Lac feFui'ius lights,
Catch -lifc the NLi-ir et e uu=crollvd 10 walt
Ga lne lur- curve ct patient d.! aud III hts
i.uu NJ % Who4e lie 70 me circle idlr
Ofu.htd comp picaeues AID tbs balanced soul,
So ul pie ia is -rlnleur. cOld!y bare
Ol dra peries theatre. stand IL tlers
Seems hot 50 reat at dIsJ uu, -1e4ter grows
sta = We .olE, l4G by eAPetieu-~ learn
H,v --ra-d th's qIlct Is. AuN u0rl, s.ern
The Sc D.. lie tlal pru --t eu life long thrCes
TINS el,s-etc passion o.. rcpvse.