The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1876-03-17
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the green islanl 4 biz birth. old sss
cries hi,,irs over bio saal. The ehect-
NIL and The sortesfal beautifully bleed.
"A. IN fancy, to-day every stSs Irish.
,uaa stands on The heath clad hills
u No green lsls, his heart heating
With ", - biz syes ssM .nee more on
her meadows. her rivera. her stately
forests. her cfumbling raias, TO Whose
walls .hs IVY clings Frightening. YET
half soncealing their ancient grandeur
ns bshelds ,hs green stretching fslds
whore on In childhood he played with
shs chssishsd friends 81 his youth. H.
hesrs the musical ripple Of bis native
strssm. and glancss ~ 10 tumblins
waters. shinnering'in shs streaming
ssnlighs. In scssaey hs lis.ens 70 ,hs
cong o. shs joyous birds, stealing up
ward from meadow and blooming wood
0lsanins amid the swsying .rses The
FURNISHED spirs u The remembered
village chapel beams upon his vision;
gently tolls shs shiming bell; like balm
Il falls upon Bic soul; hsavsnward he
glaaess and brsathss : prayer. per.
shanss hs knssis In sorro y oa.shs lone
j grave o. kind father ~ cherished
mother. spd with tear aimmsd eye,
and trembling lira mnrmurs A. AVA fos
their souls. and memory calls him back
10 brighter days, 10 the Ivy wroathsd
cottage nesting among the hills; the
old homo IN which no WAS h".. y,
whose hearth he sang In infancy thu
whose hearth hs 6r.t inhaled tho spir.
itof liberty from the sssching u q,
honorsd father, hy whoss hearth iii
path through lie wss chosen, by whos
HEARTH b. read with glowing check M
quivstins Voice II .hs gloriou. s.rns
glss for freedom In MI lands and IL i,
triumphant achievement IN tho fa,ere
land " The stara and sttircs i
Greece. gallant Greece. the land 4
Lson,las. Milnadss and eloquent ~
mosthsnes, the proud land d INNER,
ii Homer. In beautiful Italy. IN til
Tyrol. on ihs banks of tho ,nsjeati
Rhine. among the Caucasus, ~ IL,
ington. In the heroic land Of pulas
aud koscin.ko. IT Canine. In an
sr6and the walls u Jerusalem. in III
broad valleys Of his own peitccuie
Isle and IN every oisy throughout II,
world. the Cslt revereness. Saint n
riek's day. lie may not march 10 III
notes of stirring musio. h. may 10,
- eifssd orator psist In sloquss. word
The story Of bio land, her aorrows ~
her vuin-- yss ireland 10 not forgo,.s,
BIZ lsvs fof her i - sysrlassingly 6xs
- the starr u heaven. sssh love On
Devotion b ennobling. II lif.s tho -,
nearer 10 God. for hs who lovss h
native land truly respects biz fsllo,
nan. and vsneratss HE Maker.
0oas u Eria's gresn Isle. On III
and every Succeeding anniversary
ths patron saint Of yosr historic In
weep mt for The past. but with rss,
lsss lssrs. ss,.as faith, and The aLi,
ing hope that comes from noble dste
take care d tho present sna Ink ~o
70 the future d yosr race, and u u
country Jon have chosen ior your hum
Tho sun u your land may b. darken'
but Do aot dsapond. "'.is syer dark.
before the dawn lie who II enlist,
In : Just cause should b just. ana
Who would lie Up bis country aud |
ssuntrymsn from suffering and 4,
pesisa,.to The sunshine NJ liberty limi
q and controlled by laws just q,
equitable, must be constant. vigila
and ebiveIreua.
ireland. (aye reader, whether Il
land Or some other spot on earth
our hons. blessings on thee, our 10
~ shss d uuehanging and deep, ~
though leagues away from IL son WAS
a shore. your looming hilA. your VA
Ing woods. vide mssdows. rich ,alle
snh winding rivers. with rrids and
delft, ~ ever think II thee. 81
frceI ~ smile and : liberated poop
sing II, gloriss before the sun Of y
Patrick 4 day illsm@s the world a4ai
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