New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-12-10
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0FflcIAL JOURNAL OF the UNITED STATES
eFFlciAl JOURNAL OF New ORLEANS.
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THE moNUmENT OF GRERLEY.
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0nse more. dser mother Ea,tb. westsnd
In rsvecsaseMh thy bounty gave
Our brother, Yielded to thy hand.
The swost protection Of the grsve!
Well hast thou soothe1 him through the yea
And with thy smtIes, and with thy tears,
Made eroen and 1air his place q alEmber.
Thine be the keeping Of that trust;
70 chine shove his hidden dust,
Wh.s ti.s ~ sssri SCI srs H.st !e part
Yon head-uGtilthe lips Gro golden,
A. from the desert statue olden-
would Il were soi that now We might
Hear once HE uttered voice again,
Or hold hun present to cur sight.
Nor yosch With empty hands and vaiGl
o that, from some far pace, were heard
One cadence Of his speech returning
Awbispeie ed tone, sinsle word.
Sent back in answer to our yesrning.
It may mot bel what hen the spark,
The essence which nlumed the Whole
And made his living form its mark
And outward likenesss What the soul
That warmed the heart and poised the head.
And spoke the Thoughts We now inherit!
Bright force Of fire and ether bred
Where art thou now elusive SPIRIT
WhssA now, the sunburst Of love
Vhbch blended still with sudden wrath
To nerve q he righteous hand that strove,
And blaze in the OppreEsors pathl
Fair earth, our dust 10 thine indeed
Too soon he reached The vOiceloss portal
That whittier leadsl Where lies the mead
Ha And ms Ar 5Unn
Or, tell us, on what distant star
Where even a. here are toll end wrong.
With strength re newed he lifts sfar
voice OF aid. war-cry sir0ngs
What fruit this stern Olympisd past
Has that rich nature elsewhere yielded.
What kindred hsinss low loved and 5sisldedi
Why seek to knows He little sought.
Himself to att the close drawn veil.
Nor for his own salvation wrought,
And pledged. ~, and wore his mail;
No selash gra.p o. life, no fear.
Bnt for themselves he held them dear
Their birth and shrouded exit sharing.
Rot bis the feverish v ish to live
4 SUMMER LIE longer spooe,
seye that the Eternal Law might give
Tho boou in common !, his race.
Earth. twas thy hssven he loved. and best
Thy preci0ue offspring. man and woman,
And labor fOr them seemed bat rest
To him, whose nature was - human.
Bvsu here his spirit hsply lougsd
. 70 stay, remembered By our Kind,
And whore the haunts OF men are thronGe9
Move yet among them keek aa1 and
SIN, even vbere We OWEN. rs1aiuins.
With al it, tenderest thrills inereased
And I'll It cared to ak obtaining.
1ist, how the varied things that tack
The impress OF bic psssion rare
Make AXE sn..e1 To the =, soedw.ys ieck:
He walks unseen the living WOODS,
The aelds. tho town, the shaded borough.
And IN the pastoral s0itudes
Delights 70 view the frightening fuYrow.
The faithful Rast that Graded him.
Still, while she deems her nusaling sleeps.
Sits BY his couch with vision dim;
The plenteous West bis feast-day keeps,
The wistfDl S0ath recalls the ways
OF one who in his love enwound her,
And stayed her. in the evil DAYS,
With arms Of comfort thrown around her.
He lives wherever men to men
In perilous hours his words repeat,
Where clADgs the forge, where glides tho pen;
Where toll and tIaffic crowd the street;
Ard In whatever time or place
karth's purett souls their purpose strengthen
Down the broad pa hway Of our race
The shadow Of his name shall lengthen.
"Still with usw all the liegemen CRY
Who read bis heart and held him dear
II hills declare He shall not die!"
The prairies answer "Re 10 here!"
Immortal thus, no dresd of fate.
Be ours. no vain mementO mort:
Life. Life, not Death, we cOneecrate-
A lasting presence touched with glory.
The star may vanish-but a ray,
Sent forth, what mandate can recall?
The crcling wave still keeps it's way
That marked . turrets seward fall
The least Of musfc's uttered strains
IL part Of Natures voice forever:
Ard aye beyond the grave remains
The great. the good mans high endeavori
Well may the broodins earth retake
The form We knew. TO be . part
OF blHcn and heritage, fern end brake,
new lives that from her being art.
Asught Of the soul shall there remain:
They came on void and darkness solely
Who the yelled Spirit sought in vain
Within the temples airline Most Holy.
That, that, has found again the souroa
From hich ftaeH to NJ was lent:
The Power that, in perpetual course,
Makes OF the dust an instrument
supreme; the univeI sal SOUL
The current infinite and single
Wherein ~ agss onward roll'
Life, Thought and VIII forever minee.
What more 10 left, to keep our hold
I'm HIM who was 20 true and stroDgi
This eomb' lance, raised shove the mold
With 0derngs meet Of word and song,
That men may teach, in aftertime,
Their sons how soodness marked the features
D. one whose life was made sublime
By service for his brother creatures.
md last. and lordliest, his fame
station in the starry line
)f heroes that have left name
Men oOnturo with-a place divine,
|ince, In the worlds eternal plau.
Divinity itself 10 given,
70 him who lives or dies for Man
Aud looks within his soul for Heaven.
Greenwood, December 4, 1876.