The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1876-07-11
NATIONAL ODE-SCLX q, is7s.
Bayard Taylor then recited the ''Na.
ional Ode. composed by himself.


sun Of me stately Day,
let Asia into the shadow drift.
Let kurope baek in thy npenesl ray,
And over the severing ocean lift
a brow OF broader spiendoTi
Give light TO the eager eyes
OF the land thai waits 20 behoI tnee rise:
The gisdness Of morning lend her,
With the triumph OF noon s,tenh hsr,
And the peace OF the vesper skies
For, 10, she comsth now
With hope ON the lip and PRIDE on the brow,
stronger. and dearer, AMI fsirer,
To smile on the love We bear her
To live. az We dreamed her and sought her,
nbeIiys i.tes, daughter.
In ths clefts Of ihe rocks, IN the secret places,
We found her traces:
on the hlls, in the crash o. woods thai fan.
We beari her call.
When the lines OF battle broke,
We say her face IN the nery smoke.
Through toll, and anguish. ami desoia'ion,
We followed ana found her
With the grace Of virgin nation
As sacred zone aroand her.
Who shall rejoice
With a righteous voice,
Far-bs arl through the ages, IL not shef
For the menace Il dumb that denei her,
Tbe doubt ts decd that denicd her,
And she stands acknowledged, and strong and
An. hark the solemn undertope
On every wind OF human story blow.
large, divmeiy- nodded Pate
Questions the right and purpoee Of state, Il
Ard IN its plan sublime ... adj.
Our eras are the dust Of Time.
The far-on yesterday of power
Creeps back with steslthy feet, M
Iavades Inc lordshlp Of the hour, 4.
And Al our banquet takes the unbftiden eeat.
Prom aii unrhronicled and silent ases,
Before tbc Future lrst seeot the Past,
Till History dared, al last,
From Egypts tswny drift and As~ur's mound,
And where, upliffed white and fair,
Earth hiRhest yesrns 70 meet Q star. H
And man his manhood hy the Ganges found
Imperial heads, Of Old miennial sway
And siili by some pale splendor crowned,
chi a. corpse-nght IN our full-orbed dsy,
And ssy. through stony lips and vacant eyes:
Thou nat sacred freedom, power. and fame
Declare 70 us thy clsin,"
rssr = af~ Ill. a-
On ths shores of con;inen, cast,
she Won ths invioisfs sof 80
~ loss Of nsirdcm of AL the Past ~
And T.itn IN the royel right OF Tolli
she rsnted homes on the savage sod:
Into the viideriess lone
she walked VITA feeriess feet.
In her hand the dfvinire rod,
Ttn f6< veins % the mountains heat N
WIN ore Of metal ana force % stosei - e
= s. 10 ,arn I in ne % siiis q y her r sr.sa: re
Ihrcugh the prAiries' inouss ad-csniuried sIssps
10 us Sontn, snd West, snd Norm,
shs called Psfhsndsrforth, 80
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Where the nasned Sierra, snovy-usrrcd.
Her wsy 20 the suu-et bsfrcd.
And the nsmsles rivers IN thunlcr aud foam
Chsnncicd the tsrribe canoni 49,.
Nor paused tlll her utfcrmo~f home
Wss butt In the smile ~ q softer sky. lif
| Aud the glory of tesuty stll 10 be, ~ IlrsF -.
Where the hauntel waves of Afia die =
On the strand of the wonivife sea'
efl4 81 lsfsa n ash irrrr =
The rsce. IN ecnqocysnf ~ sd t1sfl
some nerce Titanic joy 81 conquest knowg
Whether In veins Of serf or king
Oar ancient bioof bests restless in repose.
Challenge of Nature unsub-iued
Awaits NOT mans dcnant answer long,
Fur hsriship. even ss wrong.
frovokes me ievei-eyed. neruor RoUc ~ a.
/ This Tor herren ne dtl. but hat which lies,
=. A. ovcr earth TIVE <kIrx,
BleD<ilne sIl 1crns N one keoiGnanf How
/ ga Crownel coesci<nc& @en1er care. u =.
Justice, that saswern every bondmanb pfnyer,
Fryeasa wssrs Fsish may Iesd o. 7korsst Ne,
cad 1c.iitnsi gfidr ss1so c. ssf 81
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