The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1876-07-19
rmE NATIONAL ODE.
JULY 1875.
LII.

We found her traces =
I'm the hin. I'm the crusb Of wool, that fall
We heard her call.
vbcntbe lines of hattie brpte
w. .au he, s,cs 4, IN. ,.,x sraka
rbrough toll and anguish and desoI,tion
ye solloved and ,oun5 her,
with the grace Of n viryin Nation
Asa sacred ZONE around her,
Who shall rejoice
with a righteous voice.
rar.hesr,l through the ages If not sbes
For the n.nance Ia Jumb thai ,lef,ed her
The doubt \, dead that denied her.
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on the sbores Of n Continent east
sns won the inyiola,e soil
Nv loss of heirdom Of all the Past
And faith I'm the royai right of Toll,
She planted homes on he savage sod:
Il Into the wilderness lone
She walked with fearless feet.
/ In her hand the diyipinx rod.
TIL the veins of the mountains beat
With fire Of r,etaland force of stone:
She set the speeJ Of the river head
Toturn the mills of her bread;
/ She drove her plough share d.en
Through the pra.rie,s thousand eenturiei sleep
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She called Pathfinder forth.
Her faithful ana sole companion.
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Her way TO the sunset barred.
And the namelcss rivers. in thunder and foam.
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/ Forseen in the vision OF ssge',
Fortold when martyrs biod,
She was born of the longing of ages,
BY the truth of the noble dead
And the faith of the living fed
NJ blood in her Iixhtest veins
Frets at remembered chains,
Nor shame Of bondage has bow ed her head.
In her form and ieaturesstiIi
The unblenehing puritan will.
Cavalier honor, Husueno, craze,
The Quaker truth and sweetness.
And the strength Of the danger giried race
or Holland. blend In n proud completeness.
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No. yo,xav Zee, his ,noup,.,n nine.
u., y,a,x v.i,s hv ,hs ~..,a,n b,,,.
And h,aad. M. .., u,se- au
Is nl,,,ed rnvl,ns.s oalsn he,,,.i mo.ss
A. rich IN sor,I,uae
AZ cor uar, xor,dxa,, from ,s. ,.lsna.v.,,
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tn nm. .t-o,,o, r,ee n, ,.ce. hs,, mite.
rou~,,s. moi, IN her. b.,.,I,a,v f,eu,.n
yorsJet their .uor,, and slogan. ti,h and clan.
Twas glory onee 10 he Roman:
She makes II rlory now to he Man,
Their. 4. a solemn sueetness I'm her brow
And In her ewes are sacred tears.
Can she forvet-
In prescnt ioy. the burden of her debt.
when for a eaptiye race
She yrapdly stakeI and won
The total promise OF her power begun,
And haired her bosam's grace
To the sharp wound that inly tortures
Can she forget
The million graves her young devotion set,
The hands that clasp above
From either side. in said. returning love.
Can she forget,
The citizen of To- o-morrov.
And eaual Thousands 10 rejoice and pray
Resides these holy walls are met.
Her birth cry mixed of k.enes, blis. snd sorrov,
WHERE ON Iuly,s Immortal morn
Held forth. the Pssple saw her head
And .b, uted 10 the world the The King IL dead.
But tlo the Heir !, born -
When hrc Of Youth, and sober trust OF Age,
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ArOse anu cast ul0ii ie'
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SAo p'in0e IN o'a "o'.u
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