The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1876-05-18
THE PALMETTO AND THE PINE.

RY MRS VIRGINIA L. FRENCH.
They planted them together-our gallant slres of
rsoueh one was crowned with crystal snow, and
one with solar gold;
jestic height.
Ats.sstoga's deathless charge. at Eutaw's stub
~ midnight & On the dark redoubt, mid plungins
Al noontide gasping in the crush Of battles
bloody swell
with sory hands and reeking brows. amid the
which surge sgrged @ and swelled around them on that
when they planted Independence. as symbol
They struck STR % deep soil and planted the Palmetto
They planted them together-by the river Of the
w.tered with eur fathers hearts blood, watered
with our mothers tears;
In the strong, rich soilof Freedom. with boun-
From their Prophet. Priest and Pioneer. our Fa-
Above them iioated echoes of the ruin and the
wreck,
Like "drums that beat at Louisburg and thun-
r,ut the Old lights sank in darkness as the new
stars rose to shine
Ger these emblems Of the sections-the Palmetto
and the Pine.
And werl plant them still together-for tits the
self-same soil
Our fathers valor won for us by victory and toll
On Florida's fair everglades, by bold Ontario's
flood,
And through them send electric life as leaps the
kindred bloodi
For thus it is they taught us who for Freedom
lived and died,
The EtsrnaIs law Of justice must and shall be
That God has joined together by fat all divine
The destinies Of dwellers meath the Palm tree
and the Pine.
Aye! well plant them yet together-tho' theclou
ison their brows,
And Winds antagonistic writhe and wrench the
Driving Winds s tSas DRIFT the nations into gaping
Sweeping ages. cycles. systems. into vortices of
doom;
Though the waves Of faction. rolling in triumph
ant to the shore,
Arc breaking down our bulwarks with their sui
len rage and roar;
serried armaments Of ocean ding in line after
line,
washing up the deep foundations of Palmetto
Shall this. the soil Of Freedom, from their roots
be washed away
By the chaing Of the billows and the breaking Of
mol the hand which rules the vortex which 10
surging now before us
Above its hell Of waters" sets the bow Of prom
And the time win come when Discord shall be
buried in the Past.
The orifamme Of Love shall wave above the
breach at last,
Shall stand those stately signals-the Palmetto
and the Pine.
Shall the old victorious Eagle from their b5ugha
By the double. headed tulture Of Disunion and
Forbid i. Heaven. Columbia, guard thins EN-
70 grace the brilli mt dawning Of this grand
Centennial year, sfA
And bear them as thou marchest on with gonfal-
ems unfurled, 49,
With ;sy syy i9ss the fe''sr for the freeing o
And guard thy holy sepulcher-Mount Vernon,
sacred shrine
For this is freedoms Holy Land-her promiset
Oh! thou voice Of God outnowing from the lipl
Of holy Peace,
Soothe the turmoil and the tumult-bid this STRIFE
and sorrow cease!
Der savannahe stepped in sunshine, over noun
tains dark with rain,
Send the glad and thrilling tidings in thy sweetly
Let snowy North and sunny South send up tht
shout, 'sAll's WELT"
And the music Of thy coming strike our heart
strings with its swell,
(Asto Jessie Brown at Lucknow struck the air
Of "Auld Lang Syne"
From the Highland pipes Of Havelock) k)-save the
Palm and save the Pine!
God plant them still together. let them flourish
In the halls of our Centenhial-mailed in more
than marble pride;
With kindly deeds and noble names we'll grave
them DER and DER,
With brave historic legends of the giorious days
Of yore,
united bands, ..
The echo Of oar triumph peals to earth's remotesl
"a lands
While Faith. Fraternity and Love" shall joy
Around our chosen emblems-the Palmetto and
the Pine.
e"Togsshsr" shouts Niagara his thunder toned
.s.Tosetherp echo back the waves upon the
Mexic Sea- Va
'"1Ossshsrr sing the sylvan hills where old At
"Toge.hsr |" boom the breakers on the wild Pa.
TOssshsrr sing the Poople-and .'sosesaer II
A everlasting charter bond forever for the free
Be those united emblen,s-the Palmetto and the
Pine! =
-NaaAuiHe Ansericdn.
FANNY'S FILTRATION.
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