New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-07-21

character they pass in stately proc sson ana as
signing each her place the great gathering OF the ma
tuns. Europe with England foremost Ill her tfaih'
heads the solemn march.
FIRST comes a. nearest, an imperial dame.
Named for that king la d9&ser WHom JoVe bore
WhcT she lis queen became:
Parent of many peoples, strong and proud
Her great sword sLeathed, and rent ne battlecloud
WhcTewth her lugs surround her
toncc@icd, though cankng loud,
\, stately she draws near;
often i'm sorrow bowed
81 slips the shgOud
over her royal Inautle,-wrinss her hands,
That ripped 50 late with slaughter,
Or some brave son, dear daughter ,,,-
And heaps head In. ashes of her desolated lans
Ihther Europe. great aud mean,
Hear what words are 20 be spoken,
What the Present doth fOretOken,
Hear. and understand, and know,
As did our wiser Mother hundred years agol
England our Mothers Mother, twice our foe
But now our friend, for coming tAEs to-day
Should bury past contentious, and it may
We have 50 much in common, we should be
Rivals in peace, not warfare; Tor there runs
The same drcIrScated love of Liberty
Beats ia hearts We speak the same good tongue,
TliliIar with all songs your bards nave sung;
Inose large men, Milton, Shakespeare, both
Come from the shadow OF your minister towers,
vast, venerable, and your prsson walls,
Where ldZiiy the slckening sunshine CraWls
In close, damp wards ana from your storied domes,
Columns OF victory, each famous park;
And from the squalOr Of your wrctcied homes;
Where starving chidlen die like rats III the dark!
Powerful aud impJt,nt. receive. retain
rne wisdom wrung from you and noe in vain:
BE FOR TINS truth our debtor
That gentlemen are good. bat men are better!
England is followed by France spain, Italy, Austria,
and Switzerland the latter Of which fair natrons is thus
described
But who is she with her, with such mountain AIR,
And singing on her way,
simple spray Of c0Sl"cs ~ her &ouGGht i.T' ,,.i,
light IN her bright blue eyes, ike that OF winter
stsa5v Int spar,ling like her lakes, which Heaven
sftftlgL al Ia SEQ
And sees itself c.earcr' Who may the maiden be'
No maiden, but q ELECTROMAGNETIC of sturdy men,
Whose Ion spirits Nature with independence nils,
Walled in with Kingdoms empires, and the everlasting
Perhaps they have been conquercd but tell us where
Not where her Arnold grasped the Austrian spears,
Ana they were nacked in pieces! All the years
Have seen them dying, dying
Unless t tee ioilowcd Vlctory's crimson wing
As peaceful az the bosom Of their lakes;
As rugged a. the Alps which are tIer home,
Along whose granite feet thcir rivers foam;
As dreadful AZ the thunder when II sh tSes
lis hgbtings over Jura! Heart and hand,
Welcome the sole republic, Switzerland!
The weird spectral figure Of the ancient mother of ma
tons hoay decrepitude is the subject Of the fol-
lowing powerful lnes:-
VINO is the woman OF majestic mieul
More than woman. less than Queen;
Her long robe Taled with The dust
or the Old ruined cities wherein she
sat, ahjeci, mead bowed, IN dead apathy, ,..
Til some young cruel hunter, spying, thrust
QIall III anger, hall in play
His sharp spear at her as he rode that way.
Grazing her heart, I'll, startled back 10 NE,
She r7ee, and fed, and Ind among the tombs,
safer where caIut hycnds were az striio,
Than where were! wrclcbed and tOrlorn!
Why art thou liynSi o why vert thou borni
Where are the mauy crowns that thou hast worn,
DiscrOwued One and the many scepters wherei
Thy face fuTrowed, furrowed, ana my hair
(stll! golden is dsheyoled! o what doons
Have fallen upon the! what suns are set!
Thy far eyes see them yet
The light OF lost dominion fingers there,
The melancholy evening OF regret:
"a d a "
The w,Glngs OF tuy myriad children slain
Il lie .l5l OF onset and the din of swords,
Geugis, ana Bajazet, and Tamerlanc:
Another in Thy place,
go suddenly We dd not Sc thGe 60 go; .-o. ,ro.
There no trace thereof in her unlrouoed lace!
The simple light ot wonder IN her cie
The strange my sfcu0u- gloom tnat deeper les
Aud whether STE be rodiRc OF be human
UuHushauIci, and primitive;
Bot now, behold her children live,
And men bc-iu to bury dead:
O LCpholdcs, thy SOILS depart,
The tents, ia, do,hs sud where they were;
Cities gather, and tHou art
NO shcpherJ,ss, bur WOrshiper;
For round thee ,Nhalltlous rise,
Winch men, peholhns. straiehtway say,
10. these are gods! and 20 tncir way,
Aud carve in wood, and mold ia clay,
Ana cag in stone IGie ims,.5 III,
Thou being thrr Pr.c-,c.s, both when they
Bring their uIsj-t1lts ana on the affairs lay,
a
To gods that know not 90 n. nor any timing.
The rEci "a the gate il now king,
Has armed men ana lJrs men, ana Is 90 battle gone,
Headed ana CU1Iei Oh Jy tIec, o more iAdu Amazon!
whose once WINE robe Is purple, whose strong rSht
hand IS red
leaU ashes uU Thy head
Thou dark iufura.e Mother, whose chidrcn's blood is
shed!
WHO shall declare her from her garments hem
TO the TAN towers UI Ter great dIddcM
Goddess! Gone again
For here poor rdu,d Asia Sceps, and wceps IN vain!
The poem is brought 10 close with burst Of sublime
rapture in keeping with the soaring grandeur OF the
movement which MARKS The whole composition.
welcome. a thousand wecOmesl oar emotion
y .uands a speech Wc nave not: 10 demands
Tie Uuutfcriihr IargrucSs oi tnc ocean,
The iumrdsruhic br0Ilucss of The lands
That own o.. maaicr-. Who s. he shall speak
I.is ian qua &c tor Us from what mountain peak
Aud o.. iue rhythm, OF what epic song,
AT once ser. Zee aud strOngt
Welcomes, ten thousand W .!cCmes! IL b. much,
o I-ig4a! yc have done in coming here
Iof rom iLa ro.r ye tOucii
Our peaceful shores. ye are peaceful equal, dear
NUt HliI rXutf0'lUus,
O5l.irI. fiut. cr nations
DO we receive your coming Tor more than many sec
Conc, UItb We; DO SO see id II is what is 10 be-
sule 0ay among your m RAIDS who viii no more oIcyj
Bat pcactabIc cor WEARING, VIII ihcn ma Out the way
IAtIu-e!yes 10 govern; u tAcy tolerate
kaIsprs, ana KNEE, ana PfnccilhEs, as to-day
II viii because thoy pir Hnd are 100 good Ia nate
IA. Nan World is teaching Old World TO be Irte: