The Osceola times., 1876-04-01
rME PALMETTO AND THE PINE.
SOUTHERN LApY's rLE, FOR pEAcr

A SOUTHERN LADY's FLEA FOR PEACE
ny MRS. l.. VIRGINIA FRENCH.
They planted them 'ose,her-oar gallant sires o
Though enc was crowned with crystal snow. and
one with solar gold
They planted them ,oeciher-on the worlds msjcs
A. ssrsixAs dcathless charge. at Euia~'s stubborn
fight;
At midnish, on the dark rcdoab,. mid plunsins
Al nconlids gaspI in the crush of battles bloody
swell
with eery hands and rcetins biows amid the
which sarsed aud s~elled around them on that
memorable day.
when they planted independence, as symbol and
They s,ruet deep soil and planted the Palmetto and
the Pine,
They planted them ioscther-by the river Of the
years
watered with our fathers hearts blood, watered
with our mothers tears;
In the strong, rich soil Of freedcm, with bounteous
benison
From their prophet, priest and pionecr-our father
Washington.
Above them noaiei echoes Of the ruin and the
wreck,
Lake drums thu! beat at Louisburs and thundercd
But the old light sank In darkness as the new stars
Ger those emblems Of the sections-ihe Palmetto
and the Pine.
And wen plant them still toee,her-for tits yet the
Our fathers vaor won for US by victory and toll,
On Floridas fair eve,. ladies' by hold Onta,ios hooi
And thro' them send electric life i~ps the kin
drtd blood
For thus il Is they taught Who for freedom lived
and died.
The Eiernais Law Of justice must and shall be Jus
Ths, God has Joined together by ia, all divine
The destinies Of dwellcrs meath the Palm tree and
Pine.
Ayei ve'll plant them ye, together tho the cloud
And Winds aniagonisiic wrthe and wrench the
stalwart boughs:
Driving Wind. that drift the nation. into gaping
Sweeping ages. cycles systems, into vortioes Of
doom;
Though the waves Of faction, rolling In triumphant
Are breaking down our bulwarks with their sullen
rage aud roar;
serried armaments Of ocean filing in line after line,
washing up the deep foundations Of Palmetto and
Of Pine.
Shall this the soil OF frcedom, from their roots he
washed away
BY the ehafns Of the bilows and the breaking of
No. the hand that rules the vortex which 1. .ur,.
And the time will come when discor shall he burie
IN the past.
The orinamn'e Of love shall wave above the breach
And beneath the starry banner type Of unity d.
Shall stand ,ho.e stately signals the Palmetto and
the Pine.
Shall the old Victorious eagle from their bourhs he
By the dcuhle-hesdei vuture Of dsunicu and decay
Forbid i heaven Columbia, guard thine cm mblems
gathered herr
To srace the brilliant, da~ning of this grand cenen.
And bear them as thou u,archest on with sonfalon.
With Thy ies' aron the fe,er, for the freeing Of tho
And guard thy holy seruichre- Noun, vernon's
For thi. |. freedoms holy land - her promised
Palestine.
oh thcn voice Of Col ouiaowing from the lIns n,
holy peace, W" VI
sccthe the turmoil and the tumult-b,d this .,.,,.
and sorrow cease "'
Ger s,snnas stepped In sunshine, over mountain.
dark With rain, 'is
Send The glad and thrilling ,dnss in thy swoctly
Let 'ne-y % north and sunny south send up the shout,
And the pesic Of Thy coming strike our heart,tring.
Aud Lang syne" WV '' VI
FROM the highland pipes Of Havelock)- save the
ialm and save the Pine, '''
Col plant them siill together let them flourish
side by side 'i'"
In the halls Of our centennial ,,.ils., an, ,. a.,
marble pride; '''''' '''""
With kindly deeds and noble names we1l grave
them Ger and DER, s
win brave historic legends Of the glorious DAYS of
yore, ' VI
While the clear exultant ehor,s ,,.to,. s....
hands, N''' "''''''
The echo Of our triumph rcsls to oarth's rcmotcst
While " Faith, Fraternity and Love " shall joyfully
Around cur chosen emhlems-the Palmetto and the
Pine ' wv
"r-ee'her 90 shouts Niagara his thunder-,cpcd de-
"Tose,her !" echo hack the waves upon the Me.ic
Together :" sing the sylvan hills where old ATTAIN
roge,her' y boom the breakers on the wild Pacific
. Ios.,her r. cry The people-and together shall
An everlasting charter-hond forever for the free,
uf liberty the signet -seal-ihe one eternal sign
ne Those united emblems-the Palmetto and the