The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-03-17
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TiS sweet. lis sweet tn stroll a|or%,
Where iinNrA :r ,,!tan' Of classic song,
,Irr hill! and vale, "rr i"Uni an" nh'a",
Where .,;,lj. The nl!>r, or ''t'hc" ''''
reed.
70 va,r|'r. where tn" poets Ir'a"'
AV3kri the Grui Of the stream,
NrJ s1a:,;r,, uprn tn" u'i't"tfr'S ha'n''
Tie Siylr: Of eternal lame.
IN 1jmlrs> sheen, Her brilliant torch
Burns ON the nltarHtd the r"rrh' :.
And soaring thoughts. in flight sublime:
n,,y t|,e Y aStr of Fate or Time.
YIrrr walked the harp its WIDEST '';",
\uI |hir were la,,ri'~> 'aiirr'- won,
TN, aur ON ace >u,!i Onward fly,
The classic w, can never die
On Fanc>'< wing DER land and sea,
Flew hi .htv>t t!nu-l!t> .! l"'>H
\nv wifi =, the sto:ut'raN.ht tempest $
cry.
Now, soft as tie dying zrrhyr's sigh. :.
Centuries. like mi>tS shall pass away.
Vet classic verse shall WELD the sway,
lis vjrl,l notes Shall immortal wing,
;,;;, >,rramr,i, upon the minstrel string
Meier has the harp Of Music rang,
More swrrtiy. than when Marc sang,
\,,r roull Arr}lo'S strings ct tire
pol, noN,ey Strains, than i!"Nrrs Tyre
! .E,lns in his cavern binds,
/ The tempest. and the trttrrd WlndS.
/ While Nrpunr with his tr'"'nt grave
! Gains the wild sweep of oceans wave:
parrlasSus yet stands towering high,
! Nor lirlicon as yet. IS dry,
| And Fay and Fairy joyous greet
! The fountains y here the muses. meet.
Cal,,,so'S tears the StrraMlr; swell,
Aud Echo sports m!l rock a,"l 'lrll'
i vaywa,, n>mp}, nm,l ;lr tli'"ng,
Tbr ,,,>rS l,'ry could teach her, song.
The mrrmailS midst the pillows play
i,r,lvck',t with sea gems, bright ANA gay
And weave. amid the sea WAVES HWc'I'
Sweet strains upon their ocean shell.
From their deep homes. mid ocean caves
Ilrv seek the crcsts of rolling waves,
AuI OH their sea washed ho>oms bare,
N,rram trrSscs of their ,r;t. green hair.
The !Syren on hrr sea Eirt rock,
Th"t hears unharnlrA the pillows shock
Chants her wrrd sony. hut to or%"li',
The sailor to her rocky isle.
Tou,al,,s sees his daughters form.
N.apr'd in the mant!" of III" St"Fm'
.A1,i lis in her raih@n" shron"'
hi,lcs in he" floating car the cioN''
Aurora at the morning gates,
\vray'd in robes of light awaits.
~ lie purple doors of moon, WIDE sNr'a'
yj,ll,L,,s from hi. ocean bee.
, N rc),sr AID wi|lwoods deep resort,
Wild Sat>,s hold their silvan court,
And EVERY holm Il Dryad OWES,
zach laurel too Daphne crowns.
Sweet CupitlS fit from bower to boWe
: And Grnii laugh i'll every Hover,
Eurh Icll and yrot Il dwelling place:
For Nymph, for Naia'l or Grace.
: E.ato sweeps her harp to love.
Ana Fanni skip from grove to grove,
And the ulerfnl hours, on hill and law
Ona!f the pure dcwdrops OF the dawn.
'rhr sihvl in her deep dark caves,
Prophetic in her lrrnz, raves,
And Cw1cns in flight fore bodcs.
Th, fate of men and wrath OF Gods.
Bacchns hcncath the clustering vine,
!, Lavrs his huge tankarl, crownd WI
wine,
While his mad followers, loud and Ion
, Reel in 1cbauch and shout i'll song.
No PArmon has yet dtcreed,
Which shepherd pipe has won the NEE
doubtful as when tie song begun,
Hcitcr and Bowl are yet unwon.
.Esle, fairest of Naiad 'rai",
\ Bcgs drunk Silenus for strain,
Weed bv her smiles, his harp he stru
And to her list'niuy ear he sung.
How seed and germ of air and earth,
From chaos had its primal birth,
How stones Dencalcor and Pyrrha tire
Started the human race anew
How matter thro' it's varied change,
Assumed and took it's destined range
So sweet his song, that all the choir,
Rose up in honor of his lyle.
Harp of the past thy starry name,
Stamp,l on the page of dcathless fame
Shol, live undimn'd and loved so long,
As charm is found IN verse Or song.
Harp of the past! thy songs shall live,
Till time shall wreck Thou wilt survi
And bright thy lamp of glory burn,
Ger the Wondering ashes of the Crn'
THY wicr,t notes shalt immortal ring
- That echoed from thy burning string
The doom OF fate, with smiles defy
The Poets fame can never die.
\ BLUEGRASS Experiment
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