Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-08-22

To touch old Ilomer's lips with fame
The morning stars together sung
70 teach their captures 10 his tongue.
For HIN he he mighty Sysly o Sinai Sionsd
Their decp-voiced chantings and for him
Sweet nower-bels pealed In forests dim
The spell Of their divincst thought,
while yet 1t blossoned fresh and new
As Edens rosebuls wet with dew
on To have lived when earth was young
With all It's melodies unsung
The dome of heaven bent nearer then
When gods and angels talked with men
The incarnation of the morn
But now. alas all thought is old,
All life is hut a story told,
Aud he is bold who tries 10 wake
Even for God, or conntry's sake,
spS Ssg he e' Old IF Pro as e sTfa re
And veto Earth thank God 1.-The soul of song
Is as immortal as the eternal stars
o. trembling heart take COURAGE and be strong
una the roses biOr last Tuner
DO me stars stu rise aud set
AHG Sfis t e sy tiSa3 fo S %S yi
Do he rrefs run 70 The sea
Do p .itfis birds sing north and south
rs the seasons come and gOf
"Are the hills as fair as Of oid2
Are The skies as blue and Jdirf
HS or EeT hg oil y ' So sssnd 5 s,a irT'
Has he glory gone from me morrtRgl
Do NE mid rflds ,cdii no moref
sdhere nor no thunder Of bIiors
Bedttng the stor1n-idshed shoref
"b Lore a forgotten aorvs
Is Pastor a testers heme'
Mas pdior Mronn do'rn rs drmory
Is Honor an idle dreamf
is there no pure trust in roman
Are there no feet strong 10 (oiiop
IN the paths the martyrs frodf
Did you find no hero grdres
Prouder than those Of Narration,
Or old Piatea's ddyf'
When yOur red and rhite and blue
on ne free ninds Hattered out,
We're there no strong hearts and rotces
TO recepe 4 Nth a shout
on LEI tie earth q on od!
and i Soa eGi, declay rem maxi story toidi
e, pure as Isit1 e pure,
As long as lore shall lire shall song endgre'"
when one by one the stately, silent years
vanity we stretch our arms to stay tneir hight
So soon swift, they pass to endless night
We hardly learn 10 name them.
To praise them or to blame them,
To know their shawdowy faces,
Only once tle glad spring gTeets themi
Only once fair summer meets them
Only the autumn glory
Only once the winter hoary
Weayes for them its robes of light
Year Leave their work haif dome like men alas
And are forgotten, what they strive TO do
Then all oblivon's waters flow
The years are buried In the long ago
But when century dies, what room Is there for ters2
with roll OF drum
mot munlel as in wOe)
With blare of bugles, and the liquid flow
OF silver clarions, and the long appeal
OF the clear trnmpets ringing peal on peal,
To pay meet homage To its burial dayi
For It's proud work Is done. Its name is writ
Where all the ages that come after it
shall read the eternal letters, blazoned high
ON the blue dome of the impartial sky.
What ruthless fate darken lis renown
Or dim the ustre OF lis starry CROWN
on mountain peaks each century stands alone;
And eacl, for glory for shame hath eaped what it att
sowni
v.
ht nu ,hst aar one ma, gave thee birth
W. ,ss rS ,It',,iS NIL, Ill., ,dsh''c' o'o'ier'
p,ss.J mi ias , m.'1 r, et i, ,,, a ,,
FOR what are twelve months to The Womb of p tine
WITH n9au WI, mss iann , ~ NAM an t,ey chpeu
VII, ~ eeai' youis eyes upuieu 70 lhe stars,
II,rnnh s, or , ,. nv't y, sopl,i 10 T'is'
Faeh Knew III, aihsy. rs,, s,ch N M hrsaai
Nor feared to S ii upon O'S separate pa Srope
one gave nation life and one state
vi.
Oh rude tho cr,,,i. In ,,,t., zach ,,,,s ro.,k,d
Rna '. an H. .,ns NJ ,h'i ,ocr.d
onick hIavs sntf sasr, They NAE Them watt
f,fisn in c"d ami ,r ,xhiie ,he rensI '''" "'
Was snrad Tor oars mi thonaI la.t not least
Gave them sharp swords Tor piay hings and lie din
vi "'''" RAJ Sat,s s iII 5,S % slnpsd 'i my
Yet moi he les y in, s" Hem sn.rtans tbev
MsS S9 ,6s mot ,sa5 %eak semna'e brood
better he desert snace au' ,Shsrs he ,lav
Waude,s frnn1 =. I'm y, III III I'M AMI! M, if.i
p iii M. a., ~ ulee,s years sNsl ph'
And the v3une nation er'nt md strong r and bold
Forgot ID early str,lpples in trinmnhs later woni
il stretdheJ il arms rom y, ~asi To- Vest
il gnther,d ~, H. is /, III hyssst "'
From ei, every cline, from every very; Soil
il gave To- each a Iw Win, nj" niaee' ''
And il blent them in one common race;
WLie New The banner OF lie iree
II Iid moi fear thr wrath ~ tins.
Nor The dread erin "f a." A., liter aa tSinps
Gaunt famine Win ia yhastly horde
Sn ,s 1lian6 I n ion sword o
struck in the dark by stealthy foe, wv"
| rnr nvar ali ~ vId,. lnanain 49,
| fTm shore 10 shore from main To main
E FL yale = 2 %S9n'aia Top, \ ;a%
~ ''''''
h ,a's en w. h p, ~, P,peIphsi ste anu Tree
| AM "n ~ h,,m,hisr 1sav in ,,,i,n ,pn i
saie In her mountain fastness.s az dusl,
| ller lfe's arst car,s fnrsoi is yyo,,s tnteit'
hn linn ,i,t h.r hitter.ssi H. az. hs1 ~ H., s,t
n GU, sauus,. ~ h s,'' W.. ~ nte s'e
'' P'''e was " ''' anu you '''s"e' o'e''"'
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nul n'.shB v,er uaq , inis W., aieis ,. ,
| 4 ery non he nation in sore distress
| stricken down in the pride OF It's mshtness
Nun lassH i VI, nI ,, W sIis s sllank
nv W N"i'e i ine VI p', W a.'u1Te "hs-
nav ~ Mll' y, nos u, INV, ", ~ sis o. nihe'
4 Sil9ng WIN le s,.1s i, OF ahe mountain pine
| The nation Z bleeding IN deadly trays
on, then to the rescued awayi awayl p
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! AM how they answered let the ages tell
| FOR tley shalt guard the sacred story Welt
Green grows Inc grass to-day on many hattle.hell;
Waris dread alarms are DER; IL sears are healed
| it, biIter AGONY has found snrcease,
| 4 reunited md clasps hands in pe,te