Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-06-25

Wnefy Waited inc VALIANT, Nnerc
hearts hat were leal and true.
Could and . deld Tor sxertion, In Q land that
was fair and lev.
And the light OF the hope within them shone
In their eager eyes;
There was Joy Ia their hesrts aud faces, aud
JOY In their gathering cries
The ellnging sms Of snee,ion they unloosed
with q smile:
They painted the pictures OF their dreams. the
hearts OF Love to beguils
They dried Loves tears with Kisses, and tho
promise TO 20 back.
And with ~slultsnf footsieps started on their
Western track.
A ssroog, brave company were they. ss strong
and brave ana fair
A. ever tracked . fortune TO lie deep and secret
lair;
A. s,rons, and brave and fair a band a. ever.
Esssysd TO, in the .id. uprear the. framework
ofa State.
Some DER the widespread. lonely plains pur.
sued their weary path.
'0alnst savage triteS. 'gainst heat and cold and
'gsinst the tempest's wrath;
Some By The deep sea sought the way. and. a.
is pulses Wild
Throbbed meath the ships thu, bore them on.
they confidently smiled
And To the ssa. the windr. the stars the mighty
hope wss told
That thrilled the hearts which thronged 10 End
the magic land Of sold,
And the mouniAius. With the shining crests.
shone brighter - they came
by day they were q golden cloud. BY night
great dJmes of flame
Who shall repeat what since has been, Where
nos L. thai bright bandr
Their graves. are ss.tier~d far and wide. all
over this broad lard.
Upon the plains beneath the ,ea by hill and
stream and vale
How many through the weary years have
tainted on tho traili
How many has this dssert broad gathered In
nnal rect.
And hushed In dresmle.s sleep within its sers
aud rugged breasti
How many hearts have broken here-hov
many far away
Have waited for the coming Of the absent. day
by day.
while youth wss DYING. and while hope was
fnintins, TIL ~ last
The te~ardimmed eye. were TO the West no
more etpeciant cast.
Long since the Wild fowsrs faded from the
California Plains.
Ling since her sireams ceased running pure,
down IRON their mouptln mains
Long since the dream Of triumph In ten thous'
AID hearts grew cold.
For Hope fargot her promise In the magic
shorr
They m.s, GU festive day. to tell ,s.ir stories
YoutA Inn, s,o ,orook thtir path. and long
800 toey learned
That All ths .hinIn, hlrhts a which they had
s%.uiisp, turned
War. hnt : ,.irsse 10 deeov their Youthful feet. |
"'e Nv LEAD
Than, 10 . %,.,tiny pntr,.J land wher, strone
80, -.,..he ned
.r,., an n. 'aii m. %,.m,,,. fair nj Mercy
That gu ~ \, svn NJ ''mp's' "'"'
Thu, srs,i. m, anI,n,s AMI Or p,see niyht
'"-' ~ a,,,. n. .,iI. 4. MAJ
put they are not . ,si-browod rsee-n nay. rather
r, u,.y believe INV IN. A, .nou,a have,
.rioopy eve
'n' p Iarr., , .,r s,seesn.i.
But since the shadows toward the East fast
on isng,henins nom-nas. 'n,nss; ,n.v
o'Ae' NY xs,I ~ xoys
Ara ,t,c,eh,ny down I'm love 10 them nom their
bright. shieius shore;
And becsoning them TO hight' divine. where
p, mirage Is khorn' l., ,.., ..,.u,.,
There 10 q lovely legend of q Knight who
,,u. aoopsa ,opayy w,o han, IN, .h.,,,v IN
Tray.
And the legend runs that with the gin . light
shone round the place.