Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-05-24

From ALFRED B. SHEETS p en-, "bl hSofst n',.
written for the Centennial celebration Q. bui-
cotn-'s surrendcr, held at SchuyleIVlle' octope'
i7tn, ISL
And up Champla.n Bursoyne's great tdu'utoh
Ia front. his saya 70 allys bark canoes
Flashins ia all their bravery I'D oi hues
Their war-snpgs sounding and their paddles timed :;
Next the batteaux, their rude sluAf' snapeS SUI
lined ,,,
Ia Lencl ed pictures on the PLAIN below
Last the grand ships. by queenly Mary led
Wnere shines Burgoyue in pomp OF gold and red
And then in line, st. Geo ge, lnleNlhle
And "a ieau hunderer dInclng on the swell
The glad ~ind made, how stately shone the scene
June in the ioT1 >ts each side smilln. green!
Tae graceful eheStnuts dark green uome WAS
irAughJ
Win golden tasscls; ivory, seeming brought
From winter lingering in the Indian Pass
MAnIltd tne Locust as in'Apnl grass
Rich dandelions burn, the Eastwood showed
Its bells OF yellow whie the daswood slowed
Ia white helmet thieslS p'umed atop
The c .rlier cherry lets its sweet pearls drop
With every breeze the hemlocs smiled with e@Ee
lunged IN fresh emerald: even the sword-like
sedge
Sham md the snowy lily cohlets set
In the hooked shadows like a span-!ed net
Nas jeweled with brown boom hy currIns point
Mn.re gliItcrng ripples lumber sands anoInt
With !osmy silver by deep crescent BAYS
Sleeping beneath their veil Ui drowsy maze
By watorv coverts shimmering faint in hlm,
broad rounded knobs one white aad rosy realm
az laurel blossom with the kilmia uFns
Dotted with red, the fleet, 4. sentient turns
Inc wndinE channel in tall towers oil white
The stately ships reflect the golden light
Dazzling the lake the huge batteaux ply deep
Their lanoTng. dashing pathway; fronting keep
" itl measured pa Ide-stabs the H. lit canoes
Their gliding course the doe, up .tartlng. views
And hides her .asn the panther marks the scene
And bears nor cubs within the thickets screen;
TIE VOL liils sharpened ear and forward loot;
WaddIes the bear away with startled hoot;
As some sail sends a sudden fash OF white
In the cOves =recnery, slow essaying flight
1he loon Ters Tapping its checked. grazing wings,
TIL up Il stru -sllug dies and downward hinss
Its lnGian whuOp tue blueDird's sapphire hue
hlndles the shade The piseOn's softer blue
freaks, swarming out the robins warble swells
In Grumpy cadence from the skirtns dclls:
And restless rings the bJbOlink' bubhly note
From the Gear bell that tinkles in his throat
thus stately cheerily move the throngng fleet
Cn the lakes steel the blazing sunoeans beat;
Bat now blast comes clustering from gorge.
The white caps dance il bends the tail ST. usorse
AMI even the rhunderer tosses; the array
Bieaks up canoe, hateau grope doubtful way
Through The aim air in spectral white, ea.h sail
GlALces and shIEcrs III the whIstlinS -ale:
All the green paintings Of point, bank and tree
Vanish IN black and white, aud all but see
a close horizon where near the islands lose
Their shapes, and distant ranKs OF forest fuse
Into a mass; AT length the blast flies of
sHallOgs stop rsttllng, and the hollow cough
Oi surSos into caves makes gradual cease
Til on, the squadron glldes, once more in sunny
peace.