The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-02-02
aoD's ALMoNERs.
~uE soUTH's GREETING.
mr. VIRGINIA. prsiTRy NTH.

! bounteous Southland whose hrst Spring
...sss Tho whispering leaves and meadows
green,
20 happy laughter gree's each waterfall.
VA M draws from oarius his brightest sheen.
\. tho ether blue. soft fieecy clouds
t,.a silver misH on islands aud on seas
saa hleh. in calm repoHinRs, thus On.
phrouds.
y taethery folds thy cbanReful mysteries.
,,ss of bright days Of odorous. pensiye nights.
IN hv dladem Of luminous stars,
~1asiny thv u,eads and dells, In mellow lights.
ssa,hinu thy dreaming hours In siivery bars.
rt,ouub thv dominion glowing Summer lies
r. ,,anauil mood along thy wales aud hills
~, srtla, touch IN royal splendor dyes
mi rby heritage fed BY soft purllng rills.
,s,osa thy gorgeous bloom. no prophet tone
rang Oh, The warning Of thy ehastly woe.
Il massage Of thy fate athwart hes sbone.
M charm 10 ward from thee each scathinR
blow.
RIA broodinu shadow nearer. nearer came.
The heated air that tainted thy sweet breath,
| amote tender infancy strong lovs-proud fame,
IIIe,a blossoms wIthered on thy shrine. o
Death.
A zach door stood dark vsaRed Israfl,
with wrathful brow. his sombre wings out
spread.
Hls sickle keen passed over field and hill.
His mission he king among the dead
VII,
naueath hIs whispered doom. the child's fresh
life.
Tineed with the lustre of youths rosy day.
perished before the tempest's sweeping strife.
Gods Impress washed from pure souls awa,
TX,
zach wearying day thy sun famed In the skies,
Falling on battling hearts who watched their
dead.
Humanity. with hollow. desperate eyes,
Saw Famine Join with Death her powers dread
Never for manhood's courage came such test
trial Of their faith and human will.
They bes. deserve reward who suffer beat,
And God deals unto sorrow patience still.
patience born from depths Of tears and pain
Shall unto souls bereaved this sweetness lend,
In grander measure shall ife's solemn strain
Beeound and with angelic voices bendl
XII,
Poor South IN thy uethsemane Of PRAYER,
The anguish breaking from thy burning lips.
Il faint dien A voice caught thy despair.
Bidding thee rise from gloom and dark
eclipse.
Thus brave people answered thy appeal.
Purpose more grand was never sung oFtold,
When the Great Future shall mems deed reveal
This Act shall hlazon on the centuries old.
XIV.
And when the twilight deepening holds thy land.
The hearthstone oft shall hear their names
their story.
How. when Disaster smote with deadly hand
A people rose TO heights or knightly gloryl
Our children's hearts shall throb beneath the
lay,
And while the theme illumes each upturned
face
Their mothers through a mist OF tears will
20 darlIngsl these were Of thy fathers race, .
Then South What word. to bridge the distan,
North2
What greetings render. and what voceru
cheers,
To these Titantic natures issuing forth
With ans wering hail 10 duench thy bitter
tears.
No boarded hatred OF war stirring days
Loomed from dreary past: no questioned
creed:
No vengeful fires III their baleful blaze:
No fierce contention fettered hand or deed.
XVIII.
Largess unstinted showered from each hand
Their great souls waking to thy pressing
claim,
The moan that swept thy prayer along the
land
Built for all time. their everlasting name.
They came with Mercy's art and holy grace,
Led by strong Charity and white-robed Peace
Scanning no ancestry Of State and race.
In Gods name giving to thy land release.
XX.
Now may thy strain float through thy purer air
Look up once more to long forgotten skies.
Thy proud form lift from chains and sorrows
care.
Hope shall again smile In thy grateful eyes.
South this Just tribute to the Northland send
Iohlnk centuries lJS IeHGnAnES prove
Those hearts Of gold. that fastened to befriend
Shall learn with thee Gods perfect lesson
Love.
XIII.
Shall learn that In this era's opening dawn,
Doubt and her erown-crest are downward
hurled.
30. hand in hand on through the gates Of
morn.
United, stand n bulwark gainst the world
L'ENvoI
Whenever we. the founders of race.
Shall count the issues and the gain as ours,
The men who. daring, reach the loftiest place,
WELDING the scales OF trust with equal pow
ers,
These are the molders of States DEGREES:
These are the trainers Of peoples laws:
These guard the highways of our destinies,
And crown with God-like deeds nations
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