The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1879-07-04


Shall never he alone.
song she sings to sad,lened hearts,
A song of night and rain,
of morn that hastes across the hills
10 Danish night and pain
Ram, rain on the window pane
Sends out its sound of GRIEF,
Rain, inin would the heart again
sigh forth deep relief.
But its life is bare
And mad with care
ANA only dream
VI The dark, cold stream
Can still its wild despair.
Lin, lin, q cloudy drift
of darkness and of rain.
swirl, SWIM, % golden riit
Let in the light again,
ana the morning near
Is dawning clear,
AMI the wild, dark life
WIN hope is rife
As day dispcs lis fear
The mind grows tired and worn and flint.
AMI inspiration dies,
Like streams that fail of mountain snows
beneath the summer skies,
IT'S vain we turn to many hooks
And think another's thought.
Inc channels I'LL with turbid food.
ANA then the streams are nauRht.
But nature hath cxhaustless springs.
A fountain each may find,
That Hills and flows from central deems
vi her eternal mind
And he who drinks her wondrous thought
SO fresh, so sweet and pure,
Shall find an inspiration true
That ever will endure.
o Nature, FRIEND companion dear.
We need to walk with thee,
line way Is wild, our hearts are weak
The end we cannot sec
But something in thy glowing face,
And in thy far of gaze,
Stirs all The soul with burning hope,
Fills all the heart with praise
The strong, sweet music of thy voice,
The glory of thine eyes,
Are surely signs and signals all
Of one who prophcsies.
know not what the beauty means
That nantes all the earth,
Too fine and frail for needed use
OF any mortal birth.
cannot sound the mystery
Of every budding spring,
Or read the truth the chryBals
Unfolds with growing wing.
And all the glories of the deep
In which the world is hung,
The harmony of moving spheres.
The songs the sea hath sung,
Are mockeries Of sight and sound
Unless beyond them lies
Beyond. beneath, around, above.
Unseen OF human eyes.
A realm of which the shadow ia
The earth we touch and see,
A realm of which the substances
Arc the reality.
q, this unseals the mystery
With which the world is filled.
%, THIS the source of ecstasy
WIN which the soul is thrilled,
And even thro' darkened glass,
We catch the transient CLEANS
OF that which is and Is 10 be,
instead of that which seems,
o, brothers, when your faith Is weak
70 pierce The deepening gloom
That lies along the border land
Around the waiting tomb,
q. let the glory of the earth
That meets our mortal sight,
BE prophecy of that which waits
Beyond tine seeming night
q cherish, love, obey the truth
You learn at Natures feet,
Anu tod Tor whom she ministers
snail make her work complete
The poem was well delivered an,
yell received by Mr.. Tenney's man
riends who were present.
According to custom, the orator an,
oct were permitted each TO submit
anne for an honorary membership O
he society of the Associated Alumni
he orator named his eldest son, Mr.
truman A. Post of st. Louis; the noe
AIMED DIR. f. b. Harrison of Walling
ord, Conn, both of whom were an
roved. The Alumni and invited
'iends went to the Addison House af
n the literary exercises, to partake o
ne viands and the "feast of reason anf
ow of soul" which belong to the
ALUMNI DINNER.
OF the dinner itself, we can only SAY
lat ii was in Riders best style, being
fact, unusually good in every respect,
fter justice had been done the feast
tcphen A. Walker, of New York CITY
J toast master, called attention TO the
ct of this being the semi-centennial
the graduation of the class of 1929,
We OF whose members were present
II reunion, and said the time should
given largely TO them. He first
He'd upon Rev. +. f. Hatfield. of
ew York, who gave some reminiscent
s of his college days.
Hon. Daniel Roberts of Burlington.
'xt read paper which had prepared
+ his class reunion, which was devoted
iefiy to the memories of the old times
MIDI. He had and exhibited a
ndsome specimen of the handwriting
DR.. Hatfield, when in college, the
ter being the crack penman of his
iss.
Hon. Calvin Il. Hulburd, of Brasher
dis, n. Y, was next introduced as
Q only member of the class who had
lained to the dignity of Congress-
IN. lie responded happily, among
her things, humorously explaining
ut he had managed to keep on the
le Of truth during his career by due
ALLEGATION OF all assertions by the use
the word "about."
Rev. Geo. e. V. Eastman, of the same
IS, a home missionary to churches In
w Brunswick and Maine, made a ia
ious speech Of ten minutes, which
pit the table In continual roar.
Ion. j. w. Stewart, Judge w. C.
nton, and Rev. s. ID. Partridge, were |
led upon and appropriately respond
after which Rev. Truman M. Post,
he semi-centennial class, made the
sing remarks, which were in the ma.
Of a valedictory, and which were
y affecting.
IN Thursday evening the popular
rARKERIAS PRIZE SPEAKING.
anne OIL at tho church. At an early
r people began to come SO as to get
IS, and ut little after eight the
SO was packed. The house was
Y warm. In the galleries, where
Q were premitted 10 enter but
es, nothing could be seen but gor-
rs hats and bonnets and the frantic
ing of fans. The following was the
uramfna.