, 1879-05-28
POEM. BY HOLMES.
\ Beautiful Lyric De1tvasesi Mt fhc aro...
Centennial iSnnguet In 1t,.tou.
tSetefaf Dtsnnfeh IN Ths 7.-,hn.r -

a Beautiful Lyric Delivered Mt rho Moor,
Centennial isnnq"et In 1tastau,
yptctat Dispatch to The T5thute. y
BosroS, May 27.-11.c 'AtoorJ C<uieno.,
Innquet Mt the Parker l1uusu tonlrht ~.
attenled dy hundred gentlemen, u,ostIr n
1rlsh nationality. Poems were real by tj,,,,
Wendell Holmes; James T. Fields, ueurcc p.r.
sons Lathropt und letters wtEo rea,! from n.
pocts Longtc1Iow, Whittier, Whipplc, Ra1nh
Waldo Emerson. and others. The ppetn rp.d
by Hol'ncs was as follows:
Enchantcs OF Erin, whose tnagtc hns bound NJ.
my Wand Tor ono moment W fondly woula
Entranecd while it summons tho pbantons .seuaa
That bush into lits at tho uouni Of thy mama
The tsll.t.lc' of memory wake from thelt .un,
! ,tear lho old snne with ,ts tender rc,.an-.
what, passion jles hla in those hoa.y:vosesd nun.
wnsE WI ps!tpns 81 yensh in each exquisite .t,.p,
Ths homo q ny ehildnooa comes back as vision
Aa.k! ilaskt 4 aoft chord from lts sous.
Tho syf,naa In bud. and tic lilac ID bloou,--
We arc clustered around tho .'clemeats" p.po-
There gsra st1 Of ua thcn-.thsrc aru two oi Vi
Bhe is s!n9!ng- girl With tho silver Soprano.
How ''rho Lord of the: Valloy" Was falaa to hls
''Lct Erin reu,ombor' the echoes src calling
Thfoagh 1.-THE .Valo Of Ayoea " Tue Watsn.ss
"The E1lle' laucuta whtlo tho n!gAs.dew. ~
.'Tho adrnlpg OF Life" dawn. again q. .. Old,
But aht those warm love.aongs Of fresh sdola.
cGnc8l
Around III such reptuscs celestial st,ey huna
That Il seemsd al 1t Paradise brcathcd It's qui1t.
rhFGnsh pai .1ns 'ns 'eraph'toned lips Of thu maiden
Long sssDad es:aa% Hfe ths s9o!aa that m, bo'he ss
Ar yaon tho smooth ~ase by tie snqtl NJ
Yet stiii with their mnsio Is memory haunted
And Oft in ny dreams arc their melodies htiei.
The crowd shat was kAuelnR no iunses I, tass.,
The hhmo hah died down, but ths b.ands arc it'll
And diafi ssndaf and cinnamon swssten tbs all.
Tho yo'l for her bridal young summeru wear.
In heF .zusa,domcd hall With Ito t.pes!'lsd
And aprins she last tosr.drops OF Mar dow il lar
On the daisy of nurns and tho shamrock Ct
''eose'' ~. ~ =
I1ow like, how unike, as we siew them together
Tha song Of the minatseld whore record 10
Ono fresh Us tho braazo blowing oyer tho htssh'
one srsst as the breath from an oss't.qrs''
fanl
All, passion can GLOW mid palaca'a sploador;
Fhe cage does nut altaF the song Of thy ett. =.
Aad tho curtain of sltk has known. wahpsFs
A o7cE tho blossomtng hawthorn has hesrd.
No fear last tho step Of Tho soft .4ppsred lsstss
should friuht thu young Loses fEum the'' Sasa
For tho lleart u q qneon. nndor jewels and last+
Heats time With tho pulse In tho peasantn"'
Thrice welcome each gtft OF kind Natures be't'H'
Her fountain heeds lttt1e tho goblet va holai
A!lke,, WAoh lts lnnstcal watora arc 1tnWl1'g. >.
'Tho ansil eson, tho seaside. tho chalice VI eoa
The twin. Of tho lyre to her voices had llscnel;
Both laid thslr hcst gtfse npnn 1lbeHys PATTI.
Fol EEin's tho soss and Tho myrtle cntwlut.
And sht; sta,ssa ta' fFs:' e'o''o"' Of summer ~
Fos O, ;Mss.eirdled. ~ s'tes'n'a'l'orad l'ks'''''
Will @ -! y.sse %as o .gs ss'25s Gss9 xxi s%s
snilet
Tbs laaa' whsrs the stsa Of Saint Patrick WV
'whsfa tho shamrock grows greon from tho s'S'
" the alloFe. IN.
Wharn tho ma'dons are fats snd tho mea a'e sA'
sh.il wfoashe hss bright harp with tho ea'1''a'
Of M0otts