The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-04-21
JAN JAcIsTO,
NJ HlHAos aowK

Tvs 'sG, AMI everywhere
Though Near AMI mppflAnl aweW
Tho yrllowshAlrtd young queen ~ spring
Where late old Water eIepl,
Bright flowers smllel Rrnnnl her way,
Aud swrrt.YOlGr anllstlp hAhH
Tie welcome ~ ner oolnlng III
All earth With glad npth rang
Tho aunlight with nnrloudel gleAmi
Athwart tho heavens playa
Aud earth, lit with ils radiance, Aeem'd
A world too fair u lnde'
Ia that bright season Of tho year.
When Oaly peaos and love
Wers Ia the smile ~ Y tureh God,
AsifGsughl from Az we -
Glad In tne mall ana sheen ~ war
Two lern-iaed nations mnichii-
The nne was old rnd ilrrea aye,
Aud ON Ma lips was arena -
Tho miles Of naughllnea, and seorni
A " twas his 10 Wlrlh
The aceptre O'uf tn0 tate ~ worlds
Who's doom his power hal hcAlh'
The other was but youngl yet In
Her regal chances anonn
4 ohiyalry ~ keen aud bright
~ MONDAY Aplgndfnuh sun
Tho dr.t was hgrce Anahn .eF ehlef,
Who, IN vain pomp, nroclnlmn
Himself 'NApO con ut the Whhl,
Aud though his deeds 30 fam'd,
This other, yuulhiul leAAh, whom
That diotat1ral lord
Had atrusulod Ia oonslgn 10 chains
ny hla lmperlous word, ,-,.,..
nut lhongh ns weak Il crush'd with woe
As was the Greelnn slave,
Like Venus she gOddeha rose
From M wars snfging wave,
For ln Ii = eHilse tha grand and great,
The valiagt aud the true,
.iRp II 1ustOn and Ike burlAson,
Their swords ~ vengeance draw,
~ T. Eaa "A al
Within the Alamo,
Fel Travis and Ills spartan band
benoa h the tyrnnta blow,
Hut though those sons OF chivnlry
AMI those NJ GOllad -,.
Went down 10 death, their nime survives
Far ages hence 10 glad'
Now whom across Jacln,o's plain
Tho oil mson lile.t do ran,
The spirits OF tho dead were there
Amid the charging van,
And loud shove the ain OF hlrlle
The deai'ning war cry spreads
ere embrr now the Alamo,
Aud GOlind'S go y deai|'
TN now, In DIRE ,ms OF conquest WRAPPED,
Thu x eat SAINT Anna lays
Aud round him slep' his mghly most
In all IT, grim array
Twas nsontld-, and his soul had said,
'sleGp, glorious chief In ptacel
The war.star Of thy foe fast wAnes,
And, wanting, .oou shall cease,
This sword, which so of have waV'd
In triumph Ger the slalnl .,.,.,
Shall soon besheath'd In liouston's heart,
Then | god shall reign
Dream on, oh, vain 'n' boastiul chief
Nav naught that vision mar,
For tbs thy last LIN Houston comS,
The thunderDolt Of war.
"To arms to arDsW Too late,l TOO lste
The wild shout of the foe
Heralds thy doom In these grand words
"Remember Alamo"
Oh, glorious strife for liberty!
Even red Marathon
Was not m ore CORY or NOR, grand
Than that which Texans won,
short wns thu fray; but when tho night
Encurtained land and s'a,
The Lone Al ~ II x In triumph wav'd,
The Lone Star cause was free'
Thus In brief rhy m the tale is told
OF how, mid strife and blood,
A few nrave soul made eNas free,
And her grim foes wlthstood,
Theu shall we wno thus proudly boast
That priceless he itagc
Prove Ieoreant to the glorious trust
As writ on his'ory's page
In lines of blood Pour fathers blood
She IL our mother-State,
Thea lot us shape her future years
Even toward ag rander fate
And let our hearts her fame 10 prize
That all our zeal OF soul
And energy Of mind Ehall be
For hsr a brighter goal
And shou ID some da Ing foe assall
Her fair and sacred shore,
Like Texans die upon her nlains,-
The gohn could ask no more.
April 2lst, 1879.