The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-07-03

SWEDEN. - Mss Fannie IMjLLS0ps
Next came Sweden, in the charm
ing person of Miss Fannie Millsays
She said:
1--WE come from the home of the
Vikings" from Scandinavia's frozen
heights, to do homage to Columbia
My song-birds, Jenny Lind and Mel
son, received cordial welcome from.
your sons and daughters. The en-.
couragement you give genius, art and
science, will crowd your shores with
resentatives of every nation of the
Earth, among whom are many of my
fair haired children.
GREEcE-Mss EuLa Holden.
Fair Columbia: - We come with
affection and pride to do you honor
with pride because you are perpetual
ing a form of government that was
instituted by ourselves, and under
which Greece was the most prosper
Gus and learned nation on the Earth.
Though civil strife and foreign foes
have despoiled us of our glory, yet
we are immortal. In all your cities
are seen the architecture that adorned
our beautiful Athens. The imposing
Doric, the graceful Ionic and magnifi :
cent COrinthian. These will ever be
enduring monuments to my former
glory. The sweetest songs that poets
have ever sung were of the prowess of
my sons in war, the beauty of my
women, and of the different haunts of
the Gods upon my shores. Guard
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jealous care. Let none but men of
worth guide your ship of State and
your prosperity will be enduring!
ENGLAND.-l[iSS Bette Cain.
Fair Columbia: - When the place
where your cities now stand was a
wilderness, inhabited by the wild
beast and the savage, I gave you my
protecting care, and when you resisted
my authority, treated you as re-
fractory daughter. Indignantly you
spurned my control and asserted your
independence. You have proved
yourself worthy of your mother, and
we come with pride and affection to
your shores. The great Empire upon
which the sun never sets, and whose
morning reveilIe enriches the Earth,
comes to do you homage.
TURKEY.-HOn. h. II. L0Rgi2O.
Know ye the Ian where the cypress and myrtle
Are emblems Of deeds that are done in their
cline,
Where the rage Of the vulture the love of the
turtle
Now melt into sorrow, now III adden 10 crime?
Where the citrOn and olive are farest Of fruit,
And the voice Of the nightingale never is mute,
Where the virgins are soft ~ the roses they twne,
nd AL SlV thp SDirit pf il IiViupp
'Tis the cline of the East the land
of the sun, the land DER which the
crescent waves, and upon which Allah
smiles. My shores are washed by the
dark waters of the Hellespont, above
whose rising gale and broken foam
was heard the song of Hero, "Ye
waves divide not lovers long" We
have recently trembled at the tread of
an armed host, and felt the shock of
battle. But we still hold our places
among the nations. We come, Co.
to survey your beauteous pos
sessions, and we make our obeisance
TO you with oriental reverence.
IRELAND. Mss Carrie Melton.
We come Columbia, with affection
to do you homage. Your hospitable
shores have given refuge to many of
my wandering children. The Sham
rock has taken root upon your soil,
md the Shilalah is not unknown in
your midst.
From the days OF Patrick Henry,
ny illustrious son, to the present have
yOu ever given my children cordial
Welcome; and they, in return, have
proved their allegiance to their adopted |
ountry on the field of carnage, where |
he foe pressed hardest.
When the cloud of famine hung |
ike a pail over us, none responded so
to calls for assistance as
our sons and daughters, and even
low upon our rocky shores the eyes of |
he famished look out upon the ocean |
o catch a glimpse of the stars and |
tripes at the mast head, knowing |
hat they are signal of relief.
ITALY.-1MjsS Mag. Atkins.
Italy comes to do homage to Column
ia. We leave behind the sunny
kies and works of art that command
he admiration of the world. Ours
,as the birth place of Virgil, Michad,
AngelO, the Caesars, and a host of
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ess the mildew of decay is fast gath
ring. You, Columbia, rejoice in the
igor aud freshness of youth. Long
lay your proud banner wave.
FRANCE.-Miss Cdtlie Girdrd.
Our triumphant eagles, led by the
Napoleon, have perched in
le palaces of the Hapsburg, Hozlen-
on, vine clad Italy and in old Egypt
the shadow of the pyramids, but
one of these past victories give us
le glory that the last and greatest of
i does. That is the victory over
Irselves. In the past We were
Otous children, but to-day France re-
ices that she is free, and she comes
do homage to her sister Republic.
AUsTRIA.-MisSS Sallie Hickman.
Great America-The tidings of your
,eatness and your prosperity have
ached even the far off Danube, and
le people of Austria rejoice at your
Iccess. No malice, no ill-will burns
ithin our breast, though Macmillan,
II noble Archduke, fund an untimely
ave on American soil. We upbraid
~ not, you acted only in defense Of
,ur national rights. Having just,
,ble and learned sovereigns Austria
as the green bay tree. Let
e East Empire and the Republic of
G West vie with each other in all !
at is elevating, all that is ennobling,
It let them ever cherish mutual
and hearty good will.
GERMANY.-Niss Fanny Cunning. !
We come, Columbia, to do you honor;
bid you God speed in your march
ward and upward. We too are re- {
cling in the meridian splendor of !
wer and prosperity. Though our !
untry has been the theatre of action !
every European war, no matter :
lere fought nor for what cause, yet
ace now reigns within our borders
ID peaceful, prosperous Germany,
e acknowledged keystone of the
litical system Of Europe, sheds he
IN and clevating influence over all |
nations.
Our Just SOvereigns, aided by the {
sc Bismarck, have bound the Ger y
an States into a glorious nation, !
lich now sends you greeting. |
Mamie Pdddlcford. Z
Glorious Columbia, like yourself, :
rejoice that i'm the last decade we G
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