The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-07-08
ANNIVERSARY or THE PHILADELPHIA
sociETY.

ANNIVERSARY or THE PHILADELPHIA
s,ociErY.
There was good attendance on this
occasion. Rev. $. L. u. Speare, the
speaker, was introduced by the
president of the society, +. s,
June. The address was very
interesting one on the power and cfflc-
acy Of prayer. We regret that we can
not give an abstract.
THE ADDRESS BEFORE THE ALUMNI.
Tuesday morning, after the prelimi-
nary meeting of the Alumni, came the
exercises at the church. Rev. Henry
N. Hudson, of Boston, gave the address,
which was upon the subject of "The
relative value and importance of &C.
quirement and culture in liberal
course of education" The remarkable
fact Of our age is the great advance in
science. Some Of the benefits were enu-
merated. But to culture science con-
tributes little except severity of taste.
Science is essentially demonstratiyc in
all Its conclusions; freedom of thought
does not come from it.. The moral,
emotional, and imaginative share of the
mind Is little touched by 1t. Literature
as q means of culture received notice.
The gains of requirement differ from
those OF culture in being quickly got
and easily lost, while the gains of cul-
ture are part of the mental growth,
slow and permanent. The relations of
understanding and reason were discus
sed at length, and it was shown that
imagination and conscience afford as
tpnn ~ L.
standing proper. The address abound
ed In telling illustrations and was enliv-
ened with frequent flashes of wit which
were greatly enjoyed.
THE POEM.
Following the address came the poem,
by W. w. Gay, '76, of Malone, N. Y.
We give 1t entire.
Is Pan, the Iaughter.lover, dead?
In ch0rie-dance shall nymphs ahro' star-lit
glades,
Moon, mad, no longer by his sweet pipe led,
Make Inc woods merry till the moonlight fades,
And the bright stars be fed?
Did the wild cry OF agony,
Borne thro' the isles of Greece, from sea 10 sea-
From peak to peak. from land to ocean swelling
Startle 10 silence the mad rcyellersi
Beneath the vOiceful trees
| Swept by the restless breeze?
Did the old gods, in fancied safety dwelling,
nCuT be WtlTu CRY Oh uOOm
With tongue benumbing awe,
As Az IN me iofy arched banquet room
| Inc Bapylonian monarch read the fiery lettered
law?
filtering thro' the wool of leayes
streams the white moons silver rain;
And an elfn artist weaves
Forms fantastic on the plain;
And see the calm lake lie
Placid as the sleepless eye
Of an undisturbed divinity;
| Ana, peak O'ertOpDiuQ Dpak the n IN
Great giants. Titans. cyclopcs,
with unSempt locks
And boards orforest trees,
whose sides are scanned and Scared with rock
That trembling DER tho canons lower,
And in the moonlight, wan and gray,
outstarting from die gloom the ' White he robed
IN the awful stillness here,
| HOW the present rolls awayi
ANA my heart grows still with fear,
NJ. For know nor night, nor day,
But am conscious only or having lived Away.
Out of the stiffness,
Out OF the night,
Like an el1n horn sounding
Hear Alright?
E -, Is Il the voice Of the wind in the treesF
IN musical accents
Peals Of bright laughter,
- And hute voices calling.
whence. and what phantOms are theseY
10 the measure OF music gracefully dancing;
IT'S ran! It's mighty Panl
Goat shanked and shaggy PAM
In flowing robes and myrtle.cro WI hair
HIM following. rout Of maidens, fair
AZ pink Aurora when she peeps
ABOVE the white. snow -mantied steeps.
And graceful as the rushes when they din
G dneir asselied helmets 70 the rivers lip
saiiy laughing. roses strowing,
Seel they circle round the god
NOW couched upon the messy sod
Who from out his pipe of reeds
A wild. sweet melody is blowing.
Joy Is the theme.
MOI rough, unlicensed mirth
Ihat riots In the noisy scream
M, pi ,hn n ,mumpets and the noisy drum;
Wien das is ended and the firing hum
or toll ID stilI, and like pleasant dream
T Thao weary soul. the evening shadows come;
Inc joy Of waters murmuring mid the weeds
Ihat skirt with green mountain lake:
The Joy of glad, unfettered winds that wake
Inc flowers. stepped in dewy sleep within the
woodland glades.
sweet succession of harmonious soundsI
They battle my soul with ecstacy,
AS the full moon inyades
With Hoods Of moonlight witchery
The forests dim arcades.
mignt nave tasted that far -famed wine
Which Helen, cursed with beauty too divine
From Egypt brought to nll the fnries OF despair,
80 lined Is my soul beyond the bounds
Or Garth and care.
All eoarser sense is drowned in fine delight
before my wavering sight
The gray boles mingle and grow dim,
Ana Mintly falling as far sounds upon mine ear
10 Flora, Zephyr's love, i hear
The maidens chant their hymn
Nay, Nay.
It's but an idle dream that Hoods my brain.
The gods have fed away.
In vain, In vain
TO call the tSem ai back 9a again. Hympan peaks
No more The voice OF Joye, the father. speaks
In the loud thunder's roar.
NO Borrowing naiad murmurs from her prison
Complaints OF amorous Apollo's cruelty.
The unimpassi0ned moon,
Her course amid the slars perpetual keeping
No longer. moved by love,
Descends from heaven above,
10 iondle fair Endymion amid the flowers
The sun.god pipes no more.
Meciined beneath laurel's shade,
Al Eve while 6isn. argent ana n So%
In the blue heaven 10 hanging low,
Evokes nom the inspired reed
. sad music, plaintive strain on strain
such music as made Plutos hard heart bleed
"hen Borrowing Orpheus sought his drear do
That wakes in maiden hearts loves balmy main.
Till then unfelt before.
ana only hcho. babblng daughter OF the air.
VI nymphs and naiads, fauns aud satyrs
Poor sad Echo. md her rocks,
feering thro' her tangled locks.
IN search OF hor Narcissus, fairest OF the fair:
" no. when the night winds blow
Chro' mountain pines, or hollow caves,
0r IN tempestuous fury lash the waves,
In intervals Of rest
Doth beat her shrunken breast.
And In loud lamentations syiabIe her woe.
The gods have fed the earth
With all its turmoil and its clamor.
Its selfish greed OF fame and gam,
Is wars and hates, the Age of Iron
Supplanted mild old Saturn's reign.
Ind man forgot the homely worth
OF simple life and rustic graces,
n lust Of might and pride OF birth.