Louisiana capitolian., 1881-11-19


to give, as corrected by the author, oui
Southern poets ode, which was set tc
music by Mosenthal and sung by cbo-
rus at the Yorktown celebrations.
Hark. bark down the century's longreachins
slope,
To those transports Of triumph. those raptures
Of hope,
The voices of main andof mountain combined
In glad resonance borne on the wings ofthe wind
The base OF the drum and the trumpet thai
thrills
Thro the multiplied echoes of jubilant hills
And mark how the years melting upward like
mist
Which the breath Of some splendid enchantmen'
has kissed,
Reveal on the ocean, reveal on the shore,
The proud pageant of conquest that graced then
Of yore,
Where. blended forever in love as in fame,
See thestandard which stole from the starlight
its fiame
And, type of all chivalry, glory, romance
The lilies the luminous lilies of France.
o. stubborn the strife ere the conflict was won,
And the wild whirling, war.wrack half stifed
the sum
The thunders of cannon that doomed on the lea
r.. 80 o,Lo.J f,, tltun1are nnalnl n from thl
When guarding his sea.lists, knight on tht
waves.
Bold De Grasse kept at bay the bluff bulldogs
of Graves.
The day turned to darkness, the night changed
to fire,
Still more fierce waxed the combat, more deadly
the ire,
Undimmed BY the gloom, in majestic advance
All behold where they ride DER the red battle
tide,
Those banners united in love as in fame.
The brave standard which drew from the star
beams their flame,
And, type Of all chivalIy, glory, romance,
The lilies the luminous lilies OF France.
No respite; TO pause. BY the York's tortured
food
The gray lion of England is writhng in blood
Cornwallis may chafe and coarse Tarleton aver,
As he sharpens his broadsword and buckles his
spur
This blade, which so oft has reaped rebels like
grain
Shall now harvest for death the rude yeomar
again"
Vain boast For ere sunset he's tiyingi in fear
With the rebels he secuted close close in his
The French on their flank hurl such volleys o
That cen Gloncesters redoubt must be growing
O. welded in love as nnited in fame,
See the standard which stole from the star
light its fame
And, type of all chivalry, glory, romance,
The lilies the luminous lilies of France
Nv.
o morning superb when the siege reached it
close
See the sundawn outbloom like the alchernist]
rose!s
The last wreathes of smoke from the trenche
upcurled
Are transformed 10 a glory that smiles on IN
world
Joy, JOY save the wan, wasted front OF the foe
With his battIe-fags furled and his arms trailin,
low,
Respect for the brave In grim silence the.
yield,
And in silence they pass with bowed heads from
the field.
Then triumph transcendent So Titan Of tone.
That some vowed il must startle King GeOrg
on his throne.
V-CHORUS.
When Peace to her own timed the pulse Of tn,
land.
And the weapon sank from the warweariet
hand
Young Freedom upborne to the height of tn
She had yearned for so long with deep travail o
soul
A song OF her future raised thrilling and clear,
Till the woods learned to hearken the hillslope
to hear.
Yet, traught with all magical crandeurs TIA
aleam
On the hero's high hope or the patriots dream,
What future tho bright, in cold shadow shal
cast
The stern beauty that haloes the brow Of tn
past.
o. welded in love as united in frame,
See the standard which stole from the staI
light its fame,
And type of its chivalry, glory. romance,
The lilies, the luminous lilies, of France.
The Dream that frightened WO
man.