The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 18??-1882, 1881-08-26
YORKTOWN CENTENNIAL ODE.
BY PAUL M. HAYNE.

BY PAUL M. HAYNE.
THE Richmond (va) Dispatch publishes the
following Centennial ode, which has been go
to music by Prof. Mosenthal, of Philadelphia
and is to Do sung by a chorus OF 275 voices a
the Yorktown celebration.
Hark! hark! down the century's long reach
ing slope,
To those transports Of triumph-those rap
lures of hope!
The voices OF main and OF mountain combined
In glad resonance borne on the wings OF the
The bass Of the drum, and the trumpet that
Through the multiplied echses of jubilent hills
And mark! how the years, melting upward
VIII CD the ss breath Of sons splsndld enchans-
nent has kissed,
Reveal on the ocean, reveal on the shore,
The proud pageant OF conquest that graced
them OF yOre. VI ''..-l
Where blended forever in love or in fame,
See! the standard which stole from the star
light its flame, ~ z
And type Of all chivalry, glory, romance
The fair lilies, the luminous lilies Of France!
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o! stubborn the strife, ere the conflict was
And the wild: :whirling war.wrack half stified
the sun! ,...-.
The thunders Of cannon that doomed on the
lea
But re-echoed far thuuders pealed up from the
Where guarding his sea-lists--a night on the
waves
Bold De Grasse kept at bay the bluff bulldogs
The day turned to darkness, the night changed
to fire, J.-.'..-
Still more fierce waxed the combat, more
deadly the ire
Undimmed by the gloom, ah! behold where
they ride, .-.-. D.
In majestic advance, DER the red battle tide.
CHORUS.
Those banners united IN love as in fame
The brave standard which drew from the star
beams their tlame
And type OF all chivalry, glory, romance
The fairIlilies, the luminous lilies OF France!
No respltsd tsd %od No pacs'' By the Y0rkS tOrtur-
The gray Lion of England is writhing in blood!
Cornwallis may chafe, and coarse Tarleton
As he sharDens his bread sword and buckles
his spur .
"This blade, which 80 oft has reaped Rebels
like grain, i..s tlss s,....s ,s.lliz ss.a'-i
Shall now harvest, for death, the rude yeoman
again."
Vain beast! for ere sunset he's flying in fear.
With the rebels he secuted close, close in the
The French on his flank hurl such volleys Of
shot H. " 4 ~
That cen. Gloucester's redoubt must be grow,
ing too hot, " ~ ~ ~
CHORUS.
Thus welded in love- as united in fame!
Lo! the standard that stole from the starlight
its flame,
An type Of all chivalry, glory, romance
The fair lilies, the luminous lilies Of France!
o!mornins rIa.s superb when the ssigs reached its
See! the sundawn outbloom like the Alche-
mists rose!
The last wreaths of smoke from dim trenches
upcurled -
Are transformed to glory that smiles on the
world.
Joy! Joyl Save the, wan, wasted, front Of the
With his battle flags furled and his arms trail
Respect forths bravel In grim silence they
" yield,
And in silence they pass with bowed heads
from the field.
Then triumph transcendent! So Titan Of
tone
That some vowed it must startle King George
on his throne! -
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b! welded In loyss as united In famel "a
See! the standard that stole from the starlight
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And type of ali chivalry, glory, romance
The fair lilies, the luminous lilies of France!
When Peace to her own timed the pulse Of the
And the war-weapon sunk from the war.
Young Freedom, upborne 10. the height of the
She has yearned for so long with deep travail
OF soul
song Of her future raised, thrilling and
/ clear, liatll li UI
Till the woods learned to hearken, the hill
Slopes 10 hear,
Yet fraught with all magical grandeurs that
On the hero's high hope, or the patriots
dream, f.fr. n .tsr t.F
What Future, tho bright, in cold shadow shall
cast
The stern beauty that haloes the brow of the
Past?
CHORUS.
O! welded in love as united in fame!
See! the standard that stole from the starlight
its flame, - 3@. ga sis-f At o.
The type OF all chivalry, glory, romance