The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1881-10-28
YORKTOWN CENTENNIAL ODE.
ny PAUL VI. HAYNE.

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The bass Of the drum and the trumpet thai
thrills
Through the multiplied echoes Of jubilan'
hills.
And mark how the year., melting upward
like mist, . nsu.a
Which the breath OF some splendid enchabt'
ment has kissed.
Reveal on the ocean, reveal on the shore
The proud pageant Of conquest that graced
them Of yore.
CBoRrs-where blended forever in love as
In fame,
See! the standard which stole from
the starlight Its flame,
And type of all chivalry, glory, ro-
nance,
The fair lilies, the luminous lilies
of France!
OF stubborn the strife, ere the conflict was
won!
And the wild-whirling war-wrack halfstifed
the sun;
The thunders of cannon that doomed on
the lea
But re-echoed far thunders pealed up from
the sea
Where guarding his sea-lists-a knight on the
waves
Bold De Grasse kept at bay the bluff bull
dogs 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 adj
vance,
All. behold where they ride, DER the red bat
tle-tide.
CHoRUs-Tho se banners united In love as in
fame
The brave standard which drew
from the starbeams their fame
And type of all chivalry, glory, ro-
nance, II
The fair lilies, the luminous lilies
of France!
No respite No pause! BY the York's tortured
food
The gray Lion Of England Is writhing In
blood
CORVALLIS may chafe, and coarse Tarleton
As he sharpens his broad sword and buckles
his spur
"This blade, which so oft has reaped Rebels
like grain,
Shall now harvest, for death, the rude .yeo-
men again"
VAN boast! for ere sunset he's flying in fear,
With the rebels he secuted, close, close in
the rear!
Tho Eranch nm bis Hank burl spcb volleys of
shot
ing TOO hot.
CHoRus-Thus welded in love, as united in
fame,
Lo the standard that stole from
the starlight It's flame
And type of al! chivalry, glory, ro-
nance,
The fair lilies, the luminous lilies
Of France
~.
o!morning superb! when the siege reached
its close!
See the sundawn outbloom like the Alche-
mists rose
The last wreaths of smoke from dim trenches
upcurled
Are transformed to aglory that smiles on the
world.
JOY JOY! Save the wan, wasted front of the
foe,
With his battle-fags furled and his arms
trailing low.
Respect for the braye In grim silence they
yield,
And In silence they pass with bowed heads
from the field.
Then triumph transcendant! So Titan of
tone
That some vowed it must startle King George
on his throne!
CHoRUs-Ol welded in love as united in
fame,
See! the standard that stole from
the starlight Its flame
And type of all chivalry, glory, ro-
nance,
The fair lilies, the luminous lilies
of France!
v. ..#-
When Peace to her own timed the pulse Of
the land
And the war-weapon sunk from the war
wearied hand,
Young Freedom, upborne to the height of
the goal
She had yearned for SO long with deep travail
of soul .#.H
A song of her future raised thrilling and
clear,
Till the woods leaned to harked, the hill
M slopes to heart ars
Yet, fraught with all magical grandeurs that
CLEAN
On the hero's high hope or the patriots |
dream, ...r#r .....--....r= i
What Future, tho bright, In cold shadow |
shall cast "#
The stern beauty that haloes the brow of the |
Past?
CHoRus-0! welded In love ms united in |
fame!
See the standard that stole from |
the starlight Its fame,
And type of all chivalry, glory, ro- |
nance,
The fair lilies, the luminous lilies |