Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1882-11-30

Pair usrs Our dream.I On hey aers,
grand


Fair were our dresmsI Oh Il ihey aere as
grand
A. eveg nnafed ont OF fancy lanf
Childrrn nere we in simtsIe faith
But God-like chiIdren. whnn nor death.
Nor tssEeal nor dsnger droEe frosn auey : path,
Ia the Lend where We were dfsaIning
Proud we're oar Esen. as pride q birsh sould
rsnsler.
As vioieis our women pure and Eender;
And uisen tliey spoke their soice did thrill,
Uniii n eve the s-whip-pnOr-a
Atn0on che n0eking-biFd, were mute and still,
IN ine Land where sc weee dreaming
And NE bad graves, that cossresl more az rlory
Than ever .xel Tradition 3 ancient sA0ry
And IN cur dfraua We wore the Thread
Of principles ioF which bad hls1,
And suffered long. our own Immortal dad,
10 slse Land where we wefe dreasniug
Fhongh il our Land re had both bond And Ifee,
B'sih were content and 80 God let thlzn Be,
Till Envy coveted nnr >un,
And thgse lair fields our vaiOr won;
Bur, little recked we, for we still slept on
In the Land where sc were dreaming
Our sleep grew troubled and our dream grew
wild,
Red meisors flashed arross our heaven's Geld t:
Crimson the moon between the twins
BaFbed arrows iy, aud there begins
Such strife - when Disorder's chaos reigas,
Der the Land where we were dreAmingl
Down from the sun-Iit heights smiled Liberty,
And w:vtd her cap in sign Of victory;
Tie world approved, hnd everyw where
Es... a.
The good, the brave, the just gave Us their
PRAYER,
For the Land where we were dreamingl
We finricd that Government was ours,
We challenged place among the worlds great
powers,
We talked. Ia sleep, OF rank. commission,
niil - life like grew our vision.
Tnat he who dared 10 doubt bat met deTision.
Ia The Land where we were dreaming
We locked on high; hammer there was seen
Whose field was blanched and spotless in its
sheen;
CllivaIry's cross It's union l.ears,
Aud veterans, swearing by their scars.
Vow they will bear il through an hundred
wars,
In the Land where we were dreaming
A figure came among ns as we slept;
Al first be l"wiy kneeled, then rose and wept;
Then. gathering up - thousand spears,
lie swept access Che field OF Mars,
Then, Oowed farewell-and walked 0ehind the
STARS
From the Land where we we're dreamingl
We looked Again-another figure still.
Gave hope and nervrd each individual will;
Full Of grandeur, clothed with power,
Self-p0i,ed, erect, he ruled the hour,
With s;frn, majestic sway--of strength q
In the Land where we were dreaming
As. while great JOve, in bronze, warder
God.
GARD eastward from Sng F0rash where he
sioOd,
Rome felt herself secure and free,
So-''tsiehmond' safe, /" we said while we
Behold i'ronZed hero, God-like Lee.
la the Land where we were dreaming
As wakes the soldier, when tn alarum calls
As wakes the mother, when her infant falls
As starts the traveller. when around
His sleepy couch the ire-bells sound
So woke our nation, with single bound,
Az sAC AAA10 VIC NNaC
Woe woe is usl the startled mother cried,
NhiIe we have slept. our noble sons have died !
Woe woe is Us how strange and sad,
That, all our glorious visions fed,
Have leit Us nothing real bat Our dead,
In the Land where we were dreaming
And are they really dead, our martyred sIain7
No Dreamersg morn shall bid them rise againl
From every vale from every height
On which they seemed to die for right,
Their gallant spiri's shall renew the fight,
in the Land where We were dreaming
Wake Dresmers, wake none but the sleepy
fail;
Our cause being God must in the end prevail;
Once this Thyestean banquet DER,
Grown strong the lew who bide their hour
Shall rise. and hurI Its drunken guests from
power,
in the Land where we were dreaming