The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-07-06

As the great sun, too bright for mortal
eyes,
All panoplied in FIRE, blszed I'D the skies,
The prayerful Persian bent, his vows to
pay
Unto his deity, the god ofDay.
AS dawns upon the east this day Of days,
Each yesr this nation wakes its hymn of
praise;
When on the sky there warns the first
faint trail
OF coming light, and nights great Ian
terms pale,
Tie anthem wakes the pecan clear and
high
or millions chanting hymns TO Liberty.
Where 'gsinst the coast of Maine, with
foam and roar,
Old Oceans surgss lash tbs rJck-ribbed
shore,
The song ia Weakened. and on startled
wing
The hours take up the echoes as they
ring,
Bearing them westward 10 their womb
rous fight
Hailing the day and diving back the
night
Until grown resonant beneath the strain,
The whole broad land rocks to the deep
refrain;
Until the tones are, lost 10 the wild war
Which stormy seas wake on Coiumbia's
bar.
With Oh with roaring guns, with
trG ia blare,
With brig t Tags lighting all ths Joyous
With songs and all halls to this sacred
day
The millions of our land their deep vo VS.
pay;
This day which marks the epoch, when
20 man
The thought took form, to try aD untried
plan,
To frame government where heart and
brain
By their own splendors should their
h0DOrs claim;
Where, when Gods angels bent them
down and smiled,
Up0E the cradle If the humblest child,
That smile should not be 10 t; but with
its grace
Should light the way TO honors, powers
and place;
Where men should make their own Id Ws,
where the knee
should bend alone 10 God and Liberty,
This day which folds the mAnle sofl Of
rest
Around the forms of oil the worlds op.
pressed,
This day or dayp, which to the troubled
earth
Came with the blessings Of secOn.
firth.
And on this day each year the tale Is
teld
What there WAS wrought Tin the brave
days of old, j.
Bow, after men through ciciing CEN
turtles pressed.
Finding no spot where weary souls could
rest,
How. after nations one by enc were
reared
And ran their course, then sank and dis
appeared
Leaving DO sign On esrlh's bare breast 10
tell
Why they had toiled, or why at length
they fell;
How with the years, when Hope was
well nigh dead,
BeyOndihe seas g mariner was led
Who found New World, there the sea
beside,
Waiting in virgin sBleBdor. like bride,
To be possessed; fsir land where should
be
A throne uDresred sublime to Liberty,
Where shaking OFT the chains which
bound him fast
Nan should stand forth sovereign Of
last
The tale goei on, how DER that ocean
trail
Brave spirits came in vessels small and
frAil,
And how. though met by Famine. Want
and Gold,
With souls inspired AM hearts contained
and bold,
They entered on tbs conquest of the wild;
At want they laughed ~ suffering they
SMILED;
They ielled the forests. titled the stubborn
glade,
Fought savage foes, and toiled and sang
and prayed:
And while t1s work of conquest they
pursued,
They for their children built the school
house rude;
Until one morning all the world grew
bright
Beneath toe radiance Of q womb ous light
Which il the west had kindled been, q
sheen
Such n. no mortal e'er before had seen;
And all the Nations beard IN fearful
aye
To Freedom consecrsted and to Law
a Nation bad been launched upon the
plan
OF equal sovereignty 10 every man
The tale proceeds from that trsmendOu
hour
With deeper pa.hos and With added
power,
And tells how first our fig. that
naughty scror,'
Wac hailed by herr es; how, with sO,em a
toll,
The bells called up the toilsrs; how they
came,
A band immortal, all their hearts saame,
And tireless fought till seven long year,
had fed,
And then. above their sorrows aud theil
dead,
Their victory came, and Peace, her gentle
reign,
S.reto bed Ger the land and made it bel
domain.
Then, Progress folio we'd, slow, with eau
tious tread.