Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1883-07-19
OUR counraY.
" JOHN onEEsLEAr WHITTIER.
lRead at Roseland Park, woodstock. Conn i,
4, 1881 Sohii., ou

1881 Soi''i.' 'ui
we give thy natal day 10 hope,
country Of our love and prayer,
my way is down no fatal slope,
But np TO freer sun and airt
Iried as by furnace fires, and vet
-, Dy Gods grace only stronger made
10 meet new tasks before thee set
Thou shalt not lack the old-iime aid.
Thy fathers sleep; but men remain
AB Wise. as true a.id brave az thev
why count the loss and not tbe rain,
Inc nest is that VIC have to-day.
"nate er OF folly, shame or crime
with snaed ,'y 5afn,ny nIgn,y bounds transpires,
comes TO us on the accusing wiree.
"niie ME OF thy wealth of noble deeds,
The low i,es ,hes OF pesce, thy votes u6sold,
ihe wrong rcdrcs8ed, but half Ia tn,id
ilSn n. ,,n poor wretch, in his prison cell
,yc tSas, Soso,WSx-noose, We ts Interviewed;
W. know the single sinner well
Ana not the nine and ninety good
LEI, II on daily scandals fed.
We Inc,'. = !, at times to doubt thy worth,
NJ ~ thee still, when all is said,
% best ard dearest spot on earth.
From the warm Mexic Gulf, or VIII, re.
Bslteu with flowers, Los Angeles
Basks IN the scmi-iropic air.
10 where katahdin's cedar trees
Are dwarfed and bent by northern winds.
my pienty's norm is yearly filled:
Alone, inc rounding century finds
lhy y-llberal soil by free hands TILED
aTeiuse Tor the wronged and door.
iny generous heart has borne the blame
ini,, III, win them, through thy open door.
Inc ou worlds evil outcasts came.
but with thy just and equal rule,
,,uu Auu iaDors need and breadth of lands.
M MI Press and rrstrum, church and school,
sore' II slow, transforming hands
Snal' mold even them to thy design,
Making Il blessing of the ban:
and Freedoms chemistry comuine
j he alien elements of man
The pewor that broke their prison bur
hta set the dnsky millions free
an6 Welded in the flame of war
1ne Union fast to Liberty
Shall it not deal with other ills.
,,,a.,is heuFcas tuc rcd mans grievance, break
INC Circean cup which slames and kills.
Ana Labor full requtal make?
Alone 10 such as fifty bear
Ihy civic honors bid them fall
anu caii thy daughters forth to slarc
'n' f'onts anu duties pledged to all?
No lack was in thy primal stock.
,r, ~ weaKhng founders buildcd here.
urpe 'r, were were inc inen Of Plymouth Rock.
ihe HuSnenota Cavalier
ann az, ,'isy whose Brm endurance gained
p,. ne irtedoil nf the souls of men,
"H,p .ri @ uhho anataincd by blood, maintained
rue hwof.d .di,ss Commonwealth OF Penn.
Huu NJ I, inN ihall be tho power of all
~, dn The work which duty bids,
al ii make the peoples council La!I
As lasting cs the Pyramids!
Well have thy later years made good
,,n ny nfANe-said word century back,
ne plrdge of human brotherhood,
ihc equal claim of white and black.
- q! word stu echoes round the world,
ANA az WHO hear 1t turn to thee,
AMI read upon thy nag unfurled
ihe pscrhecies of destiny.
-'ae great world.lesson all shall learn
ine nations i'll thy schools shall sit,
Earth,s farthest mountain-tops shall burn
Win wdtch-iires from their own uplit,
Great without seeking to be great
oy fraud or conquest, rich in gold,
slt richer III the largo estate
Of virtue which thy children hold
Win peace that comes of purity,
anu strength to simple jnstic, due,
SO runs our legal dream Of thee,
God of our fathers make Il trucl
y Land OF lands TO thee we give
our prayers, our hopes, our services free.
For thee thy sons shall nobly live,
Ana at thy need shall die for thee!