Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-09-26
THAT LONELY PELICAN
REV. ALFRED ]. HOUGH.

| REV. ALFRED J. HoUGH.
| IA ebfooted water fowl, larger than a swan re
markabe for its enormous bill. to the lower edge
which is attachei pouch. capable of holding man!
quarts of water WebSter.l
A BEEMAN tends tn @ lfersu,. hive on Seminar
| hill,
And near him dis-SPENcER of the gospel rests
Or salles forth to serve the church from Beersheba
Dan,
While them also lives. we learn lonely Pelican
We have FROST; both black and white, and ARMsft
| meet the foe,
FIELD. FORREST. Bro D KS, HEATH, FORD and WELLS
| SwEATr and then SNOW.
De ghtful AYERS Winooski breathes. at Springhel,
| reigns McANS.
But at the capital appears that lonely Pelican.
A BELL at NJ rrisvie rings out the gospel strong an
| soun1,
And BARRows at South Royalton wheels we'll the pas
| toral round
| Our army boasts a Scorr KNIGHT. BRUCE to lea,
| the van
But something IppeIrs to view-thlt lonely Pei
Old Craftsbury boasts servant wise through travel
| and through ooks
Whose gracious speech is WORTH Enough to make III
for his looks.
|
| tolls,
WestT )psham little though she bs, yet hath her pray
ing SoULEs.
We've taken GUERNSEY from the sea, and FLANpER!
from the Dutch,
At Bakersfield we have WEDGE. E.wor III no one know
| how much,
West Concord sinners must become less wicked than
They we gota minister this year who'll BURNHAM i
| they don't.
CURRIER serves at II chester whose work is tt
| wear,
At Sheburne we'll, I must aver, .the very DIBBLE'
| there
Hyde Park has taken meath its shade STORY -tellinl
Yet wanders still with pouch and ill tn It lonely Pe
|
The MUNRoE doctrine ,nson holds to be the grand
| est thing.
And Rutland finds her LOWELL proves an ever Twins
| spring
At Roxbury they learning FRENCH. we trust with
| out its jigs,
Twixt Cambridgeport aud Athens now is runninl
| happy RIGGS,
Charlotte her WICKER work admires, but weary worn
| and wan.
Looks down upon the capitol that lonely Pelican.
Though WALKER walks the Hnesburgh charge witt
| reverence and fear,
And Burlington goes with JUMP through all the Con
ference year,
Though ToDD-es now a. Island Pond omisins
young man,
Yet what are these beside that grave-that lionel,
Pelican.
St Albans for the second time her PERRY-wi puts
And Pitsfeld. mournful to relate. has all to SMITH
ERs gone.
VAIL DER Sheldon's heart is thrown WEBB foldi
Woodstock round,
South Londonderry takes KNAPP yet wide awake IL
found
Lincoln is glad. she HArHERwAY; Grand Isle may
BRAGG and can,
But still Moutpeller bears the pam-that lonely Peli
Thouxh Berkshire owns HYDE that's proof against
the ills OF time
And Westdeld holds Goop.ELL more than can be
Th ugh Bel ows Falls maY prize her huge, un.AUs
Invitations nan,
Montpelier boasts above them allthat lonely Pelican
We had q BEARD, but it has gone to -superannnate,
We had BUTTON, but it rolls now in Western State
we bad RAY of pulpit light-it also Westward ran
But what of that?we still have leftthat lonely Peli
can.
North Bennington MErcALF with Joy the second time
last spring,
Three years has Bratteboro heard that grand old
TRUAx ring,
Ana trOtOu ndppy BroWs edcu uay DIG hcePs hoi
LITTLE man,
But happier they whose eyes behold that lonely Pei
can.
Hartland may boast a MAxHAM wise, Brownsville a
merry WIGHT,
And Waterbury claim the prize for rare JOHNSON ian
might
Lyndon may WHEELER to the front, and Essex WILD
scan
The heights of fame to see far up that lonely Pelican.
At Richford calm mount TABOR looks two kindred ma
tions DER.
The Junction starts off with HouGH she's acted so
before.
Though nnington it's HuLBuRD lost we have no sert
of doubt
But we've as much of MERRITT left. ever yet went
out
But listen churches ear and far ye have our nerc.
est ban
If caught allurng with your wiles lonely Pelican.
We've SMITHS that serve the gospel forge. we've
TAYLoRs for the Lord,
We've SHERBURNs, WEBsTERs, all grand men, with
grace and learning stored,
But since the Conference of Vermont its glorious race
No name adorned her scroll like this-a lonely Peli-
The Springfield District. like tub well CoopER-ed.
once contained
OF Conference talent half the best the purest. finest
grained;
But three years SINCE o. woefu tale describe the loss
who can!
Montpelier District wooed and won-that lonely Peli-
can
Come back lone bird thy mourning cease, longer
from us roam,
The Springfield District is thy birthplace early love
and home.
Thou dream'st a garden waited thee, through which
sweet rivers ran.
1t proved widerness-comeb back,-tho lonely Peli-
."Though be, among my brethren. as the Psalmist
pa I'M < ~ Rpp n in VERM