Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1883-02-10


Miles beyond the leaf-rob'd cottage
And the native hale pih,
Cleans the silv'ry sheen Of Eva,
Rise the bold sleeps of Kaala.
Now the silent goddess Muta
Flies from Kipikona's presence
As her dreaded sister Ptho,
Maid of eloquence, approaches,
And beneath whose gentle suasion
Speaks the gray-haired, sage, knhina,
Speaks these words great Kipikona
80 Cassandra of the ancients
appeal to thee, fair goddess,
On this day of all most glorious
In the annals Of Hawaii,
To foretel the fate impending
Der this fair, sequestered kingdom,
In the arms of Neptune nestled
To foretell the happy future
OF Hawaii and her sovereign
Who this day sits crown'd and scepter'd
On the throne of Lunalilo
And the great Kamehamehas
Who this day becomes most sacred
In the eyes of all the people
BY this act of coronation.
Long indeed must be the lifetime
OF the king and of the kingdom
What on earth can blast their fortunes
With this added weight of honor,
Honor to both chief and country
"Come ye MUSES. from Parnassus,
Come Mnemosyne's fair daughters,
Come ye nine, we honor'd sisters;
Come Calliope and Clio,
Come thou Erato, lov'd goddess,
Come Urania, divine one,
Polyhymnia, Euterpe,
Come Thalia, ever welcome,
Come Terpsichore, def leader
OF the youth in may tripping,
Come Melpomene, fair goddess,
Come thou dread yet lov'd enchantress
Come We three attendant maidens,
Come Aglaia and Thalia,
Come Euphrosyne, thou fair one,
Come thee with thy sister Graces;
Come o come ye to Hawaii
On this day of all most happy
Cluster round about the monarch
On his throne at Iolani,
And assistance lend pray you
That will make this day great one,
That this day will make mark'd one
Come thou too, divine Phillammon,
With thy sweetest notes OF music
Drive all care from out Hawaii !
Let the day be one of pleasure
80, this day of coronation
Happiest day of all my lifetime
o this view spread out before me
Miles of mountains, scores of valleys,
Groves of palm, green seas OF foliage,
And the long white line OF sea-ioam
o for Homer, for Virgil,
For some Horace, or a Milton,
For Dante, Camoens,
To pass down to time the picture
In the poets soitest measure
Some Da Vinci, some Murillo,
To transfer the scene to canvas
o for Angelo of lily
On this day ofdays, Hawaii,
To present thy king in marble,
To preserve his form in marble,
In his native Honolulu,
In thy capital, Hawaii 1"
Hats the speech of Kipikona
As his eyes enraptur'd lnger
Once again upon the picture,
On the lovely panorama,
On the works of art and nature
In the charming isle, Oahu.
As he looks upon the ocean,
AS he gazes on the harbor,
AS his eyes search through the shipping,
Steals frown across his yisage
And in low voice, as il musing,
As if speaking without needing,
Words like these were slowly utter'd,
Words like these spake kipikona
"Not a sail on the horizon,
Not ship along the seashore
Hastens with its host OF people
To the dread kings coronation,
To the crowning OF the dread king
OF the islands of Hawaii.
can see no scores Of war-ships
In the harbor's placid waters;
In can see no squadrons coming
Der the oceans rolling pillows
There has come no prince or princess,
And no host of great officials
Clad in gold and silver laces;
There have come no words Of greeting
From the dread kings royal biothers
In the distant lands Of Europe,
In the lands of distant Asia.
No large fleet the Great Republic
Sends 10 do the dread king honor,
As we all SO much had hoped for,
As all had so much expected.
Not squadron comes from Britain,
And from France no fleet is sent us;
Not German flag is sighted
Not dragon banner waving
Greets the eye in all thy waters,
All thy waters, q Hawaii
Not sail comes from the eastward,
From the westward, OF the southwark
No canoe from Tongatabu,
No canoe from Rarotonga,
And no soza fslslfn
| From the isles Of the Samoans I;
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Once again the great Ankina,
Once again did kipikona
| Brood in silence on Leah.
| Without speaking and unheeding,
Wrapped in thought and meditation,
Mov'd he then along the pathway,
Down the bold sides OF Leahi,
Through the palm groves OF Waikiki,
Der the ahInM hoi,
| To the king at lolani.
As his sovereign he approaches
Low obeisance makes the aged,
Makes the gray-hair'd kipikona;
Then before him standing upright,
Standing in the royal presence
OF the monarch OF Hawaii,
Speech like this makes the AnAina,
The " haNaka Paaiissa,"
The "Man Friday" Of the dread king I;
MY congratulations give l,
Give to you Sire this great day,
When you take the crown and scepter,
When your life becomes seclusive,
Il Becomes sacred, becomes kapn.
al In the streets OF Honolulu,
Ofthy native Honolulu,
And the islands Of thy kingdom,
Boom the great guns, boom the cannon,