Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-02-13
ODE.

In COmmemOratiOn of the One Hun
bred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the
Foundation of the Colony of Georgia,
in the settlement of savannah.
WRITTEN By REQUEST OF THE sESQUI-CENTEN-
NAL COMMITTEE.
Man cIings, we know. to his ancestral clois!
Yet. are there those who tower, like potent
Gods.
Above their Brethren. on whose brows
OrsOme star blazoned splendor burns ,llvine;-
In whom the harshncss Of an earthly lcaven
/, sOftened by the mystic bams of heaven;-
Whose epic fates thro' broad. deep currents
Urged by the Impulse Of steadfa9t soul
Toward some grand Purpose, and beneiiceni
souls. with large look southwark. and be-
nign,-f
With Duty's keynote. sounding down the bars
OF the high-ordered music of the stars;-
Forever open to the liberal noon
or God. of Nature, of humanity
Ah! such was lie.
In whose wise mind the seed
OF great Thought lay ripcnlng INTO DeeG;-
slowly developed thrO' long tOilful years,
Nurtured by blood and sanctiiied by tears
Clear blood heroic.-tears that left no trace
of hopeless anguish on the Weeper's face,
Until there waXed from changeful hour to
The .potiese petals of a perfect Flower
Rife with all beauty, flushed by power and
This Rose Of states, our Georgian Common
wealth
Behold. the obscuring mist
OF Time and Death dissolyes, and melts
Behold. ON this supreme Memorial day.
I'm large maginatiOn's marvellous light
The Man of matches might,
OUR FOUNDER ANp OUR sovEEEIGN-LoRD Is
Tho soldier. scholar. seer. PhilanthrOpist
Whose selhess aim
conferred in Virtue only, brought him q.
Whose course no Power could blight, no Guile
Majestic and IMMORTAL OSLEraoRrE!
And close beside him. stately and austere.
That glorious Chieftain Of the Glen an q
Our western Forests noblest DEMON.
without whose faithful and unfalterlng aid,
Ills morning Hope had set ere noon of sun,
Beneath his shattered plans and broken
One. Who Int lightly held his life in hand,
Roaming the barbarOus land,
BY lone savannah. and stern mOuntaln-pdsS'
To serve his English brethren or de-
Who never summed Foe, nor failed a
Friend:
Fed on the strong. wild milk OF Solitude
BEHIND the cuir;sss of whose iron mood,
Planned the high passion OF LeOnldas!
orr FOTNDEE AND OUR SoVEREIGN-IORD Is
HERE! ,,:,,s.,, III
BY Heaven. what mirrored Magic Ol Oiu
Ages
Could reproduce upon its crystal pages
A form more vital. and a face more grand
What brOyys imperial. and far-Pierclng eyes,
Touched by the CLEAN of museful eNnltatiohs'
such. "a may kindling rise, ,...-,
Ann calmly smile 0G VanqulSheu tflOuidtiohS'
What lofty port OF unperturbed command!
Yet toned By under-traits, as sweet ana nil"
A. ever won the homage Undecided
or some cOnfiding, lOve-dependent Child!
And over ALL the unwavering light that glOWs
High halOing One who hears beyond the wall
Which giTyts OUR common llNes' anu Da7e t"i :
The enchanted clariOn-call
To aIl~brave deeds, and ven-commissloned
Thrill the the clear Voice Of every Wind that
blows. f.
survey his stainless. long, unfeitered lie,
Varied. dramatic. wildly unlque;-
How in the boUndless ardOr of his youth
Just touched and tempered by 4 Gam an
tique:-
That Roman strength of passion, head IN curo
Bv Roman ,ciH, invincible and superb
TemDted, caressed. ambitiOus.-still he turned
From Svrens singing on the Golden Isles, =
FASHIONS light tilt-yard, and its mimic STRIFE,
Beauty's yOluptuOus smiles,
The downcast eye-ld. aad the heaving
And %t s,r.' from -hrewd Stateeyefrs subtler
wies-
Ills look IS SoutBwsTl.
-FesfHs.