Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1884-06-14
Tho Palmetto and the Pine.

The following poem was written by Mrs. Vir-
ginia l.. French. an accomplished Tennessee
lady. and trst published in the Nashville Amer
can.
The planted them together-our gallant sIres OF
old
Though one was crowned with crystal snow.
and one with solar gold;
They planted them tORether--un the worlds ma
jestic height,
At saratoga's deathless charge, at Eutaw's
stubborn tight;
At midnight on the dart redoubt. mid pIung-
ing shot and she'll
AT noontide gsspIng in the cru.h OF buttl-'s
bloody swell
With CORY hspds and r-"t ',',>.-" - 49,
Winch surged a.d swelled round them on that
memorable day.
When they planted Independence, MS u sy mLol
and sign,
They struck deep soil and planted the Palmetto
They planted them together-by the river of the
Watered with our fathers' hearts blood,
wstered with our mOthers' tears;
In the strong rich soil OF Freedom, with bonn-
From their Prophet, Priest and Ploneer-our
Father, Washington!
Above them nOsted echoes OF tue RUIZ and the
wreck, ti
Like '.drums that beat at Louisburg and thun-
derpd at Quebec
But the old light sank in darkness as the new
stars rose TO shine
Der those emblems of the sectlons-ih- Palnet-
to and the Pine.
And Well plant them still togethrr--ior tits vet
the self-same soil
Onr ruther's valor won for lis by victory and
On Florlda's fair everglades; by bold on,ario's
And thro' them send electric life as leaps kim
dred blood!
For thus 1t taught US who for Freedom lived
The Etrrnal's laws ol justice must and shall b..
That God has joined together by u lat all divine
The aasiinits Of dweilers 'neath the Palm tree
and The Pine.
clui is on their brows.
Aud winds antagonistic writhe and wrench the
Driving winds that drift the nations into gaping
gults and gloom:
sweeping ages. cycles, systems. Into vortices
Though the waves of faction, rolling in trlu,n-
phant to the shore,
Are breaking down our bulwarks with their
siillen rage and roar;
line,
Washing up the deep loun,ia,i ons OF Palmetto
Shall this. the soil of Freedom. from their roots
be washed away
by the chating Of the bilows and the breaking
Mo- the Hand which rules the vortex which is
Above lis ''hell OF waters" sets the bow of |
promise o'er us
And the time will come when Dscord shall BIZ
buried in the Past,
The orin ANNE of Love shall wave above The
beach al last,
And beneath that starry banner-type of unity
divine
Shall stand those stately s,gnals-the Palmetto
and the Pine.
Shall the old victorious Eagle from bough. he
a
Ey the double headed Vniture OF Disnuion and |
Decay?
Forbid it, Heaveni Columbia, guard thine EN- |
blems gathered here
To grace the brilliant dawning Of this grand
Centennial year. |
And bear them as thou marcheat on with gonfa-
Ions unturied,
With thy leet nnon the i-lter. Tor the freezing of
iy tue WOridl |
- sacred Shrine
For this Is freedoms Holy I.an-h.r promised
Palestine.
Oh! thou Voice of God oulnowing from the lips |
Ofhoy Peace, |
Sootke the tu noil and thr lumIl- bld the strife
nhG sorrow Cease!
Ger saVannas steeprd in Sunshine, over n,aun
tains dnrk with ram,
semi the xldd aud thriilini tidngs in thy sweet |
ly solemn strain
Let Snowy North and sunny south send up the
shout 'Aii's wrIi,''
AMI The music OF The coming strike our heart
strings with its swell.
Las TO Jessie Brown ut LII. know slrick the air
"Aud Lang Syne''
rom the Highland pipes of HaveincL) - Save the
Palm and save The Pine
Iod plant them still together, let tn EN- hliIrish
side by side
In the halls of our Cent, unial-Ia,led in NOR.
than martial pride;
W lth kindly deeds and noble names We II grave
them O'er and o'er,
With brave historic legends Of the glori ,us .iuys
of yOre,
While the clear exultant chorus, rising from
united bands,
The echo oil our triumph peals to ear th : remot |
est lands
W hlle Faith, Fraternity ani Love- shall inv
FULLY entwIne
round our chosen eui.IIeIns-t!e Palmetto and
the Pine.
''r'g.ther!" shouts Niagara his thunier-toned
"ropethari'' echo back the waves upon the
Mexic Sea
"iogeth-il' slug tue ., Ivan hills where Old
Atlantic roars-
IoEetherh' boom The breakers on the wild
Pacific shores
ToRetherl" cry the P-ople-and "togethero
SHALL there lie,
An everlasting charter-b bond forever for the
~ liberty the signet seal-the one eternal sign
ce those united emblems-the falmetto aud the
Pine!