The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-12-17

Oni freedom! gentle mother OF us all,
What hallelujahs hold our hearts in thrall,
As we today behold thy noble grace;
And know the kngliest crown is after all,
AS nothing to the glory of thy face!
Sweet LIBERTY thy blazing torch afar.
From out the desert leads man, the star
OF old the shepherds led to Bethlehom:-
Shine till remotest kings their helms unbar,
And bond to kiss thy garments shining hem
And may the splendid fervor of this hour
So send thy name from Fame's eternal tower,
Twill echo round the planets widest girthi
Till doubling nations rise and own thy power,
And freedoms dazzling temple domes the carthl
Among thy lustrous triumphs be it scrolled
Thy hand from womans elouded destiny rolled
The stone that held her from her rghtful place.
And led her brave feet to thy foremost fold,
Among advancing heroes of her race
Come hither OH ye weary sons of toll;
Come hither, ye who labor and despair
And spend your strength on unrewarding stones;
Here bring the hearts that break for want of work
Here bring your brains your snews aud your powers
Come hither. and beneath these generous skies
Build up your homes, and rear your lit onesl
Let the thick smoke of factories strangle vice,
And busy spade and plow turn DER the glebe,
I'LL buried Idleness rise no more
And when the days sweet labor shall be done,
And balmy eve lies pillowed on her flowers,
The yellow moon will light the moss-roofed path
Where you may walk with your beloved and wear
On your uplifted brows contentment's crownl
NOW sweet as DugleS, grand as thrOD OF drums,
As from strongthroated men an anthem comes
Rolling in rich harmonious ampltudes
Along the lands; across the oceans floods,
Strains that will echo from the golden pages
OF shining gospels of the coming ages.
Harkl tbs the chant of noble exaltation
Which burst from nations gathered one nation;
The hosts who come children of one father
Beneath the standards of our land to gather;
The voice of multitudes who hlther turn
To this great school where all teach all learni
The torrld, temperate and frgid zone
Earth s noble trinity. hero three one,
Within this tabernacle of the free,
Stand mid the marvels of their century.
Here are the precious splendors of the mine,
The arctic trophy and the tropic vine
The car that rushes at the maddest speed
Across continent. withouta steed,
The sounder by which hear to-day
The clock that ticks thousand miles away
The lightning harnessed to the alphabet,
Or to the most Hercuean labors set;
The wire on which ones words can walk the seas;
The telegraph the vast discoveries
Which make illustrious the Book of Time
And write the nineteenth century sublime,
Invention, science, agriculture art
And genius in these triumphs all take part.
Ot these are they
Who throttle ignorance to-day;
And where she dies
The darkness flies
From off the shadowed features of the sphere
AS clouds before the sunlight disappear.
Not he who is to loftiest plan inclined,
The man alone who benefits mankind;
Who in the point the needles eye did place.
Became the benefactor of his
No less than he whose magnet needle turns
Steadfast to where the northern planet burns;
The microscope which finds the dire nierobe
Is more to millions dwelling on the globe
Than is the telescope which in its might
Discerns the unknown comet sail in sight.
The lfe-boat battling with the boiling wave,
The shpwrecked sailor in the shrouds to save,
More precious is to scores of anxious hearts
Than yon Great Eastern with her mighty parts
Stretched on the pillows bending DER the sea,
Amazing men by mere immensely
And hark ye yet for still another voice
Speaks unto all, and bids the world reioicei
The ponderous engine whose prodgious power
Holds up thousand triumphs to this hour.
Bids men remember from how slight thing
The most exultant victories may spring
And from its great heart earnestly it cries,
Behold! this day is full of prophecies
OF splendid promises for all who aim
The shaft of effort, to bring down a narneG"