Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1884-01-01
for the Democrat
AT THE FOUNTAIN.
lOct 10, isss.l

To cold. bubbllng springs ON Green Noun
tain's brow,
Her ever green trees in glad homage bow.
Thoy SPARKLE IN sunshine Ike gems dropro'
down
ny the lavish sun nom his Sparkling crown.
Prom Neptunos domain. up the woody height
A Nalai was iurcd by their beacon light-
She waved o'cr those springs her magical wand
And two brooks loapod from the glitorini
sand.
They orcpt with much care. from the NOM
tain's side
Now slow. now swim. dil these ,ruant brook
glide;
Attracted. they mct-unitod. and one
Bold. bounding brook down the rocky steel
run.
Il wound and roamcd In glad. frolicsomc glce
Win the saco met and hicd 10 the sea.
Thou swiii-running brook Vow sonly yo'
glide.
And wind through the WILDWOOD your crysia
tide
when Wild icmpcsis rage by The storm .kin'
fcd.
You tumble and foam DER your rocky bed
The sweet singing brook for a time has gone.
And a river broad aud deep rushos on.
Through summers nercc heat and stern Win
ter. cold.
Thy water rolls on and Cor ages has rolled
nlesi solitude rcigns la Thy haunts supreme,
And wood.nymphs sport by thy sylvan stream
Natures sweet music you breathe In you'
songs.
Your echolng stream her sweet note prolonss
For ages have bloomod 90 Thy banks Wild
nowcrs-
for ages have sung spring binds In ihy bowers
Earliest hcro robin rcd.brcasi has come,
IN ny trcos built her nest ami reared her
young
sweet harblnrcr. sure. OF springs fcathcrcd
choir.
whose notes blend with thine when spring
tunes her Tyre.
TIL tho portal Of Heaven. soltopencl. socr1s
near.
And angels come forth the sweet strains to
hear
sweet summer retreat how welcome Thy
shade
when ihc August sun seorches HIN. plain and
giadci
when life seems "a burden too irksomc 90 bear.
The aniidoie sure g. thy mountain air,
Prom lifc's Worry and ain awhile 20 Zee.
And commune Ia solitude, Nature, with thee
Here Autumn put. on his brightest array
And iaunts on my banks his colors most gay -
,cattcrs golden leaves on thy rest tide.
And pipes his sad dirrc while down stream
they glide.
The way o. the fountain, De- carpets With
leaves;
with green moss for a ground, the artist wcaVes
A carpet ln colors % gold and brown.
All sircwn with bright wreaths from his royal
crown.
Hcrc OLD Winter puts on hl. mlllcs, mlon.
A. he haits. spell bound. ON ny banks. ever
green.
Down the mount comes ayoicc-his winds bear
the sound
To- avn the brook thv chains never bound
While riIls, brooks and streams are fottcrcd BY
thee.
Uniamed rush on. unfciicrcd AMI free.
ann the brook that 81. called 20 supply
Tyrchurg Village with water-hcr founis are
dry.
/ am damned one hundred fny.nyc feet
Above the fair village above Main street
Where two brooks unitc-high up Green Noun.
tain
Ny water 4 dammcd-thcrc l. The Fountain
Ia ten inch iron pipc-from light u day
I start for the village. three miles away
Much smaller pipes my pure waters compress
Ero I reach the village the sizes arc less.
Ten inch. eight. ak. four, three inch pipe and
one
Arc the sizes ere my journey Is done.
through Eve miles Of pipe, under ground. nve
feet.
Through the village l roam from street 10
street.
Eight miles OF pipe brings nom the pure foun'
tain
To happy homes. water from Green Mountain
long. long b. remembered the faithful few
Who projected this work and carried II
through
when the h,lthicss viewed the work with a
frowu,
Undaunted they moved and laid the pipe down
success crowned their toll - the effort was
blessed
with Crystal Brook waicr-ihc ruEksr and
ursr AUTUNNUs
Fryeburg. NOV. I. l'si.