The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-01-09

And may tho splendid fcrvor OF this hour
10 send thy name from Fanc's. eternal tower,
Twill echo round the planets widest girtn;
9Ill doubling nations rise and own thy power,
And Freedoms dazzling temple domes the
earth.
Amonp thy lusfrous triumphs bc II scrolied.
INV hand from womans cloudcd destiny
The stone that held her from her rightful
And I'D her brave feet to thy foremost fold.
Among advancing heroes OF her race
.-,e rolling drum. the trumpct's noisy blare;
The colors yondcr. tangled with the air;
The pOmp OF nations ana their pareahtrlcs-
The splcndors that with splendors here COM
Not ih"sc the symbols Of mans power-not
th,tt.
The sobbing engines set their psalms to him
Tho metals mastered by his liRhtcst within,
He with a single finger can control; ,.
SO k human seem, they only lack soul.
The depths Of earth his eager feet have
The loft,cst heights his daring arm carcsscd
No sphinx 50 frownng but his Dps nave
Ana coaxci her secret from her stony breast.
TO Sit hooded falcon on his wrist
The subtle force he gathers from the skies
And buckles tohs stronghold energies;
The mighty giants that his genius throws,
And letters 10 his daring enterprise
These. with their chaplets bind his eod-likc
brows.
NJ gaze / lift above these paaced plains,
Where Peace her proudest victory maintains,
Remembering those we never may forget
And as the eve the cmpyrcan gains
DE Soto smiles and Joliet ana Marquctte'
And brave Lasallo and Ibcrville are there.
This splendid contamination OF their dreams
They with Bienvlnc. greet us from on high,
ITO IN the triumphs OF this day .cohcir-
Snrh names, such deeds, such heroes never
dc.
Here smiles their fair-faccd Louisiana, 10!
Mere fraction OF her regal rcif-but oh.
A SPLENDID fraction still. Behold. she stands
with lips that with their gladness overflow.
And welcomes for the world In her sweet
hands.
Tho blood OF Spain Il warm upon her check,
The fire ~ France r. sparkling IN her eye,
And Creole rraces 80 upon her brow or w. voice
A. radiant she MS Sheba when she stood
Before the throne OF Solomon the King;
And peautcous as was Miriam when she
Her joyful cymbals on the Red Seas shore'
The tabled isle whcrcon Ulysses roved.
A seven years captive 10 Calypso cnnrms.
Not fnircr was than are these fruitful plains
Where Louisiann's glowing gardens spread
Their sunptuous blossoms TO the generous
Her rwect-sappcd cane-neds glitter in the
light
wind:
Tho golden apples OF Hcspcrides
Their mellow bounty drop FER every hedge.
-ro her majestic live oak man may NO
10 Gull the moss for beauty's yielding coucf
or cut for ponderons ships their rugged ribs
Her opulcnt magnolia year by year,
RatltflIs its ivory villages ana <tu0r
IT, pomp Of perfume out To freight the air;
while that white blessing which God gave tn
The bountcous cotton. in its ripcned grace
Ger regal acres spreads its frostless snow.
The tawny river the explorer found
lonely monarch In wilderness.
Now commercc-crowncd, goes weeping TO IN
Past cultured pralries once the cyprcs
And lo her valleys sleeping in the sum-
beneath the flowers which make their cove
Undrcamcd.of treasures hide them for thu
When Labor. welded TO the soil. shall wake
And nncsampicd harvests And she calls
Calls loud and sweet, with voice OF I'LL ~
South.
Come hithcr W who nbor and despair
And spend your strength on unrcwardir
Here bring the hearts that break for want
Here bring Your brains, your sincws and yo'
powers.
Come hithcr and beneath these gencro'
Build up your homes and rear your lit
ones
Let the thick smoke OF factories strangle vic
And busy spade and plow turn DER the giou
It'll buried ldcncss can rise no more!
And when the days sweet labor shall nc non
And hamy eve lies pillowcd on her flowers,
The yellow moon will light the mossrooi
whcrcyou may walk with your beloved, Al
On your upliftcd brows contcntmcnfs crow
And stil beyond these crystal gates, sws
Enticrmrnts hold FOR enterprise to seek
Not only buried cities. and the tomhs
or ruined kingdoms and forgotten Kings,
Hut worlds Of wonder to rejoice his eyes.
Rch ns that marvellous cave 81 Eastern "
The Southwest yondcr smiles, scarce out
sight.
Waiting the voice 81 commerce 70 ring out
sihr magic "Dppn Sesame, that VIII ling
lhe mystic portals wide for him who seeksi
Row sweet as buglcs grand as throb
drums.
As from sirongthroatcd men nm anth
comes
Rolling III rich harmonious nmpltudcs
Along the lands, across the oceans Hoods.
StrninS that will echo from the golden pa
or shining gospels Of the coming ages
Hank, It's the chant OF noble cxaltaiion
Which bursts from nations gathered ~
The hosts who come "a children OF one fatf
Beneath the standards OF our land 70 rnth
yhc voice OF nultitudcs who hithcr turn