Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-05-21

BASS.
Judge j. Logan Chapman has written an
ode THE Land of the Lakes" set to music
by Prof II. b. Roncy of East Saginaw
Ii is as follows:
Land of the Lakes, upon whose bosom
The varied glories of each jewels sheen {:
Land of deep waters lit by flashing beams,
Rejecting natures most luxuriant green &,
Home of bright aspects, of beauty stern or
mild,
OF sunsets gorgeous in their dreamy tints,
Of sylvan shades and fireclad mountains
Wild
OF bowers mid which the vocal brooklet
glints.
Land of the pine of legend and of song,
Whose whispering leaves and waves re-
count the tale
Of peoples dead, of peoples fresh and
strong:
Land of the beetling crag the west winds
Of knightly war, of grand old-time
romance,
Land which erst slumbered on her watry
Fill freedom claimed her, walked from her
trance.
5rand in all aspects, beneficent to man
Land of the Lakes my own fair Michigan
What land more fair than this land bathed
in light.
Mir'ing the sun with calm. undaunted eye,
Drinking the glory of the starry night
In thousand lakelits rivl ling the sky.
D, land of hope: o, land of lakes and
streams.
With humid lips and tressesl floating
wild,
seeming as some half. shy young matron
seems,
Who smiles and bushes DER her first
born child
Rich in all richness-richer cen than
gold.
lowered in lake and woodland and in
Loving. e'en when thy mood is stern and
cold
True TO thy faith, too pure to e'er beguile;
Thou art not like the gaudy tropic
cline.
Which woos the soul with. dreamy sensual
Thy free will oTring. nobest of all time,
Strong minds. brave hearts with glory
crowns thy year.
From thy strong womb some poet yet will
spring.
And in sweet number vocalize thy soul,
And o'ef the world thy gracious presence
fling.
As DER thy landscapes thy calm waters
roll.
J. fairy land of rose and woodland fow'r,
Abode of graceful forms of swan and
dove
Land of wild vines in many a mystic bow'r,
Dream of an angel waited from above
Time wooed thee forward to the gaze Of
man,
In pride of thee, my own fair Michigan.
The following is Michigan's Semi-Cen-
seminal Hymn, written by ID. Bethune
ouflield of Detroit to Kellar's American
lynn"
Dark and all dreary our fathers first days,
Silent and lonely their foresight home:
Stars of the night shed above them no
Hide meath their leafy oershadowing
dome:
Bright them and golden along that dark
dome.
Fair in the flush of the morning s1first
The Unions clear sun lights up their wild
home.
Breaks now the dawn of their national
days.
Glnd their salute to the uprisen flag,
Tn star-spangled flag that engirdles the
earth:
Early they saw on earth hillside and crag,
School-house and steeple break forth to
the birth:
High now their hopes in this happy new
birth,
Liberty's light reaching valley and crag,
Behold Gods bright arch once more on the
earth
Pure is it's glow on the folds of the flag
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Praise unto Heaven, who gave them the
boon.
On it unfolds the glow of new days,
Tn sun smiling out the pale, sinking
moon:
Down, long gone down, is that pale, fading
moon.
Strong now TIE State in the vigor of
DAYS.
While all men to-day, accepting the boon,
Render to God their glad chorus of
praise.
In addition 60 the ode Land of the
Lakes, " the following will be sung: a
semi-ccntcnnial hymn by ID. Bethune Duff
field of Detroit, t. be sung to Kellar's
American hymn; Hymn of the Fifty
Years, by Mrs. G. G. Moots of West Bay
City,to be sung TO the air of "JohnBrown's
Body an additional verse to 'Star
Spangled Banner" written by the Rev j.
I. Oxtoby of East Saginaw, and an extra
Michigan" verse, by Prof. Roney, to he
added to my Country IT'S of Thee" Mrs.
X. X. Hill OF Vassar has also written the
following verses, which will be sung to the
stirring Scotch war song, "March of the
Men of Harlech' under the title of
"March of the Half-Century:"
Souls heroic! born for leading.
Ye wait not for PHYS pleading,
Ye storm on, ut duty's needing
NGainst the fortress grim:
Thrills such soul through hardship story
Frightening history's pages hoary,
While our state ablaze with glory,
Chants the victor's hymn;
Half "A century's splcndor,
Holds these mem'ries tender.
OF olden days whose spirit says,
"All praise to God we render.n
Onward past with present meeting,
Lo the red man fast retreating,
Listens to the nations greeting,
God is with the right"