Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-02-25
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Where days sun battalions, bright be.erim.
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Besieged thy proud beauty for ave and for
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No more to the sunset. There's born glad
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For For tthee,lpvely sea-girdled qaeen of the
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And thy head is bent low on his iron.pound
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oid Spain wooed thee well--bold-hearted
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Wandered lonely for years tn Thy i dim sea.
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And the padres prayed on to the good saint
sIg Camille, s8aah 9GH TfJhi11e
And told their gold beads for thee over
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For well they remembered when in solemn
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Came thy red 'dusky children ON low Bonded
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And the gray hooded priest with stole and
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Christenedlthee s'New Spain" and child OF
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Long years thou hast seen the blue sweep Of
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Surge with the tempest and swell with the
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And swash on the black rocks in grander
ba commotion, eT pirl "a 6et4rf,s
And twirl in the sand dunes new eddies to
form.
The tide like a steed thou hast bridled for
ages 3ji2.fi 's. DiA -ll-"
Mounted high on the white surf hast rode
D with the wind, nlJl daid .tHiz!
Thou hast baffied the poets, and prophets,
and sages,
And And on in thy broad course hast left them
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Let decades lie hid where the sunlight is
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But a touch Of their glory in the stories
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The affairs are dust where the saints have
been praying, ''
And silent with rust is the old mission bell.
The soldiers who counted the moons
=, whilst thou slumbered, ne ,lt s5stT
Fell Tor thee fighting when too valorous to
And the red forest race by invaders out.
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Gave their names to thy legends, and their
bones to the sea. ~ lae I4A ii5s
Oh land OF the sun, from thy dreams be t. I,
awaking 'SiiiA7
From the snow-capped Seirras now kissing
the SKIES woe it:ad gm'R34 Gt
Along thy white sea-line new pillows are
breaking ~ 3eo-., .7o ,,o,,s
Down to the land where the Cuyamacas rise.
There the fields are aglow, and the valleys
are ringing, n'.''" Nnoiil s,'h"
The wind swirls the wild oats full ripe on
the plain 9't aii8d a2p5d I1t
Far off on the chilIsides the children are
singing 81 bllh1Rie afI Of gai3s0n
As they prune the red wine tree, and garner
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Inyon busy town lying white in the distance,
Fleeing thousands crowd down 2ton thy
rivers TO drink 5aa7gogelb gnidior
There the waves and the sea,winds both
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To drive the great mill, wheels they build
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Giant vessels of trade rock and reel while
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freightage to bless all the land as they co.
And the white ships speed on not a me-
Bearing treasures from sun.iands to high,
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In silence no more sleeps the valley and
I mountain, 1s} i1J's' ~ EAlsd4s 3'E' s.
| All unveiled is thy beauty Il sea and Sof
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| Who shall miss the wild rose dropping lone
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Of the old golden days that thou cans't not
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Thy new prince salutes thee, strong, brave,
/ and true.hearted,
bWitb kiss he has broken, the bans of thy
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And with courage Is bold ss thine old loves owes
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He heads the wild desert, and throttieso the
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No more to the sunset Thy glad sunrise Is
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Where the black canyons sleep, and the
/ .istreams dash along,5E ~ sXr8i 2 o. ,IHt
And lights the dark mines where the red,
I gold is gleaming-ais yisG5iiais 700
AND syee ttief!fs the notes of the labOrer's
T. song, 7uizin0Tosg Sc 7tGg sil 20
! The sdn-hush is high on the cheek of thy
I, lover paw lttt +a-4'o'''i-'"
lie has trimnphed M castle, and cottage,
! and grove, ''ha.'o4hi '' 70 N.'''' N''
With the warmth of his kiss he has claimed
thee forever, bla -3Hht1 I3 iif
And has sealed q new bridal of labor and
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! J. VIRGINIA FRENCH,