The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-02-24
VI ehakepeare Memorial.

lonvee wendei Holmes poem read Ct
Welcome. Thrice welcome 10 thy sflyefiy sleau,,
we, e { sSss ti '%as, IS sss c ssyss%1 bead.
a summer: Srssth 70 xvon's whispering lasadn;
From rock.wai!cd channels. drowned In ray.
less night.
WI Leap forth ,t soiisc : md light! .u.
And greet With answering smile tho morn
No pu,sr lymph tho whiseiinbed Nssas
1nsq,irom thy ehalce aews:
lEstatry %withspansicsf washed from golden ores
Nor CLASSY stream Dlandusia's fountain
No. .wavc translucent where sabrlna fair
Israids her loose-flr wing hair,
Nor tho swift curren,. stainless as It rose
Here shal! the traveller stay his weary feet
To seek their calm retreat:
Here at high noon the brown.armed reaper
Here. when tho shadows. lcnsthcn,ns from
Call tho mute song-bird to his lcnfy most,
Aatron and maid shall chat tho Cares away
That brDodcd O'cr tho day,
While dOcking round them troops OF children
meet,
And ali the arches ring with laughter sweet.
Here shall tho stced, his patient life who
In toll silf thai never ends:
Hot from his thirsty tramp n'er hill and plain,
Plunge his rcd n~ostliis, While tho torturlns
rrtn
Drops In loose loops beside his floating name:
Nor'the noor brute that shares his masters
Find hts small, needs forgot.
Iruest OF humble, lcH0.cndtriny friends,
HNCA4 nfHkeANrS4 tyllGnrl. NglnQR npfinvlfnn N RAHQ
defcndsl
Hero lark, and thrush. and nightingale shall,
And skimmlng swallows dip.
And strange shy wanderers fold Authorizations
Fragraht from bowers that lent their sweet
Where asa + !; ;, rose Z, or psrs!a's lilac blooms:
At the fun basin's br!nk.
And whct his leak against its rounded lip,
His glossy feathers g;istening rs they drip.
Hero shall tho dreaming pet lingcr long,
Far from his listening throHy-
Nor lutte nor Tyre his trembling hand shall
ltorc no frait Muse shall imp her crippled
No fal term minstrel strain his throat to
These haI!owcd echoes who shall daro to
Whose tuncless voice would shame.
Whose jangling chords with jarring notes
would wrong
The nymphs that heard the Swan OF Avon's
sonyY
What visions greet the Pilgrims rapturca
eyes!
Whit ghosts made real risei
The dead return-tlicy brcathe-thcy live
loincd by tho host of Fancy's airy train.
Fresh from tho springs of Shukspcarc's quick.
cniug brain!
The stream that stakes tho souls divincl
Here found the sunbcams frss:
Rich with his fainc, not less shall memory
Tho gracious gift that humber wants supplies,
Der the wide waters reached tho hand that
gave
To Nil this tounteous wave,
With heath. and strength, and Joyous beauty
nlcst be the generous pledge of friendship.
From tho far homo of brothers lovo, UNI.
Long may fair Avon's flow, enrolled
With 6tOrted shrincs of old,
Castolta's spring, Egeria's dcwy cave.
And H0red's rock the God of Israel clavel
Land of our Fathers. ocean makes us two.
But heart is truei
Proud is your towering daughter in the West,
xct IN her burning lifc-biood reign contest
Mcr mothers pulses beating in her breast.
Vht6 holy fouut, whose r:lis from heaven do
sccnd,
Its Rracious drops shall lend
10th f0rcileads tatlied in that baptismNl dew,
AUD love mako one the old ho,ne and tho new!
Hal Il. V,rus1N NneN.sj,,oS