The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1890-07-03
LIBERTY BELL.
Dedicated to the sons Of Amot,cn.

by MApGE MORRIS.
I'll sing, You u legend of a "beauiiiul
The land of a Eing--wheie the people
To build them n helt--that never should
ring
hut to tell OF the death or the birth ut
King.
Or proclaim cycut--wiih its swinging
slow,
To starile nation to JOY or woe.
1t was not Ia he builtlcd this bell. that
they planned
OF common ore. dug FROM the breast of
the land,
But of mctai.--iirst moulded by skin of
all arts--
Built OF The treasures Of soud human
hearts,
And from all DER the land, like Pill
grilnS they came
Each 10 cast ia u burden. mite. in the
OF the furnace his offering to mingle
and swell
| In the curious mass of this wonderful
bell.
knights came in amor aud flung in
their shields
That had wHrded off blows on hot battle
| fields
| And frecmcn brought chains from the
| prisons afor---
| Bonds that had fcttcrcd the captivcs of
war
| And sabers were east in the molten flood
Stained with the crimson Of heroes
blood.
Pledges of lovc--many would hiiug
\ gem that had CLEANED in the crown oi
King
The coins that had ransomed maiden
from death.
The words hot with ciuquence, caught
from the breath
OF sagc-And II prayer from the lips
of II slave,
Were heard and recorded and cast in
the wave
To be melted and mou ded together, and
tell
The tale of their wrongs in tones of the
bell.
1t was finished at last, aud by artisan
baud.
On It's pondorous beams hung high . e,
the land.
| }
ever fell
On a listening ear from he tongue OF
this belt,
The brown spider wovc her frail home
OH its walls
And the dust settled deep in its cavern
Gus halls
Men aoghed in derisiou, at the pains
Of the builders; and harder ana harder
the chains
Of tyrannous might on the people
were laid.
More iusatiatc, more seville the tribute
they paid,
There was u something they found tal
more cruel tn III dtath,
And something far sweeter than hfe's
tleeting breath.
Rut harel in the midst of the turb:.
liant throng.
The moans Of the weak: and III,
groans of the strong.
There's Il cry OF alarm, some invisibl,
Is moving this long silent bel in tn,
tower,
Forward, and backward, and forward l
swung.
And Liberty. Liberty! Liberty rung.
From lis wide, brazcn throat. Owe
m0unta II and vale
TIL the seas caught the echo, and mon
, archs turned pale.
Our forefathers heard it--that wild
. thrilling tOue
Ringing out TO the world, and the,
claimed it their own.
And up from the valley, and down from
/ the hill,
| Erp,l ~ orra nf fla, fhI.r,. fran, I'll
field and the mill.
They paid with their lives the price G
| its due
e Aud left it legacy, free man, t
) and now, when danger is menacin
nigh.
5 The mighty bell swings in the belfry o
4, TO wake men from their dreams, the
j, groasp in alright
u Their swords, when its warning sweep
i. out in the night.
1t started with horror, and irembld
kncll
e From ocean to ocean when brave In
O coin fell.
And again its wild notes sent Il thri
\ through the land
: When Garfield WAS struck by traitor
Gus hand.
/, While WashinglOn's name is cmbla2or
V ed in gold
% While patriots treasure their deeds HI
are told.
= While dear il the name Of child. moth,
&c or wife
% Or sweet TO a soul is the measure Of Ii
=. Americas sons will to battle prepare
"a When its tones of alarm ring out on II
" air;
y For libcrty's goddess holds in her fra
hand,
w The cord of the bell that swings o.
"A the land.
H. July 4th, 1890.
j. CASTLE GARDEN.