The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-02-20

sz5SsssN century under
NI- We remember the
spirit, undnunted and proud
That Washington carried through sunshine and
The years pass away like the leaves on the
trees,
But the flag he uplifted still floats in the breeze
Weird Time he reverses his mystical glass,
And the phantoms of fancy they drenmily pass
Tho Green Dragon tavern we cannot forget,
Where the rebels Of Boston for liberty met.
The midnight awalSens to hoof-beat that rings
A message Of froedcSn-denance to kingsl
Adown through the ages that sound-Paul Re-
vere-
On historys pages the centuries hear.
Old memories echo around us to-day;
From Lexington, listen to sound of the fray;
While Concord, arousing, sends back the alarm,
And uinute-men gather from homestead and
farm.
There Davis Of Acton for liberty fell;
or Butricl and Parker let history tell.
From the shores of the Mystic the low hills
arise
To your memory, Warren, that shaft to the
! skies:
That summit OF glory that crowns Bunker hill;
The spirit OF Adams is guarding it still.
There Prescott and Putnam contended with fate,
There Stark led to battle the old Granite state,
3 There freedom, not glory, the patriots sought
/ Immortal in story the hill where they fought
There Knowlton, enshrouded in thunder and
! flame,
Upheld like hero Connecticuts fame.
AS long as Connecticut honors her sons,
Her Knowlton and Hale shall be glorihed ones.
Pitcairn, in your valor old England takes pride,
Brave foeman undaunted, like soldier you died,
Thrice leading your veterans up the grim crest;
! In Westminster Abbey profound be your rest!
! From Virginia comes to the state by the bay
The trappers of Morgan in hunters array;
From the banks Of Potomac, from Shenandoah'S
vale,
/ The heroes of Lexington bid you "All haill"
Here the Head Of the Army meets Liberty's
sons,
His welcome to Cambridge the enemy's guns.
The insolent cannon grew quiet one day,
AS the naughty invaders were driven away.
Fort Sullivan, Trenton, Long Island-each
name
Is written in blood upon tablets of fame.
Fort Sullivans flag, the white crescent on blue,
Over Jasper the fearless how proudly it flewl
How Charleston rejoiced when the blue banner
rose
Waving courage to friends and defiance to foesl
At Long Island, John Calender would not re-
treat,
| But remained with his guns on the field of de-
feat.
! The name of coward that the gunner had won
On the heights of the Mystic that day was un-
done
What stories, Champlain, as you lie at the feet
0
waves could repeat;
Those fortresses frowning, they echo the story
/ OF old Ethan Allen and Green mountains glory
! On the walls of Quebec listening sentinels hear
The tolling of midnight the last Of the year,
AS Montgomery, scorning the hot cannon's
breath,
/ Beneath the stern fortress met boldly his death
! Christmas eve has arrived on the Delaware cold
! He is holding high festival Washington bold.
For the Hessians feast Christmas day they
| prepare,
| Those heroes that crossed the storm-tossed Del
aware;
! A festival CHASTITY, where blood shall be wine
/ Where the worm on the dead shall right royalty
dine
Brave Morris the Quaker, immortal his glory,
! The annals of Princeton emblazon his story;
Now Bennington rises, a summit Of flame,
| Where Stark of New Hampshire led farmers to
fame,
John Stark, the old hero, who fought by the
side
/ OF Prescott and Putnam, where great Warren
died.
| Triumphant his banner he bore to the height,
And his wife, Mollie Stark, was no widow that
Saratoga, Stillwater-they each have their
story,
While Monmouth, Fort Mercer, are written in
glory.
Brave General Wayne, who, the old annals tell,
take hell.
Stony Point and its capture shall ever remain
A monument fitting "Mad Anthony" Wayne.
| West Point, at your bidding rise ghosts from
the tomb
And Andre the gifted goes forth to his doom.
! spirit so noble, his fate we bewail,
While pity is silent, remembering Hale.
Bold Benedict Arnold, how bravely he Fought
Can he be the traitor whose honor was bought?
His country's betrayer, general brave,
He bartered his glory for renegades grave.
Saratoga it gives him with heroes place;
West Point has enshrouded his name in DIS
grace
For Andre, Fort Griswold, he cannot atone,
This traitor who perished in exile alone.
! Kings mountain and Cowper's hot fighting
! have seen,
! Where the Tories went down before Campbell
and Greene,
Nathaniel Greene who defying King George,
For freedom and country left anvil and forge.
/ Oh, blacksmith immortal! resounding your
blows,
That arm when uplifted struck terror to foes.
On the crest of the tempest "a rainbow appears,
And Yorktown illumines the darkness of years.
The star-spangled banner, the lilies of France,
Triumphant in victory, glorious dance.
Though lives OF the bravest, and millions II cost,
King George has been vanquished-an empire
is lost,
| CORVALLIS is taSen-the victory won,
| On history's pages nation begun.
| Old England, our kindred in language and blood,
Each year brings us closer across the wild flood;
In your sorrow We weep, in your gladness re-
joice,
And as children, remember the lost mothers
voice.
The cradle-songs taught US in years that are
flown,
Your Shakespeare and Milton we love as our
4 own.
Charles j. Duncan in Household Monthly.