The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1892-02-18

i,,3W s the 'fn,ury iIiou13. 'n0''
NT- We remember the
spirit, undaunted and proud,
That Washington carried through sunshine and
cloud.
Che years pass away like the leaves on the
trceS
but me nag he Unified slit tain the breeze.
Weird Time he feyefses his mystical glass,
And the phantoms of fancy they dfeatIiily pass
The Green Dragon tavern we cannot forget,
Where the rebels OF Boston for liberty met
The midnight awakens TO hoof beat that rings
A message Of freedom--defancc to kings
Adown through the ages that sound-Paul Re-
On history's pages the centuries hear.
Old memories echo arotiHd us to-day,
From Lexington; listeii 10 sound OF The fray,
While Concord, arousing sends back the ALARM
And minutemen gather from homestead and
farm.
There Davis OF Acton for liberty fell
or Butrick 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 1t still.
There Prescott and Putnam contended with fate
There Stark led to battle the old Granite state,
There freedom not glory, the patriots sought
Immortal In story the hill where they fought
There Knowlton, enshroudcd In thunder and
tsame
Upheld like hero Connectlcut's 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 foemnn undaunted, like soldier you died,
Thrice leading your veterans up the grim CREST
In Westminster Abbey profound be your rest!
From Virginia comes 10 the state by the bay
The trappere Df Morgan in hunters array;
From the banks Of Potomac, from Shcnandoah's
vale,
Tho heroes o. Lexington bid you "Ail hail!"
Here the Head OF the Army" meets Liberty S
sons,
His welcome to Cambridge the cnemy's guns.
The insolent cannon grew quiet one day,
AS the naughty invaders were driven away.
Fort Sullivan, Trenton, Long IslaDd-each
name
Is written in blood upon tablets Of fame
Fort Sullivan's flag the white crescent on blue,
Over Jasper tho fearless how proudly it fewl
How Charleston rcjoced when the blue banner
Waving courage to friends and defiance to foes
At Long island, John Calender would not re-
treat,
But remained with his guns on the field Of do
feat. .
Tho name of coward that the gunner had won
On the heights Of the Mystic that day was lin.
done
What stories, Chsmplain, as you lie at the feet
or Grown Point and "old Ty," your blue
waves could repeat;
Those fortresses frownng, 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.
HpRStana n ri m ln o
prepare,
Those heroes that crossed the storm. tossed Del.
A festival ghastly, where blood shall be wine,
Where the worm on tho dead shall right royalty
dine
Brave Morris the Quaker, immortal his glory,
Tie annals Of Princeton cmblazon his story;
Now Bennington rises, summit Of fame,
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
Triumphant his banner he bore to the height,
And his wife, Mollie Stark, was no widow that
night
Saratoga, stillwatcr-thry each have their
story,
While Monmouth, Fort Mercer, are written In
Brave General Wayne, who, the old annals tell,
said il Washington planned it, his troops could
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 10 his doom.
A 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
n hot frQy Qynru hru
He bartcred his glory for renegade's grave.
Saratoga 1t 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
Where the Tories went down before Campbell
and Greene,
| Nathaniel Greene who, dcfying King George,
For freedom and country left anvil and forge.
| Oh, blacksmith immortal! resounding your
blows,
That arm when uplifted struck terror 10 foes.
| On the crest of the tempest rainbow appears,
| And Yorktown illumines the darkness OF years.
Tho star ar-spanglcd banner, the lilies OF France,
| Triumphant in victory, glorious dance.
Though lives Of the bravest, and millions II cost,
King George has been vanqushed-an empire
| is lost,
| CORVALLIS is taken-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-
/ ioice,
And as children, remember the lost mothers
voices
The cradle.songs taught us in years that are
fown,
Your Shakespeare and Milton we love as our
own.
Charles J. Duncan, in Household Monthly.