New-York tribune., 1892-12-23

Let the French Chamber have each day q fight.
Fierce as our Congr"ss-or almost, rot quit,,
And Monorchists in gleeful tone allese
That the Republics on the ragged edge"
Let Kais.r william for q ca: armies tive
And the reuctint Rcichstag try 70 drive
Let 6ladstone with the weight OF fourscorc years
Contend with Irish hopes and ETglish feais,
And trust In his declining day. to be
The &. 0. NJ. OF zeal q. o. =.
Let Biela's comet Thereby hangs a taD
1hrcaton the earth. but In It's thresieninfs faii'
Ard when it's nearest 10 this earthly ball
Ec found II Isn't Blola's afr all.
Each evening clear let red and fiery Mars
Engross the tim, Of all who study rtaTs.
Uncertain whether spots the surface shows
Arc mountain peaks or only drifts Of SHOWS.
Whether the l..e. that show are wet canals
Or Jus. a sort Of astronomc sells.
Whether Mars's children are folks ike OURSELVES
Or ONLY planetary cnoues and elves;
And viii they when they really come TO know u.s.
through realms Of fplce send fashlight signals
10 u.s.
L.. Lord Drn-aven look TIE matter up,
And think that he can win oar yaeht'meh'S cup ;
The Yankee seilor seldom this allows,
Since johnny Bull was so outsailed a. Vo"es'
Let Harvard's crimson blush and then turn pa'c
Iso,ore tn, exult,nt yicto- blue Of Yale,
Ana Yale stll wear her football honors thick
The game was fair-thc Harvard boys can't KICK
Let ..urdovort astronomers all sw az
..Pv yrii.cr I've found a new no thcr'
Or II the moon Itself they cannot sce'
Swoe- 70 the place they think 1t ought 70 oe'
L., the Worlds Fair Chicago advertise
She drew the trouble when she drew the prize
Let new theology disturbance make
L.. Prcsbytcrans burn Briggs at the s'aKc'
lat cholera threaten 10 invade tSc Nation
And scare US into stopping immigration
In brief let outs1s world waa Us II Will
The burglar rob the desperate murderer XIII
Let fires burn. let iarcd waters drown
Let laden ships I'm stormy seas 60 down.
Let cyclones rage and let tornadoes blow,
Let lightning strike Let river, overflow,
Let earthquakes shock, volcanoes belch forth nres
Let death impend from our electric wires
Let everything take place at eNerywhere-
To.nirht tits naught to us-we do not care
we celebrate Day OF which we boast
And now / give you In rude verse, my toast
Here's 10 New Engand-roam where'cr you WILL
You find her influence allprevading still.
Her sons and daughters scattered through the
land.
Tho Yankee strains bring out on every hand
And the whole race shows their improving force'
Marxcd as the influence Of the Morgan horse
Her rock bound hills invite no slucgari near
Her valleys narrow and unkind appear.
Her tardy spring keeps back the opening howr
Her fastening autumn chills the ripcninc ho;r,
And rude old winter. grasping half the !ear'
Eues sternlv with o frozen sccptlc here.
From northern bonad even TO her southern Line,
The glorious beauties OF her scenery shine
Oceans OF forest. in whose wiids OF green
thousand lakelet silver isles are seen:
Her mountains looming up in grandeur Wild
Like granite Pelions upon Ossas piled;
Her quiet landscapes. mingled hill and dale,
The peaceful hamlet nesting in the vale,
The scattered farms. where thrift and plenty reign,
The busy cities busting on the plain;
And when old autumn. through the russet land.
llluminates the scene with lavish hand,
Lights here and there his glowing ruddy lamp.
On every maple in the grove and swamp,
Fires the creepers on the sunny porch
And OF each sumach makes burning torch,
With gilten brchcs weaNes a golden frame.
And clothes the hills with aureolcs of lame.
Repeating oft, with spray Of fiery flush,
The miracle OF Moses burning bush.
Could tropic cline more legal beauty wear
Than these fair scenes In Old New England bcarf
Here's TO thy mcn-unOn the rolls Of fame
Thy sons have written many noble name.
In war and peace are they alike renowned,
G TIED in speech. In s.atesnaishlp pFOlOuEu
Poets whose strains have charmed list ming world,
Painters who,e art new beauties has unfur!ed.
Eut best Of oil, the multitudcs whose names
Belong 10 private circles more 1nan Fane's-
Thy Yankee yeoaea Of the good old stock
Transp anted to and sprung from Ply mouth Rock,
Not all indeed to be accounted great
al igh-minded men that constitute State
w II did your tolst describe New. w.Ens.oad men
As tie complct. the Eel -round'' citizen
Ilerv's TO tny Women-Ah my hoitlng pen.
y were easy task I, paint New England mel,
But ere thOG venture u describe the fir
Weigh every word with jealous care.
On. Yankee NATION, Rome could never know
A trucr type Of womanhooi tha1 thou.
And. lovcliest being OF t5y lovely .eX,
Whose form and face wcalih Ct beauty decks.
Gem smoag gems, OF pearls the rarsst pelrl,
Give us the loy l., q ~ NewEng1ad ei.i.
For all the Yankee youth my ,e.ees speak,
Though for teir feelings language is 70, weak;
Would that my arm might represent them, too,
Embrace the y. they would Ike TO d..
And lastly, but no: eastly, here's 70 Us.
Ftw men can boast Of being sred thus,
Our fathers cam. Nation new 10 found,
''Si querl, mo1umentum"-lOok around.
Can We the priceless her tale pre.erNe!
Only BY rvinr as they tfi.d 10
ell fares the land 10 Fastening ills a prey,
Where wealth accumulltcs and men decay
so sang tae sweete. singer Of his time;
The wo DIS are gospel and the thought sublime.
New England pervodcs and perneates.
Not simply six, but foar-and-fol y States.
Wet Shall the coming years Of harNc bel
Those St,tes are Ours-that New England We.
lgei oppause.)
LOWREY on THE NEW-ENGLAND
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