Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1892-10-15
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10 fold lie wings OF the ioftiest peak Of IN nm
discovered start
And into the vast and void abyss he followed
the setting sun;
Nor gulfs nor gales could fright his sails TILL the
wondrous quest was done.
But oh, the weary vgils, tho murmuring, tor
turing days,
Till tho Pintas gun and the shout Of '.Landl"
SGT the black night nblaze.
TIL tho shore lay fair as paradise In mornings
balm ind gold,
And world was won from the conquered deep
and the tale OF the ages told
Uplift the starry banner! The best age IL
begun!
We are the heirs Of the mariners whose voyage
that morn was done.
Measureless lands Columbus gave and rivers
through zones that roll,
But his rarest, noblest bounty was new world
for the soul
For he sailed from the past with IL sitting
walls TO the futures open sky,
And tho ghosts Of gloom and fear were laid ~
the breath OF heaven went by,
And the pedants pride and the lordiing's scorn
wero lost, in that vital mir,
As fogs are lost when sun and wind sweep
ocean blue and bare,
And freedom and larger knowledge dawned
clear, the sky to span,
Tho birthright not OF priest or king, but Of
every child OF mani
Uplift the new worlds banner 10 greet the CT
ultant sun!
Let its rosy CLEANS still follow It's beams rs
swift TO west they run,
Till the wide air rings with shout and hymn to
welcome II shining high,
And our eagle from lone Katahdn 10 Shasta's
snow can ny
In the light Of its stars rs fold on fold Is hung
TO the autumn sky!
Uplift II, youths and maidens with songs nnd
loving cheers;
Through triumphs raptures It has waved,
through agOnies and tears
Columbia looks from SEQ TO sea and thrills with
joy 10 know
Her myriad sons, as one, would leap to shield is
from foe
And you who soon will be the state, and shape
each great decree,
Oh, VOW to live and die for It, II glorious death
must be!
The brave OF all the centuries gone this starry
nag have wrought;
In dungeons dim, OF CORY fields, its light and
peace were bought;
And you who front the future-whose days our
dreams fulfill
On Libertys immortal height, oh, plant it
firmer STILL
For 1t floats for broadcast learning; for the
souls supreme release;
For law disdaining license for righteousness
and peace:
For valor born Of justice, and its amplest scope
and plan
Makes queen Of every woman, o king Of every
man!
While forever, like Columbus, DER Truths I'M
fathomed main
It pilots to the hidden isles, o grander realm to
gain.
Ali what mighty trust Is ours, the noolest
ever sung,
To keep this banner spotless its kindred stars
among!
Our fleets may throng the oceans-our forts the
headlands crown
Our mines their treasures lavish for mint md
mart and town
Rich fields and locks and busy looms bring
plenty, for and wide
And stateiier temples deck the land than
Rome's or Athens pride
And science dare the mysteries OF earth ana
wave and sky
Till none with us in splendor and strength and
skill can vie:
Yet, should we reckon Liberty and Manhood
less than these.
And slight the right Of the humblest between
our circling seas
Should we be false to our sacred past, our
fathers God forgetting,
This banner would lose It's luster, our sun DO
nigh his settingl
But the dawn will sooner forget the east the
tides their ebb and flow,
Than you forget our radiant nag and It's match
less gifts forego!
Nay! you will keep It high advanced with ever
Frightening sway
The banner whose light betokcns the Lords
diviner day
Leading the nations gloriously in freedoms
holy wayl
No cloud on the field of azure-no stain on tho
rosy bars
God bless you, youths and maidens, as You
guard the Stripes and Starsi