The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-09-06

Game fash, and the echoing thunder
Rolled back from the shores of the ocean i'm
pearled,
Ro led back from the hills of the new rising
world!
No lighthouse arose Ger the coral-rpefed sea-
No bell i'll the incapes rang warning,
But the Hero Of Faith wheeled the planet to
In the west the red climes of the morning.
"Let professions be made, let grand anthems
be sun9!"
Said the Pilot OF God, and rejoicing,
His word we obey on this Secular day,
The heart OF humanity vOicing.
The happy bells play, like the trumpetS. ard
say
Come see We the day!
Come see We the day!"
Sing, ships OF the sea- that the Western waves
In the tack of the carav els olden,
That the nations in bonds OF strong brotherhood
weave,
And mingle earth's harvesties golden!
Sing, sing OF your hero, ye hill OF Genoa,
Sing, isles, of that morning OF wonder
That heard mid the palms of the echoing shore
The guns OF the caravel thunder
Sing, mighty procession Of seas upon seas.
Whose mysteries the Whitened sails cover!
Azorean ports, bright-winged Caribbees,
That aronnd the broad continent hover!
Sing, wide seas OF Hesper Je grand hills and
While the trumpets Of peace lead festive the
way
Come see ye the day!
Come see the day!'
Columbus, Pilot of the Aryan race,
Meath Hesper's star wait pilot new,
For new achievement greater tolls to face
Than ArGonaut or bold Alcdes knew,
To rise for Truth, and still the seas OF blood
And lead mankind to equal brotherhood:
Who shall it be? What power shall bid war
Thou answerest me: 'White Boz drred Flag
Peace"
o white evangel, by the angels rolled
Out OF the skies thy signal we behold.
The silver trumpets blow across the world
From the White City by the Inland Sea,
TO see Gods banner in the West unfurled,
Senate OF God, for thet!
Three thousand S9 years the Aryon race has
Meath Hesper's torch toward the returning
West,
The Indus and the Oxus gave the word
Advance!
Ger Trans desert and Caucasian steppe
The order ran meath burning olive trees,
Advanced
Across Marmoras feet and windy waves
Still rolled the human tide, and GOWN the d inube'
passed.
The AdIiatic smiled, and CAME the Rhine and
To bring The welcome, but still there came the
Advance!
The pioneers swept DER the Pyrenes
TO meet the Xenil and the Guadelquiyer
Aud face the sunset waves OF mystery,
Then rose the Pilot walking on the main
UpbOrne by Faith in destiny to meet
The brother races of the blue Antilles
But the same voice was heard upon the deep,
Advance!
Then rose the three Americas in sunset air,
And DER Sierras blazing in the sky
From lands of inland seas and mighty Wales
Down to the shores of the Pacific tide.
The restless race their ancient legends bore;
Halt Pioneers, We face the East again!
The path OF Science happy Freedom trod,
And 10, came Peace down from the heights OF
God.
And her White City built OF irises and wings
In the great valley by the Inland Seas
And called from all the lands her sons anu rolled
Her White Flag DER the sun walls, and pro-
claimed
Advanced
O. Freedom, I sing the new hope OF thy story
On the festival day. and the flags OF thy glory
1 would girdle with songs white as angels OF
light!
The pilot returned not when came back the Argo
But Orpheus, singing, to Troy brought the cargo
OF golden-aeeced treasures! y, sons OF the
heroes,
Earths pilots return not, but all who have given
TO freedom their blood, and wrong, downward
have driven,
Have fought for the Peace that the angels OF
Heaven
Sang forth from the stars. over Bethlehem burn
Your ArgO of peace is from Colchis returning
Wiener we meet the friends once fond!y cher
And hand all warm with old affection take,
Then let us breathe the names OF those who per-
shed
On fields of honor for their country's sake.
They come no more when spring-time birds are
singing,
When trills the swallow meath the shady
caves,
When light in air the summer bells are swing
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