The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1893-01-12
THE PANSY-THE NATIONAL
FLOWER.
BY HELEN f. PURSELL,

BY HELEN F. PURSELL.
Brigh flowers, the noblest. sweetest boon "
given,
A glorious fragment from the f,elds of Heavel
Each u"furle't leaf, II dream, exquisite, real
That neer IL poets mortal heart could feel.
Sweet flowers, whose varied forms, as one
en- brace
Beauty and force, sublimity ard grace,
Ornate or plain, harmonious yet strong.
Are made .illke Tor elOquence and song.
Grand nowers. that mighty LatiOns stoop Il
| ralSr,
And On their honOred pnsigns rrv'rent place
Have been their changeiess embiems loved
aud gieat,
Throu sh deepest conflict both In field and
Thus Roses fair. shall tell through coming
The bitter tale of English strife and fears;
Tue Thistle W til its duwuy, ru,idy crest
Shall speak of Danes betrayed, and Scot
| lauu's rest;
Il Irish hearts. the tri- leo we'd Shamrock lives.
! 7 prove the truth st. Patrlck's doctrine
| gives;
Err greatness past and ancient glory spent,
| XII FLOWERS OF slice. y describe tine Orient.
oar own United States whose proud young
Shall ever know n grand, eternal fame,
Must choose that flower. which truly can ex-
II freedom, Justice. power and happiness;
Spea Ing flower, whose sign trsi nSlated free,
" tell Of strength and pure fidelity;
'todeSt hover. withal, To represent
ouSSCSo IA war anu hsucSt kOVcTuIueut.
The flower gemmeu vale resounds with chill
dren's shouts,
B It goli-n locks in mirthless silence pouts:
With passiou's strength. her tiny foot she sets,
Upon II le If of stenl,.s vtO,etS.
A dark eyed youth, with merry, laughing
EsulIant holds toward his playmate's gaze
= ie cOnquering. tatLer..d. aInythStine fl Iwer \
That smiles In death, with conscious victof's |
LIS victim lies beheaded on the grourd;
The girl still irowns upon the trampled
mound;
Fur living eyes toward his anxious lace,
Hnt anger flies, and sud ienly she speaks
parioi, free, with rosy bIushiny cheeks,
A.d 'a, listens ,s, in his cont with fingers light
Years passei away. and still the lovely vale.
WIS sire wn in spring with Johnny Jump
ups frail,
Whose golden hearts fair mornings kisses
And star-lit night with crystal nectar filed
d"
Bat change must come, and 10. one sunny
A mighty host OF soldiers takes the way
ito the vale to meet approaching bands
Or rrbel fighters from the sou thern lands
There Blue and Grey in long and 3loody
strife,
n contest fierce twixt death and threatened
lie.
Aud when the silver stars arose at night.
hcs ShLc III kTIel upon Tile RuhSlly SlgnL |
D. )cviole.s crushed out in drunken death,
lr signing firth II last expiring breath;
from torn and purple lips NJ. darkly filled,
WIN crimson Slood that mortal veins had
hey wee among dead forms stretched on the
ground,
! pallid face that violets surround. 1
nd DER II bent another ashen face,
hat shines with truest love and maiden
grace.
h, Golden Locks look closely at his breast,
a N
hat where you placed the purple bloom of
old,
here lies heart, unspeaking, still and cold.
ut no! the deep, dark eyes are open wide,
nd startled, see you kne..liny by his side:
lis heart beats once again. though faint and
low |
here Ii no cause for fearless terror now,
le yet shall lead you. whom lie loves 20 we'll,
meath Johnny Jump Up marriage bell.
Is merry tongue shall ring down from above;
70 little. 1aunty, piqu.Tt lace shall glow
nm love for her, Who biushitg stands be-
act, dewy eye shall shine with conscious
pride
pom The dauntless hero at her side;
acn laugh ng lip shall speak OF peace and
nd future years by happy concord blessed.
nd thus esi ranging conflict being past, .
union strong results from all at last.
hen civil brt,ils and wrongs are all forgot, .
ne,i interfering agents cense In plot,
hen peace Is m ID AMI guilty warfare done
II hands and hearts shall be combined us
one.
hen sangulne deeds of barba-ism d e.
mem follow sacred calm an,i harmony; re
ie Violet that watched our onward strides n
trough combat forced and public feud be- "
SisieS; A.
'e wild unnurtured gem of field and hill,
le ruitnrei garden plat OF pc. zee shall fill. W
,e Violet wild, To f'Stere Pansy changed, -,
ith snadt no artist SIX IL has ere arranged
Ell bind with love on fair Culum6ia's
breast,
lr Naiinns + emblem, there to ever rest. IT.,
-osan, Ohio, January 1893. ~