Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-06-08
THE CITIZEN
The Union.

The Union.
This poem, written by Will T. McCand-
less, was delivered at meeting OF the
Philom athean Society April 9TH and is pub
hshed at the request Of the society.
IL was written on the Union of the Irv-
ing Debating Club and the Neotrophian
Literary society. There were two Socie-
ties the Bryants and the Neotrophian, be-
sides the debating club in the S. K. s. 3.
and DR.. Maltby suggested that two Socie-
ties would be better and in consequence OF
this the Irvings made proposal of union
to the Neotrophisns which they accepted
and the DIR. named the society Philoma-
THAN.
Nv pegasis bore me away
To literature's fair land of day!
The Q)king sat on his royal throne
His bright smile on his subjects shown.
The god of all past history,
The Jupiter of propbesy
Beneath him had(2) three stars so bright
They made a noonday out of night.
The one a prince with heart to dare,
While prineesses the others were.
With splendid voice, which never died,
He becked his bright prince to his side.
Then came the prince with youthful lace,
y
With labor truly nobly done
To echo on the storms of time.
He had given to the storm
New music for Old Thunder's horn;
But to his king he nobly drew.
In Mercy King do what you do,
love the service in thy land,
If thou must pluck me from command
Make me peasant in thy land.
Then spoke the King with tones so
grand
They seemed to fill the sun-lit land.
Ny Irving thou'rt noble lad;
Thou glory to my crown doth add.
'Tis not nv mind to cast you way;
More glory give l thee to-day.
Not to be driven from the land
Thou didst come nigh at my command
In good service thou hast stliven,
Thou shalt have by thy King given,
The hand that thou hast nobly won,
OF Princess Neotrophian.
Then clapped the Thunders of the sky,
The lightning even flashed his eye,
As from his hidden face he saw
The stars dance brilliant in eclat.
He called the princess to his eide,
With (4)golden locks in black bands tied.
Behold my princess here to be
The prince who'th wooed and loveth
thee.
Thou art no more in my domain
To walk and labor on in twain:
For as from on my throne on high
| Pve oft seen glance from eye to eye
| To look out from the heart within
To tell that old, old tale again.
saw, and 10! those eyes of grace
Beamed full upon his manly face.
| Back fell his baldric, (5)green and gold,
And to his bosom strong and bold,
L A hnrnnic hraPa
sweet Monon's rill. with sparkling face;
| Prince Irving, truly princely son,
Received his Neotropbian.
Hesiuds muses. then Ill chord,
With melody new music poured
While gods If myth kept dance, and
eacE,
And all that giveth pen its speech
Swelled with the icy that e'ere did
greet
The Kingly one on Mercy's seat.
here sat lie King, with eye lids filled
With sparkling drops which love dis
titled,
Till swelltd that love and msjesty
That shu, K hi- proud lips tremblingly.
Ny noble Prince, whose banner bears;
(6) Through difficulties I" the stars"
Snail have the Princess rightly crowned
With virtue for u hal" round
Her head To ,hiuc. NJ, blessing give
thee. and henceiorth mayest thou
live
To light and guide the steps nl men
W ho serve my daily work With pen.
Thou lowest my way since world be-
gan,
I call thee Philomsthian.
And thou, of my strong (7) castle twain,
The first shall have in my domain,
Then throbbed the heart of Universe,
As with new purpose to disperse
The planets in their circling way.
His subjects sang and seemed to say,
AS fourth they poured the Music's
swell,
And rapture on new rapture fell;
Till all was hidden out of sight
AS in splendid robe of light,
Through times of shadow and of sun
March on our Philomathian.
New worlds are waiting at you. call.
Thy star was never born to fall.
Thy soul shall live and wait to see
New mysteries in eternity.
NoTE-1 DIR. Maltby; 2 The I. d. G. and
the two societies; The l. ID. G. society