Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-10-11
INT PHOENIX. BRATTLEBORO. FRIDAY, OCTOBER H. 1895.
A Pilgrimage.

Df 1894, held At Montpelier, Oct. 3, 1876.
To-day, meath Freedoms fairest dome,
With kindling hearts we mingle,
No studied scheme or plan we bring
But only purpose single.
Each petty aim is set aside
EngrOssing care surrendered,
Our spirits feel the quickened thrill
BY freer thought engendered.
And with uplifted sense withSl
Is mixed. In modest measure,
An honest pride In honored part,
Not least Of all our pleasure
Whence is this pilgrimage, and why,
Which thus demands attention.
So great devotion 70 its claim.
Our duties brief suspension;
lis bond Of goodly fellowship
Hath drawn US here together,
From north. from south, from far and near
Beyond each wonted tether.
Man cannot live by bread alone.
The soul needs some frutiOn,
And 70 exalt it, mortal throne
II must have recoRnttioI:
Those subtitle graces Of the mind
God gave His best creation.
Too oft are buried from the light
Meath worldly encrustation:
As from the dry and stony soil
Spring flowers Of rArest beauty,
So life can have a fragrant bloom
Despite Of rigid duty:
Man wins exalted manhood's crown
Through liies supremest forces,
Which exercised to noblest end
Suggest divinest sources
And we have met for mental cheer,
And for the souls uplifting,
Forgetting not upon the height
Our ages immoral drifting;
To help TO larger aims and hopes
For mansion and for COTTAGE
Perchance 10 grteve o er those who sell
Their birthnRht for pottAge-
But 10. our fold is incomplete,
The circle hath been broken,
For loved ones 20 the bourne have crossed
AS God the word hath spoken;
We cannot clearly see the way.
The stricken soul gropes blindly,
But yet we trust that He is good
That all HIS Law is kindly.
decade with its griefs and joys
Hath marked the years so fieetinR,
Since they who here had served the state
Here gave each other greeting;
Rehearsed the battles lost and won
On bloodless fields OF striving,
Or listened TO some silvered tongue
Sweet memories reviving;
Again 70 bold impassioned strain,
Some subtlety OF learning.
The welfare Of the common wealth,
To prophecy then turning;
Anon a seat at festive board,
With bountiful surrounding,
For need Of inner man supplied
The Wit u more abOundlng-
precious joys Of brotherhood.
sons Of one common mother
In peace to clasp fraternal hands,
Give cheer TO one another;
freghted time more blest than yore,
That myriad hearts are beating
With impulse toward the common good
When each shall all give greeting
custom our occasion makes.
And each decennial story,
As time rOlls on should more disclose
Our Stately Mothers glory;
Her soil is hallowed to each son;
Upon our hearts Is craven
Her fame as an unsullird shrine,
Fair Liberty + bold haven:
We love her green clad towering sleeps.
Her fruitful smiling valleys,
The mirroring lake, the rivers sweep,
The mead where Drooklet dallies:
Here lie the ashes OF our sires.
Whose lives graced every station
ne brave, heroic souls who helped
To make and save Nation:
And they, who far on alien fields
80 peacefully lie sleeping,
Their duty done they trustful gave
Their hope into our keeping
We honor each included hearth,
Nor matters IL how lowly,
Where Love presides at sacred fire
And makes the presence holy.
We honor each God.imaged soul,
Nor matters social standing
Where character hath upward trend,
The larger life commanding.
May our ideals be so high
That In LIES evolution,
We shall be found In foremost front
Seeking its best solution;
That manhood may, with lifted mien,
Have such clear aspiration,
That hate and force will have no place.
Nor greed with base temptation
That each by just desert may share;
No right be violated:
That strength for weakness will have care
by mercy consecrated;
That virile peace may glory urge
Whose light all others paling.
VIII make our mountains, for the world
A beacon never failing.
II is a vision, yet within
The scope OF zeal untiring,
For Law can be OF love not fear
And truth is all inspiring
q A HINES.