The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-05-26
Stony CREEK.
At the Crossing Of the Glade Road, Seven
Miles East Of Somerset, Pc.

BY JouS NJ. CcorER. Founder OF "valle
spirit.r Chsnibcfsburg, Ia.
Ali stony Creek, II fihou di,is; know
The honor that is truly thine,
Thy waters would as proudly How
As those that lave Mt vcrnon's shrine.
For here where stiIl thy crystal tide
Adown thy pebbly bed doth glide,
Long, long ago one dwell whose name
Is tw;ned with lasting wreafhs of fame.
This dusty road his footstep tiod,
In yonder field he turned the sod:
There where the sunlit CLASSY glade
Was trimmed around with sylvan shade,
With flashing scyihe he cut the hay
From morn till evenings shadows lay,
And on the slope OF yonder swell
The npened rye before him fell;
And there where sturdy oaks had grown
And withered leaves lay thickly strown.
His eonquering axes ringing stroke
The echoes OF the weeds awoke.
But not TO rural arts confined,
He stored the chambers of his mind
With treasures from the garnered lore
ofaIl the ages gone before,
When came the long-dawn winter night
He pored o'er books byslog-fire light.
nnu io"e '"s,is Aep'
"h''e al aiouiia nii' sou"ois sieP'.
And when the spring with verdure clad
"e e'hi'u anu i'aue ii' "a'u'e sH'u,
Anu IN inc menus inc 'ousn-''ie"eu 'esiiiis
"e.e '"ss"hs NJ tue oaAen "e1iiiis'
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"'',i fusHe'','ss i''o,,'..' .'iiis' eiiuo"eu
nc uiAiN u, i-''i" "niie nc Pio"eu'
n"s .',4e o.''e' .''''s'v sp''"ss " seeA
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When grown to manhood's full estate
He rose and sat among the great
Not like the fowl with pinion weak
Who fiutters up the Iofty peak.
And fails exhausted by the strain
That lifted him above the plain.
but hke 'he e'eie hihsy rise
nei he esSsi's W s"eeP .ne sAieS' AZ
anu Prouuis s'iis inc anioieh. AR
Anu ieeis 'ii''' nc Is iiio'i'iion 'iieie'
The bench he safe with mind SO lust
That from the scales he wiped the dust.
And seeking right with rcvercnt awe.
Ia yulcan's wise he held the Law.
Nor lot nor titte would aI,ate
Through fear or fnyor. love or hate.
In august couneils of the State
He smoke with words of potent weight
And firmly with the faithful stood
Who sought alone their country,s good.
men honesty gave way 70 ihluu
Anu shaiiieit'ss piunderers slaiked ABROAD
As H'Ae" "s the ghoSthNe iorihs
VI "A'hi',>s 'fces I"ig s''''neu .! suoriiis,
nc At 'i'e r"s"es ihNoe'iNe hur'ed
ih .huluer-t"hes 'hat rouseu the woriu,
Alu ie'' 1iicni co"erius' s'uhheo ana u''zeu'
ME at theih ouirased virtue giZed,
Was held with rIbald seorn to view.
Nor firmer doth the lion stand
When CHALLENGED ON his native sand
Nor heavier Agamemnon's blow
Crashed through the helmet of the foe
Al "ir' on oehcil' IN sociai haii'
,-'"' "isu"hi' VIII came Ut MS eS'i''
INC ihouii''''h-Iops Oh tloughi ne walked,
anu IKE a very "od ne Alkeu-
As son. as husband, t'ther, friend,
ms love ana kindness had no end;
mercer ne moved, where'er he stayed,
Around him genial sunshine played,
e'D'
That once had felt his warming glow.
Halsed nigh above all suileful art,
He trod life's round with unstained heart,
To all men just, To all men kind,
A miracle of heart and mind.
tte stoo,,s -l,,,o al ,h, r,,,,,,,,,,, Ill.
Death was To him no dolefuI knell,
For though 1t closed his mortal eyes
And sundered tender earthly ties.
He saw, DER Jordan's darkling tide,
His fathers arms extended wide,
To welcome TO elysian rest
The soul which faith in Christ had blest.
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Bright water, / must say farewell;
No longer on thy margin dwell
My kindred who dwelt here of yore:
Their household deities they bore
To other scenes time long since flown,
And have wandered here alone,
This soft and dreamy autumn day,
Midst forests rObed In garments gay,
And to thy current add tear.
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And here no more 40 bundreds mot