The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-12-24
THE NEW CENTURY.
Translated from the German by c. A
Voigt, Wichita, Kansas.

IranSl ated from the German by {. A.
Voigt, Wichita, Kansas.
Long before Goddess Aurora dawns on
far off eastern skies,
Tried by long and weary years, in its
grave my body lies;
But alike the lark. that MARBLES to the
sun yet in the east
Long before He in His splendor greets
awakening man and beast,
Twentieth Century, 1 salute theei Glory.
praise and hail to thee.
Leading on the royal succession. man
kinds guide to victory.
Thou comDletor and deliverer Of that all
we dared to hope
Thou wilt bring what sage and heather
suffering always dreams 10 cope,
And the veil before my vision falls and
clearer grows my sight
I see peaks of far of mountains, glisten
by the spring sun bright,
As gaze at thee and others, that follow
in swinging rhyme,
Upward, onward. always higher on the
sweeping path of time.
Far away q harvest blessing. fields full
of the golden grain,
Stretches between lueious fruit groves,
food for muscle and for brain.
And in fullness and abundance Mother
Nature does her best
Tired of bloody strife and warfare. guns
and swords are put to rest,
Then with bright and flying coIors, shout
ing hail and victory!
All the nations come together, celebrate
a iuI7jIae,
knowledge true. and sacred fountain,
best Of all they once possessed,
Not for few, as in the past time. flows
for all the freed and blessed,
And all hearts feel young and happy,
praise the poets Orpheus song,
All great works by brush and chisel are
commended loud and long.
Der land and rivers, through mountains
to giddy heights.
Zone with Zone connecting, with iron
rails and ties.
BY steam, its feetest servant, made use
full by mans skill,
In haste, from south to north pole IS
driven by his will.
He, who lived among dark forests and in
lakes on oaken- posts,
Then despafring of his sad hfe. cursed
his fate and brought his hosts,
He. now master of all Knowledge, 1Iter
over time and space,
Didn't old seers dreams come truer, than
by such fulfnment's grace?
Sailing over clouds in airshiDs perform
the daring feats
And with eyes by "Franenhofer," made
of clear shining crystal
He can penetrate the bouudless spaces
of the mighty all.
He now sees the star mists clearly. con-
stellations far away
Where the twinkling Of those new suns
reach us not in endless days.
Forward upward, onward ever by the
star and sunny rays
Talks 10 other planets people, through
signals at night and day.
More sublime than suns and planets,
circling in the glorious skies,
In his soul. unrathomable thoughts like
const relations rise,
Looking with an eagle vision, far beyond
from first 10 last,
He now UNDERSTANDABLE all things, knows
the future, present, past.
No more unhappy and helpless in the
great and boundless realm,
His spirit has Won and triumphed, stands
as victor at the helm,
And in life and death forever, conscious
Of eternity,
Every state 10 him IS cheering, bears all
with unanimity.
When his life is ebbing slowly. after
many we'll spent years
He dies smiling. his departure never
brings him pain or fear.
Like a mariner at a sailing 10 far of
unknown land
Trusting hoping fearing nothing. says
goodby and shakes the hand.
And when this worlds SHORES are fading
he is carried i'm his boat
To a new and better haven. by the kna
and true pilot
This poem was Denned by Count Won
Setback Of Bavaria. about 1876 He deal
soon after. Count Of Setback German
nobIeman by birth. was literary genius /
and has given German literature many
gems of noble thoughts.
"Franenhofer" i The name Of a Ger
man manufacture Of telescopes. c. A. Y. (