The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1901-07-19
smcII the chorns Of lhe Union.


The mystic chords OF memory, sretchinl
rom every patriot grave 10 every heart ant
learthsione all over this broad land, viii vet
well the chorus of the Union when touched
Is they surely Will be by ihe better angels o
'ur nature lincom's Inaugural Address, 1851
The mystic chords OF memory,
stretching from every patriot grave
10 every heart and hoarthNone,'
win ever be q means 10 save
And "swell the chorus Of the Union
From "all over this broad land
When touched as they surely will be
By some "better angels hand
Thus good old Abram Lincoln said,
Twas an eighteen slxty-one;
He wished the Unions fame to last
TIN an earthly time was done;
And he knew bis countrys honor,
The glory OF his native land,
Gould only be preserved intact
Hy patriotic stand. 90
We have met IN Philadelphia
Whence the Declaration came;
We c"aro, Of right had ought to be-
A nation with n nations name;n
There "swelled the chorus OF the Union,
And itcame from one and ALL
We win guard our counrys honor
Aud her flag shall never mll,
We have met in far Astoria,
Twas IN eighteen ninety-two;
Gave TO Robert Gray OF Boston
Alltho glory that was due;
Swelled lhe chorus of the Union
Where his vessel hoated ON
The channel deep ana Wide and strong,
Fen "whcre rolls the Oregon
We have met in fair Chicago
A centennial to greet,
or the time when bold Columbus
Touched Columbia with his feet
swelled "the chorus Of the Union
By an exposition grand
When 'mong ourselves we had no foe,
Nor a foe IN foreign land.
let us meet I'm old 81. Louis,
ln nineteen hundred and three
Celebrate one more centennial
In this great land Of the nee"-
".swell the chorus oil the Union"
just alike loi West aud East,
Just alike for North and South,
For twin be the nations feast.
Let as meet at old Fort Clatsop,
And in nineteen hundred 1--WE,
Celebrate another cycle
Since brave Lewis and Clark arrived
''swell the chorus of the Union
once more by the Western sea;
" We are one and indivisible,n
May 10 thus forever be.
Let as meet again at jamestown,
And M nineteen hundred seven,
Wake a patriotic feryor
THAT shall reach from earth to heaven
swell the chorus Of the Union,
Rally every patriot band
For once more the time is coming
For rejoicing in our land.
Let as meet again at Plymouth,
In the year of nineteen twenty,
Where ourearly fathers hmgered,
Where is now a land OF plonty-
Swell the chorus of the Union"
Where our fathers met the shock
OF the savage from his ambush,
Gaze upon Foreiathers' Rock.
ietus meet in CIR Alaska
And the''islands of the sea-
When the time shall come to honor
Each century Of Liberty
/" Swell the chorus of the Union,7
Hawaii, Porto Rico, Gaum
The islands of the Philippines,
Other lands Of Uncle sam.
Let us meet With the old soldiers
ERE they hasten to the grave
And the Pioneers OF Oregon,
Al who helped this land to save
Q Swell the chorus Of the union,n
Sing The praise Of heroines,
Sing The praise Of patriot sages,
From Purltans to Philippines.
Let us meet on every mountain,
Valley, lake and stream and sea,
Let us drink from every fountain
Flowing pure for liberty
8 Swell the chorus of the Union,
Let it sound from shore to shore"
TIL All men shall hold communion
Together free for evermore.
CARSON G. MAsIKER.
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