The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-15
THE PASSING PAGEANT
RkR F you will see a pageant truly
played
Go hence a little and l shall
conduct you,
If you will mark it."
BY Rev.
Frank l..
PbaleD
If you will mark it. "

Gentle reader yesterday to Our hearts the sage
counsel of the great poet and turmoil and
hustle the We forth thinking not Of the wonders
which should be conducted and intent upon business
and affairs.
apart from the habaons and connections made by and that
when found ourselves aoo from the inventions devices
of the dwelers in cities that behed spread before like
map the passing pageant whereof persuaded to speak,
however pen shall ater and insdequatey portray
Ascend in thought gentle reader above the plains and valleys
Stand with upon the of vision and behold unroed
east and the oe north and the south goody given
unto Our fathers and wherein their children dwell security
and Far the searching may travel in its quest the
ouspread country lieth broken blowy beauty by
ythc companies of hills and nesting open valleys through
which many stream singing softly toward the
Ionder ieth open field and grazing with great
en IN their big brown the noensive cattle who
to chew the cud Of sweet meditation they gaze
prise upon the moving miracle of which they
feature
Beyond wall 81 stone which bounds the field eh the forest
with ITS dark and stately pines and its glory of color superb and
avshng Warm and rich Of crimson and purple till adjecves
and language grow mpotent the of beauty that rush
IN upon us and capture and soul
Beyond and beyond till the eye overpowered this miracle
OF loneliness of landscape and sky the golden glory of
haze and heavens celestial Clouds unfods
Our joy measuress We intoxicated with the spendor
Drunk with beauty and speeches. of the higher sentiments
awakened by the derum which and overpomers
natural utterance.
labor and worry from the world of reality and sobret per-
chance declare still further the of that cast
In Holy Writ mountains sacred to the Lord Of Hosts we
read on many page and still doth Tabe Hebron pierce the
Syrian SKY with their towering peaks But this and later
and IN this land of wonderos history hope other
SUBMITS lifted high toward heaven greet the dawns rays
and to say farewell to twiights lingering shadows
Yes gentle reader yesterngh kind granted unto
us cher suppant and serve ave the vision glory of the
mountains One greeted either hand we watched
they nodded each other like the gods that Homer
commanded silence amid the garou and oquacous
who seek to interpret through and song the hidden
their lofty life.
Lonely and silent they stand rearing toward heaven their giant
Peaks-Wo lanssymbo of strength and steadastness
stern subimity
High above passions heat and lovers tears and sorrows
gones and deaths pale lips and broken hearts, they wait
in halowed silence.
The passing pageant of aumn beauty not move those
speeches. sentnes to either challenge smiles threats
They beyond the touch sound of human grief They
above the silent yet hurng days who bearing away the
fair Autumn have loved tendry bury her our sight
Gentle reader the day hath faded The night dropped
her curtain The stars and look down
passion shed bier of
Autumn borne by the passing pageant into the open
tomb of time
Howbe glad of the memories that neither
time fate obterae and though is ordered by destiny
over which may have power prevail that glory shall
pass and that Autumn shall de-
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