The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-07-24
FROM CURRITuCK TO CHEROKEE
(Rv Jeff. C. Davis.)

supremacy IdlT anu uetA ~ Lic,
Cross which in love is clasp'd the
hand
OF Currituck and Cherokee;
IT'S nank'd by reefs of golden sand,
And deck'd by gem-like emerald
Where cool, delightful breezes fan,
And JOY and peace sing from the
ri!ls.
My Native State! She holds for me
A thousand recollections, dear,
OF friends and childhood. which [ see
In fancy's vision, reappear;
Twas here my eyes beheld the light,
And here my fathers ashes rest:
Here, too, when death shall close my
sight
I'll sink into my Mothers breast.
Her soil is rich as that of old,
Wlherein the ''Tree of knowledge"
grew,
And fair, and fresh, and generous
sOuId.
AS when Gods Eden-spot was new
Life is inhaled in every breeze,
And balms from out the fountain
flow:
Old Age is all the dread disease
Our hale and hearty people know.
L love nGI NdllCyo, lllA VI Will liOCho,
Her mountain pines, and giant oaks;
Her barren crags and naked rocks,
Round which the tireless raven
croaks;
Her cypress SWamps, wherein the
moss
Like beard of Father Time" de-
sends;
Her rivers, bays, and sounds, where
The -fringed pillows in the
winds.
| love her Indian Summer" days,
When mounains, hills and valleys
strcWn,
Lie shrouded in a golden haze
AS mellow as an Arctic noon;
'Tis then dame natures sun at best,
Her very aspect bland and sweet,
In all her gorgeous beauty dress q,
She wins our willing hearts COM
plete.
Beside the sportive mountain rill,
Deep shades of verdant ivy bloom,
While sweet breathed honeysuckles fill
The valley air with soft perfume;
Then, from some elevated height,
The eye i'm transport-wonder views
A world Of mingled shade and light,
Rejecting variegated hues.
A. land where comfort fills the night,
And sleep. the weary eye-lids WOO;
Whcrs gentle suns, are ever bright,
And balmy skies are ever blue;
Where summer showers lightly fall,
And, glad birds sing from every
tree;
Where peace and love brood over ALL
From Currituck to Cherokee.
Her sons are proud and valiant men,
Who spurn the vile oppreSSorS' roo;
In captive-chains, or prison-pen,
They're ever true to Home and Cod
And should a foe, presumptuous. dare
Invade our soil, by land or sea,
\ solid line viii volunteer
From Currituck 20 Cherokee.
The Old North state, when babe to
Before a naughty tyrant's throne,
Was first to rise and boldly vow
She would King Georges rule dis
own
Ana Mecklenburg gave to the world
A grand, unrivalPd Bill OF Rights,
And to the breeze her flag unfurld,
From sea-board plains to mountain
heights.
Her sons have borne the laurel wreath,
From fields of Northern ice and
snow
And march'd triumphantly beneath
The burning suns of Mexico
on every Southern battle ground,
Immortalized by Robert Lee,
Brave soldiers bleaching bones are
found
From Currituck, or Cherokee.
Among her quiet hills and wales
Are homes where peace and plenty
smile,-
Where hearty welcome never fails,
In simple, good oldfashion' d style;
Nor turns the stranger from the door,
With hospitalities denied
For vastly rich or meanly poor,
The Tarheel will his lot divide.
And in these happy homes are found
The fairest. purest women known,
Whose virtuous lives are richly
crown'd
With jewels that would grace a
throne.
For them there is a fame that heats
A love, most beautiful to see,
La every manly heart that beats
From Currituck to. Cherokee.
If you would wed a maiden fair,
To beautify your life and home,
AS modest, chaste. as true are here
AS breathed the soul of ancient
Rome
Or, if princess you prefer,
Go not beyond the sounding sea,
For you can find her anywhere
From Currituck to Cherokee.
From mOuntain-top to ocean strand,
The, same proud Tarheel love is
found
The estate of Buncombe" clasps the
hand
That reaches toward her from the
sound
A blow, in either section, struck
At human rights, or liberty,
Will find a foe in Currituck,
And meet a foe in Cherokee!
So may the East and West remain
Devoted friends in heart and soul,
United by q loving chain,
Forever under one control;
And should the question ever rise
To divide them let this be
Our battle-cry along the skies:-
From Currituck to Cherokee!"
BreVard, n. c., June 80, 1904.
UNHAPPINESS DISPELLED.
Men and Women Unanimous About 1t.